Collection: Doric Gold Mines Limited Records | ArchivesSpace Public Interface

A small collection consisting of a single item, a large ledger book of Doric Gold Mines, Limited, with only two pages of ore sales filled out.

Dates

1896 - 1897

Conditions Governing Use

The collection is open to public research (no restrictions)

Extent

1 Linear Feet (1 box)

Additional Description

Overview

This collection consists of one large ledger book from the Doric Gold Mines, Limited, with only two pages filled out from 1896 and 1897 relating to account sales of ore. The Doric Gold Mines were located in Georgetown, on Saxon Mountain.

Biographical / Historical

The Doric Gold Mines, Limited, of England, formed in late 1895 to extract gold from multiple loads on Saxon Mountain in Georgetown. The mines included extensive tunnels, including the Cosmos tunnel, constructed beginning in 1896, which went 3000 feet into the mountain. It is unclear how long Doric Gold Mines, Limited, controlled the mines (it may have been sold), but the mines were still in operation in the early 1900s. William J. Lewis and his son, William J. Lewis Jr., managed the mines.

Custodial History

Transfer from Clear Creek County Archives and Records Department, via Christine Bradley; March 2018

Related Materials

Denver Public Library has digitized three photographs of the Doric Gold Mines, Limited facilities, as well as one with miners. These photographs are X-60930, X-61610, and X-61652. For the text of their statutory meeting, see The Mining Journal, Railway and Commercial Gazette, No. 3153, Vol. 66 (Jan. 26, 1896), p. 112. For a biographical note on William J. Lewis, who was manager of the company, see: Portrait and Biographical Record of Denver and Vicinity Colorado (Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1898), p. 1066-1069.

Processing Information

Processed in July, 2018; Sean

Doric Gold Mines Limited Records