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Tombstone,AZ - Cochise County - c.1900 - Tombstone Consolidated Mines Company, Limited, Bond :

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Certificates Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 250.00 USD
Tombstone,AZ - Cochise County - c.1900 - Tombstone Consolidated Mines Company, Limited, Bond :
The bond is labeled as a Special Contract Bond. This one is unissued, unsigned, undated. Coupons, #1-20, are still attached. Folded, it measures 10 3/4" x 12 1/2" (total paper size unfolded is 12 1/2" x 21"). Brown border with black print. The Tombstone Cons. Mines Co. Was founded by E.B. Gage, former superintendent of the Grand Central mine, who bought up a number of previously independent claims to form his company. According to one internet source (www.tombstoneepitaph.com/epitaphhistory2 ), Gage's new company was "an outfit that would drain the Grand Central and Contention mines and pump up the local economy." Water stains along one edge, a 3" tear along one of the folds. VG.