A certificate for stock in the Philadelphia and California Mining Company, completed on Sept. 16, 1852, granting one Theodore Walter fifty shares in the venture, and signed by the Secretary, L. Alter, and the President, Pearson Serrill. The central woodcut depicts a mining scene representing the company's California operations. The Philadelphia and California Mining Company was founded in the same year on the basis of a land lease from John Fremont in the area of the Mariposa River. A rare piece of mining ephemera: OCLC records only one other example of a stock certificate from this company, held by the California Historical Society. OCLC 828929436. Previously folded, with small chip at edge of a fold line. Printed form, completed in manuscript by several hands. With a woodcut mining vignette. Near fine.

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Title: [STOCK CERTIFICATE No. 1767 FOR FIFTY SHARES IN THE PHILADELPHIA AND CALIFORNIA MINING COMPANY].
Publisher: [Philadelphia. Sept. 16, 1852].

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