Where To Go To Become Rich Farmers - 1880
Keeler, Bronson C. WHERE TO GO TO BECOME RICH FARMERS, MINERS, AND TOURISTS WITH A COMPLETE TEXT OF THE MINING LAWS. KANSAS – ARIZONA – NEW MEXICO AND COLORADO. Chicago. Belford, Clarke and Co. 1st. 1880. 180pp. [12]pp. advertisements. Illustrations. 4 maps. Original printed decorative pictorial wrappers. Expertly rebacked. Vg cond.
First edition. Adams Herd 1259 calls this piece “Rare.” (See also Wynar 2130). This guide provides information about cities, the topography, population, climate, cattle, and sheep raising, health resorts, mining interests, how to prospect and assay carbonates, mining laws, etc. for Kansas, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. The maps depict how to get to your destination, wherever it may be, noting the confirmed grants in New Mexico, also a detailed map of Arizona and Colorado. Having 3 folding maps: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R.R. Lines; Map of Colorado. There is a frontis map depicting the lines of the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway. Finally, there is a Glossary. Dictionary of Mining Terms as the mining interests in Arizona and Colorado are so noted. An exceptional guide not in Eberstadt, Decker, Streeter, Howes or Graff.