Goldfield, Colorado City Council meeting minutes : 1899 June 29-1931 May 11.

4 volumes (1,800 p.)

English

In English.

Purchased from Brian Levine on the Thomas W. Streeter Fund, 2001; Mt. Gothic Tomes and Reliquary on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2012; Mt. Gothic Tomes and Reliquary on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2012; and Mt. Gothic Tomes and Reliquary on the Arthur Corbitt Hoskins Memorial Fund, 2017.

Arranged chronologically.

This material is open for research.

The town of Goldfield, Colorado, was founded in 1895 along the line of the Midland Terminal Railway to provide homes for miners working at the Portland, Vindicator, Golden Cycle, and Lillie Mines. By the 1920s, the city was largely abandoned.

4 manuscript minute books in multiple hands, 1899 June 29-1931 May 11. Ledgers document official matters including minutes of all city business, governance, and council meetings. Some typescript minutes pasted down. Accompanied by a sample ballot; a poll book for the city election, 1917 April 3; and 2 receipts for the purchase of the fourth ledger.

February 05, 2019

Goldfield, Colorado City Council Meeting Minutes. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Goldfield, Colorado City Council Meeting Minutes. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Local government records.