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Inyo Consolidated Mining & Milling Company of California Stock (88159)

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Mining Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 500.00 USD
Inyo Consolidated Mining & Milling Company of California Stock  (88159)
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Hard to find and in very nice condition. Incorporated in New York, 1881. Cert. #1598 issued to Theodore Van Burgh, Trustee for 100 shares in 1882. Signed by N.G. Fairman, secretary and W.A. Gildersleeve, president. Endorsed on reverse. Underground mining vignette. Not cancelled. Slight fold bottom left corner. No other edge, corner, pinhole or discoloration issues. No folds! Gildersleeve became captain of New York volunteer infantrymen during the Civil War. He gave an address at Gettysburg (1898) on the dedication of the memorial of the Dutchess County Regiment, of which he was captain. He attended law school after the war, and he became a New York Supreme Court Justice. This was one of the most important mines at Panamint. It was originally formed by John Jones and his fellow Comstock millionaires (Mackay and Fair). They were hoping it was going to be the next Comstock. They raised significant capital to develop the mine, but they later found that it did not meet expectations as the vein faulted off and they couldn't find the extension. Rather than participate in stock manipulation, the Comstock group wanted to legitimately make money the "Heart Model," i.e. by extensive actual mining. With the vein faulting off, they quietly sold out the mine to a group of New York investors who were headed by U.S. Grant, Jr. son to the president. Some thought his association with the company was purely a speculation tactic, but the New York investors did continue the mining operation. The new company did better than expected but the hope for a new Comstock boom was never realized.Prag Collection

Date: 1882
City/County: Inyo County, Panamint District
State: California