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Eagle Mine Co. Stock Certificate CA - Aurora,Mono County - 1863 - 2012aug - General Americana

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Eagle Mine Co. Stock Certificate CA - Aurora,Mono County - 1863 - 2012aug - General Americana
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Issued by the Eagle Tunnel & Mining Company to W.S. Card for 20 shares of capital stock at $100 per share. Signed by the company secretary, J.H. Simmons and the mine president, (signature illegible). There is a Red R47 R4 25 cent Life Insurance Revenue Stamp affixed. It is hand cancelled. This is a pristine piece, with no creases or tears. The Eagle Tunnel & Mining Co. was located in Aurora, Mono County, California and established in the early 1860s after the discovery of gold deposits in the area. Mono County included the Bodie Mining District which was one of the richest deposits in the area. Aurora, established in 1860, was for a time simultaneously the county seat of Mono County, California and Esmeralda County, Nevada before an official survey by the federal government determined Aurora was actually located in Nevada. A new county, Mineral, was created in 1911 that included Aurora. Little is known about the Eagle Tunnel & Mining Co. except that it was established in Mono County and incorporated in Aurora before the official survey was conducted. - Maish Collection -58925