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NV - Elko County,1910 - Golconda Cattle Co. Topographical Map

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 1,000.00 USD
NV - Elko County,1910 - Golconda Cattle Co. Topographical Map
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!!!
Canvas map measures 69" x 66". Titled "Topographical Map/of the/Dutton Ranch/Elko Co., Nevada/Surveyed 1910./for Golconda Cattle Co./ Survey Directed by Jno. E. Webb, Sec'y./R.E. Tilden, C.E./assisted by/J.H. Winwood, E.M./Scale 1000 Ft to 1 In." Handwritten in ink at the lower right corner is "State Engineer exhibit 00156/admitted in evidence/January 27, 1925, J.W. Davey, Clerk." Primary notations on map limited to "pasture" and "cultivated." Multi-colored map using follow designations: "Land Enclosed in Yellow can be irrigated," "Lands in Green Irrigated Fields," "Lands Red Cultivated Fields," "Boundry of G.C.C. Shaded brown," "Canals and Ditches Shown in Blue," while "Proporsed Canals Shown in dotted yellow lines." The map is attached to a top roller "Manufactured by Hautshorn's New Groove Tin Roller, May 13, 1914." Extremely rare, possibly only one of its kind.