Death Valley Railroad Company 100 Pounds Sterling Bond Certificate No. 760 with complete coupon sheet attached.
Item #7966
10"x14.75" engraved certificate No. 760, printed in black and red, with large locomotive vignette, embossed gold seal, signed by the president and secretary, uncanceled; coupon sheet attached with original staples & cloth backstrip. Printed by New York Bank Note Co., 1914. The narrow gauge Death Valley Railroad was built in 1914 as a branch line of the Pacific Coast Borax Company. It hauled Borax from the mines to the Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad 20 miles away at Death Valley Junction. The upper part of the line required extensive grading and many high trestles. The railroad scheduled a single daily-except-monday mixed train which traveled across the desert at 15 miles per hour. The railroad ceased regular operation in 1928 after the opening of the large Borax mine near Boron California. An attempt was made to operate the line as a tourist railroad but without success. The railroad was finally torn up in 1931. Light to moderate browning to certificate and coupon sheet, otherwise near fine. |
