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Plumas County,CA - Feb. 15, 1883 - Taylor Plumas Gold Mining Co. Stock :

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Certificates Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 250.00 USD
Plumas County,CA - Feb. 15, 1883 - Taylor Plumas Gold Mining Co. Stock :
Cert. #2283 issued to W.E. Van Reed for 100 shares. Signed by Oliver Russell president and J.G. Moody secretary. Vignette at top center of several miners at an adit entrance working an outcrop. Blk on crème. "Location of Mines Plumas County" printed on certificate. Printer - Dollard Stationers, NY. The mine changed names from Taylor Mine to Crescent Mines in 1882. It was a producing mine that was discovered in 1864 and worked through 1894. Production of good ore was off and on for 20 years, but was defunct and in disrepair by 1917 [Burchard, 1882, p.84; Boyle, p.110].