Vindicator Consolidated Gold
Mining Company
Denver National Bank 1899
Signed by A.J. Zang
This piece has been sold.
The Vindicator Mine is rich in history. This Bull Hill colossus was Cripple Creek's fifth largest mine and produced in excess of $27 million in gold over her lifetime.
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The Vindicator is perhaps best known as a target of terrorist bomber Harry Orchard during the 1903-04 Labor War. Orchard set a bomb to explode on the mine's seventh level to kill "scab" labor. A miscalculation caused the bomb to be planted on the sixth level, killing Superintendent Charles McCormick and Shift Boss Melvin Beck on November 21, 1903.
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Adolph Joseph Zang was heavily invested
in the banking and mining businesses in Colorado. The son of a
German immigrant, Zang rose to prominence as president of the American
National Bank of Denver, and later, of two Denver insurance companies.
Zang was a founder of both the Vindicator Consolidated Gold Mining Company and the Cresson Consolidated Mining & Milling Company. His contributions of capital and management expertise helped with the consolidation and preservation of the District's great mines. He has also been credited with the founding of the town of Goldfield, adjoining the Vindicator Mine property. |
This piece is worth of attention for another reason. This is a quarterly dividend check made out to E.W. Davis for $250.00. Davis must have owned a considerable block of Vindicator stock to justify a quarterly check of that size.
Vindicator memorabilia is highly collectable and prized by many Cripple Creek enthusiasts. As a consequence, few Vindicator items are readily available. Don't miss a rare opportunity to own this terrific and historic piece signed by a Cripple Creek millionaire. The price is $50.00.
