Bamberger-De Lamar Gold Mines Co Stock Certificate Signed By Simon Bamberger

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Product Details<br>Beautifully engraved antique stock certificate from the Bamberger-De Lamar Gold Mines Company dating back to the 1910's. This document, which is signed by the company President (Simon Bamberger) and Assistant Treasurer, was printed by the Franklin-Lee Bank Note Company and measures approximately 11 1/2" (w) by 7" (h).<br>The vignette features a group of miners working drills in a seam.<br>Images<br>You will receive the exact certificate pictured.<br>Historical Context<br>The Bamberger-De Lamar Gold Mines Company was incorporated in Wyoming, in 1902, to take over the following properties located in De Lamar, Lincoln County, Nevada:<br>De Lamar's Nevada Gold Mining Company<br>Magnolia Gold Mining & Milling Compoany<br>Boston De Lamar Gold Mining & Milling Company<br>Mono Gold Mining & Milling Company<br>April Fool Gold Mining & Milling Company<br>Rose Group of Gold Alines<br>Pleiades Group of Gold Mines<br>Simon Bamberger<br>Born on February 27, 1845 in Darmstadt-Eberstadt, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, Simon Bamberger was the son of Emanuel Bamberger and the former Helen Fleisch. He emigrated to the United States at the age of fourteen, shortly before the American Civil War broke out. Landing in New York City, he embarked on a train to Cincinnati, Ohio. This was a logical destination, because Cincinnati was one of the leading centers of German life in the United States at the time. However, Bamberger missed the connection at Columbus and ended up in Indianapolis, Indiana and, then Terre Haute, Indiana. He remained there until the Civil War ended in 1865, at which point he relocated to St. Louis, Missouri—perhaps not coincidentally, also a major focal point of German immigrants—and established a garment manufacturing company with his brother Herman. A few years later, while in Wyoming to collect a debt, Bamberger got word that the business had failed. Figuring he had nothing to lose, he struck out for Utah, which at that time was still a territory and barely settled.<br>Bamberger married Ida Maas in 1881. They had four children.<br>Bamberger began operating a small hotel in Ogden, Utah, not far from Salt Lake City. A short time later, an outbreak of smallpox resulted in a quarantine that forced the Union Pacific Railroad to bypass the town, so Bamberger moved on to Salt Lake itself, where he operated the Delmonico Hotel with a partner. In 1872, Bamberger invested in a silver mine, the Centennial Eureka Mine in Juab County. A major vein of silver was struck two years later, making Bamberger a millionaire; for a brief time, he contemplated retiring, but soon got involved in building railroads. He opened various lines linking Salt Lake City to mining operations, but the ventures lost a substantial amount of money, and during this period also built Lagoon, a large amusement park in Farmington, Utah. Another notable venture Bamberger pursued was the establishment of a Jewish agricultural colony in Clarion, Utah. These were the years of the nascent Zionist movement spearheaded by Theodor Herzl, also a German Jew. Herzl believed that Jews, hitherto stigmatized as a rootless, wandering people, urgently needed to get in touch with the soil and develop the agricultural skills that centuries of restrictions in Europe had kept from them. It is quite possible that these ideas influenced Bamberger; unfortunately, however, despite Bamberger's fundraising efforts between 1913 and 1915, the community folded.<br>Bamberger constructed a railroad, the Salt Lake and Ogden, from Salt Lake City to Ogden in 1908. In 1910 it was converted to electric operation. Eventually the family name was adopted as the Corporate name, and it became the Bamberger Railroad. An amusement park and lake were constructed midway between the namesake towns to attract riders and increase business, particularly during the summer months. The Bamberger had good freight business even though it directly competed with the Union Pacific Railroad. Due to the impact of the Depression coupled with the growing use of automobiles riding on new state highways, most U.S. interurbans abandoned operations prior to the start of World War II. The Bamberger, however, survived to the mid-1950s due to a good freight business. It had purchased five modern high speed Brill Company Bullet cars in 1938 to improve schedules and hold its passenger business. During WW2, it constructed new trackage to an army base where it had extensive business. The Bamberger stopped operations in 1955.<br>During all this time, Bamberger had also been getting increasingly involved with politics. He began on the local level, serving on the Salt Lake