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Vulcan Gold & Silver Mining Company Stock, Ouray 1880

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Mining Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
Vulcan Gold & Silver Mining Company Stock, Ouray 1880
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Cert. #19, issued to Shala W. Eldridge for 200 shares in 1880. Incorporated in New York. Signed by Lewis Jones as president and Meredith L. Jones as secretary. The company incorporated in 1879 in New York city. The company owned the Vulcan lode, 300 x 1500 feet; situated on the south slope of Potosi Mountain, 6 1/2 mi. sw of Ouray, Mt. Sneffles district. The lode was patented in 1879; vein a fissure from eight to twelve feet wide, pay streak 12 inches, containing galena with some brittle and ruby silver in a quartz gangue, milling when sorted on average fifty ounces of silver per ton. The Vulcan lode was developed by one tunnel 100 foot long on the vein and one fifteen-foot crosscut (Corregan and Lingane, 1883). In fine, uncancelled condition.  City: Ouray State: Colorado Date: 1880 hwac# 35445