December Dreams Premier Auction: Western Americana, Mining, & Numismatics (December 2021)

Lot of 4. Three different Georgetown assay works. 1) Rarest piece is 1872 Colorado Assay Office. Assay report for the Silver Wing in the Snake River D

Dated Dec. 6th 1872. Assay report on a sample lot #2425 from the Stevens Lode in the Argentine District in Clear Creek county from E. W. Thayer. Resul

c. 1885. No. 1814. "Georgetown from Green Lake Road." High to medium contrast. Suffers from minor yellowing, but the focus is sharp. There...

A great shot looking down the expansive Clear Creek Canyon showing the difficult terrain surrounding Clear Creek Valley. Cabinet card photograph measu

Cabinet card photo of three miners, their stone cabin, and six fully loaded pack mules in the snow. Some discoloration. Crisp details. Revere has prin

Lot of 3 different. 1) Kilburn Bros. No. 4401. Looking down a main street. Nice contrast. 2) W. H. Jackson, Denver. No. 1720. Clear Creek Series. Ove

Fantastic view of two miners, a mule and the front door to the mine. The mine has the same name as the photographer. J. Whitter photographer and Rober

Lot of 2. 1 ) Great business card for The Moore Mining and Smelting Company. Oversize at 3 x 5.5". "Special prices for ore high in lead an...

Lot of 7. 1) J. J. Elliott Assay report with 18 lines. Although this is unused, it might be the most interesting for rarity. 1880s. 2) JJ Elliott blu

Lot of 4. 1-3) W.J. Chamberlain. 1891 value $194.80 to Sam Washington for the Good Enough Mine. 1893 value $111.76 to Alexander for the Trojan Mine. A

Very rare territorial claim document for Lake County dated July 18, 1865. Charles L. Wall discovery claim. Eldorado Lode. La Plata District. Lists 8 c

Lot of 3. 1) 1896. #2681. For the Silver Cord Mining Company (Royalty in Yak M&M). Net value $310.36. Signed by Ferree. 2) 1897. #933. For the Y...

Lot of 18. Includes assayers 1) Low & Chanute assayers and chemists. Billhead 1881. Charge for three assays for gold and silver. 2) Ibex Mining...

No photographer listed. Details on this cabinet card are crisp and sharp. One can find Hayes & Wood Assayers, Marx Brothers OK Clothing, Grand H...

Lot of 2 different. 1)J. Thurlow Photo, Manitou, Col. No. 188. "Chestnut street, looking west." Fantastic early view with easily readable ...

Lot of two different receipts from scarce Colorado assayers. 1) Colorado Smelting Company. South Pueblo, Colorado. Assayer A. Wright, For the D. Wood

c1882. "Silver Cliff looking South" printed at bottom. Purple stamp for "Charles E. Emery, Portrait and Landscape Photographer, Silve...

The town sits under a hillside of tailings. Cabinet card photograph measures 7 1/4"x4 1/4", white single matte 8"x5" high to med...

Lot of 4. 1) Large Rio Grande Sampling Company receipt. Bought of Old Gold Mines Company 1903. 76 pounds of ore with a value of $909 of gold. 2-3) Eag

Shortly after gold was discovered in the Cripple Creek area, Victor was born. Although poorly processed, this 6.5 x 4.25" photograph clearly sh...

"Colorado; Its Gold and Silver Mines, Farms and Stock Ranges, and Health and Pleasure Resorts. Tourist's Guide to the Rocky Mountains."...

[20] pp. Illustrations from photos, engravings, etc.;. 6.5 x4, original limp suede covers, title and gold nugget in gilt on front. Jackson had been w

Very rare. "With Some Account of the Different Processes Now Being Introduced for Working the Gold Ores of that Territory." By JP Whitney....

Dated April 7th 1872. #226 for $1088.32. A Scott #RN-C21 2c orange (George Washington) internal revenue stamp printed on (black on) white paper. X cut

This collection of letters and legers cover the accounting side of all Anaconda Copper Mining businesses. The correspondences from the Butte & B...

There are 34 pieces of Anaconda, Montana letterheads. The lot also contains over 20 pages and complete documents of pollution related to mining in the

This collection of letters and blueprints are from H. C. Gardner of Anaconda, Montana from 1913-1920. It covers the war years and makes an interesting

Lot of over 370 mucking record index-sized cards for an unknown mine in the vicinity of Butte, MT. Cards dated from 1918 - 1922. Collection includes

There are over 100 pieces of correspondence and mining diagrams in this lot. Significant exchanges regarding immigration, labor, the IWW, compensation

Great blue print map of the Kentucky Vermilion MC of Silver-Butte. Shows claims and is also a cross section. Butte & Corbin Cons. Copper plat ma...

This collection of about 50 pages of correspondence is from the Boston & Montana Consolidated Copper and Silver Mine between 1989-1908. Interes...

Over a dozen letter correspondences between A.M. Holter a client A.P. Lobing (?) from Helena, Montana about 1887-1888. Interesting reads about mining,

Lot of seven. 1896 billhead for $4,890.68. Four 1890 Time Checks. 1898 receipt for 74 pounds, 1 shilling and 9 pence. Interesting? And an 1898 check w

Helens Mining District, Montana, Scratch Gravel, Marysville, Rimini, Corbin, Lump Gulch, Unionville, Clancy, Wickes. Compiled and drawn by the Enginee

There are over 220 pages of information from Jas. Pankey to Karl Elling a bank director in Virginia City, Montana. Mr. Pankey was responsible for keep

This collection of letters is from the Alice Gold and Silver Mining Company were written by Joseph R. Walker-President. Mr. Walker had a number of min

Lot of 10 billheads and correspondence from the Alta Montana Company. dated 1880 - 1881. While being headquartered in New York City, the company owne

Large lot includes 3 Montana state warrants dated 1893, a Virginia City and Red Bluff Stage Company waybill dated 1892, two Dillon, Montana billheads

Lot of 6 business cards from Montana mining-related firms. Two w/rounded corners. No dates but likely c. 1910s - 1920s. Date: Country (if not USA

This collection of mining reports from Montana cover 1889 to 1912. The inspectors were: G.C. Swallow, Joseph Hogan, Chas. Shoemaker, John Byrne, and W

Lot of 6 packages of mining survey notes & maps for the following Montana districts: Meadow Creek and Wisconsin Creek. Several papers associa...

Two sets, Map of Montana Showing Oil and Gas Fields and Test Wells for Oil and Gas, 1952, 41 x 47", 2 map set. 2 Sets. Date: Country (if not...

Backstamped by L. Monaco's Art Gallery, Eureka, Nevada. View shows the Albion Mine at Eureka, Nevada. Albion Mine is in white on the negative. S...

Very rare handbill by Wells Fargo extolling the theft of Wells Fargo monies used by several WF agents to gamble on mining stocks. Louis McLane, the he

Nice stereoview by Thomas Houseworth, #703. Birdseye view of Virginia City, Nevada from the 1860's. View is very clear in both images. Mount has...

This lot contains three volumes of geologic reports for the state of New Jersey for years 1906-1908. Three hard cover books, conditions are very good;

"Importers and Manufacturers of Chemical Apparatus and Assay Materials." Located at 205, 207, 902, & 211 Third Avenue, New York. 36 pa...

Three letterheads from the Jim Crow Mining Company / Cheney Building / Reno, Nevada. In the upper corners are: Ben Harrison Mine / Grant County, Orego

Extremely rare brass delegate badge made by Whitehead & Hoag. 47 mm x 76 mm. "Delegate / American Mining Congress / 1903 / Deadwood and Lea...

Nice stereoview photo by Cross, Hot Springs, S.D. #20, "Homestake Gold Mine, Lead, S.D.". The Homestake mine dominated the Dakota Territor...