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NV - Lida,Esmeralda County - 1906 - Lida Documents - Clint Maish Collection

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
NV - Lida,Esmeralda County - 1906 - Lida Documents - Clint Maish 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!!!
Lot of 2. 1) Lida Queen Mining Co. stock; Incorporated under the laws of Arizona, April 12, 1905; Certificate No. 286 issued February 10, 1906 to Mrs. J.C. Jones for 2000 shares; signed by Robt. L. Prouty, President and W.P. Wilson, Secretary; no printer; U/C; measures 10x5.5”. In July 1905, Tonopah druggist Robert Prouty and his friends purchased the old Buster Mine for $50,000. They did initial exploration but the optimism only lasted one more year.

2) postcard of Lida, Nevada, showing the Steinmann Bros. hotel, restaurant and auto camp; postmarked March 3, 1931 with a green one-cent Franklin stamp. Addressed to Mrs. Mary Robins of Carthage, Ill., from “Pauline”. Colored photograph with missing lower left corner. [Lingenfelter, Richard E. Death Valley and the Armargosa: Land of Illusion. University ofCalifornia Press, 1986. p. 343].