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Ohio & Missouri Mining Company Stock (81972)

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Mining Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 500.00 USD
Ohio & Missouri Mining Company Stock  (81972)
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# 2500 to JR Mott. Endorsed on reverse. Signed by Jno. Kimball and Charles Van Schaiek(?). Dateline CIncinnati 1847. Three allegorical vignettes and one of George Washington. Printed on side is "The mineral locations of this Co. have been selected expressly for copper and lead & are among the best." Printer: Rawdon, Wright and Hatech, Cincinnati. Not cancelled. Wrinkles upper left, blue coloring bottom left. Very nice condition otherwise. Incorporated in 1846 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the company owned and operated copper and lead mines in the nearby area. They focused on lead mining activities in Missouri. The mine was critical to the North in the Civil War for bullet and shot supply. Later acquired by the Picher Lead Company. The Picher Lead Company of Missouri merged with the Eagle White Lead to form Eagle-Picher Lead shortly after the Civil War. Prag Collection

Provenance: Ken Prag Collection
Country (if not USA):
State: Ohio
City/County: Cincinatti
Date: 1847