[Cover title]. Gold fields of Cripple Creek. Pan-American Exposition Buffalo, New York. [Mines in Cripple Creek and San Juan Mining Districts and Mexico]. . . .

Published by The Woods Investment Co. of Colorado, 1901]., [Colorado Springs, CO:, 1901

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Oblong 8vo. 7.9 x 5.25 in. [48 pp (unpaginated).] Illustrated throughout with photos, woodcut borders, decorative elements, maps (1 large folding frontisp. map, w/ mine cross-section on verso showing Gold Coin Mine tunnels & location). Pictorial softcovers, Arts & Crafts cover art of the Gold Coin Mine (minor dustsoiling, slight shelfwear, a few leaves w/ faint dog-eared creases), still VG bright copy. First edition of this scarce mining sales promotion from the Woods Investment Company which sponsored a booth in the Mining Building at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, NY in order to raise funds and expand the Woods mining and business empire. At the time, the Woods operated the Gold Coin Mine employing 300 men with an annual payroll of $ 350,000, as well as the Consolidated, Doctor-Jack Pot, New Zealand, Mabel M., Damon, Morning Glory, and others. The Woods founded Victor, CO and while digging the foundations for their elaborate Victor Hotel, they discovered in 1894 a twenty-inch-wide vein of gold ore, and began the development of the famed Gold Coin Mine. After rebuilding following the 1899 Victor, CO fire the company continued to expand and rebuilt most of the burned-out business district in fire-resistant brick and stone. This work includes photo illustrations of Victor CO, Cameron, CO, the Robinson-Victor Mine, the Economic Gold Extraction Co., the Pike's Peak power station, and the Cripple Creek Short Line. The Woods were progressive mine owners, who invested back into their community, including the Gold Coin Club for Woods miners and workers, which included a ballroom, gymnasium, baths, bowling lanes, tennis courts, billiards room, library, and dining rooms. Unfortunately, the Pan-American Exposition is best remembered as the site of the assassination of President McKinley, shot by the anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Temple of Music, Sept. 6, 1901. See: LaJean Greeson, Linda Tingvik & Margie King, The Gold Coin Mine: Part of the Woods Family Epire, Victor Heritage Society (2017).…

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Title
[Cover title]. Gold fields of Cripple Creek. Pan-American Exposition Buffalo, New York. [Mines in Cripple Creek and San Juan Mining Districts and Mexico]. . . .
Author
[1901 PAN-AMERICAN WORLD'S FAIR -- GOLD MINING LAND PROMOTION]. WOODS, Warren, Frank & Henry.
Publisher
The Woods Investment Co. of Colorado, 1901]., [Colorado Springs, CO:
Publication year
1901
Edition
1st Edition
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