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CO - Central City,Gilpin County - 1860-1902 - Central City Stock Certificate Group

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CO - Central City,Gilpin County - 1860-1902 - Central City Stock Certificate Group
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. Not issued. Rockdale Gold Mining Company. Incorporated in New York 1860s. John Gregory discovered gold in 1859 in Gregory Gulch, later known as Central City [Ref: Holabird: The Alexandra Tillson Filer Collection, Part II: Colorado, Nevada, Montana, and the Hauser Collection of Anaconda Corporate Seals, p. 119, 2000]. Some foxing. Smaller-sized. Good condition.

2. La Crosse Gold Mining Company of Colorado, incorporated in New York. No. 4775 issued to Henry Belden on 20 May 1897 for 100 shares by Edw. T. [illegible], Secretary, and Frank R. Van Nest, President. Countersigned by the secretary of the Knickerbocker Trust Company on 20 May 1897. Cancelled 21 January 1898 and signed on reverse by Belden and a witness. Smaller-sized. Colorful. Good to excellent condition. In 1867 the company confined their operation to driving a tunnel intended to cut, at a considerable distance below the surface, property belonging to them on a number of lodes in Burroughs Hill running parallel with the Burroughs, some above, some below. In 1879 the La Crosse tunnel passed 1,000 feet into Quartz Hill. It was only 180 to 200 feet below the surface, and consequently could be of no great benefit in working mines [Refs: Hollister, The Mines of Colorado, 1867; Fosset, Colorado its Gold and Silver Mines, 1879].

3. The Gold Rock Mining and Milling Company, no 698 issued to Albion Little for 100 shares by C. R. Howard, Secretary, and C. E. Taylor, President on 9 November 1891. A check sized stock. U/C. Excellent condition. In 1867 the shaft on the east end of the lode was 5 by 11 and 100 feet deep. They were sinking 10 feet a week. They had a 30 by 70 mill on the lode with Dodge crackers and Cornish rollers for crushing; also a 30 horse engine. The company also owned 1,000 feet on the Pendleton Lode, in Russell Gulch and had a shaft on it 50 feet deep [Refs: Hollister, The Mines of Colorado, 1867; The Hal Miller Files].

4. The 4 Mile Gulch Tunnel Mining Company, incorporated in Colorado. No. 52 issued to Chas. H. Rockwell by E. M. Baldwin, Secretary, and Chas. W. Baldwin, President, on 17 July 1902 for 10,000 shares. Not cancelU/Cnt condition.