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SOUTH DAKOTA STOCK CERTIFICATES - Page 1

1922 OSAGE UPTON OIL COMPANY - Incorporated Under the Laws of the State of South Dakota -  DEADWOOD, SOUTH DAKOTA

1922 OSAGE UPTON OIL COMPANY - Incorporated Under the Laws of the State of South Dakota -  DEADWOOD, SOUTH DAKOTA - Certificate issued to J. A. Johnston for 1,000 shares. Signed by Wm. Townsend as president.   Price - $49.00

Early 1900s MYRTLE MINING & MILLING COMPANY Stock Certificate - Deadwood, South Dakota - Lawrence County. The property consisted of 205 acres on Box Elder Creek, near the Lucky Strike Mine

190_ MYRTLE MINING & MILLING COMPANY - Deadwood, South Dakota - Lawrence County. The property consisted of 205 acres on Box Elder Creek, near the Lucky Strike Mine. Unissued (Early 1900s)
Price - $44.00

Early 1900s CONNERS TIN PRODUCTION COMPANY Stock Certificate - Deadwood, South Dakota - Unissued but signed by Milton C. Conners

190_ CONNERS TIN PRODUCTION COMPANY - Deadwood, South Dakota - Unissued but signed by Milton C. Conners (Early 1900s)
Price - $46.00

1899 -1901 SET OF 2 CHECKS - WHITEWOOD BANKING COMPANY - Whitewood, South Dakota - Devils Tower, Black Hills vignette

1899-1901 SET OF 2 CHECKS - WHITEWOOD BANKING COMPANY - Whitewood, South Dakota - Devils Tower, Black Hills vignette.   Price for both - $26.00

1907 COLUMBUS CONSOLIDATED GOLD MINING COMPANY - Black Hills of South Dakota - $500 Large Format Bond. The property included the Old Colonel Shaft on Saw Pit Gulch

1907 COLUMBUS CONSOLIDATED GOLD MINING COMPANY - Black Hills of South Dakota - $500 Large Format Bond (Only the top portion is shown) Owned 625 acres north of the Homestake mining properties and extended northward nearly a mile along the strike of the Homestake system of ore veins. The property included the Old Colonel Shaft on Saw Pit Gulch, which was 200 feet deep. I also have a $100 (orange) bond from this company. All are issued.
Price (your choice of bond) - $69.00

THE MONITOR MINING COMPANY was incorporated in 1886, with $2,500,000 in capital stock. It was closed corporation made up of very prominent Black Hills mining men including D. A. Mcpherson, president; F. M. Allen, secretary; Seth Bullock (later U.S. Marshall and friend of Teddy Roosevelt); Harris Franklin, prominet cattleman, and later president of the famous Golden Reward Gold Mining & Milling Company; and George Cassell, who built one of the first gold mills in the Black Hills. The property consisted of 8 lode claims, 3 placer claims on Deadwood Creek, flumes, water rights and Cassells' 25 ton mill. The gold-bearing ore was a conglomerate or so-called cement ore. They were worked from several tunnels, one a 1,000 feet long. The ore was mined from large chambers, often 20 feet high and 100 feet wide. The values ran from $2 per ton to several hundred dollars per ton. The Monitor is estimated to have produced over $200,000 in gold before it was sold to the Homestake Mining Company in the spring of 1892. The selling price was $20,000. Stock certificates from this company are scarce, since few were issued. The officers and directors were also the majority of the stockholders.

ANOTHER HISTORICAL NOTE:  Some of the Monitor Mining Company stock certificates offered below contain the signature of Daniel McLaughlin. He was the very first Mayor of Deadwood.

1886 THE MONITOR MINING COMPANY Stock Certificate. The property consisted of 8 lode claims, 3 placer claims on Deadwood Creek. Black Hills, Deadwood, Dakota. Rare Old West Document.

1886 - Stock# 64 - Issued to Daniel McLaughlin for 500 shares worth $10 each. Signed by D. A. Mcpherson as president and W. L. McLaughlin as secretary. Deadwood, Dakota gold mine.   Price - $250

1886 THE MONITOR MINING COMPANY Stock Certificate. The property consisted of 8 lode claims, 3 placer claims on Deadwood Creek. Black Hills, Deadwood, Dakota. Rare Old West Document.

1886 - Stock# 65 - Issued to Daniel McLaughlin for 500 shares. Signed by D. A. Mcpherson as president and W. L. McLaughlin as secretary. Deadwood, Dakota gold mine.  Price - $250

1890 THE MONITOR MINING COMPANY Stock Certificate. The property consisted of 8 lode claims, 3 placer claims on Deadwood Creek. Black Hills, Deadwood, Dakota. Rare Old West Document.

1890 - Stock# 165 - Issued to H. B. Young for 300 shares. Signed by Daniel McLaughlin as president and W.L. McLaughlin as secretary. Deadwood, Dakota gold mine.   Price - $175

1890 THE MONITOR MINING COMPANY Stock Certificate. The property consisted of 8 lode claims, 3 placer claims on Deadwood Creek. Black Hills, Deadwood, Dakota. Rare Old West Document.

1890 - Stock# 177 - Issued to Chas. C. Polk for 5,000 shares. Signed by Daniel McLaughlin as president and W. L. McLaughlin as secretary. Reverse includes the names Mary Louise Allen and Suzy Allen. Deadwood, Dakota gold mine.   Price $195

1890 THE MONITOR MINING COMPANY Stock Certificate. The property consisted of 8 lode claims, 3 placer claims on Deadwood Creek. Black Hills, Deadwood, Dakota. Rare Old West Document.

1890 - Stock# 186 - Issued to Charles C. Polk for 500 shares. Signed by Daniel McLaughlin as president and W.L. McLaughlin as secretary. Also signed on reverse by Mary Louise Allen and Suzy Allen. Deadwood, Dakota gold mine.  Price - $195

1890 THE MONITOR MINING COMPANY Stock Certificate. The property consisted of 8 lode claims, 3 placer claims on Deadwood Creek. Black Hills, Deadwood, Dakota. Rare Old West Document.

1890 - Stock# 188 - Issued to Charles C. Polk for 500 shares. Signed by Daniel McLaughlin as president and W. L. McLaughlin as secretary. Reverse includes the names Mary Louise Allen and Suzy Allen. Deadwood, Dakota gold mine.   Price - $195

1892 THE MONITOR MINING COMPANY Stock Certificate. The property consisted of 8 lode claims, 3 placer claims on Deadwood Creek. Black Hills, Deadwood, Dakota. Rare Old West Document.

1892 - Stock# 219 - Issued to W. L. McLaughlin for 1,000 shares. Signed by Daniel McLaughlin as president and W. L. McLaughlin as secretary. Deadwood, Dakota gold mine.   Price - $160 

1886 MAMMOTH SILVER MINING COMPANY of DEADWOOD, DAKOTA - Incorporated Under the Laws of Dakota Territory - CARBONATE (Mining Camp) Location of Mines: Black Hills, Dakota

1886 MAMMOTH SILVER MINING COMPANY of DEADWOOD, DAKOTA - Incorporated Under the Laws of Dakota Territory - CARBONATE (Mining Camp) Location of Mines: Black Hills, Dakota - Issued to J. Wringrose, who operated and early Deadwood grocery store. The bold $2 near the center is printed with shiny-gold ink. Scarce.   Price - $325

1887 SILVER COIN MINING COMPANY - Incorporated Under the Laws of Dakota - Scarce territorial certificate. DEADWOOD DAKOTA Stock Certificate

1887 SILVER COIN MINING COMPANY - Incorporated Under the Laws of Dakota - Scarce territorial certificate issued to Mrs. Wringrose. Signed by J. Wringrose as company president. In my research I found that J. Wringrose operated an early Deadwood grocery store. Stock # 27. DEADWOOD DAKOTA printed beneath title. Printed by Pioneer Print, Deadwood, D. T.
Price - $225    

1890s THE BLOSSOM GOLD MINING COMPANY of SOUTH DAKOTA - Shares were valued at $20 each. Deadwood, South Dakota Stock Certificate

189_ THE BLOSSOM GOLD MINING COMPANY of SOUTH DAKOTA - Shares were valued at $20 each. Deadwood, South Dakota printed on the date line. Notice the clouds around the title. Certificate printed by the Boston Bank Note Co. Unissued (1890s) Price - $65.00 

1880s CARBONATE FLUME COMPANY of Carbonate Mining Camp, Dakota - Deadwood, Dakota Territory. Old West Stock Certificate

188_ CARBONATE FLUME COMPANY of Carbonate Mining Camp, Dakota - Deadwood, Dakota Territory. Actually printed in Deadwood as well, by Times Steam Print. Highlighted with shiny-gold ink. Shares were $5 each. Unissued (1880s)   Price - $62.00

Late 1800s COLUMBIA WATER COMPANY - Deadwood - Location of Property, Black Hills, South Dakota

18__ COLUMBIA WATER COMPANY - Deadwood - Location of Property, Black Hills, South Dakota - Unissued (Late 1800s)
Price - $55.00

1890s FATHER DE SMET CONSOLIDATED GOLD MINING COMPANY - Incorporated January 23rd, 1878 - LOCATION BLACK HILLS, LAWRENCE COUNTY, DAKOTA. Stock certificate signed by Lloyd Tevis as president

1890s FATHER DE SMET CONSOLIDATED GOLD MINING COMPANY - Incorporated January 23rd, 1878 - LOCATION BLACK HILLS, LAWRENCE COUNTY, DAKOTA. The Father De Smet was located near Central City. The original discovery was made on June 19th, 1876. Named after the well-known Jesuit missionary to the Native Americans, Fr. Pierre - Jean De Smet. Father De Smet spent about 4 months in the Black Hills in 1848.  Through share purchases, James B. Haggin and Lloyd Tevis gained a controlling interest in the Father De Smet by December of 1880. The company was deeded to the Homestake Mining Company in 1901, at which time the mill was renamed the Mineral Point Mill. Vignette shows Father De Smet speaking to a group of Native Americans. Shares were worth $100 each. Unissued but it was signed by two of the directors - most notably it was hand-signed by Lloyd Tevis as president. This stock certificate was cancelled with two triangular cuts at the bottom but most of the Lloyd Tevis signature is still there. It was common for this company to cancel its certificates in this manner. Dated 189_.     Price - $69.00

1886 ECLIPSE MINING COMPANY of DEADWOOD, DAKOTA - Incorporated Under the Laws of the Territory of Dakota, May 1886 - Lawrence County. Location of Mines, Ruby Basin, Dakota

1886 ECLIPSE MINING COMPANY of DEADWOOD, DAKOTA - Incorporated Under the Laws of the Territory of Dakota, May 1886 - Lawrence County. Location of Mines, Ruby Basin, Dakota (printed inside the corporate seal). Stock certificate #30, issued to Deadwood attorney, Adoniram J. Plowman for 2,000 shares worth $2 each. He was also secretary of this early Black Hills gold mine. Located in what was known as the silicious ore belt, adjoining the property of the Ruby Bell Company. Actually printed in Deadwood, by Times Steam Print.

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1892 THE EUREKA MILLING COMPANY of SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA - Incorporated (in 1891) Under the Laws of the State of South Dakota. Minnehahah County

1892 THE EUREKA MILLING COMPANY of SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA - Incorporated (in 1891) Under the Laws of the State of South Dakota - The border is printed with shiny-gold ink. Issued to Frank P. Hainbright for 5 shares worth $100 each. J. Hamilton, company president. My research found that this was actually a grain milling company, producing oatmeal. Minnehahah County. Price - $65.00

1908 VICTORIA EXTENSION MINING COMPANY of DEADWOOD - Incorporated Under the Laws of the State of South Dakota - Located on the divide between Squaw Creek and Spearfish Canyon in the Ragged Top District, Lawrence County. Black Hills

1908 VICTORIA EXTENSION MINING COMPANY of DEADWOOD - Incorporated Under the Laws of the State of South Dakota - Stock certificate issued to Camele Rock for 1,000 shares. This company was owned by the Victoria Gold Mining and Milling Company. It was located on the divide between Squaw Creek and Spearfish Canyon in the Ragged Top District, Lawrence County. Black Hills. The parent company also held about 180 acres of mineral land near Hornblende southeast of Rochford in Pennington County. Signed by Albert Maltener as secretary and James C. Carson, company president. Office at Deadwood. Printed by the Rees Printing Co. of Omaha. This certificate is quite large and did not fit entirely on my scanner - it is complete.   Price - $79.00

1892 CUSTER & MAUD MINING COMPANY - Lawrence County - Deadwood, South Dakota - $500 Large Format Bond. Owned the General Custer Lode and Little Maud Lode Claims in the Whitewood Quartz Mining District. Black Hills region
1892 CUSTER & MAUD MINING COMPANY - Lawrence County - Deadwood, South Dakota - $500 Large Format Bond. Owned the General Custer Lode and Little Maud Lode Claims in the Whitewood Quartz Mining District. Black Hills region

This is the ornate design on the other side of this rare bond.

1892 CUSTER & MAUD MINING COMPANY - Lawrence County - Deadwood, South Dakota - $500 Large Format Bond. Owned the General Custer Lode and Little Maud Lode Claims in the Whitewood Quartz Mining District. Black Hills region. Fully-issued with corporate seal punched into bottom. DEADWOOD NATIONAL BANK is stamped at the bottom. Signed by M. J. Luther as president. Unique vignette at top shows a lone tree in a field with man on horseback beneath - sun rising over hills in background. Four $30 payment coupons still attached to right side. Only 107 ever issued!!!   SOLD

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