⛏1904 CRIPPLE CREEK Magic Gold Mining Company Stock COLORADO Edwin Arkell Signed

Description

~  AUTHENTIC EARLY WESTERN STOCK CERTIFICATE  ~
1904 THE MAGIC GOLD MINING COMPANY
Incorporated (in 1901) Under the Laws of the State of Iowa
Certificate issued to
Alfred Stretz
for 500 shares valued at 1 cent each.
MINES IN THE CRIPPLE CREEK DISTRICT, COLORADO (printed on left side)
Entire Par Value Paid in Property (right side)
Fancy title surrounded by flowers.
Most notable is that it was signed by
Edwin Arkell
as company president.
EDWIN ARKELL
was formerly head of the well-known mining brokerage firm of Arkell, McMillen and Stewart of Aspen, Colorado. Mr. Arkell first came to Colorado in the spring of 1879 and embarked in mining at Leadville, where he spent several years as one the builders and promoters of the "Cloud City". In the early 1880s he returned to Aspen where he acquired extensive mining and real estate interests, and was prominently identified with the growth of that city and camp. He later opened a mining brokerage firm in Colorado Springs, where he managed a number of successful Cripple Creek mines.
Printed by The Gowdy-Simmons C0., Colorado Springs, CO
~  117 years old  ~
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Condition:  Two vertical folds.
Measures about 10 & 3/4 x 6 & 3/4 inches
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