(MANUSCRIPT MAPS) Enormous hand drawn map of late nineteenth

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(MANUSCRIPT MAPS.) Enormous hand-drawn map of late-nineteenth-century silver mining claims in Aspen, Colorado. Ink and watercolor on cloth-backed paper. 57x104 inches overall; moderate edge wear. Np [but Aspen?], late 1880s

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The large map, which illustrates in great detail the tunnel systems of several Aspen, Colorado mining claims, was evidently used as an exhibit in a U.S. Supreme Court case between competing prospectors John C. Johnson and The Standard Mining Company of Kansas City.