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Silver King MIning Company Stock Certificate

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Silver King MIning Company Stock Certificate
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Number 6376 for 50 shares to Francisc W Tappan in 1888. Signed by Joseph Nash and H Noble. Printed by Bancroft in San Francisco. Uncancelled. Pinal County (which was formed in 1875 from three counties). About this time word of a great discovery at a new mine called the Silver King was being circulated. The 6 x 9' shaft only went down 42 feet with a 12 foot drift. But, "Great quantities of nearly pure silver is found in the little black nuggets of quartz" [Raymond]THe company would go on to become one of the great mines in Western hsitory. By 1883 it had paid $1,300,000 in dividends with an undisclosed amount after that! This is truly one of the great Arizona stock certificates. Staining on bottom left. Pin holes. Over all in very nice condition. (Laguna Collection) Date: 1888 Location: Pioneer Mining District, Arizona HWAC# 59477