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South Overman Mining Company Stock Certificate-Territorial (Gold Hill, Nevada)

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South Overman Mining Company Stock Certificate-Territorial (Gold Hill, Nevada)
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Ultra rare. Company was incorporated March 19, 1864, pre-Nevada statehood, and was located on the Comstock Lode. Signed by president Maynard. Issued 1864 to A. Le? #10 for 20 shares. 5.25 x 9.75". The Overman was staked at the beginning of the Comstock Rush in 1859 and first worked in the early 1860s. It was located next to the Segregated Belcher Mine. Operations were difficult in the 1870s due to flooding problems. The Overman Shaft was one of a series of shafts used in the 1870s to try and reach the very lowest depths of the Comstock Lode. It became an open pit mine in the 1940s. City: Gold Hill State: Nevada Date: HWAC# 52653