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North Carson Mining Co (86540)

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Mining Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
North Carson Mining Co  (86540)
SOLD
50.00USDto V********e+ buyer's premium (12.50)
This item SOLD at 2019 Jan 27 @ 09:50UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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25 shares of North Carson Silver Mining Co of Ormsby County, NV cert. # 690 issued to S. D. Brown, trustee. Incorp. Oct. 16, 1874. Signed by Bogart, sec'y. Assessment stamps on back. District discovered in 1859 not worked until 1874. Ores were silver-copper-lead with assays running up to $200/ton. General Jacob Van Bokkelen, who worked in mine was cause of and killed by a nitroglycerin explosion in Virginia City on June 29, 1873 along with 9 others. Van Bokkelen was an agent for Giant Powder, known to sleep with the explosives stored under his bed. Had a pet monkey and some speculate the explosion may have been caused by the monkey dropping a can. Six cans of nitroglycerine and 150 pounds of explosive powder went off. State: Nevada City: Ormsby County Date: