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CRIPPLE CREEK MINING STOCK CERTIFICATES PAGE 9

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W.S. Stratton

July 22, 1848 - September 14, 1902

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STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE, LIMITED

 

 

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Issued December 11, 1908, uncancelled

Signed by The Earl of Cherterfield and F.S.G. Drury, as directors

Signed by Hy Richards, as secretary

One of the Cripple Creek District's most important gold mines.

Oversized certificate.

There were no stock issues on the Independence Mine of Cripple Creek, Colorado when W.S. Stratton owned this excellent gold producer.  The only issues available are those associated with the British mining company known as Stratton's Independence, Limited.

 

 

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"Conveyance of the Great Independence Mine"

 

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By Brian Levine

The Denver Westerners

Roundup, November - December 1987

Volume XLII, Number 6

 

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THE LONDON VENTURE CORPORATION, LIMITED

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Issued February 18, 1909, uncancelled

Parent company of Stratton's Independence, Limited.  The London Venture Corporation, Limited, as owned other Colorado mining companies, such The Camp Bird, Limited and the Tomboy Gold Mines, Limited.

British corporation.

Oversized certificate.

 

 

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THE PORTLAND GOLD MINING COMPANY

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Issued February 20, 1895; cancelled

Issued for 250,000 shares to W.S. Stratton, as treasurer of the Portland Gold Mining Company

Signed by James F. Burns, as president; and, Frank G. Peck, as secretary

Incorporated in Iowa; corporate seal affixed in Colorado Springs

 

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Check issued and signed by W.S. Stratton, on an account in the Exchange National Bank, December 29, 1901

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Issued to James Doyle and signed by Doyle on the back.

 

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The Stratton Cripple Creek Mining and Development Company

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Cripple Creek, Colorado; March 19, 1904

First National Bank of Cripple Creek, Colorado

 

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Winfield Scott Stratton

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The Exchange National Bank, Colorado Springs, Colorado

December 18, 1900

 

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Cabinet card of Battle Mountain

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Home of W.S. Stratton.  Photo by Morgan.

 

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THE PLYMOUTH ROCK MINING COMPANY

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Issued May 13, 1893; uncancelled

Incorporated in Colorado; corporate seal affixed in Fremont (Cripple Creek), Colorado

Cripple Creek mining company that owned the Lady Stith and Globe lodes, claims that became the central focus of W.S. Stratton's Gold Crater project.

 

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THE CHICAGO CRIPPLE CREEK GOLD MINING COMPANY

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Issued March 21, 1896; uncancelled

Printed on certificate: "Cripple Creek Gold Mining District"

Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago, Printers

Incorporated in Colorado

 

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The Stratton Cripple Creek Mining and Development Company

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W.S. Stratton, President and General Manager

Letterhead, Cripple Creek, Colorado

Out West Printing and Stationery Co., Colorado Springs

 

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THE FIGHT FOR THE STRATTON MILLIONS

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By David P. Strickler

Privately Printed by J.J. Lipsey, Western Books

Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1964

1 of 400 copies, signed by J.J. Lipsey

Original cream printed wrappers; 23 pages

 

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MIDAS OF THE ROCKIES

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The Story of Stratton and Cripple Creek

by Frank Waters

New York: Covici Friede, Publishers, 1937

Original gold-printed blue cloth binding; 344 pages; illustrations, and original dust jacket

 

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