August 2018 Auction

Stock Cert. I/punch cancelled, No. 2922 for 500 shares, beautiful crown vignette with two dragons. Date: 1903 City: Picacho State: California HW

24 x 30" oak framed chromo-litho poster, c1885 for the California Powder Works. Minor fold in top quarter, not visible from six feet. The thin...

3 Big Bonanza Mine Shadow Boxes. 7.25" x 6.5" blond wood frames, mine shaft entrance with tools, ore and trespassers shot and keep out sig...

Over 15 mining related sculptures: 1) "Eureka" laughing miner with pan of gold by Clark, 1985, 9.5" high; 2) one metal sculpture of ...

Softcover 70pp with index and foldout map. Copper mining district. Date: 1902 City: Ketchikan State: Alaska HWAC# 76548

1975 hardcover with jacket 295pp with index and hundreds of photos. Date: City: Butte State: Montana HWAC# 76552

Hardcover 419pp with index.A major US silver district. Cover edges have wear. Date: 1892 City: Eureka State: Nevada HWAC# 76551

Hardcover 174pp with index from Colorado School of Mines Library. Original front page has been replaced by a typed page. Date: 1906 City: Silver Pea

Hardcover 295pp with index. The first great report on Tonopah, NV. Upper spine wear, toning on front and back covers. Date: 1965 City: Tonopah Stat

Hardcover with many plates and foldout maps. One of the largest silver mines in the world at one time. Appears to be rebound. Date: 1912 City: Park

Softcover 212pp with foldout map. Spine has some clear tape, otherwise excellent condition. Date: 1913 City: San Francisco State: Utah HWAC# 7654

Softcover 282pp with index. Geology and Ore Deposits of the Tintic Mining District, UT. An extremely important reference on a major mining district. S

hardcover 171pp with index. Nice plates and mine foldouts. Written by James Gilluly, a famous geologist. Date: 1932 City: State: Utah HWAC# 7655

2 hardback books. 1) Gold & Silver in the West b American West, pp.277, black & white photos; 2) Mining Town/ The Photographic Record of T.N...

5 mining books. Guide to Colorado Ghost Towns by Eberhart, Gold Prospecting News 1980, 1993 Gold Prospectors Mining Guide, Introductory Mining Enginee

Alabama stock certificates are rare. This paid includes numbers 35 and 38. Both are issued to Thomas Fitch and signed by John W. Harris president and

Lot of 2 Stock Certs Criswell Alabama 61A, R7, duplicates: 1) No. 145, with 9 coupons attached; 2)No. 101, with 9 coupons attached. Both have beautifu

These three photographs tell the story of the Alaskan Gold Rush. 1) Miner packing a knife and six shooter. Taken at the Gem Studio in Tacoma Washingto

I/U #96 John Thompson 100 shares 1883. Signed by President Hag??? Date: 1883 City: State: Alaska HWAC# 76504

No. 36, for 66 shares. 4 Attractive vignettes with mountains & miners working. Signed by President Robert A. Whipple(?). Slight staining at fold...

"Drilling Copper Ore one Mile underground---the Wilson Mine, Metcalf, Arizona." Copyright 1903, Underwood & Underwood. Medium contrast...

c. 1880's, u/i. Nice stagecoach vignette. Date: City: Pima State: Arizona HWAC# 76503

Lot of 6. Includes: 1884 manuscript receipt for two bars of silver bullion, totaling over 2,300 ounces; manuscript promise to deliver to Whittier Full

Pioneer District, Pinal Co., Arizona Territory. Inc in New York. No. 538, issued for 100 shares to Z. Nye on Feb. 7th, 1887. Signed by president Nelso

Beautiful Tombstone Consolidated Mines Co. Stock Cert., I/U, No. 2531, for 10 shares, vibrant gold seal, 2 vignettes of miners working in shaft, &am...

Lot of 4 documents for this gold mine located in the Bradshaw Mountains in Yavapai County, Arizona. The Crown King Mine was discovered in 1875 and was

Lot of 20. 1) Mining: four items. a) Assessment receipt for the Gila Silver Mining Co., 1880, San Francisco. b) Two miner's timecards for the Tw...

No. 1824 for 400 shares, I/U. Date: 1915 City: Sonora State: zMexico HWAC# 76246

5 Stock Certs. Misc. group of issued, uncancelled mining stock certs. McKinley Gold Mines 1909,Jupiter Mountain Boise Idaho, Arizona United Mining 191

I/U #4320 IS Parsons 100 shares 1909 signed by President McKinley. Date: 1909 City: State: Arizona HWAC# 76529

Vertical #614 i/u Harvey Taylor 200 shares 1908. Signed by President George ? Date: 1908 City: State: Arizona HWAC# 72064

Lot of 6. 1) Ione & Eastern Railroad Company billhead, Martell, 1908. To the Keystone Mining Company. 2) Anita Gold Mining Company stock certifi...

Location: Bodie Mining District, Mono County, California (printed at bottom). No. 2374, issued for 50 shares to W.H. King, trustee, on June 16th, 1884

No. 2910. Issued for 50 shares to F.E. Luty, company secretary, on Sept. 11th, 1882 in San Francisco. Signed by Luty and James as president. Not cance

Inc. in California, 1878. No. 3845, issued for one share to the company vice president, T.E. Jewell, on Jan 23rd, 1882. Signed by Jewell and F.E. Luty

"Bodie Mining District, Mono Co. Cal." printed at the bottom. Number 3492 for 100 shares to EA Richardson, trustee. Signed by secretary F....

Lot of 7 for this mining company located in Calaveras County. 1) Six of the documents are attached together and represent assay of gravels and quicksi

Lot of five in good condition. All are issued to the same person, George Wright, on Sept. 25th, 1862. All signed by P.V. Gibbs as president and Powna

California Gold Rush. Dateline Columbia. Three nicer condition stocks issued in 1854 to three different people: Ollis Jones, S.W. Houlton, and John Ro

Early! Clean with only a few small stains. Most of these are badly soiled. Certificate No. 759 made out to F. Hughes for one share of stock. Datelined

Early! Clean with only creases on the bottom border. Most of these are badly soiled. Certificate No. 999 made out to May for one share of stock. Datel

Very clean! Most of these are badly soiled. Certificate No. 4303 made out to John Wallace for one share of stock. Datelined Columbia, Sept. 26th, 1862

Two Gold Rush era issued stocks: 1854 to John Stewart and 1856 to John Gallagher. Different corporate signatures on each! Cut cancelled. All-time gre

No. 4304, issued to John Wallace on Sept. 26, 1862. Dateline Columbia. Signed by president Gibbs and secretary Pownall. Cut cancelled. Wonderful minin

Located near Georgetown in El Dorado County, very active in the first part of the 1880's, according to Burchard. Issued to John Sproston for 100...

1) Moore photograph of the Idaho-Maryland Mine. Inside the hoist house. 8 x 10". 2) Underground pumping station of the Allison Ranch Mine. Unid...

Mine in Eldorado County. Mine ran for for several decades before closing around 1882. Since gold can be fond in quartz veins this was a good operatio

Partially issued with the shareholder's name and cancelled. A beautiful vignette of a cable car carrying ore down from a mountain & 2 vignet...

I/U #2051 Proctor Cook 1000 shares 1913. Signed by President Hensey. .5" seam tear. Date: 1913 City: Inyo State: California HWAC# 76501

I/U #278 GH Rabberold 100 shares 1902. Vignette of miner pushing an ore cart. Date: 1902 City: Iowa Hill State: California HWAC# 72039

Located in the Silverado District of Los Angeles County. Claims included the Thistlewaite and Harvey, Dunlap Blue Light, and Flanagan Blue Light. Burc

1) Certificate number 1254 for 100 shares in 1852 to Bettle Paul. Signed by president Parson Servill and secretary L. Alter. Written on left is &quo...

Incorporated in France by Acts dated 1850 and 1851. 1) EARLY # 21666 a' 21670 for 5 shares, to "Bearer." 2) # 175361 a' 175365 for...

Four legal sized documents showing shipments, ores on hand, value of equipment, assay results from January 1, 1883 to January of 1884. Melrose good re

Low No. 3! Inc. November 1864. Issued for one share January 23rd, 1865 to NM Barnett. Signed the president and secretary Otherman. Not cancelled. Nati

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Stock Cert. principal place of business Nevada City, CA. Handsigned by the founder, Fred Zeitler, as president. Ore materials were native gold and aur

Not cancelled. #1277 George Proudfost. Vignette of miners working with headlamp and vignette of California seal. Printed by Grogan & Martha, NY....

Lot of 8. Includes pieces from Yellow Aster and other mining operations: two debit receipts from employees of the Yellow Aster to the Rand Mercantile

4 assay reports, 1918 has a torn left side. Date: 1902-1918 City: Randsburg State: California HWAC# 571538

Lot of 8. 1) Four Bullion Assay memorandums, 1902. Bars were all over 400 ounces but only .79 fineness in gold. All signed by WH McCombs as assayer. 4

Checkbook has stubs and a few issued checks signed by Gillespy & Childs, and many unused Bank of California (San Francisco) checks. According to...

Hentsch & Berton were the successors in 1863 to Henry Hentsch's banking and assay business in San Francisco. Hentsch was born in Geneva in a...

Different check for this San Francisco bank and assay firm with ties to the SS Central America. Also 1869, though this is a San Francisco dateline. RN

Selby Smelting & Lead Co. office in San Francisco taking in gold bullion deposited by A. Mierson of Placerville, Feb. 9, 1899. Marked "amal...

Looking at letter three, we see that English financiers are ready and willing to invest with the Bank of California and William Ralston. In the May 18

First of three historically significant letters written to Ralston, as President of the Bank of California, is dated September 13, 1872 and is from Ro

Solano County. Inc. Feb. 1st, 1889. No. 269, issued for 100 shares to Henry Carpenter on April 7th, 1889 in Suisun City. Signed by president RD Robbin

Located in the Cove District, Kern River, Tulare County, California (according to stocks we've seen from the company). This is an assessment dat...

Very rare blueprint map of the Mining Lands of Trinity County was compiled by H. L. Lowden, U. S. Deputy Mineral Surveyor, Weaverville, Trinity County

Incorporated in France by Acts dated 1850 and 1851. 1) Numbers 136241 to 136245 for 5 shares, to "Bearer." Signed by the appropriate Frenc...

I/U to J. Henriques 1870 #775 10 share. Signed by president Harrison? Center toning. Date: 1870 City: State: California HWAC# 72033

Lot of several different ephemera pieces includes: Newspaper article "Leslie's Weekly" The Story of a Mining-camp,dated January 8, 190...

6 pieces in this lot of 1 hardback "Geologic Guidebook Along HWY 490-Sierran Gold Best" Bulletin 141 with black & white photos of Gras...

1) Hudson Gold Mining Co., No. 227, for 500 shares, 3 vignettes of miners working; 2) Patroon Gold Mining Company, No. 220 for 1000 shares I/U; 3)Unit

This is a list of what you will find inside this ledger! Companies are in the Western United States with a strong California Connection! A. San Franci

I/U #68 William Williams 125 shares 1867. Signed by President Tucker. Stamp was repaired, see rear photo. Date: 1867 City: Black Hawk, Gilpin County

2 stock certs. with beautiful border, signed by president No. 373 & No.374, for 100 shares each. Vignettes of snow covered mountain with train r...

Red Spruce Gold Mining Stock cert. No. 673 for 100 shares,Cripple Creek Mining District. Beautiful vignette of miners working underground, impressive

I/U #55 MS Buckley 1000 shares 1881. Above and underground mine vignettes. Signed by President. Pink background. Date: 1881 City: Del Norte State:

Beautiful brass plaque reads "The Mine & Smelter Supply Co./Denver Colo" this is real. This if from the Anaconda Co., after the dissol...

Distributors of Electrical Supplies and Equipment. Blue cover. The Electrical Jobbers Catalog Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Publishers. 560 pages.

Paper covered report (9 x 6") of the Examination of the Mines of the McKinley Mining and Smelting Company by James Angus Snedaker. The report ...

I/U #1656 SC Shaeffer 100 shares 1880. Signed by President Bain??? very important mine in Italian Mountian in Dorchester. Date: 1880 City: Dorschest

Nye Gold Mining Company of the City of New York, Mines in Gilpin County, Colorado. No. 369, issued for 500 shares to Chas. P. Knevals on Nov. 16, 1866

I/U #398 Charles Darbi 100 shares 1891. Signed by President Dyes. Nice vignette of horses and above ground mine scene. Multiple creases. Date: 1891

I/U #87 F Pitcher 1000 shares 1888. Signed by President Pitcher. Arch vignette. Date: 1888 City: Miguel County State: Colorado HWAC# 72070

I/U #880 Allen McGraw 100 shares 1808. Signed by President Godet. Date: 1908 City: Rico State: Colorado HWAC# 72072

I/U #3747 Lucie Heath 500 shares 1899, signed by President Allen. Nice millsite vignette in the mountains with some of the mineshafts identified by n

Pack mule sack to carry high grade ore from mine to mill. Date: City: Twin Lakes State: Colorado HWAC# 76075

Summit Mining district. #1218 i/u Ab. Firsk 1883. Lavender vignette with miners and ore carts. Signed by President Gibson. A beauty! Date: 1883 City

Lot of 3. 1) The Gold Rock Mining & Milling Company. Stock certificate Bo. 4270, issued for 500 shares in 1891. Not cancelled. Mines in Gilpin C...

3 Stocks Certs. 1) Reliance Gold & Silver Mining Co., Signed by F. E. Tucker, President, has revenue stamp, issued for 50 shares, gray border, v...

Mine not located. Many Ivanhoe mines in Colorado. Given the date, possibly Gilpin. Inc. in Colorado. No. 1268, issued for 100 shares to Geo. F. Green

I/U #24 John Young 10000 share 1896. Nice vignette of mine shafts on hill. Some foxing. Date: 1896 City: State: Colorado HWAC# 72054

I/U #2675 Francis Judd 50 shares 1914.gen Date: 1914 City: State: Colorado HWAC# 72075

I/U #749 B Atkins 100 shares 1881. Underground miner vignette. Date: 1881 City: State: Colorado HWAC# 72074

Stock Cert. No. 139, for 25 shares, I/U. Date: 1897 City: State: Colorado HWAC# 76258