East Best and Belcher Silver Mining Company

Date

1887

Location

Nevada

Amount

$10,000

Signatures

  • B.F. Dahl
  • R.L. Van Nyck

Description

This stock certificate (No. 141) represents 100 shares valued at $100 each for the East Best and Belcher Silver Mining Company. This company was one of the first to use cyanide mills on the Comstock.

Notable Bond Imagery

This certificate lacks any vignettes, although the locations for the certificate number and amount are somewhat ornate, looking like scrolls.

Certificate with black ink shows intricate borders, lettering, and numbers
Backside shows a signature
Transcription 
						The East Best and Belcher Silver Mining Company stock certificate reads:
Virginia Mining District, Storey County, Nevada.
Incorporated November 19th, 1886
No. 141 | 100 Shares
Capital Stock, $10,000,000 | 100,000 Shares, $100 Each
San Francisco, Nov. 18th 1887
This Certifies that R. L. Van Nyck Trustee is the owner of One Hundred Shares of the Capital Stock of East Best and Belcher Silver Mining Company. Transferable on the books of the Company by endorsement hereon and surrender of this Certificate. 
Signed by the Secretary (illegible)
Signed by the Vice President B. F. Dahl

The backside of this certificate has only a signature of H. L. T—

Accession No:

2017.002.074