Description

THE LEADVILLE TELEPHONE COMPANY, stock certificate #10, issued August 7, 1882, for one (1) share.

Certificate NOT cancelled by the Company.   Certificate signed by Leadville silver baron, HORACE AUSTIN WARNER TABOR.   Also signed by Tabor’s private secretary and financial adviser, Lou C. Leonard, as secretary.

Unique telephone vignette by Irvine Hauser, engraver, Tabor Opera House, Leadville, Colorado.

Certificate dimensions: 8-1/2 inches by 6-1/8 inches. Fine condition. No folds.

Company used Bell Magneto style telephones. Wire service of Western Union over Mosquito Pass was employed by Company. Company operated within a 240-mile radius of the central office of the Company, Leadville, Leadville Silver Mining District, Colorado.

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