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CO - Boulder,Boulder County - 1905-1909 - Chaffee County Stock Certificates

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CO - Boulder,Boulder County - 1905-1909 - Chaffee County Stock Certificates
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 3. 1. The Boston-Colorado Copper Company, no district. Carl Swift wrote F. H. Colvin paid $200 for this property. The company claimed a preposterous tonnage of 4% ore above water level. It also claimed to have four tunnels aggregating about 2000 ft. in length. B. S. Dennison, the former secretary, went bankrupt and gave a bill of sale on unpaid stock, apparently perjuring himself. Colvin was arrested for taking the bill of sale. Colvin was indicted in 1907 on complaint of the U. S. Government, for using the mails with intent to defraud. The 100 ton mill and dividends promised in 1906 had not materialized. It was a swindle [Ref: Copper Handbook, Vol. 8, p. 1908]. No. 10 issued to F. H. Colvin by B. S. Dennison, Secretary and F. H. Colvin, President. Handwritten on reverse, “Cancelled July 18th 1905 and new certificates no. 32 and 33 issued therefor [sic] – number 32 issued to Don Valdez for - 1000 – shares, number 33 issued to [illegible] Honifsson for – 1000 - shares, F. H. Colvin.” Assigned to “Don Valdez, Two Thousand Shares” by “The Secretary, B. S. Dennison” on June 23, 1905 and signed again by Colvin. Crème paper with gold border. Three mining vignettes, two of miners underground and in the center, a vignette of a mill at the bottom of a hill. Excellent condition.



2. The Granite Tunnel Company, no mining district listed. The town of Granite was established in 1860 along with Cache Creek and Georgia Bar. Granite lost many of its inhabitants to Oro City, but its mines produced for a number of years. The town was laid out when gold was found along Cache Creek. Some good lode mines were located about 1870. The best mines were the Yankee Blade, Belle of Granite, and the New Years. Placer mining was by far the most profitable here. It was carried out from 1860 to 1889 when the hydraulic placers came in. Granite had a varying population through the years, with its peak years during the 60s and 70s when it had as many as 600 residents. Granite is best remembered as the site where Judge Elias F. Dyer son of Father Dyer, was shot by a mob in his own court room in 1875. Altitude of the district is from 9000 to 9500 feet above sea level. Veins carrying gold silver and lead are in pre-Cambrian granite cut by tertiary dikes. Placer gold is found on the Arkansas River [Ref: Eberhart, Perry, Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps, 1959; Vanderwilt, Mineral Resources of Colorado, 1947; The Hal Miller Files including letters, reports and assays]. No. 72 issued to Mrs. J. L. Cary by Jas. J. Ball, Secretary and Jacob C. Kirsch, President. Signed on reverse by Cary on 17 July 1908. Crème paper with gold border. Three vignettes, two of miners working underground and the third, the middle one, of a mill at the foot of a mountain. Excellent condition.



3. The Mary Murphy Gold Mining Company, Chalk Creek District. Carl Swift’s history reports The Mary Murphy Mine was discovered in 1874 and a mill was built in 1886. The mine consisted of about seven miles of underground workings; the deepest is 1,975 feet. The veins vary from a few inches to several feet in width. The metallic minerals are galena, pyrite, sphalerite, gold, and silver. This was actually a good silver mine with some gold, however silver was low and gold was high in 1909 therefore it was possible to sell more stock on a gold mine and it was represented as a gold mine [Ref: Crawford, R. D., “Geology and Ore Deposits of the Monarch and Tomichi Districts, Colorado,” USGS Bulletin 4, 1913; The Hal Miller Files including reports, assays, maps]. No. 5164 issued to Gubbins & Co. by H. W. Robinson, Secretary and [illegible] as President. Signed on reverse Gubbins & Co by [illegible]. Reverse has four dividend stamps for 1914 through 1916. White paper with red border. There is a “three pence” embossed revenue stamp of orange and white. Vignette of two miners working a pneumatic drill underground. Right edge is a bit damaged otherwise in excellent condition.
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