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Peavine Con. Copper, Gold and Silver. Stock, Rare Early Reno Area Mine [130918]

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Peavine Con. Copper, Gold and Silver. Stock, Rare Early Reno Area Mine  [130918]
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Number 85 for 10 shares to NJ Gillett. Datelined Virginia N. T. 1864. Signed by George Finn secretary and Charles Livermore(?) President. Peavine MD. Incorporated October 1863. Location Mary Lead, St. Joseph, Peavine District, Washoe Co., N. T. Also states Susan and Bevelhymer No.2 (names of mines?). Bottom right has been torn and seems to have sustained water damage. President's name is hard to read and the revenue stamp is very faded. It is a 25c Power of Att'y stamp. Discoloration along center fold. Small vignette of miner with pick. Printed by Enterprise Print. On the north slope of Peavine Mountain near the Bevelhymer ledge occurs ore with a fresher appearance with the individual minerals more clearly defined as those around it. It is a compact dense rock. [Descriptive geology by Hague & Emmons] In the 1862 Nevada Territorial Census John Bevelhymer was living at Fuller's Crossing (which is where the Virginia Street Bridge crosses the Truckee River in Reno today. [Journal, Nevada Legislature, 1866 ] "The Bevelhymer is principally owned by the Hon. Felix O'Neil, an experienced miner who lately projected extensive works upon it and is now prosecuting the same...." The Peavine (Pea Vine) district centered around Peavine Peak. The district lies north of the Truckee River canyon. The Crystal Peak section near Verdi was believed to be in Nevada until a more accurate survey was done in the 1870's. It is in California. [Mining Districts of Nevada by Tingley] Additional notes on Bevelhymer, Livermore and the Peavine Consolidated.

Date: 1864
Country (if not USA):
State: Nevada
City: Peavine, Washoe Co.
Provenance: Joe Elcano Nevada Mining Stock Collection