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Homer Mill & Mining Company Stock

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Mining Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
Homer Mill & Mining Company Stock
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This item SOLD at 2018 Dec 08 @ 10:27UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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Early number 375 for 250 shares to FE Luty trustee. Signed by FE Luty and president J McClinton. Datelined San Francisco 1879. Incorporated October 20, 1879. Lithograph by Britton & Roy, San Francisco. Uncancelled. Three assessment stamps and signatures of F.E. Luty on reverse. Approximately 4 x 8.75". Black print on crème paper. Company name written in large, fancy print. "Homer Mining District, Mono Co., Cal." printed above company name. No color edge or corner issues! C.H. Nye, L.L. Homer, and William Wasson formed the Homer Mill and Mining Company in October, 1879. In the same month, the Homer Mining District was set up by 62 miners. (Ref: monocomuseum.org/newsletter, 1880). The property consisted of three patented claims situated on the northwestern slope of Mount Scowdan. The initial work consisted of a tunnel 500 ft. long, run southerly on a bunchy vein. From the end of this tunnel one cross-cut ran W. 300 ft., and another E. 80 ft. The country rock is a dark feldspar porphyrite, in places heavily mineralized with iron sulphurets. (Reference: California Journal of Mines and Geology, Volumes 12-13; 2nd Biennial 12th Report of State Mineralogist, p. 179) (Ref. HK 5-18-10-319 P265). Prag Collection State: California City: Mono County Date: 1879 HWAC# 84501