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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Colorado Mining Catalog and Reference1120 - Colorado Mining Catalog and Reference
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Mineralogist's Pocket Reference by The Colorado Assaying Co. and The Precision Factory Ainsworth's Manual, 1920. City: State: Colorado D...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Misc. Colorado Mining Ephemera: Letters, Prospectuses, Newspapers, Covers1121 - Misc. Colorado Mining Ephemera: Letters, Prospectuses, Newspapers, Covers
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 40 pieces which include: letters, covers, newspapers, prospectus', checks--The Bank of Leadville to Frank Smelting Works, 1881; Mineral C...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to r***6 for (150.00 + 30.00BP) = 180.00
 
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Prospector's Guide Pocket Map of Colorado1122 - Prospector's Guide Pocket Map of Colorado
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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
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Estimate : 300.00 - 700.00
Sold to e*****r for (100.00 + 23.00BP) = 123.00
 
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Colorado Labor/Union Wars 1904 Booklet1123 - Colorado Labor/Union Wars 1904 Booklet
Holabird Western Americana Collections
"Who is Responsible for the Colorado Trouble?" 1904 pamphlet by Joseph Shatz Shatzke concerning the mining strife in Colorado. City: St...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to F****e for (50.00 + 10.00BP) = 60.00
 
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Report on The Bristol Copper Mine by Benjamin Silliman Jr. and J.D. Whitney1124 - Report on The Bristol Copper Mine by Benjamin Silliman Jr. and J.D. Whitney
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to c*********p for (150.00 + 34.50BP) = 184.50
 
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Report of The Chatham Cobalt Mining Co. (Booth and Francfort) (Cobalt & Nickel) w/ folding map1125 - Report of The Chatham Cobalt Mining Co. (Booth and Francfort) (Cobalt & Nickel) w/ folding map
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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...
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Idaho Territorial Mine Correspondence1126 - Idaho Territorial Mine Correspondence
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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
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to l*******c for (75.00 + 17.25BP) = 92.25
 
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Two Reports for the Monte Cristo Mine1127 - Two Reports for the Monte Cristo Mine
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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
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Map of Mining Claims on Mammoth Mountain, Idaho1128 - Map of Mining Claims on Mammoth Mountain, Idaho
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17" x 22" "Map of Mammoth Mountain. Showing the Banner, Little Giant, Rescue, Mammoth and Charity Mines; also the direction and leng...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to e*****r for (100.00 + 23.00BP) = 123.00
 
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Owyhee Gold & Silver Mining Company 2-Volume Archive1129 - Owyhee Gold & Silver Mining Company 2-Volume Archive
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Lot of 150+. This is an important historical mining archive centering around the Owyhee Gold & Silver Mining Company and the Poorman Mine, Morni...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 10,000.00
Sold to 6*****b for (12,000.00 + 2,400.00BP) = 14,400.00
 
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Ruth Mining & Milling Company Letterhead with location map on back1130 - Ruth Mining & Milling Company Letterhead with location map on back
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to d******c for (30.00 + 6.90BP) = 36.90
 
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Idaho Mine Photograph Collection from Paul Kerr of Columbia University1131 - Idaho Mine Photograph Collection from Paul Kerr of Columbia University
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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
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Idaho Mining Prospectuses and Ephemera1132 - Idaho Mining Prospectuses and Ephemera
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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
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to r***6 for (50.00 + 10.00BP) = 60.00
 
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Idaho Mining Reports and Letters1133 - Idaho Mining Reports and Letters
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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...
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Estimate : 240.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8*****H for (120.00 + 24.00BP) = 144.00
 
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Two Idaho Mining Reports1134 - Two Idaho Mining Reports
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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...
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Start Price : 80.00 | Estimate : 160.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Chicago National Mines Company Archive1135 - Chicago National Mines Company Archive
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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...
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
 
 
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By-Laws & List of Officers of the Oshkosh Cons. Mining Company1136 - By-Laws & List of Officers of the Oshkosh Cons. Mining Company
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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
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1863 Report for Katahdin Iron Works (Jackson et. al) w/ map1137 - 1863 Report for Katahdin Iron Works (Jackson et. al) w/ map
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48 pages with large township map (17" x 13") showing property. Near Brownville. Multiple smaller reports from 20 authors, most notable of ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to c*********p for (150.00 + 34.50BP) = 184.50
 
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Maine Mining Letters, Covers and Reports1138 - Maine Mining Letters, Covers and Reports
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Includes: 2 reports from Tapley Copper Mine, 1880; 3 reports from Manhattan-Tapley Copper Mines, 1883; small drawings of Tapley and Manhattan mines; l
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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1838 Report of the Maryland Mining Co. (by Benjamin Silliman) (Coal)1139 - 1838 Report of the Maryland Mining Co. (by Benjamin Silliman) (Coal)
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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
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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