[Colorado]: [Mining]:

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PROSPECTUS OF THE HOPE GOLD COMPANY OF COLORADO. The prospectus for the Hope Mining Company established on Colorado's "Gold Dirt Lode" five years after gold was first discovered there. The prospectus contains a description of the general yield of gold in the state of Colorado and relies on the previous productiveness of the Gold Dirt Lode as a selling point for Hope Gold Company shares. A series of testimonials regarding the productiveness of the properties owned by the Hope Gold Company follows, including letters from the current owners to Colorado's territorial secretary and governor attesting to the Gold Dirt Lode's previous productiveness and potential for future profit; from Colonel Dodge, the previous owner of those portions of the Gold Dirt Lode purchased by the Hope Mining Company; and from N.W. Brown, the owner of the smelting mill where Gold Dirt Lode ore was processed. Also included are a table of gold sales from the Gold Dirt Mine, the total monetary yield from mines in the Gold Dirt Lode, as well as a list of mining claims and other properties belonging to the Hope Mining Company, including claims in the Grand Island district, the Bald Mountain district, the Mountain House district, the Twin Lake district, the Tarryall district, and the Independent district. The topographic map included in the prospectus shows the Gold Dirt District as well as landmarks in Gilpin, Arapahoe, and Buffalo Counties, and also appears in Edward Bliss' A Brief History of the New Gold Re

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