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Elko and White Pine Transportation Pass and Tokens NV - Elko, - - 2012aug - General Americana

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 1,000.00 USD
Elko and White Pine Transportation Pass and Tokens NV - Elko, -  - 2012aug - General Americana
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Lot of 3: Extremely rare stage coach pass issued in 1898 to T.J. Osborne signed by B.F. Miller, general manager. The card shows the company officers: A.C. Cleveland president, J.B. Williamson vice president, W.N. McGill secretary, and B.F. Miller general manager. Also 2 tokens for 25c (17mm) and 50c (29mm) in supplies, E. & W.P. T. Co./1896. The route began in 1868 when Len Wines & Co. And Hill Beachy ran competing stage lines from the White Pine district (Hamilton and Treasure City) to Elko. When they began, Jackson wrote in "Treasure Hill" that it was mostly an exodus, as prospectors were leaving in droves without success. With the demise of Treasure Hill, the stage route went into disrepair. Cleveland`s company rekindled the route when new mining interests began to reassess the Hamilton-Treasure Hill region and mining began once again. British investors were active in the area through the end of the century. - Jacobitz Collection -60420