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United Smelter, Railway and Copper Company

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Mining Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
United Smelter, Railway and Copper Company
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A lot of three certificates from this mining and railroad company issued in 1909. U/C. Very attractive large size certificates measure 12î x 9î. A railroad vignette at the top with the caption ñSaratoga and Encampment Railwayî and a oval vignette of a smelter at the bottom with the caption ñSmelter and Reduction Works at Encampment, Wyomingî. Black and green on crme. Jacobs and Holmes, Chicago, printer. This company was the successor to the Penn-Wyoming Copper Company, holding 91% of the outstanding stock by 1909. The companyÍs mine office was at Rudefeha, Carbon County. Operations of the Penn-Wyoming were greatly hampered by lack of rail facilities, but the Saratoga & Encampment Railway was completed by this company at a cost of $1 million. The Penn-WyomingÍs history was marked by a series of scandals and assorted mishaps with the 1908 Copper Handbook devoting nearly 8 pages to this company. Lands controlled by the company included the holdings of the Battle Lake Tunnel Site Mining Co. as well as the Ferris-Haggarty mine, discovered 1898. Massive debt and shady operators had the 1910 Copper Handbook suggesting that the whole lot should be jailed. EF. æ Date , WY hwac 10073