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CO - Gunnison County,1900-1909 - Gunnison County Stock Certificate Group

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CO - Gunnison County,1900-1909 - Gunnison 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 4. 1. The Ohio Mines Company. Gold was found near there in the 1860s, but the rush did not come until 1879, when silver was found. During the 1880s Ohio City was one of the most prosperous cities in the area. By 1880 there were nearly fifty cabins and tents at the site. A hotel was built, restaurants, saloons, assay offices, and many other businesses erected. Millions were spent including several stamp mills and tunnels from the mines. Ohio City was hit by the silver panic of 1893. Within months the new camp was all but deserted, but gold was discovered there three years later and the area bloomed again. The top mines were the Carter, the Raymond, which produced several million dollars, and the Gold Links [Ref: Eberhart, Guide to Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps, 1959]. No. 110 issued to A. A. Ruffing by John W. Kern, Secretary, and Ridley Hermon, President, on 17 October 1901 for 901 shares. Also affixed is a slate violet, 50 cent, documentary stamp, series 1898, R171, R15, perf. U/C. Some wrinkling. Good to excellent condition.

2. The Mineral Point Mining Company, Rock Creek Mining District, issued no. 380 to Mary E. Meredith for 40 shares on 8 February 1900 by Geo. A. Searly, Secretary, and S. Hoffman, President. Some foxing. Not cancelU/Cndition.

3. Vulcan Gold Mining Company, incorporated in Wyoming. No. 142 issued to Clarence Cobb by H. T. Lamey, Secretary, and J. Hammond, President, for 75,000 shares on 15 March 1906. U/C. ExceU/Con. The Western Insurance Company of Toronto, Canada organized the company. The mine itself was located in Gunnison County and produced a very high grade pyretic gold deposit situated in a breccia pipe. Clarence Cobb was a very wealthy Denver resident who invested in numerous mining, oil, and other companies. When the Vulcan had its first directors’ meeting, on 3 April 1905 in room 631 of the Majestic Building in Denver, Mr. Cobb, was one of its officers [Ref: The Hal Miller Files, including reports, maps, assays, and letters].

4. The North Star Tunnel, Mining, Milling, Power and Transportation Company. White Pine-North Star District. No. 9 issued to the Treasury of North Star FMMP & T Co. by Alexander H. Martin, Vice-President on 7 December 1909. There is no secretary’s signature. A smaller-sized document. Cancelled. Excellent condition. North Star, a suburb of White Pine, was located on Tomichi Creek, five miles northwest of Monarch Pass. The site was owned by the May-Mazeppa Company. Rich veins of galena were discovered in 1878 and the North Star Lode was located the following year. This mine was worked through several shafts, the deepest of which was 365 feet. In 1884 a large force was employed and from four to six car loads of ore were produced a week. The range in tenor of the ore in the district was very great. This was from $5.00 to $5,000.00 per ton. A sample from the Rainbow-Eagle Mine assayed at 0.26 oz./ton gold and 3, 180 oz./ton silver and 24.3% lead. In 1901 the Leadville House Hotel and a post office were opened [Refs: Eberhart, Guide to the Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps, 1959; “Geology and Ore Deposits of the Monarch and Tomichi Districts, Colorado, Colorado Geological Survey Bulletin 4, 1913; Crofutt, Croffuts Grip Sack Guide of Colorado, 1885].
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