(CALIFORNIA INYO COUNTY) The Old Cerro Gordo

Sale 2687 - Lot 69

Price Realized: $ 1,300

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800

(CALIFORNIA--INYO COUNTY.) The Old Cerro Gordo. Numerous illustrations. 24 pages. Tall 12mo, 9 x 4 inches, original printed wrappers, one short crease; minimal wear to contents; original pencil inscription on front wrapper. San Jose, CA: Four Metals Mining Company, circa 1908

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A promotional prospectus for a mine on a mountainside overlooking Keeler in Inyo County, producing gold, silver, lead, and zinc. We are told that only the remote location has prevented the mine's full exploitation: "To the south for miles interminable stretched a trackless desert, parched by the summer sun, swept by relentless winds or deluged by sudden cloudbursts--a weird, prophetic land which tempted many daring prospectors to their doom." The site is now a ghost town. This pamphlet was handed out by a company officer who wrote on the cover: "When you are in San Jose, Cal., take time to call at the office of this company. . . . It will interest and please you." None in OCLC, and none others traced at auction.