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Cripple Creek Group of Common Stock Certificates

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Cripple Creek Group of Common Stock Certificates
Lot of 6 different certificates from famous mines. 1) Free Coinage Gold Mining Company. Incorporated in Colorado. Cert. #125 issued to J.K. Hornish in 1892 for 1000 shares. Signed by President S.J. Altman and Secretary H.W. Barry. Cancelled. The company owned the Pinto, Rising Sun, Bison No. 2, and the Pueblo mines, all located on Bull Hill. Gold was discovered at Cripple Creek in 1890 and it soon became the world’s greatest gold camp. The town of Altman, CO was named after Sam Altman, who owned a sawmill at Squaw Gulch, just below Poverty Gulch. Horace Barry, an early Cripple Creek prospector, located many of Cripple Creek’s best mines, founded the village that bore his name in Squaw Gulch. For more about S.J. Altman and H.W. Barry, read “Money Mountain, the Story of Cripple Creek Gold,” by Marshall Sprague. VF. 2) Orphan Gold Mining Company. Incorporated in Colorado in 1899. Cert. #584 issued to Tucker, Ballard & Co., Trustees in 1899 for 1000 shares. Signed by Henry M. Blackmer, president, and A.J. Bendle, secretary. Cancelled. The company was the successor to the Orphan Bell M&MC. Blackmer was a legal counselor from Massachusetts. He gave up his legal career for involvement in the mining business, becoming involved in 9 mining companies and several railway companies. He left Cripple Creek in the late teens to invest in Wyoming oil where he became involved in the Teapot Dome Scandal. In 1925 he fled to France to avoid prosecution, but eventually returned to the U.S., paying nearly $4 million in fines. He died at the age of 92 in 1962 [Levine, pp.40-41]. VF. 3) Isabella Gold Mining Company. Incorporated in Colorado. Cert. #1528 issued to Pastorius and Hobbs in 1894 for 400 shares. Signed by Percy Hagerman as vice president and by asst. secretary. Company owned the Buena Vista, Smuggler, Lee & other mines on Bull Hill. The company was organized on the 400th anniversary of the visit of Columbus to North America, so it was named in honor of Queen Isabella of Spain. It was a great gold producer and paid out millions in dividends. Hagerman was the son of James Hagerman who built the Colorado Midland Railway to Leadville and Grand Junction. VF. 4 & 5) Acacia Gold Mining Company. Incorporated in Colorado in 1895. Cert. #2985 issued to C.L. Hutcheson, Trust. for 100 shares in 1899, and signed by president and secretary. Cancelled by hole punches through signatures. The second certificate is No. 325 issued to Char. E. Howard in 1896 for 1000 shares. It is also cancelled. A partial stub is glued to left end. Signed by John E. Hundley, president, who ran the stage line to Cripple Creek from the railroad station at Florissant, 18 miles away. Both VF. 6) Pharmacist Consolidated Mining Co. Incorporated in Colorado. Cert. #1060 issued to Shepherd, Ballard & Kent, Trustees for 500 shares in 1899. Signed by James F. Burns as president and by Chas. N. Muller as secretary. Cancelled by punch holes across signatures. There is an extensive photocopied story on James Burns included with this certificate. VF.City: Cripple CreekCounty: TellerState: CO
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