| | | Hite Gold Quartz Company - California 1881 | Beautifully engraved certificate from the Hite Gold Quartz Company issued in 1881. This historic document has an
ornate border around it with a vignette of two men resting with their horses by a small lake in Yosemite Valley with the famous El Captian Mountain in the background. This item is hand signed by the Company's V. President, Rufus P. Lincoln and Secretary, John R. Bothwell and is over 124 years old. Issued to Allan W. Masterton and signed by him on the verso.
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Hites Cove is located on the south-facing slope above the north side of the South Fork of the Merced River, about 3.5 AIR miles southwest of El Portal. The rich quartz-gold mines were discovered in 1861 by John. R. Hite, and by 1864 the camp had a population of about 100 and a ten-stamp mill in operation. A decade later a 20-stamp mill was in operation. The famous mining engineer, John Hays Hammond, said it was the first legitimate gold mine he saw in operation. Hite was married to an Indian woman who showed him the rich outcrop that later became a mine. Because of its isolated location, drinking and gambling were popular diversions. All the buildings in the small camp burned down in 1924.
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