Steele Gold & Silver Mining Company Clear Creek County Colorado stock certificate 1881

Description

THE STEELE GOLD AND SILVER MINING COMPANY, Georgetown, Clear Creek County, Colorado stock certificate #518

Issued July 26, 1881, not cancelled by the Company.

Near fine condition; small-sized certificate with margins trimmed when printed in 1881.  Dimensions: 9 inches by 4-1/8 inches.

Governor Robert W. Steele was one of the owners of this Company; however, W. B. Hale signed as vice president and John L. Stanage as secretary.

Mining property owned the Daybreak Lode and was located on Columbia Mountain.  Opened a vein with a paystreak 6 inches wide in July 1881.  On January 30, 1886, there was a sheriff’s sale on the property of the Steele Gold & Silver Company.

Printed by Woodward, Tiernan & Hale, St. Louis.

[Ref.: Rocky Mountain News, July 10, 1881]

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