Four Aces Mining Company

Date

1905

Location

Bullfrog Mining District, Nevada

Amount

$500

Signatures

  • D. E. Knorr
  • E.W. Griffiths
  • G.W. Murray
  • O.F. Jonasson + Co.

Description

This stock certificate (No. 448) represents 500 shares valued at $1 each for the Four Aces Mining Company. Located near the Mayflower in Pioneer, Nevada this mine was formed during the early days of the Bullfrog Gold Rush. Unfortunately, it did not yield much.

Notable Bond Imagery

Inside the name of the company is a hand holding a set of aces from a deck of cards: one red ace of hearts, one black ace of clubs, one red ace of diamonds, and one black ace of spades. The company’s corporate seal is at the bottom left corner. This certificate is also ornately bordered in a red ink.

Certificate with black and red ink shows intricate bordering, lettering, signatures, company seal, and vignette of a hand holding a set of aces
Backside shows legal language with dates, amounts, signatures, and borders in black, green and red ink
Transcription 
						The Four Aces Mining Company stock certificate reads: 
Mines located at Bullfrog mining district, Nevada
Number No. 448 | Shares 500 
Capital $1,250,000 Fully paid and non-assessable
Incorporated under the laws of Arizona
Four Aces Mining Company 
	This Certifies that D. E. Knorr is the owner of Five hundred Shares of the Capital Stock of the Four Aces Mining Company, transferable only on the books of the Company by the holder hereof in person or by Attorney upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. 
	In Witness Whereof, the said corporation has caused this Certificate to be signed by its duly authorized officers and to be sealed with the Seal of the Corporation this 24th day of Oct A.D. 1905
Signed by the Secretary G. W. Murray
Signed by the Vice President E. W. Marffilles


The back side of this document has an extremely ornate border around each of the three columns it is divided into. 
	The left column states:
For Value Received, I hereby sell, assign and transfer unto _____ Shares of the Capital Stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint O. F. Jonasson & Co. to transfer the said Stock on the books of the within named Company with full power of substitution in the premises
Dated Sept 13 1906
In Presence of D. E. Knorr
	The middle column has a vignette of a bald eagle perching on a rock that is overlooking the ocean. This column states:
Certificate for 500 Shares Issued to D. E. Knorr
Dated Oct- 14th- 1905
	The right column does not state anything; it is blank.

Accession No:

2017.002.019