Contract, Investment partnership of B.F. Dalton and Edward E. RopesBenjamin F. Dalton and Edward E. Ropes each agreed to divide interest in their assets (land, provisions, and equipment) in half in order to go into the gold mining business in western Nebraska and Kansas Territories. This contract outlines the details of the agreement, which was signed and witnesses by George Collamore and Charles Ingersoll.1860-04-05Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins)1801-1866CreatorcreThis item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 101788). TKO topic guide: Immigration and Early Settlement>The Economy>Pike's Peak Gold Rushstill imageku-kansascollection:1423https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kansascollection/1423u003172||u003173||u003174||u003175||u003176||u003177||u003178||u003179||u003180aspace_bb65b53a904e45f706d2c7dd79bd8119electronicimage/tiffreformatted digitalGeorge W. Collamore papershttp://hdl.handle.net/10407/2901023907RH MS 33University of KansasUniversity of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research LibraryThis work is free of known copyright restrictions.ku-kansascollection_1423_MODSMODS record generated from local records created for online exhibit. Processed, with additional values/elements added by Digital Initiatives, KU Libraries.eng2021-10