American History & Hall of Fame Showcase, June 2024

The Yellow Jacket Silver Mining Company ñ Gold Hill Mining District, Nevada Territory - signed by William Sharon. Very clean Yellow Jacket cert...

The Yellow Jacket Silver Mining Company ñ Gold Hill, N.T. Early certificate No.1343 issued to William Sharon for one share and signed by him on...

Gold Hill District, Storey County, N.T. (printed upper left). Inc. March 19, 1864. This stock has a territorial dateline (Gold Hill, N.T.) but wasn&...

13 c. 1915-25 Goldfield Boom era mining stocks. Grandma Con-fair condition, Goldfield Combination Fraction, Goldfield Deep Mines-foxing, Sandstorm Ken

4 different Humboldt county, NV mining stocks. Unissued-Chico Gold and Silver Mining with above ground mining vignette. Hardin District. Issued-1864 m

Flora Gold & Silver Mining Company Stock Certificate - Washington Mining District, Lyon Co., N.T. (printed at upper right). Inc. on July 21, 186...

Flora Gold & Silver Mining Company Stock Certificate - Washington Mining District, Lyon Co., N.T. (printed at upper right). Inc. on July 21, 186...

Issued c. 1904-28. Manhattan Mines Dev, Reorganized Manhattan Combination, Chipmunk, Manhattan Union, Manhattan Jackson, Manhattan US Gold, Manhattan

Issued c. 1906-25-Manhattan Thelma, Chipmunk Gold, Broncho Manhattan-heavy creases, Manhattan Cowboy, Ogden Manhattan, Manhattan Red Top, Manhattan Tr

4 nice issued Rawhide mining stocks. 1909 Rawhide Queen Mines, signed by Montana mining man EW King. King was also the man behind the ill-fated Rawhid

Issued 1907-60. Black Bear Cons green and brown, brown has lower stain etc, Silver Peak, Valcalda Gold, Pittsburg Silver Peak Gold. Silver Peak Area

This stock certificate has certainly seen better days. But its connection to Mark Twain and Adolph Sutro make it most intriguing. Number 73 for 10 sha

19 different Tonopah mining stocks. Tonopah Gold Mountain, MacNamara M & M, New Tonopah Divide, Tonopah Oriental, Tonopah Belmont Dev, Umatilla ...

Issued small format, c. 1905-28. New Tonopah Dividend, Cash Boy Con, Lafayette, Lafayette Central, Umatilla Tonopah, Gold Reef Con Gold & Silver...

2 issued West End Consolidated 1923 and 1926 stocks. Both signed by F.M. (Borax) Smith, the Borax King and are relatively scarce. The West End Consoli

About 30 Tonopah and Tonopah Divide mining stocks with dupes, c. 1905-26. Gold Reef Gold & Silver, Horseshoe Divide, Gold Zone Divise, North Sta...

Collection of mining stock from Tuscarora District, Elko County, Nevada: 1) Belle Isle Mining Company stock certificate, No. 2459, issued to E.R.

Baton Rouge G & S Mining Co. Stock (91915) - Rare 1862 Comstock certificate # 50 for 6 shares to Dubois & Company datelined Virginia City, N...

Burnside Silver Mining Company, Storey County, Virginia Mining District, Nevada Territory. Cert #1041 issued to J. F. Meinke for 12 shares on May 6, 1

Cedar Hill Tunnel & Mining Company Certificate, Nevada Territory dated March 25, 1861 - Issued in San Francisco. 5 Shares, #61 made out to G. Fr...

Issued 1933 Gould & Curry stock. 1889 Comstock Tunnel $500 and $1000 bonds. Virginia City Nevada

Gould & Curry Silver Mining Co. Virginia City, N.T. Incorporated in 1860. Cert #1048 issued to Platt K. Dickinson for 4 shares 0n May 30th, 1863...

19 stocks from the Gut of the Comstock, listed from North to South. 1930 Union Cons., 1908 and 1920 Mexican Gold and Silver, 1919 and 1933 Ophir, 1910

Nevada Silver Mining Company Stock - One of the great Comstock, Nevada Territory Stock Certificates. Blue and Red on light pink background. #93 for fi

United States Mining Company ñ Virginia District, Story County, N.T. - Certificate # 266 issued to a. Riesen for 10 shares on Sept. 5th, 1864. ...

Lot (x2) Virginia City Territorial stocks, datelined and financed out of San Francisco. 1) Bed Rock Gold & Silver Mining Company Stock, Number 2...

Washoe Mining and Manufacturing Company - Washoe Mining District, Carson County, Nevada Territory Stock Certificate No. 30 for 40 shares made out to C

Unissued Reorganized Alice Mining of Wonder, Fairview Golden Boulder. Issued c. 1906-29, Dexter Wonder, 2 different Alice Mining of Wonder, Wonder Mas

Choice stock certificates from three difference Aurora mining companies from very early on. Includes: 1) Governor Quartz Lode Stock, Territorial Gover

Antelope Silver Mining Company, incorporated in California around 1861, located in Esmeralda Mining District. Certificate no. 346 issued to Geo H. Par

Extremely rare White Pine District stock certificate. No. 118, Bromide Flat Mining company issued to A. W. Hill for fifty shares of stock, dated April

10 c. 1901-34 coal. Stocks-1934 Glen Alden, 1934 Philadelphia and Reading, 1927 and 1931 Island Creek. Bonds-2x 1901 American Smokeless, 2x 1915 E A K

Unissued-Sequatchie Coal & Iron. Issued-1841 Tioga Coal, Iron, Mining and Manufacturing, 1901 Cons. Granite, 1925 Southern Coal & Iron, 1928...

Copper mining stock around America thru history. Issued 1865 Maryland Copper of Carroll & Baltimore Counties with brown revenue stamp and hammer...

5 each of 1882 and 1883 in 2 different styles, Massachusetts and New Mexico Con MC stocks. Ken Prag Collection

4 East coast coal mining stocks. 1866 issued National Coal Mining, Virginia, with brown revenue stamps and underground vignette, light brown toning. 1

About 50 mining stocks that at the end of the sorting day get lotted together in this mix. c. 1918-39, unissued and issued. About 20 Great Basin Gold

Nice looking issued 1801891 Porter Zinc and Lead Mining stock. Ken Prag Collection

Double marked SPCO Railroad pick. Notice the 3rd photo shows the second SPCo marking with a lowercase and underlined "o" This measures abo...

This measures about 36" at the handle with a 19.5" head. Of course, the handle has shrunk a bit with age, but it would still make a great ...

This measures about 36" at the handle with a 18" head. Of course, the handle has shrunk a bit with age, but it would still make a great wa...

Vintage small miner's pick. This measures about 26" at the handle with a 16" head. Of course, the handle has shrunk a bit with age, bu...

Mining crucibles (4) and (5) cupels. The crucibles are marked as being made in Morgan, England. There also cupels that measure about 1.5". All ...

Four RPCs of the Clifton Miner's Strike of October, 1915. Three are slightly cut down. The Clifton strike came at a time when miners wages were...

1878 and 1880 letters form Boca Mill Co. and A McIntosh in Boca about lumber from Truckee being sent to Savage Mining in Virginia City. Boca Californi

Very nice blueprint on linen map of a cross section of the gut of Grass Valley gold mines including Empire. Shows key gold veins. By Fred Miller, 1913

Exceptional gold plated (wash) Native Sons of the Golden West breast badge with red, white and blue enamel, on US and California flags that hang from

A very rare Prairie City, California dateline. Promissory note No. 17, datelined Prairie City, Cal., March 25th, 1854. Promise to pay $893.73 to D.B.

Exceptional gold plated (wash) Native Sons of the Golden West breast badge with red and blue enamel, as a banner hanging from a pick and shovel cross

Exceptional gold plated (wash) Native Sons of the Golden West breast badge with red and blue enamel, as a banner hanging from a pick and shovel cross

Native Sons of the Golden West breast badge for the Lake Tahoe Parlor (328). Silver Plate. "328/ Delegate/ N. S. G. W.//(hanger) Grand Parlor/...

Six Months in the Gold Mines: From a Journal of Three Years' Residence in Upper and Lower California. 1847-8-9. By E. Gould Buffum, Lieutenant F...

Stratton's Independence Mines Ephemera Lot of 6 items, all revolving around W.S. Stratton and his investments. Winfield Scott Stratton (1848...

Hardcover, 495 pages; 8 x 11 inches. "The Official Manual of the Cripple Creek District Colorado, U.S.A." by Fred Hills, 1900. No map, b...

Silver Mining Regions of Colorado by J.P. Whitney 1865. The preface claims that while the book (Or pamphlet) was hastily written, its aim was more me

About fifteen Location Certificates for mining claims in the Tulford Mining District of eagle County, Colorado. Most dated 1892 & 1893. Colorado

c. 1875-80 albumen photo on board of Dade Coal Mine in Ellijay, GA.The name of the town may have changed. Features the mine and North Georgia Railroa

Original ledger , 9.5 x 14", 250pp from assayer S. H. Johns. In this ledge, he records over 7,000 assays from hundreds of different customers, ...

Document of pledges signed by the United Merchants of Austin, Nevada for a ìSack of Flourî auctioned for the U.S. Sanitary Fund by Reuel C...

Goldfield Black Buttes Mining Company undated prospectus. 1909 USGS Geology and Ore Deposits of Goldfield, Nevada by Emmons and Garrey. Unbound 20th A

4 framed letters from notable Goldfield lawyers and brokers related to Goldfield stocks. 1919 Zadig & Co. regarding Goldfield Dev. Co. with ille...

One page (8 x 11 inch) 1906 letter from the Goldfield Investment Company to a man in Montana concerning the purchase of "Great Bend" minin...

Lot of 2 different mills. These mills were in the vicinity of the original discovery site for the Comstock by the Grosh brothers. Both stereoviews are

Two old and historic steroviews. 1) GL Hepburn. Hand written No. 3, Silver City, Nevada. Shows mine in front of city. 2) Handwritten ëSilver Ci...

8 Tonopah to Bullfrog mining publications. 1910 USGS Bullfrog Geology, Rhyolite, Underground Geology of Tonopah, USGS Ore Deposits of Tonopah, Placer

31 x 56" black ink on velum original claim map, 1" to 100', for the Comstock Merger Mines Inc. this map shows the gut of the Comstock ...

Down Memory Trail to The Comstock in Pictures - by John J. "Count" Mahoney. No date listed, but its publication is mentioned in the Nevada...

Undated map on vellum that shows claims patented by the California MC, Con. Virginia, Ophir, JB Overton, Union Consolidated, Mexican, and Central Silv

About 20 c. 1867-1907 mostly Savage Mine and some Virginia City checks. Virginia City Nevada

1864 Savage Mine production report, 104.92 Ag/+. Signed by assayer Kuh. Left edge issues. Virginia City Nevada

1872 Mission Candle Works letterhead with choice content. Letter relates to a Savage Mine order for 500 boxes of miner's candles and an order fo...

2 c. 1886 receipts, 7 billheads, 6 c. 1870's letterheads. All business related ephemera for equipment etc. Virginia City Nevada

3 Savage Mine insurance policies, expires in 1875, 1887, 1894. Virginia City Nevada

c. 1864-70 Savage Mine tax paid on bullion in currency and 2 unrelated tax assessment docs. Virginia City Nevada

1872 Closing Argument of Adolph Sutro...Before the Committee on Mines and Mining... The Sutro Tunnel would become a major break though to evacuation t

1866 Sutro Tunnel hand colored map with rare longitudinal section of the Comstock at top. 21x13.5". Tears and several tape repairs, scale 2&q...

Lot of 2 different for this famous mine owned by the Bonanza Kings and the site of the Big Bonanza discovery. 1) Report Upon Proposed Exploration on t

Extremely rare Comstock autograph. Virginia & Truckee Railroad receipt, Carson, March 14th, 1872. Issued to E. Penrod for 9 7/8 cords of nut pin...

11 different c. 1865-76 VC billheads. Enterprise Publishing, Foster & Strouse, Jas MacDonald, H C Lillie etc. See photo. Virginia City Nevada

Assortment of Virginia City ephemera. Original newspaper clipping including Gen. Grant visit, billheads, receipts, letterheads, legal docs., original

1865 Globe Silver Mining report of the General Superintendent and Trustees. First edition in original wrappers. Large 19.25x8.5" folding map of...

8 pieces of Nevada ephemera. Gold Creek Placer's 1938 4 panel prospectus with dredge and other photos. Pioche Mines Co. 1928 report and nice 4 p...

28 x 20" Map of the State of Nevada to accompany the annual report of the Commr.genl. Land office. 1866. This is an exceptionally rare and impo...

Published by Bacon & Company, Book and Job Printers, San Francisco., 305 pp, illustrated with 17 plates with 6 pgs. of advertisements at end; no...

Practical Miner's Guide A Treatise for Mining Engineering. Copyright 1858, first gathered and published by J. Budge in 1856. this book is 191 pa...

The Miner's Guide & Metallurgists Directory 1849 by J.W. Orton. The table of contents has the book divided by the types of metal. Because ...

By D MacVhie. December 1, 1908. Twenty-seven pages. 12 page foldout map of the underground workings. 6 page fold out map of the Coalition and adjacent

"The Horn Silver Mine Report," W.A. Hooker, E.M., March 1879. 14 maps & plans, most with color; 5 duotone lithographed plates with vie...

An historically important letter from Virginia, detailing the development of the coal mining industry in the state. The owner of a Richmond mine write

Large collection of assay reports and records from Northport Smelting and Refining. c. 1910's-1920's. Assays show high grade silver ore, abo...

Silver Commission reports from 1876 & 1877. The 1876 volume is 208 pages, has some staining on pages. The 1877 volume is 574 pages, bump damage ...

"United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel," "III. Mining Industry," by James D. Hague with contributions by...

Assay books include Sulphurets What They Are copyright 1867, 120 pages, Hints of Amalgamation 111 pages, copyright 1899, Western Mill& Smelter M...

Rich Lingenfelter's classic two volume treatise on "Gold Lust and Silver Sharks" and "Copper Kings and Stock Frenzies". This...

The two classic, first-ever for the government reporting of mines and mining in the West. One of the great parts about these two volumes is that Cong

Horatio Burchard's follow-up to Ross Raymond's Minerals Resources West of the Rocky Mountains series. In this critical series, the Bureau co...

A pair of nineteenth century books on gold and silver metallurgy. Includes: "The Metallurgy of Silver, Gold, and Mercury in the United States,&...

Gold Mining Machinery by W.H. Tinney. This is a rare book, published in 1906. It's 300 pages, plus the advertising pages in the back. The book h...

A library of seven books about global discussions of the mineral industry, . Includes: "Economic Relations of Silver to other metals in Argenti...

Lot of two: 1) "Hydraulic and Placer Mining," by Eugene B. Wilson; hardcover, 234 pages; 1898. 2) "A Practical Treatise on Hydraulic ...