Bonanza Creek Gold Mining Company, Limited 1908 antique stock certificate Yukon

Description

Up for consideration is a Bonanza Creek Gold Mining Company, Limited stock certificate from 1908:
#1859
Issued to Joseph Brown for 1 share on March 19, 1908
Signed by H. T. Martin as president and Arthur K. Hutchins as treasurer
Incorporated in Ontario, Canada
Capital stock of ,750,000
Printer: American Bank Note Company, New York
Uncancelled
Certificate in very good condition
Vignette of an eagle on a globe
The Bonanza Creek Gold Mining Company owned mining properties along Bonanza Creek in the Yukon Territory, Canada. Bonanza Creek runs for about 20 miles from King Solomon's Dome to the Klondike River. King Solomon's Dome ia a 4,049 foot peak in the Yukon-Mackenzie Divide region of the Yukon Territory, about 20 miles southeast of Dawson City, and is believed to be the source of the gold fields that sparked the Klondike Gold Rush at the turn of the 20th century. In the last years of the 19th century and the early 20th century, Bonanza Creek was the center of the Klondike Gold Rush, which attracted tens of thousands of prospectors to the creek and the area surrounding it. Prior to 1896 the creek was known as Rabbit Creek. Its name was changed by miners in honor of the millions of dollars in gold found in and around the creek.