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Goldfield,NV - Esmeralda County - 1905-1914 - Stock Certificates :

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Goldfield,NV - Esmeralda County - 1905-1914 - Stock Certificates :
Lot of 3 Stocks: Esmeralda Mining District. 1) Goldfield Oro Mining Company, incorporated in Arizona, October, 1904. Certificate No. 74 issued to W.E. Hughey for 500 shares on February 17, 1905. Signed by Bluth as President and C.R. Barry as Secretary. Vignette of eagle on rock overlooking ocean at top left. Fancy black border with red and black print, brown safety print, and gold embossed seal at bottom left. Datelined Tonopah, Nevada. Uncancelled. "Mines at Goldfield Nevada" printed diagonally across certificate. Printer: Press of John Partridge, S.F. 2-3) The Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company Certificates (2): Incorporated in Wyoming on November 13, 1906. Certificate No. N.Y. 019181 issued to Earl Salisbury for 80 shares on December 21, 1912. Certificate No. N.Y.023221 issued to John Pearce for 40 shares on March 31, 1914. Signed by W.E. Zaebel as 2nd V.P. and A.M. Howe as Secretary. Vignette on both certificates depict miners drilling underground at center top. Fancy brown border with black print and embossed seal at bottom center. Uncancelled. Each has hole punch area at right edge to record shares purchased. Printed by Western Bank Note & Engraving Co., Chicago. With Geo. Wingfield as President, the "company is a merger of Goldfield-Mohawk, Red Top, Jumbo, Laguna Goldfield, Goldfield, and Combination mining companies. In 1911, company acquired Vinegerone Fraction and the Bull Dog and Jumbo Fractions. Company has ranked as one of the greatest mines in the world, producing $49,437,847 in 8 years, disbursing $28,998,831 to shareholders." (Ref: Mines Handbook, Weed, Vol. 13, 1918, p. 1086. Wingfield became Nevada's most powerful economic and political figure from 1909 to 1932. His fortune was estimated to be worth as much as 25 million dollars due to the mining booms at Tonopah and Goldfield. He moved to Reno in 1908 and was also active in Republican politics, banking, ranching, and hotel-keeping. Wingfield was unique among those made wealthy in mining by remaining in the state with his money. Much of his money and power was lost during the Great Depression after his banks collapsed. Wingfield then built a second, modest fortune by the end of WWII. He died on Christmas evening, 1959. (Ref: clan.lib.nv.us)