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Nevada Mining Stocks incl. Comstock Tunnel, CC Julian, & 1860s Humboldt County (116967)

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Nevada Mining Stocks incl. Comstock Tunnel, CC Julian, & 1860s Humboldt County  (116967)
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1) Humboldt River Gold & Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate. Rare! "Situated in Sierra Mining District Humboldt County Nevada" (printed under vignette). Inc. in New York. No. 590, issued for 240 shares to I. Grashon Herriot on Dec. 18th, 1866 in New York. Signed by president Jno. Hogeboom and secretary F.F. Borrell. Not cancelled. Black border and print. Vignette of three prospectors working on the surface. Smaller vignette of dog next to safe. Printed by ES Dodge & Co., NY. 7.75 x 11.5" Pinholes, folds. According to Thompson & West (1881), the Sierra District of Humboldt County "was organized in January, 1863, and is one of the cluster in the vicinity of Unionville, which is about twenty-three miles to the southwest. The Central Pacific Railroad and the Humboldt Canal run through the district. The town of Dun Glen, in the center of the district, is about five miles from the river." State: Nevada City: Humboldt County, Sierra Mining District Date: 1866

2) Comstock Tunnel & Drainage Co. Stock & Bond Collection. Lot of 6. Three stocks and three bonds. This was the later renaming and reorganization of the Sutro Tunnel Company. 1) Three stocks, two different varieties. One is issued in 1906, not cancelled, eagle vignette. The other two are issued in 1932 and 1933, one punch cancelled, both with eagle vignettes. 2) Three bonds. One is issued in 1920 for $250 of the First Mortgage 30-Year Gold Income Bonds; stamp cancelled. The other two bonds are of the same design (drilling vignette) but different denominations ($500 and $1,000) and border colors. Both issued in 1919, full page of coupons, stamp cancelled. State: Nevada City: Comstock Date: 1906-1933

3) New Monte Cristo Mining Co. # 15251 dated Feb 3, 1921 issued to Mrs. Julius Farrell. Inc. NV. Based in Reno, NV. Blue border and company seal. Vignette of the company's logo, hand signed by C.C. Julian, pres., H.B. Flasher, secy. Julian was a swindler from LA which led to the largest financial fiasco in Southern California history. Julian was main character of the book "The Great Los Angeles Swindle." Joined forces with a Texan named S.C. Lewis incorporating company to create an oil refining company, The Julian Petroleum Company (known as "Julian Pete"). Lewis soon took control of Julian Pete. Put in play strategies such as hiring one FBI accountant investigating the company. Things were heating up at Leadfield, but commission put a stop to Julian selling his mining company's stock. That occurred as company hit the ore it was looking for, but it was low-grade. Company did not get a chance to search for higher grade ore. C.C. Julian later pulled off some scams in Arizona and Oklahoma with the C.C. Julian Oil & Royalties Company before he fled to Shanghai where he committed suicide in 1933. Scandal changed the state's banking industry, influenced state law and helped alter the political face of LA and Southern California by reinforcing the powers of the regulators. SF's Bank of America also won in this battle, for the scandal broke several banks in the southland (some of which were ultimately acquired by B of A) and changed the laws that had kept the northern bank to a very limited business in the LA region. Printed: Jeffries Lithograph Co. Los Angeles U.S.A.

4) Milltown Mining Co. Stock to Horton & Signed by Wingfield. Great Nevada history piece! No. 51, issued for 1,000 shares to F.E. Horton on March 22, 1906. Signed by George Wingfield as president and the secretary. Signed by Horton on reverse. Not cancelled. Black border and print, gold seal and title. "Mines at Goldfield, Nevada" printed in background. Three mining vignettes. Pinholes, heavy folds. 5.5 x 9.75" Wingfield was a very important mining and banking figure in Nevada at the beginning of the 20th century. Horton was a figure in Goldfield before being connected to the gold discovery and rush to Weepah in 1927. State: Nevada City: Goldfield Date: 1906

Provenance: Ken Prag Collection
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