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Last Chance Mining of Pacheco California June 6, 1863 [172981]

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Mining Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 1,500.00 USD
Last Chance Mining of Pacheco California  June 6, 1863  [172981]
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This item SOLD at 2023 Dec 10 @ 09:40UTC-8 : PST/AKDT

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Stock certificate issued by the Last Chance Gold, Silver and Copper Mining Company to E.B. Benshaw for 25 shares at $25 per. It is signed by Samuel Bacon, secretary and E.B. Benshaw, president. There is a twenty five (25) cent orange revenue stamp affixed.
The town was laid out in 1857 by Dr. J. H. Carothers and named for Salvio Pacheco, grantee of the Rancho Monte del Diablo Mexican land grant. A post office operated at Pacheco from 1859 to 1913 and from 1955 to the present. Please see photos for more details. Pacheco California