Unused Murray Creek Mining Company Capital Stock Certificate #210

Description

Never issued Murray Creek Mining Company certificate. Stock dated 189_ at Oakland, California. Incorporated November 15, 1893 in the State of California. “Location: El Dorado Mining District, Calaveras County, California” printed upper left. Embossed company seal lower right. Shares of capital stock were per share) and company capital was ,000. The Murray Creek Mining Company was formed in 1893 to mine properties in Calaveras County, California, within the Mountain Ranch Mining District (the southern portion of the El Dorado, or Mother Lode gold quartz belt in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada). The Murray Creek Mine was a lode mine located about one mile northwest of the town of Mountain Ranch along Murray Creek. Certificate is about 6” x 10.5.” Black print on cream-colored paper. This includes the receipt still attached but rough.