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Jumbo/Mohawk Related Stock Certificates

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:20.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
Jumbo/Mohawk Related Stock Certificates
Lot of 2. 1). Dewey-Jumbo Mining Co. Incorporated in Nevada. No. 142 issued in 1907 to H.E. Twombly for 200 shares. Central vignette of millsite flanked by two small underground mining scenes. Signed by Secretary Wheeler and President W.C. Dewey. Two folds present. 2). Jumbo Junior Mining Company. Incorporated in Nevada, 1914. Cert. #574 issued in 1915 to Thomas Derby for 1000 shares. Signed by Secretary Floyd Cable and President J. McCarthy. "Promotion Stock" stamped at right edge. Two folds present. Goldfield boomed between 1903 and 1910 with peak production from the Mohawk Extension Mine and Goldfield Consolidated Mining Co. Before operations ceased, nearly 1500 people lived here [Paher, Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps, 1970].