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NV - Rochester,Pershing County - Rochester Stock Certificate Group

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 300.00 USD
NV - Rochester,Pershing County - Rochester Stock Certificate Group
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 3. Rochester was a silver mining town located in Pershing County, north western Nevada. It was established in the 1860s when prospectors from Rochester, NY found gold in the area. Rochester did not become a populous area until the discovery of a large silver lode around the turn of the century. [REF: http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/nv/rochester.html]. 1) Great Western Mines Company of Nevada certificate no. 4 for 5,000 shares issued to Florence B. DeLorme and signed by F. B. DeLorme (secretary) and (illegible due to fading), Nov. 1, 1920. Cancelled. This company was incorporated in 1920 under the laws of Nevada. 2) Rochester Combined Mines Company certificate No. 1720 for 100 shares issued to Charles H. Clark and signed by illegible (both president and secretary’s signatures are illegible due to cancellation marks), June. Cancelled. This company was incorporated January 6, 1917 in Nevada. Datelined Lovelock, Nevada. 3) Rochester Silver Corporation certificate No. 6155 for 20 shares issued to Atwell & Company and signed by Jay H. Clemmons (asst. secretary) and C. T. Stevenson (vice-president), Nov. 9, 1928. This company was incorporated in Nevada in 1916 with offices in Reno.