Map of the Big Channel Consolidated Gold Mining Company's Property. Forest Hill, Placer County, Cal.

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• PUBLISHER: Published by the Big Channel Consolidated Gold Mining Company, Parrott Building, San Francisco.

• MEDIUM: Stone engraving,

  DATE: c.1900.

• EDITION SIZE: Prospectus, 8 1/2 x 4" (21.6 x 10 cm). Map, sheet size 14 x 9 7/8" (35.5 x 25 cm)

• DESCRIPTION: Paper wraps. 8 page description plus folding map in rear.<br><br> A rare prospectus for the Big Channel Consolidated Gold mining Company. "This Company is the possessor of one of the most extensive deep gravel deposits in the State of California. It is located on the famous Forest Hill Divide in Placer County... The property consists of the consolidation of a great many mining claims, and extends from the North Fork to the Middle Fork of the American River... ." The prospectus notes that the average yield is $1,000. a day. C.A. Sawyer & Co., 60 State Street, Boston is also noted as a co-owner. The mine did not last long as it was acquired in 1902 by another firm, likely at the cost of the investors.

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• CONDITION: Very good condition.

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