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CO - Boulder,Boulder County - 1906-1921 - Sugar Loaf Mining District Stocks

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 250.00 USD
CO - Boulder,Boulder County - 1906-1921 - Sugar Loaf 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 5. 1. The Grand Republic Gold Mining Company. The Grand Republic was one of the most productive in Boulder County from 1934-37, when it was operated by the St. Joe Mining and Milling Company. In 1935 its output amounted to 28,515 tons of ore having an average gold content of 0.28 oz,/ton. In 1934 Dr. A.A. Zangara took over the Grand Republic Mine as manager of the St. Joe Mining and Milling Co. "Doc" Zangara was said to have financed this venture with Mafia money from Chicago. A young man from Gold Hill, by the name of Al McGowen, was hired as a mill hand and finally became mill superintendent. The Grand Republic ore was trucked from the mine in Sunbeam Gulch into Lefthand Canyon. Norm Rhyno contracted this hauling of 100 tons per day in the early 1930s, keeping a fleet of Chevrolet trucks busy. In the mid-1930’s a flash flood wiped out the tailings pond and Doc Zangara built a new mill five miles east of Boulder against the Valmont Dyke. This mill was eventually sold to Allied Chemical to process fluorite ore from the Burlington mine at Jim Town. Al McGowan remained in charge of the mill and mine until his retirement [Ref: Cobb, Harrison, Prospecting our Past, 1988; The Hal Miller Files; Personal Communication with Al McGowen]. No. 544 issued to August Henrickson by Gunther Carlberg, Secretary and G. H. Baird. Crème paper with black border. The border has vignettes of miners at certain points around the edges. The vignette is of miners working underground. The stock is in excellent condition.



2. The Great Western Mines Exploration Company. This company owned the Misers-Hope, Misers-Treasure, Misers-Home, Misers-Hoard, Misers-Dream, Misers-Pride, Misers-Rest, Misers-Delight, and the Ophir, Edith, Quaker City, and a few others. The Ophir mine and the Misers-Hoard are in Gordon Gulch about 1000 ft. northeast of the mouth of Perkins Gulch. The Hoard shaft and the Miser Tunnel were driven in search, of silver before tungsten mining began. Ferberite was first identified in the district for the Great Western Exploration and Reduction Co. During the first few years of tungsten mining the Gordon Gulch mines were among the most productive in the district. The Gordon Gulch group supplied half of the districts output in 1904 and had produced 600 tons of 602 concentrates, or 36,000 units of W03. In 1905 the Stein & Boericke Mining and Milling Co., a subsidiary of the Primos Chemical Co., acquired the Gordon Gulch group. In 1908 the Stein & Boericke holdings were combined with those of Lake and Barnsdall in the western part of the district, and the Primos Mining and Milling Co. was formed. A new mill was built at Lakewood and the old Gordon Gulch mill was dismantled. In 1920 ownership of the mines passed to the Vanadium Corporation of America. According to Hershey, both veins in the Quaker City and the Ophir, were mineralized with low grade lead-silver, and tetrahedrite ore before they were reopened and the tungsten ore was deposited. A shoot of rich ferberite ore occurred in a vein that joins the Hoard vein from the south about 500 ft. east of the Hoard shaft. The ore shoot lay about 100 ft. southeast of the junction and was mined in a deep open cut known as the Pride cut. According to Hershey’s report, the ore in the open cut was as much as 12 ft. wide and averaged approximately BZ WO3 [Ref: Lovering, T. S., USGS Prof. Paper 245, “Geology and Ore of the Boulder County Tungsten District, Colorado, 1953]. No. 25 typed out to Wendell P. Bowman for 90,030 shares at $1.00 each. Signed by G. H. Hunt, Secretary and David Heaton, President. Stock has a finger smudge on the upper left corner, but otherwise in excellent shape. Crème paper with no border. Vignette of a mill at the bottom of a mountain.



3. The Moore Mining, Milling and Development Co. Al Moore and his father operated the Gigi Placer in Wallstreet Canyon with a steam shovel and sluice. Many gold nuggets over one ounce in weight were obtained. Later they operated the Krakajack Gold Mine and the Orphan Boy Gold Mine, also in Wallstreet Canyon. The Orphan Boy mine proved to be very rich and the Krakajack Mine produced fine large specimens of pyrite and chalcopyrite crystals. Al Moore later changed his name to Al More and was active for years in mining and milling tungsten [Ref: Personal communications with Al More; The Hal Miller Files including assays, reports, and specimens]. No. 1099 issued to Martin Rohlas by M. L. Moore, Secretary, and Wm. A. B. Moore, President. Crème paper with black border that has miner vignettes in all four corners and on the sides. The vignette is of miners shoveling and pick axing underground. It has a red, adhesive, two cent document stamp with three serrated edges attached. Signed on reverse by Martin Rohlas on 1 October 1921. Fold lines are visible and the right one has a pin hole in the middle. Good condition.



4. The United States Gold Corporation. In 1916 the United States Gold Corporation owned 553 acres of patented land in the Sugar Loaf District. It also controlled two miles of the Livingston Dyke. The mill at Sugar Loaf had a crushing capacity of 200 tons per day. There were 8 cyanide tanks with a capacity of 150 tons, and a 150 ton Hereshoff roaster. John Wolff was the manager, Hugh Watts was the assayer, and Captain Alonzo Coan was the mill superintendent. Mines in the area which shipped ore to the mill were, The Livingston, The Potato Patch, The Alpine Horn, The Amalgam Thief, The Franklin, The Dollar, and The Sunnyside [Ref: Cobb, Harrison, Prospecting our Past, 1988; “Annual Industrial Magazine, Supplement to the Boulder County Miner,” 1916; The Hal Miller Files]. No. 4989 issued to R. M. Sherman by W. T. McGuiness, Secretary and John R. Wolff, President. Sherman signed the reverse on February 8, 1916. The stock is on crème paper with a gold border. The vignette is of Columbia with the Colorado state seal and a bald eagle at wing over her left shoulder. While the folds are visible, the stock is in excellent condition.



5. The Yellow Pine Mines and Reduction Company. The Yellow Pine Mine was the most consistent producer of silver in Boulder County. It had the largest output of copper and a substantial tonnage of lead. This mine has always been known as a high grade property, the bulk of the ore produced in 1916 ranged from $50 to $500 per ton while occasional shipments ran into the thousands. There were seven workable veins on the yellow pine property running in several directions. These veins crossed and recrossed forming a network of rich ore contacts. The ore shoot in the “Ballroom” stope was approximately 200 feet long, 2.5 inches thick and assayed on an average of 600 oz. per ton in silver. The ore consisted of stromeyerite and steel galena containing polybasite. The stromeyerite assayed from 1000 to 5000 ounces of silver per ton while the galena ran from 100 to 500 ounces per ton. Milling ore frequently ran up to 35 feet in thickness and hundreds of feet in length. In 1916 there were more than six miles of workings on the various veins. The mining claims embraced in this group included the Yellow Pine, the Coercion, the Vaucleuse, the Michner, the Gray Copper, and the Duroc lode. The total production by 1916 was over $1,000,000 [Ref: Annual Industrial Magazine, Tungsten Edition, Boulder County Miner, Boulder, Colorado, 29 June 1916; The Hal Miller Files including Maps, Reports, and Assays]. No. 76 issued to M. M. Rinn by C. M. Morris, Secretary and Ralph K. Cotton, President. Crème paper with a brown border. The vignette is of hard rock miners using a pneumatic drill underground. Signed on the back by Rinn on October 11, 1916. Good condition.













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