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NV - Wonder,Churchill County - 1907-1917 - Wonder Mining Stock Certificates - Clint Maish Collection

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 800.00 USD
NV - Wonder,Churchill County - 1907-1917 - Wonder Mining Stock Certificates - 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 3 stocks. 1) Wonder Silver Star Mining Company; Incorporated in South Dakota in 1906. Certificate No. 173 issued on May 6, 1207 to D. A. Hendrickson for 1000 shares. Signed by secretary D. L [illegible] and president A. D. Myers. Three vignettes along the top. Black border. Gilted seal and safety print. Stock U/C. Printed by Goes. Certificate measures 10"x5.5". 2) Daisy Wonder Mining Company; Incorporated in Arizona. Certificate No. 1387 issued on June 19, 1911 to J. R. Orr for 1000 shares. Signed by secretary A.K. W[illegible] and vice president Jack Davis. Three vignettes along the top. Black border. Gilted seal and safety print. Stock uncancelU/Cd by Goes. Certificate measures 10"x5.5". 3) Vulture Wonder Mines Company; Incorporated in Delaware. Certificate No. A52 issued on March 12, 1917 to C. E. Horton for 1000 shares. Signed by treasurer N. H. Manning. and president George A. Manning. No vignettes. Orange border and safety print. Embossed seal in bottom left corner. Stock is U/C. PriU/Cun-Green Co. Certificate measures 12"x8.5".

Jack Davis, vice president of the Daisy Wonder Mining Company, was more well known as "Diamondfield Jack" due to unsuccessful attempts at diamond prospecting. Before he came into the mining world, he was actually accused and convicted of murdering two sheepherders in Northeastern Nevada and was sentenced to hang [http://nvshpo.org/].