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CO - Leadville,Lake County - 1881-1887 - Leadville Mining Stock Group

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
CO - Leadville,Lake County - 1881-1887 - Leadville Mining Stock 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 Alleghany Mining Company. Carl Swift said that the mines were located on Yankee Hill. In 1883 there were five shafts each at 300 feet deep. This particular stock is number 42 issued to Frank F. Clark by George O. Keeler as Secretary and Jas. Y. Marshall as President on 6 December 1887. Signed by Clark on the reverse and witnessed by R. M. Turner. Crème paper with a black border. A beautiful vignette of a mill in the wooded mountains. Cancelled in 1890. Some foxing but in good condition.

2. The Amie Consolidation Mining Company. The Amie was 300 by 1500 ft. and was situated on Fryer Hill, about ¾ mile from Leadville and in the California District. The claim was located in 1878; and patented. The vein is a contact containing Cerussite in a decomposed porphyry gangue, milling, when sorted, 30 % lead and 15 to 30 oz. silver to the ton. In 1883 the development was five shafts aggregating 1000 ft. with considerable drifting and other workings. Output was $1,500,000 and dividends paid $350,000

[Ref: Corregan and Lingane, Colorado Mining Directory, 1883]. Number 8809 issued to P. P. Soney by [illegible] president, J. S. Lockwood as Secretary and A. W. McGill as President on 1 February 1881. Light green paper with darker green border and vignettes on either side. The left side has the upper left corner torn off. The side vignettes are of Columbia. The right vignette has Columbia atop of a science pedestal. The left vignette has Columbia atop of a fine art pedestal. The center vignette is of miners pick axing and shoveling at surface dirt with a miner’s cabin and the mountains as background. Signed by Soney on reverse. Fair condition.

3. The Bald Mountain Mining Company. The properties of the Bald Mountain Mining Company were located on Fryer Hill, the richest area in the Leadville District. Ore assayed at $200 per ton to over 10,000 oz. silver per ton. North of the established mines of Iron, Breece, and Carbonate Hills lay an area that the experts claimed was barren. George H. Fryer had no regard for experts and decided that there was silver in this area. On April 4, 1878, Fryer filed the location for his "New Discovery Mine" and Fryer Hill became the richest piece of real estate in the world. The richest of all Fryer Hill mines, the Robert E. Lee, was located in June 1878 by George Belt and William Knight. Later H.A.W. Tabor acquired three very rich mines in the near vicinity; the Little Pittsburg, the Chrysolite, and the Matchless [Ref: Blair, Leadville: Colorado’s Magic City, 1980; Emmons, Geology and Mining Industry of Leadville, Colorado, 1886; Emmons, Irving, and Loughlin, “Geology and Ore Deposits of the Leadville Mining District, Colorado,” USGS Prof. Paper 148, 1927; The Hal Miller Files including reports, assays, and letters of the Bald Mountain Mining Company, 1881]. No. A2730 issued to Jerome B. Peterson by Saul R. Earls as Secretary and Chas. Murdell as Vice President on 25 January 1881. Signed by Peterson on the reverse and two witnesses. U/C. The paper is light green and the border is darker green and was issued by the Franklin Bank Note Company of New York. Unique vignette of Fryer Hill nestled in the mountains. The stock is yellowing at the folds and has some edge damage. Fair condition.
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