^Lot 718 Ely Group NV - Ely,White Pine County - - General Americana

Lot of 31 items, including 17 stock certificates: Ely-Witch; Montana-Nevada Copper Company; Ely Consolidated Copper Company 2; St. Lawrence Mining Company; Ely Gibralter Mining Company; Consolidated Coppermines Company; Boston and Ely Consolidated Mining Company 2; White Pine Mining Company; The Ely Amalgamated Copper Company; The Pitsburg Ely Copper Company; Boston-Nevada Copper Mining Company; Consolidated Copper Company; The Ely Giroux-Extension Copper Company

Consolidated Copper Mines; and The Ely Hercules Mining Company. Also included are 3 Ely postcards; 3 Ely photos; and postcards from Kimberly and Smelter, NV; a Northern NV Railway Company check; W.B. Graham letterhead from Ely; Ely Calumet Mining Corporation postal cover; Eureka, NV package receipt postmarked Eureka; a letter from Nevada Consolidated Copper; and a copy of the resolution passed at a meeting of the businessmen of the Ely District. Originally founded as a stagecoach station for the Pony Express and Central Overland Route, Ely`s mining boom came with the discovery of copper in 1906. - Maish Collection