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Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Co. Stock Issued to DO Mills (100728)

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Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Co. Stock Issued to DO Mills  (100728)
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This item SOLD at 2019 May 16 @ 12:52UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Wow! Inc. 1875. Certificate #27, issued for 134 shares to D.O. Mills, trustee, on November 27th, 1876. Signed by D.L. Bliss as president and E. Niles as secretary. Signatures are pen cancelled. Signed by DO Mills on the reverse. Very attractive design with a black border and print, very ornate company logo, and two fluming vignettes. Printed by Geo. H. Baker, SF. 6 x 10.5" Deep folds, pinholes, and heavy toning. Certificates for this company are very rare. This particular certificate is made much more special by the DO Mills autograph. Mills was one of the co-founders of the Bank of California and part owner of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad, among other ventures. DL Bliss is the legendary Tahoe lumber magnate who helped supply the great need for lumber in the Comstock mines. After the Comstock faded, Bliss (and his sons) essentially created the tourism industry in Tahoe, using their fleet of steamers (retired logging ships), a railroad from Tahoe City to Truckee, and the newly built Tahoe Tavern to connect Lake Tahoe to the world and cement it as a destination location. The Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Company was formed in 1872. Lumber was brought to Glenbrook, milled, transported up to Spooner Summit via a narrow gauge, and then down to Carson via flumes. Between 1872 and 1898, they handled 750 million board feet of lumber logged from 80,000 acres of virgin timberland at Lake Tahoe. () Ken Prag Collection

Date: 1876
City/County: Carson City
State: Nevada