[SEARS]. Calaveras Central Gold Mining Company Stock Certificate. Engraved stock certificate printed in green and black, with lithographed vignette of an eagle perched on a rock to the center margin. Printed by Jeffries Banknote Company, stamped December 11, 1939. SIGNED by Famous American Magician and Illusionist, the Company''s President (Harry Sears) and Secretary (Desmond Sears). Sears, a noted American magician and illusionist, retired from show business to run the Calaveras Central Gold Mining Company in California, a reorganized venture operating extensive shafts and tunnels on 880 acres of patented claims. By 1939, the mine had produced roughly $570,000 in gold, with earlier output of $100,000 and projected capacities of up to $200,000 per year. Bright and fine. 8 ? x 12?.