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The mines of Colorado
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From the Book
Glance at Pike's Peak prior to the Discovery of Gold
Discovery of Gold on Ralston Creek in 1852, on Dry Creek in 1858
Effect of the News in the States
Crossing the Plains
Indians
First View of the Mountains
Prospecting, Hunting
Placer Camp
Auraria
Arapahoe County
Election of Delegate to Congress and Representative to Kansas Legislature
Denver Town Company
Denver Town Company
Grand Physical Divisions of Colorado
The Snowy Range
The Foot-Hills, The Valley, and Over the Range
Characteristics of the Snowy Range, of the Foot-Hills - The Great Mineral Belt
Metalliferous Veins
Mode of Occurrence of Gold,
Discoveries of Gold in the Mountains
John H. Gregory Lode
History of Discovery Claim on the Gregory
Placer and Bar Diggins
First Mining Laws
Russell Gulch - Quartz Mining
Gregory District Organized and Code of Laws Adapted
Visit of Horace Greeley and Party
Establishment of Newspapers
Attempted Organization of Government
Jefferson Territory
Mail, Passenger, and Express Facilities
Over;and Mail
First Winter in the Mines
Quartz Mills
Wagon Roads
Development of Mining through 1860-1-2-3
Opening Prospects
Immigration and Emigration
Quart-Mining and Milling
Difficulty in Saving the Gold
Placer Mining
Organization of the Territory of Colorado by Congress
Mining Legislation
Miscellaneous
Condition of the Mines at the end of 1863
Transferred to Eastern Capitalists
The April (1864) Panic in Stocks
Temptation to Speculation in Gold Mining
Why the Miners were generally embarrassed at the end of 1863
Why the Eastern Mining Companies have been comparatively unsuccessful
Gilpin County
Present Condition of the Improved Lodes
Names of Mining Companies
Amount of Development Condition of Mines and Mills
Machinery
Process
Gilpin County continued
Swinging Round the Circle
Independent, South Boulder, Central Wisconsin Districts, Peck and Missouri Gulches
Their Improved Mines, Mills, Companies, Processes
Clear Creek County General Characteristics
Idaho
Empire
The Mines of Idaho
Spanish Bar
Trail Run
Fall River
Morris and Downieville Districts
Empire Mines
Griffith and Argentine Districts
Discovery, Development, and Richness of the Silver Mines
Boulder County, Characteristics
Mining Districts, Gold Hill, Ward, Central Boulder Valley, Boulder City, Valmont
Geology and Topography of the Coal and Iron Region
Bellemonte Furnace and Coal Beds
Black Hawk, Foundry
Park County
South Park
Towns and Mines
Salt Works
Geology
Placer Mining in the Past, in the Present
Beaver Gulch
Tarryall
Crossing the Range in Mid-Winter
Lode Mining in the Past, in the Present
Climate
The Espinosas
The Reynolds Guerrilla Raid
Lake County
It's Characteristics, Settlements
Arkansas River
Mining District, Westphalian, Pine Creek, La Plata, Georgia Bar, Hope, Lake Falls, Red Mountain, Arkansas, Independent, California, and Sacramento
Approaches
Sumitt County
Middle Park
Upper Blue River
Ten-mile District
Result of Assays
Work doing
The Snakes
Peru and Montezuma Districts
Lodes and Companies and Improvements Going On - Gulch Mining, Union Distric, Gold Run and Buffalo Flats
Western Portion of the County
Processes
The Stamp Mill, in Australia, Lake Superior, Copper Mines, Nevada, Colorado
Improvements, Keith's Desulphurizer, Crosby & Thompson's, Mason's, Monnier Metallurgical Process
Smelting, James E. Lyon & Co.
Making of Regulus
Important Mining Legis;ation
Gregory District Miners' Laws, Adopted February, 1860
Mining Legislation of Colorado Territory
Act of Congress Opening the Mineral Lands to Pre-emption
Geology and Geological History
Classification of Minerals Found in the Territory
Agriculture
The Valley
Climate, Soil, Irrigation
Crops and Production per Acre
"The Great American Desert" Abolished
Native Fruits, Culture
Pastoral Quality, Buffalo, Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Dairy Products
Game, Animals, Birds, Timber
Recapitulation
Mills and Mining Machinery
Production of Gold
State Organization
General Statistics
Newspapers
Railways on the Plains
Population, Society.
From the Book
Glance at Pike's Peak prior to the Discovery of Gold
Discovery of Gold on Ralston Creek in 1852, on Dry Creek in 1858
Effect of the News in the States
Crossing the Plains
Indians
First View of the Mountains
Prospecting, Hunting
Placer Camp
Auraria
Arapahoe County
Election of Delegate to Congress and Representative to Kansas Legislature
Denver Town Company
Denver Town Company
Grand Physical Divisions of Colorado
The Snowy Range
The Foot-Hills, The Valley, and Over the Range
Characteristics of the Snowy Range, of the Foot-Hills - The Great Mineral Belt
Metalliferous Veins
Mode of Occurrence of Gold,
Discoveries of Gold in the Mountains
John H. Gregory Lode
History of Discovery Claim on the Gregory
Placer and Bar Diggins
First Mining Laws
Russell Gulch - Quartz Mining
Gregory District Organized and Code of Laws Adapted
Visit of Horace Greeley and Party
Establishment of Newspapers
Attempted Organization of Government
Jefferson Territory
Mail, Passenger, and Express Facilities
Over;and Mail
First Winter in the Mines
Quartz Mills
Wagon Roads
Development of Mining through 1860-1-2-3
Opening Prospects
Immigration and Emigration
Quart-Mining and Milling
Difficulty in Saving the Gold
Placer Mining
Organization of the Territory of Colorado by Congress
Mining Legislation
Miscellaneous
Condition of the Mines at the end of 1863
Transferred to Eastern Capitalists
The April (1864) Panic in Stocks
Temptation to Speculation in Gold Mining
Why the Miners were generally embarrassed at the end of 1863
Why the Eastern Mining Companies have been comparatively unsuccessful
Gilpin County
Present Condition of the Improved Lodes
Names of Mining Companies
Amount of Development Condition of Mines and Mills
Machinery
Process
Gilpin County continued
Swinging Round the Circle
Independent, South Boulder, Central Wisconsin Districts, Peck and Missouri Gulches
Their Improved Mines, Mills, Companies, Processes
Clear Creek County General Characteristics
Idaho
Empire
The Mines of Idaho
Spanish Bar
Trail Run
Fall River
Morris and Downieville Districts
Empire Mines
Griffith and Argentine Districts
Discovery, Development, and Richness of the Silver Mines
Boulder County, Characteristics
Mining Districts, Gold Hill, Ward, Central Boulder Valley, Boulder City, Valmont
Geology and Topography of the Coal and Iron Region
Bellemonte Furnace and Coal Beds
Black Hawk, Foundry
Park County
South Park
Towns and Mines
Salt Works
Geology
Placer Mining in the Past, in the Present
Beaver Gulch
Tarryall
Crossing the Range in Mid-Winter
Lode Mining in the Past, in the Present
Climate
The Espinosas
The Reynolds Guerrilla Raid
Lake County
It's Characteristics, Settlements
Arkansas River
Mining District, Westphalian, Pine Creek, La Plata, Georgia Bar, Hope, Lake Falls, Red Mountain, Arkansas, Independent, California, and Sacramento
Approaches
Sumitt County
Middle Park
Upper Blue River
Ten-mile District
Result of Assays
Work doing
The Snakes
Peru and Montezuma Districts
Lodes and Companies and Improvements Going On - Gulch Mining, Union Distric, Gold Run and Buffalo Flats
Western Portion of the County
Processes
The Stamp Mill, in Australia, Lake Superior, Copper Mines, Nevada, Colorado
Improvements, Keith's Desulphurizer, Crosby & Thompson's, Mason's, Monnier Metallurgical Process
Smelting, James E. Lyon & Co.
Making of Regulus
Important Mining Legis;ation
Gregory District Miners' Laws, Adopted February, 1860
Mining Legislation of Colorado Territory
Act of Congress Opening the Mineral Lands to Pre-emption
Geology and Geological History
Classification of Minerals Found in the Territory
Agriculture
The Valley
Climate, Soil, Irrigation
Crops and Production per Acre
"The Great American Desert" Abolished
Native Fruits, Culture
Pastoral Quality, Buffalo, Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Dairy Products
Game, Animals, Birds, Timber
Recapitulation
Mills and Mining Machinery
Production of Gold
State Organization
General Statistics
Newspapers
Railways on the Plains
Population, Society.
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9780883940211
9780405049804
9781015760080
9780405049804
9781015760080
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