Untitled canvas-backed map of Colorado Ghost Towns

A unique mining claim map of the ghost towns of Anaconda, Arequa, Elkton, Independence, and Goldfield. These towns were between Victor and Cripple Creek.Much of this area is the site of the massive Elkton Mine. A man named John W. Bernard, who knew nothing about prospecting, spent his first night in the Cripple Creek Region sleeping on the ground. On awakening the next morning he staked the first likely rock pile he could fine and named it for a pair of elk horns lying nearby. The Elkton produced more than $13,000,000 in its day and Bernard gave half interest in the mine to two grocers in payment of a $36.50 grocery bill…… The map shows in great detail the overlapping mining claims of the area

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