Archives International Auctions Sale 61 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, and Security Printing Ephemera and Historic Ephemera October 4 & 5, 2020

Archives International Auctions - Sale 61 114 October 4-5,2020 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 798 798 Little Diamond Consolidated Mining Co. 1882 Stock Certificate Leadville, Colorado (Inc. in Philadelphia, PA), 1882. 500 Shares I/U Capital Stock Certificate #139, Black text with red border and undertint, Scene of men at work in mine at top center. VF condition. Little Diamond Consolidated Mining Company was located in Leadville, Colorado.��������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $95-160 799 799 Moon Anchor Gold Mining Co. Issued Stock. Colorado Springs (Cripple Creek), CO. 1908, 500 Shares, Issued Stock, Black on gold anchor chain border with anchors on corners and one harnessed to the moon top center, VF-XF condition, The Gowdy- Simmons Co. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $130-200 Colorado, New Mexico 800 800 Carthage Mining Company, 1884 I/U Stock Certificate. Carthage, Missouri (Inc. in Iowa), I/U stock certificate. 1884. 200 Shares. Scenic mountain and train for vignette. Ornate black border, text and title over light metallic gold undertint. Serial #8. XF Condition. Western mining company with corporate offices in Iowa. Possibly Colorado or New Mexico. ����������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $130-200 Honduras 801 801 Yuscaran Mining Co. of New York 1886 I/U Stock Certificate Yuscaran, Honduras, (Inc. in New York), 1886. 50 Shares I/U Capital Stock Certificate, Black text with black border, Mining scenes at top right corner and along left side. XF condition. Mines located in Yuscaran Honduras, CA. ������������������������������������������� Est. $120-200 Kentucky 802 802 Colossal Cavern Co., 1928 I/C Stock Certificate Pair. Kentucky. Lot of 2 certificates, includes 3 Shares Capital Stock I/C Stock Certificate S/N 10, completely typewritten, and 3 shares, Black print on green border, Bald Eagle at top, Low serial number-24, POC’s along bottom, Fine-VF condition. Colossal Cavern is a cave in Kentucky, the main entrance of which is at the foot of a steep hill beyond Eaton Valley, and 1.5 miles from Mammoth Cave. It is connected with what has long been known as the Bedquilt Cave. Several entrances found by local explorers were rough and difficult. They were closed when the property was bought in 1896 by the Louisville & Nashville railway and a new approach made. From the surface to the floor is 240 feet (73 m) under Chester Sandstone and in the St. Louis Limestone. Fossil corals fix the geological age of the rock. The temperature is uniformly 54 °F (12 °C), and the atmosphere is optically and chemically pure. There are gypsum rosettes and helictites. On August 22, 1960, a crew consisting of Jack Lehrberger, Spike Warner, and Dave Deamer discovered and surveyed a connection to nearby Salts Cave. The two cave surveys were linked to the already-connected Collins Crystal Cave and Unknown Cave on August 21, 1961. The integrated survey was dubbed the Flint Ridge Cave System, and by March 1969, it was ranked the longest surveyed cave in the world, at about 65 miles. On September 9, 1972, a connection was found to Mammoth Cave, forming the Flint-Mammoth Cave System (144 miles).�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $130-230 Louisiana 803 803 LouisianaOil,Coal &RefiningStockCertificateGroup of 11 Pieces, ca.1901 to 1934. Louisiana, Group lot of 11 Certificates, Calcasieu Drilling Co, Como Oil Development Co Inc. 2, Capital Crescent Oil Co Inc., International Oil Co, St. James Oil and Refining Co. Inc., to name a few, Vignettes and Company Seal on most, F condition. (11 pieces)���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $180-280