Example of a Stock Certificate for the Mineral City Mining Company
Two young chemical engineers, Henry Holland Buckman and George A. Pritchard, discover that Ponte Vedra’s beautiful beaches contained over a dozen industrial minerals, including rutile and ilmenite, components necessary for the production of titanium and zirconium. The Mineral City Mining Corp had bought out Pritchard and Buckman; and the mining settlement was dubbed Mineral City. Mineral City played a crucial role in the production of titanium is a key component in the manufacture of poison gas; and Germany controlls much of the world’s titanium supply.