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Two Crescent Mining Company Stocks (with J. P. Whitney Signature) (86730)

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Mining Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
Two Crescent Mining Company Stocks (with J. P. Whitney Signature)  (86730)
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1) Crescent Mining Company. # 2028 for 100 shares to Wilson Fay & Co. Signed by HW Wesson and president WP Whitney. Not cancelled. Vignette of miners shoveling ore into cart. Very light soiling. Nice certificate! Joel Parker Whitney was a millionaire and very important figure in Colorado (and Wyoming, New Mexico and California) history. He made a fortune in the California Gold Rush as a merchant before heading to Colorado Territory in the 1860s. He authored an 1865 book on Colorado silver mining that many believe helped establish statehood. He continued to make money in the mining and railroad industries, as well as real estate in California and ranches in New Mexico. 2) Crescent Mining & Milling Company. # 803 for 5,000 shares to George Reyser. Signed by Frank R Goudy and president JK Goudy. Dateline Colorado Springs 1896. Rips at top of folds. Nice. JK Goudy was a prominent lawyer and would pass away in 1 1/2 years. (Prag Collection) State: Colorado City: Georgetown Date: 1888, 1896