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Silverton, Colorado Postal Cover Group [155293]

Currency:USD Category:Stamps / United States - Covers Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 200.00 USD
Silverton, Colorado Postal Cover Group [155293]
SOLD
70.00USD+ (17.50) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2022 Aug 26 @ 09:09UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Lot of 8. No contents. Includes: corner ad cover for La Plata Miner, pink envelope; Grand Hotel cc, 1887; pictorial cover Hotel Grand, 1894; JL Ufford & Co. cc, 1876; Stoiber Bros., Ore Samplers and Buyers, cc, 1887; Henry Ford, Attorney, cc, 1884; 1881 cover; and 1891 cover to Germany. Please inspect. Settlement of the Silverton area by whites began in 1860 after a group of prospectors lead by Charles Baker made their way into the San Juan Mountains searching for gold. The area was soon referred to as "Baker's Park." After the Brunot Agreement with the Utes in 1873, which exchanged four million acres for the Southern Ute Indian Reservation and $25,000 per year, several mining camps were constructed: Howardsville, Eureka, and Silverton. Silverton was founded by mining entrepreneurs William Kearnes, Dempsey Reese, and Thomas Blair in 1874. The region boomed after George Howard and R. J. McNutt discovered the Sunnyside silver vein along Hurricane Peak. The Sunnyside Mine would become one of Colorado's longest running and most productive mines.

Date: 1876-1894
Country (if not USA):
State: Colorado
City: Silverton
Provenance: Gary Bracken Collection