[Colorado Directory]: Corbett, Thomas B., and John H. Ballenger:

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CORBETT & BALLENGER'S SIXTH ANNUAL LEADVILLE CITY DIRECTORY CONTAINING A COMPLETE LIST OF THE INHABITANTS, INSTITUTIONS, INCORPORATED COMPANIES, MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS, BUSINESS, BUSINESS ... Sixth year of this exhaustive directory for Leadville, Colorado, scene of one of the last of the spectacular mining booms in the continental United States. The introduction notes that they have recently recovered from a pronounced hiccup in the midst of their "unprecedented boom." Full of particulars on local businesses, including merchants, banks, lumber yards, wagon makers, newspapers, photographers, mining firms, railroads, etc., as well as the occupations and addresses of the residents. Leadville was Colorado's most noted mining town, here at the peak of its silver production.

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