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CA - San Bernardino County,1883 - Sanchez and Soledad Gold and Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
CA - San Bernardino County,1883 - Sanchez and Soledad Gold and Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate
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!!!
Mohave District. Incorporated in California. Cert. #703, issued in 1883 at Los Angeles for 100 shares. Issued to W.W. Spragne and signed by James Noel as president. Mojave Mining District, San Bernardino County stamp on the corporate seal. Mojave Mining District, California printed near the left border. Vignette with the California State Seal at center with two mining scenes on either side with Green and white masthead. Black border with green underprint. U/C. Printer not noted. This company was mentioned in Burchard, 1885, as beginning development work. Assays of $20 to $1000 per ton were reported. The property was located on the north side of Soledad Butte, about 4 miles southwest of Mojave. Ore generally occurred in quartz veins 4 to 15 feet wide. Free gold and hornsilver are noted in the literature. The district was notably skipped over by early writers of California gold deposits, and not found in the Report of State Mineralogist until the mid 1890’s. The discovery period of the district appears to be about the time of this certificate, though the early gold discoveries near Soledad could also be here. [Ref: Tucker, Mining in California, 1923, pp.156-164].