Sold by Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
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Original patent for the Mammoth Lode issued to the Mammoth Mining Company, with a hand drawn Plat Map detailing the 15.75 acre claim filed in the Bodie land office secretarial signature of James A. Garfield, April 15, 1881. The Mammoth Lode was originally located February 4, 1879 and was in the Lake Mining District. Large and well executed engraving at head of first page. Printed on vellum.Sheriff's Certificate of Sale of Real Estate on Execution pursuant to a judgment dated July 6, 1881 against The Mammoth Mining Company and the August 29, 1881 public auction on the courthouse steps for: Mammoth Mine; Mill Site and Mill; Lot in Mammoth City; 1.75 -100 acres land in Mammoth City; 40 acres of land; Waters of Upper Summit Lake; Site for Dam or Reservoir; Waters of Owens River to fill Reservoir; 35 acres of land; 1000 inches of water of South Fork of Owens River for a total of $15,100, August 29, 1881 and recorded September 3, 1881. Typed Sheriff's deed for The Mammoth Mine, land in Mammoth City next to Vincent Higgins blacksmith shop, land on the east side of Lake Mary, 40 acres of Upper Summit Lake and waters of the South Fork of Owens River pursuant to a judgment dated July 6, 1881 against The Mammoth Mining Company and the August 29, 1881 public auction on the courthouse steps. Signed by Sheriff James Showers, (who was Sheriff of Mono County in 1881), October 13, 1896. The September 17, 1881 issue of The Homer Mining Index (see Newspaper listing) has an article on this sale.Autograph letter signed by Ben H. Miller, Mono County Auditor to the Manager of the Bank of California re machinery from the Mine and Mill recently purchased by the bank and formerly owned by the Mammoth Mining Company that was sold for taxes and asking for payment, October 18, 1881. Autograph letter signed by Ben H. Miller, Mono County Auditor to G. Howard Thompson, Esq. in San Francisco turning down the offer and requesting a payment of $2,888.54 in order to receive a Certificate of Redemption, October 25, 1881. Letter to W.A. Chalfant from California Secretary of State corporation information re; Mammoth Mining Company, 1941. From Chalfant's research notes.
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