"Americana Sunset" Timed Auction: Holabird's Final Sale!

A framed broadside from L.B. Spencer & Co. of Mina, Nevada, advertising services in surveying and assaying. Likely dates c. 1910s-1930s, as thes...

A collection of correspondence related to the Mary Mine of Silver Peak, Nevada, dating from 1892 to 1914. The collection contains eleven letters, most

Exceptionally rare! Dateline Star City, Humboldt Co., N.T. Dec. 10th, 1864 (just after statehood was established). Issued to superintendent Thomas McD

This assay for the Tonopah Extension Mining Co. is for both gold and silver. There are 14 samples of both gold and silver. Very high grade ore listed.

Group of 75+ pieces. Daily Mine Reports and Assay Reports for the Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada. 1906-1910s. ^ Date: 1906-1910s Country (if not US

Tonopah mining district maps, modern reprints. This once bustling mining town is now largely defunct, serving mainly as a current day historical site.

Tonopah mining district maps, modern reprints. This once bustling mining town is now largely defunct, serving mainly as a current day historical site.

Lot of 8. Nice group that includes: March 1864 assay sheet from GW Bell for the Savage Mine in Virginia City; 1875 letter from Virginia City to mine s

Savage Mining Co Virginia City Nev. Metal tag for Store Room. Found by Fred Holabird in an old outhouse. ^ Date: c1860's Country (if not ...

Lot of 2 different. 1) Very rare A. Sutro & Co., Bankers & Assayers, Dayton, N.T. check, unused (never seen an issued one). Yes, before Adol...

The only Comstock billhead we've seen lithographed by African-American lithographer GT Brown, known for his Western mining stock designs. 1875 D...

Lot of 8. Authenticated copies of Articles of Incorporation for: Ophir Silver MC (1881 and 1894); Hale & Norcross (1896 and 1897); Best & B...

Lot of 4 different. Includes: 1891 authenticated copy of Certificate of Incorporation, signed by president HB Havens; 1881 authenticated copy of Certi

Bank of California, Trench Mill, 1870, to John Mackay for Pay Roll, signed by James G. Fair. Signed on the back by Mackay. Nice double autograph piece

Lot of 4. Includes: two different Gold Hill Bank of California checks/drafts, 1869 and 1872, each with Nevada revenue stamps; Summit Mill, Virginia Ci

Lot of 5. These are the second generation Wells Fargo 1861 checks with green print. Earliest are the blue version. This group of five was issued by Ch

Lot of 27. This group spans the mine's history from just 2 years after the Comstock was founded, thru the G&C bonanza period in the early 18...

Lot of 15. 1) Thirteen Stateler & Arrington Virginia City, Nevada Territory checks issued in 1864 for the Gould & Curry Mine. Signed by eith...

Lot of 46. Nearly all are for the Gould & Curry Mine. This group spans 1862-1884. Includes: 30 territorial Stateler & Arrington checks, 1862...

Lot of 10 Wells Fargo territorial checks issued in 1864 by the Empire Mill & Mining Company, signed by RN Graves as supt. All have a US IR stamp...

Lot of 10. All are Wells Fargo checks issued by the Empire Mill & Mining Company, which was a Gold Hill operation. Issued in 1864, signed by RN ...

Lot of 5 Wells Fargo checks issued in 1863 by the Empire Mill & Mining Company. All signed by RN Graves as superintendent. Each has a US IR stam...

Lot of 4, two each for two different mines, one territorial and one 1860s check for each. 1-2) Empire Mine & Milling Company: 1864 Wells Fargo a...

Lot of 9 different. Includes: 1861 Wells Fargo Gould & Curry signed by Charles Strong; 1864 Wells Fargo G&C signed by Charles Bonner; 1864 S...

Lot of 15 different. Wow! Territorial, imprinted revenue, adhesive stamps. Includes: 1861 Wells Fargo signed by Charles Strong for the Gould & C...

Lot of 50 issued territorial checks. Half are for mine workers, half for mill workers (all listed in the 1864 Collins VC directory, available online f

Lot of 3 different Gould & Curry checks on three different bank checks. Includes: Stateler & Arrington (1864) signed by Charles Bonner; Well...

Lot of nearly 100 Bank of California Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company checks issued in 1866 and signed by Louis Janin as supt. These checks h...

Lot of 20 Bank of California checks for the Gould & Curry signed by Louis Janin as supt. All have a US IR stamp. Janin was a prominent mining en...

Lot of 30, ten each of 3 types. 1-10) Ten Bank of California 1870 checks with RN-B and printed green NV stamp, signed by CC Batterman as superintenden

Lot of 30, 10 for 3 different types. 1-10) Ten Bank of California 1865 checks signed by Louis Janin as supt. All have US IR stamps. 11-20) Ten Bank of

Lot of 25 checks issued in 1866 for the Gould & Curry Mine. Amounts are around $100, which seems likely for day laborers for the mine. All signe...

Lot of 25 checks issued in 1866 for the Gould & Curry Mine. Amounts are under $100, which seems likely for day laborers for the mine. All signed...

Lot of about 29 checks issued to possible Irish miners (based on their surnames). All checks signed by Louis Janin as supt. and include a US IR and Ne

Lot of 6, three each of two different cancel types. Three are red pen cancelled; three have blue 2 cent US IR stamps (instead of orange). All signed b

Lot of 45. This is a mini-archive for the 1866 period for the Gould & Curry. All of them are signed by Louis Janin as supt. All have an orange N...

Lot of 20 Bank of California Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company checks issued in 1870. These have RN-B imprinted revenue with green NV stamps p...

Lot of 20 Bank of California Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company checks issued in 1870. These have RN-B imprinted revenue with green NV stamps p...

Lot of 30 Bank of California Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company checks issued in 1869. These have RN-B imprinted revenue with green NV stamps p...

Lot of 50 Bank of California Gould & Curry checks, all with RN-C plus 2 cent orange Nevada adhesive revenue stamps. 17 have tied cancels on that...

Lot of 5 Stateler & Arrington checks issued in 1864, signed by Charles Bonner as supt. for the Gould & Curry Mining Company. All have the re...

Fantastic group of 18 checks issued to the assay employees of the Gould & Curry Mill in 1864. This mill was built at considerable cost in 1862 a...

Lot of 12, four different RN varieties. Include: 1872 with RN-C21b, signed by CC Batterman; 1870 with RN-B17b signed by Batterman; five 1871 with RN-C

Lot of 2 different. Both are issued to Peter Savage, a miner for the Gould & Curry. Both have rare imprinted revenues. 1870 with RN-B17b and 187...

Lot of about 50 Bank of California Gould & Curry checks issued in 1866 and signed by Louis Janin as superintendent. US IR and Nevada adhesive re...

Lot of 67 Gould & Curry, Bank of California checks issued in 1866. All have Nevada and US IR stamps and were signed by Louis Janin as supt. ^ D...

Lot of 10 checks issued in 1871 and signed by CC Batterman as supt. These checks have RN-C imprinted revenue plus orange Nevada adhesive stamps (most

Lot of 10, issued 1865-1866. These are the green Bank of California checks that list WC Ralston as treasurer. Four are signed by Charles Bonner (1865)

Lot of 50 green style Bank of California checks issued by the Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company in 1866. Signed by Louis Janin as superintende...

Lot of 2 different bold cancels on orange Nevada 2 cent stamps: one tied to the check (rarer) and one pre-cancelled on the sheet. Both signed by Louis