REF. NO. | DENOMINATION | DESCRIPTION | NO.ISSUED | VALUE |
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101 | shares | 188[3], black signed by Whitaker Wright |
#1451 | $100 |

Sierra Apache Mining Company
Organised in New Mexico in 1881. Mines in Lake Valley, New Mexico. The President was Whitaker Wright who often signs certificates. Whitaker Wright was a company promoter based in Philadelphia who made a fortune in Leadville, Colorado and Lake Valley, New Mexico. He returned to England where he carried on the same business floating many company for mining in Western Australia, British Columbia and elsewhere. He was found guilty of fraud in 1901 following the collapse of his empire and committed suicide in an ante room of the court.
Capital $5,000,000 in shares of $25.
1881