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Four New Mexico stocks

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Four New Mexico stocks
1) Volcano Mines Company, Grant, Kimball. Certificate no. F629 issued to T.E. McSherry for 500 shares in 1922. Signed by C.C. Royall, vice president and Edw. F. Potter, secretary. Brown border and safety print, Uncancelled, 8 x 11, Excellent condition, punched with '500'. Company held the Volcano mine, a silver-gold property in the Kimball district, 4 miles north of Stein on the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad. The old Volcano mine was discovered in 1882, and reportedly produced several hundred thousand dollars worth of silver, from oxidized ores processed by a 10-stamp mill and pans. Ore consists of silver and gold - bearing quartz in a fissure vein 10 to 50 feet wide. The vein was reported to outcrop for 7,500 feet along strike. [Ref: 1925CH, p.1585] 2) Unissued Prairie Coal Company #93. 3) Prairie Springs Oil and Gas Co. #121 for 500 shares to Matt Fowler. Signed by Ed Hilton and J. Sparks in 1919. 4) Unissued Socorro Irrigation Company #98.

Date: c1920City: County: State: NM