Description
THE TELLURIUM MINING COMPANY stock certificate #278
Issued March 2, 1882, not cancelled.
Near fine condition, usually folds.
Collier & Cleaveland Lith., Denver, Colo.
Mining property: 15 claims — Attica, Herculaneum, Ayres, Hill, Wright, Streeter, Archibald, Brower, Beecher, Newhouse, Parker, Voght, Edwards, Mayberry, McHugh — all situated on the southwest slope of the Holy Cross spur of the Rocky Mountain Range, Tellurium Mining District, Eagle County, Colorado.
[Ref. 1883 Colorado Mining Directory, Corregan & Lingane, pages 252-253]
Fissure veins containing iron-stained quartz, assaying at 20 ounces of silver and $25 in gold to the ton.
Developed by 15 shafts ranging from 15 to 90 feet deep.
COLORADO ARTIFACTUAL
