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Hollister's Mines of Colorado with Map, 1867 [169393]

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Hollister's Mines of Colorado with Map, 1867  [169393]
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The Mines of Colorado - by Hollister, Ovando J - Springfield, Mass.: Samuel Bowles & Co., 1867 Enlarged and best edition. Enlarged and best edition. Includes rare map. First published the same year in only 87pp. and titled, "The Silver Mines of Colorado." . vii, [3], [1]-450pp. plus 38 pages of ads, including front paste-down. Lacking map. Brown cloth, gilt. A very good copy, internally tight and clean. Binding in great condition. This work is very scarce as a first edition with the original map. Provides a wealth of material on mines and mining in all areas of Colorado: discovery of gold on Ralston Creek in 1852, the great mineral belt, history of the Discovery Claim on the Gregory Lode, placer and bar diggings, first mining laws, development of mining through the early 1860's, condition of the mines, names of mining companies, discovery and richness of silver mines, processes, Gregory District miners' laws, geology and geologic history, classification of minerals, mills and mining machinery, and much more. This copy lacks the folding county and route map. The author was editor and proprietor of the Colorado Mining Journal. [Howes I: H-602; Howes II: H-590]. Very RARE in this condition with Map. Denver Colorado