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Trench Mill, Virginia City, Nevada Check Collection, All Signed by Mackay or Fair [163896]

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Mining Start Price:130.00 USD Estimated At:340.00 - 600.00 USD
Trench Mill, Virginia City, Nevada Check Collection, All Signed by Mackay or Fair [163896]
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130.00USDto B*********g+ buyer's premium (32.50)
This item SOLD at 2023 Apr 04 @ 11:05UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Lot of 7 incl. 3 John Mackay autographs and 4 James G. Fair autographs. All have either RN of adhesive revenue stamps. Mackay and Fair were the two most important of the four "Bonanza King" mining millionaires who resided on the Comstock (versus Flood & O'Brien being stationed in SF). The Trench Mill was built in 1860 in lower Silver City near the mouth of American Ravine by Erastus Sparrow and Joseph Trench who also owned a mine in Gold Hill. Mackay and Fair purchased it in 1869. In the 1870s, it had 40 stamps and a 20-ton capacity (Ref:Ansari). 1) RN-C, 1871 to M. Morgenthan, signed by Mackay. 2) RN-C, 1872 to AC Moore, signed by Fair. 3) RN-E, 1873 to Lass & Billings, signed by Mackay. 4) RN-E, 1873 to R. Aylevard, signed by Fair. 5) RN-D, 1874 to Klepper Bros., signed by Mackay. 6) 1869 with 2 cent NV adhesive revenue and 2 cent US IR, "T" over printed "F", issued to McDuffie, Hastings & Co., signed by James Fair. 7) Bank of California, 1869, issued to the Bacon Mill. Manuscript Trench Mill next to signature line. Signed by James G. Fair. Nevada and US IR adhesive revenue stamps. Great collection!

Date: 1869-1874
Country (if not USA):
State: Nevada
City: Virginia City
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