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CO - Cripple Creek,Teller County - 1896-1899 - Teller County Stock Certificate Group

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CO - Cripple Creek,Teller County - 1896-1899 - Teller County 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 3. 1. The Old Gold Mining Company, Cripple Creek Mining District. This company owned The Old Gold, The Buckeye, and The Geneveve, situated in the N.E. one-quarter Sect. 25, T 15S; R70W, containing 1.147 acres, on the west slope of Beacon Hill; and a few other fractional claims [Ref: Hills, Fred, The Official Manual Cripple Creek District, Colorado, 1900]. Number 1798 issued to John R. Melivse, Trustee by Wm. Downing, Secretary, and J. Downing, President on 10 March 1896 for 100 shares. Counter signed by the President of The Guarantee Trust Co. on 13 March 1896. Cancelled on 3 November 1897. Signed by the trustee and witness on reverse. On crème paper with a gold border. Vignette of miners working underground. Minor discoloration. Excellent condition.

2. The Rex Gold Mining and Milling Company owned the L. D. 7.5 acres, patented, and the John Sutter and Hortense 15 acres, all in the N. E. one-quarter Sect. 10, T. 15 S. R. 70 W. in 1900 there was 250 feet of shaft work on the property [Ref: Hills, Fred, The Official Manual Cripple Creek District, Colorado, 1900]. This stock, number 216, was made out to A. M. Selfridge, Trustee by W. A. Davis, Secretary, and A. M. Selfridge, President on 8 February 1896 for 5,000 shares. Vignette of a bald eagle with wings outstretched perches on the company masthead. Signed by E. K. Patton, witness, and Selfridge on reverse. The folds are yellowing on reverse and are beginning to tear. On crème paper with red border, the edges are yellowing. U/C. Fair to good condition.

3. The Pharmacist Consolidated Mining Company issued number 162 to A. D. Jones by Chas. Miller, Secretary, and James F. Burns, President on 5 October 1899 for 1,000 shares. Also signed by the International Trust Co. of Denver’s representative. Signed on reverse by A. D. Jones and two witnesses. Plain looking stock on crème paper with a black border that has the same flower design in all four corners. The vignette is obstructed by the company masthead. Cancelled in 1902. Some spots of yellowing, but is in good condition. Charles N. Miller, the company secretary, was born in Buffalo, N.Y. in 1871. He came to Colorado in 1892. In 1896 he organized the Miller-Young Brokerage Co. He made a large portion of his fortune in the Pharmacist Mine. James F. Burns discovered the extremely rich Portland Mine, which was so rich, that in the beginning, he operated it only at night to avoid trouble with claim jumpers. A.D. Jones, a drug store clerk, and his boss J.K. Miller staked a claim near the top of Bull Hill which they named the Pharmacist. They hit a vein near surface which assayed at 30 oz. gold per ton. In 1900 The Pharmacist Mine is at the west end of the town of Altman and is owned by the "Pharmacist Consolidated Mining Company." It was one of the earliest mines to be opened on Bull Hill. In 1900 there were two shaft houses. One shaft was 1,500 ft. deep, the old inclined shaft was 4’ x 8’ x 650’ deep. The vertical shaft was 5’ x 9’ x 550’ deep with levels every 100’ and 1000’ in drifts. Gross production by Jan. 1, 1900 was 32,500 oz. of go1d. The ore was to this time mostly oxidized tellurides (rusty gold) in quartz. Some tellurides occurred along the phonolite foot-wall [Refs: Hills, Fred, The Official Manual, Cripple Creek District, Colorado, p. 376, 1900; Lindgren, W., and F. Ransome, “Gold Deposits of Cripple Creek, Colorado,” USGS Prof. Paper, 54, p. 399, 1906].
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