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Buena Ventura G&S MC Stock issued to Virginia City Banker Flagg [130938]

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Buena Ventura G&S MC Stock issued to Virginia City Banker Flagg  [130938]
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275.00USDto F****e+ buyer's premium (60.50)
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Early number 12 for 100 shares to H .H. Flagg. Datelined Virginia 1863. Signed by secretary L. G. Clement and president pro tem Dighton Corson. Incorporated May 5, 1863. Vignette of miner holding American flag. Towne & Bacon printers. Not cancelled. Location at Gold Hill Mining District, Nevada Territory. Black print on green background with green underprint "Gold Hill". Very pleasing. Not listed in Kelly or Collins, yet traded on the San Francisco Exchange and commanding $10 in October of 1863. Flagg was one of the first trustees of the Virginia City Water Company. He was also a Territorial Senator from Storey County. Flagg took over the Maynard & Flood Bank. His insolvency in 1872 sent Virginia City reeling. Corson was a territorial district attorney for Storey County. He would move to Treasure City in 1869 and end up in South Dakota where he sat on the first Supreme Court. Research notes on Flagg, Corson, Clement and the mine included.

Date: 1863
Country (if not USA):
State: Nevada
City: Gold Hill, Storey Co.
Provenance: Joe Elcano Nevada Mining Stock Collection