1855 & 1859 – Pair of letters regarding the operation of one of the most productive gold mines in the East that generated over $1 million dollars in its first eight years of operation before the Civil War, approximately $35 million in today’s money
Sleeoy Creek & Dorn’s Mines: 1855 & 1859. Envelope or Cover. One three-page and one two-page stampless folded letters. They were sent by James Dorn who owned two mines in partnership with his brother, William Burkhalter “Billy” Dorn, to Joseph Slocum, in New York and Savannah. Both letters are from..... More