"Black Friday" November 2023 Timed Auction

Continental Bank Note Company printing plate: steel, 2 x 6 inches. Three men at the bottom of a precious-metal ore mine shaft excavating, while two m

"Placer Mining," printing plate. Steel. 3 x 3 inches. Imprint of American Bank Note Company, New York. three men working a site. Lustrous ...

The Gold Placers of the Fortymile, Birch Creek, and Fairbanks Regions, Alaska by Louis M. Prindle, 1905 by Washington Government Printing Office. Bull

Collection of books on the Alaskan Goldfields / Klondike areas. 1. Two Years in the Klondike and Alaskan Gold Fields 1896-1898 by William B. Haskell,

Alaska and the Klondike Gold Fields by Harris, 1897, 566pp with attractive binding. Discovery of gold, routes traversed by miners, camp life etc. Prac

This stereoview by " Continent Stereoscope Company New York" in the right border with "Descriptive Views of the American Continent&q...

Three "49er-themed" photographs (3), professionally matted and framed. 1) An enlarged, life-like photo depicting multiple U.S. Silver Coi...

Label printed in gold and black, 2 3/4" x 31/4", vignette with Miner showing his gold pan in a mountainisque scenery. Top of can a sign ti...

Mines of the Southern Motherlode Region, Part 2, Tuolumne and Mariposa counties, 1940; part 2 Calaveras county,both with foldout maps. 1948 The mother

Placer Mining for Gold in California by Division of Mines, 1946, 357pp with index and 2 back pocket maps. USGS 17th annual report, 1895-96, Part II, 8

1927 Resumption of Hydraulic Mining in California, a report to the legislature, 85pp, maps removed. Placer Mining for Gold in California, Bulletin 135

California State Senator & Mining Manual with Pictorial business card. This card is for his run as the Republican nominee for State Senator for ...

This lot has two very important books about California Gold: Pre-Marshall Gold in California , vol. 2, 1840-1848 by Emil Bunje PH.D. and James Kean 19

Allegheny, California is also the site of the famous Sixteen-to-One mine in California. It is located in Sierra County. Allegheny was one of Californi

Lot of twelve. 1) Golden Sheaf Mining Company. 15 page prospectus with 15 photos. 2) Murray property map. 18x 14î.3) Tanner Mine prospectus. 1...

Reprint of the book 'Account of the Important Revival of Mining in the Bodie and Esmeralda Districts' by Jos Wasson - San Francisco, May 187...

Very rare Real Photo Post Card (RPPC) showing an ore cart and other machinery outside the mine entrance. Photo by AC Mudge of Fresno. Unused. The Cars

Cover addressed to San Francisco bankers Fretz & Ralston from W.O. Sleeper in Columbia, CA, dated March 13, 1853 ñ Has stamp of W.O. Sleepe...

Lot of 2. Real Photo Postcards. Pre-split RPC's of Coram Depot on Sacramento River and its' first school house w/student group picture. ...

Lot of 33. One pre-split. one ad. One B.P.O.E. member card. (1908). Postmarks: Dutch Flat, San Fran, Oakland. Street Level Views: Dutch Flat RR

Lot of 12. Three RPC's. Postmarks: Etna Mills, Plainfield N.J.Woodside ID. Street level views ; The Snoozer Mine (4 cards), Blake Hotel,...

Rare pamphlet written by Ross E. Browne, mining engineer, for the Tenth Annual Report of State Mineralogist of California, 1890. "The Ancient R...

1-2) Two large photos of the stamp batteries at the Empire Mine. One is a view of the top of the batteries and the other of the bottom with mercury ta

USGS Folio #29 1896 containing geology of the Nevada City area. 7 maps; Topographic and Geologic. About 7 pages of text. Only minor wear at corners.

Citizens Bank, Nevada City, CA, Gold Receipt - 1880 Bought $300.30 gold from A.K. Cawger. Size: 3.5 x 2.5 inches. Nevada City California

Rare photos of a quicksilver mine in Guerneville in 1947. Shows ore carts, track, mine entrance and tailings pile. They are labeled on the reverse. Ph

ìMt. Gaines Gold Mineî, near Hornitos, Mariposa Co., Ca. One of the oldest and richest mines of the Southern Mother Lode ñ Auction to...

Rare corner advertising cover for J.M. Hetrich, Assayer in San Diego, to assay Julian and Mexico ores. Sent to Souther in San Francisco. 1890 San Dieg

13 Bank of La Porte checks issued to Wolters Brothers, c. 1882-85. The Wolters were maj or Western whiskey and grocery merchants in San Francisco with

15 Bank of La Porte checks issued to mining companies such as Selby, Ophir Steam Mills, Goodyear Rubber, Vulcan Powder. c. 1877-84. La Porte Califor

California Gold Rush correspondence (3) from the Placer County mining camp of Yankee Jim's and two addressed to Louisville Eldorado, California....

1) Deed for the Bon Ton and Monitor Mines in 1887, when Watkin Prosser purchased them from John Down, Frank Decker and H.C. Howe for $10,000. Courtesy

Rare broadside, "Walker Copper Mineî, near Portola, Plumas Co., California Operated 1915-1941 and produced copper and gold - Auction took...

Checks (3) written The Yellow Aster Mining & Milling Company account with The National Bank of California of Los Angeles. There are two (2) yell...

Lot of two miniature advertising calendars for this San Francisco company, "Sole Manufacturer of the Celebrated Great Western Babbitts." S...

Selby Smelthing & Lead Company documents including: 1) 11x Bullion receipts of Silver Bars, all for this company dated between 1895-1904, with 3...

London & San Francisco Bank Ltd, 1) #10 for $370 signed by John Bidwell on Feb 4, 1871. 2) #? for $50 signed by John Bidwell on Oct 3, 1874, pai...

Alpine county ephemera. 1864 Silver Mt. mining short letter. 1864 Board of Supervision letter. Alpine Chronicle 1878 statement. 1901 cover without sta

17 volumes of mostly 1935-61 assorted California geology publications. At least 3 are Inyo county area, legal guide for prospectors, minerals, mercury

Three (3) checks written on The Bank of California and signed by lumber magnate D.L. Bliss. One for $375 is made out to Michele E. Spooner, namesake o

Gold Dredging in California by Aubury, 120pp. Foldout maps and lots of dredge photos. Oroville and elsewhere. California

11 annual reports of California mineral production by California Division of Mines and Geology. 1909, 1937, 1943, 1945, 1947, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958,

This small handbook/ reference book was published in 1901 by the California State Mining Bureau, Ed. B. Preston describes the many techniques and equ

California Gold Practices by Preston, 1895 85pp, notes on gold milling in California, battery frame and rock breaker foldouts etc. Foxing inside both

10 California industrial mineral publications. Structural and Industrial Materials of California. Clay Resources and Ceramic Industry of California,.

Three softcover booklets relating to the California Miners' Association in 1899-1903. One book is the proceedings of the 1899 convention and ano...

1945 California Journal of Mines and Geology, State Mineralogist's Report, pp228-401 with several maps in back pocket, info on Inyo County tungs...

1947, Fifty Years of Operation by the Mountain Copper Co. in Shasta County with photos and drawings. Copper Resources of California by Aubury, 1905 an

Geologic History of Middle California by Howard with author inscription. 1979, 113pp with index, includes birdseye photos of California geologic areas

Personal field book of Arthur J Downing, with mining and prospecting data, c. 1896-1916. The first few pages appear to be missing. There is a folded i