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

Eureka Ore Sample Collection - About 5 pounds of varying ore and rock samples from the Eureka District, Nevada. Little Rosa Mine and Eureka Tunnel. Th

This is a lot of six high-grade specimens that were collected by hand by James Quirk, a miner and Sheriff in Virginia City, around 1890 to 1900. The s

Lot of 12 ore specimens from Comstock mines that came from the Crystal Bar collection. Mine supt. TF McCormick, who ran many of the major mines in the

Comstock ore specimen from unidentified locale. Proustite with chlorargyrite, native silver, and arsenopyrite. 472g. Approx. 3 x 3 x 2" Nice sh...

Lot of 13. Ore specimens: four specimens collected at Washoe Lake; rose quartz from Crown Point (Gold Hill), 3.5 x 3"; piece marked as high gra...

4.2 lbs. of bagged turquoise experimental , stabilized. From around 1970 by a UNR professor at the time. ^ Date: 1970 Country (if not USA): State:

Black plastic case (13 x 9 x 3 inches) entitled "Nevada Mining And You," containing twelve kinds of Nevada rocks: Barite; Fluorite; Garne...

1.) 2 specimens of mill run Homestake ore (12"x6"x2" and 7x6x2") both dark shist with sulfides 2.) cut face sample of the Poorm...

Penasquito High Grade Ore Sample. Pyrite in quartz 1.5" slab 6x9" ^ Date: Country (if not USA): Mexico State: City: Zacatecas Prov...

Lot of 36. Includes 11 real photo postcards. Rest are early printed cards. Views include: Treadwell Mine (numerous), Alaska-Juneau Mill, Yukon Gold Co

Old Alaskan gold miner photos, including one of the Henry Alexander Mine in Nome. Photos measure 7"x 9" and in decent condition. Please se...

Distinctive Gold Rush commemorative spoon. Quite ornate, has a chain twining up the neck to a gold pan with nuggets at the handle top. Behind the pan

About 30-50 pages of correspondence from a miner working in Alaskan mines, likely written to his brother, Arnold. About half the pages are typed, and

Lot of 5. Includes: two real photo postcards of dredges; Bonanza, Klondike stereoview; souvenir spoon in the shape of a mining shovel; and a nice book

Heavy 4 1/2 inch tall miner panning for gold. "Alaska" in the pan. Suitable for your Willys Jeep. The miner is packing a side arm. ^ Date...

Very rare. This is an 8 x 10" press photo by Underwood & Underwood identified on the reverse as "Near Chow Time: Group around the new ...

AZ mining postcards, no duplicates (group of 50). 1906-1913. Includes Real Photos (8), Color (23), B/W (19), & Sepia (4). Areas as follows: Jerr...

1932, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Gold Quartz Veins Of The Alleghany District California, 140 pgs., hardbound, good condition. Photos and maps. In de

Lot of 4. 1) Silver Mountain manuscript document 1864, discussing boundary line between Mono and Alpine Counties. 2-3) 1893 and 1902 letters from Joe

Rare Calaveras County mine. Report of Theodore E. Schwarz, Mining Engineer to the Oro Plata Mining and Milling Company. Afred Mudge & Son Printe...