1748881

Bodie and Benton Railway and Commercial Company#1748881

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Bodie and Benton Railway and Commercial Company#1748881
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Beautifully engraved RARE certificate from the Bodie and Benton Railway and Commercial Company issued in 1886. This historic document has an ornate border around it with a vignette of a log mill site and railroad. This item is hand signed by the Company?s President ( Henry Marvin Yerington ) and Secretary ( Thomas Menzies ) and is over 121 years old. Punch cancellation through signatures. EF+. Listed in Cox at $2,000.

Bodie was one of the richest mining camps east of the Sierra Nevada at 8,500 feet. The Bodie and Benton Railway line was appropriately called "The Railroad in the Sky". It ran from Bodie, California to Mono Mills, California and had branches to the Woodyard and Standard Mine. Its length ran 36 miles. The Standard Mine was originally named the Bunker Hill mine in 1861 when it was first registered.

Henry Marvin Yerington (1829-1910)

In 1894, the town of Yerington, Nevada, was established near the Walker River in Mason Valley in the east-central portion of Lyon County, Nevada. Before being named for Henry Marvin Yerington, superintendent of the former Virginia and Truckee (V&T) Railroad, this community had been known by several other names including Greenfield, Willow Switch, Pizen Switch, and originally Poison. The initial name originated in recognition of a saloon owned by a Mr. Downey, who manufactured his own unique brand of liquor from frequently questionable ingredients.

In 1894, community leaders wanted to attract a spur of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad ...
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<tr><td>Condition:EF+</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1886</td></tr>






<tr><td>Title:Bodie and Benton Railway and Commercial Company</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:Fairfax, Virginia USA</td></tr>
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