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Inyo County,CA - March 9, 1864 - St. Lawrence Gold and Silver Mining Company Stock :

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Inyo County,CA - March 9, 1864 - St. Lawrence Gold and Silver Mining Company Stock :
Inyo District. Incorporated in 1863. Cert. #170, issued to E.P. Billings for 22 shares. Signed only by secretary W. H. Darain? Vignette at upper left of Indian man holding a rifle and kneeling by a waterfall, and a small vignette at bottom of an Indian man’s head. Uncancelled. Printer: Waters Brothers & Co. There is a 25ct. Revenue stamp applied at lower left. Black border and print. 5.5 x 10.” E.P. Billings was a machinist at the Miners Foundry in San Francisco, according to Langley, 1864. W.H. Darain could possibly be read as W.A. Darling, an abstract clerk in San Francisco (Langley, San Francisco Directory, 1864). The certificate is datelined San Francisco.