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CO - Boulder,Boulder County - 1898 -1914 - Grand Island Mining District Stocks

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
CO - Boulder,Boulder County - 1898 -1914 - Grand Island Mining District Stocks
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!!!
Lot of 4. 1. The Lost Lake Placer Mining and Milling Company. According to Carl Swift Lost Lake Camp was 2.5 miles southwest of Eldora, Boulder Co., Colorado. This camp had as many as 200 inhabitants during the summer months. The best mines were the Lost Lake, Ma W., Shirley, Revenge, and the Norway. The veins consisted of high grade gold tellurides, mostly sylvanite and some molybdenite. The properties were situated on the east end of Guinn mountain and in 1906 consisted of 12 patented claims. There were four shafts from 20 to 50 feet deep. The property was also opened by two tunnels, 420 and 930 feet in length. The telluride veins exposed were large, with an ore streak of from 4 to 6 feet in width, 10 to 12 inches of which was high grade. The balance of the streak was mill ore assaying at $5.00 to $9.00 per ton. This was at $16.00 gold [REF: The Hal Miller Files including Reports, maps and assays; Personal Communcation with Charles (Binks) Rugg; Eberhart, P., Guide to Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps, 1959; Seeley, W. L., Report of Mines and Mineral Resources of Boulder Co., Coloardo on line of the Colorado and Northwestern Railroad, 1906; USGS Prof., Paper 223, "Geology and Ore Deposits of the Front Range, Colorado," no date]. No. 23 issued to C. M. Reed and signed by James H. Churchill, Treasurer and C. M. Reed, President. Includes Irrevocable Stock Power form 362 signed on 2 March 1903 by C. M. Reed. On crème papers with black border. Vignette of the bald eagle. The upper right corner as a little ding and the stock show a little wear. The fold lines are barely visible, however. In good condition.

2. The Swarthmore Consolidated Mining Company. This property consisted of the Gold Fleece No's 1 and 2, and 3 lodes. They were opened by a shaft and a short tunnel. In 1906 the company installed a hoist. The mine was located on Spencer Mountain just south

of the town of Eldora [Ref: Seeley, W. L., Report of Mines and Mineral Resources of Boulder County, Colorado on line of the Colorado and Northwestern Railroad, 1906]. No. 518 issued to E. K. Stewart, J. E. [illegible], Secretary and A. B. Galbraith, President. Signed on the back by Mary B. Stewart, E. K. Stewart, and J. R. Stewart, 2 January 1909. Crème paper with gold flowered border. Three vignettes, two of miners working underground and a third, in the middle, of mountains. The folds are visible but the stock is in excellent shape.

3. The Up to Date Mining Company. According to Carl Swift, John R. Wolff was a prominent mining man in Boulder Country and among other ventures was president of the United States Gold Corporation which had a 200 ton cyanide mill on Sugar Loaf Mountain. The Up to Date Mining Co. owned the Up to Date Mining Lode, which was a rich silver mine in the Grand Island Mining District, Boulder Co., Colorado. The property was situated a little west of the Caribou Mine at an altitude of over 10,000 feet [Ref: The Hal Miller Files including assay reports, maps and letters; Personal Communications with John Wolff; Personal Communications with Jack Bryan, Mineral Surveyor; Personal Communications with Charles Rugg, Miner]. No. 819 issued to W. C. Shackelton and signed by W. T. McGuiness, Secretary and John R. Wolff, President. Signed by Shackelton on reverse 29 November 1914. The stock is the same as the Swarthmore Consolidated Mining Company as to color and vignettes, but the border is different. Although gold, the border has miner vignettes on either side. Folds are visible but the stock is in excellent condition.

4. The Village Bell Mining Company. The Village Bell Mine produced nearly $100,000 worth of ore with a minimum of work. This was done with $16/oz. gold. In 1906 the property was developed by a 200 foot shaft and 250 feet of drifts. In all cases the vein showed continuous high grade ore. It was proposed that it be worked through the Bird's Nest shaft either by drifting from the lower level or continuing this level until the Village Bell vein was encountered, obtaining the advantage of two high grade veins at junction. To accomplish this it would only be necessary to drift about 200 feet on ore all the way. The ore is primarily a complex mixture of gold and silver tellurides [Ref: Personal Communications with Charles (Binks) Rugg; Seeley, W. L., Report of Mines and Mineral Resources of Boulder County, Colorado on line of the Colorado and Northwestern Railroad, 1906]. No. 278 issued to H. W. Hoops by Charles F. Avery, assistant Secretary and Henry L. Faris, President. Crème paper with a black boarder. Vignette of the head of an allegorical woman with a Robin Hood-like hat. Perhaps a likeness of the Village Belle. This stock is in excellent condition.
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