N.Y. - Honduras Mining Co. Records

Name/Title

N.Y. - Honduras Mining Co. Records

Entry/Object ID

2026.040.049

Scope and Content

Collection of papers and photographs related to the New York and Honduras Rosario Mining Co., 1889-1892. The New York and Honduras Rosario Mining Corporation was an American organization that owned and operated the Rosario mine in Honduras and Nicaragua, which produced both gold and silver. Several Mystic residents held stock in the corporation in the 1880s. Both photographs were taken by Everett A. Scholfield, a well-known Mystic photographer.

Collection

Carol Kimball Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2026.040

Source or Donor

Carol Kimball

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Receipt

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Advertisement

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Financial Records

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Class

Advertising Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1889 - 1902

Archive Size/Extent

1 folder

Primary Language

English

Provenance

Notes

Part of a collection of records collected by Carol Kimball during her tenure as the Town of Groton Historian; given to the Groton Historical Society following her death; stored for several years at the Avery Copp Museum; donated to the Groton Public Library 2026