December 2017 Premier Auction

Amazing contrast for this narrow canyon mill and town! Photo by Itabor of Wallace. Great card! Date: Location: Burke, Idaho HWAC # 54551

Lot of four. Three photos of underground mining at Bunker Hill. Photos are by Leo's Studio: numbers 281, 284 and 285. All are RPCs. One black an...

Lot of seven. Black & white and Color postcards. Used cards dated 1907 to 1911. Two very interesting Boise cards. One shows mule teams ready to ...

Inc. in Michigan. No. 259, issued for 100 shares to Thomas A. Alexander on August 18th, 1864. Signed by the president and secretary. Pen cancelled. Al

Inc. March 30, 1848. Very low No. 6, issued for 100 shares to Charlette Hicks on October 27th, 1851. Signed by Robert Davidson as president and Thomas

No. 2088, issued for 5 shares to George Lincoln on Deb. 12th, 1864. Pen cancelled. Allegorical vignette with ships and locomotive. Two 25 cent adhesiv

Located in Houghton, Michigan on the south shore of Portage Lake. Covers the Atlantic and Quincy-Pewabic lodes. According to the Copper Handbook, &q...

Highly pictorial Underground vignette at left. Allegorical and mining vignettes at top center. Inc. in Michigan 1853 & 1855. No. 290, issued fo...

1) Seneca Mining Company of Michigan. No. 1026, issued for 50 shares to John J Hill on Nov. 13, 1908. Not cancelled. Two underground mining vignettes

Lot of 8 Keystone mining stereoviews (7 different). Includes two underground views: 6147--Wilson Mine, Metcalf, Arizona and 22037--Calumet-Hecla Mines

8 Stereoviews - all are the same - Shaft House, Smelter and Tailing Pile. Zinc and Lead Mines, Joplin, MO. Date: Location: Joplin, Missouri HW

Metal 2 blade pocket knife with copper jacket "The Original Mine, Butte Mont." 3.25" with brass end ring. Old mining scene on both si...

All color. Dates identified are 1907 to 1916 (one outlier 1951). Mines include the Minnie Healy, Speculator, Moonlight, Anaconda, Neversweat, Original

Lot of five: outside scene, hand drilling (2 different), and taking a break. One scene of many miners in hard hats waiting to go down into the mine. W

Lot of 14 color postcards. All different. Publishers include Julius Fried of Butte (8 cards), WG McFarland, Detroit Photography copyright 1903, EH Mit

Rohn was the general manger. Includes a great biography. Nice photograph of him. Lists all (some, most) of the employees at the East Butte Copper Mini

c1908. FIve postcards showing the men (and the mule) of the mines. One Northwestern and one Post Card Shop published. Both from Butte. Mines identifie

Archive of mining and machinery related letters and many pictorial billheads sent to Holter Hardware in Helena, MT. from companies in Utah, Colorado a

Land patent from 1892 for a placer gold claim in the Pioneer District near Deer Lodge MT. 4pp 15" x 10". Date: 1892 Location: Pioneer ...

1) 11 unissued Gold Hill & Lee Mountain Mining Co. c. 1880's 2) 30 unissued Jay Gould Mining Co. 3) 28 unissued Middle Fork Minining Co. c. ...

Lot of 4. 1) 1866 billhead for McDaniel & Co. Groceries & Liquor, Austin, Nevada. Billed to Reese River Consolidated Co. for oil and a broom...

4pp. The First Year's Record of Bullfrog Nevada and its Marvelous Mines. Large green bullfrog on front and several green bullfrogs on other page...

Lige Harris Bullfrog Gold Mining Co. I/U to Geo. Gibson 1905 #330 500 shares 8.5" x 11", Greenwater Copper Mines and Smelter Co. I/U to Ba...

I/U to R Smith Gladding 1906 #432 100 shares. Signed by vice president Jack Bell. 5.5" x 10.25". "Jack" Bell, formerly a Denver ...

I/C 1910/1940 to Chas. M. Schwab #2880 100 shares. Schwab was a major investor in this mine and died in 1939 before this certificate was cancelled.

I/U 500 shares #2776 extra rare certificate with green bullfrog center vignette as underprint. Not to be confused with original Bullfrog. Signed by pr

Issued to J Elson Smith, October 2, 1910 for 5,000 shares. Number 226. Both signed by C. D. Van Suzer and Geo. W. Holmes. Vignette of underground mine

Extra rare certificate I/U to AJ Litz 1906 #384200 shares. Signed by president Jack Davis. Diamondfield is a ghost town near Goldfield. Date: 1906

Two certificates from January Jones Leasing and Development Co I/C to CM Cashion 1905 #275 300 shares and I/C to United States Bankers Corp. 1906 #385

I/U to FB Abbott 1905 #575 2000 shares. Extra rare. 8.75" x 11.5". Date: 1905 Location: Ely, Nevada HWAC # 53672

Prospectus from Fairview Lone Pine Mining Co. 8pp all detached with center double truck claim map. 2 folds with small tears on folds 11.75" x 9...

I/U to Geo. Gibson 1905, signed by president.1000 shares 8" x 10.25". Date: Location: Gold Mountain, Nevada HWAC # 53661

State Line Gold Mining Co. No. 2 U/I to LK Taylor 1881 #3490 50 shares signed by vice president 7.75" x 10.75". Gold Mountain (later renam...

12 pp Forward Mining Development Co., Goldfield and Bullfrog 9" x 4". 12pp Goldfield Mascot Mining Co. 9" x 4". 19pp Goldfield B...

52pp with articles including Pilgrims of the Desert, Nevada history, Bonanza Florence Mine, January Mine, The Jumbo, Capt. John A. Hassell, Albert S.

I/U 1906 to John Donnellan & Co. #265 1000 shares. Vignette of Goldfield, signed by president Smith. Extra rare, has small tears at top and bott...

I/U to Edward Jones 1914 #2118 100 shares, pink diamond vignette, 6" x 9.5". Date: 1914 Location: Goldfield, Nevada HWAC # 53671

Approx 32 items including Nevada Silver Centennial cacheted First Day Cover from Virginia City, 6/8/1959, receipts 1905-1920's from Western Ore ...

11 different Goldfield stocks. Goldfield Peerless Mining Co., Auxer Gold Mines, Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co., Goldfield Commonwealth Mining Co., G

All are related to mines in this area near McMahon Ridge in Goldfield, NV. Goldfield Daisy Mining Syndicate I/U to Seligman & Meyer 1907 #360310...

We have never seen this in 40 years. It is number 108 for 500 shares in 1904. Issued to PN Payne and signed by SW Payne as secretary and RW Payne as p

Black Butte Extension Mining Co I/U to WE Jiske 1906 #884 1000 shares signed by president 4.25" x 9.25". Goldfield United Mines Co. I/U AH...

Jumbo Extension Mining Co. U/I #71473 and I/U to Ralph Gallagher 1911 #54971 100 shares and I/U to Franklin Price Jr. # 62898 1917 100 shares.8"...

Promotional literature for Frances-Mohawk Mining and Leasing Co. in Goldfield, NV. 4pp newspaper style with information about mining in the area and c

I/U to JJ Coylan 1905 #411 100 shares, signed by president Bragdon. Mine is in the gut of Goldfield. 5.5" x 10", 1.25" left fold tear...

Printed 1909, USGS. Goldfield mining and geology info including rhyolite, andesite, latite and other deposits. Mines include Red Top, Mohawk, January,

Rare, i/u 1913 to Richard Reilly 100 shares, signed by president.8.25" x 11.75". Date: Location: Goldfield, Nevada HWAC # 53658

I/U to William Sulzer 1907 #E53 100 shares. Signed by AD Myers, one of the discoverers of Goldfield, NV. Date: 1907 Location: Goldfield, Nevada

Rare common stock cert. I/U to LH Van Wyck 1912 # A2515 500 shares. Signed by president Geo. Wingfield. 6.75" x 10.5". Date: 1912 Loca...

I/U 1905 to Jas. Rutherford #1054 100 shares. Mine is named after $20 US currency. Rare in this nice condition. 9" x 14". Date: 1905 L...

Possibly all related to or named after the famous Florence mine in Goldfield, NV. Baby Florence Mining Co. I/U to MD Shipman 1907 #563 1000 shares, I

Double truck map of Goldfield mining district with perspective view 11" x 17" with 3.25" lower left tear. Milltown Fractional Mining ...

I/U to RJ Anderson 1906 #221 500 shares. Extra rare with Geo. Wingfield signature 8.5" x 11". Date: 1906 Location: Goldfield, Nevada...

Prospectus of Forward Mining Development Co, Goldfield and Bullfrog, NV. 12pp 9.25" x 4". Pictorial letterhead Interstate Consolidated Min...

Reorganized Atlanta Mines I/U 1918 to James Rusling 1918 #5205 100 shares signed by vice president WE Zoebel 8.75" x 12". Goldfield Somers...

Rare I/U to Forrest Blanding 1915 #638 300 shares. Properties in Goldfield and Candelaria. Signed by president McCarthy. 8.25" x 10.75". ...

Located in the gut of Goldfield, NV. Great Bend Annex Mines Co. I/U to Winthorp Smith & Co. 1907 #791, 792 and 798, 100 shares each. 8" x 1...

Announcement form Frederic D. Siebert 1930's opening as an Engineer of Mines 8.5" x 5.5", Goldfield Daily Tribune 11/29/1926. Red Top ...

I/U 1905 to Charles Ahl #181 2000 shares. Signed by president Mackenzie. Rare item. 8" x 11.25". Date: 1905 Location: Goldfield, Neva...

6pp Market Letter of the January Jones Co. Inc., undated. Jones was a big promoter of Southwest Nevada. Panorama of Bonanza section of Goldfield, brie

63 pp plus advertising red paper bound booklet with a Tonopah Panorama and 18 b/w mine photos of Goldfield and Tonopah. Info on Tonopah Mining Co., Ra

I/U to Jas. Rutherford and Son 1907 #1030 200 shares. Signed by Tasker Oddie who became a NV senator. 5.5" x 9.75". Date: 1907 Locatio...

I/U to Kate Mullis #3567 425 shares. Signed by president G. Nixon, partner to Wingfield and a US Senator. Extra rare. 5.5" x 10.25". Dat...

Nevada-The-Mineral- Empire Booklet, souvenir of the American Mining Congress, Goldfield, Nev, Sept. 27 to Oct. 2, 1909. 46pp with detaching front and

Leather bound report on the Goldfield Belmont Mine, Diamondfield, Nevada By George H. Garrey, Spurr & Cox Inc., Consulting Specialists in Mining...

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Scare items. Tiger Butte Gold Mining Co. of Nevada I/U to HJ Clark 1908 #140 100 shares signed by president White 8.25" x 11". Katherine-...

Silver Pick Consolidated Mines Co I/U to WP Anderson 1912 #1587 100 shares 5.5" x 9.75". Rare Silver Pick Extension Mining Co. I/U to The ...

Scarce items. Velvet Gold Mining Co. I/U to Goldfield Merger Mines Co 1908 #70 90000 shares, hydraulic vignette, signed by president Erikson 8.25&qu...

I/U to GW Summers 1920 #2500 100 shares, I/U to James Obrien & Co 1919 #1375 100 shares. 2 different mining vignettes. 5.75" x 9.75". ...

I/U to Leonard Kumpa 1925, #4868, 100 shares. Extra rare. 8.5" x 11.5" small left tear. Date: Location: Hilltop, Nevada HWAC # 53772

Location: Star District, Humboldt County, Nevada Territory. This territorial stock certificate has a lot going for it. First, it was issued on Feb. 23

The Nevada-Kawich Mining and Milling Co. Inc. in Arizona. No 575, issued for 1,000 shares to Mrs. J. J. Walsh on May 13th, 1905. Signed by Burke (pres

Manhattan Virginia Gold Mining Co. I/U to CE Mayne 1911 #574 1000 shares, Manhattan Morning Gold Mining Co I/U to JA Richin #827 1000 shares, Manhatta

Number 182 issued to Kleinhaus for 7,500 shares. Signed by secretary AD Bell and vice president CC Boak. Cada Castolas Boak moved to Tonopah with the

Two thin slabs cut from same micro breccia veinlet. One is 1/2 x 1 x 3", the other 1/4 x 1/2 x 3". Vein 1/2" wide with center med gr...

Large multicolor 22" x 34" map of Rawhide Mining District claims. Printed by Sierra Engineering in Reno and map is compliments of Nevada M...

Includes: Original Rawhide Mining Company #349 and #37 I/U to A. Wright 1908 1000 shares signed by president Smith, interesting vignette of 3 women,

Historic Mining Camps of Nevada, Rawhide by Hugh Shamberger. 45 pages, foldout photos and map. Date: Location: Rawhide, Nevada HWAC # 53762

Rare Rawhide, Mineral County NV stock, issued 1908 to H. W. Lachat, 100 shares. Signed by president Klinker. 5.5" x 10". Date: Locat...

Rare and likely only known example of this salt bag from Rhode's Table and Dairy in Rhodes, NV. Bag is cloth and 14" x 6", black frame...

Number 436 issued to A Connan(Connard) for 1000 shares. Signed by assistant secretary Farrell and vice president Sol Camp. The only reference to this

A rare Rochester Gold Ridge Mining Co. stock certificate, no. 19 for 2500 shares to Augusta Brusso signed by C. A. Steele, President., 1913. Promotion

Round Mountain Antelope Mining Co. I/U to Lewis Buer #764 1915 500 shares 8.25" x 11". Round Mountain Mining Co. I/C to U. Detert 1920 #76...

Paper bound annual report from Sept. 30, 1907 written by Jim Butler. 17 pages and 2 claim maps. Second paper bound report is itemized payroll for Marc

This Tonopah stock certificate is number 2974 for 1000 shares to RF Crist in 1906. It is signed by secretary Monteath and vice president Stansbury. Gr

Brougher Divide Mining Co. I/U to Emil Fischer 1919 #1875 100 shares. Tonopah Divide Mining Co. I/C to EL Hart 1918 #1387 100 shares, orange, I/C 1912

Nevada Gold Mines Co. LTD. I/U to James Long 1917 # 566 1000 shares signed by president Losey 8.25" x 10.75". Candelaria Mines Co. I/U to ...

Macnamara Mining & Milling Co. I/U to Adelene Rommel 1920 #10842 100 shares, Montana-Joseph Mines I/U 1912 to Ervin & Co. #647 100 shares, T...

Tonopah and California Gold Mining Co. I/U to William Fuller 1903 #720 300 shares, Tonopah-Liberty Mining Co. I/U to NA Dick #135 100 shares, Mizpah E

Lot of four. 1) Clifford Mining Company #255 for 1250 shares in 1906. Signed by secretary Shannon and president Elftman. Clifford was discovered in 19

1) I/U to George Stephens 1921 #14639 100 shares. Clean unobscured signature by president Borax Smith. 7" x 11". 2) Great Western Mining ...

Rare item. Earth's Treasures pamphlet by Wilkie P. Garrison Investments, Chicago 12" x 9.5", 12pp. Bottom staple has separated. Publi...

I/U to AS Roberts 1903 #880 250 shares, signed by secretary Key Pittman who became a Nevada Senator and signed by WJ Harris a prominent banker in Neva

24 certificates. New Alto Divide Mining Co. I/U, North Divide Mining Co. I/U, Divide City Mining Co. I/U, Allied Divide Mining Co. I/U, Belcher Divide

Highly pictorial Seventh Annual Report, The Tonopah Mining Co. of Nevada. 1909 29pp 6.25" x 9.25". U/I Ora Tahoma Mining Co., U/I Tonopah ...

2 U/I United Tonopah & Goldfields Mines, I/U and I/C West End Extension Mining Co., I/U Montana-Tonopah Mines, I/U Lone Star Consolidated Mining...

I/U to and signed by EA Robinson who is company president 1878 #64 100 shares. 8.5" x 11". Date: Location: Treasure Hill, Nevada H...

Atlas to accompany the Geology of the Comstock Lode & Washoe District by George F. Becker. 20.25" x 18", Linen bound hardcover, good e...

Related to the famous Sutro Tunnel in Virginia City Nevada. Sutro Tunnel Company with the Articles of Agreement. This is an original paper. 28"...