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Newcastle,CA - Placer County - October 23, 1872 - Anthony Gold Mining Company Stock :

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 500.00 USD
Newcastle,CA - Placer County - October 23, 1872 - Anthony Gold Mining Company Stock :
Incorporated Oct. 10, 1872. Cert. #12. Issued to H.H. Pierson for 500 shares. Signed by president (illegible) and by secretary. Central vignette of horse pulling ore wagon to a mill site. Operations in the Newcastle Mining District, Placer County, Cal (printed on certificate). Uncancelled. Measures 9.75” x 5”. The company was likely a hydraulic mining operation although there were also drift mines in the area. The Newcastle district reported production in 1880 according to Burchard. Small oval mining vignette. Black print on crème. Wheeler and Co. printer. EF.