The Belman. A Gold Mining Corporation Of The Big Five. Mines At Idaho Springs, Colorado

THE BELMAN A GOLD MINING CORPORATION

Publication: Privately printed for The Belman, 1901, N P Denver

First edition. 8vo. Printed wrappers, n. p. (24 pp.), double column, illustrated mostly from photographs, two-page color map in the center, two-page color chart titled Belman Mining CO. One of the Big Five.

The Big Five-Belman Mine is situated in Idaho Springs, Colorado, and is historically associated with the Central City Mining District, which is currently encompassed within the Arapaho National Forest. It operates as an underground mining operation. The geological formation in this region mainly consists of schist, which formed during the Neoproterozoic era, approximately 1.00 to 0.54 billion years ago. The area is part of the Southern Rocky Mountains physiographic province within the broader Rocky Mountain System, which influences the overall geomorphology of the surrounding landscape.

Founded 166 years ago in 1859 by prospectors during the early days of the Pike’s Peak God Rush, the town was at the center of the region's mining district throughout the late nineteenth century and where the first substantial gold discovery in Colorado was located. The two-page color map details the Line of the Central Tunnel of the Big Five and a plat of the property and work of the Belman Mining Company.

The location was originally known as "Jackson's Diggings". Once the location became a permanent settlement, it was variously called "Sacramento City", "Idahoe", "Idaho", "Idaho City", and finally "Idaho Springs".

The Belman Mining Company was legally incorporated on December 20th, 1901 and capitalized for five million shares, of the par value of one dollar each. As of this date the Belman had produced $100,000 in gold, silver and lead. “Your money is simply on deposit with us until you are satisfied.” The associates of the Big Five “are men of influence and standing everywhere.”

Minor wear to the extremities else a very good tight copy.