Oblong 8vo (6-1/2 x 9 inches), printed on light blue onionskin paper, scalloped left edge, with ms insertions and authorizing signatures of Secretary and two committee members, description of the Ave Maria Gold Quartz Mining Association printed on verso; light creasing Evidence of London investment in the California Gold Rush, 9 certificates (7 for 5 shares each and 2 for 10 shares each) of the London-based Ave Maria Gold Quartz Mining Association. A total of 50,000 shares were issued at Ł1 each. The company held half the rights to the Ave Maria Gold Quartz Mine in the Mariposa District, California, which was worked under a lease with the owner of the other half. Today the Ave Maria River is known as the Stockton Creek. Seller Inventory # 101023

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Title: Ave Maria Gold Quartz Mine, Mariposa, ...

Publisher: Ave Maria Gold Quartz Mining Association [ca. 1851], [London]

Publication Date: 1851

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Bull?s Head Rare Books was established in 2020 by Alex Obercian after more than a dozen years in the New York City book trade. BHRB deals in rare books and manuscripts in all fields, with a specialty in literature, historic bindings, photography, music, science and medicine and country life pursuits ? gardening, farming, landscape design, and animal husbandry. Member ABAA and ILAB.

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