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Tecumseh G&S MC Stock, Gold Hill, Nevada Territory, 1863 [130786]

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Tecumseh G&S MC Stock, Gold Hill, Nevada Territory, 1863 [130786]
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Gold Hill Mining District, Storey County, N.T. (printed at the top of the certificate). Inc. April 1863 under the laws of Nevada Territory. Dateline Gold Hill, N.T., July 15th, 1863. No. 85, issued for 15 shares to F.L. Grosvenor. Signed by president N.A.H. Ball and secretary Geo. G. Burnett. Burnett was an early Virginia City druggist. He would also be a stock broker, mining recorder, and commissioner of deeds. Ball arrived in Gold Hill in 1862 and was the cashier for Maynard and Flood. He would become associated with at least a half dozen Comstock mines, was a member of the Young American Engine Company, was responsible for the marble slab and stone for the Grosch brothers, and was an officer in the V&T Railroad. He participated in both the 1st and 2nd Constitutional Conventions. This stock is not cancelled. Large vignette of allegorical woman (left side) and small vignette of dog next to safe. Enterprise Print (Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain was working at the Enterprise at this time). 25 cent IR stamp attached sideways beneath logo. Deep folds, paperclip stain. Not in Filer. Listed in the Collins 1864 Comstock directory as having 1,000 ft. in the Gold Hill District, office on Maynard's Block in Gold Hill. Additional information on the mine, Ball, Burnett is included.

Date: 1863
Country (if not USA):
State: Nevada
City: Gold Hill, Storey Co.
Provenance: Joe Elcano Mining Stock Collection