Aspen Smelting Company prospectus and stock certificate

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Title: Aspen Smelting Company prospectus and stock certificate
Creator: Aspen Smelting Company
Contributor: Aspen Smelting Company
Sharpe, R. P.
Published / Created: 1924-1925
Abstract: A typed prospectus (21 p.) for the Aspen Smelting Company accompanied by a stock certificate for 600 shares of the company, issued on July 14, 1924, to G. D. Sutton. The prospectus includes a fold-out chart of mineral production in Pitkin County from 1880 to 1924; a record of mining leases and royalty schedules; a financial statement dated August 31, 1925; airlift data; and operating costs. Seven photographs, including one of company president R. P. Sharpe and six of various mining properties, are tipped onto pages of the prospectus.
Description: Purchased from Brian Levine on the Arthur Corbitt Hoskins Memorial Fund, 2005.
The Aspen Smelting Company was organized in Delaware in 1924. The company owned and leased several properties in the Aspen Mining District of Pitkin County, Colorado, including the Cowenhoven Tunnel, the Durant Mine, and the Smuggler Mine.
Extent: 2 items.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: text
Genre: Manuscripts
Typescripts
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): Aspen Mining District (Colo.)
Pitkin County (Colo.)
Subject (Name): Aspen Smelting Company
Sharpe, R. P.
Subject (Topic): Mineral industries--Colorado--Pitkin County
Mines and mineral resources--Colorado--Pitkin County

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Citation: Aspen Smelting Company Prospectus and Stock Certificate. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.