Description
THE PIKE’S PEAK PLACER MINING AND MILLING COMPANY, Cripple Creek, Colorado Stock certificate #472
Issued October 13, 1893. Not cancelled by Company
Placer mining companies were rare in the hardrock Cripple Creek Gold Mining District. The notable Cripple Creek placers were generally north and west of the Town of Fremont. The Pike’s Peak and Emma placers were two of the earliest and most productive.
(ref.: pages 150-151, Cross & Penrose, Geology and Mining Industries of Cripple Creek, 1895)
Cripple Creek stock certificates issued from “Fremont, Colorado,” one of the earliest towns in the Cripple Creek Gold Mining District.
Condition: near fine; two punch-holes in left margin, usual two folds; lower right-hand corner slightly creased; clean, bright.
COLORADO ARTIFACTUAL
