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Bodie & Hawthorne Telephone & Telegraph w/ Rare JS Cain Signature [144281]

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Industrial Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 700.00 USD
Bodie & Hawthorne Telephone & Telegraph w/ Rare JS Cain Signature [144281]
SOLD
200.00USD+ (44.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2022 Jul 21 @ 17:06UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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This stock was issued on October 2, 1897 at Bodie, California. Signed by president J. S. Cain. Cain, by this time, was the most important man in Bodie. He would own the bank, the major mill, the major mine, many businesses and many homes in Bodie. His family would bequeath the land to the state of California for a state park. We get many of these Bodie related stocks, but very few with Cain's signature!!! On top of that it is issued to the Standard Consolidated Mining Company - Cain and Bodie major mine. Also signed by secretary Moyle. On reverse two assessment stamps, two red 2c documentary stamps and transfer of stock to RC Turner.

Date: 1897
Country (if not USA):
State: California
City: Bodie
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