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CA - Bodie,Mono County - 1864 - Empire Gold & Silver Mining Company Bond

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CA - Bodie,Mono County - 1864 - Empire Gold & Silver Mining Company Bond
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Bond no. 387, signed by Alonzo Child as president and Henry K. Gates as secretary. Includes 14 attached coupons, 1868-1874. Incorporated in New York, the company purchased several Bodie claims, including Leland Stanford's Bodie Bluff mine. After issuing one bond offering, the property was sold for taxes. A decade later the Standard Consolidated created the Bodie boom of 1874. Measures 13" x 16," mounted on white matte in black plastic frame (22" x 28").

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