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Death Valley Railroad Co., 1914, I/C Stock Certificate

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Certificates Start Price:280.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 1,000.00 USD
Death Valley Railroad Co., 1914, I/C Stock Certificate
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290.00USDto D*********e+ buyer's premium
This item SOLD at 2024 Jul 23 @ 17:36UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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Death Valley, California, (Offices in Oakland, CA), 1914. 2 Shares Capital Stock I/C Certificate, Black printing with black border and gold underprint, Train exiting tunnel at top, S/N 8, POCs along signatures at bottom, Fine to VF+ condition, Smith Bros. The Death Valley Railroad connected Ryan, California to the Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad at Death Valley Junction. The line followed a path that ran just south of present-day CA-190 from the Junction. In the early 1910's, the ore industry was in decline, and the numerous railroads that were built to tap into this industry required a change in business operations if they were to survive. To that end, in 1914, the Pacific Coast Borax Company began attempting to scout the area around Furnace Creek, CA for richer borax deposits. Once they found some a bit west of their existing mines, plans were put forward to build a narrow gauge railroad from the new mines to connect with the Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad at Death Valley Junction to ship the borax away for processing and packaging. By the end of 1914, the line was built and known as the Death Valley Railroad. We sold 1 previously in a past sale for $720.