Mollie Gibson Consolidated Mining & Milling Co. Stock Certificate [155310]
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Inc. in Iowa. No. 9442, issued for 200 shares to Gustav Lundberg on May 24th, 1895. Signed by Richard Bolles as vice-president and secretary Percy Hagerman. Not cancelled. Brown border and birds-eye view vignette of large mining facility. Printed by ABN. 7 x 11" Folds, pinholes. Richard Bolles was president of the Colorado Springs Mining Stock Exchange. Percy Hagerman was a businessman, outdoorsman, and well-known mountaineer who painted the mountains he was climbing. Hagerman Peak near Aspen is named for him. He inherited properties from his father, James J Hagerman, who owned and sold the Colorado Midland Railway Company and was an investor in the gold mines of Cripple Creek. The Mollie Gibson was located in 1880 in the Roaring Forks District . The vein was a contact 30 ft. wide containing spar and galena, 40% lead and 25 ounces silver per ton. By 1883, it had been developed by two shafts and a cross-cut. Ii was located on the east edge of Aspen, directly adjacent to the Aspen branch of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. It was a very important mine in Aspen; four pages of Spurr[x=#237/]s Geology of the Aspen Mining District are devoted to it. [Ref: 1883 CO Mining Directory, pg. 579]Date: 1895Country (if not USA): State: ColoradoCity: AspenProvenance:
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Mollie Gibson Consolidated Mining & Milling Co. Stock Certificate [155310]
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