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CO - Camp Fulford,Eagle County - 1901 - New York Mining and Development Company Stock Certificate

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CO - Camp Fulford,Eagle County - 1901 - New York Mining and Development Company 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!!!
The site was actually called Nolan’s Creek Camp for an early prospector who, with another man, located pay dirt in 1887. Many rich strikes were made in the next few months and the camp became a thriving settlement of several hundred. Of the 500 claims staked, however, only a few were worth developing. The best was the Polar Star on New York Mountain. Nolan, the founder, bled to death when he accidentally shot himself while crossing the creek which now bears his name. Camp Fulford (Nolan’s Creek Camp), named after Arthur H. Fulford, a prominent local man who lost is life in a snow slide on New York Mountain while searching for Slate Mountain, was actually two adjacent camps, one making up the lower town and the other the upper town. Both camps started around 1890. The upper town was smaller but contained more business houses. It had a log hotel, some boarding houses, and several saloons and stores. The camps flourished through the early 90s. A 25 stamp amalgamating and concentrating mill was built at the turn of the 20th century to handle the ore from the Polar Star, Cave, Kittie B., New York, Adelaide, and Layton mines. In 1912 new silver strikes were made and another boom lasted until about 1918. Eagle, 20 miles away was the nearest railroad stop [Refs: The Hal Miller Files; Eberhart, Guide to the Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps, 1959]. No. 211 issued to Morgan Klock for 3,000 shares on 23 February by H. C. Cook, Secretary and E. H. Cook, President. Not Canceled. Excellent condition.