Archives International Auctions Auction 71 November 23, 2021 U.S. & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Security Printing Ephemera, and Historic Financial Ephemera

Archives International Auctions - Sale 71 111 November 23, 2021 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 543 543 RoweAlaskaCo. 1904 I/UStockCertificate. Alaska (Inc. in NY). 1904, 250 Shares. I/U stock. Green border. No vignette. Fine condition with small separations on bottom and top border folds. Broun-Green Co. ������������������������������������������������������ Est. $85-150 544 544 Turnagain Arm Gold Mining Co. 1903 Alaska Stock Certificate. Alaska (Inc. in Arizona), 1903, 157 Shares, I/U stock certificate, Green border with Eagle on UL, Gold Company seal, VG condition with toning and small fold splits on edges. Mines probably located in the Hope-Sunrise area on the Turnagain Arm side of the Kenai Peninsula, where gold was discovered in 1895. This area is not far from the very first discovery of gold in Alaska by the Russians in 1849. Scarce Alaska mining stock. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $130-200 California 545 545 Bodie Bluff Consolidated Gold Mining Co. 1879 I/U Stock Certificate Bodie Mining District, Mono Co., California, 1879. 100 Shares I/U Capital Stock Certificate, S/N 151, Black text with black border and no underprint, Company crest is depicted at top left corner. VF condition, with some slight toning at bottom left corner. Signed by M.P. Minot as president. ������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $160-280 546 546 Mechanics’ Mining Co., 1876 I/U Stock Certificate, Located at “Sutter Creek” Sutter Creek, Amador County, California. 4 Shares, I/U, S/N 3, Issued to J. Randolph and signed by T.M.Elroy as president, no vignette, “1320 Feet in Mine” with “Each foot divided into 25 shares”, VF condition. Famous location where the California gold rush began. John Sutter’s discovery of gold at nearby Coloma in January 1848 triggered the California Gold Rush. After all his workers left him to go on their own hunts for gold, Sutter moved to Mormon Island with a couple of hands. After about two weeks miners flooded the island, so Sutter and his hands left and returned to Sutter Creek. Sutter said: “I broke up the camp and started on the march further south, and located my next camp on Sutter Creek”, now in Amador County. Although plenty of placer gold was found there, gold-bearing quartz deposits were discovered in 1851, and mining those deposits for gold became the mainstay of the local economy for many years. With the prosperity brought by quartz mining, Sutter Creek became a boomtown. By 1932, the Central Eureka mine, begun in 1869, had reached the 2,300- foot (700 m) level. By 1939, it was the best-paying mine in Sutter Creek. The mines continued operations until 1942, when most gold mines were closed for manpower reasons during World War II. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-400 Colorado 547 547 Defender Gold Mining Co. 1899 I/U Stock Certificate Cripple Creek, Colorado, 1899. 2000 Shares I/U Capital Stock Certificate, Ship sailing at top left, Black printing with dark gold rope border and blue undertint, Pin punched share amount “2000”. Fine to VF condition with minor splits along folds and edges and missing at bottom left corner tip, Gowdy Printing. ���������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $110-220