1908 – September 16 – Staley’s Creek Manganese and Iron Company – stock certificate

September 16, 1908 – Staley’s Creek Manganese and Iron Company – stock certificate – 

Staley’s Creek Manganese and Iron Company

Actual Capital Stock Marion, Smythe County, Va. $45,000

This certifies that John Samuel Apperson is the owner of
Five shares of the Capital Stock of
The Staley’s Creek Manganese and Iron Company, fully paid and non-assessable
Transferable only on the Books of the Corporation in person or by
Attorney, on the surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed.
In Witness thereof, the duly authorized officers
of this Corporation have hereunto subscribed
their names and caused the Corporate Seal to be hereby affixed at Marion, Va.
This 16 day of September, A. D. 1908

B. F. Buchanan – Secretary,  and John N. Preston – President