J. Alden Smith, Incoming correspondence (from within Colorado), G-L. 1869-1879.

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J. Alden Smith, Incoming correspondence (from within Colorado), G-L. 1869-1879.

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Smith corresponded with geologists and exchanged mineral samples with various people. He also corresponded about his mining ventures with Noble Gold Mining Company and American Consolidated Gold and Silver Mining Company, and about mining equipment and processes with various people. Correspondents are from Denver, Central City, Sunshine, Leadville, Ward, and Orodelfan (Boulder Canyon). 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.

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Colorado. Secretary's Office.

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United States. Land Office (Central City, Colo.)

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Tascher, Jacob.

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Hunt, Fred A.

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Sunshine Courier (Sunshine, Colo.)

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Hunt, Barber & Company Concentration and Smelting Works (Orodelfan, Colo.)

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Noble Gold Mining Company (Boston, Mass.)

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Hubbard, E. L.

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American Consolidated Gold and Silver Mining Company.

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Henderson, E. W. (Edward Westwood)

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Rocky Mountain Insurance and Savings Institution (Denver, Colo.)

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Herr, Theodore W. (Theodore Witmer), 1833-1871

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Johnson, B. F. G. (Brian Frederick Gilbert)

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Hamilton, Frank

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Hawkins, E. M.

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Freas, S. M.

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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...