Cauldron of Curiosities Auction, 2024 October

Group of miscellaneous mining and mineral collectibles from a retired mining engineer. Contains: Bismuth crystalline splash; copper splash, charcoal

Vintage rock pick or masons hammer. Flat front end with pointed rear. 14" long, wood handle, no mfg shown. Hammers such as this had a dual pur...

1899 IOOF letterhead from You Bet, Cal. about a sick brother and 1914 cover and letterhead from You Bet Mining regarding insurance. Some toning and ri

Lot of eleven checks from the late 1890s-early 1900s from around California. The checks are issued by mining companies around California, mostly gold

Real Photo (11) - B & W (7) - No Duplicates - 1907 - Up to ?[ Butte Montana

Undated Proprietors report of the Garnet Mining district in Granite county. Nice centerfold claim map.[ Granite county Montana

6.5x8.25" photo of a Neihart mine building. No photographer listed.[ Neihart Montana

1874 mining claim document, Ram's Horn Gulch, Alder Creek drainage district, distance of 3000 feet.[ Virginia City Montana

1864 Montana Territory abstract of claims. Quartz Leads in Madison county, several claims in Alder Creek Gulch and Alder Creek drainage system. This t

2x 1907 Western Union telegrams related to Nixon and Wingfield, 1910 and 1907 assay receipts.[ Goldfield Nevada

Very rare 1941 Consolidated Coppermines Safety First employee hand book from the rare mining town of Kimberly. 5.25x3.25". Water stains, pencil...

Letterheads from Lander county mine camps. 5x 1895-86 Reese River letters for supplies and 1902 Spencer request for supplies from Mary Spencer.

1880 Gold Hill Foundry and Virginia Foundry letterheads. Both have small upper right hole.[ Virginia City etc Nevada

A Canadian Copper Company card of admission to the Creighton & Crean Hill mines in Ontario, Canada, c1911. Signed by A. J. Turner, president. Pe...

A group photograph of several dozen men taken at the Warwick Coal Company in Greene County, Pennsylvania. One man is circled in blue ink; on the rever

1903 Mining Prospectus for a Mexican mine "Playa de Oro". 9pp, toning Mexico

Mining postcards. 1 RPC-Pennsylvania Mine, Butte. Cadiz, OH, Angels Camp, CA, Lloyd, OH, Mineral City, OH. Picher, OH.

Vintage advertisement for Pomeroy's Ore Pulverizer with product illustration. 10.75x8.5". Some edge issues and creases all around and penci...

One postcard from Japan, an RPC of a Japanese mine. "THE TSUDO OF MANUFACTORY/(ASHIO COPPER MINE)" along with Japanese lettering printed i...

Trio of postcards from Poland. Includes RARE mining x-section card, RARE triple political and 1914 logging.

Collection of 4 postcards of mining in foreign counties, including: Madagascar, 1910; Paris, 1920; Ilkeston, England, 1912; France, Les Montagne'...

A large sample of silica flux ore that has gold content of 0.09 oz/ton. This material could be used in the smelting of precious metal ores to help rem

1907 Connersville Mining Blower Catalog. Originally used as smelter blowers. They employed the Roots design, which is used in a supercharger/blower de

Lot includes 10x brand new Diamond digital scales (model 500), range is 0.1-500g. Batteries are dead. Chunlin Collection. [ Chunlin Zhu Collection

Lot includes 10x brand new Diamond digital scales (model 500), range is 0.1-500g. Batteries are dead. Chunlin Collection. [ Chunlin Zhu Collection

Miner's candlestick. It measures about 10" with a sharp spike. The thimble is slightly loose. Nice piece. Please see photos for more detail...

1931 Wilson-Maeulen pyrometer catalog. Their equipment used precious metals such as platinum.

Undated Westinghouse electric mine hoist catalog. 8pp with nice photos of mine hoists in Bisbee, AZ etc.

1922 proof and possibly unique, Pennsylvania Holding and Dev. bond with all coupons. $5000.

Issued 1905 Cadena de Cobre stock. 3 mining vignettes.[ Bisbee Arizona

Issued 1917 Chloride Mining stock. 1920 Mines Handbook references Hidden Treasure Mine.[ Chloride Arizona

All issued. 1916 United Jerome Copper, 1905 Black Hills Copper-lower wrinkle, 1917 Jerome Victor Ext. Copper, 1923 Shea Copper.[ Jerome Arizona

All issued. 1919 Tom Reed Gold. 1921 United Eastern, a big company with multiple properties including Oatman-staple holes.1916 Jerome Oatman Mining. 1

Issued, Baboquivari district in Pima county. 1920 Arizona Gold King, 1917 Beach Mines.[ Pima County Arizona

All issued. 1938 Bunker Hill Arizona Mining-located in Bunker Hill. 1907 and 1908 Central Mining and Dev.-located in Winkleman. [ Pinal County Arizona

All issued. 1920 Southern Arizona Mining-located in Wrightson near Patagonia. 1907 Trenton Mining-located in Tyndall-wrinkles. 1910 Mansfield Mining-l

Issued 1905 Happy Thought and Fairview Mining stock. Located in Tyndall mining district, east of Arivaca and Santa Cruz river. Gold, silver, copper an

Issued 1915 Linden Mines stock. Probably located in Groom Creek, Hassayampo district, Yavapai county. See page 355 in 1920 Mines Handbook.[ Yavapai Ar

Issued 1902 Poland Mining Company stock. The Poland Mine is a lead and gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,401 feet. &...

All issued, somewhat obscure mines. 1902 Arizona Prosperity Gold mines, 1914 United Arizona Gold, 1910 Dream Copper, 1921 Owl Head Copper.

All issued. 1922 Gila Copper Sulfide, located in Christmas, Gilpin county-staple holes and bottom crease. 1916 United Mines of Arizona, probably locat

Issued 1907 Amalgamated Mining & Oil-wrinkled, and 1903 Clinton Cons. Mining-2 pin holes. Both with mining vignettes.

issued Arizona mining stocks. 1905 Sterling Aurora Ext.-possibly related to Sterling at Tombstone, 1904 Quaker City -near Phoenix, 1906 Aladdin Mutual

All issued. 1909 Aztec Mines in Prescott, 1907 Big Bear Mining, 1931 Utah Gold, properties of Fortuna Cons. and Bunker Hill in Pinal county. 2 with un

All issued. 1908 Borindum Extractors, 1905 Yucca Cyanide Mining, 1937 Intl. Vanadium x2, 1926 Arizona Cinnabar.

Issued 1907 Gold Bar Cons. Mining stock. Incorporated in Arizona Territory and likely located in Yavapai county, Arizona. Gold highlights and mine en

Issued 1930 Walker Mining stock. Issued to Mrs Fred Zaziski, part of a famous California mining family in Portola. See Mines Handbook, 1920, page 492

Issued 1922, 1923 x2 Tuolumne Copper Mining stocks. Located on Butte Mountain.[ Butte Mountain California

Scarce issued 1899 Encinitas Copper Mining & Smelting stock. Wrinkles, small lower right chip.[ Encinitas California

Three stock certificates dating c. late 1800s-early 1900s from Grass Valley, California. The certificates are for stocks in the Pennsylvania Consolida

Issued 1910 Gold Crest Mining stock. A rare local in Inyo county. Located south of Bullfrog district, NV.[ Lee California

Issued 1852 Anglo-Californian Gold Mining stock. This was a John Fremont Gold Rush property.[ Mariposa county California

Issued 1929 Acme Mines & Mill stock. Mercury mine in Napa county.[ Napa California

All issued. 1909 Thunder Creek with postal cover. 1910 Stewart River Gold dredging with dredge vignette. 1932 North Ontario Gold. [ Ontario California

Issued-1917 Oro Belle Cons. Mines-located in Hart. 1903 Jesse Mining, Milling and Smelting.[ San Bernardino county California

An 1880 stock certificate from Argonaut Mill and Mining Co. of San Francisco for 500 shares in the company. The certificate has an interesting vignett

Rare issued 1912 South Eureka Mining stock. South Eureka Mine developed in 1891, was one of the largest producers in the country. Located one-quarte

3 issued California mining stocks. 1914 Sterling Mining, 1919 Major Gold Mining of Cal., 1914 Atlasta Mining. Unissued Bullion Gold and Silver.

4 issued-1904 Golden Harvest, 1907 Richland Gold, 1924 Newtown Mining, 1955 Providence Tuolumne Gold. Unissued Murchie Leasing and Mining.

Issued 1911 California Mother Lode Mining stock. Great mill vignette!

1851 Le Monde Nouveaux French Gold Rush stock. Ink spots and upper right smudge, please inspect.

About 40 unissued Ready Bullion Mining stocks. Located near Gold Lake, Sierra City Mining District, Sierra County. "Gold" vignette. I love...

Issued 1885 Silver Ridge Mining stock. Not listed in C&L. One reference found in an article in the Salida Mail newspaper, June 28, 1884: the com...

Rare issued 1890 La Veta Mining and Tunneling stock. 1.75" right horizontal tear and lower right chip. Please inspect.[ La Veta Colorado

Issued 1880 Buckeye Mining and Tunneling Co. of Colorado stock. Owned the Silver Cliff mine with assays $20-75/ton. Large masses of cerargyrite (75% s

Issued 1887 Silver Thread Cons. Mining stock. Not in C&L. Not found on CHNC or newspapers.com.

Issued 1892 San Luis Mining and Reduction stock. Mining vignette. Small upper and lower left crease tears.[ San Juan Confederate States of America

Issued 1907 and 1907 Copper Queen Mining and Smelting stock. Located in Eureka District, Lemhi county, NOT Bisbee, AZ.

Issued 1912 Michigan Copper and Gold stock. Possibly in Mohawk, they also had properties in Utah.

Issued 1908 $500 Moler-Smith Lead and Zinc bond. The post office address of the company was at Carl Junction, Missouri. There were two concentrating m

Issued 1881 and 1883 Moulton Mining stock with W A Clark signatures. Clark was involved with mining, banking, railroads and politics.[ Butte City Mont

All issued. 1906 Butte & London Copper, 1920 East Butte Copper-staple holes, 1955 American Chrome.

Issued 1908 Baluarte Mining and Milling stock. Mine located at Columbus, Esmeralda county.[ Columbus Nevada

Issued 1912 Diamondfield Daisy Gold Mining stock. This small mining camp ghost town located 5 miles northeast of Goldfield was founded in 1903 and boo

Issued 1881 Miller Gold Mining stock. Probably located on Miller Mountain in Gold Mountain district.[ Esmeralda County Nevada

Issued 1932 Gilbert Mammoth Las Hope Mines stock. This is a small placer gold district. Mining vignette. 2 pin holes.[ Gilbert Nevada

Issued 1919 Gold Point Cons. stock. "Gold Point was initially called Lime Point for the nearby lime deposits found in 1868. Processing difficu...

Rare issued 1906 Manhattan Nevada Gold Mines stock. [ Manhattan Nevada

Rare issued 1911 Black Hawk Coal stock.[ Tecoma Nevada

2 issued Tonopah Divide mining stocks. Blue 1919 and green 1920 Knox Divide Mining.[ Tonopah Divide Nevada

Undated, prior to 1920, Mexican Gold & Silver Mining stock. Small tape on all corners, wrinkled, possibly discolored? Please inspect.[ Virginia ...

Issued 1910 Broken Hills Mining Company of Nevada stock. Very rare and possibly the first one we have seen. The Broken Hills Mining District was disco

Issued-1907 Goldfield Lucky Star, gold print, small vertical crease tears. Underground mining vignette.1918 Humboldt Cons. Mines, located in Rye Patch

Issued 1936 Operator Cons. Mines, 1935 Aladdin Gold-some toning. Unissued Genii Cons. Mines.

Issued 1905 January Jones Leasing and DEv. stock. January Jones was a rather infamous stock. "In 1907 January Jones was a conspicuous figure i...

Issued 1912 California Mining and Dev. stock. They were a silver mine.[ Chloride New Mexico

Issued-1910 Los Cerros Copper and 1916 Los Cerrillos Mining stock-staple holes. Located in Los Cerrillos mining district Santa Fe County.[ New Mexico

1891 $100 Nacimiento Copper bond with all coupons. The mines of this company included the Eureka, Eureka #2, Copper Queen, Copper Crown, Copper Prince

All issued. 1905 American Fork Mining. 1937 Lakeside Monarch Mining, located in Lakeside district in Tooele county near American Fork.[ American Fork

All issued. 1909, 1905, 1935-staple holes Utah-Apex Mining. 2 different 1923 Utah Cons. Mining-green has staple holes.[ Bingham Utah

All issued. 1931 Mineral Veins Coalition Mines, located in Little Cottonwood, Salt Lake County. 1902 American Mining, located at Scott Hill, Big Cotto

All issued. 1929 Fisk Ophir, 1919 Buffalo Cons., 1900 Ophir Gold Mining.[ Ophir Utah

Issued 1906 Sanpete Valley Coal stock.[ Sanpete Valley Utah

Issued 1887 Daly Mining stock. Located in Uintah mining district, Summit county.[ Summit County Utah

All issued. 1938 Tintic Silver, 1933 Tintic Gold, 1909 Tintic Company, 1928 Tintic Giant Mines.[ Tintic District Utah

All issued. 1928 Silver Shield Mining, 1901 Tesora Mining, 1899 South Sunbeam Mining.[ Tintic District Utah

All issued. 1913 Lower Mammoth Mining, 1912 Opohongo Mining, 1899 and 1902 Illinois Mining.[ Tintic District Utah

All issued. 1901 Boston and Tintic, 1899 2 different Centennial Eureka Mines. 1905 Raymond-Illinois Mining.[ Tintic District Utah

All issued. 1919 Tintic Zenith, 1912 Tintic Central, 1908 Diamond Queen, 1890 North Eureka.[ Tintic District Utah

Issued 1917 Bornite Copper stock. Bornite is a very colorful mineral, a favorite of every kid! Underground mining vignette.