Up for consideration is The Deadshot Gold Mining
Company stock certificate from 1897:
#325
Issued to Walter Shemwell for 1,000 shares on November
13, 1897
Signed by E. J. Eaton as vice-president and A. F.
Woodward as secretary
Incorporated in Colorado
Capital stock of $1,250,000
Certificate in good condition with wear, small
separations along fold and pin holes on seal
Uncancelled
Vignette of underground mining, gold ornate border
with gold seal
Owned the Dead Shot mine in Cripple Creek,
containing 9.40 acres, and the Plomis Chief, containing 4 acres. Main office was in Colorado Springs,
Colorado. William Shemwell was
president. He was a blacksmith from
Colorado Springs had no idea how to mine for gold. While working his way up Raven Hill in
Cripple Creek, he started digging and found gold. His initial strike, named the Elkton mine,
would be the second riches in the history of Cripple Creek mining.