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Starr-Grove Silver Mining Company

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Starr-Grove Silver Mining Company
Lewis District. Incorporated in New York in 1880. Cert. #1086, issued to Augustus Thomas in 1881 for 100 shares. Signed by Wm. S. Clark, president. Vignette at top center of allegorical woman holding scepter and a large “ring” with a landscape scene inside, seated next to a Bald Eagle. Another small vignette at bottom of a dog’s head and “Fidelity” printed on his collar area. Black border and print, embossed seal. Printer: American BN Co. William Smith Clark (1826-1886) of Amherst, MA was also the president of the Massachusetts Agricultural College (now University of Massachusetts at Amherst), as well as president of Sapporo Agricultural College in Japan (now Hokkaido University). When gold was discovered in Lewis Canyon, about 10.5 miles southeast of Battle Mountain, people in and around Amherst, Clark’s home town, rushed to purchase stock in the new company. But when the company announced the proposed construction of a 12-mile narrow gauge railroad from Lewis Junction to the town of Lewis and the mines south of town, and dividends ceased to be paid, many investors sold their shares. The line was completed in 1881. Accumulated debt, however, quickly caused the sale of the railroad right-of-way, and soon after the Starr-Grove mine went bankrupt, and operations ceased.City: Battle MountainCounty: LanderState: NV
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