American History & Hall of Fame Showcase, June 2024

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 ...

"Journeys of Observation," by T.A. Rickard (a mining engineer), c1907, signed by the author to then Lake Superior Mining Institute Preside...

Oscar Lieber's first work on a gold and silver. This is a practical directions to assayers, miners and smelters. for tests and assays by heat a...

Miner's Manual Arithmetic and Surveying, by William Rickard copyright 1859. Book is 225 pages, some bump damage on corners, embossing on boards ...

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 ...

A pair of copper handbooks. Includes: "The Copper Handbook, a Manual of the Copper Industry of the World, Vol. X," Compiled and published ...

Classic mining work that should be in every mining or mining history library. 522pp plus addenda. The original work was written in French, here trans

A lot of seven mining collectibles includes a laminated newspaper page, "The Sunday Times-Herald," Chicago, Sept. 20, 1896, an extensive a...

Rare. Hardcover, 486 pages; 9 x 12 inches. "Department of the Interior Monographs of the United States Geological Survey Volume XIII." Wa...

A collection of 12 books, information circulars, maps, professional papers, booklets and bulletins pertaining to the mining districts of Nevada from 1

A pair of books on ore analysis. Includes: "Technical Methods of Ore Analysis for Chemists and Colleges," Albert H. Low, Sc. D. 1933, 10th...

Extra Rare! "Pacific Coast Mining Review, 1878-1879, Mines-Men-Money, Stocks, Metallurgy-Mining-Miscellany," important book, Francis &...

Prospecting books (5) include Field Book & Guide, Prospecting for Gold & Silver in North America, The Prospector's Handbook, Prospecting...

The Quartz Operator's Handbook by P.M. Randall copyright 1871, 175 pages, published by D. Van Norstrand of New York. Book is in very nice condit...

Eight volumes comprising 1869-1876, from the first report of the Mineral Commissioner to the Eighth Report by Ross Raymond. Raymond was a graduate of

Rare 1892 letterhead for donations to families for the victims William G Hughes and Edwin Nottler of an explosion of giant powder at Sierra Nevada Min

Question of the Day: the Silver Situation in the United States by F.W. Taussig-1893. There are 153 pages and a fold out graph of silver production in

A collection of six books with the subject, turquoise: "Turquoise Treasures, The Splendor of Southwest Indian Art." Spencer Gill. 1975. Un...

Classic, rare hardcover; 10 x 12 inches; 1030 pages plus appendix and fold out plates. "Tunneling, Explosive Compounds and Rock Drills" by...

Ure's Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines, 4 vols, 1878 ed. Ure's was first published about 1853, and at the time was far, far ahead ...

Large table top Troemner assay balance with a 12" beam. 26" long, 23.5" tall. double post, side to side adjustable slide beams at top...

Beautiful hardwood cased balance scale. Measures 2.5"x 9"x 9" and has some slight blemishes on wood. A very elegant piece. Please see...

Wood & metal constructed gold dry washer with canvas bellows. this device was used by prospectors who didn't have a nearby water source. It ...

Comet Mines corporate sealer in working condition, 8.25 tall. Pioche Nevada

Rare c. 1868 Silver City, NV stereoview by G L Hepburn showing buildings and a wood trestle. Some brown toning on both images, please inspect. Silver

A library of five standard texts on assaying: "A Manual of Practical Assaying," H. Van F. Furman, E.M., Fourth Edition, 1896. 437 pp. 6&qu...

A pair of books on gold and silver metallurgy, includes: "The Metallurgy of Gold." T. Kirk Rose, D.Sc. 1896. Numerous illustrations. 495 p...

Nice pyrite specimen with a small mining scene including pines, miners, pack animals. 1 tree, miner and animal are loose and should be easy to readher

Light blue/grey celestite mineral specimen. 5 inches wide, 9 inches long, 4 inches tall. 5.8 pounds. Celestite is a mineral composed of strontium sulf

Made by Moise Klinkner of San Francisco. 50 mm round metal badge. State Harbor Commision / Employee / 9. California state seal in the center. Low num

One roll of twenty one ounce A Mark .999 pure silver rounds. Liberty Bell on one side, eagle with arrows on the other. Dated 1986 & 1987. (JM2)

One roll of twenty one ounce A Mark .999 pure silver rounds. Liberty Bell on one side, eagle with arrows on the other. Dated 1984. (JM2)

One roll of twenty one ounce A Mark .999 pure silver rounds. Liberty Bell on one side, eagle with arrows on the other. Dated 1984.

One roll of twenty one ounce A Mark .999 pure silver rounds. Liberty Bell on one side, eagle with arrows on the other. Dated 1986. Some toning.

One roll of twenty one ounce A Mark .999 pure silver rounds. Liberty Bell on one side, eagle with arrows on the other. Dated 1986.

One roll of twenty one ounce A Mark .999 pure silver rounds. Liberty Bell on one side, eagle with arrows on the other. Dated 1987, except one is 1986.

Lot of eighteen one ounce A Mark .999 pure silver rounds. Liberty Bell on one side, eagle with arrows on the other. Dated: 1982 (3); 1983 (2); 1985 (

One roll of 20 BU 1989 silver eagles.

One roll of 20 BU 1989 silver eagle coins.