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Map Showing Gold Belt of Lower Clear Creek and Gilpin Counties

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Map Showing Gold Belt of Lower Clear Creek and Gilpin Counties
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Located in "Vicinity of Central City, Colo. Traced from Official Maps in Office of Surveyor General of Colo. S. A. Rank. M. E. U.S. Dep. Min'l Sur. Central City Colo. Complete to Feb 15th, 1902," printed at lower right. Identified items include: numerous claims; the Newhouse Tunnel; and the Queen, Banta-Hill, Hall, Root, and Sayr and Teller ranches. S.E. COR. stenciled and Mary Miller Map Gilpin claim handwritten on reverse. Area covered extends from Willis and Russell Gulch down to Gilson Gulch. Several claims appear to have been added after the map was first produced. Although originally called the Newhouse Tunnel after Samuel Newhouse, it was soon changed to “The Argo Tunnel”. The tunnel would be dug under Virginia Canyon, Gilpin Gulch, Russel Gulch, Quartz Hill, Nevadaville, and Central City. It was the largest mining project and when completed was the longest tunnel in the world (historicargotours.com). Clear Creek County and Gilpin County are very small, adjacent counties share a joint history in the mining the Colorado Front Range. In early Jefferson Territory (name prior to being called the Colorado Territory), these two counties were briefly a single county called Mountain County. The first state legislature split Mountain County into Clear Creek, named for Clear Creek, the primary water source there; and Gilpin County, named for William Gilpin, the first territorial Governor. Measures 35” x 52 ½”, with some fraying at the edges.

Date: 1902
City: Central City
State: Colorado
ID: 21622