Mineral patent issued in the district of Durango, Colorado, 10.5 x 16, five pages, October 21, 1909, boasting the secretarial signature of President William Howard Taft. The patent grants the "Blue Bird and Aetna Lode Mining and Aetna Millsite Claims" to Samuel Shaw, Benjamin F. Spinney, and Francis T. Akin, and describes the survey of the property. The red United States General Land Office seal and ribbon affixed to the last page remains intact. In fine condition.
