BERTHA & EDITH GOLD MINING Stock 1878 Columbia Goochland Co, VA Gen J.E. Mulford

Description

The
Bertha & Edith Gold Mining Company
. Stock issued November 20,
1878 at New York City. Incorporated in the State of New York.
Certificate
No. 4455
was issued to
J. M. Smith (company secretary) for 100 shares
of capital stock ( per share). Company capital was
0,000
. Hand signed by company
vice president John Elmer Mulford (see bio below)
and
secretary J. M. Smith
. Certificate is about 7” x 10”. Black print with red overprint on left and right borders on vellum paper.
Vignette showing a group of men shoveling gravel into gold sluices, with a rocker-box in use.
The Bertha and Edith Mine was on the east side of the Byrd Creek located in the James River Basin, in Goochland County, Virginia three miles northeast of Columbia. Prior to the Civil War, placer gravels were worked along the Maple and Camp tributaries of Byrd Creek, yielding a large quantity of gold. In 1877, the Bertha and Edith Gold Mining Company bought the mineral rights and began development work opening the Oak Hill and Maple Branch quartz veins. Some time later, a 20-stamp mill was erected to crush the rock and recover the ore. Historically the site has been part of the Virginia Gold Pyrite Belt Mining District that was first discovered before 1861. The ore mined is composed of pyrite and gold with waste material consisting primarily of quartz, limonite and magnetite. The host rock in this area is gneiss. The Piedmont Upland of the Appalachian Highlands characterize the geomorphology of the surrounding area.
John Elmer Mulford (1829 – 1908) was a prominent railroad executive and manufacturer from Tioga County, New York. Mulford was also a Brigadier General in the Union Army during the Civil War who fought in several important battles.
Condition:  Very Fine++
, light folds, minor creasing, no tears, minor signs of wear/handling/toning (see photos),
uncancelled.
Printer:
Maverick & Wissinger, New York City.
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