Beautiful certificate from the Tucson-Arizona Copper Co. issued in 1916. This historic document has an ornate border around it. This item has the signatures of the Company's President, John F. Cowan and Secretary, and is over 99 years old.
Certificate Mines Register 1920 TUCSON ARIZONA COPPER CO. ARIZONA Office: 331 Ness Bldg.. Salt Lake City, Utah. Mine office: J. A. Cowan, supt., Tucson, Ariz. Officers: John F. Cowan, pres.: E. A. Culbertson, v. p.; B. G. Hite, scc.-treas., with S. H. Douglas, W. H. King and L. A. Cummings, directors. Inc. Nov. 28. 1916. in Arizona. Cap., $1,000,000; shares $1 par; nonassessable; 724,493 issued. Property: 23 claims, 6 miles from Tucson, Ariz., show contacts and fissures in limestone and andesite. Orebody is said to be from 4 to 30' wide, dips 45 to 75°, and has an E.-W. course. Shoot is 400' long, 6 to W thick, and reported to contain 6% copper, 3 oz. silver and $1 gold per ton. Development: started in Dec, 1916, by 100' shaft and 500' of workings. Equipment: 25 h. p. gasoline hoist and 250 cu. ft. compressor. Mine in 1917 was a prospect in good hands. No recent information.