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Buffalo Bill Letter :

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 600.00 USD
Buffalo Bill Letter :
A four page handwritten letter from John D. Burgess, a mining engineer of Tucson, Arizona dated Campo Bonito August 25th 1910.

Blue stationary with Buffalo Bill's vignette. Content mentions Buffalo Bill and his mining interests. Burgess was Buffalo Bill Cody's mining partner. He was part "con man," extracting many thousands of dollars from Cody, resulting in mining claims that were almost all without production. He had one eye, a very well kept upturned mustache, lived in the best house, had a fancy buggy in which he visited clients, and was very familiar with Buffalo Bill. His mines are documented as "Campo Bonin."