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Scorpion Mining Company Stock Certificate (102174)

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Scorpion Mining Company Stock Certificate  (102174)
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Location: Storey County, Nevada (printed top center). Inc. 1889. No. 596, issued for 100 shares to G.A. Jewett on Oct. 2, 1911. Signed by the president (illegible) and secretary Alfred Dickory. Not cancelled. Black border and print. Fancy company logo with giant "S." Printed by L. Levingston, S.F. 4.25 x 9.75" Pinholes, folds. The Scorpion is a claim that was staked in 1859. It lay across the junctions of Six and Seven-mile Canyons, reaching nearly to the Union Cons. and Mexican. Near the old Catholic Cemetery. Ansari notes the main activity was 1870s-80s, then in the early 1890s and 1920s. In 1876, a tunnel had been driven into the ledge. [Ref: Annual Mining Review and Stock Ledger, 1876, pg. 65; Ansari] Ken Prag Collection

Date: 1911
City/County: Comstock, Virginia City
State: Nevada