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Goldfield era Mines

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Mining Start Price:60.00 USD Estimated At:120.00 - 200.00 USD
Goldfield era Mines
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1) Goldfield Combination Fraction Company #C2037 for 500 shares to W. S. Wattles in 1909. Signed by vice president T. D. Murphy and secretary A. A. Newcomer. Murphy was dubbed the "Duke of Nebraska" by his friends. He arrived in Tonopah in 1903, but made his fortune as one of the founding fathers of Goldfield. He was one of the original signers of the document organizing the Goldfield Mining District, and was a founder of the Goldfield Town site Company and Goldfield Water Company. He bought into ownership of this mine which turned out to have the richest ore in the Goldfield District. In 1911 he sold his interest in the Goldfield Combination to George Wingfield. 2) Tramp Consolidated Mining Company #A21468 for 100 shares issued to I. C. Flit craft in 1909. Appropriately named stock as it sold two million shares and never paid a dividend. The owners made brazen claims of rich ore and the stock tripled in price by 1908. In 1911 the stock was only worth 3 cents a share. 3) Goldfield Daisy Mining Syndicate #3533 for 100 shares issued to Seligman & Meyer in 1907. Vignette of a mining factory located on the top of the stock. Six smaller vignettes of miners are within the border. 4) Unissued Tonopah Oriental Mining Company #2342. c1920. Hard to find stock with rare reference in mining to the Eastern world!. 5) Unissued Gruss Mining Company. c1918. Cancelled. 6) Receipts for the purchase of 100 shares of Ray-Tonopah Mining company to Annie Maria O'Key. Includes receipts for four payments. Historical reference included. Date 1909-1920 Goldfield, NV hwac 2048