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Poker Flat Gold Gravel Mining Co. Stock

Currency:USD Category:Western Americana Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:50.00 - 150.00 USD
Poker Flat Gold Gravel Mining Co. Stock
Incorporated in California in 1914. Issued to G. S. MacKenzie for 311 shares in 1914. Certificate number 155. Datelined San Francisco. Signed by President E. J. Hall and Secretary Geo. Sears. Brown border and under print. 6 x 10. Printer - Schwabacher-Frey, S.F. We could find no reference to this company among our resources. Poker flat was located in a narrow canyon of Canyon Creek north of Downieville. Mining began here in the 1850's mainly with horizontal tunneling and later with drift and hydraulic mining. The town was described in 1853 as a "miserable hole". It burned down several times, and in 1856, there were only 12 families living there. ( Gudde, 1975, California Gold Camps, p. 272.)City: Poker FlatCounty: State: CA