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Tehachapi Coal Mining Co Stock Certificate, 1890, Unseen by Us! (111815)

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Mining Start Price:70.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
Tehachapi Coal Mining Co Stock Certificate, 1890, Unseen by Us!  (111815)
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Certificate #71, issued in 1890 to J. Asher and signed by B.M. Denison as secretary. Location of Works: Kern County, California printed at the top. Who knew that there was coal mining near Tehachapi! But in 1889, Fred Buhn, a miner, made a discovery while prospecting on a mountainside near Tehachapi. Buhn had been working for a prospecting company which had been searching for coal indications all around Tehacapi. The claim was located between Mojave and Tehacapi within easy reach of the Southern Pacific (Coal and Coal Trade Journal, 1889). We don't know what happened with Buhn's claim, but there was surely coal in the vicinity. This is a very rare certificate and could be the only one known. Small size certificate. Uncancelled.

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State: California
City/County: Kern County
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