Cowboys & Indians & Miners

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This premier two-day sale includes a General George Custer collection featuring an Indian Capture carbine; other very rare firearms; choice Western ingots, gold nuggets and ore samples; rare numismatic items related to the SS Central America; rare Western tokens; mining reports from the 1830s-1880s; a world class offering of mining spoons; mining-related correspondence, photographs, and ephemera; a great selection of Native American baskets, rugs, and artifacts; saddles and spurs; and General Americana.

DAY 1: Mining Reports, Photographs, Ephemera and Spoons
DAY 2: Native Americana, Cowboy, Firearms (incl. Custer Collection), Numismatics, and General Americana.
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Silver Dyke, Nevada Photographs1180 - Silver Dyke, Nevada Photographs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Original group of about forty photographs of Silver Dyke by Professor Paul Kerr of Columbia University. This is a remarkable photographic archive of t
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to j***d for (275.00 + 63.25BP) = 338.25
 
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Adolph Sutro Business Cards, Sutro Tunnel, Nevada1181 - Adolph Sutro Business Cards, Sutro Tunnel, Nevada
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Original business card for Adolph Sutro at Sutro Nevada and 2) a business card for Edgar E Sutro, representing Mr. Adolph Sutro, of the Montgomery
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8******1 for (80.00 + 16.00BP) = 96.00
 
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Montana-Tonopah Mining Company Report1182 - Montana-Tonopah Mining Company Report
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare. Printed by Miner Print, Tonopah. Includes reports from the president (Chas. E. Knox), the superintendent (Donald B. Gillies) and general manager
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to p*****0 for (110.00 + 25.30BP) = 135.30
 
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Three Different Tonopah Mining Reports1183 - Three Different Tonopah Mining Reports
Holabird Western Americana Collections
First two are for the Tonopah Mining Co. of Nevada: 1) 1907. 5th Annual report. 26 pages. Nine full page black-and-white photographs of the property a
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to p*****0 for (180.00 + 41.40BP) = 221.40
 
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Tonopah Mining Ephemera1184 - Tonopah Mining Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) McNamara Mining & Milling Company stock, 100 shares, 1920. 2) Map of Main Workings Tonopah Camp. 3) Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company Repo...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to r***6 for (40.00 + 8.00BP) = 48.00
 
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Rare Volume of Letters for the Twin River Mining Company (Twin River, Nevada)1185 - Rare Volume of Letters for the Twin River Mining Company (Twin River, Nevada)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 55+. Most of the letters are addressed to Thomas Mason of Quincy Mining Company fame. The earliest letters revolve around sending someone to Ne
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to 6*****b for (10,000.00 + 2,000.00BP) = 12,000.00
 
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Two Annual Reports for the Consolidated California & Virginia Mining Company (Virginia City, Nevada)1186 - Two Annual Reports for the Consolidated California & Virginia Mining Company (Virginia City, Nevada)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two different reports for this famous Comstock mine, site of the Bonanza Discovery of 1873.1) 1901 report. 29 pages. Report is from the mine superinte
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to b*****s for (70.00 + 14.00BP) = 84.00
 
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Harper's Weekly Pages on White Pine Mining District1187 - Harper's Weekly Pages on White Pine Mining District
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three pages (one is duplicate) from Harper's, April 24, 1869. One is a news page that discusses the White Pine Mining District in Nevada; the ot...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to F****e for (25.00 + 5.00BP) = 30.00
 
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Mint Condition "Explorations in Nevada and Arizona" (1872 Mining Reference)1188 - Mint Condition "Explorations in Nevada and Arizona" (1872 Mining Reference)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Mint copy of Explorations in Nevada and Arizona, 1871, the Humphreys report by Geo. Wheeler. Published in 1872, this original work with the landmark d
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Estimate : 600.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to b*****s for (475.00 + 95.00BP) = 570.00
 
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Large Nevada Mining Archive1189 - Large Nevada Mining Archive
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 24. 1) 1865 location claim for H. N. Conger in Virginia City. He was an early arrival on the Comstock and by 1875 had 10,000 head of cattle nea
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to l*******c for (200.00 + 46.00BP) = 246.00
 
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Nevada Mine Photograph Archive from Prof. Paul Kerr1190 - Nevada Mine Photograph Archive from Prof. Paul Kerr
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Original group of approximately one hundred photographs from places such as American Canyon, Virginia City, the Pilot Range, Black Mule Mine, Sodavill
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Estimate : 700.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to j***d for (375.00 + 86.25BP) = 461.25
 
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Nevada Mining Reports / Prospectuses (Comstock, Pioche, Yerington)1191 - Nevada Mining Reports / Prospectuses (Comstock, Pioche, Yerington)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of four. 1) 1916 Report of Savage Gold & Silver Mining Co, Hale & Norcross Mining Co., Chollar Mining Co. and Potosi Mining Co. on the C...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to b******a for (100.00 + 23.00BP) = 123.00
 
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Colossal Mining Company Archive (Apache Mining District, New Mexico)1192 - Colossal Mining Company Archive (Apache Mining District, New Mexico)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 12. 1) 1919 lease to purchase on letterhead of C. T. Brown, mining engineer. 2) 1919 letter from Socorro State Bank with the $15,000 loan agree
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Engle, New Mexico Assay Receipts1193 - Engle, New Mexico Assay Receipts
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a lot of five rare assay receipts from Walter M. James, assayer of Engle, New Mexico. They are all dated, with two dated April 1, 1882, and th
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Estimate : 200.00 - 600.00
Sold to b*****s for (70.00 + 14.00BP) = 84.00
 
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Mimbres Mining Company Letter Book (Georgetown, New Mexico)1194 - Mimbres Mining Company Letter Book (Georgetown, New Mexico)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Wow! 28 letters mostly on Mimbres letterhead from Thomas B Pheby talking about his work on the lease. The Mimbres was formed around 1870 and ended ope
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to 6*****b for (10,000.00 + 2,000.00BP) = 12,000.00
 
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Silver City Mining & Milling Company Large Map (Silver City, New Mexico)1195 - Silver City Mining & Milling Company Large Map (Silver City, New Mexico)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Original 30 x 30" map of the mines, mill and property of the Silver City Mining and Milling Company, Grant County, New Mexico. The lithograph i...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to m****2 for (475.00 + 109.25BP) = 584.25
 
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Mining Center of New Mexico (Mining Magazine)1196 - Mining Center of New Mexico (Mining Magazine)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Socorro Mining Center of New Mexico, 1882, Socorro Miner Office. Small fold out map. Forerunner of today's magazines, advertising pages equal wr...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8******m for (275.00 + 63.25BP) = 338.25
 
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New Mexico Mining Documents1197 - New Mexico Mining Documents
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of three. 1) Expenses for the Merritt Mining and Milling Company from September 1887 to January 1889. Mostly for the watchman. This was a Socorro
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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New Mexico Mining Letters1198 - New Mexico Mining Letters
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of seven. 1) 1880 location of the Bonanza Mine and 1500 linear feet of gold silver, and copper bearing ore. Located by Rufus Bennett. 2-3) Jura-Tr
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to l*******c for (80.00 + 18.40BP) = 98.40
 
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1872 Tilly Foster Iron Mines Report (Brewsters, New York)1199 - 1872 Tilly Foster Iron Mines Report (Brewsters, New York)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
"Report and Analysis of the Tilly Foster Iron Mines" , Brewsters, New York. John H. Cheever, Treasurer. Signed by Andrew Kosgriff, Superin...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 600.00
Sold to 2******d for (100.00 + 23.00BP) = 123.00
 
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