"Christmas Chronicles", 2023 December Live Auction

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