The Daniel Webster Silver, & Gold Copper Mining Company (40k jpg)
1864.
Price: Low-Moderate.
[Norrico]
The Amazon Gold and Silver Mining Company (54k jpg)
1865. The Amazon Gold and Silver Mining Company is a Nevada Territory mining company. This certificate is for 50 shares at $200 each.
Price: Low-Moderate.
[Norrico]
The Old Kentucky Gold Mining Company (47k jpg)
1903. An attractive vignette of the Colorado Mining Exchange Building.
Price: Moderate.
The Gold Galleon Mining Company (46k jpg)
1896. One of the most beautiful mining stocks. Unusual gold metallic printing. The corporate seal is overlaid with printed gold bars. This mining company was part of Cripple Creek.
Price: Moderate.
Home Stake Mining Company (1891) (30k jpg)
1880. James Ben Ali Haggin and Lloyd Tevis were two ex-lawyers who became land speculators and mining promoters. They knew little about mining, but recognized the talent of George Hearst and formed a partnership with him. Hearst was one of the countries leading geologists making finds in Colorado, Montana, and South Dakota. The Anaconda in Montana is the most recognized of his finds. Haggin and Tevis profited enormously from their relationship with Hearst.
Price: Low [R.M. Smythe & Co.]
Sterling Iron & Railway Co. (54k jpg)
1899. Sterling Iron & Railway Co.
Price: Very Inexpensive.
Moulton Mining Company (1881) (38k jpg)
1881. Signed as President of Moulton Mining Company by William A Clark (1839-1925). Montana Senator; mining capitalist in Butte with stamp mills and smelters. Clark is best known for his long-time feud with Marcus Daly. Engraved vignette of miners at work at top; miner with tools at bottom.
Price: Low.
The Sunflower Gold Mining Company (1898) (35k jpg)
1897. One of the most unusual and attractive mining stocks. These certificates are ornate and unusually colorful, therefore being very expensive to print. Each certificate has the number of shares punched into the certificate to prevent counterfeiting, also unusual for the time. Active gold mine between 1896-1902 on Iron Mountain in the Cripple Creek Mining District of Teller County, Colorado. Signed by Colorado mining investors John Pedersen and W. H. Bacon.
Price: Moderate.
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