Montana Mining Stock Certificates

1916 GREYBULL AND MONTANA OIL COMPANY - Incorporated Under the Laws of Montana - This company apparently had oil wells in Wyoming and Montana. The info I found stated that the property was at Greybull (WY?), Crazy Woman, Pocket and in Dry Creek, MT. A large, oval vignette shows an early oil field, with numerous wells, buildings and even a locomotive. Price - $55.00

1908 TRIANGLE MINING & DEVELOPMENT COMPANY - Mine near Clinton, Montana - Wallace Mining District - Owned the Triangle group of 8 claims and the Hill group of 5 claims. Produced copper, gold and silver. Signed by R. B. Hughes as president. Price - $39.00

1918 NORTH BUTTE MINING COMPANY - Butte, Montana. Property consisted of 2 groups of claims, the Speculator group on Butte Hill and the East Side or Sarsfield group. Also owned a smelter near Whitehall. Price - $35.00

19__ MARYSVILLE GOLD MINING COMPANY - Mine office was at Marysville, Montana. Incorporated in 1911. Owned 30 claims in the Marysville Mining District. The company's prinicipal mine was the Blue Bird-Hickey. Unissued (Early 1900s)
Price - $52.00

1919 WINDFALL PLACER MINING & DEVELOPMENT COMPANY - Incorporated (in 1909) Under the Laws of the State of Montana - Owned 620 acres of placer ground, water rights and timber land. About half of this was said to contain gold-bearing gravel. The operation was 8 miles from the town of Quartz, Montana in Mineral County. The gold was very high grade - 984 fine. Signed by W. J. Johnson as president and A. K. Anderson as secretary. Office at Missoula, Montana. Price - $46.00

188_ THE NEIHART TUNNEL & MINING COMPANY - Cascade County, Territory of Montana - The town of Neihart was founded shortly after silver ore was discovered in the district. It was named after J. L. Neihart, one the the prospectors credited with the initial discovery. Unissued (1880s) Price - $42.00

188_ LUXEMBOURG MILL & MINING COMPANY - Montana (Territory) - According to my research, there was a town named Luxembourg in Montana at one time, but it is not listed in my atlas so I would assume it no longer exists. Unissued but signed by company president (1880s) Price - $42.00

1929 BASIN MONTANA TUNNEL COMPANY - Jefferson County, High Ore Mining District - Near the towns of Basin, Boulder, and Comet, Montana. The district contains both placer and lode ore deposits. This operation produced gold, silver, lead and zinc.
Price - $49.00

1882 ORIGINAL BUTTE MINING COMPANY - Location of Mine: Butte, Montana - Silver Bow County - Issued for a whopping 100,000 shares worth $10 each. At the time of purchase, this certificate was worth 1 million dollars! The Original Butte owned the Original Mine, which produced copper and was located in the center of Butte. It was named the Original Mine because it was the first quartz lode to be found in the district. W.A. Clark bought the Original Mine in 1873 and it was probably the first Butte mine to produce copper ore in commercial quantities.
Price - $115 SOLD

1908 NORTH BUTTE EXTENSION DEVELOPMENT COMPANY - Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana - This is one of the earlier variations of stock from this company and is much more scarce.
Price - $56.00 SOLD