Archives International Auctions Auction 99 February 5, 2025

Archives International Auctions - Sale 99 85 February 5, 2025 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Nevada 409 409 Nevada. 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.), 1876, 10 Shares, I/U stock certificate, Ornate title with logo at left, S/N 7491, 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 miningmen 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. $150-250 Various States 410 410 Mining Related Issued Bond Trio, 1851 to 1879. Various States, 1851- 79. Lot of 3 Issued Bonds, Includes: Le Nouveux Monde (for Working Gold Mines in California) 5 Shares I/U Cert, 1851; Citizens Bank 33/100th of a Share Capital Stock I/C Cert., 1876; Silver Chord Mining Co. 1000 Shares Capital Stock I/U Cert., 1879. Certificates range from Fine to VF condition. (3). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted........ ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $120-180 Washington, Utah and Montana 411 411 Washington, Utah and Montana Mining Collection of I/U & I/C Stock and Bond Certificates, 1890 to 1901 Washington, Utah and Montana, 1890-1901. Lot of 4 I/U and I/C Stock and Bond Certificates, Includes: Salt Lake City, Utah. Niagara Mining and Smelting Co. 50 Shrs I/U Cert., 1890; Montana. Elizabeth Mining Co. 100 Shares I/U Cert., 1891; Utah. Niagara Mining and Smelting Co., $500 I/C Coupon Bond, 1893; and, Snokomish, Washington. Conservative Mining Co. 250 Shares I/U Cert., 1901. Certificates range from VF to AU condition. (4). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $140-200 Various States 412 412 Mining Collection of I/U, I/C, and U/U Stocks and Bonds, ca.1890s to 1935 Various States, ND (1890s)-1935. Lot of 15+ Stock and Bond Certificates, Includes Alaska British Columbia Metals Co., 1921; Butt Mountain Coal Co., K&J Coal Co. Inc., Black Diamond Coal Co., Mountain Top Mining Co., Oreano Mining Co., American Mines and Smelting Co. and more. Certificates range from Fine to XF condition. (16). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. �������������������������������������������������� Est. $160-280