Description
THE BUNKER HILL GOLD AND SILVER MINING COMPANY stock certificate #1064, Irwin, Colorado
Issued February 17, 1892, uncancelled.
Company incorporated in Colorado in 1883.
Near fine condition, usual folds.
Unique vignette of the Irwin, Gunnison County, Colorado townsite.
Printed on certificate, “Irwin, Col.”
Mining property: Bunker Hill claim, 1500×300 feet. Located on Ruby Hill, Ruby District, 3/4ths ,mile from Town of Irwin, Gunnison County, Colorado.
Fissure vein: 4-foot wide crevice with a pay streak 4 to 8 inches wide, containing galena with ruby and native silver, assaying 80 ounces of silver per ton. Mineral in quartz gangue.
Deveoped by a shaft 60 feet deep in 1883, and 150 feet in drifts.
[Ref: 1883 Colorado Mining Directory, Corregan & Lingane, Page 323]
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