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NV - Goldfield,Esmeralda County - 1910 - Goldfield Mining and Ore Reduction Company Stock Certificat

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
NV - Goldfield,Esmeralda County - 1910 - Goldfield Mining and Ore Reduction Company Stock Certificat
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!!!
1 stock and 1 booklet.

Incorporated in Nevada.

1) Cert. #1196 issued on October 3, 1910 to L. B. Hunt for 20 shares. Signed by secretary J. S. Gurney and president Albert Holton. One vingette in upper left corner of five miner's below ground. One miner is calling up to the surface while the other four work. Smaller vignettes are worked into the border on the left and right side, showing one miner holding a pick ax. Border is printed in black and is very intricate. Safety print behind black text is orange, and the seal in the bottom left corner is orange. Stock is uncancled, printer unspecified. 11" x 8". Stock has three folds with split ends.



2) Booklet is titled "Goldfield Mining and Ore Reduction Company." Publisher and date unknown. It is a report on the mining company, showing maps, photographs, and reports. It discusses the ore in the area, the company's holdings, and the engineer's lease. A portion of the front page reads, "It is not our purpose to burden the prospective investor with a lengthy article by going into all the details of the richest mining camp in the world and the assets of this company … all we ask is your careful consideration of this reliable evidence of our great possibilities." Booklet has creases in thirds horizontally. Some minor tearing along the crease lines on the first and last page. The middle third of the front page is yellowed by sun exposure.