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DUBUQUE AND BRECKENRIDGE MINING COMPANY

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DUBUQUE AND BRECKENRIDGE MINING COMPANY. Formed in 1882, the company owned land two miles from Breckenridge, Colorado. The vein of ore (unidentified in the article) was eighteen inches thick and assayed at $90 per ton. Most of the stock in the mine was owned by residents of Dubuque. (1)

The Colorado Mine Directory of 1879-1910 indicated activity for a Dubuque mine and the Dubuque Mining Company.

  Individual            Mine                 Mining Company              County                     Year
  
   S.S. Benne         Dubuque                                            Clear Creek                1879
   John C. Easley                                                        Clear Creek                1879
   W. W. Kirby                        Dubuque Mining & Tunnel Company    Clear Creek                1910
   W. G. Wakefield    Dubuque                                            Clear Creek                1879
   J. A. Wright                       Dubuque Mining & Tunnel Company    Clear Creek                1910      

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Source:

1. "Dubuque Latest Enterprise," The Daily Herald, July 22, 1882, p. 4

2. Colorado Mine Directory, Online:https://history.denverlibrary.org/sites/history/files/CO1879-1910mineDirect.pdf