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J. B. Stansell, recorder for Buckskin Joe's District, signed this certificate identifying H. C. Childs as owner of mining claim No. 28 SW on the Bates Lode. The certificate was printed by the Rocky Mountain News Printing Company, and it is possible that this mining district was located in Arapahoe County, which later became part of the state of Colorado.
Creator: Stansell, J. B.
Date: September 19, 1860
Item Number: 90156
Call Number: History Deeds Curios Folder Misc... #575
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90156
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying - Gold
Collections - Manuscript - History
Date - 1854-1860 - 1860
Environment - Natural resources - Gold
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Certificate
Places - Counties - Arapahoe (1855-1861)
Places - Other States - Colorado
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records
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