Incoming correspondence (from outside Colorado), G-L 1870-1879.

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Incoming correspondence (from outside Colorado), G-L 1870-1879.

Some of the correspondence was written to Smith in his capacity as State Geologist, or while he had his own business in Denver evaluating mining properties. Smith corresponded with geologists and exchanged mineral samples with various people around the country. He also corresponded about his mining ventures with American Consolidated Gold and Silver Mining Company and Noble Gold Mining Company, and about mining equipment and processes with various people around the country.

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Boulder Public Library

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Smith, J. Alden, 1830-1896

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Smith was sent to Colorado in 1864 by the Noble Gold Mining Company, a group of Boston investors, to examine and report on certain mining properties in and around Central City. There he became editor of the Miner's Register, a journal on mineral resources in Colorado. From 1874 to 1879 he was superintendent of the American and Slide mines for American Gold and Silver Mining Company. Smith was appointed Colorado State Geologist in 1879. Along with General Frank Hall, he o...

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