1865 PENNSYLVANIA MINING COMPANY of MICHIGAN - Incorporated in 1861 - This very early copper mine only existed about 2 years before becoming the Delaware (shown to the right). Keweenaw County, Michigan. Issued to William M. Smith. Signed by Joseph G. Henszey as president and S. M. Day as secretary. Old 25 cent Internal Revenue stamp affixed at lower-left.
Price - $295
1870s
THE COVE LAND & MINING COMPANY - Incorporated Under the Laws of the
State of Michigan - Printing on the certificate reads: THE LANDS
OF THIS COMPANY ARE LOCATED ON ISLE ROYAL
L. S. CONSISTING OF 4238 & 92/100 ACRES. Partial map of Lake
Superior at center. Early Keweenaw County, Michigan copper mine. The
Cove Land operated from 1874 - 1877. Unissued
Price - $95.00 SOLD
1865 DELAWARE MINING COMPANY of MICHIGAN - Incorporated in 1863 - Issued to William M. Smith.
Keweenaw, Michigan copper mine. An early 25 cent Internal Revenue stamp
was affixed before the company seal was punched into the certificate.
Signed by Joseph G. Henszey as president.
Price - $350
1918
SOUTH LAKE MINING COMPANY - Incorporated (in 1909) Under the General
Mining Laws of Michigan - Bright orange 100 share certificate issued to
George F. Lawton. This was a Houghton County, Michigan copper mine. Signed by Richard. M. Edwards as president and Arthur C. Paine
as secretary. Unique vignette shows a rugged Michigan landscape.
Printed by the John A. Lowell Bank Note Company of Boston. Price
- $62.00
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1864
HOPE COPPER COMPANY - Organized Under the General Mining Law of the
State of Michigan - Rare very early certificate issued for 25 shares
worth $25 each. Office at New York. A 25 cent United States Internal
Revenue stamp is affixed to the left side. Signed by R. H. Rickard as company president and J. W. Davis as treasurer.
Price - $375 SOLD
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1907
LAKE SUPERIOR IRON & CHEMICAL COMPANY - Michigan - Owned the Yale
Mine on the Gogebic Range and by 1918 had produced over a million tons
of ore.
Price - $65.00 SOLD
187_ DESERET SILVER MINING AND SMELTING COMPANY - Incorporated Under the Laws of the State of Michigan - Office at Marquette, Lake Superior, Michigan.
Unique and detailed engraving shows what is apparently the entrance to
the mine, surrounded by wilderness. Shares were valued at $25 each.
Unissued. (1870s)
Price - $95.00 SOLD
1923
AHMEEK MINING COMPANY - Michigan - Originally formed in 1880. The first
shafts were started on the Kearsarge Lode in 1903, before this it was a
surface mine.
Price - $39.00
