"Autumn Gold" 2024 November Auction

Rough turquoise - raw, untreated nuggets and spider web. Approximate weight 4 pounds. From No. 8 turquoise mine, located in Nevada, often considered o

Group of broken turquoise cabochons. Some of these are excellent quality turquoise! Collection Frank Lewton.

66 cut beautiful pale turquoise cabochons vary in sizes, most are oval cut. Pale Sky Blue list: 12--4 x 6mm, 12--6 x 8mm, 10--9 x 10mm, 12--9 x 12mm,

Old Bisbee Copper Ore Collection of 14 specimens. Mostly in the 2.5 to 3.5" sizes. Includes many specimens of azurite and malachite on matrix. ...

6 mining ore samples as promotions from various mining companies. General Chemical, Utah Ore Sampling, Quebec Cartier Mining, Iron Mining Assoc. of MN

Pair of original Knight Foundry 40 troy ounce silver molds. One lightly used, the other immaculate, never used. 7" long, 2 3/4" wide, 2&q...

The Union Mine at Cerro Gordo produced thousands of silver-lead ingots from the late 1860s to the 1870s. Thanks to a metal detectorist, about a dozen

1 3/4 x 3" x 1" deep lead pour over a small Cominco ingot, a sort of "pseudomorph". circa post WW2.

Ingots: Bunker Hill (lead); Doe Run (lead, Missouri); copper (Chino); zinc (in form of a medal, Risdon, Tasmania) indium (Russia). Medals: silver roun

Miners Safety lamp, 10" tall, no mfg, engraved as personal equipment, "Lupeni (Romania), 1936 with string of ore cars" Very fine con...

Underground mining lights. Auto Lite carbide, 7" candle stick holder and brass cup with spout and hanging hook. Noel Kirshenbaum Collection.

Extremely rare uranium ore bag printed especially for Precision Radiation Instruments, Inc. of Los Angeles. 8" x 10 3/4". The company got ...

Set of three (3) mining fuse cutters and crimpers. Two measure 7", one measures 4". Look like they could be used today. Please see photos ...

Probably down hole gamma ray logging probe lead. No instrument. No instructions, no extras. With original hard shell case. Probably 1970s.

This pair of miners hard hats is identical. The style of hat predates the Barta hats of the early 20th century. The lamp holder was patented December

6" x 10" x 14" long, stearic acid. Wax candles, E. Schneider and company, 20 sets of sixes. Found underground at Milford Utah [ Milfo...

A very unusual folding miners candlestick, high quality manufacture, but not found in Wilson – Bobrink. The main body is 6 inches long from a

Kelly minors candlestick, 1909, exceptionally rare. This is an extremely rare Kelly patented stick shown in Wilson Bo Brink as number 186, manufacture

Rare Fabric Reward sign, from Gilpin County Metal Mining Association of Central City Colorado. Offering a $50 reward for information leading to the ar

A 14"x 8" high voltage warning one sided sign from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. bureau of Power and Light. The sign is ...

A 12"x 12" metal sign from General Telephone warning of an underground cable. There are no bullet holes , but there are two rust lines dow...

Wood 7.5x13" Escape to Chief No 1 sign, located in Eureka, Tintic district. 2 small dated 1958 samples from Bingham. Noel Kirshenbaum Collectio...

Original mid 20th century sign made by the Hercules Powder Company. Quote Hercules smoking station/space 3 AM to 5:30 AM, 11 AM to 1:30 PM, 7 PM to 9:

Brass, Mine & Smelter Supply curved brass plaque. 3x6". 3 corner holes are incomplete, center bottom edge is distorted from impact. Please ...

Polished brass, Mine & Smelter Supply flat brass plaque. 3.8x6.75". [ Denver Colorado

Polished brass Tuttle Mnfg/& Supply Co/Butte Mont plaque. 3x8.5". Grinding mark? under B. [ Butte Montana

Vintage opium pipe from Arizona. Stone mouthpiece, bamboo stem, metal bowl. 11.5". Typical of the style used by Chinese mine workers.

Single mitten made from denim pants found in the walls of an old building in Utah, 2024. Also found were a dozen or so denim pants and coveralls, all

A fine museum display of mining artifacts and related documents. 1. Mine and Smelter Supply cast iron assayer's mold, 10.5 x 12" from Mine ...

Gold souvenir spoon, with gold pan (nuggets inside) on handle. Spoon bowl etched with "Klondike." Sterling indicated in backside, gold-pla...

A rare book, "Gold Metallurgy on the Witwatersrand," by A. King, 1949, Transvaal Chamber of Mines. Hardcover, 458 pp. Fold-out charts and ...

Archives of British Colombia, Memoir No. VII The Assay Office and the Proposed Mint at New Westminster, A Chapter in the History of the Fraser River M

"La Vie Souterraine ou Les Mines et Les Mineurs" by Par L. Simonin, copyright 1867, Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie. Written in French. I...

Lot of 2 book relating to Alaska and the gold rush, including: 1. Through the Yukon and Alaska, by T.G. Rickard, 1909. Neil Publishing Company. 2. Thr

About 16 Arizona geology and mining publications. Miami, Bisbee, Tombstone, Yuma, Pinal, Virgin and Beaver Dam Mountains etc. Miami papers have condit

Pioneer Days in California by John Carr, copyright 1891. 452 pages. bump damage on boards, along with some scuffs. Also included is The Life of David

The Auriferous Gravels of the Sierra Nevada of California by J. D. Whitney, 1880 first edition, Cambridge University Press. 24 plates, multiple fold

"A California Gold Rush History, Featuring the Treasure from the S.S. Central America, A source book for the Gold Rush historian and numismatis...

A collection of 5 books about California gold mines and the Gold Rush. Includes: "Gold in the Santa Lucias ... the first recorded history of Mo...

A pair of California gold mining books. Includes: "Gold Districts of California," by William B. Clark, Geologist, Calif. Division of Mines...

Legends of the Northern Mines, Legends of the Southern Mines, 1997 Poag's Guide to Shopkeeper and Shootists,Gold Cities-Gras Valley and Nevada C...

Hardcover, published by The Book Club of San Francisco, 1997; 771 pages. Only 1000 printed. "The California Gold Rush: A Descriptive Bibliograp...

California Journal of Mines & Geology hard-cover book set. Volumes No. 49, 50, 51, and 54. Dates indicated are 1953, 1954, 1955 and 1958. These,...

A collection of 17 books and publications about mining in California. Includes the following hardcover books: "The California Debris Commission...

Gold Rush Books (7) include "California Sketches" by Leonard Kip, copywrite 1946, 58 pages, in good condition with dust jacket. "The ...

(2) Professional papers from the Department of the Interior U.S Geological Survey: "The Tertiary Gravels of the Sierra Nevada of California&quo...

(2) Books by Waldemar Lindgren: "The Gold Quartz Veins of Nevada City and Grass Valley Districts, California" 1896. 262 pages, many fold o...

The Northern Mines, Factual Narratives of the Counties of Nevada, Placer, Sierra, Yuba, and Portions of Plumas and Butte, Edmund Kinyon, Signed by Aut

Collection of 4 books related to art and photographs from California, plus a state resource guide. Includes: Art of the Gold Rush," Janice T. D...

A library of five books on the time period from the pioneers to the California Gold Rush. Includes: 1. Legends of the Spanish Southwest. Cleve Hallenb