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New York & Silver Peak Mining Company Stock Certificate [200470]

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New York & Silver Peak Mining Company Stock Certificate [200470]
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Rare. We had no records of selling this dating back to 2014. Inc. in New York. No. 211, issued for 5 shares to Margaret R. Anthony in New York in 1867. Signed by president RB Catherwood and secretary RC Root. Not cancelled. Black border and print, surface mining vignette. 5 x 9.25" Folds, pin hole. According to a Nov. 16, 1865 Lancaster Gazette article on Silver Peak, this company owned a mill capable of handling 40 tons a day. A Jan. 1866 article mentions that surface samples have returned assays of $600-1125 in silver and $42-161 in gold per ton.
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Date: 1865
Country (if not USA):
State: Nevada
City: Silver Peak, Esmeralda County
Provenance: Douglas McDonald Collection