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Columbia Mountain Mining Company Stock Certificate: Wingfield Collection

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Mining Start Price:60.00 USD Estimated At:120.00 - 200.00 USD
Columbia Mountain Mining Company Stock Certificate: Wingfield Collection
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Columbia was originally named Stamler (after Harry Stimler one of the founders). It lay about one mile north of Goldfield. It boomed in 1902 when gold was discovered at the base of the Columbia Mountains. Within two years the town had businesses, a bank, post office, chamber of commerce, a lodge, city hall, the Columbia Club, and a drug store. A weekly newsletter, "The Goldfield Review," was locally printed in 1904. Its mines were known for their rich, oxidized gold ore, and by 1907, the population had reached 1,500. With the construction of the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Depot, transportation costs plummeted, and a ten stamp Goldfield Consolidated Mill was built. However, Columbia's growth was dependent on Goldfield, and when Goldfield began to decline in 1908, Columbia did as well.



Number 1568 for 500 shares to HK Shaw in 1907. Signed by secretary JM Fenwick and president George Wingfield. Fenwick was also the president of the Sandstorm Mining Company. Two vertical folds and holes in the upper left. Nice condition.



King George was Nevada's Political and Financial boss in the early 1900's. If you wanted to run for office, you needed his blessing. If you were a friend and in trouble, he was known to make troubles disappear.



"Wingfield was one of the state’s most powerful economic and political figures during the period from 1909 to 1932. He rose from faro dealer to the position of richest man in Nevada in less than five years. While living in the central Nevada town of Goldfield, Wingfield and his partner, George Nixon, established the Goldfield Consolidating Mining Company, which ultimately produced more than $50 million worth of ore. In 1906, the partners established the Nixon National Bank of Reno (later renamed the Reno National Bank), and in 1908, Wingfield moved to Reno, where he became active in politics, banking, ranching, and hotel-keeping. He was influential in developing Reno’s gambling and divorce-related tourism industries." [renohistorical.org]



(This is the best batch of Wingfield stock certificates we have ever offered for sale at one time. They are not the common stocks, but rare Wingfield endeavors. Bennett Collection) Date: 1907 Location: Columbia, Nevada HWAC# 60203