Archives International Auctions Auction 95 July 23, 2024

Archives International Auctions - Sale 95 96 July 23, 2024 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Maryland and Cuba 421 421 Baltimore Copper Co. 1869. I/U Stock Certificate Baltimore, Maryland, and Cuba. 1869. 4 Shares, I/U Stock Certificate, Black printing with black border, large patriotic eagle under title in middle with the old name of the company being held by the eagle on a ribbon “The Baltimore and Cuba Smelting & Mining Co.”, a 25 cent revenue stamp at right, S/N 205, VF-XF condition. �� Est. $140-280 Nevada 422 422 Andes Silver Mining Co., 1876 I/U Stock Certificate Signed by Civil War General George S. Dodge. Virginia Mining District, Storey County, Nevada. (Offices in San Francisco, CA.), 10 Shares, I/U stock certificate, Ornate title with logo at left, S/N 7494, VF-XF condition with small pin holes from being attached to document. Signed by Geo. S. Dodge as president. Dodge received a historic silver ingot. ”The Ingot Recipient, George Sullivan Dodge was a decorated Civil War veteran, who was brought to the West Coast about 1871 to manage the monstrous new silver company in Eureka, the Eureka Consolidated. The mine was so rich that it rivaled the best of the Comstock, ultimately producing over $20 million from 1873 to 1906 alone. Dodge’s office was in San Francisco, right in the center of the Montgomery Street business section (Bank of California, etc.) where most of the financial ends of the Comstock mining barons took place. Dodge appears to have been appointed the first president of the Company, with the attendant job of getting the mine into profitable and large scale production. He was in charge of hiring the best mining men and putting together a mining crew to rival the best on the Comstock. George Sullivan Dodge (August 3, 1838 - August 24, 1881) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War, a United States consul to Bremen, Germany and a merchant. Dodge, the son of William P. and Nancy B. Dodge (1806-1853), was born on August 4, 1838, in Irasburg, Orleans County, Vermont, Dodge became a prominent merchant. With the outbreak of hostilities in the American Civil War, Dodge entered a volunteer regiment for the Union Army and was appointed colonel in the army’s Quartermaster Department. During the war’s later years, he served as Chief Quartermaster of the Army of the James under Major General Benjamin F. Butler and later under Major General Edward O.C. Ord. On January 26, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln nominated Dodge for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general to rank from January 15, 1865 for his last-minute resupply of beleaguered Union forces at the Second Battle of Fort Fisher ( January 13–15, 1865) and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on February 14, 1865. He later participated in the Battle of Wilmington (February 11–22, 1865). After the war, Dodge served as the United States Consul in Bremen, Germany (1866-1869) �� Est. $90-160 423 423 Cosmopolitan Mining Co., 1875, I/U stock Certificate. Devils Gate District, Storey County, Nevada. (Offices in San Francisco, CA.), 1875, 100 Shares Capital Stock I/U Certificate, Black with ornate title and small mining scene in the large letter “C”, S/N 752, VF to Choice VF with small pin holes on left side of certificate. �� Est. $90-160 Nevada Territory 424 424 Stranger Gold and Silver Mining Co. 1864 I/U Stock Certificate. Austin, Nevada Territory, December 12, 1864, Horizontal 25 1/4 Shs, I/U stock certificate, black border on light peach underprint, ore wagon going to smelter or mine, revenue stamp attached, XF condition. Mines located at Reese River District, Lander County, N.T. �� Est. $200-400 New Mexico 425 425 Chino Copper Co. I/C Stock Certificate Group of 18, ca. 1911-17 New Mexico, (Inc. in Maine), 1911-1917. 18 pieces, all are Issued and Cancelled Stock Certificates: 6 are 100 Shares in orange; 12 are <100 Shares in green. All have Cancelled stamps and/or POCs. Fine condition, ABNC. (18) �� Est. $80-140