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Lead,Dakota South - Lawrence County - June 1896 - Homestake Mining Company Stock Certificate :

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
Lead,Dakota South - Lawrence County - June 1896 - Homestake Mining Company Stock Certificate :
Whitewood Mining District. Incorporated in Dakota Territory in 1877. Cert #7823, issued to William Webb in 1896 for 100 shares. Signature piece signed by Lloyd Tevis, president, and F. G. Drum, secretary and therefor more valuable than a regular Homestake certificate. Vignette of two Indian braves atop a hill looking down on a wagon train and locomotive steaming through farm country. Black border, blue safetyprint. Cancelled by purple stamps across face. Printer: American BN Co., New York. 6 3/4" x 10 1/2." The Black Hills gold rush opened in 1875 and ended in 1877. Before the end, mining magnate George Hearst spent $70,000 to purchase one of the best claims in the Lead/Deadwood area. He incorporated it as the Homestake Mining Co. And that was the start of its fabulous history--technological and civic. The mine closed in 2002, bowing out as the largest and deepest mine in the Western Hemisphere, at a depth of over 8000 feet. [Ref: Homestakevisitorcenter.com].