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Nevada Hills Mining Stock Specimen, Fairview, NV

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Nevada Hills Mining Stock Specimen, Fairview, NV
Beautiful specimen stock certificate from the Nevada Hills Mining Company. Location of mines, Fairview Mining District, Nevada printed on certificate. Inc. in South Dakota with offices in Salt Lake City. Nice mining site vignette at the top. “SPECIMEN” stamped twice in red at the bottom with four small punch holes. Wingfield and Nixon purchased several claims at Fairview in 1906 and soon a furious boom ensued. The Nevada Hills mine was the district’s principal producer and our company produced profitably through 1917 producing over $2 ¼ million in silver and gold (Paher, Nevada Ghost Towns and Mining Camps). The 1918 Mines Handbook still listed George Wingfield as the company president. Engraved certificate printed by the American Bank Note Company, New York. Ex. Condition.

Date: 1907City: FairviewCounty: ChurchillState: NV