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Two Rare California Mining Revenue Checks

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Mining Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
Two Rare California Mining Revenue Checks
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This item SOLD at 2018 Mar 16 @ 18:42UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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1) Unissued RN-G, Quicksilver Mining Company Check – “Dividend Preferred Stock” printed on left. Datelined New York where the main office was located. Blank 188_. Drawn on the Mechanics National Bank. Originally named the New Almaden Mine, the extensive workings are situated in the Capitancillo Hills of the Santa Cruz Mountain Range, 12 miles south of San Jose. In 1846 the New Almaden mines began mining cinnabar, a bright red mineral that contains mercury and sulfur, harvesting the mercury, or quicksilver as it is also known. This was California’s first mining operation. Interestingly, these mines produced more fortune than any of California’s gold mines. Quicksilver is used to extract gold and silver from crushed ore, and was primarily the preferred method during the gold and silver rushes throughout the West. The production of the mines of New Almaden had a direct and critical effect upon the success of California’s Gold Rush and Nevada’s silver strikes. 2) Unissued RN-G, New York Hill Gold Mining Co., c.1880s, F. Berton & Co. San Francisco dateline. The New York Hill Gold Mining Co. was incorporated in 1871 close to the North Star mine in Grass Valley. Hentsch & Berton were the successors in 1863 to Henry Hentsch's banking and assay business in San Francisco. Francis Berton bought out his partner in the late 1870’s. Blue on white; J.J. Evans print. Date: Location: California HWAC# 57611