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NV - Bullfrog,Nye County - 1915 - Pioneer Consolidated Mines Company Stock - Gil Schmidtmann Collect

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 300.00 USD
NV - Bullfrog,Nye County - 1915 - Pioneer Consolidated Mines Company Stock - Gil Schmidtmann Collect
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!!!
Incorporated in Wyoming, 1909. No. 6235 issued August 20, 1915 to L.F. Wells for 1000 shares. Signed by Wm. J. Tobin, President and Chas. J. Clayton, Secretary. Printed by The Smith-Brooks Co., Denver, Colo. U/C. Orange border with black ink on crème paper, one vignette at top center shows a mine on a hill. There are two red 10-cent Internal Revenue documentary stamps on top right. Endorsed on reverse. In 1909 the Pioneer Consolidated purchased the Pioneer Mine, along with eleven other claims. In December 1914, part of the mine collapsed and had to be shut down. [REF: Hall, Shawn. Preserving the Glory Days: Ghost Towns and Mining Camps in Nye, Nevada. Reno, Nevada: The University of Nevada Press, 1981. p. 259].