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Black Hills Gold Mining Company Stock Certificate, Central City, Dakota Territory (100818)

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Black Hills Gold Mining Company Stock Certificate, Central City, Dakota Territory  (100818)
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Wow. Issued about the same year George Hearst started the Homestake. Inc. under the laws of Wyoming Territory. No. 50, issued for 10 shares to J.S. Thompson on March 13th, 1877. Signed by president M.E. Post and secretary Whipple. Not cancelled. Fantastic vignette showing giant allegorical woman dropping coins from the sky onto hills that are being worked by miners. Printed by the Major & Knapp Eng. Mfg. & Lith. Co., NY. Pinholes, folds, light toning, and some soiling. 8 x 10.75" Peak of the Black Hills Gold Rush. Jabez Chase and a group of men formed The Black Hills Gold Mining Company in Cheyenne, WY, and established the very first quartz mill on October 7th, 1876. Two of their earliest mines were The Hidden Treasure & Esmeralda Mines in Central City, South Dakota. The manager was Capt. C.V. Gardner. The pulverizer on the quartz mill proved to be inadequate for the tonnage and had to be dismantled at the end of 1876. At that point, the company also entered litigation with the Aurora mine. Central City was named after the Colorado town. [Ref: The Boom & Bust of Central City, South Dakota Historical Society, 1972] Ken Prag Collection

Date: 1877
City/County: Lawrence County
State: South Dakota