August 2018 Auction

Lot of 19 pieces including 15 different stock certificates! Diamondfield was a camp about 4 miles from Goldfield that was founded in 1904 in the same

Lot of 9 checks with nice variety. 1) Best is a 1907 Dividend No. 2 check signed by George Wingfield! Other checks include: 2) Four gray pay checks is

Lot of 16. 1) Best piece is the 1907 Report to Stockholders (which lists Wingfield and Nixon as on the board of trustees). 24pp with vertical cross-se

Lot of 4 different issued stocks, including one signed by George Wingfield. 1) No. 2730, issued in 1907 for 20 shares. Signed by George Wingfield as v

Lot of 8 incl. 3 signed by George Wingfield. Three different types, issued 1934 (x2), 1943, 1944, 1956 (x2), 1960, and 1961. All are punch and stamp c

Lot of 15 company checks with some interesting issuees. Issued 1920-1938. Ten are John S. Cook & Co., Bankers; the other five are Wells Fargo B...

Lot of 7. 1) Six stock certificates issued 1920-1958. All are identical design: green border, no vignette. All uncancelled, with folds and pinholes.

Lot of 21. 1) Twelve letterheads addressed to the company from various merchants across the US. Many are pictorial. 1920-1932. Includes Hail & C...

Lot of 13 incl. stocks, checks, and one voucher. 1) Four issued stock certificates, two different varieties. Two with green border (issued 1919 and 19

Lot of 3: one stock certificate and two fabulous early promotional brochures from the company. The 1910 Mines Directory lists the company as owning 12

Lot of 8 items related to GH Hayes in Goldfield. G.H. Hayes was a prominent Goldfield investor and mining man. He was one of the principal members of

Lot of 6 pieces. Four are stock certificates signed by Charles S. Sprague. Sprague was a newspaper man in Colorado before coming to Goldfield in 1905.

Lot of 12. This is an interesting assortment of early material promoting the booming gold camp. 1) "The Story of Gold" by Ray D. Harris, ...

Lot of 21 different Goldfield mining stocks with names incorporating Eastern locations. All but one issued, 1904-1929. Many pictorial. Overall very go

Lot of 10. According to E&MJ Vol. 97, the Jumbo Extension bought the Velvet claim of the Goldfield Merger Mines Co. in 1914. The Velvet and Jumb...

Lot of 3. 1) Goldfield Enterprise & Esmeralda County News, Vol. 1, No. 10, November 1958. Front page article about Goldfield Hotel possibly reop...

Lot of 6 different Mohawk lease stocks issued prior to the end of leasing operations by the Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company at the end of 1908. S

Lot of 7. These are pre-consolidation and prior to the end of the Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company leasing period (~1909). The Mohawk was the site

Lot of 3 incl. Rice autograph. Nat. Goodwin was a comedian-actor. He and his theatrical company came to Goldfield for a performance at the Hippondrome

Lot of 12 pieces related to the Patrick Investment Company of Goldfield and L.L. Patrick. This includes stocks and prospectuses for companies he was i

Lot of 5. 1) Very rare Red Top Mining & Leasing Company stock certificate with large vignette of a red top. No. 1672, issued for 500 shares in 1...

Lot of 9. 1) Two different issued stock certificates: 1916 and 1926, neither cancelled. The 1916 has an orange border, seal, and allegorical vignette

Lot of 18. According to the Mines Register, the Reorganized Kewanas was inc. in 1915 and was a "well located property" adjoining the Kewan...

Lot of 4 including 3 different stock certificates. 1) Very rare Goldfield-Silver Pick Mining and Milling Company. No. 3475, issued for 100 shares in 1

Lot of 19. In June 1908, the St Ives, Velvet, Gold Horn, and Potlatch mining companies consolidated their buildings under the title of the Goldfield M

Lot of 8 from 3 different Goldfield mining operations. 1) The Albemarle Mining & Milling Company. Two different issued stock certificates and a ...

Lot of three different mining stock certificates signed by Tasker Oddie. 1) Trail Canyon Mining Company. Mines at Gold Mountain Mining District, Nevad

Lot of 2 Goldfield stocks signed by R.L. Johns as president. Johns was an early, important figure in Goldfield. He was president of the Goldfield Gold

Lot of 11 including stocks, checks, and photographs. 1) Sandstorm-Kendall Consolidated Mining Company. Two issued stock certificates, 1910 and 1923. N

Lot of 6. 1) Two lettersheets (one half) for the Tonopah Mines Hospital Association, 1918 and 1919, addressed to the Goldfield Hospital Association, o

Lot of 9 incl. 3 Wingfield autographed pieces. The Goldfield Cons. Mines Co. was organized in 1906 with the plan of taking over the Goldfield Mohawk,

I/U #7 Tho. Dalton 4000 shares 1901 signed by President Dalton. Date: 1901 City: Gold Park State: Nevada HWAC# 76506

Lot of 3. The Bovard District is also known as the Rand District and is located in the Gabbs Valley Range of Mineral County. The district took on the

Lot of 11 different mining stocks from the Manhattan District, located in Nye County, Nevada. Silver discoveries were made in 1866 and gold discoverie

Lot of 4 different stock certificates and one claim notice. The Rosebud Mining District of Pershing County is located in the northern Kamma Mountains

Lot of 4. Two Pershing County mining districts represented: Seven Troughs and Scossa. Scossa district is located in a spur of the Antelope Range. The

Rare town. Shows the headframe and at the Pioneer Shaft with the Rickard Shaft and Indiana Shaft in the background. Text at the bottom says "Al...

Lot of 5 pieces. Rawhide, Regent District, Mineral County. 1) Rawhide Mining Company. Stock certificate No. 4005, issued for 100 shares in 1911. Signe

Gold Mountain Mining District, Esmeralda County. Lot of 10. 1) 1920 letter from the office of George Wingfield in Reno to secretary Erickson of the To

Lot of 6 different. 1) Jim Butler Tonopah Mining Company. No. A720 issued for 96 shares in 1904. Not canceled. Orange border and underground drilling

Lot of 2 for mining companies located on Gold Mountain (the Divide) near Tonopah. 1) Tonopah Gold Mountain Mining Company. No. 792, issued for 500 sha

Assessment No. 4 to TR Hofer in Carson City, Dec. 1st, 1888, for the Found Treasure Mining Company (Syndicate crossed out). Issued from the San Franci

Here is a special Comstock stock certificate. Number 6414 for 8 shares on December 28, 1969. Issued to Chaumond (?) trustee and signed by president Al

Framed Comstock Tunnel stock, #30601 i/u Herbert Carlebach, signed by president Falconer. Successor to Sutro Tunnel. Frame has wear. Date: 1915 City

Nicely framed and matted. This company was the successor to the Sutro Tunnel Company.No. 30602, issued for 100 shares in 1915 to Herbert Carlebach. Si

Great lot! 1) Nevada Territory teamster's receipt for 13,070 pounds of ore. O. Whalen teamster. Signed by Jonathan Atchison of the Atchison Mill...

This is a Wells Fargo receipt sent by Isaac Requa superintendent to Alpheus Ball president of the Gould & Curry. For seven bars valued at $13,32...

Letter from Lawton, president of the Gould & Curry, to H. M. Yerington, of soon to be Virginia & Truckee Railroad fame. Letter addresses the...

Rare. I/U RM Daggett #2 100 shares. Signed by President Daggett. .5" crease teat, small tears on other crease edges. Date: 1896 City: Virgini...

Location: Flowery District, Comstock Lode, Storey County. Nevada. Inc. Dec. 6th, 1875. No. 832, issued for 400 shares to William McClintock (company s

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Number 37653 for 20 shares to Martin Bacon trustee. Signed by secretary and president. PASS-Co graded FINE. Another very rare major Comstock mine stoc

Lot of five. 1) Savage Mining Company Billhead. 1868. United States and 2c Nevada Revenue stamps. Payment to Fox & Company for Tallow. 2) Van Wy...

Two Memorandums of Assay of Bullion deposited at Van Wyck & Co. Assay Office by the Savage Mining Company thru two different mills, the Mariposa...

V&T RR receipt for furniture and house items sent by former Comstock dignitary C.C. Batterman to Tombstone, where he took on a new job. Batterm...

Rare stock cert. Goldfield, No. 237 for 100 shares. I/U, several vignettes of minders working & posing, signed by president. 1" tear at bot...

The Walker Lake Copper Mining & Smelting Co. / The Thorne Copper Mining & Reduction Co. Promoted by the Patrick Investment Company (who prom...

Lot of 5 incl. Monnette autograph. 1) Monnette Wonder Mining Company. Mines in the Wonder Mining District, Churchill County. No. 134, issued for 1,000

1) Nevada Wonder Mining Company. No. 2527, issued in 1912 for 5 shares. Not cancelled. Brown border, ornate logo. Folds. 2) Wonder Extension Mining Co

Lot of 4 different including a Jack Davis signed piece. 1) Daisy Wonder Mining Company. No. 1426, issued for 500 shares in 1911. Signed by Jack Davis

Lot of 6. 1) Four different mining stock certificates: North Star Mining Company of Wonder (issued 1906, not cancelled, multiple mining vignettes, pin

1) Chino Mines smelter interior 32" x 25". 2) Mega dump truck in pit 29" x 24". 3) Bird's eye of Liberty Pit & New Ruth,...

Beautiful Stock Cert. with vignette of eagle, & shield, No. 87 for 200 shares. This is not listed in Mines Handbook. Date: 1921 City: Stat...

Lot of 8 different. Included: Ajax-Nevada Gold Mining Co. (1912, not cxl, mining vignette, Delaware Mining District); Western Empire Gold Mines Inc. (

Lot of 8 different. 1) The Aurora Bullfrog Mining and Exploration Company. No. 418, issued for 1,000 shares in 1909. Not cancelled. Multiple mining vi

2 Stock Certs. 1) No. 88 for 50 shares, beautiful vignette of woman holding shield & grape leaves. Orange border, 8.5" x 11". Date: ...

Partially issued & voided (hand signed by the officers & owner's name filled in) with a beautiful vignette of Santa Clause holding a gol...

Lot of 4 different. All inc. in Maine but mining works in Nevada. 1) Goldfield & Eastern Mines Co. Issued for 40 shares in 1906. Not cancelled. ...

Lot of 7 different. Included: California Diamond Oil Company (1906, not cxl, derrick vignette); Goldfield Berkeley Mining Company (1906, not cxl); Gol

Preferred Stock under Act of February 9th, 1849. No.3953, issued for 10 shares to Chandler Darlington on November 8th, 1867. Signed by president W.H.

In Wigton-Abbott, NJ wood box. Interior label for Charles Prandoni, repair service of surveying instruments, Hoboken, New Jersey, circa 1930. Approxim

I/C #3 Wm. Newcomb 16600 shares 1879 with glued note on rear assigning to Annie Newcomb. Date: 1879 City: State: New Mexico HWAC# 72042

Rare Stock Cert, Monitor Silver,Lead & Zinc Mining & Milling Co., New Mexico, No. 293, for 100 shares. Brown filigree border. Slight tearing...

I/U #89 Ferd. Stitzer 2 shares 1877, signed by VP Morris. Date: gen City: State: New York HWAC# 72053

Incorporated in 1838 (with charter amended 1851 and 1853). No. 1626, issued for 25 shares to C.B. Churchill on October 26th, 1852. Signed by Henry Sta

Wells Fargo & Co. Bank (Manhattan) check, datelined El Oro, Mexico, signed by mining magnate Rossiter Raymond March 11, 1918. Raymond (1840-1918...

I/U #796 George Gooteers 100 shares 1867. Smelter vignette. Lower left corner clipped. Date: 1867 City: State: North Carolina HWAC# 72055

Real photo card, c1910 of the Black Eagle Mine. Unused. Uneven contrast, otherwise fine. Two miners in front of mine entrance, mine identified in the

I/U #687 John Rose 200 shares . Nice 4 miners vignette. 1903. Date: 1903 City: State: Oregon HWAC# 72049

I/U #1147 Geo Tolley 1902 2000 shares. Nice lion head vignette. Date: 1902 City: State: Oregon HWAC# 72059

1) White Horse Mining Company. Number 64 for 10 shares to Frank Dayton in 1912. Signed by secretary JF Booth and president Davidson. Three mining vign

Number 245 of 1,400 shares. Signed by Hurley. One share in all the Mineral Property of W. R. Hurley & Co. Also the bearer is to pay $100 to the ...

"A New Process for the Extraction of Copper from Its Ores" by Dr. T. Sterry Hunt, F.R.S.; and James Douglas, Jr. Esq. 13 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 ...

Lot of 5 from either the Gold Mountain Mining District or the Ohio Mining District, both in Piute County. 1) Prospectus for The Gold Mountain Consolid

Mine was located on the east side of the Big Bird Creek in Goochland County, Virginia. i/u to Smith #3171 100 shares 1878. Signed by President Jno E N

#191 i/u HC Denning? 1885 4000 shares. Signed by president Wills. 3 nice vignettes of miners. Nice condition. Date: 1885 City: State: Virginia

Rappahannock Gold Mining Co. Stock Cert, I/U No. 3339, for 100 shares, signed by MacPherson(?). Gray border, vignettes of woman holding gold scales,...

I/u #3331 George Phipps 100 shares 1888. Signed by President McPherson. Date: 1888 City: State: Virginia HWAC# 76500

No. 103, for 1000 shares, signed by president, no condition issues noted. I/U. Date: 1898 City: State: Washington HWAC# 76251

Mine in Carbon County, WY. I/U #4408 to faded,Creases and foxing. 5 shares. Signed by President McCall Date: 1877 City: State: Wyoming HWAC# 720

Lot of 2. 1) "Letter and Report of Managing Agent to the Stockholders of the Great Cariboo Gold Co. From Camp Wingdam, Lightning Creek, BC.&qu...

48 pages w/ large map (25" x 19") of claims. Personal copy of famous geologist Raphael Pumpelly (based on handwriting comparison with othe...

Early German work on the metallurgy of copper ores, published Hamburg, 1864. 5 1/2 x 9", 45 pages. Date: 1864 City: State: Germany HWAC#...

Stock Cert, #C1155 for 100 shares, signed by President, vignette of miner working underground. 11.5" x 8.5" Date: 1918 City: State: Me...

I/U #436 WT Hotchkiss 500 shares 1892. Date: City: State: Venezuela HWAC# 72079

Du Pont Tamping Bag & small writing tablet. Date: City: State: HWAC# 77909

I/U #57 Colonial Commercial 50 shares 1908.Signed by president Don??? Date: 1908 City: State: HWAC# 76507

I/U, No. 523 for 1000 shares, beautiful vignettes of mountain with train running through, & miners at work underground. Signed by W. C. Tower(?)...

I/U #35 Sue Frantz 100 shares 1893. Signed by President Davis. Date: City: State: HWAC# 72078

Stock Cert. No. 2207, for 400 shares, I/U, slight staining in 2 folds. Date: 1909 City: State: HWAC# 76254