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Sierra Iron & Quincy Rail Road Company (The railroad that was Never There)

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Railroadiana, Trains Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 1,000.00 USD
Sierra Iron & Quincy Rail Road Company (The railroad that was Never There)
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500.00USD+ (120.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2017 Apr 28 @ 09:08UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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This is possibly the only known stock from this phantom railroad. Stock Certificate #51 for 10 shares to William Hausfield in 1883. Signed by Buel and (?). Nice railroad vignette on top. By the Act of March 11, 1874, the Sierra Iron Co., proprietors of the valuable iron mines in Gold valley, Sierra county, were granted the right of eminent domain to construct a wooden railroad from their mines, by the way of the Mohawk and Sierra valleys and Beckwourth pass, to the Nevada line. They never utilized the privilege granted to them, but on the seventeenth of September, 1881, organized the Sierra Iron and Quincy R. R. Co., under the general laws of the state. The directors named in the articles of incorporation are Philip N. Lillienthal, Charles Kohler, F. A. Benjamin, Frederick Weisenborn, and Caleb T. Fay; and the capital stock is placed at $3,200,000. Mr. A. T. Nation, attorney for the company at Quincy, assures us that the road will be constructed as far as Mohawk valley this year, and will be at once extended to Quincy; also that in case the N. & O. Company fail to build their road to connect with them, they will carry their line clear to Reno. They need and must have an outlet from their extensive iron mines, and expect to be their own customer in the freight business. The advantage of this road to Plumas county is incalculable, especially as it may in the future lead to the passage of a trunk line by this route to the valley and San Francisco. [California Genealogy & History Archives] Pristine Condition - no pin holes, dog ears, staining, rips, etc. Two horizontal folds. State:California City:Gold Valley Date:1883 ID#46623