New River Mineral Company Stock Certificate
Scope and Content
This collection consists of an unissued stock certificate printed for the New River Mineral Company during the 1880s. The certificate (number 197) notes that the company was incorporated in New York and held property in Wythe County, Virginia, with a capital of $250,000. Featured on the certificate is an engraved vignette of mining operations. The stock was to be sold at $100 per share.
Dates
- Creation: ca.1882
Creator
- New River Mineral Company (Organization)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the New River Mineral Company Stock Certificate must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Historical Information
The New River Mineral Company, incorporated in New York, conducted mining operations in Wythe County, Virginia. Sources indicate that the company purchased a charcoal-fired furnace at Ivanhoe, Virginia around 1882, and replaced it with a new coke furnace around 1887. In 1884, Joshua Hendricks was serving as the company's president; Jordan L. Mott, vice-president; and W. C. Van Doren, superintendent and agent at the works. The plant, which would continue in production for 25 years, produced up to 25,000 tons of iron per year and operated in conjunction with a foundry owned by the company. By 1907 the Ivanhoe Furnace was being operated by the Ivanhoe Furnace Company.
Full Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Unissued certificate for shares of stock in the New River Mineral Company, with property in Wythe County, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
The New River Mineral Company Stock Certificate was purchased by Special Collections in 2009. The documents had been part of a larger group of railroad-related materials compiled by a collector, then sold to a dealer (see "separated material" section).
Separated Material
The New River Mineral Company Stock Certificate was acquired as part of a larger collection of railway-related material that had been compiled by a collector, then sold to a dealer. In the course of processing, the stock certificate was removed to a separate collection. The acquisition of which this certificate was a part also included:
General Physical Description note
1 container; 0.1 cu. ft.
Processing Information
The processing and description of the New River Mineral Company Stock Certificate commenced and was completed in March 2009.
- Title
- A Guide to the New River Mineral Company Stock Certificate, ca. 1882
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- John M. Jackson
- Date
- © 2009 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Description is in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu