Cowboys & Indians & Miners

Large size (12 x 9"). "The Poor Man as Well as the Rich Must Risk to Win." Includes three photographs of working in the tunnel. Mine...

Lot of 3. 1) The Colorado Mine Developing Co. Lake County. Inc. in Colorado. President is Hon. Jno. F. Humphreys, the Mayor of Leadville. Company has

Unbelievable group. 1) The Hunter Mining Company pictorial letterhead. "The Jay Bird new shaft is 30 ft now. We assayed at 15 feet and got $6.5...

Lot of 10. "Will you please favor me with a copy of your pointers of how to invest and not lose etc. in Gold Mine stocks and oblige." N. C...

Fairly early group for Leadville as the camp was still in its early developmental stage. Letters come from Lawrie Austin who had come to work in the m

Two different documents outlining the acquisition of plots of land in the Phillips Lode. One is for an Adverse Plat between the Mammoth Lode and the P

24 pages. Printed in Denver. "For private circulation only. Private and confidential." Company is proposing a reduction facility in Denver...

Author's edition, "The Geology and Ore Chutes of Iron Hill" by A. a. Blow, M. E., published by News Printing company, Denver, CO. Orig...

Located in the Irwin Mining District, Colorado, the town of Ruby was established in 1879, after silver was discovered at the Ruby Chief Mine. The Ruby

#1332 for 50 shares to WH Neill in 1906. Signed by Henry Link, president. Splits and folds. Large size: 12 x 14". Seven pages of background inf...

By Ovando Hollister. Printed by the Samual Bowels & Company of Massachusetts. Folded map hand colored attached to the title page as original (ta...

By Corregan and Lingane of Denver. This is one of the most famous of all Colorado directories and is organized alphabetically by company by county. It

Published by SS Wallihan and Company of Denver. 442 pages plus dozens of pages of advertising. Green boards, worn at extremities of spine. Yellow lett

Lot of 11. This is a great collection from places like Gregory Point, Evans, Black Hawk, Nevadaville(the Nevadaville item is actually the 1864 Central

Lot of 6. 1) Central City advertising cover for Gilpin & Clear Creek County Abstract Office. Sayr & Parmelee surveyors. Legal size and full ...

Twenty-one items. Includes an 1875 Colorado Miner letterhead, 1873 Albert Johnson Civil and Mining Engineer from Georgetown letterhead, 1875 taxes for

Three advertising covers with letters plus other documents. 1) Stratton Independence of Victor. Strong 1903 strike. 2) Happy Jack Gold & Silver ...

Lot of eighteen. Three color: Cripple Creek bird's eye view, Snow Peak, Horseshoe from West Ouray. Black and white include: Early bird's eye...

1) Warranty Deed, 1899, for $20,000 from George C. Logan to Rocky Mountain Coal Co., County of La Plata, Colorado. 20 adhesive revenue stamps. 2) Inde

Three maps: Routes to the Pikes Peak Gold Regions; Routes To Colorado City; Sketch of the Quartz Mining Region of the Rocky Mountains. Believed to be

Mineralogist's Pocket Reference by The Colorado Assaying Co. and The Precision Factory Ainsworth's Manual, 1920. City: State: Colorado D...

Approx 40 pieces which include: letters, covers, newspapers, prospectus', checks--The Bank of Leadville to Frank Smelting Works, 1881; Mineral C...

A unique look at prospecting 100 years ago. Map is based on the Geographical Survey. Has the original envelope it was mailed in from the Colorado Mini

"Who is Responsible for the Colorado Trouble?" 1904 pamphlet by Joseph Shatz Shatzke concerning the mining strife in Colorado. City: St...

32 pages. Two important mining authors! Silliman was a professor at Yale (like his father) and Josiah D. Whitney was an expert on "economic geo...

22 pages. Printed by W.D. Starr & Son, Middletown. Very nice color map (17.5" x 21.5") of the property at the front of the report (Lit...

This is a lot of three handwritten documents from the superintendent’s office at the Buffalo Idaho G S Mining Company. They are all directed to Richar

Two later reports for the Monte Cristo Mine, a gold mine located at Loon Creek, Sea Foam Mining District, Custer County, Idaho. 1) Report by A.G. Burr

17" x 22" "Map of Mammoth Mountain. Showing the Banner, Little Giant, Rescue, Mammoth and Charity Mines; also the direction and leng...

Lot of 150+. This is an important historical mining archive centering around the Owyhee Gold & Silver Mining Company and the Poorman Mine, Morni...

Two pages datelined Spokane Washington. The author needs money! He has two men working on the bullion claim. Looking for $200. Location of mines is Wa

Group of about twenty photographs from various locations in Idaho. Includes Ima Mine and Murray Idaho. Photos taken in 1939 by Professor Paul Kerr of

1) 1904 prospectus, map, and six page letter on letterhead for the Central Idaho Mining Bureau. 2) Idaho Little Giant prospectus. 3) 1939 Mining Conve

Lot of 8. 1) Four letters: One from AP Banner of the Office of the Elmira Silver Mining Co. to his wife, Emma. One part states: "The men all th...

1) De Lamar Gold & Silver Mine. 15 page report by Robert N. Bell, State Inspector of Mines in Idaho. Mine located on Jordan Creek seven miles we...

Archive of material from Eliza R. Sutton. 1) 26 x 12" broadside with plenty of photographs and maps. 2) 31.5 x 11" broadside promoting Bea...

12 pages. Offices at Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine. Organized in Maine. No date. Printed by Commercial Print, Bangor. As these are by-laws, there is

48 pages with large township map (17" x 13") showing property. Near Brownville. Multiple smaller reports from 20 authors, most notable of ...

Includes: 2 reports from Tapley Copper Mine, 1880; 3 reports from Manhattan-Tapley Copper Mines, 1883; small drawings of Tapley and Manhattan mines; l

Very early mining report by a very famous mining geologist! This was right around the beginning of the Georgia/North Carolina Gold Rush. 27 pages. Coa

30 pages. "A Brief Account of the Lake Superior Copper Company by an Original Shareholder", June, 1845. Author does not appear to identify...

19 pages. "Report of the Trustees to the Stockholder of the Lake Superior Copper Company on the Copper and Silver of Kewenaw Point, Lake Superi...

30 pages. Second Annual Report of the Trustees of the Copper Falls Company, and a Report from E.L. Seymour. Also, Articles of Association and Agreemen

32 pages. Third Annual Report of the Directors of the Copper Falls Mining Company with the report of Samuel W. Hill, Superintendent of the Mine, and t

Important 28 page report from a very prominent mining geologist (Hill) with four fabulous maps with geological detail. Reports by Samuel W. Hill (supe

Lot of 12 pieces, all different. Best are a 50th Anniversary Program (w/ badge) for Calumet & Hecla Mining Co. (1916) and a 1900 report with two...

Lot of 22. 1) 1864 Bill of John Roebling to the Quincy Mining Company. Small size from Trenton, New Jersey and addressed to the Quincy Mining Company.

Lot of 24. Includes: 1871 letter on the Silver Mountain Mining Operation, 1871 Eagle Harbor letter, Black Bay silver location with hand drawn map, Luk

Lot of 11. Three Hibbing: open pit, underground miners, and steam shovel at Hibbing, Sellers Mine iron workers. Five Calumet: copper bars, railroad, t

Approximately 40 original negatives and a few photographs, all about 4 x 6", of the Missouri Cobalt Company in Fredricktown, Missouri about 193...