(WEST--DAKOTA TERRITORY.) Group of deeds and certificates for Black Hills mining claims and other properties. 8 items, each about legal size or larger; minimal wear. Pennington County, SD, 1877-1887
6 deeds from Pennington County in southwestern Dakota Territory:
Quitclaim deed to two claims "below discovery in Janney mining district, the same being 300 feet in length each," signed by mark, 4 June 1877.
Quitclaim deed to the "mining claim or lode known and recorded as the Dublin Lode . . . in Bear Gulch Mining District. 4 December 1877.
Deed of water rights "of the entire current of Rapid Creek, the initial point of said water right being the junction of Castle and Little Rapid Creeks." 2 April 1881.
Quitclaim deed to 8 town lots in the town of Rockerville, 31 May 1881.
Bill of sale to "two bay mares known as the Merritt Team," plus a half interest in 5 other horses, plus harnesses and buggies. 29 December 1881.
Quitclaim deed for a parcel of land on Main Street in Rockerville "improved by the Reisdou brothers and occupied as a saloon." 21 January 1884.
Also, manuscript articles of incorporation of the "Manhattan Consolidated Gold and Silver Mining Company" with $1,000,000 of capital stock. 5 February 1880; and
Incorporation certificate for the Rapid Creek Lumber and Navigation Company issued to three partners by the Territory of Dakota, signed by the territorial secretary, with the territorial seal. 7 March 1887.
