AMERICAN EXPLOITATION CO Stock 1904 Denver. Arthur Lake Colorado School of Mines

Description

The American Exploitation Company. Stock issued May 21, 1904 at Denver, Colorado. Incorporated in the State of Colorado.
Gold embossed company seal lower left. Certificate
No. 445
was issued to
George H. Koehler
for 120 shares of capital stock ( per share). Company capital was
,000,000
. Hand signed by company
president James B. Oesman
and
secretary H. L. Hohlgemath
. Certificate is about 8” x 11.” Black print with green borders on cream-colored paper. Eagle vignette in circle, top center.
The American Exploitation Company was formed in the early 1900s as an investment group in Denver, Colorado that supported extractive industries that ranged from gypsum and limestone to precious metal mines. American Exploitation’s lead consulting mining geologist was Arthur Lake, a well-known figure in Colorado mining. Lake contributed enormously to the geological and mining sciences in the western United States as a geologist, teacher, writer, and artist over a period of more than four decades beginning in 1869. Arthur Lakes and Edward Berthoud, who taught geology at the fledgling Colorado Territorial School of Mines, established a “geological cabinet,” which eventually grew into the world famous Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum. In 1880, Lake was hired as the permanent instructor of geology and curator at the Colorado School of Mines, and he continued to serve as a mining consultant until 1912, when he moved to Nelson, British Columbia to live with his sons, both mining engineers.
Condition:  Very Fine+
, light folds, minor creasing, no tears, minor signs of wear/handling/toning (see photos),
uncancelled
.
Printer:
Denver Litho. Co., Denver, Colorado.
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