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Alabama & Humboldt Consolidated Mining Company 1872 [163722]

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Mining Start Price:60.00 USD Estimated At:160.00 - 400.00 USD
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Alabama & Humboldt Consolidated Mining Company Stock Certificate - Silver Star Mining District, Storey County, Nevada Rare location! - Certificate in #10 for 50 shares to Milton Mygatt signed by C Jones president and Wm H. Watson secretary. Incorporated May 16, 1872, and capitalized at $2,800,000; 28,000 shares at $100 per. Small vignette of a dog guarding a safe. 25-cent brown certificate stamp attached. William Watson was living in Virginia City as early as 1865 working for Wells Fargo. He would later move to Silver City where he ran a hotel. Milton Mygatt was the secretary of the Alabama Mine in 1864 and was working on the second floor of the Wells Fargo building. Silver Star MD, Storey Co. Nevada 1872