Pittsburg Silver Peak Gold Mining Company - Esmeralda County, Nevada -1914

Beautifully engraved certificate from the Pittsburg Silver Peak Gold Mining Company issued in 1914. This historic document was printed by the Republic Banknote Company and has an ornate border around it with an image of a millsite, train in the mountains. This item has the signatures of the Company’s President, Ralph Flinn and Secretary, T. J. Crump.




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Nevada State Historic Preservation Office

Silver Peak is one of the oldest mining areas in Nevada. A 10-stamp mill was built in 1865, and by 1867, a 20-stamp mill was in operation. Mining camp lawlessness prevailed during the late 1860s and over the next 38 years, Silver Peak had its ups and downs. In 1906, the Pittsburg Silver Peak Gold Mining Company bought a group of properties, constructed the Silver Peak Railroad, and built a 100-stamp mill at Blair the following year.

Silver Peak was, at times, one of the leading camps in Nevada, but by 1917 it was abandoned. The town burned in 1948 and little happened until the Foote Mineral Company began extraction of lithium from under the floor of Clayton Valley.

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The Mines Handbook - 1916

Pittsburg Silver Peak Gold Mining Company

Office: 912 California Bank Bldg.. Pittsburg, Pa. Officers: Wm. Flinn. pris.; Geo. T. Oliver, v. p.; T. J. Crump, sec.-treas.; Wm. A. Bradley, gen. nigr.; John Mocine, supt.; B. A. Rives, res. pur agt

Inc. May 25, 1906. Cap., $3,000,000; shares $1 par; 2,793,733 shares outstanding. Annual meeting, first Monday in May. Stock is listed on San Francisco and Pittsburg Exchanges. Owns all the stock of the Silver Peak Gold Mug. Co., 99'4',r of the stock of the Mohawk-Alpine Mng. Co., and all the stock of the Silver Peak R. R.. running \7'/2 miles from Blair, Nevada, to the Tonopah-Goldfield R. R.. at Blair junction.

The annual report for year ending Dec. 31. 1914, shows net earnings of $73,970. Last dividend paid July 1, 1914, was 2 cts. per share, with total dividends to date of $784,800 or 28%.

Property: about 2.000 acres of mineral-bearing land at Blair. Esmeralda Co., Nev., was formerly one of the largest producers of low-grade ore in the state. The orebodies became exhausted in 1914 and the property was abandoned. Company acquired the Rawhide gold mine near Sonora, Tuolumne Co., Calif., in 1915, and has moved the 120-ton mill and cyanide plant from Blair to the new property.

The Rawhide mine is developed by an old 1,800' shaft, which has been unwatered to the 500' level. Work progressing on the 300' and 40C levels.

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Mines Register: Successor to the Mines Handbook and the Copper Handbook - 1918

PITTSBURG-SILVER PEAK GOLD MINING CO. CALIFORNIA Office: 912 California Bank Bldg., Pittsburg, Pa.

Officers: Wm. Flinn, pres.; Geo. T. Oliver, v. p.; T. J. Crump, sectreas.; Wm. A. Bradley, gen. mgr.; John Mocine, supt.; B. A. Rives, res. pur. agt.

Inc. May 25, 1906. Cap., $3,000,000; shares $1 par; 2,793,733 shares outstanding. Annual meeting, first Monday in May. Stock is listed on San Francisco and Pittsburg Exchanges. Owns all the stock of the Silver Peak Gold Mining Co. 99J4% of the stock of the Mohawk-Alpine Mining Co., and all the stock of the Silver Peak R. R. running 17^ miles from Blair, Nev., to the Tonopah-Goldfield R. R., at Blair Junction.

Last dividend paid July 1, 1914, was 2cts. per share, with total dividends to date of $784,800 or 28%.

Property: Company acquired the Rawhide gold mine near Sonora, Tuolumne Co., Cal., in 1915, and has moved the 120-ton mill and cyanide plant from Blair to the new property. The Rawhide mine is developed by an old 1,800' shaft, which has been unwatercd. Work progressing, 1917.

Also owned 2,000 acres of mineral-bearing land at Blair, Esmeralda Co., Nev., formerly one of the largest producers of low-grade ore in the state. The orebodies became exhausted in 1914 and the property was abandoned.



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