"Christmas Chronicles", 2023 December Live Auction

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

Philip Richards Banker - Nevada City, California ñ Memorandum of Gold Dust Purchased from: A. K. Cowger for Oz. 6.25 at $17.75 per oz., a total...

Gold Dust Receipt from Bank of Nevada County Nov. 18, 1874, Card 2.5 x 4 inches dated Nov. 18th, 1874; “Memorandum of Gold Dust Purchased fro

About 18 pieces of Nevada County mining ephemera, c. 1860-1905. Legal docs, assay card "not a trace on this cupel." Magenta Con. Gold 1883...

14 pieces of Nevada County ephemera. 2 8x10" photos of Gracie Mine, 1 has a corner chip. Murchie Ext. Gold Mining prospectus. 2x 3.25x5.25"...

1) Map of the Manzanita Mine. 1882. 18x14”. 2-4) Golden Sheaf Mining Company. Located Michigan Bluff, Placer County. 15 photos. 16 pages. 5)

Ledger and letter from Red Dog, a California gold rush mining town in Nevada County. The ledger is a time book from Red Dog Mine showing a list of min

Very rare; this is the only one we know of. Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited at CJ Arvidsson's Assay Office. Dateline Placerville, February ...

Lot of 8. Includes report on the Alturas Slate Creek Bed Placer and Gravel tailings Mine. 43 pages. Plates are missing. Also Smuggler Mining Company 1

A very rare Prairie City, California dateline. Promissory note No. 17, datelined Prairie City, Cal., March 25th, 1854. Promise to pay $893.73 to D.B.

This is a stock cert issued to F. Cayot for $1 and signed by Samuel Murphy (?) president and William Watson, secretary.. It is dated September 1, 1

An assortment of papers and booklets related to mining in California, including reports from The Golden Sheaf Mining Company, The Eagleville Mine in Y

Extremely rare. Baird p. 24, N7. Baird calls this ad advertising piece, which FH does not agree with. Blue paper, black print. Banking House of Page,

3 property documents pertaining to John A Sutter for buying 10 acre tracts of property in Sacramento in 1850 and 1865. No Sutter signatures found, how

Assay Office of Waters & Co. 5252 J Street, Sacramento, CA, April 4, 1859, No. 9656, Certificate of Gold, deposited by D.O. Mills & Co. This...

Assay Office of Geo. E. Rogers, Successor to G.W. Bell. G.W. Bell had an assay office in the Wells Fargo office on California St. On April 16, 1866, a

This is the rare form for this San Francisco assay office. California Assay Office, No. 512 California Street, J.A. Mars, Assayer (R.H. Lawrence cross

Very Rare c. 1859 assay report trio from E. Justh of San Francisco, formerly of Justh and Hunter of SS Central America ingot fame. All 3 are signed by

The check is a nice revenue imprinted L. H. Hershfield & Bro. of Helena. Dated 1870. Signed by W. C. Ralston on reverse. In the early 1860s, Lew...

Interesting group of 3 assay reports from Rogers showing the variability of the companies submitting deposits and samples for assay, ranging from 31

Lot of 12. Fantastic collection. This assayer is known to collectors for his unique use of Egyptian assay motifs for his business documents. Henry G.

Paper delivered before the Society of California Pioneers in Pioneer Hall on the 45th anniversary of the discovery. Printed by Sterett. JW Killinger

About 21 pieces of mining equipment and early drilling billheads, mostly pictorial, c. 1867-1903. Safety Nitro Powder, Golden State and Miners Iron Wo

Lot of 4. Includes 3 different assay memorandums and a modern print of a 19th-century photo. Pacific Refinery & Assay Office, 404 Montgomery St....

This is an exceptionally rare bullion receipt originally sold out of the John J. Ford Collection. The officers of the company--listed in the upper lef

9 pieces of c. 1898-1920 assay and assay equipment ephemera. 3x American Smelters, Returns of Gold Bullion. Pacific Chemical Works gold assay receipt.

Lot of 3 documents that tell a story. 1) Memorandum of Gold Bullion deposited at the San Francisco Mint, July 1882 by Chas. F. Vott. 1.96 ounces of gr

Lot of 3 different. Selby took over the Pacific Refinery & Bullion Exchange business in 1879, which had been owned by the Bonanza Kings (Fair, F...

Lot of 6. The State Assay Office in San Francisco was owned by Louis Falkenau and HW Reese. It was located in the Safe Deposit Building, Room 16, SE C

2 checks signed by W C Ralston, Bank of California. 1869 2nd of exchange with oval Bank of California cancel over Internal Revenue stamp. Paid in New

Bank of California check signed by W C Ralston, July 29, 1873 made out to Mission & Pacific Woolen MIlls for $306, 211.06, perhaps for the purch...

Lot of 4 different. 1) Memorandum of Gold Bullion, E. Lewin & Co.'s Assay Office, Shasta, 1863. Deposit of 16 ounces by CC Bush. Gold finene...

4x Mining Documents out of the Sierra County. 1. Prospectus of Plumbago-Eldorado Gold Mines Company, incorporated in California, April 1934; 4 pages

4.5x7.25" photo of Excelsior Mine in Sierra County. The gold mine was located on Goodyears Creek, four miles northwest of Downieville, near Mon...

About 32 pieces of Sierra County ephemera, c. 1855-1902. Several Alleghany El Dorado Mine booklets, billheads, multiple M W Ham in Port Wine unused bi

3 Sierra County letters c. 1892-99. 2 are addressed to Fred Searls attorney who practiced law in Nevada City and was President of the Zeibright Mine.

The collection has an 18x22” hand drawn map for the Faith Mine, 1902 Geologic Survey, Calumet Gold Mining 1889 letter about mining property,

Todd Valley, CA, Placer County - c1867 - Hall & Allen, Bankers, Gold Dust Receipt - Gold dust receipt for gold purchased by J.M. Miner, an agent...

Choice and important early map of Tuolumne county mines printed by Bancroft, SF. with data by J. P. Dart. The map shows the holdings of various minin

Siskiyou County Sheriff's certificate of sale dated April 30, 1857 for a parcel of land in Yreka City (Yreka). There's also two letters to a...

2 page handwritten document directing and instructing the District Attorney to prosecute persons, companies or corporations who engage in hydraulic mi

Interesting album of about 70 b/w 3.5x4.75" mostly related to Yuba Manufacturing Co. and a dredge for tin mining used in Malaya c. 1916-28. Bin...

About 25 pieces of Yuba County Gold Rush ephemera, c. 1855-58, mostly on blue paper. Land transactions, quit claim, letterhead, mostly Marysville, bil

1) Banking House of Palmer,Cook & Co., #399, 1854 for $100. Very early excample. 2) Wells, Fargo & Company, SF; #114, 1862 for $100. 3) Bank...

Collection of various documents out of the Northern Californian Gold Region including: 1) 20x Bank Checks from Bank of La Porte, all signed by Dixon B

Collection of Various Bank Checks (x9) and 1x Bank Exchange Note from the Central Mother Lode in California from 1853-69: 1) Sacramento City Bank, #?

Mostly for the Utica Mining Co.~ 8 ½"x 14" (9), 8 ½"x 11" (3), Smaller sizes (21) ~ No Duplicates~ 1889-1904 Califo...

Four checks from the 1860s drawn on the account of the Blue Ledge Gold and Silver Mining Company. Printed by Towne & Bacon of San Francisco. C...

17 California geology references by county. Mono 1888, Santa Clara 1954, Contra Costa 1958, Calaveras 1936, Sierra 1942, Stanislas 1947, San Luis Obis

Lot of 8. 1) Anglo-California Gold Mining Company stock. Mariposa County. No. 6309, issued in 1853 for one share. Signed by two directors and the comp

Lot (x126) of California Mining Journal. Professionals in the mining industry referred to these as 'the California Scandal Sheets'! Not all ...

Nice group of ephemera from The California Powder Works. 14 covers c. 1894-97 addressed to S R Buford, Virginia City, Montana. 2 receipts for payment

Superb collection relating to D.O. Mills and the first banking house in California. Includes: 1) 3x company check No. 186 (June 29th, 1859), 221 (Augu

Hardcover Gold Dredges by Yuba Manufacturing, 1927. Lots of dredge and dredge parts photos of the bucket line machine that harvested California gold.

20 volumes of publications c. 1918-57 about the geology and production of mercury in California. New Almaden, Mayacamas, Parkfield, economic aspects,

Hardcover book in original cardboard mailer. Gold Dredges by Yuba Manufacturing, 1927. Lots of dredge and dredge parts photos of the bucket line machi

The long tom is a small sluice that uses less water than a regular sluice. It consists of a sloping trough 12 feet long, 15 to 20 inches wide at the u

These are 2 key California gold mining publications. 1895 California Gold Practices by Preston, the early development and use of milling equipment dur

Two mining equipment auction broadsides._x000D_ A) Broadside for the auction sale of mining and milling equipment from the Markall Machinery Company.

By Thomas Houseworth of San Francisco. Location of placer mining arrastra is not identified. Very rare! The arrastra was an early method of crushing o