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| CRIPPLE CREEK MINING STOCK CERTIFICATES PAGE 9 _____________________ W.S. STRaTTON July 22, 1848 - September 14, 1902
_________________________ STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE, LIMITED
Issued September 19, 1900, uncancelled. Signed by Theo. R.W. Baker 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. This is the first issue for this famous Cripple Creek gold mine.
Price with photograph: $5,000.00 _________________________________ "Conveyance of the Great Independence Mine" By Brian Levine. The Denver Westerners. Roundup, November - December 1987. Volume XLII, Number 6 ___________________________
THE LONDON VENTURE CORPORATION, LIMITED 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. ____________________________________
THE PORTLAND GOLD MINING COMPANY 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 ____________________________________ Check issued and signed by W.S. Stratton, on an account in the Exchange National Bank, December 29, 1901 Issued to James Doyle and signed by Doyle on the back. Price: $2,500.00 __________________________
The Stratton Cripple Creek Mining and Development Company Cripple Creek, Colorado; March 19, 1904. First National Bank of Cripple Creek, Colorado ______________________________
Winfield Scott Stratton The Exchange National Bank, Colorado Springs, Colorado. December 18, 1900 Price: $950.00 __________________________________ Cabinet card of Battle Mountain Home of W.S. Stratton. Photo by Morgan. _________________________________
THE PLYMOUTH ROCK MINING COMPANY 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. Price: $4,000.00 _______________________________________
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The Stratton Cripple Creek Mining and Development Company W.S. Stratton, President and General Manager. Letterhead, Cripple Creek, Colorado. Out West Printing and Stationery Co., Colorado Springs Price for letter: $400.00 ________________________________ THE FIGHT FOR THE STRATTON MILLIONS 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 __________________________________
MIDAS OF THE ROCKIES 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. ____________________________________ More Cripple Creek mining stock certificates on the following web pages: Cripple Creek stock certificates Cripple Creek Mining Stock Certificates Page 2 Cripple Creek Mining Stock Certificates Page 3 Cripple Creek Mining Stock Certificates Page 4 Cripple Creek Mining Stock Certificates Page 5 Cripple Creek Mining Stock Certificates Page 6 Cripple Creek Mining Stock Certificates Page 7 Cripple Creek Mining Stock Certificates Page 8 Cripple Creek Mining Stock Certificates Page 9 Cripple Creek Mining Stock Certificates Page 10 Cripple Creek Mining Stock Certificates Page 11 Cripple Creek Mining Stock Certificates Page 12 Cripple Creek Mining Stock Certificates Page 13 Cripple Creek Mining Stock Certificates Page 14 ______________________ Contact us or (970) 349-7079 _________________________________________________________ |
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