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AK - 1895, 1931 - Alaska Gold Mining Stock Certificates - Fenske Collection

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 250.00 USD
AK - 1895, 1931 - Alaska Gold Mining Stock Certificates - Fenske Collection
Session D is a Mail-Bid Only Auction. Absentee bids will be accepted only. No live bidding will be allowed. All winners will be contacted after the auction. BIDDING ENDS MONDAY JUNE 27 AT 5PM PACIFIC TIME!!!
Lot of 2, including: 1) Alaska United Gold Mining Company, issued to Metropolitan Trust Company of the City of New York for 50 shares in 1895. Signatures of President and Secretary obscured by hole cancellations. Vignette at bottom of four prospectors above ground with mule and jagged peaks of mountains in background. Red six pence seal revenue stamp on certificate. Orange border with black print. Printer: ABN. Cancelled by hole punches, measures 10" x 8". The Alaska United GMC held property on Douglas Island, becoming the Alaska Juneau MC following its merger with the Treadwell GMC in 1928. 2) Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Company, issued to Joseph D. Gengler for 50 shares in 1931. Signed by J.W. Crosby as Vice-President and (illegible) as Secretary. Two vignettes: one of two miners underground, one calling up to surface for full ore bucket to be pulled up on the center left; the other vignette is of high mountains on the center right. Measures 10" x 8", with ornate blue border and black underprint. Cancelled with hole punches. Partial distribution stamps No. 117-120 visible around the masthead. The company owned the Treadwell mine on Douglas Island, once known as the Paris mine. This was one of Alaska's largest gold mines, one time funded by Bernard Baruch. The Alaska Treadwell, Alaska United, Alaskan Mexican Gold merged in 1928 into Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co. Their partner was the Homestake Mining Company [Ref: Weed].