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Silver Mt. Mining Docs, 1863, Stock & Letter 1863 [173870]

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Silver Mt. Mining Docs, 1863, Stock & Letter  1863  [173870]
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1) "The Pearl" Gold and Silver Mining Company Stock; Mine in Silver Mountain, later renamed Oro Grande in Mojave Desert. #110 i/u Mary F Owens 1863 5 shares. The dateline is San Francisco. Signed by President J. (James) O. (Oscar) Eldridge and Secretary James C. Dayley. Three vignettes: one of young girl with left hand to head top center, a second of a dog’s head at bottom center and a third of a woman with a fancy hat at left. A brown 25 cent Internal Revenue Certificate stamp attached. Black on white; 5.25 x 9.25 inches, printed by Waters Brothers & Co. The Silver Mountain camp was probably discovered in the late 1850's but no intense activity until 1863. Ref. James O. Eldridge is listed in Langley’s San Francisco Directory for 1865 (p. 166 & 366) as working for the firm of H. M. Newhall & Co., auction and commission merchants. The firm was located on the SW corner of Sansome and Halleck Streets. He was also identified as President of the S. F. and San Jose R. R. Co. James C. Dayley is also listed in the same directory (p. 145) as a mining secretary at 338 Montgomery and residing in Oakland.
2) Genoa, Wells Fargo Cover with mining letter; Nevada Territory Wells Fargo Cover. Addressed to Capt. James Jones of San Francisco. Hand written on bottom is FAS Jones, Mt. Bullion, Monitor District, Cal. The Jones family was prolific here and with the nearest town, Genoa, Nevada. Letter dated 9-26-63 putting it in the territorial period of Nevada. Talks of mining claim and going to Reese River to look over this new promised land of gold and silver. Letter starts "I was up to Silver Mt. today and found that the O. K...." Silver Mt. California