CORBETT & BALLENGER'S SIXTH ANNUAL LEADVILLE CITY DIRECTORY CONTAINING A COMPLETE LIST OF THE INHABITANTS, INSTITUTIONS, INCORPORATED COMPANIES, MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS, BUSINESS, BUSINESS FIRMS, ETC., IN THE CITY OF LEADVILLE FOR 1885.

Sixth year of this exhaustive directory for Leadville, Colorado, scene of one of the last of the spectacular mining booms in the continental United States. The introduction notes that they have recently recovered from a pronounced hiccup in the midst of their "unprecedented boom." Full of particulars on local businesses, including merchants, banks, lumber yards, wagon makers, newspapers, photographers, mining firms, railroads, etc., as well as the occupations and addresses of the residents. Leadville was Colorado's most noted mining town, here at the peak of its silver production. OCLC 10989270. Original half calf and printed paper boards, spine gilt. Wear, rubbing, and minor soiling to boards, minor loss to edges, tidelines and warping to front board and front pastedown, spine worn, hinges starting to loosen but still strong. Modern bookplate to front pastedown. Tideline in lower edge of textblock throughout. Good.