This stock certificate from the Garfield Mining Company in Lead, South Dakota, is dated December 1907. It certified that Frankie Delehant owned 215 shares of the company's capital stock, with each share valued at $5.
This is certificate number 16. The gold seal in the bottom left corner is shiny and beautiful. The certificate itself is in excellent shape. It has a few small spots around the edges. Please use the eBay enlargement feature to see details or ask for more information or pictures. There are some folds where the certificate was obviously folded and probably stored. The back of the certificate is green and is dated April 2, 1917. The front of the certificate is dated December 1907. All of the signatures on the back are in pencil! I believe I am correctly recording the name of the person who bought the shares. It appears to be Frankie Delehant. It could be Deleharit.
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Company: Garfield Mining Company, operating in Lead, South Dakota.
Capital Stock: Total value of $625,000, divided into 125,000 shares.