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North Carson Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate, Ormsby County, 1875

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North Carson Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate, Ormsby County, 1875
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Rare. Location of Works: Ormsby County, Nev. Inc. in California in 1874. No. 760, issued for 25 shares to A.C. Perkins on April 23, 1875. Signed by president L.D. Brown and secretary William Van Bokkelen. Not cancelled. Mining vignette (top center) and locomotive vignette (left). Folds, rounded corner. The district was discovered in 1859 but remained fairly idle until 1874 when a new round of prospecting began. Other mines in the district included the Voltaire, Eagle, Clear Creek and the Niagara. The ores were silver-copper-lead with assays running up to $200 a ton. These prospects can still be found up Voltaire Canyon between King's and Clear Creek canyons southwest of Carson. General William Van Bokkelen and his brother General Jacob Van Bokkelen are familiar names in Nevada history. Jacob was the cause of and killed by a nitroglycerin explosion in Virginia City on June 29, 1873. The explosion killed 10 people total. Jacob was an agent for Giant Powder, and was known to sleep with the explosives stored under his bed. He also had a pet monkey and some speculate the explosion may have been caused by the monkey dropping a can. Six cans of nitroglycerine and 150 pounds of explosive powder went off. William Van Bokkelen is mentioned in the History of Nevada (Davis) regarding a problem at the State Prison in Carson in 1873. Lieutenant Governor Denver refused to leave the prison and hand over the keys to his successor. Van Bokkelen was ordered by Governor Bradley to take troops and take back the prison. Denver surrendered. Date: Location: Ormsby County, Nevada HWAC# 60907