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Disputed information – Note from photo: Matheson Bros. Store in Coalmont. Sold to F.P.Cook when F.P. Cook moved to Coalmont from Granite Creek. Outfitting prospectors. From the Granite Creek photograph collection (CGCT).
I realize this says “disputed” but it really is wrong. It was not taken in Coalmont. Here is a photo of Matheson’s store in Coalmont. 
The photo was actually taken from the balcony of Cook’s store in Coalmont. Their snow-covered porch roof is in the foreground.
Cook built his own store in Coalmont (across the street from Matheson’s) and this is what it looked like: 
It is also not the Coalmont Hotel. It might be from Princeton, but definitely not Coalmont. – Diane Sterne