Name: Ballarat Mining Company (Signed by F. W. Pitkin)
Brand: Ghosts of Wall Street
SKU: 7487
Price: 95.0 USD
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Ballarat Mining Company Stock Certificate

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Product Details

Company	Ballarat Mining Company
Certificate Type	Capital Stock
Date Issued	October 10, 1881
Canceled	No
Printer	Coulter & Cleaveland Lith. of Denver
Signatures	Hand signed
Notable
Approximate Measurements	11" (w) by 7" (h)
Product Images	Show the exact certificate you will receive
Guaranteed Authentic	Yes

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Historical Context

The Ballarat Mining Company was incorporated in Colorado.

The company had a number gold claims in the Leadville District in Lake County including the Mountain Daisy, the Ballarat and the Belle of the Hills.

F. W. Pitkin

Frederick Pitkin was born in Manchester, Connecticut. He graduated cum laude from Wesleyan University in 1858, and earned a law degree from Albany Law School in 1859. Following graduation, he moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to establish the law firm of Palmer, Hooker, and Pitkin. In 1872, he resigned from the firm due to illness, and set sail for Europe in search of a cure.

Returning to the United States in 1874, he settled in southwestern Colorado, where his health stabilized, and resumed his career as an attorney. In addition, he invested in the mining industry. Utilizing his contacts in the mining industry, he announced his candidacy for Governor of Colorado in 1878, and won. During his two terms as governor, he dealt with a number of crises including the railway feud involving the Atchison, Topeka-Santa Fe, and the Denver-Rio Grande rail companies. He ordered the suppression of the Ute Indian uprising at the Milk Creek Battle or Meeker Massacre in 1879. In 1880, he declared martial law during the mining strike at Leadville. He was an unsuccessful candidate for U.S. Senate in 1882.

Following his retirement from public office, he settled in Pueblo, Colorado, and resumed his law practice and mining business. He died in Pueblo and was buried in Riverside Cemetery in Denver, Colorado. Later, his remains were moved to Fairmount Cemetery in Denver, Colorado.

He and his wife, Fidelia James of Lockport, New York, had three children. Robert James Pitkin, Florence Pitkin, and George Orrin Pitkin.

Entities named after Pitkin include:

Pitkin County, Colorado
Pitkin, Colorado
Pitkin Avenue, Saguache, Colorado
Pitkin Street, Fort Collins, Colorado
Pitkin Avenue, Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Pitkin Avenue, Grand Junction, Colorado
Pitkin Avenue, Pueblo, Colorado

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