"Christmas Chronicles", 2023 December Live Auction

Smithsonite ore samples from Cerro Gordo, Inyo County, California. Found by a professional collector, these samples measure 4"x 2.5"x 2.5&...

Four gold and copper ore samples (An unusual combination) and a small vile of gold dust from the Abbe Mine, located in the Alabama Hills in Inyo Count

3 small cut slab specimens of DeLamar high grade from Silver city. Each of these shows important mineralogical features in the ore deposit. a.) 1 x 1.

Native silver and argentite in dendritic form in veined quartz. 4" x 2" x 1" A spectacular hand specimen cut on 3 sides clearly show...

Ivanhoe district, Elko County. 5 x 3 x 2.5" Quartz and calcite with ruby silver minerals in a banded breccia with quartz pseudomorph of calcit...

3.5" x 2" x 1/2" 90 grams. From the sleeper main vein elevation 4000 feet. Numerous layers of colloform/mammilary silica and native ...

A cut slab, polished on one side. 2 1/4" x 1 1/2" x 3/8" thick. Gold rich bands containing electrum dendrites embedded in opal quartz...

High grade Comstock silver with visible gold cut into shape of Nevada. Very rare, must have been cut from a c. 1860 specimen. About .75"x 1 1/8...

lot of nine specimens. Comes in a nice wooden box. 1) Silver & Gold ore Justice Mine 2.) Silver Ore Savage Mine 3.) Silver Ore Virginia Mine ...

More than 50 specimens in an original 12 x 17" felt lined wood box kept by jewelry RH Herz of Reno c1870s-1900. this is a wide variety of ore s...

Three chunks, one large and two small, of a gold/silver ore from an unknown locality. Silver is in the dark grey minerals (possibly argentite or acant

Round container of 21.2 grams of gold and silver amalgam.

A sterling silver butter knife with Whitehorse inscribed on the blade. There is also a 1/8" gold nugget in the handle. The knife is 6" in ...

Ornate small leather money vest intended to hold gold coin and be worn under clothing. 2 identical side by side panels 15.5" x 8.5" attach...

Pick, shovel and pan on a short chain, with a California grizzly bear on the shovel's face. 2 1/2 inches wide and two inches long. The top chain...

No makers name German gold pocket scale in wood case. Old and well used, likely from California Gold Rush era. Nested weights-.5-10 DWTS and more up t

A pocket scale in a wood box measuring 3"x 6", approved by the city of New York. The set appears intact, with maybe one weight missing. Pl...

Weight set for larger balance up to 20 Troy ounce. The set seems to be complete and is in a nice wood box. It measures 3.5"x 4"x 8"....

Brown wood cased No. 5a assay scale by H Kohlsbusch, New-York. Weights from 1-5 plus small strips. Case 1.25x6x2.75', inscribed N C Morris'...

3 balances-1 in black oval case 2x4.5". 1 uncased, 1 in wood case 4x9.5". 2 extra weight sets in wood and some single weights. See photo. ...

Oval orange metal case, 7x3.75". German brass scale with 2, 1 and .5 Troy oz weights and pennyweights. Some paint chips on case. Franklin ...

Larger oval brown case 7x3.75".INcludes square 1, .5 Troy oz and 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and .5 pennyweights, dwt all in a separate covered chamber. Rare...

Green cased Miner's Improved Gold Scale with 4 weights, 1 is incorrect and undersized.3x7".

A couple of mining camp items. Brass spittoon 7x8.5". Light 4" lip bend. Brass nested weight set, unmarked maker, 1/4 to 12 oz.

Wood sliding style scale, possible bone beam, missing weight, 12x3". 19th century , no maker mark brass scale without weights on wood bases wit...

Five piece nested weight set. One piece is marked that it can be used to measure Troy or Avoirdupois. Please see photos for more details. Frankli

Set of nested weights. They show signs of "adjustment" with irregular edges and drilled holes in base. There is possible gold plating. Tes...

A nested set of weights used for weighing precious metals. There are five weights that are in Troy ounces. All are in nice condition. Please see photo

Older pocket balance scale in wood case, not modern, perhaps Gold Rush? Nicely made but no makers mark. 14 weights from pennyweight to 1 oz. Case 1.5x

A small 5"x 3.5"x 2" precious metal scale in a nice wood case. It's almost complete, with only the smallest weight missing. Stil...

Brown wood rectangular case, scale with 5 weights and 2 glass pans marked with weights. Yellow Avery sticker on inside of case. 7x3.25". F...

About 110 treasure and mining fruit can labels. Gold Rush, Treasure, many Golden Cargo, Corsair.

An explorer's assay kit with leather case. Contents include specimen & solution bottles (six (6), some small ore samples, glass tubes, and o...

Rare Ludlow & Saylor "California" candlestick. These sticks had special significance to California miners. 10.75". California

Fabulous brass Geo. E. Werner/Assayer/Telluride, Colo. wax sealer, c. 1880-90. Nice patina. 3" tall. Telluride Colorado Gary Bracken Collect...

After placer gold was discovered in the Ophir gulch, Blackfoot City was first settled in 1865 as a gold mining camp. It was located on Ophir Creek in

Very rare cast brass curved wall plaque. Tuttle Mnfg/& Supply Co/Butte Mont. 3x8.5". "Shelley Tuttle began a Butte foundry and machine...

3 framed Hudson Coal Company safety sign in 4 languages. All give a statement, significant facts and a lesson to be learned. Frames about 21x17"...

AO Spencer binocular microscope, 10x-15x, with accompanying light. c 1960. about 12 x 7 x 10" plus the light unit, please see photo. Frank...

3 different carbide tins. Brown National Carbide Miners Lamp, 12.5x8". Orange Carbolite, 12x8". Grey/blue Union Carbide, 10.5". A few...

DuPont No. 20 Blasting Machine, fires 1-20 electrical blasting caps. Serial no. 2A802. Two brass plaques, one with name and info (top) and the other o

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 ...

8 different Guy's Dropper carbide mining cap lamps. 2x 2 date, 1 missing hook. 6x 6 date-1 has wrong patent date and water door. See photo.

3 Justrite carbide hand lamps. 8 hour-1 with bail, 1 with hook and bail. 9 hour-with hook and handles.

5 different Justrite carbide mining lamps. Nickel plate superintendent. Brass-hardrock streamlined cap lamp, coal miner streamlined, hardrock streamli

Ludlow & Saylor Improved Ideal, well stamped in stick, candlestick, 10.25".

Orange cloth hat for carbide lamp and 5 carbide lamps, none for this hat. Dew.R.Lite, Guy's Dropper, 3x Auto Lite and a lamp repair kit.

2 different miner safety lamps. Davis safety lamp with brass accents, c. 1880's. 9.5". Unmarked maker lamp with hanger hook, 14".

Nearly complete assay kit in wood case by Technical Supply Co. of Scranton, PA. They are also known for drafting kits. Mortar and pestle, vials etc. 5

Large table top Troemner assay balance with a 12" beam. 26" long, 23.5" tall. double post, side to side adjustable slide beams at top...

Troemner balance "840 C.A." "Good to 1/2 oz" Not in Caire #9, not in Mine & Smelter Supply, not in Braun-Knecht #6, not in S...

Rusty wire candle holder 10". White metal oil wick lamp Cryillic?/Frostburg, 3". Very rare Schneider 9" miners candle in mint conditi...

Varney Style L A Sayer & Co/Newark, NJ in tiny letters candlestick. 11".

Rare Vareny style, small letter L A Sayer & Son/Newark NJ candlestick in nice condition, 10.25".

Treadwell's Gold Mine photos (2) taken by Landerkin & Winters Photographers between 1890-1893, when the two split up. The photos are of the ...

Juneau Alaska photos (3) taken by Landerkin & Winters and Winters & Bond Photographers between 1890-1893, when the two split up and Winters ...

Sitka Alaska photos (2) taken by Landerkin & Winters Photographers between 1890-1893. The photos are of Sitka, main street view and birds eye vi...

Rare c. 1900's Bear Creek Cons. Gold Mining Co. prospectus. Located near Turnagain Arm on Kenai Peninsula. Includes mine photos, history of the ...

Early Alaska 8"x 10" photos. One shows 89ers making the trek up Chilkoot pass, the other shows the Kennedy family owned Bonanza Mine. Ther...

Lot of 2 rare and valuable gold reference books for Alaska. 1. Geology of the Yukon Gold District, Alaska, by Josiah Edward Spurr. With an Introduct

Mining in Silver Bow photos (2) taken by Landerkin & Winters and Winters & Bond Photographers between 1890-1893, when the two split up. The ...

Collection of 11 technical books on Gold Mining in Alaska by the Department of the Interior United States Geological Survey: 1. The Fairhaven Gold Pla

c. 1880 7pp prospectus and foldout map for Telegraph Cons. Mining Co. of Pioneer District, Pinal County, Arizona. They owned several mining properties

About 25 documents from Twin Buttes Mining & Smelting and Railroad companies, c. 1903-16. Billheads, quit-claims, time check, indentures etc.&qu...

"Arizona Lode Gold Mines & Gold Mining", Bulletin 137, Vol. 5, No. 6, August 15, 1934, Publ. by University of Arizona Geologic map of ...

A stereoview of (1) "Mining Camp. Arizona" of the "American Series" publishers marked on side borders, buff colored mount front ...

This stereoview is marked "Griffith & Griffith, Phila., U.S.A." on the left edge, with "foreign and American Views" right ed...

These are two stereoviews of the Morenci mining area. On the left edge "Underwood & Underwood Publishers/ New York, London, Toronto-Canada,...

This stereoview is of the "Pioneer Mine looking North" by J.C. Burges c.1881-1883, Pinal County, Arizona. Mounted on oatmeal (or light ora...

This lot has two stereoviews of miners one mile underground in the Wilson Mine in Metcalf, Arizona, C.1903. On the left edge "Underwood & U...

This stereoview is by photographers Woodward & Woodward on a grey curved mount, c. 1903, marked "Woodward & Woodward Publishers New Yor...

Lot of 12. All appear to be from the Utica Mining Company. Includes: 1-2) Two memorandums of gold bullion, 1899 and 1900. 3) Smaller 1901 receipt for

A receipt dated 1859 for O.N. May & Company for mine construction supplies. The company declares that they have "lumber of all descriptions...

Bodie/Carson City ephemera collection (11), including bank receipts to J.S. Cain Company from The State Bank & Trust Company of Carson City (2),...

Bodie ephemera collection including a Mono County Tax Collector bill, handwritten letter from Bodie resident seeking the interest payment on her accou

RARE check from the town of Clinton, California, dated June 28, 1882 and made out to Matt Young to Harvey Boone of Bodie, California. Clinton is, like

Lot of 6. The Densmore Mine contains 59 acres extending southeastward from Stanislaus River up the steep east slope of the canyon to the

Possibly unique. James Mills and brother Edgar arrived in California first. Darius Ogden Mills followed. In 1850 the company was listed as Auction and

Rare 1879 prospectus from Maxwell Creek Group of Mines in Coulterville, Mariposa County in the Mother Lode near Pinon Blanco. Over 100 mines yielding

A report from one H.J. Wilkinson to a friend reporting his successes and failures at Emigrant Gap in Placer County on September 21, 1887. The handwrit

Forest Hill, CA, Placer County - Garrison, John G., Gold Dust Deposit Receipt dated October 17, 1865, for 8.5 oz. and 3 Dwt. of gold valued at $17.75

Forest Hill, CA, 1878 - Wells Fargo & Co. Gold Dust Purchase Card - Very rare gold dust purchased card where the Wells Fargo office at Forest Hi...

Very nice blueprint on linen map of a cross section of the gut of Grass Valley gold mines including Empire. Shows key gold veins. By Fred Miller, 1913

Nevada County Mining Review, published by the Daily Morning Union in 1905. Softcover edition shows profiles of businesses and residents of Nevada City

1880 Homer Mill & Mining stock. Inyo Development cover to H Yerington per W F and Co's Express, 1892 cover. Inyo and Mono County California

This unique item is the Port Wine Ledger, a General Store supplying mining companies, and others, from November 26, 1892 to December 28, 1895. Mining

Gold Gravel Mining Company, later known as Poker Flat Drift Prospect - A collection of early documents and a receipt booklet with tear out receipts: 1

13 c. 1864-67 checks from John Conly & Co., La Porte bankers. They held an account for Kleckner & Bro. in Port Wine, an important gold camp....

19 c. 1864-66 John Conly & Co. checks on Kleckner & Bro. account out of Port Wine. He was doing business with merchants and miners who were ...

7x Black & White Bell View Mine Photographs: 1) Photograph by G.H. Schubert Photography, "2319 Bellevue Mine near La Porte, Cal.", att...

Lithograph has been mounted on cloth backing, split at seems. Originally a fold out map from "The Mariposa Company". 28 x 21". Show...

Lot of 2. Possibly unique; extremely rare. 1) Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited in the Assay Office of Theall & Co. in Marysville, January 3r...

1. Aurora Hill Consolidated Mining Company, incorporated Aug 13, 1881; unissued stock certificate no. 500, San Francisco, 188-, Black border and print

Nevada City ephemera includes guest register pages from both The Union and National Exchange Hotels, a memorandum of ore assays from the Nevada City A

Nevada City, CA, 1862 - Banking House of H. Mackie & Co. Gold Dust Advertising Card and Gold Dust Receipt – “Successors to C.W. Mulf

Map of Champion Mines, Nevada City, CA on linen backing. C. 1890's. "Champion-Providence Mine was a consolidation of two adjoining gold min...

Nice Nevada City archive including assay reports, You Bet Mine, claim on unspecified name claim, 2X Selby Smelting gold bullion deposit slips, Wells F

Reports on a few of the mines in the Nevada City area including The Old King & Queen of Mount Oro Placer Mines, The Gracie Quartz Mine, The Empi...

This publication came out in 1895 and was published by the Daily Mining Union of Grass Valley, CA and is softcover with tears to cover and some pages.

Nevada County recruitment booklet. Published in 1910 by the Nevada County Promotion Committee. The small booklet praises the richness of the area mine