1900, California. Stock certificate for 100 shares. Green/Black. Vignette at bottom center of miners at work. Coupons attached at bottom. Uncancelled and fine.

1917, South Dakota. Stock certificate for 500 shares. Green/Black. Vignette of a mining operation at top center, miners at work in lower corners. Uncancelled and Fine.

1915, Canada. Stock certificate for 200 shares. Brown/Black. Vignette of company seal at top center. Uncancelled and fine.

1906, Idaho. Black/White with gold seal. Stock certificate for 50 shares. Vignette of miners at work at top left and small vignettes of miners working at top, center and bottom margins right and left. Pen and stamp cancelled. Fine.

1886, Oregon. Stock certificate for 100 shares. Green/Black. Engraved vignette of Indians overlooking passing town and train. The company was formed to consolidate a number of Henry Villard's northwestern companies under a "harmonious structure". Stamp and punch cancelled. Very Fine.

1882, Oregon. Stock certificate for 100 shares. Green/Black. Engraved panoramic vignette of Native Americnas overlooking a valley with steam locomotives and rivers. Issued to and signed on verso by George M. Pullman (1831-1897). Industrialist; Inventor. Pullman's Palace Car company was organized in 1867 after public acceptance of his "Pioneer" sleeping car. Guided by Pullman's business acumen, the company grew to become the greatest railroad car construction company in the world. Very fine condition. Diamond cut and stamp cancelled, neither affecting Pullman's large signature.

1882, Stock certificate for 100 shares of the Oregon and Transcontinental Company. Green/Black. Nice engraved vignette of Indians overlooking a valley with steam locomotive. Issued to and signed on verso by Henry Villard. The Oregon and Transcontinental Company was a holding company organized by Henry Villard. The company controlled the Northern Pacific and Oregon Railway and Navigation Company which was a dominant force among railroads in the Northwest. Lightly stamp and punch cancelled and Extremely Fine.

1880, New York and Oregon. Stock certificate for 100 shares of the Oregon and Transcontinental Company. GreenBlack. Engraved panoramic view of Indians overlooking a riverside town with passing steam locomotives. Issued to and signed on verso by AUGUST BELMONT (1816-1890). Financier; Diplomat. At the age of fourteen, Belmont began working at the office of the Rothschilds in Frankfurt, Germany. His skill for finance won him numerous promotions within the company until in 1837, during the financial panic, he formed his own company in New York with his only tangible asset being that of his agency in the U.S. for the Rothschilds. Within a few years, Belmont was one of the leading bankers in the nation. The Oregon and Transcontinental was organized by Henry Villard as a holding company for a vast empire of Nortwestern railway and improvement interests to better integrate them into a harmonized system of railways. The certificate is punch and stamp cancelled. Belmont's signature on verso remains uncancelled and bold. A few pinholes. Fine.

1901, Incorporated in Arizona Territory and located at Goldfield, Nevada. Stock certificate for 500 shares. Green\Black. Great large underprint of a Bullfrog at center. A popular western mining certificate. Scarce. Uncancelled and Extremely Fine.