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Essex Mining Company Stock Certificate, Pioneer District, AZ, 1879

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Essex Mining Company Stock Certificate, Pioneer District, AZ, 1879
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Location printed at the top of the certificate: Pioneer District, Pinal County, Arizona. Inc. Jan. 13th, 1877. No. 51, issued for 10 0shares to P.S. Swain on Feb. 27th, 1879 in San Francisco. Signed by A.W. Blair, president and E.B. Booth, secretary. Not cancelled. Large, ornate log and allegorical vignette. Printed by A.L. Bancroft & Co. Pinholes, deep horizontal fold, and missing upper left corner. 5.25 x 9.5" Very little mining done in the district pre-1900. The discoveries at Tombstone caused intense prospecting around 1877. This mine was located near the famous Silver King Mine, noted for its masses of native silver and which paid out more than $1.5 million in dividends. Hinton (1878, pgs. 139-140) states, "From the work on the Silver King and the Silver Belle, it is confidently believed that the mines in the Pioneer district are true fissure veins and not merely pockets. Across the canon from Silver King camp (a village of thirty houses, stores and post office) north-west are several other mines in course of development, the ores of which assay from $100 to $500 per ton; among these are the Essex,…." No mention of the Essex is made in Burchard from 1880 on, nor in any of our other references. Blair was a lawyer in San Francisco [Ref: S.F. Dir., 1879; Barnes, p.408]. (Al Adams Gold Rush Memorabilia Collection) Date: Location: Pinal County, Arizona HWAC# 59000