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Montana Midas Mining Company Stock Certificate [129600]

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Montana Midas Mining Company Stock Certificate  [129600]
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"Gold & Silver Quartz Property located in Montana Territory" (printed under title). "Montana" handwritten in pen and added into the title in front of Midas. Inc. in New York. No. 270, issued for 2,352 shares to Peter Jackson in Rochester in 1871. Signed by the president (Samuel Lee Selden) and secretary. Not cancelled. Black border and print, two mining vignettes including hoisting scene at left. 25 cent adhesive revenue stamp. Printed by BF Corlies & Macy, NY. Horizontal and vertical folds, left border trimmed tight. 5.25 x 10.75" According to a report from Henry Ward in The Montana Post (Dec. 21, 1867), the company worked the Boaz Lode in the Hot Spring District in Madison County. Ward was a noted mining geologist--his uncle was the company president, Samuel Lee Selden. Ward built a mill and company town consisting of buildings which he called "Midasburg."Selden was a prominent judge in New York and created a group of companies that eventually became Western Union. Peter Jackson came to Montana by the Missouri river in the spring of 1867 and assumed his duties at Midasburg, the company's headquarters west of present day Norris in Madison County, Montana. When the company suspended operations in 1869 Jackson was left in charge of the works, and becoming part owner of the property, continued in charge until 1871, when he became assistant superintendent for the Columbia Mining Company at Unionville for one season, retaining his interest in the Midas Company. The company's Ward Mill at Sterling/Midasburg was one of the finest in Montana, and was built at a cost of $250,000.

Date: 1871
Country (if not USA):
State: Montana
City: Madison County, Midasburg
Provenance: Stuart Mackenzie Montana Mining Collection