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San Miguel Gold Placers Company Stock Certificate [155562]

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San Miguel Gold Placers Company Stock Certificate [155562]
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This item SOLD at 2023 Jan 21 @ 14:09UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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Extra rare. Inc. in Colorado. No. 1539, issued for 10 shares to AA Pitman in 1890 in Denver. Signed by vice-president Parker and secretary Torrey. Not cancelled. Great vignette of pipe coming down the hillside to a water hose being used by miners to blast away a hillside. Black border/print on tan background. Folds, pinholes. 8 x 10.75" Printed by Denver Litho Co. Located at San Miguel River 5 miles west of Telluride. The company was reported to be operating two hydraulic giants (monitors) using over 6 million cubic feet of water with a 200 foot fall on "E' Bar. One of eleven owned by this company, washing 5,000 cubic yards of gravel daily. [Ref: Burchard 1884, EMJ Vol. 47 No. 20]

Date: 1890
Country:
State: Colorado
City: San Juan County
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