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The Pearl Gold and Silver Mining Company Stock Certificate

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Mining Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 500.00 USD
The Pearl Gold and Silver Mining Company Stock Certificate
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Stock certificate #52 dated September 28th 1863 for 10 shares made out to Frank Cooper. Cooper was a partner in Stroebel, Fleig & Co. a meat market and pork packer at 1129 Folsom. (See directory reference below p. 130 & 418.) Uncancelled. Incorporated July 28, 1863 and capitalized at $250,000; 2500 shares at $100 per share. The dateline is San Francisco. Signed by President J. (James) O. (Oscar) Eldridge and Secretary James C. Dayley. Three vignettes: one of young girl with left hand to head top center, a second of a dog’s head at bottom center and a third of a woman with a fancy hat at left. A brown 25 cent Internal Revenue Certificate stamp attached. Black on white; 5.25 x 9.25 inches, printed by Waters Brothers & Co. Extremely Fine. The Silver Mountain camp was probably discovered in the late 1850's but no intense activity until 1863. Ref. Holabird Americana Auction 11 Part I, May 2001, item # 207. James O. Eldridge is listed in Langley’s San Francisco Directory for 1865 (p. 166 & 366) as working for the firm of H. M. Newhall & Co., auction and commission merchants. The firm was located on the SW corner of Sansome and Halleck Streets. He was also identified as President of the S. F. and San Jose R. R. Co. James C. Dayley is also listed in the same directory (p. 145) as a mining secretary at 338 Montgomery and residing in Oakland. Extremely Fine. (Ref. VP 11-19-09-9 P396) State: California City: Silver Mountain Date: 1863 FHWAC#: 41362