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Champion Consolidated Mining & Smelting Stock; rare Diamond District [144409]

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Mining Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 150.00 USD
Champion Consolidated Mining & Smelting Stock; rare Diamond District [144409]
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This item SOLD at 2022 Aug 26 @ 12:10UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Rare. Diamond District, Nevada (printed under title). Incorporated August 1872. # 310, issued for 25 shares to J. L. Blethen on March 9th, 1874 in San Francisco. Signed by J. A. Albertson, vice-president, and J. M. Buffington, secretary. Not cancelled. Black border and print, vignette of allegorical woman holding American flag. Printed by Bacon & Co.'s, Print. Pinholes, folds, some soiling, tear at corporate seal circle and ink bots that appear to be of the period. The Champion was the most important mine and only mill of this district. The incline shaft is in 165 feet. At a depth of 150 feet there is an open fissure with sufficient draft to blow out a candle. A side drift from the tunnel is at 15 feet. The company is working to get it to 40 feet. [Eureka Sentinel]. The Diamond district was actually in Eureka County, but right on the border of and probably extends into White Pine County. Jonas L. Blethin had a gun fight in Bodie, California (read the story attached.) Also additional notes on the mine and mining district (with map from Tingley).

Date: 1874
Country (if not USA):
State: Nevada
City: Diamond District, White Pine
Provenance: Joe Elcano Nevada Mining Stock Collection