PRINTED MINING CLAIM RECEIPT, COMPLETED IN MANUSCRIPT AND RECORDED IN THE IDAHO TERRITORY, COLORADO MINING DISTRICT RECORDER'S OFFICE

by Colorado Mining

$350 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

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7¾ x 3¼ inches. Tanned, small closed tear in upper edge. Very good. McMURTRIE COLORADO , p.42. Item #354319 A very early example of Colorado printing and a record of mining in the booming area. The receipt records claim number 11, southwest, in the Mountain Lode as belonging to F. Angevine. It is dated in manuscript, Aug. 30, 1864, and signed by L. Merriman, Recorder. Numerous types are used in the printing, and an ornamental column appears

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