Nov 21, 2024 - Sale 2687

Sale 2687 - Lot 235

Unsold
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(WEST--COLORADO.) Pair of mammoth views of the Lamartine Mine. Hand-tinted albumen photographs, each about 14 x 21 inches, on original plain mounts; worn at edges, sticker remnants on verso. Lamartine, CO, circa 1890-1910

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The Lamartine Mine was located in the mountains not far west of Denver, CO, and produced zinc, lead, silver and gold. It was at its most productive from about 1888 to 1920. The original town site is now a ghost town.