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Canada, Ontario, Sudbury,1899 - Great Lakes Copper Company Stock Certificate - Fenske Collection

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:50.00 - 100.00 USD
Canada, Ontario, Sudbury,1899 - Great Lakes Copper Company Stock Certificate - Fenske Collection
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!!!
Great Lakes Copper Company. Incorporated in West Virginia in 1899. Cert. #445, issued to W.O. Pealer for 100 shares in 1899. Signed by President John McKinley and Secretary Horace Williston. Vignette at top of underground mining scene and small vignette at bottom of three prospectors examining a rock. Reddish-brown border/seal. Printer - Goes. A 10c documentary stamp in upper left. Measures 10 ½" x 8". Stevens [1905, p. 439]. reported the company controlled 4,000 acres near Sudbury, Algoma, Ontario, "…carrying nickeliferous chalcopyrite associated with iron pyrites. Has several shafts, deepest 150', also an open-cut, with a considerable amount of ore in sight. The Graf smelting process was tried, but proved a failure. Property is mortgaged, affairs of corporation are in chaotic shape, and no information is furnished shareholders." Foldlines, otherwise very fine.