"Fred Holabird's Grand Finale": Mining, Americana, & Numismatics Live Auction (2025 October)

New Mexico Copper Mining book, with (3) separate topics within. "Some Plain Facts About Mining," the cover story reads from page 1 to 55. ...

"The Mines of New Mexico", issued by New Mexico Bureau of Immigration in 1896 advertising the "inexhaustible deposits" of gold &...

Medal reads "North American Mining Company / (large building) / Shaft House // North American Mining Co. / D. W. C. Nelson / Manager / Baker Ci...

Rare. Promotional booklet describing mines in Oregon, Idaho, Washington, and British Columbia. Issued by the Passenger Department of the Oregon Railwa

4 USGS folios. 1) Riddle Oregon folio 218, 1924. excellent cond. 2.) Roseburg Oregon folio 49 replacement cover 3.) Roseburg folio 49 1898 chip and di

Separate publication by the USGS 1915 township 6 south to township 6 north, range 1 east to range 9 east. scale 1-125000 1921 edition. 36" x 45...

No duplicates, all in color, group of 32. 1907-1911. Good condition, see photo. Measure 3.5x5.5". ^ Date: 1907-1911 Country (if not USA): St...

2 complete seals cast iron. 1.) Mining company undated c1905-1915 b.) A. Moss registered land surveyor c1940. See photos. ^ Date: Country (if not US

Tintic special folio 65 USGS 1900. Complete, front cover chipped as usual this is one of the most important silver districts in UT ^ Date: Country (

Park City & Bingham Canyon, Utah, mining related postcard group of 25, no duplicates. Park City (11): real photos (1), B/W (6), color (4). Bingh...

Over 500 pages of business and corporate correspondence from the Germania Iron Mining Company in a hardbound volume, c. 1890. Some water staining, cur

1914 photo of Carney tipples coal mine Wyoming. In the background is the Model mine. Photo is sepia tone, and in excellent cond. 10x12". Prin...

Lot of 4. Matte frames.1. One photo looking from the mine to the Wind River.2. One photo of the earliest Hudson coal mines , The Indian mine. Writte

Lot of 2. 9x10" B/W photos of Monarch. One photo is the town ant the other shows miners with coal cars loaded going up to the tipple. Both a...

Lot of 5. Pre 1920 8 x 10" photos including the Acme coal mine and the Acme power plant. Four would be birds-eye view and one is of individua...

Lot of 3. B/W photos of the Dietz coal mines, #1 and #2. c1897-1900. Largest is 10x12 " paper frame. Third photo of four men, house in back...

Atlas on the geology of Yellowstone national park by Arnold Peg 1904. contains 27 sheets consisting of geology and topographic maps. covers in tact co

Wyoming oil exploration schematic/blueprint. Titled "Big Muddy Dome" of Natrona-Converse Counties, WY. Made of sturdy semi-gloss paper, wi...

Includes: 1879 bill of sale for one third interest in the mining lode know as the Clipper and the Little Emma in the Gold Hill Mining District, Wyomin

Broken Antimony Ingot, found in large crucible. 10 lbs. of Molybdenum found in the desert at unknown western mine site. ^ Date: unk. Country (if not

Lot of 2. Dixon graphite crucible 8x10" and a six ingot mold, 11x12" Good cond. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provena...

Internally embossed ingot mold for the webfoot m co. It is 33" x 6" x 3.5" deep. Held approx. 1000-1500oz silver bars. Bullion City/ ...

3 identical gold-silver cast iron ingot molds unmarked manufacturer, the same as #204302 but smaller. Outside dimensions 14 3/4" x 6.5 x 6"...

3 identical cast iron Silver-Gold ingot molds, unmarked, manufacturer. External size 17 x 7.5 x 6.5" the maximum ingot size would have been 10....

2 stacking silver-gold ingot molds, post 1900, 17" x 8 x 5" cast iron unmarked manufacturer. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: C...

Goes to a 12" graphite crucible. Overall length 49" Possible from Eureka consolidated or Richmond Eureka mines. ^ Date: Country (if not ...

52" x 6" cast iron, constructed of drilled steal and bottom half of a mercury flask. c1900-1920 ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: ...

Small Calkins Advanced Combination Mining & Melting assay furnace No. 3 by Mine & Smelter Supply Co., Denver, Salt Lake, El Paso. The top wa...

Lot of 9. 1. Three "The Tyler Standard Screen Scale". The W.S Tyler Co. Three mesh sizes : 60,100,200 mesh to the inch. Brass, in good ...

Never seen before! Mind blowing. 38.5" x 16" x 3" This wooden, steal enforced drill core box with lock (lock not original) marked &qu...

Solid iron mine drilling bit head. Teeth are worn out, but unmistakably a drilling tool for rock. Large and extremely heavy, measures nearly 14"...

Collection of large and small drill bits plus 2 small wood drill bit boxes. 3 brass sieves, no 18, 20, 100 plus the base. Homestake half drill core. I

Drywasher manufactured by CJ Pohl manufacturing co San Andreas, California. Original brass plaque from manufacturer. This has been outside for several

Denver Fireclay Weatherhead Crusher no. 1600 in the Mine Smelter catalog c1900-1910. this variety appears to have been first used about 1899 and went

Howe manufactured scale. In Wells Fargo Co property by Bartz listed as # 55 Howe. Marked on 2 sides Wells Fargo & Company Express. The post has ...

Beautiful and fancy micrometer scale patented 1898 and 1903 by the Dodge Scale Co., NY. Intricate and unusual screw-controlled micromeasuring long hor

Lot of 2 different. Nice pair of California mining scales. 1) Unmarked in wood case. Five weights. 2) Miners Improved Gold Scale "Manufactured ...

Hanging weight sets. Includes chrome Hanson hanging scale, chrome hanging weights on hook, black hanging weights in wooden base, & silver weight...

Lot of 2. One is in wooden box with weights. The other is a pocket scale with no case. Both on good condition ^ Date: Country (if not USA): Stat

White enamel with black lettering, metal sign 13 x 5 inches, four corner holes for mounting. "Emergency / Pump Switch". ^ Date: Country ...

Lot of three wood tongue and groove dynamite boxes. All from Homestake mine. Dupont special gelatin 1933 50lbs; Dupont GelX no 2, 1949 50lbs; Dupont g

We've never had this. 120 candle box marked on both ends for Superior Candles made by Standard Oil Company of New York. 16 x 9 x 8" ^ Date:...

Lot of 3. These are box ends. 1. Western Candle Co, St. Louis. , yellow label, "Stearic Acid Mining Candles" "40 sets, 16oz, 6s, 240 ...

Lot of 2. 1) Old desert canteen with hand-sewn cloth to keep it wet and cool. 10" diameter. 2) Dietz Buck Eye Dash Lamp lantern. No visible pat...

MSA Dustfo Respirator in original box. Damage to top of box, see photo. Equipment in excellent condition. c1940 ^ Date: Country (if not USA): Stat

This is a miner's dip compass without any markings. The compass is in working order without any identification. Brass frame construction. Please...

This a miner's dip compass without any markings. The compass is in working order without any identification. Brass frame construction. One cover...

This is a Keuffel & Esser Co. miners Dip compass with two covers front hand back clear clean lens. 4 in. diameter. In excellent condition. From ...

This is a W.S. Darley & Co. miner's dip compass with case. In excellent condition. The compass is on a brass frame and machine turned intern...

This Darley dip needle is complete with box and instructions for use. At 3.5 in. One window is dirty. From the Popovich collection. Please see photos

This is a Darley miner's dip compass with case. At 3.5 in. diameter and needle stop. Please see photos for details. ^ Date: Country (if not...

This is a Short & Mason Surveying Android barometer used in the mining industry. Made in London and temperature compensated. Beautifully done wi...

Stereoscope and instruction booklet included. c1950. 18" x 7" x 7" ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: H...

Omano microscope from the Shaddrick collection. See photo. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Homestake Mine Geologist Da

early counter, rare. Key prospecting tool in the 1950s! by Model 107B called the professional by precision radiant instruments of Los Angeles. ^ Date:

Name plate from hydraulic monitor from the early1900's. Hendy Hydraulic Giant No. 6356, size 2. Plate is in excellent condition. No sign of w...

Small wood ore bucket, possible Eureka Nevada origin, Shaddrick collection. Original wooden staves in tact, needs some tlc. Comes with 2 antique miner

single bucket windlass 18" handle 36" barrel. timber made from local tree, is a 42" "fragment" with part of the timber brok...

Medium sized bellows in relatively excellent condition 52" x 32" x 6" with approx. 15' length of original rope. Leather intact. ...

Eureka County. Shovel 37" tall c1870. Wagon wheel c1900-1920 about 44" diameter. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Nevada City: E...

Lot of 3. Miners hat and carbide lamp, a sample anvil and a scale in a wooden case. All in good cond. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State:

Misc mining equipment lot including K & E level in a wood box, microscope, mining tape etc. See photo. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: ...

Carbide lamps, 7. Appear to be in good condition, various sizes from 4-8.5" heights. See photo. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City...

Cast iron. Furnace Lamp No. 2 from The Taylor & Boggis Foundry Company, Cleveland, Ohio. Reported to have been used in the Sadtler Mine in Duene...

Lot of 3 different. 1) Patented style wire miners candle stick. Similar to Wilson-Bobrink 82, 83, 84, 85, 87 but not the same. 8" 2) Varney sty...

Terrific Lot of (4) Mining Safety Lamps, from various manufacturers, all approved by the Bureau of Mines. Lamp #1 is a Koehler model, steel constructi

Lot of two. 1.) Discovery by Gar Prazent 1985, bronze 14" tall. 2.) Prospector on horse, arm broken, untitled, says Austin Prod Inc 1970, marke...

Mining group: reproduction carbide lamp advertisement boxes, children's literature, metal mining burro figurines ("Missouri" & &qu...

An interesting group of Homestake and Gold Bar mining geologist personal equipment and items from his desk. Classic hand forged miners candle stick. M

Shaddrick belt buckle collection. Includes 3 buckles from the black hills, 2 from Gold bar eureka county and others. See photo for details. 12 loose b

Life And Adventures Of A Gold-Digger by John Sherer , Charles H Clarke publisher London, 1853, paperback, binding has separated, 366 pages. Book is in

"Placer Mining: A Handbook for Klondike and Other Miners and Prospectors", published in 1897 by the Colliery Engineer Company of Scranton,...

Mining Engineers Reports On Mulatos Mines, c1905. The mines is located in the State of Mexico. The report is complete with photos and maps. The front

Choice and rare. "Being a yearly Compendium of Information on General Science with Tabular and Other Statistical Details Relating to the Mining...

Hardcover book, "Our Coal and Our Coal-Pits; The People in Them and The Scenes Around Them," by "A Traveller Underground." This ...

Extremely rare hardcover manuscript, "The Combustion of Coal and the Prevention of Smoke Chemically and Practically Considered,' with numer...

Important book on Western coal mines! AL Bancroft & Co., 1877. 153pp. Hardcover with gilt title. Chapters on California, Oregon, and Washington ...

Rare. Cover has gilt highlights with a mining safety lamp on the spine! "A Plain and Popular Work on Our Mines and Mineral Resources and a Text...

The History and Description of Fossil Fuel, the Collieries, and Coal Trade of Great Britain. Second edition, published in London by Whittaker and Co.

Chauncey C. Julian, The Great Swindler. This group covers the main swindles in which Julian was the promotor. 1) Julian Petroleum Corp., 1926 stock ce

Lot of 18. 1) Colorado: HH Miller Assayer billhead, Georgetown, 1905; Metallic Extraction Co., Cyanide, 1900; Isabella Mines, 1916; Victor Ore Samplin

Lot of 30. 1) California: Voorheis & Barney, Sutter Creek BH 1887; Stewart River Gold Dredging Co. letter to Stockton, 1910;Dunham, Carrigan &am...

Classic reference hardcover book by J.D. Whitney. The title page indicates "Described and Compared With That of Other Countries" below the...

Roasting of Gold and Silver Ores and the Extraction of their Respective Metals Without Quicksilver' by G. Kustel, published 1880 by A.J. Leary, ...

"L'Or: Ses Proprietes, Ses Gisements et Son Extraction." Very rare. Treatise of gold; its properties, occurrences, milling and mining ...

Lot of 14. Includes: Is San Francisco in Danger of a Water Famine? (c.1905); The Diving Rod: A History of Water Witching (1917); Routes to Desert Wate

Fantastic and rare! "The Facts and Figures, With a Brief Description of Mines, Miners, and the Art of Gold-Finding." By Capt. James Steele...

By John Arthur Phillips. Illustrated by Engravings. John Joseph Griffin & Co., 1852. 605pp. with index. Topics include: physical characters of t...

Very rare with fold-outs (like Nevada County hydraulic mining in front). Third Edition. 1866. 271pp. Chips on spine. Some discoloration of pages. Over

A Rigid Earth Being Devoted to Geology as Applied to Mining. Embracing a Review of Accepted Theories. By Stephen Barton. JC Ward, General Agents, Visa

Group of 4 issues of "Profit & Loss" magazine, which describes itself as "The Standard American Magazine for Mining Stock Buyers&...

Lot of (3) antique paper mining publications, "The Mining Magazine" edited by William J. Tenney. Published in July, September and October ...

Rare and important mineral catalog that includes promotional advertising and a card adhered to the inside cover that this copy is from author WM Foote

Spectacular and important. 640pp. 14 x 9" in custom slipcase. Choice condition with many illustrations. Originally written in Latin in 1556 by ...

Scientific American (2) & Mining Scientific Press (1) pages, framed. This set of 3 is in very good condition, with no apparent defects. The matb...

"From River to Sea; A Tourists' and Miners' Guide From the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean Via Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizon...

Copy of "The Concentration of Iron-Ore", a pamphlet by John Birkinbine and Thomas Edison, published 1889 by the American Institute of Mini...

Rare. Inscribed by owner in 1917. Published in 1913 by JB Lippincott Co. Blue hardcover with gilt lettering and color illustration on the cover. 337pp

532 pages plus 8 folding plates (incl. map of Grass Valley mining district) and a frontispiece; richly illustrated with scenes including the Morro Vel

1.) Emmons, Gold Deposits of the world, 1974 2.) Hoffman, Free gold the story of Canadian mining 1982 3.) Lips, Gold Wars, autographed 2001 4.) Tompk