Black Hawn Coal and Feed Co.

Black Hawk, Gilpin County

Billhead dated 1915 at Black Hawk, Colorado. 

"Dealers in Hay, Grain, Coal and Mine Timbers"

Billhead is in Fine condition.

Offered at:  $4      Newly Listed!

Item #EP29062     Order Now!

Engelbert Heppberger

Black Hawk, Gilpin County

Billhead dated 1915 at Black Hawk, Colorado. 

"General Express and Transfer Work....Coal hauling a specialty"

Billhead is in Very Fine condition.

Offered at:  $5      Newly Listed!

Item #EP29069     SOLD!

Discovery Claim Pre-Emption Notice

Central District, Gilpin County, Colorado Territory

Pre-Emption of Claim, dated 1864 at Central District, Territory of Colorado. 

An early  Territorial Colorado piece of mining history.   5c Internal Revenue Stamp attached.

Fine condition .

Offered at:  $75    Newly Listed!

Item #EP29074     SOLD!

Central City Public Schools

Central City, Gilpin County

Colorado Territory

School report card, dated 1869 at Central City, Colorado. 

A fantastic Territorial Colorado piece of historical memorabilia. 

Report card measures approximately 6.5" x 4.25".   Very Fine condition .

Offered at:  $8      Newly Listed!

Item #EP29073     Order Now!

A. Rachofsky, New York Store

Central City, Gilpin County

Billhead dated 1887 at Central City, Colorado. 

"Dry Goods, Fancy Goods, Millinery, Clothing, Gent's Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Shoes, Carpets, Etc."

Billhead is in Good condition with toning and damage to corners.

Offered at:  $6      Newly Listed!

Item #EP29070     SOLD!

Joseph Marx & Co

Central City, Gilpin County

Billhead dated 1887 at Central City, Colorado. 

"Dry Goods & Millinery, carpets and Oil Cloths"

Small-sized billhead measures approx 3.25" x 6.25"

Billhead is in Fine condition

Offered at:  $5      Newly Listed!

Item #EP29072     SOLD!

M. B. Hyndman

Central City, Gilpin County

Billhead dated 1903 at Central City, Colorado. 

"Book-Seller, Stationer and Newsdealer"

Billhead is in Fine condition.

Offered at:  $5      Newly Listed!

Item #EP29071    SOLD!

Josiah Polglase

Central City, Gilpin County

Billhead dated 1887 at Central City, Colorado. 

"Manufacturer of and Dealer in Ladies' and Gents' Boots and Shoes....Complete assortment of Miners boots"

Billhead is in Fine condition.

Offered at:  $8      Newly Listed!

Item #EP29064     SOLD!

Business-size envelope from the Antlers Hotel.  Small litho of the hotel depicted.  no date, VF+ Condition.

Offered at:  $4

Item #EP29008     Order Now!

Globe Express Company

Colorado Springs

Bill of Lading issued at Colorado Springs, Colo., 1910.  Received of James F. Burns.

Printing also on the back of the bill advertising "Special Features", Rates, etc.  about Globe Express.

Bill is in very good condition with small splits at center folds. 

Offered at:  $8

Item #EP29041     Order Now!

Adams Express

Globe Express

United States Express

Express Company Receipts

Offered here are three (3) separate Express Company shipping receipts from 3 different companies.  Adams and U. S Express receipts are are to James F. Burns and the Globe Express receipt is to Mrs. James F. Burns; both of Cripple Creek and Colorado Springs fame. 

All receipts are in near fine condition.

Offered at: $3 each - please specify appropriate item number when ordering. 

** Order all 3 and get a 15% discount! **

Adams Express Company - 1914 - Item #EP29044 A

Globe Express Company - 1910 - Item #EP29044 G

United States Express Company - 1910 - Item #EP29044 U

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Portland Gold Mining Company

Colorado Springs / Cripple Creek

Letterhead dated 1907 at Colorado Springs, Colo. from the Portland Gold Mining Co., Stock Transfer Office written to the Portland G M Co. office in Victor, Colo.   States on letterhead: "Mines at Victor, Colo."

This is a great little slice of Cripple Creek history from the biggest and most productive mining company in the District; The Portland.  Letterhead is in near fine condition with minor sunning to extreme right edge (see scan).

Offered at:  $12

Item #EP29040     SOLD!

Stratton Cripple Creek Mining & Development Co.

Colorado Springs / Cripple Creek

Letterhead dated 1913 at Colorado Springs, Colo. from the Stratton Cripple Creek Mining and Development Company.  Signed by long-time Secretary, William Lloyd.  The SCCM&D Co. was created by Stratton near the end of his life and career in Cripple Creek.  Its primary purpose was to purchase and consolidate properties on Gold, Globe, Ironclad and Bull hills and for Stratton to carry out his quest for the "Bowl of Gold".  Letterhead is in near fine condition.

Offered at:  $12

Item #EP29049     SOLD!

Stratton Cripple Creek Mining & Development Co.

Cripple Creek

Prospecting License for the Stratton Cripple Creek Mining and Development Company, dated 1907 and signed by  secretary, Wm. Lloyd and president, D.H. Rice.

Fine condition.

Offered at:  $15

Item #EP29053     Order Now!

Abstract of Title

Cripple Creek

Abstract of Title dated from 1892 - 1900 for the Chat, Hulbert E. Chat, Etta Chat and Mamie Chat Lodes.  Title Grantee's include: Chat Mining and Milling Company, W.S. Montgomery and The W.S. Montgomery Investment Company.  A unique hand-written Cripple Creek mining document involving the well-known Cripple Creek attorney, W.S. Montgomery.

Two pages fold out to 17" x 9.5" and is in fine condition.

Offered at:  $12

Item #EP29052     SOLD!

Ellis the Taylor

Cripple Creek

Letterhead dated 1916 at Cripple Creek, Colo. from Ask Ellis.   This company dealt in "Men's Furnishings" and was a local Taylor.    Letterhead also states: "Branch at Victor, Colo."  A great letterhead from a Cripple Creek business venture. 

Letterhead is in very good condition with small chip at lower-right & normal letter folds.

Offered at:  $10

Item #EP29048     SOLD!

Mining Deed

Cripple Creek

Mining Deed, dated 1892.

A very early Mining Deed, dated 1892, from the Cripple Creek District and signed by F. W. Howbert, County Clerk of El Paso County.   This is one of the earliest deeds you will see from Cripple Creek.  In fact, it refers to the claim as being located in the "Womack Mining District", for the founder of the Cripple Creek District "Crazy" Bob Womack.   The deed states: "... assigns All of the Surprise Placer mining claim, situated in Cripple Creek, or Womack Mining District, in El Paso County and State of Colorado..."  The deed assigns property from 5 miners to the Requa Gold and Silver Mining and Milling Company.   It is also unique in that this deed is on a placer claim, which were worked in the Cripple Creek District for only a brief period of time.  Fine condition.

Offered at:  $85

Item #EP29036     SOLD!

Mining Deed

Cripple Creek

Mining Deed, dated 1899.

A very nice Cripple Creek mining deed from the District's glory-days!  This deed transfers properties to the Battle Mountain Consolidated Gold Mining Company.    The deed reads: "...A certain fractional claim called the "Potlatch" being east of the City of Victor and west of the Tecumseh Lode mining claim on the south slope of Battle Mountain in the Cripple Creek Mining District..."

Deed is in Fine condition.

Offered at:  $45

Item #EP29060     SOLD!

C. K. Whiting Assayer

Cripple Creek

Assay receipt dated at Cripple Creek, 1917.  Assay was performed on a sample from the Golden Cycle Mining Co..

Receipt measures approx. 3.5" x 5" and is signed by C.K. Whiting.

Fine condition.

Offered at:  $6

Item #EP29055     Order Now!

Colorado Trading and Transfer Company

Cripple Creek

Billhead dated 1900 at Cripple Creek, Colo.    Billed against the Burke & Fry Lease.    The Colorado Trading & Transfer Company had a virtual monopoly on transfer of goods in the Cripple Creek District.  They eventually owned the means by which nearly all ore was shipped from the mine to the mill.

Billhead is in fine condition.

Offered at:  $6

Item #EP29042     SOLD!

Cripple Creek Sampling and Ore Co.

Cripple Creek

Ore settlement receipt, dated at Cripple Creek, Colo., 1898.

Settlement is for ore bought from the Mary McKinney Mining Company.  The Cripple Creek Sampling and Ore Co. was one of the many mining and milling companies owned and operated by Charles Tutt (president) and Spencer Penrose (Sec. & Treasurer).  Tutt & Penrose eventually had a virtual monopoly on the milling of Cripple Creek ores and were key Cripple Creek personalities throughout the history of the Cripple Creek District.  Receipt is in Fine condition.  Scan does not show entire sheet...it is too large for the scanner bed.  Measures approx. 12.5" x 7.5".

Offered at:  $20

Item #EP29056     SOLD!

Dorcas Reduction Works

Florence

Ore settlement receipt, dated at Florence, Colo.,  1903.

Reduction works were operated by the Dorcas Mining, Milling and Development Co.   Settlement is for ore from the War Eagle Mine of the Stratton Cripple Creek Mining & Development Co.   The Dorcas Reduction works would have utilized the Florence & Cripple Creek Railway to transport ore from Cripple Creek mines for processing. 

Document is in fine condition.

Offered at:  $15

Item #EP29057     Order Now!

Taylor & Brunton Sampling Company

Victor

Ore settlement receipt, dated at Victor, 1906.

Settlement is for ore from blocks 179-180 of the Stratton Cripple Creek Mining & Development Co.    Ore settlement sheets are one of the few documents that exist from the many sampling companies in the Cripple Creek District and are highly collectable.

Printed on onion-skin paper and in Very Fine condition.

Offered at:  $18

Item #EP29054     Order Now!

Grill & Brinker

Denver, Colorado Territory

Billhead dated 1867 at Denver, Colorado. 

"Wholesale Grocers and Commission Merchants.  Dealers in Grain, Ranche Produce & Miners' Supplies".  Colorado Territory billhead.  Company located on F. Street below Blake .   Billhead is in Very Good+ condition.  Please note: Toning is NOT as dark on item as appears in the scan, where it is enhanced.

Offered at:  $18    Newly Listed!

Item #EP29076     SOLD!

Stebbins & Porter

Denver, Colorado Territory

Billhead dated 1869 at Denver, Colorado. 

"Wholesale Grocers and Liquor Dealers".  Colorado Territory billhead.  Company located on Blake Street.   Billhead is in Very Good condition.  Please note: Toning is NOT as dark on item as appears in the scan, where it is enhanced.

Offered at:  $18   

Item #EP29065     SOLD!

Harvey & Parker

Wholesale Cigars

Denver

Billhead dated 1886 at Denver, Colorado. 

"Fine Cigars a Specialty".  Very attractive billhead with the "CACTUS" cigar obviously highlighted across the face of the billhead.  Also states: Smoke "Royal Tiger" Bouquet Cigars.   Billhead is in Fine condition.

Offered at:  $20   

Item #EP29066     SOLD!

C. S. Morey Mercantile Co

Wholesale Grocers

Denver

Billhead dated 1902 at Denver, Colorado. 

Billhead is in Fine condition.

Offered at:  $5      

Item #EP29074     Order Now!

Cosmopolitan Hotel

Denver

Four-panel color brochure for the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Denver, Colorado.   Undated,  c1940, specifying the hotel is only 4 years old.    Illustrated with several photos of many of the hotel's rooms.   Brochure is in Fine condition.

Offered at:  $8   

Item #EP29058        Order Now!

East Argentine Tunnel, Mining, Milling, Power and Transportation Company

Georgetown, Clear Creek County

Letterhead dated 1902 at Georgetown, Colorado. 

Letterhead is in Fine condition.

Offered at:  $12    Newly Listed!

Item #EP29067     SOLD!

East Argentine Tunnel, Mining, Milling, Power and Transportation Company

Georgetown, Clear Creek County

Letterhead dated 1911 at Georgetown, Colorado. 

Letterhead is in Fine condition.

Offered at:  $12    Newly Listed!

Item #EP29068     SOLD!

Manitou Springs

Colorado

Tourist promotional booklet for Manitou Springs, Colorado.  Published by the Manitou Journal, 1892.  Describes Manitou Springs, Scenery, Manitou Grand Caverns, Manitou Mineral Water Company Mineral Springs, Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway, and Hotel Accommodations.  Includes 17 images (click here for an image sample).  Brochure is in overall fine condition with some creasing on cover, but interior is bright & clean.

Offered at:  $35      

Item #EP29061        SOLD!

Booklet cover

Page / Illustration example

Pike's Peak by Rail

Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway - Cog Wheel Route

Pikes Peak Cog Railway souvenir booklet.  Dated 1903.

Booklet is small format (approx 4" x 6") with 16 total pages of text and illustrations plus illustrations inside front and back covers.  Pages are full of Cog Railway, Pikes Peak, and Manitou  history.    This is a relatively uncommon piece of Pikes Peak Cog Railway ephemera and fine piece of Pikes Peak Region memorabilia.

Booklet is in Fine condition. 

Offered at:  $20

Item #BM310016      SOLD!

Pike's Peak by Rail

Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway - Cog Wheel Route

Pikes Peak Cog Railway souvenir brochure.  Dated 1903.

Booklet is a bi-fold format with each half-page numbered; 22 total.  Pages are full of the Cog Railway history, Points of Interest,  statistics, time table, and 12 photos as well as a center fold out bird's-eye map of Colorado Springs and the Pike's Peak Region. 

All pages are in-tact and in fine condition. 

Offered at:  $16

Item #BM310015      Order Now!

Outer page (tri-fold)

Page 1 of application

American Railway Express Company

Application for Employment

Pueblo, Colorado

Application for employment with the American Railway Express Co. in Pueblo, Colorado. dated Jan. 1, 1919.   A great document from the American Railway Express Co. for a gentleman applying for a position in Colorado which includes interesting work history of applicant: employed as a farmer with father; Post office clerk for the Government, which he left" to come to Colorado on account of wifes health"; Agent for Adams Express Co., which he left "to enlist in U.S. Navy". 

A wonderful piece of Express Company history!  Tri-folded, four-page (two-pages front & back) document in fair to good condition with chips at folds (see scan at right above). A bit fragile, but still in tact.

Offered at:  $10

Item #EP29050    Order Now!        

Golden Lily Mill

Free Milling & Concentration

Yankee, Clear Creek County

Letterhead from Yankee, Colorado dated 1902.

Material from the small mining camp of Yankee is exceptionally scarce.  Yankee was located several miles west of Central City.  There were a number of small producing mines in the Fall River District, but the mines played out fairly quickly.   Also in the area, and longer-lived, was the town of Alice.  

Letterhead is in Fine condition.

Offered at:  $18    

Item #EP29059     Order Now!

Dated 1905, issued to the German-American Insurance Company in Fort Lupton, Colorado.  A nice piece of business ephemera from an eastern Colorado town. Fine condition.

Offered at:  $4.50

Item #EP29001     Order Now!