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$4,500 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

BLACK HAWK GOLD MINING COMPANY. ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.... A rare and attractive illustrated prospectus for the lodes discovered in Black Hawk, Colorado. The text testifies: "It requires no mathematical calculation to demonstrate the immense product in gold which can be obtained from the extensive mines belonging to this company, by a liberal expenditure of capital, and the use of more powerful and economical labor-saving machinery." The plates illustrate an interior view of a quartz mill, a view of the Gregory Lode, and a view of Black Hawk Point. The advertised capital was 50,000 shares at $100 each.The mining property was first owned by Messrs. Lee, Judd, & Lee, and was known as the Black Hawk Estate. Mining commenced in 1860 with $14,000 in investments. The prospectus gives a brief history of the development of the Gregory Mining District and the amount of gold extracted from it. The untitled map depicts the Over Land Stage Line from Atchison, Kansas, to Denver, Colorado. Black Hawk was the epicenter of the Colorado gold rush when gold was discovered in Gregory Gulch in 1859, and thanks to its easy access to water, it became the site of the first successful smelting operation in Colorado, allowing it to continue to benefit from gold mining after more readily accessible surface ore dried out. Unlike so many other boom towns, Black Hawk survived the decline of the mining industry and continues to support a very small population and large casino in

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