BOL-INCA GOLD MINING COMPANY OF BOLIVIA STOCK CERTIFIC Start Price USD 22.00 Current Price USD 22.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 24.95 Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, July 07, 2008 End Time Monday, July 14, 2008 Location venice, fl See more about 'BOL-INCA GOLD MINING COMPANY OF BOLIVIA STOCK CERTIFIC' Description SquareTrade © AP6.0 SquareTrade © AP6.0 THIS BOL-INCA MINING COMPANY STOCK CERTIFICATE IS A DIRECT OUT-GROWTH OF THE TAKE-OVER OF THE NEW YORK, RIO, BUENOS AIRES AIRLINE BY PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS IN September 1930.   THE BUYER MAY CARE TO CONSIDER PRINTING OUT THIS PAGE TO ACCOMPANY THE BOL-INCA STOCK CERTIFICATE     OFFERED IS A COMMON STOCK CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY BY THE BOL-INCA GOLD MINING COMPANY, WHICH WAS LOCATED IN THE FAR EAST MOUNTAINOUS REGION OF BOLIVIA. The certificate could nor be scanned better. THE COMPANY WAS FOUNDED BY COLONEL RALPH AMBROSE O'NEILL, U. S. ARMY AIR SERVICE, RETIRED, WHO WAS A WORLD WAR I ACE BECAUSE HE SHOT DOWN SIX GERMAN PLANES. SOMETIME DURING THE 1920s HE BECAME A BRIGADIER GENERAL IN THE MEXICAN AIR FORCE, WORKING TO CREATE AND TRAIN AN AIR ARM. AFTER THAT POSITION HE FLEW THROUGHOUT SOUTH AMERICA FOR THE BOEING AIRCRAFT COMPANY DEMONSTRATING AND SELLING ITS NEW FIGHTER AIRCRAFT. FOLLOWING A NEAR FATAL CRASH IN URUGUAY, HE RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES AND FOUNDED AND WAS PRESIDENT OF THE NEW YORK, RIO, BUENOS AIRES AIRLINE ( NYRBA ), WHICH FLEW THE LONGEST AIR MAIL ROUTE IN THE WORLD. AFTER A VICIOUS BATTLE WITH JUAN TERRY TRIPLE, PRESIDENT OF PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS, FOR THAT AIR MAIL ROUTE AND A FLEET OF COMMODORE FLYING BOATS, HE SOLD OUT TO PAN AM IN SEPTEMBER OF 1930. IN THE MID-1930s, O'NEILL STARTED BOL-INCA MINING COMPANY, A CONCERN DEVOTED TO EXPLORING THE WILDEST, REMOTEST PART OF MOUNTAINOUS BOLIVIA FOR GOLD. THE STORY OF THAT FABULOUS ADVENTURE, WHICH RESULTED IN HIS INTRODUCING THE FIRST AIRCRAFT INTO THAT REGION OF BOLIVIA, SEE IMAGE ABOVE, WILL BE TOLD IN A BOOK THAT IS AWAITING PUBLICATION. O'NEILL'S EXPERIENCE WITH PAN AM, BUT NOT MUCH OF HIS WWI COMBAT ROLE, IS TOLD IN HIS BOOK, A DREAM OF EAGLES, WHICH THE SELLER RANKS AS BEING AMONG THE 10 BEST AVIATION BOOKS EVER WRITTEN AND COMPARABLE TO MANY ABOUT HOWARD HUGHES. ANYWAY, THE TYPICAL 7 X 11-INCH STOCK CERTIFICATE, IN THE AMOUNT OF 15,000 SHARES, IS LIGHT GOLD ON A WHITE BACKGROUND, WITH O'NEILL'S, AS PRESIDENT, AND THAT OF THE TREASURER, E. W. POINDEXTER, IN FACSIMILE INK. RALPH A. O'NEILL IS SHOWN AS THE OWNER. IT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE AIRCRAFT SHOWN ABOVE IS A SIKORSKY S-38, NC 9138, WHICH WAS FLOWN TO BOLIVIA IN JUNE 1934 BY PILOTS JOHN HARLIN AND RAY KROUT VIA THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE. BUYER PAYS $2.50 FOR FIRST CLASS MAILING IN THE STATES AND CANADA, AN OVERSEAS BUYER PLEASE PAY $3.   Powered by Auctiva Create, Schedule, Manage your auctions Free Trial! On May-26-06 at 14:06:22 PDT, seller added the following information: Place a Bid!