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Best Friend Mining Company Stock Certificate [148243]

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Mining Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
Best Friend Mining Company Stock Certificate [148243]
SOLD
100.00USDto f*********6+ buyer's premium (25.00)
This item SOLD at 2022 Oct 14 @ 12:44UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Rare Aspen stock! We have no records of selling this piece in (at least) the past 8 years. Inc. in Colorado, 1891. No. 1251, issued for 200 shares to Wm. J. Withall on Feb. 24, 1892 in Aspen. Signed by president JH Greener and secretary PR Mackin. Not cancelled. Black border and print with gold seal. 6.5 x 10" Horizontal fold, creased corner. In 1891, the company was reported to have a 230 ft. deep shaft. The property was next to the Bob Ingersoll Mine. They have produced $225,000, with assays averaging 50 ounces silver per ton. There are 20 men employed and they are shipping about 30 tons of ore per day. [Ref: The Engineering and Mining Journal 1891-12-19: Vol 52 Iss 25]

Date: 1892
Country (if not USA):
State: Colorado
City: Aspen
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