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CO - Boulder,Boulder County - 1880-1956 - Boulder Colorado Mining Stocks Grab Bag

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 600.00 USD
CO - Boulder,Boulder County - 1880-1956 - Boulder Colorado Mining Stocks Grab Bag
Session D is a Mail-Bid Only Auction. Absentee bids will be accepted only. No live bidding will be allowed. All winners will be contacted after the auction. BIDDING ENDS MONDAY JUNE 27 AT 5PM PACIFIC TIME!!!
Lot of 9 Items. All of the mining information provided here comes from Carl Swift's research files. 1. The Baron Mining Company, Gold Hill Mining District. The Baron claim is in the vicinity of Salina. In the 1930s Charles Garfield mined this property which is believed to be an extension of the Sunshine Vein. The Baron Lode was discovered in 1875. The crevice between the walls is five feet wide and contained four veins of telluride ore, each from one to three inches wide. Most of the high grade ore sold brought $400 more or less per ton, but small lots contained from $10,000 to $16,000 per ton at $16/oz. gold. The owners were C. C. Eddy, Sr. C.C. Eddy, Jr., F.R. Eddy, and A. R. West. No. 458 issued to John C. Hamm. Signed by [illegible]Silverspamm, Secretary and P. A. Primean, President. Good.

2. Big Five Mining Company, Ward District. Calvin Ward located the Miser's Dream in 1860. In 1861 Cy Deardorff located the Columbia Vein which produced more than $5,000,000 at $18 gold. Another property was the Ni-Wot in which H.A.W. Tabor was involved. In the deepest mines the veins have been followed to depths of more than 1000 feet below the surface. Most of the gold-silver pyritic ore contains from 0.1 to 0.5 oz. Au/ton, but in the enriched oxidized zone, at depths of 50 to 250 feet, assays have run as high as 27 oz. Au /ton. No. 1067 issued to Mary S. Heming. Signed by Wilson Nausel, Secretary and President, William P. Daniels. Cancelled. Good.

3. Boulder Consolidated Gold and Silver Mining Company. In 1883 the firm owned the Boulder Co., Trojan, Western Extension, Conger, Walden, Hamlin and Pendleten Lodes, at Cardinal in the Grand Island Mining District. In 1906 the property was located on Poorman Hill, about five miles west of the city of Boulder. The property consisted of the Gold Medal, the Mogul, and the No Name claims, and one mill. It was dissolved March 2, 1924. The Gold Medal vein was a large vein, 4 to 35' wide assaying at 0.5 oz./ton. The Mogul was a very large vein, nearly 50' wide, assaying at 0.3 oz./ton gold. The No Name vein was 6' wide and assayed at 0.68 oz./ton. The ore consisted of gold and silver tellurides. A large 150 ton cyanide mill was constructed to process the ore. Up to 1906, these mines produced 10,000 oz. gold. Veins all fissure from four to six ft. in width. Assays from 0.5 to 4 oz. gold and from 5 to 60 oz. silver. Developed by 900 ft. drifts and shafts; also owned a stamp mill situated in Nederland, containing 25 stamps and operated by water power for treating 25 tons per day. No. 2678, issued to Thomas L. Green, signed by Geo. E. H. Morrison, Secretary and E. Winlord, President. U/C.

4. The Boulder Tungsten Production Company. Camp Stevens. One thousand men were employed with a production running into hundreds of thousands of dollars a month, with an average net earning for the company of $50,000 every 30 days. The mineral estate of the Boulder Tungsten Production Company embraced 164 acres in the very center of the tungsten deposits of Boulder Co. In 1915 a large mill was constructed at Camp Stevens which was so successful as to pay for itself in 19 days. The capacity of the mill was 100 tons per day with an 802 recovery. During World War 1, when tungsten was more valuable than gold or silver, Stevens Camp, which was later named Tungsten, had a peak population of 20,000 and thousands more slept and ate wherever they could in Tungsten, Nederland, and other nearby places. Seventeen mills were working around the clock. Production reached six million dollars in 1917 alone. Canceled with red two cent document R 20 U. S. revenue stamp. No. 1863, issued to J. H. Hodnett and signed by J. N. Williams, Secretary and J. G. Clark, President. Signed by R. T. Clark and J. H. Hodnett on reverse. Right edge is worn. Fold lines visible and beginning to tear at the fold line. Good.

5. Buena Gold Mining Company, Central Mining District. The Buena Mine, differs from the other mines in having a large number of veins striking in various directions and in having ore in large stockwork bodies at vein junctions. The mine was on the south side of a steep gulch, 2,000' east of the top of Buena Mountain and about a mile N. 70 deg. W. of Jim Town. The workings range in altitude from 7,500 to 8,050 ft . and comprise seven levels, with two extensive crosscut tunnels, one small crosscut, and numerous raises, winzes, open cuts, and small shafts, totaling about 6,000 feet. The mine was discovered in September 1879 and is generally credited with a total output valued at about $44,000,000 @ $400/oz gold. The output from 1901 to 1942 has amounted to 36,794 oz. Gold ($14,717,600), 2,728 oz. Ag, and 205 pounds of Cu. The chief ore minerals in the mine are gold tellurides of which krennerite is the most abundant, sylvanite, and petzite. Shipments to the Boulder Sampler in 1879 and 1880 contained up to 268.4 oz. of gold and 54 ounces silver per ton. Most of the large tonnages ranged from 3 to 11 ounces of gold per ton. No. 4475 issued to George W. Shephard Jr. and signed by H. Eggleston, Secretary and Thomas W. Gill, President. Signed by Shephard on the back. U/C. Excellent.

6. The Chicago and Colorado Dvelopment and Mining Company, Ward Mining District. Camp Tolcott and Quiggleyville were both founded by Colonel Wesley Brainard of Evanston, Illinois, who had worked among the hills for more than twenty years. He had great confidence in the region. No. 62 issued to Alice Rockwell and signed by George Yaeger, Secretary and Silas [illegible] President. Signed by Alice Rockwell on reverse. Folds visible and a black ink mark is in the upper left border. U/C. Good.

7. The Frances Mitchell Mining Company, Gold Hill Mining District. Billy Mitchell named his gold mining after his wife. In the 1800s he discovered the following lodes in the Sugar Loaf Mining Districts - Cascade in 1882 and Julius in 1888. At a later date he established his mining company on the following properties - the Bohemian Girl in 1911, the King George in 1911, and the President Taft also in 1911, which he located in the Gold Hill Mining District. No. 12, issued to William Mitchell, signed by Winifred H. Price, Secretary and William Mitchell, as President. U/C. Excellent.

8. Front Range Mines, Inc., Gold Hill Mining District. George Teal opened the Melvina Mine in the Gold Hill Mining District, de-watered it and sunk the shaft deeper. The company had a mill on Clear Creek above Idaho Springs in Clear Creek Co. Harrison Cobb, of Boulder, shipped ore from the Franklin No. 5 to the mill for some time. No. 2242, issued to Bache & Co. and signed by R. J. Dale, Assistant Secretary and John Deertrich, President. Stamped on back N. Y. Fed. IAA GGE Paid, Nov 14 1958. Excellent.

9. Gold Collation Mines Company, Gold Hill Mining District. The Gold Collation Mines Co. was operating the Slide Mine on Gold Hill. The Slide Mine, one of the most productive in the district, is on the south side of Lefthand Creek, half a mile northeast of Gold Hill. The Slide shaft, the collar of which is at an altitude of 8,290 feet, extends to a depth of 1,080 feet below the surface and has 11 levels aggregating more than 5000 feet in length. The Corning Tunnel, a crosscut about 2,500 feet long, is at an altitude of 7,750 feet and intersects the Slide vein at 950 feet, the Klondike vein at 575 feet, and the Twin vein at 400 feet from the portal. From 1933 to 1942 Slide Mines, Inc. worked through the Corning Tunnel. The tunnel extends beyond the Slide vein to the Horsefal vein. From 1934 to 1942 the output of the Slide Group amounted to 40,611 oz. gold, 145,066 oz. of silver, 747,514 pounds of copper, 886,500 pounds of lead, and 440,056 pounds of zinc. No. 9, issued to Harry W. Robinson, signed by Harry W. Robinson, Jr., Secretary and George T. Manley, President. Also signed by Frank Folger and Harry W. Robinson. Folds are noticable. Good. U/C.
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