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Silver Prize, No. 2, Gold & Silver Mining Co., Silver Mountain District, Amador County

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Mining Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 900.00 USD
Silver Prize, No. 2, Gold & Silver Mining Co., Silver Mountain District, Amador County
SOLD
750.00USD+ (165.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2018 Oct 20 @ 10:48UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Very early number 12 for 25 shares to Frank Cooper. Datelined San Francisco 1863. Signed by secretary J Warren Clark and president Frank Cooper. Incorporated August 3d, 1863. 25c Protest Revenue Stamp. Not cancelled. Location, "Silver Mountain District, Amador County, Cal." Towne & Bacon printers. The Silver Prize was located on range with Mountain and Silver Creek Companies. Frank Cooper was one of the original Commissioners charged with designating the election precincts in newly-formed Alpine Co. (1864 "Alpine County Bill"; see 1864 Aug 11; see also Board of Supervisors Minutes, Book "A", page 1; and see text of “Alpine County Bill” printed in 1864 July 30 MG). J. Warren Clark was also secretary of the El Dorado Gold & Silver, Silver Prize G&S, Mammoth G&S, Napa G&S, George Washington G&S, etc. [Thank you to Karen Dustman, local historian and author of the book "Silver Mountain City (Clairitage Press) for background information on the mine and signatures.] Prag Collection City: Silver Mountain District, Amador County State: California Date: 1863 HWAC# 79729