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Alta California Copper Mining Bond (89444)

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Mining Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 400.00 USD
Alta California Copper Mining Bond  (89444)
SOLD
50.00USDto a****y+ buyer's premium (12.50)
This item SOLD at 2019 Mar 11 @ 10:37UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Very rare! Inc. in 1866. No. 287. $100 First Mortgage Bond. Issued to trustees Henry Souther, Elisha Atkins, and Reuben E. Demmon on March 24th, 1869 in Boston. Signed by Thomas H. Bacon as treasurer. Allegorical vignette. Geo. C. Rand & Avery, Printers, Boston. 8.25" x 11.5" with minor creases. Browne (1868) mentions an Alta copper mine in Del Norte County, noting it is the only mine in the county operating, and that they "are engaged in developing their mine. They have sunk their main shaft down to the depth of 500 feet, run their tunnel 200 feet, and drifted at several levels, finding bodies of ore which appear to be improve in quality as the workings progress. The disturbed and broken character of the formation ceases at 200 feet from the surface. The company has sent 400 tons of ore to San Francisco since January, 1867, which has been reshipped to New York. The average of ore has been about 16 per cent; but the costs attending its transportation to San Francisco, and reshipment thence to New York, absorbs the value in expenses." (Prag Collection)

Date: 1869
City/County: Alta
State: California