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Richmond Mining Company Stock Signed by the Man who Wrote the 1904 History of Nevada [130822]

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Richmond Mining Company Stock Signed by the Man who Wrote the 1904 History of Nevada [130822]
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Early #6 for 1 share at $100 per issue to Thomas Wren. February 1877 and signed by R.K. Morrison, secretary, and Wren as the company president (rare). Eureka MD. Hand cancelled. Some fold creases. In the 1870's and 1880's the Richmond Mine was the most important in Eastern Nevada. Thomas Wren, besides being a mining man, was a lawyer, historian, politician, and champion of the poor. It was said of him, ì[Wren's] purse and services have always been at the command of honest poverty and distress, and hundreds of struggling and unfortunate men in this State have been aided and their rights secured through his exertions." more thorough history of the Richmond Mine and biography of Thomas Wren is included. The lot also includes a blank certificate for the Richmond Mining Company of Nevada, which is in mint condition.

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