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Osceola Gravel Mining Company - Nevada Placer Mining Company

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Osceola Gravel Mining Company - Nevada Placer Mining Company
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Number 381 for 645 shares to HW Lawrence trustee. Signed by Henry Kunbary(?) and WB Lunhands(?). Datelined Salt Lake City, Utah Ter., 1892. Not cancelled. Location: Hydraulic Placer Mines, Osceola, White Pine County, Nevada. Not cancelled. Two dog ears, but no other issues. Very nice! In 1877, placer gold was discovered by John Versan. 1884 to 1885, the Osceola Gravel Mining Company constructed a 16 mile ditch, known as the West Ditch, to carry the water from six creeks on the west side of the Snake Range to their placer operations. It did not meet the company's needs, however, and on September 12, 1885, the White Pine News reported that the hydraulic mines were "running very slow at present on account of the scarcity of water, only averaging about 2 hours a day". The Osceola Gravel Mining Company began surveys in 1885 for a second waterway on the east side to be called the East Ditch. In September 1889, construction began on this 18 mile ditch to collect water from Lehman Creek and its tributaries on the east side of the range. Water rights were purchased from Absalom Lehman, who had recently discovered Lehman Cave. Several hundred men, using hand tools, wagons, horses, and mules, worked for ten months to complete the ditch. Local sawmills produced lumber for 2.2 miles of wooden flumes and the support beams for the 633 foot long tunnel, which was blasted through a ridge near Strawberry Creek. The Osceola Ditch was completed on July 4, 1890 at a cost of $108,223, an expensive gamble in a business where profitable yields were not guaranteed. In 1891, both ditches were being used in operations, and by June 17, the mine was running 24 hours a day. The early success of the ditches did not last long, however, and gold production did not meet expectations. The gross yield of the Osceola Mining Company in 1890 was only $16,191, and in 1891 only $20,223. Prag Collection City: Osceola State: Nevada Date: 1892 HWAC# 81030