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Groom Southend Mining Company Stock

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Groom Southend Mining Company Stock
Certificate #113, issued for 50,000 shares to Chas. D. Osborne in 1916. Signed by Wm. Armstrong as president and T.J. Osborne as secretary. Osborne, an attorney in Pioche acquired the property in the 1870’s and worked it for several years. In 1916, the company produced 1.5 million lbs. of lead and 25,000 oz. of silver, hauled 60 miles by tractor (1918 Mines Handbook). The Groom district today is located within the Nevada Test Site and is the site of Area 51. The certificate is in excellent, Uncancelled condition.

Date: 1916City: Groom DistrictCounty: LincolnState: NV