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Gold Hill,NV - Storey County - March 25, 1863 - Wide Awake Gold & Silver Mining Company Stock *Terri

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Gold Hill,NV - Storey County - March 25, 1863 - Wide Awake Gold & Silver Mining Company Stock *Terri
Gold Hill District. Incorporated 1863 in Nevada Terr. Cert. #32, issued to J.J. Griffith for 10 shares. Signed by Joseph Gaflower, president, and by A. Lufkin, secretary. Nice vignette at center of miner standing at entrance to a mine tunnel with loaded ore cart to one side. A 2nd vignette at left of an early explorer standing on a precipice with an “Excelsior” flag, and a 3rd small vignette at bottom showing clasped hands. Black border on green safety printed background. Uncancelled. Printer: Towne & Bacon, San Francisco. Applied 25 ct. revenue stamp at lower left. Datelined Gold Hill. Measures 5.5 x 10.25.” This property is not listed on the Becker map of 1883, and neither is Laflower listed in 1863. J.J. Griffith was a partner in (J.H.) Ralston & Griffith, attorneys in Gold Hill. He lived at the International Hotel [Kelley, 1863]. One inch tear at right margin.