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West Potosi Mining Stock, Rare [183726]

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Mining Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 250.00 USD
West Potosi Mining Stock, Rare [183726]
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West Potosi Mining Company, incorporated in the State of Nevada on December 22, 1886. Location Virginia District, State of Nevada" (printed at bottom center). Certificate No. 36 issued to R.R. Grayson on January 6, 1887. Signed by Thomas Cole (president) and R.R. Grayson (secretary). Uncanceled. Black border and print. Vignette of two miners inspecting ore (top left). Printed by Bosqui & Co., San Francisco. 4x8.75".

The Potosi Mine was discovered in 1860 and located in Virginia City, adjacent to the Chiolar ad Hale & Norcross mines. Litigation in the 1860s forced the Chollar and Potosi to merge. They split apart again in the late 1870s.