Tonopah Gold Mountain Mining Company (1906)

Date

1906

Location

Tonopah, Nevada

Amount

$100

Signatures

  • Emil Sutro
  • George Wingfiled

Description

This bond certificate (No. 2658) represents 1,000 shares (valued at $1.00 each) for the Tonopah Gold Mountain Mining Company. It is signed by Company President and notable Nevada banker, miner, and businessman George Wingfield.

Notable Bond Imagery

In the upper-left corner, a woman’s portrait shows a shining star on the front of her hat. On the bottom left of the certificate is a golden seal that reads “Tonopah Gold Mountain Mining Company Corporate Seal.”

Certificate with black and gold ink shows intricate bordering, lettering, a company seal, signatures, cancel stamps, and a vignette of a woman
Backside shows green ink with an intricate border, cancel stamps, and legal language including spacing for signatures and dates
Transcription 
						Tonopah Gold Mountain Mining Company stock certificate reads:
Incorporated under the Laws of Arizona
1,000,000 shares, Capital $1,000,000, Non-assessable
No 2658 | 1000 Shares
	This Certifies That MIMS-SUTRO CO. is the owner of One Thousand Shares of the Capital Stock of Tonopah Gold Mountain 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 Feb 16 1906 A.D. 190_
Signed by the Secretary (illegible)
Signed by the President George Wingfield
From the Press of John Partridge, S.F.

On the back of this certificate is an ornate border and text, both written in green ink, which 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 appoints ___________ 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 Gus Bars — (illegible)
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:

2017.002.010