Description

THE WAPITI MINING COMPANY, signed by John F. Campion, Farncomb

Hill, Breckenridge Mining District, Colorado, stock certificate, 1896.

The Wapiti was one of those prolific gold strikes from which legends evole.  Originally

just a single claim on Farncomb Hill, in French Gulch, Breckenridge Gold Mining

District, Summit County, Colorado, this mining property, owned by John F. Campion

and Charles Savender, became one of the richest gold strikes in Summit County,

producing a variety of free-gold specimens still avidly sought out by mineral collector

today.

Mining Stock Certificate #31, signed by  John F. Campion, as president, and Charles

Cavender, as secretary.  Issued June 9, 1896; transferred to Certificate #32, September

11, 1896.

Accompanying this original stock certificate is am original photograph of John F.

Campion and his wife, and Judge Charles Cavender and his wife, with Colorado

Midland Railroad trains in the background.

 

Photograph is an original albumen boudoir-card-sized image with excellent tones,

contrasts and details.  Photographer not identified.

 

[Wapiti stock certificate and Campion/Cavender photograph sold together.]

 

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