Chicago Extension Oil Company stock certificate 1901 (California)

Oil company operated in Kern River area. Cool oil field with wells as the vignette. Gold underprint at bottom with oil fields, oil storage, and steam trains. Issued and not cancelled. Dated 1901. Vertical folds from mailing. Measures approximately 10.5 x 8 inches.  

The company was incorporated 1900 at Bakersfield California and had wells and exploration efforts Northeast near Wofford Heights.

This 1901 stock certificate from the Chicago Extension Oil Company represents an early 20th-century corporate share from the California oil boom, featuring a principal place of business in Bakersfield and operations in the Kern River District.

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