Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-10-15 | Page 8 | Goldfield Con. Hunts for Forged Certificates

GOLDFIELD CON. HUNTS FOR FORGED CERTIFICATES The following notice from the secretary of the Goldfleld Consolidated company of Goldfleld may prove of some benefit to readers of The Tribune: "The office of tho Goldfleld Consolidated Mines company is In possession of a forged certificate of Its stock. Tho forgery Is of tho brown series, numberod 6562. for 100 shares, In the name of Jno. Davis, dated May 16, 1908, and purports to have i been registered by John S. Cook & Co., . of Goldfleld. May 2, 1D0S. The forgery is considerably larger than the regular certificate, cer-tificate, lacks tho scroll for the imprint of , j ; iiese the corporate soal, and in general appear- 5 Sv ance only Is deceptive. The name of the I Mm company appears on the forged ccrtlfl- I katls cate identical In style and size with that ? ffi s which appears on the regular certificate. i Sbod' The vignette and orackets at the top of !!wJue) the certificate arc entirely different. ivmil The name of the concern that did thr J tan I printing or lithographing had been printed I M in the lower left hand corner of the cpf- I St tlflcate, Just Insldo the brown border, but v hns been obliterated. It would appear thar j; US r the perpeirators have gone to couaiderabl'-' expense In getting out this forgorv, nu 3 it Is quite likely that others of the" same ji Icouj kind will make their appearance." J U-'S