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Leadville Mining Stock Pair: Miner Boy and Leadville CMC [155432]

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Leadville Mining Stock Pair: Miner Boy and Leadville CMC [155432]
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Lot of 2 different. 1) The Miner Boy Mining Company. Inc. in Colorado. No. 3332, issued for 100 shares to G. Brown in 1881. Signed by president AA McLeod and secretary Hart. Not cancelled. Black border, green background, and vignette of miners with headlamps using drills. Printed by the Hatch Lith. Co., NY. 7.5 x 11" Folds, bent corners. Located on Breece Hill, California Mining District. The mine was discovered on March 27, 1879 by Peter Conley, M.C. Kennedy, James Dahoney, etc., who sold it on June 17, 1879 to A.A. McLeod for $75,000. The mine soon had three shafts, down 490 ft., 5 levels and 250 ft. of drifts producing 20 tons per day. Assays showed 1029 ozs. silver per ton, and 945 ozs. gold per ton. The minerals produced were pyrargyrite, free gold, and tetrahedrite. By 1880 the mine was employing 35 miners with assaying showing 600 ounces of gold per ton [Ref: Griswold, 1996; Corregan & Lingane, pg. 427] 2) Leadville Consolidated Mining Company. Inc. in New York. No. A12898, issued for 100 shares to Geo. W. Hoyt in 1898. Signed by the president (illegible) and secretary Moore. Not cancelled. Black border and print. Vignette of frontiersman on horseback. National Bank Note Co. 6.75 x 11" Pinholes, folds. Owned the Carbonate Mine and West Shamrock Mine.

Date: 1881 & 1898
Country (if not USA):
State: Colorado
City: Leadville
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