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AK - Yukon Territory,1908 - Yukon Basin Gold Dredging Company, Ltd., Stock Certificate *Territorial*

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AK - Yukon Territory,1908 - Yukon Basin Gold Dredging Company, Ltd., Stock Certificate *Territorial*
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!!!
Located along the Stewart River, incorporated under the laws of Arizona. Certificate No. 7185, issued to J.T. Vail for 100 shares. Datelined Kansas City, MO, July 14th, 1908. Signed by William Ogilvie as President and (illegible) as Secretary. Vignette of dredge mining at center top, with ornate black border and print. Gilt seal at bottom left. U/C. A great advertisement was noted in the 1908 Popular Mechanics magazine. It notes that "Title absolute from the Canadian Government through William Ogilvie, former governor of Yukon Territory and now president and actual field manager of the Yukon Basin Gold Dredging Company." As for gold mining through dredging, "each dredge put in the field will do the work of 1,000 men, and we propose to install twelve as rapidly as it is possible to make the arrangements. This is the biggest gold dredging proposition in America." Foldlines and staple holes in upper left corner, otherwise very fine. [Ref: books.google.com/=yukon+basin+gold+dredging].