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From a silver mining ghost town in Colorado...
From a silver mining ghost town in Colorado...
Item # 705657
December 15, 1881
THE ELK MOUNTAIN PILOT, Irwin, Gunnison County, Colorado, June 15, 1882 A quite rare mining town camp newspaper which lasted about 5 years. At the turn of the 19th century this title was resurrected in nearby Crested Butte. The only holdings of this title from Irwin noted in Gregory (Union List of American Newspapers) by any institution have since been purchased by us.
Irwin was founded in 1880 about 9 miles west of Crested Butte in central Colorado. The discovery of silver the previous year brought people to the town by the thousands. Within 6 months the town grew from about 50 to over 5000. In its prime, Irwin was described as a wide open bristling town with hotels, sawmills, stores, churches, dance halls and saloons. Today there is basically nothing left but a few minor structures.
Four pages, a few older mends near margins, a portion at the bottom of the spine is lacking but fortunately it does not affect any text on any of the pages, good condition.
Category: Post-Civil War
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