Receipt, Boulder Agency of The Boston and Colorado Smelting Co.

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Description

A paper receipt received of G.R. Williamson from the Boulder Agency of the Boston and Colorado Smelting Company on August 21st, 1879. The receipt includes 1825 pounds of Sax "Yellow Pine" Ore mined from the Sugar Loaf Mining District in Boulder County, Colorado. The ore was valued at $333.34.

Object Information

Local ID:

MSS.1881.B98.FF34.2

Collection:

Fred M. Mazzulla Collection

Provenance:

This item was cataloged and digitized as part of the Mazzulla Collection Access and Digitization Project. In 2022, History Colorado was awarded a 3-year grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) to fund work on the Fred M. Mazzulla Collection. The grant funds were used to catalog, arrange, describe, publicize, and digitize 50,000 items within the Mazzulla Collection, including photograph prints and negatives, manuscript material, scrapbooks, and audio recordings.

Rights:

Public Domain

Appears In

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History Colorado

Mining in Colorado (1860s -1930s)

Let's spelunk right into the history of mining in Colorado! From Gold to Silver and from the plains to the mountains, mining changed and evolved significantly from the 1860s to the 1930s. Join us to explore mining in Colorado and how it connects to the physical geography, how technology and adaptations made it possible and how it had impacts on the land and people who were already in the region .

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