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Gold Hill,NV - Storey County - May 18, 1863 - Belle Union Gold and Silver Mining Company Stock *Terr

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Gold Hill,NV - Storey County - May 18, 1863 - Belle Union Gold and Silver Mining Company Stock *Terr
Silver Star District. Incorporated in Nevada in 1863. Cert. #115, issued to H.H. Flagg for 87 shares. Signed by R.T. Huntley, president, and by R.W. Billet, secretary. Vignette at left of allegorical woman with eagle and shield, and at bottom a dog’s head. Black border and print. Printer: Enterprise. Uncancelled. 4 x 9.” Datelined Gold Hill, N.T. Kelley notes that the district was “in the hills to the east of Comstock.” Although Huntley is not listed in the 1863 Virginia City directory, Billet is noted as a stock broker (per an article in the Territorial Enterprise). Flagg lived on Telegraph Street in Gold Hill and was for a short time a banker there. Checks do exist from his bank from the 1860s. He was also a state senator and Gold Hill city officer [Kelley].