Description: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Up for consideration is an Oceanic Quicksilver Company stock certificate from 1901: #38 Issued to W. E. Burke for 500 shares on August 13, 1901 Signed by H. B. Gleasen as president and A. B. Thomas as secretary Incorporated in 1900 in California Capital stock of $100,000 Datelined Los Angeles, California Uncancelled Certificate in good condition Vignettes of a miner pushing ore cart out of mine, with smelter in valley beyond (top), and a tiny dog with paw over key next to safe (bottom center). The Oceanic Quicksilver Company was formed in 1900 to mine quicksilver (mercury, produced from the mineral cinnabar) in San Luis Obispo County, California, near the village of Cambria. The Oceanic mine was located along Santa Rosa Creek about five miles east of Cambria, in the Santa Lucia Mountains, within the Cambria-Oceanic Mining District (see attached photo of the Oceanic mine ca. 1912). The Oceanic mine was one of the oldest mines in the district and produced nearly as much quicksilver as all the other deposits in the San Luis Obispo County combined. At its peak, the Oceanic Quicksilver Mining Company employed over 300 people. The land where the Oceanic mine and the adjacent Josephine mine were located was owned by George Hearst, who owned the nearby Hearst Castle at San Simeon. Hearst purchased the land after the Civil War, and the Hearst Corporation still owns the property today.
Price: 49.95 USD
Location: River Forest, Illinois
End Time: 2024-11-23T03:22:41.000Z
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