Rico Mining and Milling Company Pioneer Mining District Dolores County Colorado stock certificate 1901
$150.00
Description
RICO MINING AND MILLING COMPANY, Rico Mining District, Dolores County, Colorado stock certificate #206
Issued May 6, 1901, not cancelled by Company.
Fine condition, usual folds.
Company mined zinc, lead and iron in the Pioneer Mining District, on the Atlantic Cable lode. Successfully implemented the National Magnetic Mineral Separator, invented by Dr. Henry F. Cambell of Boston, Massachuesetts. Approximately 10,000 tons of ore had been mined by this time, with over 40,000 tons more in sight.
[Ref: Rocky Mountain News, November 21, 1901]
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