Objects of Our Affection - February 2020

A group of 10 certificates from Globe, Arizona operators. 1)Orphan Copper Co., issued 1908 for 100 shares. Inc. in Arizona. Operated at Globe (1908 C.

Lot of two. 1) Number 195 for 100 shares to ML Earle in green. 1881. Signed by Alvin Hill and C Rodgers. Printed by Mining Record Litho of New York. 2

Inc. in New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1859. U/U. "New Mexico and Arizona" at left. Eagle vignette top. Printed by H. Whermann, New Orlean...

Cert. #132, I/U, at New York Jan 3, 1883 to Geo. J. Weuck for 25 shares. Inc. in New York. Signed by president Albert Welles . Gold embossed corp. se

Cerro-Colorado Mining District. Arizona Territory. (printed on either side of the vignette). Inc. Sept. 1876. No. 105, issued for 10 shares to F.M. Mc

Incorporated in New York. Certificate #172. ,I/U, Issued to Mary Jane Temple for ten shares on March 5th, 1868. Signed by R.A. Sinclair, president, V

Cert. #6302, I/U, at New York to Bennett T. Scranton for 100 shares Feb 4, 18882. Signed by J.M. Seymour as president Vignette Indians looking down

1) Castle Creek Mining and Development Company. Number 82. 1903. Mining vignettes. 2) Verdi Central Mines Inc. Very small. 1923. 3) Octave Mines Compa

Five different mining stocks incorporated in Arizona. 1)Midway Consolidated Mining Co. (A.T.), issued at New York City in 1903. Three mining vignettes

A nice group of issued shares from Arizona Incorporations. 1)The Stonewall Copper Company (A.T), issued at St. Louis, MO. In 1902. Shares issued for C

Beautiful Arizona Territorial, ceryt. #99, issued for 500 shares to Robert Oldenburg and signed by D.L. Brown as president and Chas. Oldenburg as secr

Six different mining stocks incorporated in Arizona. 1)The Arizona Prosperity Gold Mines Company (A.T.), issued at Chicago in 1902. Oval mining vignet

Six very nice Arizona mining stocks. 1)Buckeye Mining and Milling Co. (AZ), issued in 1904. Mines: Cochise County, Arizona printed on the masthead. Vi

Cert. #12, issued at Chicago, Ill. In 1890 to Jacob L. Ulery for 2000 shares. Signed by John P. Beal as president and M.K. Shefflen as secretary. Grea

No. 37, issued for 1,000 shares to company president J. Fred Pierson on April 14th, 1880 in New York. Signed by Pierson and treasurer Snow. Not cancel

Silver Mountain District. Alpine County. Incorporated in California in 1863. Cert. #130 ½ issued to Thomas Brown for 10 shares. Signed by P. Ro...

Cert. #678, issued for 10 shares to Mrs. Almura Younger and signed by R.A. Penre (?) as president and Chas. L. Papp as secretary. "One foot to ...

Lot of 2 different. 1) Spring Valley Gold Company. Butte County. Issued in 1888 for 2,160 shares to WL Jenkins. Signed by president LL Robinson and th

Lot of 4 different. Issued in 1883 (for 50 shares, uncancelled, made to look like currency); 1920 (500 shares, uncancelled, three mining vignettes); a

Fantastic unissued stock with President Leland Stanford signature. Vignette shows mountain with shaft depths superimposed: Cumberland 600', Bunk...

Grafton Tyler Brown was one of the first African American lithographers in the American West during the mid to late 19th Century. He was one of the fi

Bodie, CA. Incorp August 1878. Stock no. 4578 I/U, issued to F.E. Luty Trustee for 50 shares on November 27, 1885. Signed Warren Holt president. Blac

Bodie, CA. Number 2279 I/U, for 30 shares issued to Willing Company, trustees. Signed by secretary William H. Lent (of Lent Shaft fame in Bodie) and p

Never seen by us. This company operated on Poor Man's Ledge near Spanishtown (now Yankee Hill) in Butte County in 1857. A July 31, 1857 Daily Al...

Cert. #37, issued for 900 shares in 1889. A vignette of a miner working next to a river at the left. Black print on creme. A. Buswell, S.F. printer. U

Extra rare and very early. Incorporated October 29, 1862. No. 649, issued for 4 shares to SC Bigelow on July 13, 1863 in San Francisco. Signed by secr

"Calaveras County" printed under title. No. 95 for 100 shares issued to Sylvester Bowman on April 25th, 1865 in Mokelumne Hill. Signed by ...

Inc. in California. Certificate No. 2667, issued for one share to Alfred Bell. No date listed, however most likely between 1852 and 1853 as date on th

California Gold Rush Collectible. Most of these are badly soiled. Certificate No. 192, made out to John Bensley for one share. Datelined Columbia, Mar

With a William Keith woodblock vignette! Diablo District, Contra Costa County (printed under title). Inc. May 26th, 1863. No. 100, issued for fifteen

Rare dateline of Antioch, California. Issued for 10 shares in 1887. Issued to Peter Donlon and signed by J.P. Abbott as president and J. Rio Baker as

With a William Keith woodblock vignette! Clayton Mining District, Contra Costa County, Cal. (printed along the top). Inc. May 13, 1863. No. 20, issued

Possibly Copperopolis in Calaveras County. Not in any of our indexes. No information found on newspapers.com or CDNC. Inc. in New York. Low number 11,

Del Norte County, California (printed under the title). Inc. in 1871. no. 17, issued for 800 shares to company president William H. Knight on June 11t

Location printed in the text: Red Mountain District, El Dorado County. Inc. July 1863. No. 27, issued for 100 shares to HP Balinger on Oct. 12th, 1863

Cert. #596, issued for 100 shares in 1870 to Chas. Throckmorton. Signed by John McCoy as secretary and Berringham (illeg) as president. Two fabulous m

Eureka Quartz Mining Company stock certificate, No. 97, for five shares of capital stock. Issued to William Jenkins of Baltimore. Dateline 24 January

Extremely rare Gold Rush era; 2-3 known. Grass Valley, Nevada Co., Cal (printed under title). Dateline Grass Valley, Nevada Co., Cal., July 24th, 1855

No. 88, issued for $500 in 1890. Four coupons attached. Signed by president Shorcraft(?) and secretary Littlefield. Not cancelled. Green border and se

Incorp. 1906 South Dakota. Cert. #1727, I/U, issued in 1906 to P.J. Cadagan & Co. for 100 shares. Signed by Malcolm Macdonald as president. Blac...

Incorp Sept 1863 California. Inyo Mining District. Very rare early Inyo certificate. Inyo County was not formed until 1866, which is why this is liste

Very early California Stock Certificate. # 2060 for 100 shares to Theodore Waller. Signed by Solomon Alter and president Parson Sewill. Dateline Phila

Rare and early. Inc. in March 1863. Ultra low No. 2, issued for 27 shares to Benjamin Dodge on Sept. 20th, 1864 in Nevada City. Signed by president Wm

Issued at Nevada (City), California in 1863. Thomas P. Hawley bot cert. #2 for 50 shares. Signed by L.C. Williams as president and Hawley as secretary

Cert. #134, issued at Nevada City in 1863 for one share to S. Fuller and signed by Wm. Bourn as president and S. Pinkham as secretary. Shares Ten Feet

Cert. #66, issued in 1866 to Wm. F. Aldrich for 25 shares. Signed by Jno. J. Osborn as secretary and president (illeg). Two great mining vignettes tha

Lot of 4. 1) Taylor Plumas Mill and Mining Company. Location of Property, Plumas County (printed under title). Issued in 1886 for 100 shares. Not canc

Certificate for 50 shares on Dec. 5th, 1863, issued to J. Churchill and signed by Wm Saunder as president and Churchill as secretary. Shares were issu

Cert. #118, issued for 10 shares in 1864 to Charles Fernald and signed by E.W. Howe as president and Walter Murray as secretary. Datelined San Luis Ob

# 5 for 10 shares to Edwards. Signed by CM Leonard and president GL Seaver, Dateline 1872 Santa Clara. Incorporated March 21, 1871. 25c Certificate re