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Orange Consolidated MC Stock, Eureka District, Lander County [130964]

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Orange Consolidated MC Stock, Eureka District, Lander County  [130964]
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Extremely nice looking and condition. Number 164 for 50 shares to JA Nesbitt. Signed by secretary EH Rixford and president James Nesbitt. Datelined San Francisco 1877. Incorporated Dec 30, 1872. Location: Eureka Dist., Lander Co., Nev. In 1872 there was no Eureka County, hence this cert is listed in Lander County. It is now in Eureka County. Not Cancelled. Fancy script. Vignette of prospector on horse looking for his pot of gold. Original trustees were Nesbitt, James Williams, NP Copp, John Chamberlain and EH Rixford. The Daily Alta California reported on June 10, 1873 that the Orange Consolidated had found a ledge at the 350' level. The vein was white quartz with bluish silver ore. It will assay for about $100. The Eureka Mining District in Lander County was located on September of 1864. A curious prospectors took some the specimens and ran a test in their fire. The result caused them the shout the Greek word ìeureka!"and the name of the area stuck. Serious mining did not begin until the 1870's when a new method of reduction was able to separate the large quantities of lead out from the silver [Tingley, Mining Districts of Nevada; Carlson, Nevada Place Names] Nesbitt would own general merchandise stores in Pioche, DeLamar, and Columbia (near Goldfield). Historical background on the mine (1 page), district and Nesbitt (1 page) is included.

Date: 1877
Country (if not USA):
State: Nevada
City: Eureka, Eureka Co.
Provenance: Joe Elcano Nevada Mining Stock Collection