California Divide Mining Company

Date

1919

Location

Tonopah, Nevada

Amount

$100

Signatures

  • G. E. Karl
  • Tasker L. Oddie
  • W. J. Richardson

Description

This is certificate 1,021 for 1,000 shares (valued at 10 cents each) for the California Divide Mining Company. It is signed by Company President Nevada State Governor and Senator, Tasker L. Oddie.

Notable Bond Imagery

The vignette in the upper-middle section depicts four miners in a stream working with a supervisor looking over them and a waterfall in the background. The bottom left shows a golden seal which reads “California Divide Mining Company, Incorporated April 1919.”

Certificate with black, brown, and gold ink shows intricate bordering, lettering, a company seal, signatures, and a vignette of miners and a waterfall
Backside shows legal language with dates and signatures, an ink stamp, and an embossed seal.
Transcription 
						California Divide Mining Company reads:
Incorporated under the Laws of the state of Nevada, April 1919
Principal Office: Tonopah, Nevada
Capitalization $150,000.00 | 1,500,000 Shares Par Value 10c | Fully Paid and Non-Assessable
No 1021 | 1000 Shares

This Certifies that G. E. Karl is the owner of One Thousand Shares of the Capital Stock of California Divide Mining Company transferable only on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person or by Attorney, upon surrender of this Certificate to be signed by its duly authorized officers and to be sealed with the Seal of the Corporation this _________ day of Sep 10 1919 A.D. 19__
Signed by the President T. L. Oddie
Signed by Secretary and Resident Agent WJ. Richardson

On the back of the certificate is text written in black ink, and an ink stamp. The text reads:

For Value Received ___ hereby sell, assign, and transfer unto ________ Shares of the Capital Stock represented by the within Certificate and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint _________ Attorney to transfer the said stock on the Books of the within named Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises. 
Dated Mar 11 1920
In Presence of 
(illegible)
Notice. The Signature to this Assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
The ink stamp reads:
Signature Guaranteed by JB Smith & Amann

Accession No:

2017.002.009