La Crosse Gold Mining Company 1897 antique stock certificate – Colorado

Description

Up for consideration is a La Crosse Gold Mining Company stock certificate from 1897:
#4839
Issued to Hal Sayre Jr. for 1,000 shares on July 3, 1897
Signed by Henry Belden as president and Edward T. Washell as secretary
Incorporated in New York
Capital stock of ,000,000
Datelined New York
Printer: W. E. Badeau, New York City
Stamp cancelled
Certificate in good condition
The La Crosse Gold Mining Company mines were located on Quartz Hill in the Central City-Blackhawk Mining District, Gilpin County, Colorado. Mines produced rich gold and silver-bearing ores primarily from the Burroughs Lode (and adjacent lodes) where the company owned several mining claims about one mile southwest of the mining town of Central City on the crest of Quartz Hill (previously called South Nevada Mountain). The La Crosse Tunnel provided access to the company’s mines. The company had a long and successful mining history in their Quartz Hill mines.