RILLA MINING CO Stock 1916 Breckenridge, Summit Co, CO Bay State Dist North Star

Description

The Rilla Mining Company. Stock issued July 18, 1916. Incorporated in 1915 in the State of Colorado.
Embossed company seal lower center. Certificate
No. 3482
was issued to
A. Oppenheim (signed on verso as ‘Abe,’ or Abraham Oppenheim)
for 500 shares of capital stock. Company capital was
,000,000
. Hand signed by company president (illegible) and secretary George M. Foster. Certificate is about 7.5” x 11.” Black print with blue overprint/underprint.
Vignette with a mountain and forests, with clouds and snow (North Star Mountain).
The Rilla Mining Company owned mines at Breckenridge, Colorado (Summit County), on the north slope of North Star Mountain (about eight miles south of Breckenridge), within the Bay State Mining District. Rilla Mining owned the Bay State group of thirteen claims on 65 acres that produced copper, silver and gold. The company was a reorganization of the O’Reilly Gold Mining Company in 1915, and developed four separate tunnels, the longest being 1,300 feet.
Condition:  Very Fine++
, two light folds, very minor creasing, no tears, very light signs of wear/handling/toning (see photos),
uncancelled.
Printer:
Franklin Lee Division - American Bank Note Company, Boston.
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