Cowboys & Indians & Miners

1) gold wash, die struck miner in gold " Nome Alaska Struck It Rich" handle depicts 4 men in long boat; 2) gold wash, "Placer Mining ...

Unique gold wash shovel spoon with nuggets in pan at the top of the handle. Engraved SS Portland. July, 06. This unique spoon is from one of the many

One engraved bowl " Placer Mining, Nome." The other has plain bowl. Both have die struck handles with loaded sleds and dog teams. City: ...

1) tablespoon engraved " Skagway, Alaska" image of mining camp on bowl, standing miner holding specimen handle; 2) gold wash engraved &quo...

1) gold washed, engraved bowl "Yukon," handle has sculpted miner at top; 2) engraved bowl, "Yukon," gold specimen on handle 3) e...

1) Gold washed bowl and partially on handle. Engraved bowl "Nome Alaska", wire wrapped handle with salmon, gold pan top with real nuggets....

1) engraved " Seward", large standing miner holding specimen handle; 2) die struck "Nome Alaska Struck It Rich" image of miner p...

Two demitasse: 1) shovel, gold wash, engraved "Juneau Alaska," wire wrapped handle, pan at top with gold nuggets. 2) gold wash, engraved &...

Two gold washed bowls, die struck handles, One "Alaska" engraved in bowl and handle is wire wrapped with gold pan at top with nuggets; the...

2 demitasse: 1) gold washed; both are identical otherwise, bowls die struck, " Stripping Ore," miner underground, twisted handles, standin...

Demitasse: 2 gold washed bowls, 1 had shovel bowl engraved "San Mateo Cal.," wire wrapped handle, gold pan at top, gold specimen; other ha...

Sterling silver spoon with 14 karat gold nugget in the pan, 14 karat gold rope twist around the handle connecting the shovel pan and mining tools. The

Rare early, circa 1895 silver spoon with ornately engraved bowl with the old style art. Rare and unusual. City: Grass Valley State: California Dat

Exceptional rare early, circa 1895 silver spoon with ornately engraved bowl for the Empire Mine at Grass Valley. This unusual spoon uses the old-style

Four of the spoons have gold wash on the bowls. City: Grass Valley State: California Date: ID# 27638

Two demitasse: 1) shovel bowl, engraved "Empire Mine"; 2) engraved "Grass Valley." Four teaspoons: two engraved "Empire Min...

One spoon engraved with a sketching of the Old Washington School in Nevada City, CA with a flower design on the handle. The second spoon with am engra

One spoon engraved with a sketching of the Carnegie Public Library and many intricate designs on the handle including Eureka state capital California

Two sterling silver spoons engraved with sketchings of the Nevada City Court House. One spoon includes initials G.G.W. on handle. City: Nevada City

Two gold washed engraved bowls, gold dredgers, die struck handles. Two others, die struck bowls and handles, one has engraved bowl, decorative handle,

One large round bowl die struck, "golden gate." Two demitasse, die struck bowls. All have standing miners on die struck handles. City: Sa...

Three demitasse: 1) gold washed die struck bowl, pick handle with bear on top. 2) Die struck bowl, pickax handle with nugget on end and bear on top. 3

Three demitasse: 2 are gold washed, 1 with pan at top with gold in nuggets. Three teaspoons: 2 Cliff House, one with gold pan at top with gold nuggets

Lot of 8. Three shovel bowls, die struck standing miner handles. Five demitasse, die struck standing miner handles. City: San Francisco State: Calif

Choice enamel spoon from San Francisco with two miners panning gold similar to the other views but different. California handle. Gold wash over the en

Demitasse, engraved "Keswick Smelter." Two teaspoons: Engraved "Mammoth Smelter, Kennet, Cal.," gold washed bowl, die struck han...

1) Unusual heart shaped bowl, die struck with enamel green color, wavy handle with bear at top, color enameled grapes; front side appears gold washed.

Lot of 9. Four demitasse: 2 engraved--Allegheny, Auburn. Two die struck--Placerville, Nevada City. Five teaspoons, 2 with gold washed bowls: Placervil

Four demitasse: Los Angeles, Hemet, San Diego, gold washed San Diego. Seven teaspoons: 2 Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, San Gabriel, Venice

Two are demitasse: one twisted wire, gold pan bowl, open handle with pickax and gold washed bear at top. The other is die struck with a shovel bowl, h

Demitasse, gold wash bowl engraved "Aurora", standing miner holding real gold nugget handle. We cannot positively identify if this is Neva...

Two different "struck it rich at last" spoons from Breckenridge. One with the surface and one with an underground view. Both with the fanc...

4 demitasse, 1) has gold washed bowl, engraved "Colorado Springs"; 2) engraved bowl "Colorado Springs," twisted wire handle; 3) ...

17 different Portland Mine spoons from Cripple Creek. This is one of the most important mines in all of Colorado, discovered by Winfield Stratton. Eve

1) Gold washed bowl, die struck, mine scene (ELD jeweler); 2) gold washed bowl, engraved mine scene; 3) die struck , mining scene (ELD); 4) die struck

Four have engraved bowls, depicting mine. One has gold washed bowl. One has a handle like a grape vine with grapes and leaf, open crook. Last one had

Four demitasse: 2 shovel bowls, one is gold washed with miner holding pan at top, other has shovel handle; two others, 1 wire wrapped handle, 1 plain

Beautiful set of four different spoons with long thin handle with nuggets and crossed pickaxes at the top. A unique group. City: Cripple Creek Stat

Working windlass spoon with gold washbowl. Die cut. Classic silver cord connecting the sinking bucket. City: Cripple Creek State: Colorado Date:

Die cut bowl for the Portland Mine. Gold wash. One of the finest spoons you'll see from Cripple Creek, Colorado. City: Cripple Creek State: Co...

Two different matched handle spoons. These two spoons have the classic hand crank windlass with the cable going down to a sinking bucket at the top of

Silver spoon with gold wash bowl with engraved view on the end, Anchoria Leland Mining Company. Crossed picks with large nugget at the top of the hand

Shovel w/ pick-ax bowl, hollow silver handle, shovel top. Bowl is die struck "Cripple Creek." Very interesting, see picture. City: Cripp...

Working windlass spoon with diecut bowl for the Portland gold mine. Silver cord connecting the sinking bucket. Choice. City: Cripple Creek State: C

Four different die struck Portland Mine miniature spoons. Two have gold wash. City: Cripple Creek State: Colorado Date: ID# 37767

Lot of six. Includes: 1 demitasse, twisted wire handle and 1 teaspoon, twisted wire handle. 4 teaspoons: two gold washed with nuggets on handles with

Choice gold coin mine die struck shovel bowl with working windlass handle. Silver cord broken at bucket. Rare. City: Cripple Creek State: Colorado

Three different demitasse spoons with similar handles from Cripple Creek, all similar to Gorham style. Each has an engraved bowl. City: Cripple Creek

Two different die struck spoons from the Gold Coin Mine. One is a teaspoon and the other a shovel. Choice. City: Cripple Creek State: Colorado Dat

Unique Cripple Creek sterling spoon with a large coal miner instead of a hard rock miner as a handle. This is one of only two coal miner handles in th

1) One teaspoon, "The Standard." 2) Four demitasse spoons: 3 have gold washed bowls, "Independence Mine, Cripple Creek." One Ind...

Die struck, handles match--miner holding gold pan; shovel bowls-- "State Capitol, Denver Colorado" and "Auditorium, Denver Colorado.&...

Die struck. 1) gold washed bowl; 2) gold washed bowl, larger than #1, with similar mining scenes; 3) bowl has scene of 2 miners washing gold; 4) scene

Six total, five different. All are die struck, each had different depiction of building and different miner poses on handles. City: Denver State: Co

Two demitasse: shovel, gold wash, double twisted wire on handle; tiny gold wash, engraved bowl. Four teaspoons: 1 gold wash, twisted wire handle with

Lot of 8. Four demitasse: all have engraved bowls, die struck handles with miners. Four teaspoons: engraved bowls, die struck handles, 3 with miners a

Four different Denver state capital spoons: 1 demitasse, 3 teaspoons. All are die struck. Two handles depict miners with burrows, one depicts a burro,

Choice custom enameled mining scene in a gold wash bowl on a Colorado labeled silver spoon. The bowl says "The Prospectors near Denver." R...

Simply the finest antique mining spoon in this fabulous collection of more than 600 different mining spoons. This bowl has a beautiful enamel artistic

34.7 grams. Very rare Otto Mears Silver spoon. Colorado railroad magnate Otto Mears is famous for the silver railroad passes that he made and issued f

1) "Denver 1892" engraved on back of handle, back of bowl "Winters," nice die struck handle two miners. We believe this spoon is...

Choice! Denver written in bowl. City: Denver State: Colorado Date: ID# 36959

Four demitasse: 1) One tiny spoon, die struck, "Denver" and burro on bowl, handle has pan at top and miner below. 2) Die struck, bowl with...

1) teaspoon, engraved "Ouray, Colo" and burro on bowl, standing miner handle; 2) demitasse, engraved "the Starting of a Mine, Ouray&q...

Working windlass spoon with sinking bucket, die struck bowl, no maker shown. Choice. City: Garden of the Gods State: Colorado Date: ID# 36954

Beautiful gold wash bowl with mine scene, both engraved and die cut. Fancy working windlass handle with silver wire rope attached to a sinking bucket.

Choice circa 1890s spoon with early crossed pick and mallet. The word "Golden" is woven in silver cord on the handle. Possibly an early Co...

Three different sterling spoons from Grand Junction; two with gold wash bowls. City: Grand Junction State: Colorado Date: ID# 37747

Unique sterling spoon from the Swastika Mine. Die struck bowl. Three large swastikas on the handle. ELD maker. City: Leadville State: Colorado Date

Two demitasse: 1) copper, shovel bowl, miner handle. 2) open handle at top with burro. Eight teaspoons: 5 have engraved bowls, 3 are "Little Jo...

Three different spoons with cowboys on a bucking horse from Leadville. These are the only spoons in the collection with rodeo cowboys on them. All thr

Four different sterling silver pieces with the cutout miner handle. Three are teaspoons, one is a fork. Makers: JC Bloom and Company (and others). Ci

Two are die struck and the third engraved from Leadville. One is a rare first mill product from the North Pole and Mining Company in a second is a die

Three matched sterling spoons with exceptional quality die struck images, continuous from the top of the handle to the bottom of the spoon. Two say Ro

Five different die struck spoons from Manitou Springs. Only one is a demitasse. Spoon scenes include prospectors, pack mule, underground mining scene,

Five different spoons from Pueblo. Three are teaspoons and two are demitasse. All distinctly different. City: Pueblo State: Colorado Date: ID# 3

One is a teaspoon, die struck, "Tenderfoot Hill, Salida, Colo" on bowl around town scene. Standing miner on handle. Back of handle has dif...

Beautiful gold wash die cut bowl with working windlass handle and silver rope. Choice. City: Victor State: Colorado Date: ID# 36950

1) demitasse, engraved bowl "Victor, Colo," standing miner handle; 2) The other 5 are teaspoons: die struck bowl " Gold Coin Gold Min...

Lot of 10. Seven teaspoons: 3 have gold washed bowls (no image or engraving,) mining scenes on handles; 2 others have plain bowls, one engraved bowl...

Two teaspoons and one demitasse. One has burro in front of mountain scene. All are die struck. City: State: Colorado Date: ID# 37813

1) "Glenwood Springs Colo." engraved on bowl with man on bucking horse (ELD jeweler); 2) "Canon City Colo." engraved on bowl, im...

1) demitasse, handle had winch dropping bucket into bowl of spoon. This spoon is a "citrus" spoon that is a copy of the famous Otto Mears ...

Two teaspoons engraved bowls " Alamosa", one elaborate handle, one miner handle; two gold washed bowls, engraved "Telluride", on...

2 teaspoons from Boulder: 1 depicts mine, engraved "Boulder"; the other is die struck "University Library Bldg., Boulder Colo." ...

Creede is a teaspoon, roughly engraved on bowl. Nice handle with image of miner at top and pick and shovel. Rico is a demitasse, engraved bowl, twiste

Clear Creek Drainage. Four sterling spoons from Russell Gulch, Idaho Springs, Georgetown. City: State: Colorado Date: ID# 37758

Three have some form of gold wash. Rare. City: State: Colorado Date: ID# 37757

Three teaspoons same jeweler--E. L. D. (E.L. Deacon, Denver, CO). All three are die struck and have the same handle design--emblem at top, miner benea

Two matching Native American head on twisted wire handle Colorado sterling spoons. One has a die struck bowl from the Big Five Mine, the other is engr

Seven different sterling silver spoons all similar with a miner on the handle. Four different makers. ELD may have been the earliest of these. Five ar

Three different salt spoons with matching handles from Colorado. All three are die struck. City: State: Colorado Date: ID# 37750

Three choice spoons: one from Colorado Springs and two from Cripple Creek with the same handle fabulous handle. City: State: Colorado Date: ID#

Very similar, but made by different jewelers. All three have the word Colorado spread along the handle. To have die struck balls and the third is blan

Both are made by ELD. One die struck bowl shows burro " Prospecting Outfit"; the other has underground mining scene with 5 miners. City:...

Choice unusual crooked handle with sinking bucket and nuggets. The sinking bucket is inside the handle itself. Very unusual. Gold wash bowl. Die cut u

Enameled watermelon on spoon marked "Atlanta" with black man's face at top. Reverse is inscribed "A.C." and copyright 1895. ...

1) Three engraved bowls" Wallace Idaho," standing miner handles, one is demitasse spoon. 2) engraved "Hercules Mill Wallace Ida.,&quo...

1) large copper shovel bowl engraved "Seven Devils Weiser Idaho," standing miner handle; 2) Silver shovel, engraved " Boise Idaho,&qu...

Three teaspoons: die struck, Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Idaho; engraved, Morning Mill, Mullan, Idaho; engraved Trade Dollar Mill, Silver City, Idaho.