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Auction: 14017 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 880

Newhouse Tunnel Co. Ltd., certificate for 'B' shares of £500 each, [1896], no.81, ornate border and scrollwork at left, red printing on waxed paper, embossed seal at bottom, very fine and rare.

A mine drainage tunnel servicing all the major gold mines in Idaho Springs and Central City, Colorado. It was named after mining magnate Samuel Newhouse, and was started in 1893, not being completed until 1910 when it had been renamed the Argo Tunnel.

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