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Orange Consolidated Mining Company Stock Certificate

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:20.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
Orange Consolidated Mining Company Stock Certificate
Eureka Mining District. Incorporated December 30, 1872. 9.50 x 5.50." Cert # 174 issued to E.N. Rixford Trustee on June 6, 1877 for 300 shares. Signed by Secretary E. N. Rixford and President J.A. Nestrill. Little wear, some slight folds. U/C. The Eureka Mining District was located on September of 1864. The curious prospectors took some the specimens and ran a test in their fire. The result caused them the shout the Greek word “eureka!” and the name of the area stuck [Ref: Carlson, Nevada Place Names, 1974, p. 110].
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