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Blue Light Mining Co. Stock, 1879 [192168]

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Mining Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
Blue Light Mining Co. Stock, 1879 [192168]
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A stock certificate for 40 shares in the Blue Light Mining Company, made out to Thomas Y. Flanagan in 1879. No. 328 issued. Signed by the secretary and president of the company with a faint embossed seal at left. Uncancelled. Mirror print. U.S. Marshal J.D. Dunlap is credited with stumbling upon Blue Light -- which was at that time an old and abandoned Mexican mine -- while chasing a murderer in the Santa Ana Mountains (Silverado Canyon Sketches, 1853-1953). At first called the Dunlap Mine, it was eventually renamed Blue Light. It became the largest silver producer for the boom town of Silverado, with mining continuing there until the 1950s. Located in the Silverado District of Los Angeles County. Claims included the Thistlewaite and Harvey, Dunlap Blue Light, and Flanagan Blue Light. Burchard (1881) reports that "the mines connect, and are beautifully situated for working...The ore veins are accessible, and assay high" but the company has no machinery.
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Date: 1879
Country (if not USA):
State: California
City: Los Angeles
Provenance: Ken Prag Collection