Rawhide Bighorn Mining Company

Date

1908

Location

Rawhide, Nevada

Amount

$100

Signatures

  • G.R. Waterman
  • Jacob Bamberger
  • Z. Kendall

Description

This stock certificate (No. 221) represents 100 shares valued at $1.00 each for the Rawhide Big Horn Mining Company. This mine was purchased by Jacob Bamberger who was also developing oil wells in the Los Angeles Basin at the time.

Notable Bond Imagery

The top left shows men digging in a field and inspecting rocks for ore. The center depicts men working in a mine with pickaxes and loading rail carts. The right shows a man panning for gold in a stream with his pickaxe at his side. On the bottom left is the golden seal of the company which reads, “The Rawhide Big Horn Mining Company | Incorporated February 24 1908 Nevada.” The bottom reads, “Shares Par Value $1.00 each.”

Certificate with black ink shows intricate borders, lettering, signatures, a company seal, and vignettes of miners, mining carts, and gold panning
Backside shows legal language including an intricate border with floral vignettes and places for signatures and dates
Transcription 
						The Rawhide Big Horn Mining Company stock certificate reads:
Incorporated under the Laws of Nevada. 
Principal Place of Business, Goldfield, Nevada
No 221 | 100 Shares
The Rawhide Big Horn Mining Company
Fully Paid | Capital $1,000,000 | Shares, One Million | Non-Assessable
	This certifies that J. J. Bamberger is the owner of One Hundred Shares of the Capital Stock of The Rawhide Big Horn Mining Company transferable only on the books of the Corporation 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 9th day of April A.D. 1908.
Signed by the Secretary G. R. Waterman
Signed by the President B. Kendall

The back of this certificate 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  _______ to transfer the said Stock on the books of the within named Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises
Dated _____ 190_ 
In Presence of ______

Notice. The signature of 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.

Accession No:

2017.002.020