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Silverton Area, CO Mining Stocks (2)

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Mining Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
Silverton Area, CO Mining Stocks (2)
SOLD
80.00USDto W***********n+ buyer's premium (20.00)
This item SOLD at 2018 Mar 17 @ 09:53UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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"Early day Silverton was rough, turbulent and often violent. The environment was extremely harsh, especially the long severe winters. Mining was a very dangerous occupation with few, if any, safety precautions on the part of the mine owners. Mining casualties were frequent - falling down an open shaft, being blown to pieces in a powder explosion or the mine itself caving in on the workers. Snowslides carried many to eternity. Saloons, alcohol, prostitution, gambling, robbery, there were many opportunities to die violently. Suicides were not uncommon, especially among the prostitutes. Also in the early years of the town there were a few lynchings by the local vigilantes." from westernmininghistory.com. 1)San Juan Consolidatet Mining #133 i/u to Charles Tillitt 1875 100 shares 2) Inter Ocean Mining Co of San Juan #176 i/u to Alexander Fisk & Co 1881, incorporated in IA (Al Adams Gold Rush Memorabilia Collection) Date: Location: Silverton Area, Colorado HWAC# 58748