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Iron Silver Mining Company Leadville District Lake County Colorado stock certificates 1882
Iron Silver Mining Company Leadville District Lake County Colorado stock certificates 1882

Iron Silver Mining Company Leadville District Lake County Colorado stock certificates 1882

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Description

THE IRON SILVER MINING COMPANY, Leadville Mining District, Lake County, Colorado, stock certificate #A8023.

Issued May 4, 1882, punch-cancelled by Company.

‘Company owned 9 claims: Iron, Iron Hat, Porphyry, Bull-s-eye, Lime, Stone, 76, Rock and Dome, situated on Iron Hill, California Gulch and extending onto Rock Hill, opposite, about 3 miles east of Leadville, California District.

Ore was composed of iron and leasd carbonates and oxides in decomposed porphyry gangue.

Developments: over 40,000 feet of tunnels, inclines, shafts, winzes nad drifts, showing immense reserves.

Production: 15 to 20 ounces of silver per ton.

{ref: 1883 Colorado Mining Directory, Corregan & Lingane, Page 419]

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