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Esmeralda Mining Company Stock Certificate & Bond (100769)

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Esmeralda Mining Company Stock Certificate & Bond  (100769)
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Lot of 2 different for the same mining company based in Lawrence County Dakota. 1) Stock No. 284, issued in 1881 to Thomas W. Pierce. Not cancelled. Small allegorical vignette with mine location.Pinholes, deep folds. 2) Bond No. 28, issued for $500 in 1882 also to Thomas Pierce. Not cancelled. Folds. Same corp. signatures. William C. Fowler is superintendent of the mines and mills beginning in Oct. 1881. Mills were erected in June, 1881. "They have sixty stamps and a capacity for crushing forty tons of gold quartz per day. They employ eighty men with average wages per day of $3 to $3.50. They use about eight cords of wood per day. These mills are located in Black tail Gulch, near Central City." [Ref: "Historical Atlas of Dakota", 1884] () Ken Prag Collection

Date: 1881 & 1882
City/County: Lawrence County
State: South Dakota