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Texas Copper Mining Stock Certificate Plus a Texas Bond

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Mining Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 250.00 USD
Texas Copper Mining Stock Certificate Plus a Texas Bond
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This item SOLD at 2018 Jun 23 @ 15:47UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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1) Grand Belt Copper Company stock certificate. Inc. in New York. No. 802, issued for 100 shares to Yates Ferguson on Dec. 21, 1885. Signed by president E.A. Farmington and the secretary. Not cancelled. Maroon border and large, attractive vignette with pastoral, mining, and allegorical themes. Pinholes, folds. 7 x 10.5" Started by famous General George McClellen. The company bought acres of copper rich mineral lands in Archer and adjoining counties in Texas. They had a 10 ton smelter and 20-ton stamp in Hardeman County, but also sent ore East to be processed. Remoteness along with water availability were problems. The company closed in 1887. 2) A bond for the San Antonio Land & Irrigation Company, Ltd. Issued in 1911. Foreign revenue stamps. Attractive, but condition issues including coupons being taped back on. Date: 1885 & 1911 Location: Texas HWAC# 67008