THE SILVERTON RAILROAD COMPANY
3-Foot Narrow Gauge built in the mountainous terrain of San Juan County, Colorado
Silverton to Albany, Colorado
OTTO MEARS conceived and financed
1888 – 1926
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First type of Silverton Railroad pass issued
Issued 1888, #A277 to G. H. Stoiber and signed by G. H. Stoiber on back of pass.
THE SILVERTON RAILROAD, 1888, “buckskin pass,” #A277, issued to gold mining magnate, Gustavus H. Stoiber.
Silverton Railroad was opened in January 1888.
Printed by the John Morris Lithograph Company, Chicago, Illinois and
actually made out of “buckskin.”
Signed in original pen by OTTO MEARS, as president and General Manager.
Issued to Gustavus H. Stoiber, partner in THE STOIBER SAMPLING WORKS (Silverton, Colorado); president of THE BANK OF SILVERTON (Silverton, Colorado); owner of THE IOWA GOLD MINING AND MILLING COMPANY (near Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado); owner of THE TIGER MINING AND MILLING CO. (near Silverton, Colorado); member of THE SILVERTON BOARD OF TRADE, 1883 – 1905.
The Silverton Railroad pass #277, issued 1888, to Gustavus H. Stoiber; signed by Stoiber on back of pass.
This specific railroad artifact has the added value of being signed by this Silverton, Colorado mining magnate on the back of the “buckskin” pass.
Railroad Pass #277 is in near fine condition. The red inking appears to have been added in the 1880s, either by The Silverton Railroad Company or by the Stoibers. Unusually bright, clean, and detailed printing and signatures for this pass. Scarcity exceeds that of either the 1889 silver Silverton Railroad pass or the 1892 silver filigree Silverton Railroad & Rio Grande Southern railroad pass.
G. H. Stoiber’s early business card, 1883.
SPECIMEN STOCK CERTIFICATE PRINTED FOR
THE BANK OF SILVERTON, 1892
Specimen Certificate for THE BANK OF SILVERTON, #100, dated 1892.
THE SILVERTON RAILROAD COMPANY
The Silverton Railroad Company, issued 1891, #641, to G. H. Stoiber and signed by Stoiber on back of pass.
Actually signature of Moses Liverman, General Manager.
Silverton Railroad pass, issued 1891, #641.
August Gast Bank Note Co., St. Louis & New York.
THE SILVERTON RAILROAD COMPANY
PASS #303
1893
THE SILVERTON RAILROAD COMPANY PASS #303, issued to G. H. Stoiber & Wife, 1893, signed by Otto Mears on front and G. H. Stoiber on back.
Original OTTO MEARS signature as president of The Silverton Railroad Company.
G. H. Stoiber signature on 1893 Silverton Railroad Company pass.
The Silverton Railroad was constructed to serve the people of Silverton and the surrounding mining districts, including those on Red Mountain Pass.
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