The Miner Boy Mining Co. Stock Certificate
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Green stock with white edge and black border. Inc. in Colorado. No. 2728. Uncancelled. Issued to B. Atkins by Geo. Blass (?), Secretary and A. A. McLeod, President on 28 October 1881. Also signed by the Mining Trust Company's representative. Signed by Atkins on reverse and a witness. Vignette of miners working underground. Measures approx. 11" x 7 ½." Condition: the upper right corner and right side and right bottom corner have discoloration and some wrinkles. Carl Swift wrote that this mine was located on the eastern slope of Breece Hill just above Evans Gulch. The mine was discovered on March 27, 1879 by Peter Conley, M.C. Kennedy, James Dahoney, etc., who sold it on June 17, 1879 to A.A. McLeod for $75,000. The mine soon had three shafts, down 490 ft., 5 levels and 250 ft. of drifts producing 20 tons per day. Assays showed 1029 ozs. silver per ton, and 945 ozs. gold per ton. The minerals produced were pyrargyrite, free gold, and tetrahedrite. By 1880 the mine was employing 35 miners with assaying showing 600 ounces of gold per ton [Ref: Griswold, 1996 pgs. 236, 386, 426, 429, 49L, 571]. Leadville, CO
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The Miner Boy Mining Co. Stock Certificate
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