Early Records of Gilpin County, Colorado
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Excerpt from Early Records of Gilpin County, Colorado: 1859-1861 Many years before Americans entered the Rocky Mountain region, the Spaniards discovered mineral deposits within what is now the State of Colorado. In 1761 Juan Maria Rivera, pushing northward from New Mexico, visited the neighborhood of the junction of the Gunnison and Uncompagre rivers. Governor Capuchin of New Mexico, during his second administration (1762- 1767), sent explorers to the same region and mines were developed. At present we know but little of Spanish mining on the eastern slope of the Continental Divide, but diggings which antedate the American period are silent witnesses of the early presence of the Spaniard. During the first half of the eighteenth century, the French pushed up the western tributaries of the Mississippi River, and in 1739 succeeded in penetrating to Santa Fe. In later years several French expeditions reached the Spanish settlements. The French heard rumors of rich mines in the Rocky Mountains, but apparently failed to find the mineral deposits. After the purchase of Louisiana, many years elapsed before the public became convinced that there were rich ores in the Rocky Mountains. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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