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Auction: 313 - Numismatic Collector's Series - Ft. Worth, TX
Lot: 1968

Tuolumne County Water Co (CA), One share, Columbia, 1858, #3282, outstanding vignette of placer miners with sluices, relief-style engraving right, black, printed by Britton & Rey, San Francisco, lightly cut canceled, toned, edge wear, good VF. This successful venture supplied much-needed water for gold mining, which had advanced beyond the placer stage and was becoming dominated by larger companies that often used powerful jets of water to open deposits.

Estimate
$150 to $200