Certigue Mining & Dredging Company - South Dakota 1912

Beautiful mining stock certificate from the Certigue Mining & Dredging Company issued in 1912. This historic document has an ornate border around it with vignettes of mining scenes. This item has the original signatures of the Company's officers.


Certificate

United States Investor, Volume 18, Issue 8 -1907

The company held title to about 1,000,000 acres of land in Western Colombia, containing extensive placer deposits. These holdings have been in the possession of the family of one of the organizers of the company since 1731 and were originally made up of grants from the Spanish crown. The properties have never been extensively worked as a whole, but certain portions had been worked over by hand and good profits had been made. The present management proposes to install gold dredges at an early date and it is expected that under these modern methods large profits will result. This, however, is a matter which only time can determine. The management appears to be working along legitimate lines...

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