Trinidad Coal and Mining Co.

Inv# MS2548 Stock

State(s): Colorado

Years: 1879

Stock printed by Mills & Co. Lith., Des Moines, Iowa. Signed by A.G. Stark. The town site of Starkville was named for Albert G. Stark who opened one of the first coal mines in the region around Trinidad. Santa Fe railroad interests established their own coal mines and processing operations, principally to the railroad and nearby markets in eastern Colorado and western Kansas. Their subsidiary, The Trinidad Coal and Mining Co. developed motor mining operations at Starkville, Co., a classic company town just south of Trinidad. Finally sold to Colorado Fuel & Iron Company in 1896.

Condition: Excellent

A stock certificate is issued by businesses, usually companies. A stock is part of the permanent finance of a business. Normally, they are never repaid, and the investor can recover his/her money only by selling to another investor. Most stocks, or also called shares, earn dividends, at the business's discretion, depending on how well it has traded. A stockholder or shareholder is a part-owner of the business that issued the stock certificates.

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