Vast collection of Mariposa Companies Mining Stocks including some very rare pieces! Mariposa Company, Inc. New York in 1863 Certificate no. 4732 issued to Wheeler and Peters for 50 shares at $100 each on Jun 12, 1869. Signed by president Philip W. Holmes and secretary James H. Ferdon. Black border and print, red seal on reverse by J. O. Seymour & Co., NY. The printed seal has a butterfly ("mariposa") at its center, a register stamp at center bottom of the Bankers and Brokers Association, vignette at top of miners shoveling ore at a mill. 2x 25c US IR Stamps to left with tied cancels. Handwritten notary seal on reverse from Nov 3th, 1872. Certificate no.1222 issued to Wm. & John O'Brian for 50 shares at $100 each on Dec 31, 1863. Signed by president James Hoy and secretary Geo.W. Farlee. Black border and print, red seal on reverse by Latimer Bros. & Seymour, NY. The printed seal has a butterfly ("mariposa") at its center, vignette at top of miners shoveling ore at a mill. One 25c US IR Stamps on left. Very rare. Certificate no. 897 issued to Stone, Nichols & Stone for 100 shares at $100 each on May 7, 1866. Signed by vice president David B. Turner and secretary J.H.Ferdon. Red border and print by PW Derham, NY. The printed seal has a butterfly ("mariposa") at its center, vignette at top of miners shoveling ore at a mill. One 25c US IR Stamps on left. Additional, cancelled 25 c stamp on back, signed on May 8, 1866, not cancelled. Very early issue! Mariposa Land & Mining Company 1. Certificate for $1000 Bond - Yielding 7% per Annum; signed by Solomon Heydenfeldt as president and Leonard Leavitt as secretary. Bond no. 92 issued in July 1875 in New York, approved in San Francisco, Dec 15, 1875. Not cancelled. 19 out of 20 coupons at $35 each remain attached starting Jan 1877 through to Jan of 1886. 2 vignettes, one of a miner examining a stream for gold with a lumber milling the background (depicting the gold discovery by John Marshall at Sutter's Mill) and another of a wagon train fighting off an Indian ambush. Black print by Continental Bank Note Co., New York. 2. Common Stock Cert. no. 2057 issued to J.E. Carrington on Feb 10, 1880.Signed by president Solomon Heydenfeldt and secretary Robert Cranford. Green border and black print by National Bank Note Co., CA. Not cancelled. In PMG holder, graded 55, about uncirculated. 3. Common Stock Cert. no. A809, issued to Fred Brumagim for 25 shares on Mar 15, 1881. Signed by vice president Mark Brumagim and secretary Robert Cranford. Countersigned on left by registrar of Farmers Loan and Trust Company on Mar 16, 1881. Red/orange border and black print by National Bank Note Co. Not cancelled. Fine California- themed vignette of an allegorical woman, a bear to her feet and miners working on the left. 4. Preferred Stock Cert. no. A172, issued to Benjamin M. Stilwell for 1 share on May 29, 1879. Signed by president Solomon Heydenfeldt and secretary Robert Cranford. Countersigned by Farmers Loan and Trust Company on May 29, 1879 in New York. Signed by Stilwell on May 31, 1879 in presence of Fred Brumagim. Not cancelled. Fine California- themed vignette of an allegorical woman, a bear to her feet and miners working on the left. 5. Common Stock Cert. no. 972 issued to Joslyn Bach & Co. for 100 shares at $100 each on Dec 15, 1874. Signed by vice president Solomon Heydenfeldt and secretary Robert Cranford. Brown border and black print by National Bank Note Co. Multiple assessment stamps on back. Not cancelled. Fine California- themed vignette of an allegorical woman, a bear to her feet and miners working on the left. 6. Common Stock Cert. no. 562 issued to Van Schaick & Co. for 100 shares at $100 each on Feb 18, 1873. Signed by president Mark Brumagim and secretary Gary Ferdon(?). Red border and print by PW Derham Stationer, NY. Multiple assessment stamps on back. Not cancelled. The printed seal has a butterfly ("mariposa") at its bottom, right corner, vignette at top of miners shoveling ore at a mill. 7. Preferred Stock, Cert. no.1716 issued to A.M. Dobecki for 100 shares at $100 each on Feb 10, 1880. Signed by vice president Solomon Heydenfeldt and secretary Robert Cranford. Countersigned on left by the Farmers Loan and Trust Company on Feb 11, 1880.Signed by Dobecki on reverse plus 3 assessment stamps. Brown border, black print, fine California- themed vignette of an allegorical woman, a bear to her feet and miners working on the left. In 1863, the Mariposa Mining Company of New York was established to organize mining operations on the 70 square miles of John C. Fremont's Las Mariposas Estate in Mariposa County, California, and included the mineral rights not previously obtained over a property area of over 70 square miles. Fremont then reclaimed the property which had been illegally claimed and developed by others. He tried to obtain financing to continue to develop the mines on the property. However, the Civil War had started and in January 1863, Fremont, then a Major-General in the Union Army, sold Rancho Las Mariposas with its mines and infrastructure to Morris Ketchum, a New York City banker, who formed a public corporation, the Mariposa Company incorporated in 1863 and sold stock. Later that year, Frederick Law Olmsted, noted New York architect, came to Mariposa as superintendent for the Mariposa Company. Olmstead was not a mining expert however, and he administered investments in stamp mills, tunnels, shafts, and the other infrastructure related to nearby mining towns. The Mariposa Company was incorporated in 1863 and by the next year had five mines and five mills operating. The estate encompassed Bear Valley and was encircled by Mount Bullion on the east and the lower foothills of the Sierra Nevada on the west. The Merced River ran along the northern line of the property. The Mariposa Mining Company operated, with some difficulty and constant litigation over title to the estate, until 1874, when it was bought out by the newly formed Mariposa Land and Mining Company of California, which assumed complete ownership of the Mariposa Estate. This new company owned and managed all facets of life on the estate, including the mines, water power, quartz mills, mill dams, engines, ore houses, dwellings, and stores. The principal mines on the estate were the Princeton, Josephine, Pine Tree, Linda, Green Gulch, Mariposa, and Mount Ophir mines. Ore was treated at the Ophir Mills, located on the Merced River and powered by means of the Benton Dam (and, after 1900, by the Benton Mills hydroelectric power plant). The richest gold quartz ore came from the Princeton Mine. The Mariposa Mining Company operated, with some difficulty and constant litigation over title to the estate, until 1874, when it was bought out by the newly formed Mariposa Land and Mining Company of California, which assumed complete ownership of the Mariposa Estate. John C. FrÈmont's wealth declined after investing heavily and purchasing an unsuccessful Pacific Railroad in 1866. FrÈmont served as Governor of Arizona appointed by President Rutherford B. Hayes and served from 1878 to 1881. FrÈmont, retired from politics and financially destitute, died in New York City in 1890. Franklin Collection. Mariposa California