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CA - Bodie,Mono County - 1879 - Booker Consolidated Gold Mining Company Stock Certificate - Clint Ma

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 600.00 USD
CA - Bodie,Mono County - 1879 - Booker Consolidated Gold Mining Company Stock Certificate - Clint Ma
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!!!
Incorporated in 1878. Certificate No. 1293 issued to S. B. Wakefield & Co., Trs. On March 19, 1879 for 15 shares. Signatures illegible. Cancelled by holes punched through number and stamps on reverse. Simple black border, printed by Lith. G. T. Brown & Co. Certificate measures 9"x4".

The gold coming in from Bodie's mining companies made the town a bustling haven. There were over 450 businesses for a variety of services, from grocery to barber shops, and blacksmithing to repairmen [Sprague, 56].