Up for consideration is a North American Gold
Dredging Company stock certificate from 1900:
#1495
Issued to Frank Denison for 100 shares on August 3,
1900
Singed by Edward Clark as president and William
Muller as treasurer
Incorporated in Maine
Capital stock of $1,000,000
Printed by American Bank Note Company, New York
& Boston
Uncancelled
Certificate in very good condition
Vignette of an eagle with attractive ornate orange
border and underprint
The company mined placer deposits covering 1,800
acres along the Swan River near Breckenridge, Summit County, Colorado. Company
operated one of the first dredge boats to be used in Colorado and were largely
experimental. Boats were steam operated,
and a bucket line fed gravel into the dredge.
Frank Griffin was a very respected mine dredging expert in California
and Colorado and served as the company's superintendent for two years.