An artifact of the operations of a London-based gold mining firm recording payments for a variety of goods and services from 1872 to 1874. Trends can be traced across the receipts; most noticeably a stiff rise in the price of tunnel digging, which from the beginning to end of the.....
![Item #8298 [Boston Silver Company letter archive.] Letters From Colorado [spine-title]. Col....](https://jamesarsenault.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8298.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1694526178)
A rich and extensive archive comprising 117 letters documenting two years of the Boston Silver Mining Company’s operation in Saints John, Colorado, including much content relating to labor and the concurrent mining boom in Leadville, Colorado. The bulk of these letters are written by a company manager, who ran the.....
![Item #9703 [Collection of letters of an Arizona pioneer, miner, and real estate broker.]. L. E....](https://jamesarsenault.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/9703_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1779358919)
A substantive gathering of letters by an early figure involved in the Arizona Territory scene, with discussions of mines, horseback riding and local travel, real-estate projects, and more. Levi Edward “Ned” Hewins was a prominent real estate and mining agent in Arizona before and after it became a state. Born.....
A prospectus describing the Marvel Copper Claims by their apparent owner L. W. Marvel, including a manuscript map of the claims and evidently created for the consideration of a small number of potential investors. Located in Esmeralda County, Nevada, the property described in this document embraces five claims (Dedman, Hill.....
![Item #8889 [Autograph letter, signed, from a California gold miner to his brother in Maine.]....](https://jamesarsenault.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8889_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1729109613)
An earnest letter by a gold miner from Maine on the difficulties and hopes of his new life in California, as well as the broader gold rush scene. Writing from Mormon Island to his brother John H. Oliver, who lived in Bath, Maine, Henry M. Oliver (1808–1876) begins this letter.....
An early letter from a miner in Nevada’s gold and silver boom discussing money matters and Virginia City’s murder rate. “Sam” informs his sister Julia in Maine that “I am earning a goodeal now and shall continue so long as I have my health[.] I cleared $93, above my board.....
A Connecticut school-teacher’s account of his experiences in an early South African diamond field, written several years after his return and blending passages from his original journal with rich and engaging descriptions of mining, camp life, extraordinary incidents, his interactions with Xhosa and Khoekhoe laborers, and his arduous voyages to.....