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The South Side Milling and Mining Co. 1881 antique stock certificate

The South Side Milling and Mining Co. 1881 antique stock certificate

$ 42.21

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    Description

    Up for consideration is The South Side Milling and Mining Co. stock certificate from 1881:
    #181
    Issued to John J. McGowan for 25 shares on November 1, 1881
    Signed by J. L. Tabor as president and John J. McGowan as secretary
    Incorporated in Colorado
    Capital stock of ,000,000
    Printer:   Empire Lith. & Eng. Company, 243 to 249 Pearl Street, New York City.
    Datelined Leadville, Colorado
    Uncancelled
    Certificate in very good condition
    Beautiful vignette of a mountainside mining operation, small vignette lower right side of a miner, black print with gold overprint in lower center with company name in a diamond shape
    The South Side Milling and Mining Company owned mines in Leadville, Colorado (Lake County), in the Lackawanna Gulch area outside of Leadville (Lake Creek District). Company offices were in Leadville. The historic mining town of Leadville is situated at 10,152 feet in elevation, near the headwaters of the Arkansas River. The company owned two large mining claims in Lackawanna Gulch within a gold-rich quartzite ore vein.