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Nevada & Mountain Lakes Ice Co. Stock Certificate Number 1 (91584)

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Nevada & Mountain Lakes Ice Co. Stock Certificate Number 1  (91584)
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Issued certificate No. 1! Inc. Jan. 8th, 1870. Dateline Nevada City, Cal., Feb. 3rd, 1870. No. 1, issued for 100 shares to Thompson. Signed by president Charles March and secretary E.W. Bigelow. Pen cancelled. Vignette of allegorical woman standing at lake shore. Printed by H.S. Crocker, Sacramento. Folds, some discoloration. The company’s offices were at Nevada City, Cal. The company was involved in ice harvesting at Camp 16, later named Pacific, one mile below Prosser Creek and eight miles below Truckee. The ice industry began at Truckee in 1868 when the Truckee Ice Co. and Boca Ice began operations. According to MaCauley, Truckee’s senior historian, in the late 19th century, ice was a luxury for the wealthiest, and was used mainly in upscale San Francisco hotels and bars. It was also used in the mines of the Comstock where temperatures could soar. The ice was also used to keep fruit cool in railcars headed east onboard the Pacific Fruit Express. At one time, there were nine ice companies operating just at Boca. This certificate is extremely rare in issued form. () Ken Prag Collection

Date: 1870
City/County: Nevada County
State: California