Continental Coal Company stock certificate c1860 (Pennsylvania)

Rare early PA coal mining certificate. Fantastic vignette of George Washington on a horse, likely an artist's interpretation of the painting of Portrait of George Washington Taking the Salute at Trenton. Image shows stub and uncommon lower section for recording. Unissued and not cancelled.  Circa 1860. Dated 186_. Approximately 11 x 7 inches with stub and lower section folded under.

The Continental Coal Company incorporated and opened the Slope 190 coal mine in 1860, played a pivotal role in fueling the Industrial Revolution. The Slope 190 mine functioned for more than 100 years and was owned by the Continental Coal Company when operations ceased in 1966. It was the last deep mine in Lackawanna County to be shut down.

The mine is now a coal mining museum near Scranton PA. The Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour in Scranton, Pennsylvania, offers visitors a unique opportunity to delve into the region’s rich mining heritage. Located within McDade Park, this tour transports guests 300 feet beneath the earth’s surface to explore an anthracite coal mine that has been operational since 1860. ​

About 345 to 280 million years ago, the anthracite deposits beneath Scranton were formed. The Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour, or Slope 190, is part of the Northern Coal Field. Its coal deposits have the highest carbon content and are the deepest in the region. At one point, about half of Pennsylvania's total anthracite production came from this field. The Clark Vein in the Slope 190 mine is particularly rich because of an unusually heavy deposit of organic matter that settled and decayed there. While in operation, it had two openings and was mined using both underground drilling and strip-mining methods. 

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