HERCULES CONSOLIDATED MINING Stock 1907 Maine. Pres. E.P. Ricker - Poland Spring

Description

Hercules Consolidated Mining Company
. Stock issued April 3,
1907 at Portland, Maine. Incorporated in 1900 in the State of Maine.
Embossed company seal lower left. Certificate
No. 409
was issued to
Charles S. Cook of Portland, Maine
(signed on verso) for 80 shares of capital stock ( per share). Company capital was
,000,000
(increased from 0,000). Hand signed by company
president Edward P. Ricker
and treasurer C. S. Smith. Certificate is about 8.5” x 11.” Black print with green borders and underprint.
The Hercules Consolidated Mining Company president was Edward Payson Ricker (1847 – 1928), a businessman and politician who was one of the six children of Hiram and Janette Bolster Ricker, of Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine (see attached 1926 photo of the six Ricker children – Edward P. Ricker is third from the left). In 1903, Edward P. Ricker conceived of the idea of bottling the spring waters found at his family’s Poland Spring Resort, which was developed in the 1890s on Ricker’s Hill, with views of the White Mountains. Edward Ricker worked with Washington D.C. architect Harry Wickerson, to plan and develop the water bottling plant and spring house, which were completed in 1907.
Condition:  Very Fine
, two vertical folds, minor creasing, no tears, minor signs of wear/handling/toning (see photos),
uncancelled.
Printer:
Forbes Co., Boston & New York.
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