December 2018 Auction- A Sale to "Die" for.

Early number 18 for 20 shares to D Hogan. Signed by DM Dames(?) and EC Dixon. Dateline Austin, N. T. 1864. Incorporated November 1863. Location: Marsh

#32 for 5 shares to P B Grundy. Signed by Waterman and I J Rolfe as president. Dateline Austin, Lander, Co., N. T. Incorporated July 15, 1863. 25c Pro

VERY EARLY NUMBER 3 for 10 shares to H Clarkson. Signed by Sturdivant and president F(lournoy) Shockley. Dateline San Francisco June 20, 1863. No inco

# 80 for 20 shares to MC Riggs. Signed by RK Dow and P(?) Dow. Dateline March 10, 1866. Incorporated in New York. Not cancelled. Two vignettes: Underg

# 31 for 13 shares to J Monroe. Signed by William T Stanford and president S DeWolfe. Dateline San Francisco 1863. Incorporated August 12, 1863. Small

"Lander County, Nevada Territory" printed under logo. Inc. in 1864 in New York. No. 264, issued for 40 shares to Luther Marsh on Sept. 9th...

# 34 for 20 shares to Ben Evans. Signed by AB Montgomery and Thomas W Triplett. Dateline Austin, 1864. Incorporated February 13th, 1864. Small steam t

Early # 22 for 100 shares to AK Stearns. Signed by HC Keibbe and president Rumsey. Dateline San Francisco 1863. Incorporated Sept. 7, 1863. Not cance

Stearns Mining Company, stock issued to Stearns, Stearns was the superintendent and Stearns was the founder of the important Clyde Ledge! # 13 for 25

Early number 10 for 10 shares to David R McKee. Signed by Thompson Campbell Jr. and Thompson Campbell president - one doesn't see this very ofte...

Number 109 for 5,000 shares to George W Thatcher in 1907. Signed by CO Olive and Thomas Wilson. Incorporated in Nevada. Very fine condition! Thomas Wi

# 2 to JVB Perry. Signed by Lewis Hyntman and president George Seitz. Dateline Austin June 29, 1864. Incorporated May 1864 (hand written). 25c Power o

1870 copy of an 1866 document laying out the location of a claim laid out by Patrick Ford and William J Dugan. It clearly states the hand drawn map do

State: Nevada City: Silver City Date: 1861 (1871) The St. Louis Mining Co. Stock certificate signed by one of the Comstock Silver Kings By Fre

VERY EARLY # 9 for 1250 shares to Trenmor Coffin of Carson City fame. Signed by HB Bales and SL Swift president. Dateline Carson City 1887. Incorporat

1) NUMBER 1 for 10 shares to TR Hofer. 2) # 50 for 2,490 shares to TR Hofer. Signed by James Judge and president TR Hofer. Location Silver Lake Mining

# 48 for 20 shares to T Keys. Signed by CP Rieux and president F Deslander(?). Dateline Stockton September 16, 1863. Incorporated September 1863. Not

Second Stockton, California stock certificate. #216 for 50 shares to William Crider. Signed by A McShane and president WIlliam Fogarty. Dateline Stock

# 110 for 5 shares to Minaile(?). Signed by AS Gould and president Larrou(?). Dateline San Francisco 1863. Incorporated April of 1863. 25c Bond Revenu

42 for 2 shares to AJ Rhoads. Signed by president Ferguson and secretary (?). Dateline Virginia Sep. 23, 1863. Incorporated July, 1863. Mining vignett

Unissued. Incorporated August 25th, 1863. Dateline Washoe City, N. T. Location: Summit Lake Mining District, Storey County, Nevada Territory.Printer D

Here is a unique Nevada mining stock certificate for the discriminating collector. This Suro signed Sutro Tunnel cert is issued to Miss Emma Sutro. Em

When the Bank of California shut out Sutro with Eastern financiers, he went to Europe. This is a fabulous collection that highlights this part of Sutr

Issued for 1000 shares on December 20, 1906. Certificate number 6645. Endorsed by the company on the reverse. The Golden Anchor was an important compa

Two different Golden Anchor MC stock certificates, issued 1906 and 1907. These uncanceled stocks have green and brown borders with a very attractive L

21 x 18" proposition for investing in mines in Tonopah, NV area. Tears, stains etc, sold as is. State: Nevada City: Tonopah, Goldfield, Bull...

Very rare. Issued sold #4077 Stauf Casper? 500 shares 1893. Signed by President Cole.This mine is now part of the Tuscarora open pit mine. State: Nev

Virginia Mining District, Storey County. Inc. Dec. 1873. No. 63453, uncancelled. Issued for 15 shares to CC Read on Feb. 4th, 1882. Signed by Follis (

Lot of 3. 1) Scarce 1889 Report of Operations. Details work done on the 300 and 400 ft. levels. Lists the various types of workers, number, wage, etc.

Approx. 25 in this collection of checks, some have revenue stamps, some are issued. Gold Hill, Heve, Justice Silver Mining Co. U/I; No. 28694 Agency o

One of the great Comstock, Nevada Territory Stock Certificates. Blue and Red on light pink background. #93 for five shares (numbers 974 1/2 to 979 1/2

Lot of 4 territorial Comstock pieces. 1) Gold Hill: a) 1863 Maynard & Flood check issued by the Imperial Silver Mining Co.; b) unused (as is sta...

Rare paper admission ticket to this historic landmark in Virginia City, Nevada. Edward Piper is listed as the manager (son of John Piper), so this lik

VERY EARLY # 7 for 20 shares to JVB Perry. Signed by secretary and president. Dateline San Francisco 1863. Incorporated July 1863. Location Virginia H

4 checks, revenue stamped. 1) No. 15 for $156.68, Agency of the Bank of California Virginia City, March 12, 1806; No. 18 for $907.50 Agency of the Ban

Rare. # 97 for 50 shares to Francis Read. Signed by JC Ruhling (per Collins 1864) and NW Winton as president. Dateline Virginia 1863. [Although the ye

Rare and striking cobalt colored cert. #4027 Percey Madsen 10 shares 1886 signed by President Booth. Native American and miner vignettes. Famous Sutro

Lot of 3. 1) Savage Mining Company. Daily Report for Nov. 2nd, 1875. Lists number of men working on the day and night shifts at the various stations.

Lot of 2 assays done for the Savage Mining Company. 1) Territorial memorandum issued Oct. 17, 1864 (two weeks exactly before Nevada achieved statehood

Assay sheet for Van Wyck's Virginia City Assay Office, May 16, 1865 for bullion assayed from the Savage mine.. One bar, 874 fine silver, 0.075 f...

Lot of 9. This is a nice group! 1) Gold Hill: a) letterhead from the Gold Hill Assay Office, WS James, 1893, to Hofer at the Bullion & Exchange ...

Lot of 13 different. Many have revenue stamps. 1) Consolidated Mill check signed by Bonanza King John Mackay, RN-G (damaged). 2) Three different for t

Wells Fargo check from November 6, 1861 signed by WH Graves, possible superintendent of the G&C MC. A Utah Territory piece, choice Nevada collec...

Very rare assay sheet for the Assay Office of Leopold Kuh, located at Taylor Street, Corner of D Street. Kuh assay sheets are some of the rarer Comsto

The Best & Belcher was originally staked in 1859 have about 224 feet. It lay between the Consolidated Virginia and the Could & Curry mines. ...

Very early Van Wyck receipt (he was still in Virginia City). Many of these are known to exist but this seems to be the earliest and perhaps the only

Ever wonder what a Comstock legal battle between two mining companies looked like. This lot includes 15 pieces of paper concerning Sullivan vs. Holcom

VERY EARLY NUMBER 3. For 25 shares to OS Camp. Signed by N Sluiverick(?) and Benjamin Babcock. Dateline San Francisco 1863. Incorporated May of 1863.

Rare. Location: Virginia Mining District (printed at top). The stock actually says "On Mt. Davidson" which we haven't seen before. The...

Location: Virginia District, Story [sic.] County, N. T. (printed top center). Inc. Dec. 1862. Dateline San Francisco, 1864. No. 96, issued for 3 shar