Tonopah Gold Mountain Mining Company (1904)

Date

1904

Location

Tonopah, Nevada

Amount

$100

Signatures

  • Key Pittman

Description

This bond certificate (No. 2658) represents 1,000 shares (valued at $1.00 each) for the Tonopah Gold Mountain Mining Company. The Company President was 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 red ink shows intricate bordering, lettering, signatures, company seal, and vignette of a woman
The back side of this document provides legal language including dates, amounts, and signatures (see Translation field for more).
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 1182 | 100 Shares
	This Certifies That Joseph. R. Toplit. is the owner of One Hundred 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 18th day of September A.D. 1904
Signed by the Secretary (illegible)
Signed by the President Key Pittman
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 Joseph R. Toplit — 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:

2017.002.011