"Christmas Chronicles", 2023 December Live Auction

This is an original Annual Report for Alice Gold and Silver Mining Company, dated January 1, 1899. 26 pages (one sided). Each page has black print wit

Collection of 200 or more letters to and from Fred R. Merk Esq., c. 1890-1900. 200 or more letters c. 1869-1906 from Ella Merk to her parents. Fred Me

A fascinating and very historical archive of just under 60 (sixty) original mining claim documents from Bivins Gulch, Madison County, Montana. The doc

Assortment of mining papers with approximated counts. Missouri Mining Co, 1917, possibly in Norris, MT, 30 pieces. Eastern Mine and Mill, c. 1902, Vir

29 Montana mining incorporation papers. Mines include Orq Fino, Coeur D'Alene, National, Galena, Bearpaw, Orlando, Pennmont, Triangle, Mint, New...

About 25 pieces of Montana mining ephemera c. 1885-1935. Anaconda Copper, Elkhorn Mining, Nevada Crescent Gold Mines, Fraser Chalmers, Highland Cons.

North Horn Silver Mining stock issued to Thos. Couch, 1882. Couch wrote the included 12pp mine report with color maps. 1885 Couch note book with hand

Lot of 4 photos. Three are c.1920s similar bird's-eye views, 5 x 7". All from the NE Johnson Photograph Collection. Third is a modern copy ...

Lot includes three assay certificates for William Pardy from assay offices located in Austin, Nevada, professionally mounted and framed (glass feature

This is the best collection we have had up for sale so far: 11x checks from Austin with various imprinted revenue stamps. All in good to great conditi

Document of pledges signed by the United Merchants of Austin, Nevada for a “Sack of Flour” auctioned for the U.S. Sanitary Fund by R

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

Lot of two 1877 telegrams sent from San Francisco to Carson City, Nevada. Both messages addressed to Carson City Savings Bank and are in code because

Group of 10 Carson City Mint silver bullion receipts, c. 1885-1904. 1897"bars, dust etc." 10.3oz, 423F Ag, 238 F Gold from C H Peters thru...

A letter handwritten and signed by Christian Zabriskie who was the vice president of the Pacific Borax Company and the namesake of Zabriskie Point in

Delamar, Nevada is a ghost town today, but back in the late 1800s, it was booming goldmining town that produced $8.9 m Unfortunately, the gold in the

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

Assessment of 11 mines. Listed by owner. Wilson & Brothers and A. J. Homes owned the mines with the greatest yield; over $11,000. Has a 5c green...

If you are looking for a Eureka mine you will find it here-From the famous to the forgotten. Eureka itself appears on map. Has to include near 250 min

G.W. Bell Assay Office, Savage Mine, Dalls Mill, Franktown, NV, 1864. Nevada territorial deposit of Silver Bars (bullion crossed out) deposited for th

CDV of Quartz Mills at Gold Hill, Nevada, photo circa 1863-4, sold in 1865. Fantastic CDV by Lawrence & Houseworth. "738. Quartz Mills at G...

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....

Stereoview of Nevada's mining history, overlooking "Gold Hill, from the Reservoir" by Watkins' New Series, Yosemite and Pacific Co...

Letter datelined San Francisco, January 23rd, 1860. Addressed to Jean Vignot in Gold Hill, Utah Territory, from notary public E. Dupree. Mentions prom

14.5 x 23.5" black and white litho by Oakley and Thomson Boston. Survey July 1864 Westcoatt on claims located in sept and oct of 1859. The map ...

This is a California mining stock issued to an important figure in California and Nevada mining history. Location: Nimshew, Butte County, California (

This was exactly the time that the Divide became the place to mine. It was between Goldfield and Tonopah. Forty different mines listed in index. Priva

The Florence was and still is the key gold producing mine in Goldfield, NV. It is one of the early discoveries well discussed in Zanjani's book ...

Goldfield ephemera collection of 19 pieces, including eight (8) picture postcards of the region, a check written by the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroa

Archive of about 23 assay reports from 1913 from mill screenings, "grabs" etc. up to about 7oz/ton of gold. Goldfield Nevada Franklin C...

For March of 1870. Three mines are listed by owner. The Ely & Raymond Ò one of Lincoln County's most famous mines Ò was the main p...

This is a letter to A.H. Lawry of Goldfield, Nevada and signed by George Wingfield. It basically tells Lawry to not remove ore samples from his mine

2 pictorial Bullfrog checks 1909 and 1910. 2x non pictorial Bullfrog Bank & Trust 1907. "The Bullfrog mining district was a boom for 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

Lot of 2 different mills. These mills were in the vicinity of the original discovery site for the Comstock by the Grosh brothers. Both stereoviews are

Rare c. 1868 Silver City, NV stereoview by G L Hepburn showing buildings and a wood trestle. Some brown toning on both images, please inspect. Silver

Two old and historic steroviews. 1) GL Hepburn. Hand written No. 3, Silver City, Nevada. Shows mine in front of city. 2) Handwritten ‘Silver

A group of 36 assayer certificates of assay from R.H. Officer & Company, Jameson & Davidovich, Tonopah Assay Office and Electric Shop, The ...

Lot of 13. 1) Best is a Union Mill & Mining Company, Bank of California check issued to and signed by William Sharon for $50,000 (over $1 millio...

Very rare! Dateline Virginia, Nev., March 2nd, 1867. No. 1390. Pay $24 to L. Kuh. Signed by C.C. Thomas as superintendent. Orange Nevada and US IR sta

Down Memory Trail to The Comstock in Pictures - by John J. "Count" Mahoney. No date listed, but its publication is mentioned in the Nevada...

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

Very rare gilded cover, Bonanza Mines and the Bonanza Kings of California by S P Dewey, Their Five Years Reign. 1879. 87pp. Spine wear, repaired fron

Includes EARLY Nevada! Over half the 3 page paper is mining. Includes notes on the Silver Region of western Utah (soon to be Nevada). He highlighted t

Lot of 4 different. Some of the largest Comstock mills were built along the Carson River from Empire to below Dayton. Harnessing the water for power (

Excellent early view of the main street in Virginia City, with Gillig, Mott & Co. hardware building identified on the right (makers of the famou...

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 ...

Lot of 2 different, both rare. The California and Con. Virginia were adjacent mines controlled by the Bonanza Firm and the site of the Big Bonanza dis

Lot of 3. 1) Check-sized receipt for the Comstock Lode Assay Office, DW Balch Proprietor and Assayer. Virginia, Nev., March 10th, 1876. Deposit of 9,3

Original pen and ink on linen 17 x 30" dated Nov 1922 for the Comstock Merger Mines. This important document shows the comparison of multiple a...

Lot of 11. All have different supt. signatures! All have RNs or adhesive revenue stamps. This is a handpicked group of checks that represent all the g

Lot of 3 Wells Fargo & Co. Express bullion receipts for the Con. California & Virginia Mining Company, the mines that were the site of the B...

Memorandum of Bullion for the Woodworth Sluice ("Consolidated Virginia Mining" crossed out). Consolidated Virginia Assay Office, Virginia,...

Three cubes of dense compressed wood from the square set which was used to support the mine walls at the Cons. Virginia Mine. About 1.5x2.5x2.5"...

Extremely rare; we've only offered a few of these over the past decade. Report of Bullion from the Assay Office for the Consolidated Virginia Mi...

Consolidated Virginia Hoisting Works, Virginia City Stereoview. Pacific Coast Views, C.E. Watkins, San Francisco. c.1876-79. "Consolidated Virg...

Lot of 2. The Empire State Mill was located in Sixmile Canyon at foot of Sugarloaf. In the early 1870s, it had 15 stamps a 40-ton-a-day-capacity. The

Memorandum of Bullion from the Savage Mining Co. Assayed at the Gould & Curry Assay Office. February 1867. At this point, the Gould & Curry ...

Memorandum of Bullion from the Savage Mining Co. Assayed at the Gould & Curry Assay Office. February 1867. At this point, the Gould & Curry ...

Very rare CDV by Lawrence & Houseworth showing the mill in full production, c.1864. "726. The Patio Process--Gould & Curry Mill." ...

Guido Kustel was one of the most important mining engineers of his time, spanning the California Gold Rush, early silver mining days of Arizona and th

Great CDV of an unidentified Comstock mine or milling operation. View shows building with smokestacks and piles of wood out front. Medium contrast and

"Showing the Virginia, Gold Hill, Silver City, Silver Star and Six Mile Canon Mining Districts. Storey and Lyon Counties Nevada." 1923. Ra...

Two-page report of ore assayed in February 1894 for deposits by the Mexican Mill. These reports came out of the William Sharon Archive and were tied t

Rare mining deed between James Anderson, William T. Barboun, Philip W. Keyes (who purchased the claim from Sandy Bowers and James Rodgers) and the Sav

Lot of 2. The Brunswick Lode (previously called the Occidental or Monte Cristo Lode) was 1.25 miles east of Virginia City and Gold Hill, parallel to t

Undated map on vellum that shows claims patented by the California MC, Con. Virginia, Ophir, JB Overton, Union Consolidated, Mexican, and Central Silv

Memorandum of Bullion from the Savage Mine, Assayed at the Savage Assay Office. Virginia, Nev., April 13, 1869. Deposits from the Atlantic Mill (Seven

Memorandum of Bullion from the Savage Mine, Assayed at the Savage Assay Office, Virginia, Nev., April 1, 1869. Nine deposits/ bullion bars from three

Memorandum of Bullion received at the Savage Co.'s Assay Office from the Savage Mining Company. Five deposits from three different mills: Atlant...

Memorandum of Bullion from the Savage Mine, Assayed at the Savage Assay Office, Virginia, Nev., April 15, 1869. Four deposits/ bullion bars from the E

Rare. Dateline Virginia, Nev., June 21st, 1872. Deposit of 870 ounces of bullion from the Evans Mill. 969 fineness silver, 24.0 fineness gold. Valued

Memorandum of Bullion received at the Savage Co's Assay Office, Virginia, Nev., July 3rd, 1872. Deposits from the Hoosier State Mill (located on...

Memorandum of Bullion received at the Savage Co.'s Assay Office from the Occidental Mill. Virginia, Nev., June 27th, 1872. Three bullion bars, 9...

About 21 Savage Mine and Virginia & Truckee Railroad etc items. c. 1866-88. Billheads, Western Union telegraph to H M Yerrington, Wells Fargo an...

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

Memorandum of Bullion from the Savage Mining Co. Assayed at the Savage ("Gould and Curry" crossed out) Assay Office. Assays in March--no d...

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

Photograph of the Sierra Nevada Mine in Virginia City, Nevada. Taken by William Cann around 1900. Nice birds' eye view of the mine. Mounted phot...

Hand drawn map of the Sutro Tunnel by Hoffman & Craven, c. 1878. Ex-Moran, Virginia City surveyor files. Shows 3 shafts intersecting including t...

Lot of 2. These important assay documents show James G. Fair "doing his job as superintendent," says FH. Fair is taking multiple samples o...

Lot of 2 different for this famous mine owned by the Bonanza Kings and the site of the Big Bonanza discovery. 1) Report Upon Proposed Exploration on t

Lot of 2 for Bonanza King mining millionaire and US Senator James G. Fair. 1) Letterbook copy of letter sent by Fair in the 1860s when he was superint

Lot of 2 Bank of California items. 1) Bank of California Note to pay Union Mill & Mining Co. $7500.00 dated May 9th, 1870 in Gold Coin. Signed b...

This is a great companion piece for ingot collectors because it is for the Savage Mine having to pay tax on bullion (like the tax stamps on ingots). D

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...

Lot of 10 receipts. All are for bullion deposits by the Savage Mining Company. Almost as soon as the news of a strike in Esmeralda (Aurora) reached th

Twelve original assay certificates for Comstock Assayer Van Wyck representing ores sent to eleven different mills for reduction to bullion._x000D_ Thi

A large format timetable no13, Oct 1878 This time table registers the specific trains on this date, where they stopped, what they carried, from where,

Lot of 16. 1) Savage, Hale & Norcross, Collar and Potosi 1916 report to stockholder. 2-12) Post cards c1910. Includes Mexican Mill, Silver City ...

Virginia City Nevada mining stock certificates for the Con-Virginia Mining Company, The Ophir, The Silver Hill Ming Company, The Virginia & Truc...

Issued 1867 Bank of California check signed by William Sharon. US and Nevada adhesive revenue stamps. "William Tang Sharon was a United States ...

Abstract, title, claim and Conveyances for the Imperial Silver Mining Co. White Pine Mining District, Lander County, Nevada. 8 pages. Starting Novemb

36 x 26". Has holes, tape, rips and red arrows - presumably from Shamberger on his trips to Wonder while writing his book. Printed by the Gordo...

Sierra Nevada Silver, July 1, 1886 ~ Overman Silver, July 8, 1871 Best & Belcher, July 7, 1885 ~ Union Cons. Silver, Feb. 13, 1886 ~ New York, S...

Stereoview of Quartz Mills at Gold Hill, Nevada, 1866. Fantastic stereoview by Lawrence & Houseworth. "738. Quartz Mills at Gold Hill."...

"The Bonanza West", the story of the Western Mining Rushes, 1848-1900, by Wm. S. Greever, published by the University of Oklahoma Press, 1...

#2 "Treasure Hill", Portrait of a Silver Mining Camp, by W. Turrentine Jackson, the University of Arizona Press, 1963 (6" x 9" S...

This lot is a unique pairing of two mining artifacts from one of the most obscure mining districts in Nevada, and at the time was one of the remotest