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The Great Western Mining Co. Stock Certificate

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The Great Western Mining Co. Stock Certificate
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Inc. in Pennsylvania. No. 75, issued for 500 shares to Walter Hinchman on March 31st, 1886. Signed by Robert H. Lamborn as president and Geo. A. Krause as pro term secretary. Not cancelled. Gorgeous certificate with Native American vignette at left and vignette of quarry operation at top center. Pinholes, folds. 6.5 x 10.5" The company mined slate beds near Duluth, Minnesota in large quarries. Proximity to the Great Lakes and Mississippi provided an ideal transport route. Claimed to be "the only known and developed fine slate west of the Alleghany Mountains." Robert Lamborn is a fascinating 19th century character. He studied at the Royal Saxon Mining Academy of Freiberg and the Ecole des Mines, Paris. He served with the Anderson Cavalry in the Civil War with his friend Capt. William J. Palmer, who was the first president of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway. Lamborn was also closely associated with this railroad, as well as lines in Pennsylvania and Texas. He was also a prolific collector of art and artifacts in the 19th century from around the world and he donated his large collections to eastern museums. He was the US Commissioner for Colorado at the Paris Expo of 1878. He was also heavily involved with the National Land & Improvement Co. which helped found Colorado Springs and Manitou. [Ref:Handbook for Immigrants to the United States, 1871, pg.94; and The Genealogy of the Lamborn Family, Marion, 1894] Date: 1886 Location: Duluth, Minnesota HWAC# 62803