(#167684) Stock certificate. HOMER MILL, MINING COMPANY.
Stock certificate.

Stock certificate. Certificate number 11 for 100 shares at $100 each, dated 30 October 1879, signed by the corporation's president and its secretary, printed in blue, red and black by Britton & Rey, San Francisco. Three assessment stamps on the verso dated 1881, 1882 and 1883. The Homer Mill & Mining Company was incorporated 20 October 1879. The original location of the mineral deposit in the High Sierra now known as the Tioga Mine was made in 1860. In 1874 the original claim was relocated as the "Sheepherder." In 1878 the region was organized as the Tioga District. "Most of the mines were owned by men of Sonora, although some Eastern capital was interested. The district extended from King's Ranch at the foot of Bloody Canyon, over the summit of the Sierra and down the Tuolumne River to Lembert's Soda Springs. It was eight miles in extent from north to south. At one time there were 350 locations in the district. Bennetville (now called Tioga) was headquarters for the Great Sierra Mining Company offices, which concern was operating the old Sheepherder as the 'Tioga Mine.' ... Another camp of the main range of the Sierra that received much notice and actually produced great wealth was Lundy, situated but a few miles north of Tioga. Prior to 1879, W. J. Lundy was operating a sawmill at the head of Lundy Lake. His product helped supply Bodie's enormous demand for timber. In the spring of 1879, William D. Wasson took his family to Mill Canyon, near Lundy Lake, and engaged in prospecting. He was followed by C. H. Nye and L. L. Homer, who located rich veins of ore. J. G. McClinton, of Bodie, investigated and was persuaded by what he found to bring capital to the new camp at once. Homer District was organized ... September 15, 1879" (Russell, pp. 118-119; 121). Fine, no folds. (#167684).

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