Description
THE DEFENDER GOLD MINING COMPANY
Cripple Creek Gold Mining District stock certificate #537
Issued February 21, 1896
Condition: very good plus to near fine; light fading, otherwise a unique vignette and another Edwin Arkell Cripple Creek mining stock certificate.
GOWDY PRINTING COMPANY,
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
Mining stock certificate dimensions: 10-1/2 inches by 8-1/4 inches
Edwin Arkell, previously of Aspen, Colorado, signed as president of this Company.
Company owned the Broadmore, Mandolin and part of
the Defender — 16-3/4 acres — on Galena Hill; also, the John Hancock, Casco, Puritan & Ashmont – 31 acres — on the north side of Copper Mountain, all in the Cripple Creek Gold Mining District.
[Reference: Official Manual of the Cripple Creek District, 1900, Page 154]
After the economic panic of 1893 and fall of silver prices, Edwin Arkell decided to move his brokerage business from Aspen to the newly formed gold mining District of Cripple Creek. Beautiful gold, silver & black print. CRIPPLE CREEK GOLD MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO.
COLORADO ARTIFACTUAL
