THE BELMAN. A GOLD MINING CORPORATION OF THE BIG FIVE. MINES AT IDAHO SPRINGS, COLORADO
“YOUR MONEY IS SIMPLY ON DEPOSIT WITH US UNTIL YOU ARE SATISFIED”
(Colorado Gold Mining) THE BELMAN. A GOLD MINING CORPORATION OF THE BIG FIVE. MINES AT IDAHO SPRINGS, COLORADO. Pp. 1901. 1st, Print. wraps. 24 pgs. Illus. and photos. The two page center color map details the Line of the Central Tunnel of the Big Five and a plat of the property and work of the Belman Mining Company. Also a two page chart titled BELMAN MINING CO. ONE OF THE BIG FIVE. The Big Five-Belman Mine is situated in Idaho Springs, Colorado, and was historically associated with the Central City Mining District which is currently encompassed within the Arapaho National Forest. It operates as an underground mining operation. The area is part of the Southern Rocky Mountains within the broader Rocky Mountain System. Founded in 1859 by prospectors during the early days of the Pike’s Peak Gold Rush, the town was at the center of the region’s mining district throughout the late nineteenth century and was where the first substantial gold discovery in Colorado was located. The location was originally known as “Jackson’s Diggings” Once the location became a permanent settlement, it was variously called “Sacramento City”, “Idahoe”, Idaho”, Idaho City” and finally “Idaho Springs”. The Belman Mining Company was legally incorporated on December 20th, 1901 and capitalized for five million shares, with the par value of one dollar each. Their motto was “Your money is simply on deposit with us until you are satisfied.” “The associates of the Big Five “are men of influence and standing everywhere.”
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