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1886
THE STEPHENS TIN MINING, MILLING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY - Location
of Property, Pennington County, Dakota (printed beneath title). Scarce Dakota Territory certificate. Below is some info I found:
Organized
in September of 1885, under the Laws of the State of Pennsylvania.
Most of the officers were Scranton, Pennsylvania capitalists. The
company was named after Rev. J. G. Stephens,
pastor of a Methodist church in Clifford, PA, who heard about a rich
tin ore discovery in the Black Hills area. In his youth he was a miner
in Cornwall, England. He managed to raise capital for the operation
among a number of friends (and eventually more wealthy capitalists).
The original claims were purchased for $11,000. (Quite a sum in the
1880s!) Charles McMullen was company president, and G. F. Reynolds, secretary. This certificate was issued to Charles Henwood for 5 shares worth $100 each. Stock# 37. Price - $250 SOLD
1887 THE EUREKA MINING COMPANY - Incorporated Under the Laws of Dakota (Territory) - Issued to R.H. Driscoll who was a prominent banker and businessman in the Black Hills for many years. Office at Deadwood, Dakota. Hand-signed by Seth Bullock as president. Seth Bullock
was of course the first sheriff of this wild western mining town.
It is rare to see an uncancelled example of his signature.
SOLD
ANOTHER HISTORICAL NOTE: Some of the certificates offered below contain the signature of Daniel McLaughlin. He was the very first Mayor of Deadwood.
1909
CAMP CROOK MILLING COMPANY - Incorporated Under the Laws of the State
of South Dakota - Stock# 6 - This is the first certificate I have seen
from Camp Crook, South Dakota. From my research I get the impression it was a lumber mill. Shares in the company were worth $50 each. Signed by W. B. Padden as president.
Camp
Crook is a very small town located in Harding County, South Dakota,
on the Little Missouri River. It was originally named
Wickhamville, after the founding family.
Price - $120
SOUTH DAKOTA STOCK CERTIFICATES
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1912 WARREN PEAK MINES COMPANY - Pennington County - Rochford, South Dakota. Signed by G. W. Bock as secretary and Eugene A. Bock as president. Price - $65.00
1922 OSAGE UPTON OIL COMPANY - Deadwood, South Dakota
Price - $49.00
190_ MYRTLE MINING & MILLING COMPANY - Deadwood, South Dakota - Lawrence County. The property consisted of 205 acres on Box Elder Creek, near the Lucky Strike Mine. Unissued (Early 1900s)
Price - $42.00
190_ CONNERS TIN PRODUCTION COMPANY - Deadwood, South Dakota - Unissued but signed by Milton C. Conners (Early 1900s)
Price
1899-1901 SET OF 2 CHECKS - WHITEWOOD BANKING COMPANY - Whitewood, South Dakota - Devils Tower, Black Hills vignette. Price for both - $26.00
1892
CUSTER & MAUD MINING COMPANY - Lawrence County - Deadwood, South
Dakota - $500 Large Format Bond (only the top portion is shown)
Owned the General Custer Lode and Little Maud Lode Claims in the
Whitewood Quartz Mining District. Fully-issued
with corporate seal punched into bottom. DEADWOOD NATIONAL
BANK is stamped at the bottom. Reverse side is also very ornate. Signed
by M. J. Luther as president. Only 107
ever issued!!!
Price -$250 SOLD
1907
COLUMBUS CONSOLIDATED GOLD MINING COMPANY - Black Hills of South Dakota
- $500 Large Format Bond (Only the top portion is shown) Owned 625
acres north of the Homestake mining properties and extended northward
nearly a mile along the strike of the Homestake system of ore veins.
The property included the Old Colonel Shaft on Saw Pit Gulch, which was 200 feet deep. I also have a $100 (orange) and $1,000 (green) bond from this company. All are issued.
Price (your choice of bond) - $69.00
188_ CARBONATE FLUME COMPANY - Of Carbonate Mining Camp, Dakota - Deadwood, Dakota Territory - Unissued (1880s)
Price - $62.00
18__ COLUMBIA WATER COMPANY - Deadwood - Location of Property, Black Hills, South Dakota - Unissued (Late 1800s)
Price - $55.00
1892 THE MONITOR MINING COMPANY - Deadwood, Dakota - Issued to early Deadwood newspaper publisher Porter Warner. His actual signature is on the reverse.
Price - $275 SOLD
THE
MONITOR MINING COMPANY was incorporated in 1886, with $2,500,000 in
capital stock. It was closed corporation made up of very prominent
Black Hills mining men including D. A. Mcpherson, president; F. M. Allen,
secretary; Seth Bullock (later U.S.
Marshall and friend of Teddy Roosevelt); Harris Franklin, prominet
cattleman, and later president of the famous Golden
Reward Gold Mining & Milling Company; and George Cassell, who built
one of the first gold mills in the Black Hills. The
property consisted of 8 lode claims, 3 placer claims on Deadwood
Creek, flumes, water rights and Cassells' 25 ton mill. The gold-bearing
ore was a conglomerate or so-called cement ore. They were worked from
several tunnels, one a 1,000 feet long. The ore was mined from large
chambers, often 20 feet high and 100 feet wide. The values ran from $2
per ton to several hundred dollars per ton. The Monitor is estimated to
have produced over $200,000 in gold before it was sold to the Homestake
Mining Company in the spring of 1892. The selling price was $20,000.
Stock certificates from this company are scarce, since few were issued.
The officers and directors were also the majority of the stockholders.
Here are more certificates I have for sale from the MONITOR MINING COMPANY - Early Deadwood, Dakota gold mine.
1886 - Stock# 64 - Issued to Daniel McLaughlin for 500 shares worth $10 each. Signed by D. A. Mcpherson as president and W.L. McLaughlin as secretary.
Price - $200
1886 - Stock# 65 - Issued to Daniel McLaughlin for 500 shares. Signed by D. A. Mcpherson as president and W.L. McLaughlin as secretary.
Price - $200
1886 - Stock# 70 - Issued to Sparks & Allen for 1,000 shares. Signed by D. A. Mcpherson as president.
Price - $200 SOLD
1890 - Stock# 162 - Issued to H. B. Young for 500 shares. Signed by Daniel McLaughlin as president.
Price - $160 SOLD
1890 - Stock# 165 - Issued to H. B. Young for 300 shares. Signed by Daniel McLaughlin as president and W.L. McLaughlin as secretary.
Price - $160
1890 - Stock# 167 - Issued to Mrs. Mary S. Martin for 100 shares. Signed by Daniel McLaughlin as president and W.L. McLaughlin as secretary.
Price - $160
1890 - Stock# 169 - Issued to W.L. McLaughlin who was the company secretary for 1,500 shares. Signed by Daniel McLaughlin as president.
Price - $160
1890 - Stock# 186 - Issued to Charles C. Polk for 500 shares. Signed by Daniel McLaughlin as president and W.L. McLaughlin as secretary. Also signed on reverse by Mary Louise Allen and Suzy Allen. Price - $175
1886 SPRUCE GULCH MINING COMPANY - Incorporated (in June of 1886) Under the Laws of Dakota Territory - Location of Mines, Spruce Gulch
printed in the seal. Spruce Gulch was named after the abundance of
Spruce Trees covering the hillsides in this area, located about 2 miles
from Deadwood. Company offices were at Deadwood and this rare
certificate was printed there, by Pioneer Print. The bold $5.00 in the center is a shiny-silver color. I believe this was a silver mining operation. Price - $295 SOLD
1896 COLLINGWOOD MINING COMPANY of DEADWOOD, DAKOTA - Incorporated Under the Laws of the Territory of Dakota, May, 1886. Location of Mines, Carbonate, Dakota (printed in the center of the company seal). Issued for a whopping 40,000 shares worth $10 each.
Price - $175 SOLD
