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Murphy Mining Co. Stock Certificate Signed by Infamous Stage Operator (91839)

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Murphy Mining Co. Stock Certificate Signed by Infamous Stage Operator  (91839)
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Location printed at the top and bottom of the certificate: Twin River, Nye County, Nevada. Inc. Jan. 18, 1872. No. 67., issued for 100 shares to company secretary J.L. King on Sept. 7th, 1872 in SF. Signed by Hill Beachy as president and King. Cut cancelled in center. Black border and print, with fancy title and small circular mining vignette. Stock Report, Print. Pinholes, folds. 4.5 x 9.5" Hill Beachy operated a stagecoach office and hotel in Lewiston, Idaho in the 1860s. Beachy's friend, Llyod Magruder, was robbed and murdered on his way back to Lewiston from mines in Montana in 1863. Beachey tracked the men — James Romaine, David Renton and Chris Lower — to San Francisco and had them hauled back to Lewiston where they were tried and hanged; the first legally sanctioned execution in Idaho Territory. The territorial government paid Beachy a $6,000 reward. [Ref: History of the State of Idaho, Brosnan] The Twin River district was located in Nye County and was so named for the two streams flowing into Big Smoky Valley. It was located 50 miles south of Austin, Nevada. The district was the scene of a rush between 1865 and 1869. The Sacramento Daily Union reported in 1875 that the Ophir Canyon area (Twin Rivers) was being revived. New laws were being formed. One mine that seems ready to produce is the old Murphy. () Ken Prag Collection

Date: 1872
City/County: Nye County, Twin River District
State: Nevada