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

Rare aluminum ingot; stamped "First Aluminum Produced In / Ohio Valley / Kaiser - Ravenswood. Size: 7 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches; 1 1/2 inches tall. O...

This lot contains three annual reports of mining activities for British Columbia, 1908, 1909,and 1914. Gold and coal mainly reported. These copies are

Lot of 19. Five RPPC. Includes: Sluicing at Oro Fino Bench; multiple of hydraulic mining at Atlin; primitive gold washing at Fraser River; hydraulic m

This lot contains three photos depicting the mining processes: "Washing gold" in Vancouver, British Columbia, the backside of the matted p...

Highest and Lowest Quotations of Gold for 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870. Published by The Philadelphia Inquirer (1870). Unpagin

Not only talks about gold and silver production in the United states, but in the world. Statistics of each state by county. Nice section on mining in

The Copper Handbook, A Manual of the Copper Industry of the World. The tenth edition of this classic mining reference book. A nice tight copy Hard cov

This volume XII is very rare and is a quite valuable reference. The 1916 edition opens up the mines listed to all the metals including Gold, Silver an

Lot of 2. Branson B-220 ultrasonic vibrating cleaner, used. Also Mineralight Model UVGL-55 UV lamp for detecting ultraviolet minerals -- or detecti

Lot of over 30 cardboard printed cards (4 x 7 inches) for underground ore cars. "Copper Ore From Speculator "(10); "2nd Class Granite...

Unusual design for a miners candlestick. Four nuts holding the candle holder to the base. 8 inches long and 3 inches wide. Rustic. Date: Country (

Interesting modern dowsing device design and built by an engineer, complete with approximate 2pp manual of operational instructions. Called a "...

Lot of 2. Metal miner's baskets used to carry work/personal items. Includes hooks for hanging the baskets. Basket dimensions: 12" x 12&q...

Sample of a small piece of mining equipment used to trim mineral specimens to enhance their appearance. Mounted on a wooden trimmer board. No date o

Early Alabama mining certificate! # 14 for 4800 shares to bearer. We haven't seen a bearer certificate in over 10 years! Finders Keepers. Signed...

#56007 for 63,000 shares to Phillips and Ruggles on October 23, 1879.Located at "Globe Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona Territory.&quo...

#71 for 200 shares to George Menck. Signed by secretary Douglas and president Weber(?). Underground mining vignette with miners and ore cart. Under pr

# 70 for 100 shares to RK McGrath in 1886. Signed by secretary Schnake and president Klein. Vignette of two mills on a valley river. Also two small mi

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The name of the Total Wreck mine is rooted in the origins of the mine's original founders. It is believed that one founder, J.T. Dillon, remarke...

# 4139 for 100 shares to J Bell Austin in 1883. Incorporated June 1879. Location Pima County, Arizona Territory. Large vignette of well-known American

This lot contains one $100 bond for the Tombstone Consolidated Mines about 1902 with E. G. Gage as President signature, unissued. No folds or perfs ,

Incorporated August 1863. "Location Weaver District Arizona Territory" (printed at upper left). "Ledges Excelsior, Eagle Bird, Occide...

Two miners from the southern states. 1) Blue Mountain Gold and Silver Mining Company issued at Hot Springs, Ark in 1887. Inc. in Arkansas. Vignettes o

Rocky Bar Mining Co. Stock certificate, issued to William J Harris for 20 shares on March 3, 1854, signed by President C. Sutterthwaite and secretary

Issued June 22, 1880, Bodie Mining district. Incorporated in 1878. Cert. #1787, issued to Geo. T. Marye & Son, Trustees in 1880 for 100 shares. ...

Rare. Location: Bodie Mining District, Mono Co., Cal. (printed bottom center). Inc. July 31st, 1879. No. 160, issued for 100 shares to Bayley on Aug.

Lot of 2. 1) Incorporated in 1863. Unnumbered, unissued stock certificate but signed by Leland Stanford as president. Yellow ground with pink underpri

Sheet of two unused certificates. Number 131 and 132. Dateline San Francisco, 187_. No vignette, black border and print with ornate border of company

Incorporated Sept. 9, 1878. Certificate No. 1284, issued for 25 shares to W. H. Lent, Trustee, on March 1, 1879. "Bodie Mining Dist. Mono Co. C...

"Bodie District, Mono Co., Cal." printed under title. No.49 for 200 shares made out to J. Cheney Tr. Dated June 7, 1879. The Company was c...

Rare and early. Number 277, issued for 100 shares to Coffin, Sanderson & Cool trustees. Signed by secretary Verdenal and president L Greenebaum...

Cert. # 1986, issued for 20 shares to Jas. Coffin, Trustee June 9, 1879 in San Francisco. Signed by secretary FE Luty and vice president Rinson. Not c

Lot of 2. 1) Stock. Incorporated in 1878. Issued to W. A. King Jr for 100 shares in 1886. Signed by A. J. Ralston president and J. Stadtfeld secretar

Scarce Bodie stock issued in 1881 and printed by Grafton T. Brown. Number 4933 for 100 shares to GB Bayley trustee. Signed by secretary Charles C Harv

Rare. #143 issued to RN Van Brunt, Trustee for 100 shares on July 21st, 1879 in San Francisco. Signed by Edward Stone secretary and Fred w Hadley pre

"of Bodie District, California" (printed under vignette). Rare! Inc. in New York. No. 198, issued for 100 shares to H.L. Underwood, truste...

Extra rare. No. 614, issued for the large amount of 31,995 shares to FM Adams. Dateline San Francisco August 12, 1879. Signed by Ellis Edward as secre

Very rare. "Bodie District, Mono Co., Cal." printed under vignette. Incorporated in 1878. Cert. #939, issued to G. B. Bayley, Trustee for ...

1878, Bodie Mining District. Incorporated in 1877. Cert. #1244, issued to Nat Stem, Jr. For 25 shares. Signed by Geo. W. Sessions, Vice-President, and

Bodie Mining District. Incorporated in 1878. Cert. #8406, issued to Stant Cooper & Redlick for 100 shares on April 5, 1889. Signed by G.I. Iver,...

Incorporated in 1878. Cert. #605, issued to William Stuart, Trustee in 1880 for 100 shares. Signed by Geo. W. Cope, president and Wm. Stuart as secret

No. 192, issued for 5000 shares to F.M. Luce on January 13, 1880. Signed by president Bechtel and the secretary (illegible). Not cancelled. Printed by

No. 143. Issued to O.R. Johnson for 100 shares on Oct. 26th, 1878. Signed by J. Perry as president and G. C. Pratt as secretary. Incorporated August

Sought after Bodie stock certificate. Location: Bodie, Mono Co., Cal. (printed at bottom center). Incorporated January 22, 1879. Early number 14, issu

Lot of 2. 1) No. #6511 dated August 21, 1882 for 100 shares made out to ER Grant, Trustee. Incorporated March 14, 1878. Dateline San Francisco. Signed

Unissued, as is standard. Very rare. Brown border, black print, and allegorical vignette. 7 x 10.5" Printed by Ezra A. Cook of Chicago. Folds, ...

Really rare. # 22 for 100 shares to Henry George. Signed by Secretary William Hughes and president Redding. Valley vignette. Two blue 10c stamps and o

Datelined Ione City, April 2, 1867. 5 shares to S. B. Meader. Incorporated Feb. 13, 1864 and capitalized at $540,000. Rare usage of five 5 cent Inter

# 104 for 10 shares made out to Smith & Co. Dated May 24th, 1852. Little York was located two miles Southwest of Dutch Flat and about 9 miles S...