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
- ca. 1882
Creator
- New River Mineral Company (Organization)
Language of Materials
The materials in the collection are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
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Administrative History
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.
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Abstract
The collection contains an unissued certificate for shares of stock in the New River Mineral Company, with property in Wythe County, Virginia.
Source of Acquisition
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 these certificates were a part also included the following collections at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:
Chapman J. French Papers, Ms2009-034
Mine Hill & Schuylkill Haven Railroad Stock Certificates, Ms2009-035
Norfolk & Western Railway and Associated Companies Collection, Ms2009-037
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Receipts, Ms2009-038
Raleigh Coal & Coke Company Rail Spur Drawing, Ms2009-039
Reed Island Iron Company Receipts, Ms2009-040
Rock Island Lines Insurance Booklet, Ms2009-041
Sullivan Railroad Company Stock Certificate, Ms2009-042
Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railroad Annual Report, Ms2009-043
Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway Annual Report, Ms2009-044
Thomas Wood and Company Freight Records, Ms2009-045
Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company Receipts, Ms2009-046
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the New River Mineral Company Stock Certificate by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).
Processing Information
The processing and description of the New River Mineral Company Stock Certificate commenced and was completed in March 2009.
- Title
- New River Mineral Company Stock Certificate, ca. 1882
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- John M. Jackson, Archivist
- Date
- 2009 (CC0 1.0)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu