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Mariposa,CA - 1879 - Mariposa Land & Mining Company of California Preferred Stock :

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 500.00 USD
Mariposa,CA - 1879 - Mariposa Land & Mining Company of California Preferred Stock :
Incorporated in California in 1871. Cert. #A172 issued to Benjamin M. Stilwell in 1879 for 1 share. Signed by S. Heydenfeldt, president, and by Robert Cranford, asst. secretary. Vignette at top center of allegorical woman, seated next to a bear, and men farming in the background. “Eureka” is printed at the woman’s feet. Blue border, black print. Uncancelled. Printer: National BN Co. Datelined New York. 8 x 12.5.” This company was one of several established from part of the original Rancho las Mariposas estate, a Spanish land grant owned by John C. Fremont, which he had purchased from Juan Alvarado in the 1840s. In the 1880s it was reorganized as the Mariposa Mining & Commercial Company.