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Osceola-Nevada Consolidated Mining Company Stock Certificate

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Osceola-Nevada Consolidated Mining Company Stock Certificate
Incorporated in Arizona, 8 June 1911. No. 220 for 3,423 shares issued to Sherman E. Ayars and signed by James Dovan, tresurer, and Sherman E. Ayars, president. U/C. Vignette of 3 underground miners. Printed by Theo. Leonhardt & Son, Phila. Placer gold was initially discovered in the area in 1877, though nothing, including gold-quartz veins discovered in 1872, paid in quantity until the 1930s when the bulk of mining took place [Ref: Smith, C&C, Lincoln].