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Virginia Gold Mining Stock Pair [175772]

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Mining Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 800.00 USD
Virginia Gold Mining Stock Pair    [175772]

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Incorporated in 1836, Fredericks Mining Company stock with 2 allegorical male vignettes. Gold extraction in Virginia was hard work, however it proved to be profitable, and between 1840-49 annual production averaged 3000 troy ounces. We could not find any specific info on this mine. This stock has some foxing and 2 lower corner creases and 2 small right corner chips. Please inspect. Issued Eagle Gold Mining, 1849, #180 to Joseph H Duckett, 20 shares. Signed by secretary Joseph H (?) and president Lawes G Clark. Safford’s most productive mine was Eagle, also known at various times as the Rappahannock Gold Mine, which operated from before 1833 to around 1897. By 1847, it was operated by the Virginia Gold Belt Company of Philadelphia who changed the name from Rappahannock to Eagle Gold Mine. By 1850, it was owned by Bettle Paul of Philadelphia. In 1860, Samuel Smith of Boston bought it. Mining was carried on here continuously from the 1830s until 1861. Eagle Mine re-opened after the Civil War and mining continued sporadically here until around 1897. [safford countymuseum.org] Virginia Herzog Collection