[Wyoming]: [Laramie Mining and Stock Exchange]:

$850 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

ALBANY COUNTY, WYOMING, MINERAL RESOURCES. A COMPLETE AND COMPREHENSIVE DESCRIPTION OF ITS GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION, GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE AND MINERALOGICAL RICHNESS, ALSO THE CITY OF LARAMIE AS A BASE ... A scarce promotional pamphlet for Albany County, Wyoming, encouraging the development of the region's mineral resources, published on behalf of the Laramie Mining and Stock Exchange. Includes descriptions of the various mines then in operation and a brief section on the city of Laramie, its industries, schools, and bank. Among the illustrations are photographic images of different mines, including the Albany placers, the Douglas Consolidated placers, the Spring Creek placer, the Keystone mine and mill, and Lincoln gulch; and an image of gold samples taken from the Douglas placers. The full-page maps is of the Douglas Placer District, and the advertisements are for businesses in the Laramie area. Quite scarce in the trade.

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