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Lake City Mining & Smelting Company Stock Certificate [155300]

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Mining Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 500.00 USD
Lake City Mining & Smelting Company Stock Certificate [155300]
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600.00USDto 8***1+ buyer's premium (132.00)
This item SOLD at 2022 Aug 26 @ 11:16UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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"San Juan" in large print under the title. Inc. in 1876. Low stock number 2, issued for 25 shares to PH Woodward, trustee, on April 20th, 1876 in Lake City, Colorado (rare dateline). Signed by president Garbutt and secretary Abbott. Not cancelled. Black border and print with CO state seal vignette. No printer listed. 7.5 x 10.75" Folds, clean. Listed in Corbett but no production statistics given. Lake City in the San Juan Mountains is the county seat of Hinsdale County. In 1880, Fossett says it has a population of 1,500 and mentions the Crooke Concentrating & Smelting Works, and the Ocean Wave Co., but not this company. 1876 was the boom period for the town. Rare.

Date: 1876
Country (if not USA):
State: Colorado
City: Lake City
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