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A boom & bust mining town in Colorado...
A boom & bust mining town in Colorado...
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November 27, 1885
WHITE PINE CONE, White Pine, Gunnison County, Colorado, November 27, 1885
* Very rare Old West title
* Ghost town - silver mining
An interesting newspaper from a fascinating town which went through two boom & bust periods. As the hyperlink notes, White Pine began in 1880 as a fledgling mining camp just west of the Continental Divide, boomed in the mid-1880's then went bust by 1893. But in 1930 thru 1944 corporate mining resurrected in White Pine, only to go bust again in 1953, closing down the town for good. "Today only a few people live in White Pine during the summer. Only a creaking of the majestic pines and the aging cabins remind us today that a great mining camp once existed in the shadows of the Continental Divide."
This issue is from the town's heyday with various mining related news as well as other items & a wealth of advertisements. Complete in 4 pages, some loss at the blank spine margin from disbinding, toned at the margins with minor margin wear, somewhat pulpish. Must be handled carefully.
After our purchase of the complete holdings of the Kansas St. Historical Society, Gregory (Union List of American Newspapers) notes that just one institution has a complete set of this newspaper (lasted from 1883 - 1892) and 2 other institutions just have a single issue each.
Category: The Old West
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