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Alhambra Mining Company, UT Territorial 1860 [163585]

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Mining Start Price:2,000.00 USD Estimated At:4,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD
Alhambra Mining Company, UT Territorial  1860  [163585]
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Alhambra Mining Company Stock - Datelined Dec. 8th, 1860, Virginia City, Utah Territory – Perhaps the oldest Comstock Mining certificate known! Certificate # 39 for 45 shares to John Vignot. Datelined Virginia City, U.T. 1860. Signed by Secretary, Thomas D. Johns and president, Cipriano Thurn(?) Entire claim of company is 2,000 feet. Location at Devil's Gate Mining District, Carson County, Utah Territory. Plenty of articles appear in the California papers on assessments (through 1864), but no articles appear on the progress of the mine. This seems to be more of a money pit than a money maker! A search of Carson County Records [The Records of Carson County, Utah & Nevada Territories by Ellison] show us that John Vignot was an early prospector in this area. On May 11, 1861, he, Patrick McClaughlin (credited with being one of the men to find the Comstock Lode) and others applied for water rights at Gold Hill. On July 8, 1861, Vignot with others bought 500 feet of a recently discovered lode from McLaughlin, Peter O'Reilly (the other discoverer of the Comstock lode), et al. Virginia City Nevada Franklin Collection