Archives International Auctions Sale 66 April 23, 2021 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Historic Financial Ephemera and Security Printing Ephemera

Archives International Auctions - Sale 66 134 April 23, 2021 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Arizona 935 935 Mineral Bed Consolidated Mining Company of Arizona Arizona, 1881, 1000 Shs., Issued Stock., Mining Vignette with Large Red Overprint,, VF. ������������ Est. $100-150 Arizona Territory Historic Arizona Gold Mining Certificate. 936 936 The Gold Mining Company, 1888 I/U Stock Certificate Rarity. Arizona (Incorporated in West Virginia and issued in Washington, D.C.), 1888, 1000 Shares, I/U stock certificate. Amazing and classic early Arizona stock certificate, 14.5 by 8.75 inches. S/N 598. Green border with green title, corporate seal and text with gold undertint of map of Music Mountains and Vicinity, Gold mountain on right, map with labeled railroad tracks for the A. &P.RR as well as different cities, counties, mountains and mines labeled. Extremely rare and popular certificate. XF condition with great colors and fresh appearance. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������Est. $1500-2500 California 937 937 Bodie Bluff Consolidated Gold Mining Co. 1879 I/U Stock Certificate Bodie Mining District, Mono Cty, California, 1879. 100 Shares I/U Capital Stock Certificate, S/N 160, Black text with black border. VF condition. ��������������� Est. $140-280 938 938 Calaveras Water and Mining Co., 1881 I/U Gold Bond. Calaveras, California. 1881, $1000 I/U 6% Gold Coupon Bond, Black on brown border, Hand signed by company president I. T. Marshall and secretary J. K. Southwick. Coupons No. 3 through 60 remain attached. Certificate is about 11.5” x 16”. The property was located 3.5 miles north of Milton and included the Whiskey Hill gravel mine and a series of water ditches 21 miles in length. The Calaveras Water and Mining Company was organized in 1880 to mine placer gold from sands and gravels along creek and river beds in Calaveras County, California. The property was located about 3.5 miles north of the former mining camp of Milton, California and included the Whiskey Hill gravel mine and a series of water ditches over 20 miles in length. The ditches cost approximately $30,000 to construct and were supported by a series of reservoirs. Calaveras County is located between the North Fork of the Stanislaus River (to the south) and the North Fork of the Mokelumne River (to the north). Placer gold mining in the Sierra Nevada foothills near the towns of Murphy’s, Molkumne Hill, Angels Camp, and San Andreas (Calaveras County) was booming at this time, either using sluice boxes or hydraulic methods using pumps and pressure jet hoses. From the 1850s until the end of the 19th century, this area was one of the richest of California’s Mother Lode Gold Rush. The Calaveras Water and Mining Company was one of many companies in this area that were organized to mine gold by channeling water using ditches, canals, and flumes to various placer gold mining operations in the foothills. Hydraulic placer gold mining requires large volumes of water to separate gold from surface sands and gravels by running through a sluice box or other equipment to recover the gold. Calaveras County is best known for Mark Twain’s story about the famous jumping frog contest. Franklin BNC. ����������������������������������������� Est. $75-120 939 939 Standard Consolidated Mining Co., 1880’s Unique Specimen Stock Certificate Used as a Model. Bodie, California. Lot includes 2 pieces: Odd Shares Specimen Capital Stock Certificate in Fine condition with elements cut out and removed; also includes new text that is cut out which can be placed over the proof stock certificate to exhibit the requested changes. Exceptional Coin vignette in middle with cherub holding onto 1879 dated gold coin, Standard Consolidated Mining was located in Bodie, California, which became a boom town in 1876 after the discovery of a profitable line of gold. The town went into decline in the subsequent decades and came to be described as a ghost town by 1915. The U.S. Department of the Interior recognizes the designated Bodie Historic District as a National Historic Landmark. ABNC. � Est. $200-300 Colorado 940 940 Little Diamond Consolidated Mining Co. 1882 Stock Certificate Leadville, Colorado, 1882. 500 Shares I/U Capital Stock Certificate, S/N 137, Black text with red border and undertint, Men at work in mine at top center. VF condition. � Est. $80-140