August 2018 Auction

I/U #661 WW Johnson 15 shares 1901. Signed by President Agassiz. Date: 1901 City: State: Colorado HWAC# 72073

From a famous Dahlonega gold mine. No. 3621, issued in 1881 to Geo Codington for 100 shares. Vignette of mine and works on a hillside. Signed by presi

Lot of 2 issued to Geo. Codington. 1) Findley Gold Mining Co. of Georgia stock certificate. From a famous Dahlonega gold mine. No. 3624, issued in 188

Both sheets frameable. 1) Split view showing the Bullion Mine (Alturas County, Idaho) and the May Flower Mine (Bullion, Idaho). Possibly out of a book

17" x 22" "Map of Mammoth Mountain. Showing the Banner, Little Giant, Rescue, Mammoth and Charity Mines; also the direction and leng...

I/U #118 John Gordon 1000 shares 1866. Signed by President Chesney. Probably located in Boise Basin, ID. creases and foxing. Date: 1866 City: Stat

I/U #23 CS Barrett Date: 1892 City: State: Idaho HWAC# 72051

Stock Cert. No. 1460A, for 20 shares, vignettes of miners working, I/U, small tear in upper right encroaching into border, staple holes in upper left

No.69, for 50 shares, I/U. Possibly out of Kentucky, scene of explosion in mine. Vignette of scene of miners shoveling coal. Date: 1881 City: Sta

I/U #958 Seraphine Maspereau 100 shares 1889. Miner vignette, left .25" tear, creases, light foxing. Date: 1889 City: State: Louisiana HW...

Lot of 2 early issued stock certificates. No. 342, issued in 1859 for 50 shares. No. 2066, issued for 3 shares in 1864. Both have an identical design

Rare. Located in Houghton, Michigan on the south shore of Portage Lake. Covers the Atlantic and Quincy-Pewabic lodes. According to the Copper Handbook

Belt, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, stock cert. signed as president by William Alfred Paine, co-founder of the Paine Webber stock brokerage firm. The Pain

Five stocks and one bond. Included: Quincy Mining Company (1865 issued stock, pen cancelled, staining on left side); Seneca Mining Company (1872 issue

1) Naumkeag Copper Company. Issued in 1914 for 100 shares. Not cancelled. Purple border and background, no vignette. Folds. 2) Ahmeek Mining Company o

Territorial. Incorporated in Utah Territory (even though Montana mine) . No. A155 issued Jan. 12, 1882 to W. A. Jennings for 1090 shares. Signed W. A.

1) N. Armstrong & Company check from Glendale, Beaverhead County, Montana. 1882. Imprinted 2c orange Revenue Stamp. Native American vignette. Fo...

Lot of 3. 1) Ore receipt for the Whitlach Union Gold & Silver Mining Company, April 21, 1866. Lewis & Clark County, Montana Territory. Congr...

Lot of 4. 1) Best is a Western Federation of Miners letterhead, dated 1914, sent to BO Pannell, secretary of the Pony M&M Union No. 131. 2) 189...

Choice Stock Cert. No. 364 for 1000 shares. Beautiful vignette of horse drawn carriage & scenery of home & countryside. Very nice condition....

Office of the Mining Recorder, Esmeralda Mining District. Dateline Aurora, August 19th, 1879. Certifies that the recorder has examined Wide West No. 2

No. 2856. Dateline Austin, Nevada, July 22nd, 1867. For one specimen of pulp deposited by Thomas Cox, 4.29 grains of silver. Signed by David Lundbom.

Receipt from the Banking House of John Sime & Co., Corner of Montgomery and Clay Street, San Francisco, March 20th, 1866. Addressed to Duncan &a...

Lot of eight. 1) Large size pay roll for August of 1866. Eleven employees. Signed by employees. 2) 1878 revenue imprinted check. Signed by Allen Curti

Cert. #388, issued in 1866 for 10 shares to Chas. Gray. Mining works near Austin, Nevada printed on the bottom. This is a scarce certificate. The non-

Lot of 4 indentures representing the selling of mining rights/properties to the Manhattan Silver Mining Co. of Austin, Nevada. They get to retain 0.5%

Lot of 3 different. The Broken Hills Mining District was discovered in 1905 and takes its name from the Broken Hills Mine. It is located in three Neva

Map of the Bullfrog Mining District, Nye County, Nevada, compliments of the Forward Mining Development Company. Cute bullfrog vignette near the map sc

Certificate No. 7503 issued in 1908 CG Fisher for 1000 shares. Signed by P. Carney as President. Datelined San Francisco, Cal. Ornate green border wit

17 x 16" bond, red and black on creme, small hole cancelled, signed by the first Nevada Governor Henry Blasdel. Two coupons attached at bottom....

Letterhead for the State of Nevada, Department of State. Carson City, Nevada, June 14th, 1912. Message sent to the auditor of the Eureka & Palis...

Lot of 4 different. The Montezuma District was discovered in 1867 and is located on and around Montezuma Peak in Esmeralda County, seven miles west of

Lot of 9 from the Hornsilver (Gold Point), Lida, & Tulare Canyon mining districts. 1) Lida District. Two different stock certificates. a) The Li...

Lot of 9 including seven different stock certificates. The Fairview Mining District was organized in 1906 and located in Churchill County and encompas

Number 1477 for 50 shares to Wilson & hutchinson trutess. Signed by secretary HC Hinman and president RB Milroy(?). The Dardanelles was located ...

Globe Mining Co., incorporated in 1863 in Nevada territory, datelined Virginia, N.T., cert # 286 issued to J. G. Bloomer for ten shares on Nov 20, 186

Group of approximately 18 documents regarding the transfer of title of five patents in the name of Duncan. The Duncan patents involve a process for tr

Lot of 8 pieces for the C.O.D. mining companies in Goldfield and the Gold Bar and Victor Mines, which were owned by the C.O.D. Consolidated. The COD C

Lot of 11. These items tell the story of a lease to process the tailings from the Goldfield Cons. and the man who was trying to undertake the project.

Lot of 5 different signed by H.T. Bragdon as vice-president. Bragdon was an early and important player in Goldfield. In 1904, he was secretary of the

Lot of 23 pieces including stocks, billheads, photographs, and checks. The Florence-Goldfield Mining Company was organized in 1905 by a group includin

1) Sandstorm Mining Company. Goldfield. No. 1813, issued in 1906 in Tonopah for 50 shares. Wingfield signs as vice-president. Not cancelled. Three min

Lot of 3 different including two signed by Webb Parkinson. Webb Parkinson was a stock broker, tall, handsome and in his twenties. When he quickly amas

Lot of 4 different stock certificates and one modern photograph. 1) The Goldfield Ledge Mining Company. No. 1785, issued in 1907 for 1,000 shares. Sig

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...