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Twin River Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate, Ophir Canon, Nye County, Nevada 1868

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Twin River Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate, Ophir Canon, Nye County, Nevada 1868
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Nye County, State of Nevada printed beneath mining vignette. Inc. in New York. No. 344, issued for 12 shares to Ellen Abbott on March 28th, 1868. Signed by president A.W. Canfield and secretary James Heddey. Not cancelled. Vignette at top showing tow miners working underground. Also, New York state seal at the bottom. Printed by JJ Bloomfield, New York. Not in Filer. 25 cent revenue stamp attached at the bottom left. Folds and toning. Our company sold an archive of letters from this mining company in May 2016. The Twin River Mining Company was located in Ophir in Nye County. Silver was discovered in 1863 and by 1867 almost 400 people were living in the canyon. Buildings included a church, a few stores, a school, a fraternal lodge, and a few saloons. A post office also opened in 1867. Trouble began because of the extremely tough rock in which the silver was imbedded. Extracting costs were so high the mining company declared bankruptcy in late 1868. When the mining company left in 1868 the town was practically abandoned. Then operations began again with a new mining company in 1869 but it ceased operations in 1870 due to labor problems. The mine reopened in 1872 when a rich new ore body was discovered. The Twin River Mining Company began operating in earnest in 1874 and produced steadily into the 1890s. HWAC# 62915 Date: Location: Nye County, Nevada