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Reno,NV - Washoe County - 1883 - Pyramid Lake Mining Co. Stock Certificate :

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Reno,NV - Washoe County - 1883 - Pyramid Lake Mining Co. Stock Certificate :
Reno, Nevada, Washoe County, Pyramid Mining District. Incorporated May 1st, 1883. Certificate No. 46, issued to Alvaro Evans for 500 shares at $100 each. Signed by C. Denhy as President and Pierce Evans as Secretary. A vignette of an allegorical woman in hunting garb, including bow and arrow, on the left. An ornate border in black surrounds the certificate. Uncancelled. Paid assessment stamps dated 1883 and 1884 on reverse. "Location of Works: Pyramid Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada." printed above masthead, while dateline read "Reno, Nevada." The Pyramid District is located S.W. of Pyramid Lake, a few miles S.W. of the Susanville Branch of the S.P.R.R., and Reno on the S.P.R.R. and W.P.R.R. Known in the early 1860's, the district attracted drew little attention until 1876, when Dr. S. Bishop located the Monarch Mine and built a 2 stamp mill (Ref: Mining Districts & Mineral Resources of NV). Several vertical and horizontal foldlines present, otherwise very fine.