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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By-Laws of The Federal Union Gold Mining Company1080 - By-Laws of The Federal Union Gold Mining Company
Holabird Western Americana Collections
By-laws of the Federal Union Mining Company, Clear Creek County, Colorado, organized March 27, 1866. Capital stock $1000,000. Franklin Job Printing, G
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Territorial Colorado Mining Document to WH Russell (Stagecoach Pioneer)1081 - Territorial Colorado Mining Document to WH Russell (Stagecoach Pioneer)
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"For value Received I assign to WH Russell two hundred fifty share of the capital stock of Star Gold Mining Co. of Colorado, this 27 day of Sep...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to a****y for (75.00 + 17.25BP) = 92.25
 
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The Panama Mining & Reduction Company Stock Certificate1082 - The Panama Mining & Reduction Company Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Inc. in Illinois, mines in Clear Creek County, Colorado. No certificate number, but stock issued for 400 shares to the company president (Garrabraut)
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to c*********p for (50.00 + 11.50BP) = 61.50
 
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Territorial Colorado Mining Survey1083 - Territorial Colorado Mining Survey
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Survey No. 380 Mineral District No. 2 Plat of the Severance and Harvey claim upon the Coral Lode in the Argentine Mining District, Clear Creek County
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Collection of Cripple Creek Mining Paper1084 - Collection of Cripple Creek Mining Paper
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Approximately 11 pieces of various mining related material from Cripple Creek, Colorado. This material includes receipts, time checks, Certificates o
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Estimate : 120.00 - 150.00
Sold to b******1 for (90.00 + 18.00BP) = 108.00
 
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Cripple Creek Mining Ephemera Collection1085 - Cripple Creek Mining Ephemera Collection
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More than 50 documents. Most are typed documents promoting a mining company: Davis McCuan Investment Company, Mary McKinney Mining Company annual meet
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Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to r***6 for (120.00 + 24.00BP) = 144.00
 
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Cripple Creek Mining Prospectus and Rock Catalog1086 - Cripple Creek Mining Prospectus and Rock Catalog
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1) Prospectus for the Omaha and Cripple Creek Mining and Leasing Company. The company plans to "go right into the heart of this Gold Belt [in C...
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Start Price : 35.00 | Estimate : 70.00 - 300.00
 
 
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The Pinkerton Labor Spy (Cripple Creek Labor Wars)1087 - The Pinkerton Labor Spy (Cripple Creek Labor Wars)
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By Morris Friedman, published 1907 detailing the Pinkerton Detective agency's role in the Cripple Creek violent mining labor wars. 230 pages, pu...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to i*********1 for (150.00 + 34.50BP) = 184.50
 
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Two Cripple Creek Mining Reports from the Same Geologist1088 - Two Cripple Creek Mining Reports from the Same Geologist
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1) Prospectus for the Charlevoix Gold Mining Co. Inc. in Colorado in 1894. Principal office in Colorado Springs. c.1895. Written by H.P. Parmelee, geo
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Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to 2******o for (35.00 + 8.05BP) = 43.05
 
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Consolidated Mining Company of Seven Mines Stock Certificate1089 - Consolidated Mining Company of Seven Mines Stock Certificate
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# 124 for 100 shares to George H Adams in 1880. We could find little information about this mine. Rare! Some staining, cut roughly at left, and on tea
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to a****y for (50.00 + 11.50BP) = 61.50
 
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Prospectus and Report of Denver Mining Company1090 - Prospectus and Report of Denver Mining Company
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Pamphlet published by the board of the mining company. (9.25" x 5.75") 19 pp. Front cover has embossed stamp: General Library of the Unive...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to b****3 for (150.00 + 34.50BP) = 184.50
 
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Synopsis of the Plan and Objects Relating to the Colorado Mining Land Company1091 - Synopsis of the Plan and Objects Relating to the Colorado Mining Land Company
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Pamphlet includes a general history and an elaborate map of the New State of Colorado. Published by the principal offices, Buffalo, NY and Denver CO.
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Report of the Mines of the McKinley Mining and Smelting Co.1092 - Report of the Mines of the McKinley Mining and Smelting Co.
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Paper covered report (9 x 6") of the Examination of the Mines of the McKinley Mining and Smelting Company by James Angus Snedaker. The report g...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to e*****r for (30.00 + 6.90BP) = 36.90
 
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Accord Mining and Milling Co. Prospectus and Photographs1093 - Accord Mining and Milling Co. Prospectus and Photographs
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Clear Creek County. Lot of 4. 1) Prospectus. 9 pages. 6" x 3.5" Looks to have been printed around 1905, but was written in heavily, with d...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 250.00
Sold to r*********r for (50.00 + 11.50BP) = 61.50
 
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Dunderberg Mining Company Certificate of Incorporation & By-laws1094 - Dunderberg Mining Company Certificate of Incorporation & By-laws
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Dunderberg Mining Company, 1879. Booklet is 9" x 5.75", 13p. Pristine condition. City: Georgetown State: Colorado Date: 1879 ID# 37418
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 6*****b for (80.00 + 16.00BP) = 96.00
 
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Georgetown Assay and Letter Lot1095 - Georgetown Assay and Letter Lot
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Lot of 12. 1) 1882 letter from New York to London, "....absolutely false in regard to the price I have been offering the ppty" ",,,of...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to e*****r for (100.00 + 23.00BP) = 123.00
 
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Prospectus of The Cascade Mining Company of New York and Colorado (Clear Creek County)1096 - Prospectus of The Cascade Mining Company of New York and Colorado (Clear Creek County)
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Silver mine near Georgetown. 20 pages. Printed by Press of Wynkoop & Hallenbeck, New York. Located on the Charter Oak Ridge (five miles up the v...
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Prospectus for The Cascade Mining Company of New York & Colorado1097 - Prospectus for The Cascade Mining Company of New York & Colorado
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Silver mine located in Clear Creek County near Georgetown.1) 1876 prospectus. 20 pages. Begins with description of Georgetown and the Cascade Claim (d
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Start Price : 110.00 | Estimate : 220.00 - 450.00
 
 
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Republican Mountain Silver Mines Co. Ephemera1098 - Republican Mountain Silver Mines Co. Ephemera
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1) List of mining capital stock owners (one is Kit Carson) and some expenses for the Consolidated Republican Mountain Mining Co. 2) Abstract of record
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Aksarben Gold Mining Company Prospectus1099 - Aksarben Gold Mining Company Prospectus
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Only 35 miles from Denver at Idaho Springs in Chaffee County. 8 pages with one full page photograph, one claim map, and one cross section map. Blue wr
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