Leadville mining stock certificates.
Collecting mining stock certificates, or scripophily, is another way of entering
and/or researching the history of Leadville, Colorado. These pieces of
printed paper represent financial transactions that form part of our historical
perception of the past. Ornate engravings may attract the collector, but
it historical significance that defines the ultimate intrinsic value of a mining
stock certificate.
LEADVILLE,
COLORADO PAGE TWO
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THE ANACONDA EXTENSION GOLD MINING COMPANY
Issued August 18, 1892, uncancelled
Signed by H.A.W. Tabor as president
Several folds, otherwise in very good plus condition.
Horace Tabor was Leadville's Silver King. His history
became Colorado legend.
Although Tabor had tied a significant amount of his wealth
to silver mining, he was convinced by several of his business partners -- D.H.
Moffat, Eben Smith, R.H Reid, O.H.P. Baxter, among others -- to diversify into
gold mining properties. And thus, he invested in this Cripple Creek gold
mine, not far from Moffat and Smith's Anaconda Gold Mining Company.
This is a rare certificate, even more so when issued and
uncancelled.
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LITTLE PITTSBURGH CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPANY
Stock certificate issued October 10, 1881, uncancelled, very
good condition. Some light age signs on bottom edge. This was the
Leadville silver mine which catapulted H.A.W. Tabor into historic riches and
fame. The Little Pittsburg Mine was where Tabor found the mining partners
he would invest with most of the rest of his life. Two of these noted
partners were Eben Smith and D.H. Moffat. The Little Pittsburg became one
of Leadville's exceptional silver producers; however, Tabor sold a good portion
of his shares to invest in other properties, including the Hibernia
Consolidated, Matchless, Mexico mines, Gothic properties, and the Fairview
(Anaconda Extension) in Cripple Creek.
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THE MINER BOY MINING COMPANY
Stock certificate issued November 4, 1881, uncancelled; two
folds, very good plus condition. Company's mining property was located on
Breece Hill, California Mining District, near Leadville, Colorado (re: Page 427,
1883 Colorado Mining Directory, compiled by Corregan and Lingane).
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