Pyramid Gold and Silver Mining and Reducing Company Certificates
Collection
Identifier: MSS-71-BC
Scope and Content
The collection contains approximately 275 bond certificates in denominations of one hundred, five hundred and one thousand dollars. Each certificate is uniquely numbered and signed by company secretary J.W. Martin, president J.S. Fowler, and trustee, W.R. Seward. Most of the certificates retain the coupons for interest payments, suggesting that the bonds were never sold. There are also a few empty envelopes in the collection, and the names and notes on the envelopes indicate that they were used to send money or share certificates between creditors and the company.
Dates
- 1883
Language of Materials
English.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy and libel laws. Permission is required for publication or distribution.
History
The Pyramid Gold and Silver Mining and Reducing Company issued bonds in Silver City, New Mexico, against the assets of its operations in Pyramid City. The bonds were issued in 1883 and were redeemable in 1885. Pyramid City was a small mining camp in the Virginia (Shakespeare) and Pyramid Mining District, and is just south of Shakespeare and Lordsburg, New Mexico. In the 1880s, Pyramid City was in Grant County, although today it is located in Hildalgo County. It is difficult to determine exactly when the Pyramid Gold and Silver Mining and Reducing Company was formed and when it disappeared, although Pyramid City had only twenty-five permanent residents in 1897, suggesting that by then, its boom was over.
Extent
1 box (.35 cu. ft.)
Abstract
The collection contains bonds related to the financing of the Pyramid Gold and Silver Mining and Reducing Company, Pyramid City, New Mexico. The bonds were issued in 1883.
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Pyramid Gold and Silver Mining and Reducing Company Certificates, 1883
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Tad McIlwraith
- Date
- ©2000
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
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Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu