Cornucopia of Collectibles- 2018 October Auction

#72 for 25 shares to O Cromwell. Datelined Carson CIty 1863. Signed by secretary Van Winkle and president -ovey. Incorporated June 24, 1863. Steamship

Very early number 12 for 25 shares to Frank Cooper. Datelined San Francisco 1863. Signed by secretary J Warren Clark and president Frank Cooper. Incor

# 1 for 250 shares to JSS Robinson. Datelined Silver Mountain 1864. Signed by secretary R Thompson and president JSS Robinson. Small size - actual sto

# five (written out - very intriguing) for 55 shares to Thomas Dillon. Datelined San Francisco 1864. Signed by William Smith and Stephan Otis. Printed

# 15 for 20 shares to Frank Cooper. Datelined San Francisco 1864. Signed by Sam P Howes and James B Williams. Incorporated Oct. 28, 1863. Centaur vign

Number 307 for 50 shares (50225 to 50275) of this English stock. Datelined London 1874. WC Chalmers secretary. Incorporated on July 3, 1864 per the Da

# 151 for 10 shares issued to JY (?). Datelined Markleville 1863. Incorporated Sept 14th, 1863. Signed by JN Barber and president Paris Kilburn. Not c

# 69 for 5 shares to EG Treat. Signed by RH Ford and JD Dodge. Datelined Silver Mountain 1863. Incorporated September 5, 1863. Not cancelled. 20c and

# 81 for 10 shares issued to Alexander McCormick. Datelined San Francisco 1863. Signed by secretary Thomas J Owen and president Alfred A Penquist(?).

# 36 for 5 shares to B. Jay Antrim. Datelined Markleeville 1863. Signed by secretary Bormy(?) and president Thomas Kinsmill. Incorporated August 20, 1

# 70 for 40 shares to PVN Young. Datelined San Francisco 1864. Signed by secretary E Pfeifferz and president CR Stetson(?). Incorporated Oct. 17th, 18

NUMBER 3 for 11 shares to Frank Cooper. Datelined San Francisco 1863. Signed by secretary E Warren Clark and president WC Albert. Incorporated in July

Unissued stock. Incorporated May 13, 1863. Mines located at Slug Gulch Mining District in El Dorado County. HS Crocker Printer. Vignette of mining nea

# 278 for 13 shares to Charles E Jones. Datelined San Francisco 1878. Signed by secretary Samuel Baker and TL Barker. Incorporated in 1862 with a stoc

# 37 for 1000 shares to FH Rogers trustee. Signed by secretary Rogers and president George Gilbert. Datelined San Francisco 1874. Incorporated in Augu

#'s 6323 to 6422 (Number 24) for 100 shares to William Davies Esq. 1895. English company! Signed by secretary RE Bickerdike Junior and directors...

# 189 for 100 shares to CL McCoy trustee. Signed by secretary McCoy and president JR Kendall. Located at Table Mountain Mining District, Tuolumne Coun

Very early number 7 for 20 shares to Frank Cooper. Datelined San Francisco 1863. Signed by president Cooper and secretary J Warren Clark. Incorporated

# 1250 for 100 shares in 1880 to AV Richards. Signed by D Hall and GD Munson. Datelined New York 1880. Although no location is given, this seems to be

# 131 for a large 10,000 shares to Henry Rogers trustee. Datelined New York 1880, Signed by secretary HN Homy(?) and president EP Burgess. Uncancelled

# 121 for 25 shares to George D Aldrick. datelined Virginia, California 1863. Signed by secretary William H Hunt and president Geo. Glass. Incorporate

Number 54 for 100 shares to DZ Moore. Datelined a rare Virginia, Cal. in 1863. Signed by president Josiah Howell and secretary Everts(?). Incorporated

Calaveras County. No. 515 datelined Stockton, California, December 10, 1873 for 50 shares to J. W. Rover. Incorporated October 16th, 1873. Signed by

Number 41 for 10 shares to Frank Cooper. Datelined San Francisco 1863, Signed by secretary J Warren Clark and president RJ Whitton. Incorporated Sept.

Incorporated February 1877. Stock Certificate #251 dated June 19, 1878 for 400 shares to A.D. Sutton. Signed by the President, R. B. Symington and Wm.

Unusual hand written yet reproduced type on cert. #19 issued to John Hasbrook 500 shares 1884 signed by President. City: Yosemite State: California D

Ballou's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion. handcolored print entitled "California Gold Diggers - A Scene From Actual Life at the mines. 22 ...

2 Tuolumne County Water Co # 3163 273 shares and #3166 276 shares to John Sirre? 1857, both have center cuts. 2 Anglo Californian Gold Mining(Accordin

I/U #3417 Albion Little 500 shares, 1892. Nice underground miner vignette and ruler under #. Rare Aspen stock. City: Aspen State: Colorado Date: 1892

# 68 for 6,000 shares to CE Henry Stengel. Datelined Colorado Springs 1895. Signed by secretary EC Fletcher and president A Lawton. Incorporated in 18

Franklin Job Printing Office,, Greenfield :, 1866. Original printed deep blue wrappers, with title, 'The Federal Union Gold Mining Company,'...

Bond cert. #79, issued in 1867 for $100. Seventeen coupons attached at the bottom. Fold lines. VF. Very nice Colorado Territorial piece. Uncanceled.

# 32 for 1000 shares to Charles Bower. Datelined Denver 1890. Signed by Secretary DB Gaffney and president ED Bronson. Gold Seal. Printer not mentione

"Mining Laws Enacted by the Legislature of Colorado and the Laws of the United States", 1873, 4th Edition. Published by Collier and Hall. ...

#is not listed??? 200 shares to Damon Wells. Datelined Canastota 1865. (Canastota is a small village that was incorporated in 1835. It is located alon

#250 for 50 shares to Julia Wadsworth. Datelined New York 1864. Signed by secretary John N Power and president Nathaniel Comsten(?). 25c Life Insuranc

# 989 for 100 shares to Charles Hughes. Signed by HL Bradford and president Charles Denison(?). Dateline New York 1879. Mining winze vignette. Green p

# 1773 for 100 shares to W Burmeister of bearer (haven't seen that before). Signed by George B Dening(?) and J Clark vice president. Dateline 18...

I/C all signed by President Moffat. #2406 J Estill 500 shares, 1892 at the start of the Cripple Creek Gold Rush. #5084 H Barrett 200 shares, 1896. #7

#160 for 2000 shares to Fred F. Horn. Datelined Colorado Springs 1897. Signed by secretary RB Taylor and president BB Grover. Large and small vignett

#1070 for 1000 shares to WH McIntyre. Datelined Colorado Springs 1898. Signed by president S Ben Smith and secretary Frank Heron. Incorporated in Colo

#1044 for 500 shares to Evelyn McCowas. Datelined Colorado Springs 1896. Signed by secretary NW Salmon and president JC Plumb. Telegraph Printing Com

On December 4, 1895 the "Electrical Engineer" printed an article on this company. It starts, "A somewhat unique application of electr...

# 1015 for 500 shares to . Datelined Cripple Cree 1896. Signed by secretary and president - both names difficult to read. Great vignette of Bu

# 94 for 5000 shares to EL Beckwith. Datelined Colorado Springs 1896. Signed by secretary JD Kuntlman (assistant) and president William Banning. Under

Approx 25 Cripple Creek Mining Stocks. Orphan Gold Mining, Anaconda Gold Mining, Cripple Creek Gold Rock Mining, Findley Gold Mining, Free Coinage Gol

rare! Stunning! Quite early. Low number 34. 200 shares to William M Wiley. Datelined Philadelphia 1865. Signed by president JB Anderson and secretary

RARE and quite striking Colorado stock! # 2304 for 1000 shares to FA Muller. Signed b y secretary Charles A Brooke and Edwin Arkell. Dateline Colora

Rare I/C, #27 1898. W Joor. City: Cripple Creek State: Colorado Date: HWAC# 80819

Bond cert. #122, issued in 1876 for $1000. The company incorporated in Illinois. First Mortgage Bond. This 1876 bond is number 122. Nine coupons (of

Very early # 12 for 875 shares to Isaac D Guyen. Datelined New York 1865. Signed by secretary WE Parish and president Laman(?). Organized June 7, 1865

We have never seen this one! Number 27 for 50 shares t RP Smith. Datelined Boston 1864. Signed by treasurer Joseph Hayden and president Bay. Not cance

We have seen this stock certificate once before and were unsure of its place in history. That has not changed! #178 for 500 shares to CC Allen. Dateli

# 159 for 500 shares to Charles Hill. Signed by secretary Charles Hill and president AZ Huggins. Datelined New York 1867. "Property located in ...

# 20 (very early) for 1000 shares to Louis Shebrino(?). Datelined Indianapolis 1891. Signed by secretary Lewis Walker and George Beck. Vignette of thr

Lot of two. One certainly looks like silver and the other looks like gold. 1) Number 612 for 10 shares to Sloan. 1883. Incorporated 1883. Signed by pr

# 252 for 100 shares to LE Hawkins. Signed by H Cummings (?) and president Frank Groure(?). Dateline New York 1879. Incorporated July 15, 1879. Not ca

# 178 for 420 shares to William S Grant. Datelined Philadelphia 1866. Signed by treasurer (?) and president Haseltine. JF Pinkeldey printed. Eagle vig

Inc. in Connecticut. No. 3734, issued for 100 shares to UH Brokaw in 1881. Signed by the president (?) and secretary, D. Hall. Great hydraulic mining

The premier part of this stock is the underprint, orange overview of Victor, Battle Mr. and Mines. Identified are Yankee Jim and cuckoo Anna Lee?y Yan

I/U to John Deammann? #277 100 shares. Underground miner vignette. City: State: Colorado Date: 1890 HWAC# 79358

I/C #134 4 shares. Green seal. Mine located in Colorado. City: State: Colorado Date: 1870 HWAC# 79357

# 76 for 500 shares to Daniels Crozier & Com[any. Signed by president HP Crozier. Yes, stock, business, and person all identified! Also signed b...

The two Invincible mines we found that make sense to us were in Summit and Teller County in Colorado. Unfortunately the date of the stock is not easil

#1234 I/U to Chas Roper 100 shares in 1880. Signed by secretary Roper and President Albertus. "The company produced gold and silver from proper...

Rare, I/U. #27 B Cau? 100 shares, 1881. Train vignette, dog ear corner. City: State: Colorado Date: 1881 HWAC# 80133

Two Stock Certificates Lampazos Silver Mines Company, issued uncancelled. Signed by George Graham Rice on reverse. Rice was convicted of stock fraud

EXTRA RARE! Number 57 for 500 shares to AJ Mills in 1868. Signed by secretary and treasurer Silas L Loomis, president DE Soms(?). Vignette of placer m

This certificate is rare in green! # 196 for 100 shares issued to AL Faris in 1878. Signed by president Henry Altman and secretary Charles A Trowbridg

#3220 for 100 shares to Henry Leeds. Signed by secretary Trowbridge and president LL Lombard. Dateline New York 1880. Please inspect the cert for edge

An 18 inch piece of large scale rail. The rail is from the Dry Hollow Goldmine in Dahlonega, GA. City: Dahlonega State: Georgia Date: HWAC# 61153

The first of these two books is Yeates, W. S., et al. A Preliminary Report on a Part of the Gold Deposits of Georgia originally published in 1896 by t

In liquidation by 1895. Numbers 93710 to 93889. English corporation of United States mining stocks. Purple stamp "Sales are now paid in full.&q...

# 125 for 1000 shares to SH Wilson. Signed by secretary (?) and president ND Edward. datelined Chico 1887. Incorporated in Illinois. Gold Seal. Three

3 stocks-Columbia and Beaver Silver Mining, Shoshone Gold Mining, Lucky Boy Gold and Silver Mining. Bond-Large Boise Land and Water $500 #33, nice tra

The only Indian Territory stock certificate from the Prag Collection. #242 for 6 shares to JH Douglas. Datelined Lenapah, I. T. 1904. Signed by secret

1) Iowa Coal, Land and Mineral Prospecting Company. Early number 22 for $25.00 (not shares?) Signed by ER Mason secretary. Dateline Oskaloosa Vignette

Cert. #676, issued at Henderson, Kentucky in 1884. Vignettes in green under print of telephone poles and a antique wall mount telephone at bottom righ

Check sized freight receipt from the New Orleans Adams Express office datelined New Orleans in 1864. $22.50 freight charge for delivery of burial case

Company name in dramatic script. Vignette of Douglas Pond. Fancy scroll work border. Near pristine condition (a few pinholes). This stock has it all.

Number 44 for 1 share to C Arthur Peabody. Signed by treasurer Carson(?) and president WT Searls. Incorporated by WB Pendleton (namesake), Haverhill,

# 358 for 1 share to D Thomas Sewell. Signed by president Matthew St. Clair Clarke (see below). Dateline Washington 1838. Cut very unevenly. Rips cent

# 52 for 500 shares to Thomas Sieger. Signed by Enoth Gray and president AE Griffith. Dateline Philadelphia 1865. 25c Power of Att'y Revenue sta...

# 36 for 4 shares to James V Freeman trustee. Shares worth $500 each. Signed by secretary HH Casey and president Horatio Allen. Six vignettes. One rai

#1238 for 500 shares to Charles Hinkley. Signed by JW Winchester and Adam Demmead. Underground mining vignette. 25c Certificate Revenue stamp hides th

# 174 for 200 shares to James Lownds. Signed by Edward Post and James Tyson (son of the legendary Ian Tyson his father). Dateline Baltimore 1864. Inco

Lot Withdrawn moved to 1209a

# 499 for 2 shares to Thomas S Standbridge. Signed by James G Clark and president L ALter. Dateline Philadelphia 1851. Incorporated March 12, 1849. No

# 1 for 500 shares to FP Herrington. Signed by C Cole and president JE Smith. Datelined Detroit 1853. Note says part of 3,000 shares issued to Herring

Much nicer that usual example of this great Michigan mining stock. Cert. #21422, issued in 1911 for five shares. Their mine office was at Mohawk, Kewe

2 I/U not in de Good. Orange Houghton Copper Co. 1910. Black Houghton Development 1904. Prag Collection. City: State: Michigan Date: HWAC# 82550

5 different. I/C green. I/C blue. 2 I/U brown. I/U brown. Page 10 in de Good-4 shafts and struggled from day 1, produced 10 million lbs. Prag Collecti

I/U #209 T Douglas 50 shares 1883.Signed by President Wheeler. Not listed in de Good. Prag Collection. City: State: Michigan Date: 1883 HWAC# 8254

2 I/U. Brown #2453 Bruce McPherson 1000 shares 1913. Purple #5848 Pettigrew Bright and Co 20 shares 1916. 4 miner vignette. Page 23 in de Good-never f

Very rare, 2 known. #285 RH Rickard 29 shares 1902. R7, 2 known. Page 31 in de Good-a failed venture. Prag Collection. City: State: Michigan Date: 1

Orange I/U #1005 Henry Sakari 100 shares 1920. Could be the 5th stock issued. Signed by President Shields. Page 38 in de Good-not very profitable, bec

2 I/U, different share prices. #1215 Walter Tene 25 shares 1920. #3520 Elroy Carter 5 shares 1922. Page 38 in de Good-an unprofitable mine that became

I/U #153 Thomas Smith 20 shares 1908. Not listed in de Good. Prag Collection. City: State: Michigan Date: 1908 HWAC# 82164

I/U #529 Louis Berger 25 shares 1936. Pager 42 in de Good-never a prosperous venture. Prag Collection. City: State: Michigan Date: 1936 HWAC# 8254

I/U #1837 John Hill 50 shares 1907. Signed by President Weston. R6. Page 45 in de Good-struggled from the beginning as they lacked a lot. Prag Collect