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ProspectU.S. Consol. Yankee & Breece Hills MC, 1880 [173302]

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Mining Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 600.00 USD
ProspectU.S. Consol. Yankee & Breece Hills MC, 1880    [173302]

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This is an original prospectus of the Consolidated Yankee and Breece Hill's Mining Company, Leadville, Colorado. Incorporated June 29, 1880. Capital stock of $1,000,000 in shares of $10 each. Denver: Colliers & Cleaveland, 1880. 16 pages plus folding map. Original printed wrappers. Contemporary ownership markings on front wrap, tear near top edge, 2x2" piece missing from front wrap near tail of spine. Map is clean and bright. With an invitation to a special stockholders' meeting tipped in. A good copy.

Includes original, detailed map of the mining areas between Evan's Gulch and California Gulch.

The Board ofDirectors for the Consolidated Yankee and Breece Hill's Mining Company were hoping to up the offering of stock from one million dollars to three million dollars in the hopes that the increased revenue would provide the needed funds to pursue recent promising developments, though it reads as if the project was a bit of a gamble.

Leadville Colorado