"Autumn Gold" 2024 November Auction

Addressed letter, from 1853. The letter traveled from San Francisco, via Panama (railway prior to the canal) all the way to Paris. There is a red New

A stereoscope card with photos of a hydraulic mining operation in California, photographed and published by Lawrence and Houseworth, opticians. The ph

Large lot of Sierra County famous native gold locations ephemera. (15) Multiple stock unissued certificates from the Plumbago Gold Mine Company (Stock

Only known, 3 1917 Hugh Fraser, General Merchandise billheads to Carbonate Lead Mines Co. "Zabriskie’s life took on new meaning in 1885 w...

Undated Shelby Smelting gold bullion deposit slip-1.25" tear and toning, 1878 Vulcan Blasting Powder letterhead, undated financial report of Bu...

A group of 20, California oil business ephemera. Includes 5 books: "The Story of the American Oil Industry 'Brine to Bonanza,'" 19...

2 California Gold Rush Receipts. White 1879 Kentuck(sic) Flat for quartz, located in El Dorado County 16 miles NNW Of Pollock Pines.Blue 1862 for old

A cabinet card photograph of James W. Marshall, the man responsible for discovering California's gold deposits and triggering the California Gol...

A cabinet card photograph of General John A. Sutter, proprieter of the mill where California's gold was first discovered. The reverse side of th...

The Maps of the California Gold Region - 1848-1857 Carl I. Wheat. San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1942. Reprint limited to 350 sets. 148 pp. plus A

Lot of (15) various period photos of Mining, street scenes, Miners, Flumes, Buildings, etc. (3) are colorized, (5) are early 1900's mounted on h...

Three sets of Book Club of California's Limited Edition Keepsake series, includes: 1. The California Mining Towns. Oscar Lewis. 1933-34. Rare ea...

10x Miscellaneous Northern Californian Gold Mining Documents: 1) Electra Gold Dredging Company, Cert.#59 issued to S.C. Stevenson for 500 shares on No

7x9" photo of possibly Apex Mine in Apex, Colorado of a 3 story mill. No photographer listed. 6 people are standing on a platform atop the seco...

Delano Mining and Milling Co., Boulder, Colo. photo by L Melle, Boulder Colo. 4.5x7.75". Light contrast, please inspect. [ Boulder Colorado

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Photograph of gold mining near Buena Vista, Colo., from about 1879-1894. "Colo. Gold Mining near Buena Vista. Col. Midland R.R. Series," a...

c. 1880s 4.25x7" photo of Smith and Gray Smelter in Chaffee County, CO by Kuykendall & Whitney, Maysville, Colo. Mostly men on top of and ...

Nicely composed c. 1900 photo of Elkton Mine in Cripple Creek. 3 stacks with smoke in center, surrounded by other buildings. No photographer listed. S

Independence Mine photo by W H Jackson of Denver. 5x7.7". "Stratton's Independence Mine and Mill is a historic gold mining site near ...

A photograph of two mines from the Cripple Creek Mining District in between Cripple Creek and Victor, Colorado, from approximately 1910. The black and

Great piece of Western history from a world-famous mining camp!!! The Red Light Dance Hall, G.M. Gregory, Prop. "Only Popular Resort. Under Goo...

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Looking south view of Argo Gold Mine and Mill, c. late 1800's. Virginia Canyon Road is visible in the lower right,the main part of town on the l...

c. 1882 photo of Carbonate Hill mines by Nicolay, Leadville by Nicolay, Leadville. Buildings, headframe, tailings etc. " Leadville had its ups ...

A cabinet card photograph of Fryer Hill in Leadville, Colorado, the site of the famous Matchless Mine. The photograph was taken by G.D. Wakely, a nota

Grant Smelter photo with hydraulic monitor by W H Jackson, Denver, 4.75x6". "The Grant Smelter began operations in 1878 on the northern ba...

A very RARE 33"x 44" map of the Leadville, Colorado Mining District by C.F. Saunders. This was drawn in January 1901. There are slight edg...

A black and white photograph of El Paso Mine, Leadville, Colorado, c1900-10. Handwritten on back: "Looking North towards Prospect Mountain.&quo...

Collage illustration of the Union Smelting Co., Leadville, Colo., by William Henry Jackson, circa 1880s, according to writing on plastic holder. May b

Vesuvius Mine, Mt. Sniggles(sic), Ouray, Colo. No.55 by Barnhouse & Moore, Grand Junction, Colorado. They were active from 1888-93. "The S...

Photo of Virginia Ore Train No. 141, no photographer listed. 5x8". Hand written notes on lower margin, 12 miles S W of Ouray, altitude 12,500 f...

c. late 1870's photo of Silver Plume and mines, Cripple Creek Rail Road, with switchbacks on the hill. Verso-A Rapin, Silver Plume, Colo./Dealer...

Smuggler Union Mills & Mines Antique Photograph c1910 RARE! Famous Colorado Gold Mine Original Photograph mounted on matte and framed. Label o...

A photograph of the Liberty Bell Mill, Telluride Colorado, c1900-1910. 8" x 6" black and white photo depicts a snowy landscape as a backdr...

Photograph of "Old Savage Basin Camp, Tom Boy Mine, Telluride, Colo.," c1890s-1910. Black and white photo with picturesque San Juan Mounta...

4.25x6.5" photo of workers lined up outside a cabin in the snow. Marked on back in pencil-Yankee Hill, Colorado/Payday at the mine. We are una...

Clear Creek & Central City Antique Photographs. Today Central City is known for it's casino gaming. 1) Pack mules carrying a load from mi...

Extremely Rare Colorado Gold Belt Map on Cloth c1902. Map Showing Gold Best of Lower Clear Creek and Gilpin Counties Vicinity of Central City Color.

1874? telegraph signed by J P Whitney, often confused with J D Whitney the mining engineer in California. J P of Colorado helped secure the first gold

Two old mining photos. One circa 1910 probably underground coal mine. The image is 7 x 5" on map excellent condition no identification. The min...

Photograph of 12 men sitting and standing in front of a Colorado mine, circa about 1888. One man is playing the bagpipes. "Colorado Miners and ...

Two photographs of underground mining views, circa early 1900s. The first is a photo of four miners inside one of Silver Cliff Mining Company's ...

Tiny Colorado Mining Town Antique Photographs (2) 1) Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain Views Published at Colorado Springs, Colorado, Pikes Peak Avenue,...

c. 1875-80 albumen photo on board of Dade Coal Mine in Ellijay, GA.The name of the town may have changed. Features the mine and North Georgia Railroa

Collection of Mining Documents from the Atlanta Lode out of Middle Boise Mining District, Idaho; All papers are regarding John H. Downing, a miner who

16 Idaho mining postcards. RPC's-Stibnite Mine, Morning Mine, Polaris Mine, Sunshine Mine, Trail Smelter, Bunker Hill & Sullivan Tunnel. Gol...

Four maps for the Queen Mining and Milling property Elmore County Idaho. Original pen and ink on paper. Survey J.L. McPherson 1926. Three other small

1863 Alder Gulch letterhead in which I I Reilly and Co. pay 38oz 17 pennyweights of clean gold dust in part for cutting drainage ditch from a mining c

Rare 1913, A Brief Discussion of the Washoe Smelter by Anaconda Copper Mining. 32pp with photos and building structural illustrations. [ Anaconda Mont

Anaconda Copper blueprints. c. 1916. About 10 small 10x24" various building related prints. [ Butte Montana

7 c. 1961 Anaconda Copper equipment mechanical drawings. 4x Copper concentrator, 2x Vacseal pump. [ Butte Montana

Polished brass Anaconda Copper/Mining Co/Butte Mont plaque. A few nicks and letter wear. Please inspect. [ Butte Montana

Large collection of various Anaconda Copper Mining Co. and supporting ephemera. Letters, Bills of sale, telegrams, hand-written correspondence, contai

Keystone ABC(Grease), 2x c. 1920's time books and 1930 notes on scraper, slusher other equipment. [ Butte Montana

Two mine safety booklets from the library of Anaconda Copper Mine. 1919 Explosives and Misc. Investigations, missing covers, first page damage etc. 19

c. 1953 Butte, MT Jaycees copper leaf cover booklet with mine site on cover. 6x4.5" Montana Butte [ Butte Montana

1915 Svenska Tribune and 1915 Germania, both sent to miners at Southern Cross Mine near Deer Creek, MT. Envelopes shows mine address. Folded. [ Deer

4 c. 1915-30 magazines. 1930 G E Witt power plant equipment sent to Anaconda Copper. 3x 1915-16 folded Power Magazine with mailer envelopes sent to So

A collection of about 70 pieces of correspondence from Pony, Montana, mostly related to the firm, Morris and Flint, circa early 1900s. Includes, teleg

Original ledger , 9.5 x 14", 250pp from assayer S. H. Johns. In this ledge, he records over 7,000 assays from hundreds of different customers, ...

Three 1873 memorandums from the U. S. Assay Office in New York regarding the quality of gold from a Montana deposit. The gold bullion being assessed i

6 pieces of mining ephemera. Golden Sheaf Mining prospectus, undated, spine mostly split and detached. President Gold Mining, Toronto, Canada 1903 let

A collection of 48 pieces of ephemera from Montana, c1887-1937. Includes mostly mining, with some railroad, surveying and other businesses' - co...

c. 1902 East Pacific Mining prospectus and Gallatin Valley Milling price list.

Nevada and Colorado Mining District Prospectuses: 1. Advanced proof for Bullfrog Mining and Milling Co., incorporated in Nevada, pamphlet with 4 p

Ultra rare but with serious condition issues. Opinion of Referee, August 22, 1864, in the case of Gould & Curry Silver Mining Co., plaintiff, vs...

Assessment receipt from the San Francisco office for the Independent Gold & Silver Mining Company, June 22, 1864. Received of WC Ralston, $1,000...

Fantastic 1906 letter detailing the discovery of what became known as Duluth, NV. "We have good ground...a bunch of Duluth people in there...we...

Very early letter and cover from El Dorado Canyon, an important little known gold camp down by the Colorado River. This is dated 1886, quite early for

No. 927. "Foreman[sic.] Shaft, Gold Hill, Nev." No photographer listed. Probably c.1900-10. 5 x 8" photo on 7.75 x 10.75" mount....

Gold Hill, Nevada ephemera (16). Includes: Misc. billheads: 8 1/2" x 7" (6), 1877-1898 - 9 1/2" x 11" (2), 1871-1873; Gold Hill ...

The Yellow Jacket Silver Mining Company ñ Gold Hill Mining District, Nevada Territory - signed by William Sharon. Very clean Yellow Jacket cert...

The Yellow Jacket Silver Mining Company ñ Gold Hill, N.T. Early certificate No.1343 issued to William Sharon for one share and signed by him on...

A collection of ephemera relating to the Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company, dating c. 1910-1920. Goldfield Consolidated was a holdings company owne

4 framed letters from notable Goldfield lawyers and brokers related to Goldfield stocks. 1919 Zadig & Co. regarding Goldfield Dev. Co. with ille...

Rare Western Scheelite, Tungsten Concentrates color poster. 8.5x14". Edge chips, small tears and crease. Please inspect. [ Lovelock Nevada

11 c. 1903-04 mining camp letterheads. Tonopah, Potts, Belmont, Midas, Smoky Valley, Austin, Berlin. Very rare mining camps. [ Nye County Nevada

Handwritten letter from one Charles G. Aldridge of Schurz, Nevada to M.H. Poehlman, requesting help in securing a grubstake of $500 from George Wingfi

September 1870 Storey County 2pp abstract of ore production. They received $21,000 in taxes! Big producers were Chollar, Potosi, Hale & Norcross...

A two-page Arrowhead Development Company, Tonopah, Nevada, letter to stockholders informing them that a 1 cent assessment was approved. The letter als

Real photos of downtown (12) - Early color mining (13) 1909-1911 [ Tonopah Nevada 1909-1911

No duplicates - 1936-1950 [ Tonopah Nevada 1936-50

A framed receipt & photo from the Chollar Mine in Virginia City, Nevada. The receipt for $120, was received from Chollar, Norcross, Savage Shaft...

31 x 56" black ink on velum original claim map, 1" to 100', for the Comstock Merger Mines Inc. this map shows the gut of the Comstock ...

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1867 California State Telegraph signed by Alpheus Bull who president of Gould and Curry Mine in Virginia City and was a Comstock millionaire. Also, 18

Assay, framed and matted from Virginia City assayer Leopold Kuh, dated December 26, 1864. Piece measures 13"x 15" and is under UV protect...

Lot of 4 different. The Sapphire Mill was built in the early 1860s and was located 1/4 mile below Gold Hill. It was originally known as JB Gagnon &a...

About 20 c. 1867-1907 mostly Savage Mine and some Virginia City checks. [ Virginia City Nevada

1864 Savage Mine production report, 104.92 Ag/+. Signed by assayer Kuh. Left edge issues. [ Virginia City Nevada

1863 G W Bell assay receipt for silver bars received from Dall's Mill, Savage Mine. Left paper loss and small stain. [ Virginia City Nevada

c. 1864-70 Savage Mine tax paid on bullion in currency and 2 unrelated tax assessment docs. [ Virginia City Nevada

Lot of 32. All are on the same Ore Assay Report form. Reports are from April to May 1867. Ore samples coming from a huge number of different mills: Bo

Very rare. 1873 Annual report printed by "Stock Report" Print in San Francisco. JA Pritchard is president and AC Hamilton is superintenden...

1) Daily Record of Operations at the Mine - Men employed and in what capacity (List of 15 shown on report) - Also provides space for Waste Hoisted, Wo

Bank of California promissory note for $20,000 issued in 1870 in San Francisco to A(lvinza) Hayward. Signed by Hayward on reverse. Signed by William S

Bank of California Note to pay Union Mill & Mining Co. $40,000.00 dated November 20th, 1876 in Gold Coin with interest to accrue at one % per mo...

Noe's Views, No. 29 South C Street, Virginia, Nevada. Reverse has paper label identifying this as the Utah Mine Hoisting Works. The contrast is ...

Extremely rare Comstock autograph. Virginia & Truckee Railroad receipt, Carson, March 14th, 1872. Issued to E. Penrod for 9 7/8 cords of nut pin...