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MI - Houghton,Houghton County - 1913 - Onondaga Copper Company Stock Certificate - Fenske Collection

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MI - Houghton,Houghton County - 1913 - Onondaga Copper Company Stock Certificate - Fenske Collection
Session D is a Mail-Bid Only Auction. Absentee bids will be accepted only. No live bidding will be allowed. All winners will be contacted after the auction. BIDDING ENDS MONDAY JUNE 27 AT 5PM PACIFIC TIME!!!
Houghton. Houghton. Onondaga Copper Co., incorporated in Michigan, 1912. Certificate No. 594, issued for 100 shares to Ward B. Smith. Datelined Houghton, Mich., 1913. Signed by R. C. Pryor as President and James Duffney as Secretary. No vignette, ornate brown border and underprint with black print. U/C. Printer - Goes. 11" x 8 1/2". At the time this certificate was issued, the company had done several years worth of exploratory drilling, intersecting various lodes, but never encountering paying quantities of copper. Operations were stopped that year and 10 years later, the company remained dormant [Ref: Mines Handbook, several volumes]. Fold creases, otherwise very fine.