A COMPENDIUM OF THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTHWESTERN COL-
ORADO, TOGETHER WITH A DESCRIPTION OF ITS MOUNTAIN

SCENERY, ITS AGRICULTURAL FEATURES, BUSINESS

PROSPECTS, AND THE

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SAN JUAN MINES

A COMPENDIUM OF THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO, TOGETHER WITH A DESCRIPTION OF ITS MOUNTAIN SCENERY, ITS AGRICULTURAL FEATURES, BUSINESS

PROSPECTS, AND THE

BEST ROUTES OF TRAVEL

INTO THE MINING REGIONS, INCLUDING THE

MINING LAWS OF COLORADO

AND THE ACTS OF CONGRESS RELATING THERETO,

PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY, BY THE

KANSAS PACIFIC RAILWAY.

KANSAS CITY:

JOURNAL OF COMMERCE PUBLISHING HOUSE.
MAY, 1876.