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

Black plastic case (13 x 9 x 3 inches) entitled "Nevada Mining And You," containing twelve kinds of Nevada rocks: Barite; Fluorite; Garne...

Homestake Mine Ore with Visible Gold from the 5000-5900 level. Dave Shaddrick was a key Mine Geologist at America's most important underground g...

Homestake Mine Ore with Visible Gold from the 5000-5900 level. Dave Shaddrick was a key Mine Geologist at America's most important underground g...

Homestake Mine Ore with Visible Gold from the 5000-5900 level. Dave Shaddrick was a key Mine Geologist at America's most important underground g...

No visible gold but there may be invisible gold if you break up the specimens. Homestake Mine Ore from 5000-5900 level. Dave Shaddrick was a key Min

Homestake Mine Ore with Visible Gold from the 5000-5900 level. Dave Shaddrick was a key Mine Geologist at America's most important underground g...

Homestake Mine Ore with Visible Gold from the 5000-5900 level. Dave Shaddrick was a key Mine Geologist at America's most important underground g...

Homestake Mine Ore with Visible Gold from the 5000-5900 level. Dave Shaddrick was a key Mine Geologist at America's most important underground g...

Homestake Mine Ore with Visible Gold from the 5000-5900 level. Dave Shaddrick was a key Mine Geologist at America's most important underground g...

Homestake Mine Ore with Visible Gold from the 5000-5900 level. Dave Shaddrick was a key Mine Geologist at America's most important underground g...

Homestake Mine Ore with Visible Gold from the 5000-5900 level. Dave Shaddrick was a key Mine Geologist at America's most important underground g...

Homestake Mine Ore with Visible Gold from the 5000-5900 level. Dave Shaddrick was a key Mine Geologist at America's most important underground g...

Homestake Mine Ore with Visible Gold from 5000-5900 level. Dave Shaddrick was a key Mine Geologist at America's most important underground gold ...

Homestake Mine Ore with Visible Gold. Dave Shaddrick was a key Mine Geologist at America's most important underground gold mine, the Homestake, ...

Homestake Mine Ore with Visible Gold from the 5000-5900 level. Dave Shaddrick was a key Mine Geologist at America's most important underground g...

Homestake Mine Ore with Visible Gold from the 5000-5900 level. Dave Shaddrick was a key Mine Geologist at America's most important underground ...

Sixteen small ore specimen pieces with visible gold from the Homestake Mine. Total weight of 55.3 grams; largest piece 3/4 of an inch. ^ Date: Count

Highgrade Homestake Ore with Native Gold. Large hand specimen of quartz in the Homestake Mine formation 6 x 3 x 3.5 inches. Native gold exposed in the

Two specimens of native gold in quartz. 1.5 x 1.5 x 1, 1 x 1 x 1.5. Crystalline gold in vuggy quartz. Shaddrick could not recall the location where he

Homestake Mine Ore, Large Specimen. 10 x 6 x 7 inches. One cut surface, no visible gold, but a nice specimen out of the gut of the ore deposit. About

Group of approx. 6 specimens of the Poorman Formation at the surface at the Homestake Mine. These specimens were all collected by Shaddrick to illustr

Homestake Formation slabs (2) & Poorman Formation specimen. Copy Homestake Patent. Homestake stereogram section. Homestake area stocks. Specimen...

Two specimens from two different lead-zinc mines from the Mississippi Valley, Tri-State. One is from Elmwood, TN, and the other is from the Young Mine

Polished Bookend, Lupin Mine, Northwest Territory. Polished single bookend, 2 cut surfaces, only one polished from the Lupin Mine. Pyrite with gold, a

About ten ore specimen pieces from classic Mexico mining regions. Most are typical hand specimens, about 2 x 4 x 6" or so. 1. La Reyna, Sonora...

A number of random ores specimens from Homestake Mine geologist Dave Shaddrick's office. 1. Iron ore, no location. 2, banded quartz, unknown gol...

Four little vials: three 24 karat gold, ( 10 grams; 26 grams; 36 grams); one pure silver (8 grams). ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City:

Framed mounted photograph taken by EA Sather of Dawson City, Alaska and Tacoma, Washington. Text at the bottom reads "The Miners Cradle. Berry ...

Rare. Late stage Yukon Gold Rush. Missing back cover. Issued by the Geological Survey, Ottawa, Canada, 1913. Guide Book No. 10. 179pp. with photos and

Mining related art printed on a newspaper, June 8th, 1878. Frame is in good condition with minor dents dotting an inch-long length of the left and rig

1903 Mining Prospectus for a Mexican mine "Playa de Oro". 9pp, toning Mexico ^ Date: Country (if not USA): Mexico State: City: Pr...

Alaska Juneau and Alaska Gastineau Records. Small file folder c. 1914-44 perhaps 10 sheets. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Alaska City:

A collection of five books on the Alaska mining industry, dating from the 1890s to the 1910s. Three books are reports on the U.S. Geological Survey by

Unknown Arizona mining location. Two photos matted and framed. Left shows three miners sticking up out of a pit. Right photo shows a small camp with t

Macaulay Foundry cast iron ingot, c1996. Disc shaped ingot commemorates the Berkeley, Calif., company's centennial, 1896-1996. Approximate 3&quo...

This document from the Densmore Consolidated Gold Mine Co. of California, has two ingots listed; one at 147 oz. the other at 150 oz. of gold. Finenes

Important collection! If you have ever driven from Reno to San Francisco, you passed right by this place. 1) American Scenery Stereoview #749 Hydrauli

Lot of 2 different. The first is a 4.5 x 7.75" photo (9 x 11" mount) by L. Reinhard showing a group of eight miners at the mine location, ...

Fabulous 60"w x 32"h linen map by WS Graham shows company holdings that include the Ohio, Back Action, Harrison & Gold Blossom Claims,...

El Dorado Placer Mining Co. Equipment Plans on linen. a group of about six original black ink on linen plans for large scale equipment, probably a dre

Post Offices and Postmasters of Inyo County, California 1866-1966 by Robert Palazzo, 52 pages. New condition. California Journal of Mines and Geology

Daily Exchange Stock Assessment Directory 1878 (2). Two very rare assessment directories about 24 x 19 inches with damage. These important assessment

These are three assays from Thomas Price of San Francisco dated 1879, 1883, and 1889. Thomas Price ingots are extremely rare: about four silver ingot

This pp.45 booklet offered by the John Taylor & Co. includes the tables for silver assay values. It is listed at their new (1894) Mission St. ad...

This receipt written by P.L.Parker for bullion deposited at the San Francisco Assaying and Refining Works on Jan. 7, 1867. Deposit #3874 for 27.03 oz.

File from Knight Foundry in Sutter Creek. Brochures, The Knight Club 2002 Noon Whistle with dupes, News letters, historical pamphlet etc. See photo. ^

This is a custom-made "Jimmy Sierra Trophy" won by the "Nugget Ace" (who we've sold so many gold nuggets from in 2025). This...

10th Annual Report State Mineralogist 1890 983 pages. Indexed. Missing back cover. Key reference for California Mines. ^ Date: Country (if n

Lot of 11. Nice group! Includes: 1875 Milton Mining & Water Co. billhead, French Corral, Nevada County, CA, for blasting contract; Pony Assay Of...

Fred notes that this is a key reference as mining was down in this time period due to inflation and the cap on gold and silver. Much was done for the