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

Check number 9 for payroll for JW Rutherford for the Jumbo Mining Company of Goldfield. This John S. Cook check has an elephant background vignette. A

Lot of five mining stocks. 1) Mohawk Ledge. Number 461 for 1000 shares to WD McDonald in 1907. Signed by president Monnette and secretary Showmaker. 2

Lot of 9 issued. Includes: Florence-Goldfield Mining Co. (1911); United Tonopah & Goldfield Mines (1905); Seyler-Humphrey Gold Mining Co. (1908)...

This is an iconic (and arguably the most sought after) Nevada check. The red top with the red pull string make this a bright and colorful check. It is

1) Royal Goldfield Mining Company. 1905 Number 79 fo 50,000 shares (that's a lot!) to Ingalls & Company. This might refer to the Palace Salo...

This is before the consolidation to the Goldfield Consolidated. The Goldfield Consolidated would yield over $50,000,000! 1) Goldfield-Columbia Mining

1) Spectacular, colorful Original Velvet Leasing and Mining Company. 1906. Very early number 7 for 500,000 shares to trustees JC McCormick and Louis S

These two John S Cook bank checks are two of the most sought after checks from Nevada. The Red Top mine has a Red Top and the Jumbo mine has a green e

Tasker Oddie is a household name in Nevada mining and politics. But in 1907 he hit rock bottom when five mines he invested heavily in failed without s

Lot of 11. Included: By-Laws of the Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co. 15pp, 1906; three different issued stock certificates: Goldfield Madonna Mining C