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Sun & Moon Beam Mining Company Stock Certificate [156445]

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Sun & Moon Beam Mining Company Stock Certificate [156445]
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Very rare. "Mines Located in Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado" (printed on either side of vignette). No. 105, issued for 100 shares to E.S. Eldridge in Oct. 1881 in New York. Signed by president A. McDonald and secretary Willis Barnes. Not cancelled. Black border and print with great sunset over mountains vignette. Printed by Collins & Sesnon, NY. Folds, toning. Not listed in C&L or Fossett. No mentions found in CHNC or newspapers.com. Ruben J. McNutt and George W. Howard, two of San Juan County's pioneers, were the driving force behind the Eureka Mining District. They formalized the district in 1873 and, while the original boundaries are unclear, they designated the region north of the Animas River, east of Cunningham Gulch, and west of the Continental Divide. The boundaries became defined in 1874 or 1875 when prospectors created the Mineral Creek district to the west, and the Mineral Point district to the north. Ultimately, the Eureka district assumed a complex shape. Silverton lay at the southwest corner, and from here, the west boundary passed northwest through the series of peaks that culminated as the Red Mountains.

Date: 1881
Country (if not USA):
State: Colorado
City: San Juan County
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