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Correspondence from Benedict W. Law to his wife, Docia, and sons, Lito (b. 1881) and Harry, written while Ben was working as a civil engineer, gold and coal mine superviser and rancher in the Wyoming-Colorado border area, 1897-1902. Most of the letters were written or postmarked in Baggs or Dixon, Wyo., or on the Timberlake Ranch, Fourmile, Colo., all situated in an area that still rates as one of the more remote and desolate areas of the state. A well educated man and a fine writer, Ben wrote regularly, describing his activities in constructing and maintaining water courses and other projects necessary for the workings of a mine, and he provides some interesting descriptions of camp life in the rural, arid west. Though apparently not wealthy, the Laws appear to have had diverse financial interests in western land speculation.

M-3057.1

Subjects

Civil engineering
Colorado--Description and travel
Geologists--Colorado
Mining--Colorado
Wyoming--Description and travel

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