Nevada Territory. Illinois Gold and Silver Mining Co., 1863, I/U Stock

Lander County..., Nevada Territory, August 5, 1863. 5 Shares Capital Stock I/U Stock Certificate, Illinois Gold and Silver Mining Company, Smoky Valley Ledge, Smoky Valley Mining District, Lander County, N.T., Stock certificate #28 for 5 shares, issued to W.D. Messer. Signed by secretary D. VanVleck and president Wm. H. Stevens. Three vignettes: mine with paddlewheel, allegorical woman, dog head. Ultra-rare location, Adhesive 25 cents revenue stamp Scott R43b, part perforated, S/N 28, VF to XF condition with light stains at margin. Printed by Waters Brothers & Co., SF. Incorporated June 30, 1863, with $120,000 capital stock (1,200 shares at $100 each), the company operated at Smoky Valley Ledge, Smoky Valley Mining District, Lander County, Nevada Territory, bounded by the ridge dividing Smoky and Reese River valleys, the Overland Stage road, Smoky Valley, and a line ten miles south of Birch Creek, taking in the Toiyabe Range's eastern slope. An ultra-rare certificate location

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