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Homestake Mining Company Stock Collection incl. Haggin & Tevis Signatures [155815]

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Mining Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 1,000.00 USD
Homestake Mining Company Stock Collection incl. Haggin & Tevis Signatures [155815]
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Lot of 14 issued stocks, 1878-1898. Multiple pieces signed by either JB Haggin (x6) or Lloyd Tevis (x4) as president. Remaining stocks signed by Louis Haggin (x2) or Lounsbery (x2). All punch and stamp cancelled. Similar design: black border and print, Native American vignette. Printed by ABN. Location printed on stocks: "Whitewood Mining District, Lawrence County, Dakota Territory." JB Haggin was a business associate of George Hearst. George Hearst, Lloyd Tevis, and James Ben Ali Haggin bought the 10-acre Homestake Mine from its discoverer, Moses Manuel, for $70,000, and incorporated the Homestake Mining Company on November 5, 1877. Before partnering with Hearst, Haggin was a very successful lawyer, California rancher, and horse breeder. Hearst, Haggin, Tevis & Company was one of the largest mining firms in the United States at the time with operations at the Anaconda Copper Mine in Montana, the Ontario silver mine in Park City, Utah, and the Homestake Mine in South Dakota, as well as Hearst's investments on the Comstock Lode.

Date: 1878-1898
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State: South Dakota
City: Lawrence County
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