King David Mining Company stock certificate 1938 (Utah) 

Company from financier David Eccles. Unique vignette of a king's ornate crown with mining scenes flanking on either side. Issued and cancelled. Dated 1938. Measuring approximately 11.5 x 8 inches. 

The King David Mining Company was a historical entity incorporated in Utah around 1908 by Davis Eccles. It had administrative offices in Provo and mining offices in Frisco, Beaver County. The company involved in acquiring various mining claims, particularly in Utah's Beaver County and Frisco area. It acquired mining properties in the Lelande and Hunter Mining Districts, related to claims from companies like Copper King.

David Eccles, one of the most prominent and best-known citizens of the entire inter-mountain region, was born at Paisley, Rentfrashire, Scotland, on the 12th day of May, 1849, the same year that gold was first discovered in California.

In 1863, Eccles immigrated to America, arriving at Ogden City, Utah. In 1867 Eccles decided to go farther West and went into Oregon. After looking around for a location, he finally settled at Oregon City, and went to work for a couple of years in the adjacent forests of Oregon and Washington.

In 1869 Mr. Eccles returned to Ogden Valley, resumed his work in the timber, until in 1873, by thrift and economy he had saved enough money to be able to invest in a sawmill. He began a partnership with Gibson and Van Noy, who in 1874, under the firm of Gibson, Eccles & Van Noy, opened a lumber yard in Ogden. This firm continued in existence until 1880, after which Mr. Eccles continued the business alone until 1889 when he organized the Eccles Lumber Company, and others.

Mr. Eccles was president of several banks, including the First National Bank of Ogden and the Ogden Savings Bank. He was also president of the Amalgamated Sugar Company, the Lewiston Sugar Company, the Ogden Rapid Transit Company, the Sumpter Valley Railroad Company, the Eccles Lumber Company, the Oregon Lumber Company, the U. O. Lumber Company, the Mount Hood Railroad Company, and many other smaller industrial and mercantile institutions.

Mr. Eccles was also president of the well-known railroad constructing corporation, the Utah Construction Company, which built a railroad for the Western Pacific from Utah to California.

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