Description
THE FORTUNES OF A DECADE, ILLUSTRATED: A Graphic Recital of the Struggles of the Early Days of Cripple Creek, The Greatest Gold Camp on Earth; With Stories of It’s Mines, Biographies of the Men Who Made Them, With Many New and Hitherto
Unpublished Anecdotes and Incidents of Their Lives
COLORADO SPRINGS: The Homes of the Mining Millionaires
Written, Compiled and Published, under the Direction of
SARGENT & RORHABACHER
for
THE EVENING STAR
Colorado Springs, Colorado
October 1900
Condition: very good; complete with original front cover, however, back wrap is in facsimile; interior pages complete, including folding panorama of Cripple Creek and Victor, pages lightly toned, yet still strong, clean, and highly detailed; spine reinforced
with burgundy-colored cloth; last pages has been repaired
with conservation mending.
[Please note: only the back wrap is in facsimile —
the rest of this publication is ORIGINAL as
printed.]
Publication dimensions: 9 inches by 12-1/4 inches
132 pages, plus expanding foldout panoramic page
Illustrated significantly with photographs of personalities, mines, buildings and homes in the Cripple Creek Gold Mining District, Colorado Springs, and Denver, Colorado
{PLEASE NOTE: gold ore from the Orpha May Mine, in the Cripple Creek District, is not part of this listing; it was used simply as a careful way to keep this wondrous and detailed publication propped for photographing}
COLORADO ARTIFACTUAL
