Montana Big Sky & Western Americana

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Montana 'Big Sky' and Holiday Auction is a four day feast for the collector. This sale begins with a one day Montana only auction focusing on tokens and postal history. The next three days run the wide range of a traditional Holabird Auction: minerals, numismatics, Native Americana, railroadianna, mining, photographs, stock certificates, express, saloon, exposition, assay, tokens, badges, Gold Rush, etc. Heavy emphasis is placed on Colorado, California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah and the Western States.
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Crescent Mining Company Stock Certificate Signed by JP Whitney (Leadville)2521 - Crescent Mining Company Stock Certificate Signed by JP Whitney (Leadville)
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No. 6053. Issued for 100 shares on Feb. 8, 1900. Signed by JP Whitney as president and Downing as secretary. Not cancelled. Vignette of miners shoveli
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Four Different Leadville Mining Stock Certificates2522 - Four Different Leadville Mining Stock Certificates
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1) The Miner Boy Mining Company. No. 2730, issued for 100 shares Oct. 28th, 1881. Not cancelled. Green background and vignette of miners. Creases. 2)
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Iron Hill Consolidated Mining Company Stock Certificate (Leadville)2523 - Iron Hill Consolidated Mining Company Stock Certificate (Leadville)
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Inc. in Colorado, 1882. No. 316, issued for 2,500 shares to R.N. Merryman on November 28, 1884. Signed by Batcholder (president) and Keeler (secretary
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Pair of Choice Leadville Mining Stock Certificates2524 - Pair of Choice Leadville Mining Stock Certificates
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1) The Jocelyn Mining Company. Inc in Colorado. No. 531. Issued for 500 shares in NY June 13th, 1881. Corporate signatures. Not cancelled. No vignette
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Prospectus & Stock for The Colorado Mine Developing Company (Leadville)2525 - Prospectus & Stock for The Colorado Mine Developing Company (Leadville)
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Nice pairing. 1) Prospectus (five panel) describing each of the company's claims: The Grey Fox, The Red Fox, The Honest John, The War Eagle and ...
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South Side Milling and Mining Company Stock Certificate (Leadville)2526 - South Side Milling and Mining Company Stock Certificate (Leadville)
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Choice. Inc. in Colorado. No. 290, issued for 1,000 shares on June 10, 1882. Signed by the vice president and secretary. Not cancelled. Two mining vig
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The Bonanza Development Company of Colorado Stock Certificate (Leadville)2527 - The Bonanza Development Company of Colorado Stock Certificate (Leadville)
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No. 10713, issued for 100 shares to Brown, Riley & Co. on June 16, 1899. Signed by Whitney (president) and Downing (secretary). Not cancelled. O...
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The Bonanza Gold & Silver Mining Company Stock Certificate (Leadville)2528 - The Bonanza Gold & Silver Mining Company Stock Certificate (Leadville)
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No. 756, issued for 25 shares to Henry Heff on May 29th, 1882. Signed by the the president (James Streeter) and secretary (C.S. Jennings). Gilt border
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The Colorado Consolidated Mining & Tunnel Company Stock Certificate (Leadville)2529 - The Colorado Consolidated Mining & Tunnel Company Stock Certificate (Leadville)
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Choice! Inc. in Colorado. No. 356, issued for 5,000 shares in 1881. Signed by the president (O'Hara) and secretary. Not cancelled. Gray seal, bl...
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The Continental Mining Company Stock Certificate (Leadville)2530 - The Continental Mining Company Stock Certificate (Leadville)
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Inc. in Colorado. No. 238, issued for 50 shares to E. Moeser on Dec. 15, 1882. Signed by the president and secretary. Not cancelled. Very ornate patri
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to d********d for (60.00 + 12.00BP) = 72.00
 
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The Jocelyn Mining Company Stock Certificate for 50,000 shares (Leadville)2531 - The Jocelyn Mining Company Stock Certificate for 50,000 shares (Leadville)
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Inc. in Colorado. Offices in Leadville and New York. No. 599, issued for 50,000 shares (!) to Darius Allen on July 8th, 1881. Signed by the president
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The Little Corinne Consolidated Mining Company Stock Certificate (Leadville)2532 - The Little Corinne Consolidated Mining Company Stock Certificate (Leadville)
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Inc. in New York. No. 666, issued for 100 shares G. de Lachasse on Dec. 3, 1881. Signed by A.L. Arid (president) and W.J. Dana (secretary). Not cancel
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The Miner Boy Mining Company Stock Certificate (Leadville)2533 - The Miner Boy Mining Company Stock Certificate (Leadville)
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Nice example. Inc. in Colorado. No. 2751, issued for 100 shares in 1881. Not cancelled. Black border, green background and vignette showing five miner
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The Miner Boy Mining Company Stock Certificate 2 (Leadville)2534 - The Miner Boy Mining Company Stock Certificate 2 (Leadville)
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Inc. in Colorado. No. 1889, issued for 100 shares to C.L. Chapman on Aug 30, 1881. Signed by the company president and secretary. Not cancelled. Very
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The Mishawaka Mining Company Stock Certificate (Leadville)2535 - The Mishawaka Mining Company Stock Certificate (Leadville)
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Very attractive certificate. Inc. in Colorado. No. 343, issued for 500 shares to V. Baker on Nov. 28, 1881. Signed by the company president and secret
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The Paris Consolidated Mining Company Stock Certificate (Leadville)2536 - The Paris Consolidated Mining Company Stock Certificate (Leadville)
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Inc. in Colorado. No. 267, issued for 100 shares in 1882. Not cancelled. Two vignettes: train passing beside mountain and underground vignette of mine
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to t*******d for (60.00 + 12.00BP) = 72.00
 
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The Silver Rock Mining Company Stock Certificate (Leadville)2537 - The Silver Rock Mining Company Stock Certificate (Leadville)
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California Mining District, Lake County, Colorado. No. 92, issued for 500 shares to A.M. Peel on Aug. 25, 1881. Signed by the president (illegible) an
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The Zephyr Mining Company Stock Certificate (Leadville)2538 - The Zephyr Mining Company Stock Certificate (Leadville)
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Inc. in New York. Mines in Monarch District, Leadville. Very attractive certificate No. 265, issued for 100 shares A.S. Ferry on April 21, 1882. Punch
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Three Different Leadville Mining Stock Certificates2539 - Three Different Leadville Mining Stock Certificates
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Three different, though condition issues. 1) The Alleghany Mining Company. Issued 1887 for 1,000 shares. Stamp and punch cancelled. Vignette of mining
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Three Different Leadville Mining Stocks Signed by J.P. Whitney2540 - Three Different Leadville Mining Stocks Signed by J.P. Whitney
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Three different stocks signed by JP Whitney. Includes: two different Catalpa Mining Company stocks (brown and black), 1884 and 1904. Neither is cancel
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Three Leadville Mining Stock Certificates2541 - Three Leadville Mining Stock Certificates
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1) The Amie Consolidated Mining Company. Inc. in New York. No. 6808, issued for 100 shares Nov. 12th, 1880. Signed by the company president and secret
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Two Choice Pictorial Leadville Mining Stock Certificates2542 - Two Choice Pictorial Leadville Mining Stock Certificates
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1) The South Side Milling & Mining Company of Colorado. Inc. in CO. Issued for 250 shares to John McGowan, company secretary on Oct. 31st, 1881....
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Two Different Bald Mountain Mining Company Stock Certificates (Leadville)2543 - Two Different Bald Mountain Mining Company Stock Certificates (Leadville)
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Two different sets of corporate signatures. Inc. in New York. No. 1024, issued for 100 shares to Alfred Beckham on April 17th, 1880. Signed by Peyton
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Two Good Leadville Mining Stock Certificates2544 - Two Good Leadville Mining Stock Certificates
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1) Central Colorado Prospecting and Mine Developing Company. Inc. in 1879. No. 299, issued for 15 shares to J.F. Needles on February 12, 1880. Signed
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Western Union Consolidated Mining Company Stock Certificate (Leadville)2545 - Western Union Consolidated Mining Company Stock Certificate (Leadville)
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Inc. in Colorado. No. 211, issued for 2,000 shares to Sol Levy (the company president) on June 24th, 1881 in Leadville. Signed by the vice president,
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Medal of Honor Certificate for Rescue of Colorado Coal Miners2546 - Medal of Honor Certificate for Rescue of Colorado Coal Miners
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Award certificate and USGS Bulletin. The James A. Holmes Safety Association Gold Medal of Honor certificate to Elwin Arthur Hedden for rescue of coal
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Estimate : 130.00 - 200.00
Sold to T******1 for (65.00 + 14.95BP) = 79.95
 
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The Agnes C. Mining Company Stock Certificate (Manitou, Colorado)2547 - The Agnes C. Mining Company Stock Certificate (Manitou, Colorado)
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Rare. Inc. 1891. No. 222, issued for 500 shares to R.G. Kimball on February 26, 1892. Signed by the vice president and secretary. Not cancelled. Patri
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Ouray Mining Stock Certificates2548 - Ouray Mining Stock Certificates
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Four certificates. 1) Two issued for The Ouray Consolidated Mining & Reduction Company. Inc. in Colorado. No. 1650 and 1672, both issued in 1919...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 120.00
Sold to w******o for (40.00 + 9.20BP) = 49.20
 
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The Allied Mines Stock Certificate (Ouray, Colorado)2549 - The Allied Mines Stock Certificate (Ouray, Colorado)
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Inc. in New York, mines in Ouray, Colorado. No. 1902, issued for 100 shares to J.S. Newberry on May 3rd, 1881 in New York. Signed by the 2nd vice pres
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Vulcan Gold & Silver Mining Company Stock, Ouray 18802550 - Vulcan Gold & Silver Mining Company Stock, Ouray 1880
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Cert. #19, issued to Shala W. Eldridge for 200 shares in 1880. Incorporated in New York. Signed by Lewis Jones as president and Meredith L. Jones as s
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The Southern Colorado Pioneers Association Pictorial Membership Certificate 19102551 - The Southern Colorado Pioneers Association Pictorial Membership Certificate 1910
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One of the most fabulous vignettes we have ever seen on any western certificate. The Southern Colorado Pioneers Association was organized in 1905 to c
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Rico Mining Company Stock Certificate2552 - Rico Mining Company Stock Certificate
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Rare. Inc. in New York. No. 173, issued for 100 shares to Geo. A. Wilkinson on March 29th, 1880. Signed by Dean (president) and Osborn (secretary). No
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The Graphic Consolidated Mining Company Bond2553 - The Graphic Consolidated Mining Company Bond
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Location: Sheep Mountain, Robinson, Summit County. Rare. $100 bond issued June 5, 1883. Not cancelled. Signed by S.D. Hayward (president) and the secr
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The Chieftain Consolidated Mining Company Stock Certificate2554 - The Chieftain Consolidated Mining Company Stock Certificate
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Offices in Rosita, CO and Union City, IN. No. 122, issued for 100 shares on May 22nd, 1884. Signed by the president (Ailley) and secretary (Harris). N
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Chieftain Consolidated Mining Company Stock Certificate 22555 - Chieftain Consolidated Mining Company Stock Certificate 2
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Offices in Rosita, CO and Union City, IN. Inc. in Colorado. No. 114, issued for 100 shares to Mina Baer on May 2, 1884. Signed by the company presiden
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Game Ridge Consolidated Mining Company Stock Certificate (Rosita, Colorado)2556 - Game Ridge Consolidated Mining Company Stock Certificate (Rosita, Colorado)
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Location of Mine: Rosita, Colorado. Inc. in New York. No. 93, issued for 1,000 shares to The Farmer's Loan & Trust Co. on Sept. 25, 1882. Si...
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The Black Wonder & West End Gold Mining Co. Stock Certificate (Sherman, Colorado)2557 - The Black Wonder & West End Gold Mining Co. Stock Certificate (Sherman, Colorado)
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Location: Sherman, Hinsdale County. No. 3679, issued for 75 shares to Wilson Fay & Co. on Jan. 19, 1892 in Boston. Signed by the vice-president ...
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Rare Original Source "Silver Mining Regions of Colorado" Booklet by JP Whitney (1865)2559 - Rare Original Source "Silver Mining Regions of Colorado" Booklet by JP Whitney (1865)
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With Some Account of the Different Processes Now Being Introduced for Working the Gold Ores of That Territory. This is a very rare, original source, e
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Le Colorado Liste Des Minerals (French Exposition Booklet, 1867)2560 - Le Colorado Liste Des Minerals (French Exposition Booklet, 1867)
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This rare booklet (9.5" x 6") written in French for an international exposition in Paris. It lists and describes districts and gold and si...
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Colorado, It's Gold and Silver Mines, 1st Edition Frank Fossett 18792561 - Colorado, It's Gold and Silver Mines, 1st Edition Frank Fossett 1879
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One of the great Colorado reference books. Colorado, It's Gold and Silver Mines, Farms & Stock Ranges, and Health and Pleasure Resorts. Tour...
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Baskin Consolidated Mining & Milling Company Stock Certificate2562 - Baskin Consolidated Mining & Milling Company Stock Certificate
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This mine could not be located. Incorporated in Colorado. Office also in Chicago. No. 232, issued for 50 shares to Geo. A. Gary on August 1, 1882. Sig
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Colorado & Utah Mining Steroviews2563 - Colorado & Utah Mining Steroviews
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Lot of 5. All measure 6.75” x 3.25” and 7” x 3.75.” Medium contrast and focus is sharp. Little wear, some light damage on a few. Shows several mining
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Colorado & Wyoming Mining Prospectuses2564 - Colorado & Wyoming Mining Prospectuses
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Lot of two. 1) 1908 prospectus of The Hecla Consolidated Mines Company. Copper mines at Hecla, Wyoming, corporate office in Denver. Six pages. Toned,
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Colorado Coal Company Stock Certificates2565 - Colorado Coal Company Stock Certificates
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Lot of three. 1) Two stock certificates for The Colorado Central Coal and Mining Company. Both issued in Colorado Springs in 1906. Neither is cancelle
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Start Price : 55.00 | Estimate : 110.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Colorado Gold Mining Stock Certificates (6)2566 - Colorado Gold Mining Stock Certificates (6)
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Lot of six different. Includes: The London Gold Mines Co. (1936, not cxl), The Golden Consolidated Mines Co. (1924, not cxl, great underground vignett
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Colorado Gold Mining Stock Certificates (8)2567 - Colorado Gold Mining Stock Certificates (8)
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Lot of eight different. Includes: Lucky Discovery Gold Inc. (1934, not cxl, nice vignette), Livingston Gold Mining Co. (1922, not cxl), Mancos Gold Mi
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Colorado Gold Mining Stock Group 12568 - Colorado Gold Mining Stock Group 1
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Six different, most illustrated: Gold Beam Cons. Mining & Milling Co. (1909, not cxl), The Old Gold Mines Co. (1907, stamp and punch cxl), The H...
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Colorado Gold Mining Stock Group 22569 - Colorado Gold Mining Stock Group 2
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Lot of six. Stocks: The Lewis Mountain Mining & Milling Co. (1920, not cxl), The Apex Refining Co. (1921, not cxl), The Gold Exploration Co. (18...
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Colorado Lead-Zinc Mining Stock Certificates2570 - Colorado Lead-Zinc Mining Stock Certificates
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Lot of nine certificates. 1) Seven certificates, two different styles, for the Falcon Lead Mining Company. Feature either blue or orange border and ea
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Colorado Mining and Milling Company Stock Certificates2571 - Colorado Mining and Milling Company Stock Certificates
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Five different. Includes: The Juno Mining and Milling Co. (1894, not cancelled), The Denver-Joplin Mining and Milling Co. (1900, pictorial, not cancel
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Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 180.00
 
 
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