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La Plata Mining & Smelting Co. Stock Certificate

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La Plata Mining & Smelting Co. Stock Certificate
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100.00USDto c*********p+ buyer's premium (19.50)
This item SOLD at 2014 Sep 14 @ 10:59UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Inc. under the Companies’ Acts 1862 to 1883. No. 1376. Uncancelled. Issued for 157 shares to Miss Agnes Laing on Jan. 18, 1887. Signed by two directors and Henry Richards (secretary). Red printing with ornate border on left. Company seal lower right. No printer indicated. An English company incorporated May 28th, 1883, which took over the American company of the same name incorporated June, 1879 by Berdell, Witherell and Co. who were smelters in Leadville. Company had smelting facilities and the Oro La Plata Mine located in Leadville. A good example of how English investors were buying up existing claims and companies in the Western U.S. Measures 10 ¼” x 8 ¾” [ref: The Mining Manual, Skinner, pg. 278-279, 1888]City: LeadvilleCounty: Lake State: CODate: