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1856 stock certificate tied to William Ralston

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1856 stock certificate tied to William Ralston
Extremely rare "The New Mexico Mining Company" document No. 47, hand-cancelled, certified to Fred W Risqué for 10 shares. Signed by the president and secretary, and crossed out in the cancelling. Dated April 9, 1856. Border design with intricate filigree at each end, with central landscape vignette. Single matted frame. Certificate measures 9.5"x6", the frame 15"x12.5". In the early 1800`s, a surveyor named Brown showed William Ralston silver-rich ore samples he had collected in the Pyramid mountains. Ralston, the founder of the Bank of California in San Francisco, invested heavily in mining claims around the area. The town of Ralston City sprang up, which was later renamed Shakespeare. The silver mines never really panned out. Damage during cancelling. Also the Silver City National Bank check dated April 20, 1907 for the Santa Rita Mining Company, Grant County New Mexico and a letterhead, Carthage Mercantile Company, Carthage New Mexico dated 1921.

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