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Girard Gold & Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate, Tombstone

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Mining Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 300.00 USD
Girard Gold & Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate, Tombstone
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160.00USD+ (40.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2018 Jun 23 @ 12:47UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Rare but condition issues. Location: Pima County, Arizona Territory (printed upper right). Cochise County was formed from portions of Pima County in 1881. Incorporated June 1879. Number 3929 for 500 shares to Paul Scull on Oct. 17th, 1882. Signed by treasurer Loyd and president William H. Whipple. Not cancelled. Large vignette of well-known American financier Stephen Girard at top left. This vignette displays the only known likeness of Girard displaying the eye injury he suffered while a child as during his life he insisted all portraits to be done omitting this injury. A second vignette of underground mining. Folds, heavy soiling, rough edges. 8.5 x 12". The Girard was the first mine in Tombstone's history to build their own mill in the camp using their own water. The company milled ores from the Contention and Tranquility to help pay for the mill. They discovered their own good ore in 1884, which lasted for about a year. They sold their mill the the Tombstone M&MC in 1886. [Ref: Tenney, Burchard] Date: 1882 Location: Cochise County, Arizona HWAC# 62850