Lot
608 
Missouri City K.T., Nov 10, 1860, manuscript postmark on canceled 1853, 3¢ Nesbitt entire addressed to Capt. Wm. Lowell in Stillwater, Minn., with original enclosure datelined "Glenaroe City, Nov 6th, 1860" regarding establishing boundaries for the district, being elected judge of the Miners Court, new discoveries of lead, etc., Very Fine, a rare cover from this short-lived office with only a few pre-territorial manuscript postmark usage known. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
By 1860, prospectors had proven the existence of profitable deposits of gold and settlement was rapidly fanning out westward into the mountains. Thirty miles to the west of Denver City, placer and lode mining on the headwaters of Clear Creek led to the establishment of post offices at Mountain City and Missouri City.
Realized: $4,000