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Dakota - Deadwood,Lawrence County - 1888 - Ruby Bell Gold and Silver Mining Company Stock Certificat

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
Dakota - Deadwood,Lawrence County - 1888 - Ruby Bell Gold and Silver Mining Company Stock Certificat
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!!!
Incorporated in Dakota Territory. Cert. #292, issued at Deadwood in 1888 to D La Chapelle, signed as president by famous sheriff Seth Bullock. Secretary’s name is illegible. Location of Mines: Ruby Basin, Dakota printed at the top. Place of business, Deadwood, Dakota printed on the bottom. 9 ¼” x 6”. Red pen cancels thru signatures. Faint vignette of a miner holding a pickaxe in blue at the top. Times Steam Printing House, Deadwood, printer. Great signature piece signed by Bullock, the first sheriff of lawless Deadwood. In later years Bullock went into the mining business. Bullock met Theodore Roosevelt and the two became lifelong friends. Roosevelt later named Bullock U.S. Marshall for the state of South Dakota. VF