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President Roosevelt encloses a letter from T. F. Baldwin that includes a certificate for 40 shares of stock in the Melba Mining Company. Roosevelt asks whether he should “stay in” the matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-29
President Roosevelt thanks Secretary of War Taft for the efforts of the army to provide relief to San Francisco following the earthquake that devastated the area. Roosevelt recalls other instances in which the army has provided similar relief, and affirms that the army has met these challenges “in noble fashion and with an efficiency which justified to the full its equipment in men and means.” Item includes shorthand and typewritten text.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-28
The former sheriff of Teller County, Colorado, describes events during the Cripple Creek miners’ strike that lead to his forced resignation. A handwritten note indicates that Robertson dictated the statement to a stenographer, but did not sign it because he left Denver before the document was typed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-03
Postcard featuring a depiction of President Roosevelt riding a donkey while visiting Colorado. The postcard features a handwritten note from Anna Mylander Faust and George F. Faust to his mother, Christine Faust, about a trip to a gold mine in Cripple Creek, Colorado.
1904
Colorized postcard showing a stone sculpture with a bronze statue of a man in front located by a pool of water. Text on the reverse of the postcard describes that the monument commemorates the men who volunteered to be part of the Mormon Battalion who marched from Iowa to California to participate in the Mexican War. The number designation on the front indicates the postcard is part of a series.
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This postcard shows Lal Lal Falls, in the vicinity of Ballarat. The gorge into which the falls pour is lined with a multitude of trees. Charles C. Myers adds some details about Ballarat, placing it approximately 100 miles north-west of Melbourne, and noting that the largest nuggets of gold ever discovered have come from the mines of Ballarat.
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “A ride from Melbourne to Ballarat is one of pleasure and excitement. Ballarat is a mining town about 100 miles north west from Melbourne and it is the leading gold mine center of Australia. The mountain scenery along the way is indeed beautiful.”
Anna Knight translates and summarizes a letter from Charles Vogelreiter to Theodore Roosevelt. Vogelreiter describes some of his personal history, including his experience finding gold in Alaska and defending his claim, helping spark a gold rush in the United States. Knight editorializes some of the letter, saying Vogelreiter “rambles on through two or three more pages, which [she did] not think it necessary to translate,” and sums up the letter as “an indirect appeal for aid.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-08-01
A bloated man labeled “Trusts” holds a gold mining pan holding large gold nuggets, drawn from a stream labeled “Dingley Tariff.” The stream is flowing from the U.S. Capitol building.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-08-25
A prospector with a pick works next to a stream and a sluice-box labeled “Klondike Placer.” The prospector is surrounded by vultures labeled “Gin Mill Keeper, Card Sharp, Dance House Keeper, Gambling Den, Dive Keeper, [and] Opium Joint” perched on rocks, watching.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-09-01
Everard Heneage sends holiday greetings and discusses gold mining in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-13
H. A. Shipman recommends Richard G. Holmes for a position in the surveyor general’s office. Shipman says Holmes has shown himself to be a hard worker of good character during his months working for the company where Shipman is a manager.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-31