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Tonopah,NV - Nye County - 1919-1922 - "Divide" Stock Certificates :

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Tonopah,NV - Nye County - 1919-1922 -  Divide  Stock Certificates :
Lot of 4 certificates, including: Keystone Divide Mining Co., Gold Mountain (Divide) district, Esmeralda County. Incorporated under the laws of Nevada on March 22, 1919. Certificate No. 178 issued to T.A. Musante for 1000 shares on March 31, 1919. Signed by R.J. Kelly as President and T.A. Mussante as Secretary. Signed by Musante on reverse. Vignete of an eagle spreading its wings on a cliff overlooking the ocean in the top left. Black ink and border with embassed gold seal in the bottom left. Tonopah Banking Corporation rubber stamp on right border. Uncancelled. Printer; Goes. Several pinholes and one larger hole visible. 2) Operator Divide Mining Company of Gold Mountain, Esmeralda County. Incorporated under the laws of Nevada on March 18, 1919. Certificate No. 114 issued to J.T. Lynch for 1000 shares on March 29, 1919. Signed by (illegible) as President and J. Thomas Lynch as Secretary. A large vignette of 9 miners working underground at the top center along with smaller mining vignettes in the upper right and left corners. Black print and border, gold underprint, and gold embossed seal in the lower left corner. Signed by Lynch on reverse. Uncancelled. Printer: Goes. Several pinholes and creaselines noted. 3) Smuggler Divide Mining Company, Rochester district, Pershing County. Incorporated under the laws of Nevada on April 1, 1919. Certificate No. 1217 issued to Gus Profurno for 1000 shares on October 19, 1922. Cancelled using holes through signatures of President and Secretary. Profurno's signature on reverse. Larger vignette of four miners working underground in upper left corner with small vignettes in each corner and at the midpoints of the side borders. Black print and ornate border with gold underprint and a gold embossed seal in the lower left corner. Printer: Goes. Seven assessments with three assessment stamps on reverse. Company listed as "apparently idle" in Mines Handbook, Vol. XVII, 1926. 4) Tonopah Divide Mining Company, location of mine Tonopah-Gold Mountain mining district, Esmeralda County; also properties in Tonopah District, Nye County. Incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada on June3, 1912, a re-organization of the Tonopah & Gold Mtn. Mining Co. Certificate No. 16401 issued to William J. Gerety for 70 shares on January 24, 1921. Signed by W.J. Douglass as 2nd Vice President and (Illegible) as Secretary and Resident Agent. Vignette of miners at a mill along a river at the top center with black print and orange border. Embossed seal at bottom center. Cancelled by rubber stamp and punch holes. Several pinholes and black smudges at right border.