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Red Top Mining Stocks (with a Tex Rickard signature) and a Red Top Check [144049]

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Mining Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
Red Top Mining Stocks (with a Tex Rickard signature) and a Red Top Check  [144049]
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350.00USD+ (87.50) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2022 Apr 24 @ 10:14UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Lot of three including two with the highly collectable 'Red Top' and a Tex Rickard autograph. 1) Check for the Red Top Mining Company. 1906. Signed by CD Taylor. $60 for a dividend. 1906. This check has the 'Red Top.' Charles D. Taylor was an important mining man in Goldfield. AD Myers located the first claim on the Grandpa Ledge of Goldfield. Taylor was second. He located the Jumbo, Florence, Red King, and Firelight claims on October 19, 1903. The Jumbo and Florence would make Taylor a millionaire. According to Church & Carpenter the Jumbo yielded $1,371,165 between 1904 and 1909 and the Florence over $6,000,000. 2) Red Top Mining and Leasing Company. Stock. 1909. Number 126 for 200 shares to Paul Skulayik. Signed by Jordan B Cottle and SC Burr. This stock has the 'Red Top.' Has nicks and a small rip at fold edges. Small vignette of miners filling an ore bucket and six smaller vignettes around the border. GL Rickard is none other than Tex Rickard - the famous proprietor of the Northern Saloon and boxing promoter. This is a nice autograph piece to pick up! 3) Red Top Extension Mining Company stock. 1906. Number 1687 for 1000 shares to The Kenneth (?) Company. Signed by JG Thompson and GL (Tex) Rickard. Vertical and horizontal folds. No edge, corner, or discoloration issues. These are key mining companies from the gut of the mining area of Goldfield. City:Goldfield, Esmeralda Co. State:Nevada Date:1903-1909