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

1906. The Excelsior Mining District is located right next to the Pahdet (Whiskey Flat) Mining District on the north west side of the Huntoon Valley. I

# 51 for 25 shares to TE Teegarden trustee.Signed by secretary Thomas Teegarden And president JH Lieman. (Teegarden and Lieman located a claim under t

This is one of the early ones. # 55 for 16 shares to James Aitken. Signed by LW Ferris, Louis Feuser and TH Pinkerton. Dateline Virginia City Sept. 7,

# 55 for 25 shAres to George Lovejoy. Signed by secretary N Shiverick (office Clay Street in SF) and president William Brackett. Dateline San Francisc

Incorporated April 3, 1872. Cert. # 245 for 500 shares of common stock @ $100 per share, issued April 14, 1872 to H.A. Chiever, signed by president s

2 rare Gold Hill stocks. Alpha Con. I/U Mill and Mining Co #7272 E Gauthier 100 1895 shares signed by President illegible. Inc 1887. Creases. I/U Twin

A choice Gold Hill mine, inc in 1871. I/U #25409 RE Kelly 50 shares 1892. State: Nevada City: Gold Hill Date: 1892 HWAC# 83311

# 12543 for 5 shares to Lizzie A Waters. Signed by J Peal and president (?). Dateline San Francisco 1878. Incorporated August 22, 1865. Not cancelled.

Incorporated August 18, 1860. Although listed in 'Nevada Territory' in 1860 this area was still part of the 'Utah Territory.' This m...

Central Park Mining Company, Number 16 for 20 shares to JVP Perry in 1864. Signed by Joseph Loryea and Captain J. H. Mallett. It was issued on Februar

VERY EARLY NUMBER 3. For 5 shares to PB Fox. Signed by M Cooper and William (?). Dateline May 27, 1863. Incorporated May 13, 1863. Location: Gold Hill

VERY EARLY NUMBER 7 for 15 shares to WA Hays. Signed by Hays and president E Caldwell. Dateline Gold Hill 1863. Incorporated March of 1863. Not cancel

Location: Gold Hill District, N.T. (printed under logo). Inc. in Nevada Territory, June 22nd, 1863. Dateline Gold Hill, January 15th, 1864. No. 308,

This is a very striking certificate: blue on white, fancy scrip, gold bars to hold numbers, etc. # 10 (70?) for 20 shares to Samuel Pryor. Signed by S

There are two interesting aspects of the stock certificate. 1) The first is the 25c Nevada Revenue stamp on a stock certificate. This just isn't...

Rare pairing. Gold Park, Jackson Mining District, Counties of Nye & Lander. 1) Notice printed by H.N. Morse, Bank of Austin, Trustee, April 2nd,...

1) Goldfield Brooklyn Mining Company. Number 1376 for 500 shares to HK Shaw. Signed by (?) and Frank Ish. Frank and his brother Milton ran a grocery

1) John S. Cook Bank with elephant vignette. From the Jumbo Mining Company in 1906. Number 41. February 1906 payroll for Martin Gorman. Signed by HL T

Number 641 for 1000 shares to John N Ward in 1905. Signed by secretary Luko and president Wingfield. Three mining vignettes. One hole where the seal w

Fabulous vignette of Goldfield when it was still primarily a tent town! Number 449 for 500 shares to James Morris in 1905. Signed by secretary JA Wrig

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

Emerald Lead, One Foot to the Share. Hardin District, Humboldt County, Nevada printed at top of stock. No. 1, issued for 10 shares to W H Duren on Oct

Located in Nye County, Kawich is located 70 miles south of Tonopah and is now part of Nellis Air Force Base. Number 532 for 1000 shares to George H L

# 81 for 100 shares to MS Martin trustee. Signed by HS Byrne and JM Byrne. Dateline San Francisco 1875. Incorporated June 29, 1875. Cancelled. No loca

Inc. in New York. No. 262. Issued for 10 shares to D.W. Chambers on September 21st, 1865. Signed by Thomas Sproull as president and S.R. Hutchinson as

Incorporated Jan 3, 1871. Cert #3070 for 100 (number is punched w/stars) shares @ $100 per share of common stock issued to Miller & Van Wyck, ...

I/U #79 John Landers 8300 shares 1896. Signed by President illegible. Nice condition. Probably at location of Donovan Mill. State: Nevada City: Lyon

Early number 12 for 25 shares to Henry Boulerand. Signed by Sealy as president and Cicilly(?). Dateline San Francisco 1863. Incorporated June 30, 1863

Two different stocks from the Manhattan Cowboy Mining Company. Issued in 1906 and 1907. Uncanceled. State: Nevada City: Manhattan Date: 1906-07

Milltown was the dream of Taylor and Kendrick. They would lay out the townsite in November of 1903. This would make Milltown and incredibly early subu

# 173 for 10 shares to George Smart. Signed by William Virdon and Weston. There was a Weston who was proprietor of the Como Sentinel. Viron was a memb

# 28 for 10 shares to Crosman & Jones. Signed by CA Witherell and president DE Jones! Dateline Como, Lyon County, N. T. December 16, 1863. Locat...

Nice looking cert. # 130 for 20 shares to A Van Winkle. Signed by P Van Winkle and president A Van Winkle (a family affair). Dateline Carson City, N.

# 777 for 50 shares to EA RIchardson. Signed by M W Hopkins and Oliver Eldridge as president. Dateline San Francisco 1875. Incorporated in May of 1872

Handwritten manuscript outlining the mining laws set down by mine owners in the Spring Valley section of the Prospect Mountain Mining District. The do

# 45 for 10 shares to Monroe. Signed by William T Stanford and S DeWolfe president. Dateline San Francisco October 23, 1863. Incorporated August 12, 1

Early number 17 to AK Stearns for 10 shares, Signed by James L Pond and president JWE Felt. Incorporated and datelined 1863. Location: Clyde Ledge, Re

SECOND certificate issued! For 5 shares to John S Love. Signed by Thompson Campbell and president JW Foust(?). Dateline San Francisco December 30, 186

VERY EARLY NUMBER 8 for 1 share to SS Brewster. Signed by Henry Jacobs and president G Wood. Dateline Austin June 15, 1864. Incorporated May 1864. Loc

# 37 for 15 shares to AK Stearns. Signed by HC Kibbe and president AH Titcomb. Dateline San Francisco 1863. Incorporated Sept. 28, 1863. 25c Power of

This is a most lavish mining prospectus imaginable. Either the owners had incredibly high hopes for these mines or this was a scam! One might say it w

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