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Greeley, Horace; Richardson, A. D.; Villard, Henry; Mumey, Nolie : Facsimile Newspaper - "Rocky Mountain News: Extra.---Greeley's Report. The Mines and Miners of Kansas and Nebraska. Vol. 1. Cherry Creek, K.T., Saturday, June 11, 1859. No. 6"

Johnson Publishing Company, Boulder, CO

Original publisher's light blue paper-covered boards backed with red cloth. Gilt lettering on front cover. Boards fold in half. Light blue paper envelope containing a facsimile broadside of the Greeley Report laid in. No date, circa 1964. 11" x 16 3/4." One page, complete. Facsimile broadside is pristine, intact, and Fine. Envelope and boards are clean and intact overall. Together, they have a few faint dampstains. Front board has some rubbing and a few scratches. Minuscule age toning to front and back boards. Overall, a Very Good copy. A facsimile newspaper article containing the Greeley Report which reassured miners and prospectors to stay in the gold fields of Colorado. Nolie Mumey (1891-1984) was an American physician, author, collector, and historian based in Denver, Colorado. In an introduction printed on the inside of the front cover, Mumey writes, "This unusual document issued by a great newspaperman and signed by two other representatives of the press is historical and worthy of reproduction and preservation due to its rarity and purposeful instance. ... On May 6, 1859, John H. Gregory made his great discovery of free gold at Black Hawk, Colorado .... Another important factor in averting a mass abandonment of the country was the report signed by Horace Greeley, the famous editor of the New York Tribune, Henry Villard of the Cincinnati Commercial, and A. D. Richardson of the Boston Journal. These men inspected the 'Gregory Diggings' and were convinced of the reality of gold. ... [Greeley] made a speech to a large audience of miners reassuring them with this statement: 'Gentlemen, I have worked with my own hands and seen with my own eyes, and the news of your rich discovery shall go over the world, as far as my paper can waft it.' The words he uttered were prophetic and helped to restore confidence in those who were in doubt, all of which resulted in the development of mines that poured out a great deal of wealth for more than a half century.". Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: No Binding

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