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The Hidalgo Copper Mining & Smelting Company

This company was located in Zimapán, 122 kilometres north-west of Pachuca and 144 kilometres east of Querétaro. In 1902 the Ludlow brothers discovered that copper existed at Zimapan and the Ludloe-Armstrong company acquired many of the properties thereThe Mexican Herald, 12 January 1908.
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In October 1907 all of the Ludlow-Armstrong properties at Zimapam were put into the Hidalgo Copper Mining and Smelting company, capitalised at $,2,000,000 gold. The mines taken over included twenty-two producing properties, nine leased producing properties, and five virgin properties. The company also owned and operated a twenty-five ton lead-silver smelter and a thirty ton silver-copper smelter at ZimapanThe Mexican Herald, 17 October 1907. The brothers controlled the company and its president and general manager was Sydney Ludlow.

All the notes are from June 1915 and unsigned/unissued.

copper 5c

copper 5c reverse

copper 10c

copper 10c reverse

copper 20c

copper 20c reverse

copper 25c orange

copper 25c orange reverse

copper 25c white

copper 25c white reverse

copper 50c white

copper 50c white reverse

copper 50c orange

copper 50c orange reverse

copper 1

copper 1 reverse

copper 2

copper 2 reverse

copper 5

copper 5 reverse

  Series from to total
number
total
value
 
5c           includes numbers 9666CNBanxico #4438 to 10704CNBanxico #11267
10c           includes numbers 4846 to 12384CNBanxico #4439
20c           includes numbers 6210CNBanxico #4440 to 10294CNBanxico #11269
25c           includes numbers 809CNBanxico #44428 to 16881CNBanxico #4441
50c           includes numbers 3394CNBanxico #4443 to 15002 
$1 B.U.L.         includes number 5958CNBanxico #11272
B.V.C.         includes numbers 9396CNBanxico #11273 to 10289
$2 K.I.D.         includes numbers 5524CNBanxico #4445 to 6996CNBanxico #11274
$5 X.Y.Z.         includes numbers 3234CNBanxico #4446 to 4919CNBanxico #11275

 

Also the following

vale 1c

vale 2c

vale 3c

vale 4c

vale 4c reverse

vale 5c

vale 20c