Hinton, WV. COAL MINER'S PRESENTATION TORCH LANTERN. c.1870. Tin & Brass . RARE!

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Hinton, WV. Summers County. Antique Coal Miner's Presentation Torch Lantern. circa 1870-1900.. Tin, Brass, & Copper. **Inscribed: "E.A. GARTEN, HINTON, W.VA."... RARE !! ***NO RESERVE.
Unusual, Historic, well documented antique Torch...Out of a West Virginia Estate..never offered before (I've owned this Torch for over 30 years)..  Extremely well-made and in great condition. "As Found", never cleaned, polished, or "tampered-with". The Brass Nameplate is hand-inscribed. The only flaws are the scratches & scuffs in the black paint on the tin areas of the Torch and the fact that the original Filler Throat Cap has been replaced with that old Dietz Filler Cap which fits comfortably in the Filler Throat, but does not reach the original threads in the Throat...
The Torch is 9" tall.  I think that the bottom of the Tank is Copper... it looks different from the Nameplate and Throat areas.  Absolutely Rare Presentation Torch and Summers County Historic Relic.
***NOTE: There was an Elijah Garten born in 1809 and died in 1888 in Monroe County Virginia, later West Virginia. He is buried in Summers County (location of Hinton, WV) at the Mount Pisgah Cemetary.... Also, there was a Elijah Alexander Garten who was born in the late-1700's and lived in the midwest, but probably not the owner of this Torch... **I'm not very good at Genealogical research, but I found that info in a very short period of time...
This rare West Virginia Presentation Torch should be in a Museum, Historical Society, or High-End Private Collection.
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