1865. · Boston
by [Nevada]
Boston, 1865.. 24,8pp. plus 7pp. prospectus loosely laid in, and folding map, 14 1/2 x 23 1/4 inches. Original printed pink wrappers. Small chip at bottom edge of spine, upper outer corner of rear wrapper creased. Tiny stain in fore-edge of text. Near fine. Prospectus and geological reports on this silver lode, with scientific reports touting its riches. The extra prospectus is dated March 8, 1866 and is a report by William C. Prescott on the mine. The map is a very detailed depiction of the Gold Hill Front Lodes, done on a scale of 375 feet to the inch. It gives the location of the mines, proposed shafts, quartz mills, hoisting works, the Pioneer Foundry, the Wells Fargo office, and much more. Not in Paher.
(Inventory #: WRCAM39530)