Archives International Auctions Auction 80 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2022: Lots 1 to 826 in 2 SESSIONS

Archives International Auctions - Sale 80 148 October 25, 2022 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 733 733 Mother Lode Copper Mines of Alaska, 1916 Specimen Bond. Alaska (Inc. in Washington). $100, 1st Mortgage 6% 10 Year Gold Coupon Bond, Brown border, Abraham Lincoln portrait in oval frame over title, this was the only example of the $100 found in the ABN archives in 2002. Rare Alaska mining company. VF. ABNC. ����� Est. $150-250 California 734 734 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. $120-240 Georgia 735 735 Etowah River Mining Co., ca.1880-1890 Specimen Stock Certificate Georgia. Odd Shares Capitol Stock Specimen Certificate. Black print with an ornate black geometric border. Vignette of a river dredge on the river. Specimen overprints, POC’s, XF condition with some minor staining on right side. ������������ Est. $100-200 Maryland 736 736 Maryland & NewYork Iron & Coal Co., 1840 I/U Bond Maryland. £100 Pounds Sterling Issued and Uncancelled 6% Coupon Bond, Black print on black border, Group of allegorical men at top center, 12 coupons on bottom. Low SN #12, VF-XF condition. RW&H, NY. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $300-500