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Eureka Quartz Mining Stock Certificate - Grass Valley, CA

Currency:USD Category:Western Americana Start Price:375.00 USD Estimated At:750.00 - 3,000.00 USD
Eureka Quartz Mining Stock Certificate - Grass Valley, CA
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c1853 Eureka Quartz Mining Company stock certificate, No. 128, for one share of capital stock. The issuee line is blank, but the stock is dated 24 January 1853. Signed by E.H. Cornwall, secretary, and James A. Shorb, president. Measures 11" x 6". Vignette of mill and miners top center. Uncancelled. VF. The Eureka Quartz Mining Company was likely operating in Georgetown, California. There was a second Eureka Mine in Placerville, but it was not active until decades later. The Eureka quartz mine at Georgetown had a 130-foot deep shaft in 1867. It was located immediately north of the Woodside on the same quartz vein, which was about two feet wide. They had a steam hoist, but no mill. The vein had a NE-SW strike and easterly dip averaging about $30 per ton, according to J. Ross Browne in Mineral Resources West of the Rocky Mountains, 1868. By 1882, the mine was 230 feet deep, inactive, and full of water, according to the History of El Dorado County, 1883. This is quite possibly the earliest known lode mining company stock certificate extant. Condition is excellent. - HKA#63995