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CO - Leadville,Lake County - 1881-1882 - Early Leadville Mining District Stock Group

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CO - Leadville,Lake County - 1881-1882 - Early Leadville Mining District Stock Group
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 2. 1. The Long and Derry Hill Mining Company. Number 1314 issued to Henry W. Baldwin by S. Oliphant Talbot, Secretary and W. E. Redding, Vice President on 2 February 1882. The Long and Derry Mines were among the first to be discovered in the Leadville District. Jacob T. Long and his brother, John Long, came to Colorado in 1860. After trying the San Juans in the south western part of the state, they settled in the Leadville area. It is not clear how the two Long brothers met Charles Derry. Abe Lee, one of the most famous of the original Iowa Gulch characters and discoverer of gold in the Gulch in 1860, was working the Iowa Gulch area in 1876 and awoke one morning to find his horse missing. While tracking his horse he noticed an outcropping of black rock. Later in the morning he met Jacob Long. Lee gave Long a piece of the rock and later that evening around the fire Long was telling his brother, John, and their partner, Charles Derry about his encounter. They discussed the heavy black lump and decided it might be a form of coal and threw it into the fire. It was not coal, but it was lead carbonate. As soon as the mineral began to melt, they knew what they had. The mine, which became one of the most famous of the early Leadville producers was divided equally among the two Long brothers and their friend Charles Derry. The hill where the discovery was made, between lowa and

Empire Gulches, was named Long and Derry Hill , in honor of the owners [Ref: The Hal Miller Files including assays, maps, reports; Blair, Edward, Leadville: Colorado’s Magic City, 1980; Emmons, S. F., and J. O. Irving, and G. F. Loughlin, “Geology and Ore Deposits of the Leadville District, Colorado,” USGS Prof. Paper 148, 1927; Emmons, S. F., “Geology and Mining Industry of Leadville, Colorado,” USGS Monograph Vol. XII, 1886]. This particular stock is on crème paper with a black border. The vignette is of miners working underground with lighted helmets. Signed on reverse by Baldwin on 4 February 1882 and witnessed by J. W. Hoffman and S. O. Talbot. The stock is yellowing in the folds and has a few foxing spots. The right and left edges are worn. U/C. Good condition.

2. The Miner Boy Mining Company. Green stock with white edge and black border. Number 2728 issued to B. Atkins by Geo. Blass (?), Secretary and A. A. McLeod, President on 28 October 1881. Also signed by the Mining Trust Company’s representative. Signed by Atkins on reverse and a witness. The upper right corner and right side and right bottom corner have discoloration and some wrinkles. Vignette of miners working underground. Not cancelU/Cdition. Carl Swift wrote that this mine was located on the eastern slope of Breece Hill just above Evans Gulch. The mine was discovered on March 27, 1879 by Peter Conley, M.C. Kennedy, James Dahoney, etc., who sold it on June 17, 1879 to A.A. McLeod for $75,000. The mine soon had three shafts, down 490 ft., 5 levels and 250 ft. of drifts producing 20 tons per day. Assays showed 1029 oz. silver per ton, and 945 oz. gold per ton. The minerals produced were pyrargyrite, free gold, and tetrahedrite. By 1880 the mj-ne was employing 35 miners with assaying showing the ore was producing 600 ounces of gold per ton [Ref: Griswold, 1996 pgs. 236, 386, 426, 429, 49L, 571].
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