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

"Comstock Ledge Virginia Nev." (printed at top center). "Location: Virginia Mining Dist. Storey County Nev." printed at bottom c...

Incorporated April, 1880. Location: Virginia Mining District, Story Co. Nevada. Certificate # 573, issued for 500 shares to John L. Pruyn on Feb

Rare. "Location Silver Star District, Storey County, Nev." printed below title. Inc. 1875. No. 4561, issued for 100 shares to Hosmer &...

Rare. Inc. May 1872. No. 124, issued for 100 shares to Geo. Gilson in San Francisco in May 1872. Signed by president EB Rail and the secretary (not le

"Location Storey County, Nev." printed under title. Inc. August 1878. No. 110, issued for 25 shares to Geo. E. Reynolds in San Francisco i...

Senator Silver Mining Company - Virginia City, NV - Storey County Certificate dated July 27, 1868 - Comstock region. Incorporated in 1868 and capitali

Location: Storey County, Nev. (printed at bottom center). Inc. May 1868. No. 1397, issued for 5 shares to E. Epstein, trustee, on April 15th, 1875. Si

Very rare. Key mine on the north side of the Comstock. This mining company was incorporated when the Comstock was still part of the Utah Territory. In

Excellent name for a Comstock mining company! "Location Virginia Dist. Storey Co. Nev." (printed at bottom center). Incorporated February ...

"New Brunswick Ledge" printed to the left of vignette. Inc. March 25, 1863. No. 333, issued for 1 share to DE Edgar in Virginia City, NT i...

I/U. Incorp. 1863. St. John's Gold & Silver Mining Co. Stock, issued 1863, 25c revenue stamp left side, vignette top center of eagle w/Ame...

Inc. in California. No. C42746, issued to C. Dunham for 100 shares in 1887 in San Francisco. Signed by the vice president and secretary Ames. Not canc

Lot of 3 different from noted African-American lithographer GT Brown. Two are for the Flowery Mining District, which was located down Six Mile Canyon

Lot of 2. All lith. by noted African-American artist GT Brown. 1) Rock Island Gold & Silver Mining Company. Located in 1859 at American Flat, so...

Very rare; we have not offered this before! UNLISTED in Chandler. "Storey County, State of Nevada" printed under title. Inc. Sept. 1878. N...

Lot of 2 different. Both mines were located in the Flowery District, which is Comstock Lode adjacent in Sixmile Canyon. 1) Queen Mining Company. Issue

"Comstock Ledge, Virginia, Nevada" printed above title. No. 10509, issued for 100 shares to company secretary AW Havens in 1899. Also sign...

Waller's Defeat Mining Company to William Sharon, Signed by President William Sharon. Certificate 533 for 450 shares issued to Sharon. William S...

Lot of 3 different. Nice representation of the whole lode, with a Virginia City, Gold Hill, and Silver City mine present. 1) Peytona Gold & Silv...

Lot of 2 different. 1) Iowa Mining Company. Scarce. Virginia Mining District, Storey County, Nevada (printed under title). Early incorporation Nov. 10

Lot of 2 different. 1) English Gold & Silver Mining Company. Location of Mine: Gold Hill, Storey County, Nevada (printed under title). Low numbe...

Lot of 2. 1. Phil Sheridan Gold & Silver Mining Co.. issued 1880. I/U, tri-fold crease, Vignette of Civil War general Sheridan. W.T. Galloway, ...

This certificate is UNLISTED in Chandler. "Location, Ward District, White Pine County Nev." printed at bottom center. Inc. March 1877. No....

Lot of 2 different. A fantastic pair of rarities not offered by us before! 1) Pleiades Gold & Silver Mining Company. Ward District, Nevada print...

Very rare. "Washoe County, Nevada" printed under title. Inc. in Maine. No. 361, issued for 50 shares to J. Burnstead in 1883. Signed by pr...

Rare. No. 202, issued for 300 shares to Charles Herrmann Tuling in 1886. Signed by two directors and the secretary. Not cancelled. Black print on pink

Rare issued 1877 Enterprise Mining and Irrigating stock. Also includes 2 small letterhead section referencing company officers and a stock purchase. L

Rare! We have not offered this before. Organized in New York, September 1869. No. 273, issued for 500 shares to Mrs. Charlotte Newton in 1870 in New Y

Rare; we have no records of selling this before. According to a mine report in UNR's Special Collections, this company operated a mine near Hami...

Lot of 4 different. All self-identified as White Pine County. Choice collection! 1) Exchange Silver Mining & Milling Company. Issued in 1182. No...

"Location of Works. Humboldt Co. Nevada" (printed under title). Inc. May 1872. No. 79, issued for 100 shares to JJ Pouler in 1872 in San F...

Inc. July 1874. No. 12, issued for 100 shares to RN Van Brunt in Sacramento in 1874. Signed by president Campbell and secretary Dassonville. Not cance

Lot of 2 different. 1) Continental Silver Mining Company. "Mines at Reveille, Nye County" printed under title. Inc. in NY. No 134, issued ...

Lot of 4 different. Rare group. Includes: two different for Yellow Rose Mining Company of Goldfield, 1905 and 1906, one with a yellow rose vignette!;

Lot of 2. I/U. Boston And Eureka Mining Co issued 1881. incorporated 1880 in Portland, Maine . tri-fold creases, black border. no vignette. Embo

Lot of 11. U/U, I/U, I/C. , issued 1907. Empire-State-Nevada Mining Co., Blue Jay Wonder Mining Co., Wonder Water Co., Christmas Wonder Mining C

Lot of 4. U/U, I/U. 1. Cambridge Solver Mining Co. Dateline 186_, w/receipt. Vignette of miners in mine top center. Towne & Bacon printers....

Lot of 2 different. 1) St. Louis Silver Mining Company. Cortez Mining District, Lander County, Nevada (printed on certificate). No. 22, issued for 5 s

Lot of 2 different. 1) Mettacom Silver Mining Co. of Reese River. "Mining Works Near Austin, Nevada" printed at bottom. Issued in 1866, no...

Lot of 53. U/U, I/U. I/C. Issued 1881-1947. More than fifteen different companies, examples : Bodie and Hawthorne Telephone and Telegraph Co.(EF co

Lot of 50. U/U, I/U. I/C. Issued 1881-1957. More than fifteen different companies, examples : Bodie and Hawthorne Telephone and Telegraph Co.(EF co

Group of 17 stocks from various mining operations based in Nevada and California, dated 187X to 1957. Lot includes 2x Myra Mining Company; 5x State Co

Very rare; we've never sold this before. Inc. in New Mexico. No. 296, issued for 250 shares to CL Long in Santa Fe in 1881. Signed by president ...

Issued 1883 Rio Grande Copper stock. Located near Jay Gould mine in Dona Ana County, Lake Valley District. See 1883 Burchard p. 566. 2 underground min

Very rare; we have not offered this before. No. 481, issued for 590 shares to John W. Candler of Boston in 1860 in New York. Signed by vice president

This company owned the famous Delgado Mine at New Placers near Golden, Santa Fe County. It is made out to Juan Delgado in 1881 (and signed by him on t

Scarce. Inc. in Maryland. No. 314, issued for 50 shares to Samuel Bleyer in 1881. Signed by president Frank Le Webb and secretary Harry Wilson. Not ca

Inc. in the territory of Arizona. No. 814, issued for 1000 shares to FP Lyman in Milwaukee in 1904. Signed by president Curry and the secretary. Not c

Inc. in Illinois. No. 365, issued for 100 shares to Annie Newcomb in 1887. Signed by president Wilcox and secretary Darly. Not cancelled. Silver borde

Inc. in West Virginia. No. 182, issued for 510 shares to Joseph Hartman Jr. in 1905. Signed by president ED Daub and treasurer TF Johns. Not cancelled

Lot of 2 different. 1) Copper Chief Mining Company. Inc. in New Mexico. "Black Mesa Mining District" underprint. This company operated in ...

I/C, 1857. The New Mexico Mining Co. stock. Nice town vignette. Embosses seal. L.N. Rosenthal printer. The New Mexico Mining Company was the first m

A stock certificate for 50 shares in The New Mexico Mining Company, dated May 14th, 1866. No. 384 issued, made out to DeWitt C. Wilson. Signed by secr

Organized under Special Act of the Legislature of North Carolina as a Branch of the North Carolina Mining Co. Issued to John Wallis for 25 shares in 1

Very rare and early. Organized in New York. No. 31, issued for 50 shares to J. Smith in New York in 1854. Signed by president SJ Davis and secretary B

No. 18, issued for 1,000 shares to O. Macdaniel, company president, in 1854 in New York. Signed by Macdaniel and the secretary. Not cancelled. Brown p

Very rare. No. 263, issued for 1,000 shares to John L. Colby in Dec. 1854. Signed by president James Barron Jr. and treasurer Osgood. Not cancelled. B

No. 1123, issued for 100 shares in 1889. Signed by two directors and acting secretary. Folds, some staining. Bought the Sam Christian Alluvial Gold Mi

Organized under the state of New York. No. 52, issued for 500 shares to Prosper Nordmann in New York in 1872. Signed by president Jno. Mauran and secr

Office and Principal Place of Business, Baker City, Oregon. No. 50, issued for 500 shares to David Gilchrist in Baker City in 1883. Signed by presiden

Very rare. # 462 for 50 shares to John W Brazier. Signed by secretary WJ May and president M Wilkins. Dateline Canyonville, Oregon July 19, 1880. &#...

"Excelsior Mining District, Douglas County, Oregon" printed under title. Inc. 1876.# 492 for 425 shares to Mrs. SP Hills. Signed by EH Cha...

Location of Works, Jackson County (printed under title). Inc. Dec. 1876. No. 24, issued for 100 shares to HP Stephens in Portland in 1877. Signed by p

I/U. Lucky Queen Gold And Silver Mining Co. Stock, issued 1876, three vignettes: miner pushing ore cart out of tunnel (top center); allegorical woman

Fantastic! Famous mining machinery company. Inc. July 1888. No. 37, issued for 99 shares to BT Lacy, one of the co-founders of the company, in 1890. S

Inc. Dec. 2nd, 1871. Low certificate number 2, issued in 1871 to WG Schofield for 5 shares. Signed by president Kennedy and secretary Loveland. Not ca

Lot of 6. I/U, 1925 #1 LeClede Copper Mine, unk. printer (2). I/U, 1901 The Laclede Consolidated Gold and Copper Mining Co., Goes printer. I/U,

Lot of 12. All of these have "Gold" in the title. I.E; I/U, 1908,#95 of 400 Oregon Gold Prospecting & Promoting Co. profit participa...

Lot of 10. I.E.; U/U, dateline 19__, Curry Investment Co., I/U, 1908, Black Eagle Mining and Milling Co. F.K. Churchill printer., I/U, 1925 Black

Lot of 2. 1. I/U. The Cincinnati Mining and Milling Co. stock, ,issued 1883. Vignette left side Oregon seal. R.H. Schwab & Bros. printer. EF. ...

Lot of 9. Two letters of coverage against loss American Surety Co.1922. I.E.; Eastern Oregon Mining & Milling Co. I/U, 1901 Inland Printing Co....

No. 210, issued to Charles Day in Mercer, PA in 1871. This certificate was signed by Union General Gilbert McKibbin as treasurer, then transferred to

This is a bit of a mystery for us. Our consignor believes it to be the Pennsylvania Mine at Delaware, Michigan. But this company (and stock) is not li

Inc. in South Carolina. No. 112, issued for 10 shares to MH Perry in 1892. Signed by president A Perry and treasurer Julius Koster. Not cancelled. Gol

Inc. in South Carolina. Low certificate no. 4, issued for 5 shares in 1886. Signed by president Brotherhood and the secretary. Pen cancelled. Stub glu

Rare South Carolina phosphate mining operation. No. 341, issued for 250 shares in 1874 to Samuel Fisher. Heavily punch cancelled signatures. Allegoric

I/U. The Albe Mining Co. Stock, issued 1889, vignette of town, embossed seal. According to E&MJ (1890), the company owned a mine at Carbonat...

Lot of 3 different. Includes: Deadwood Terra 1880, signed by BA Haggin. Damaged at right, but extra rare; Highland Mining Comp 1895, signed by Llyod T

Inc. in South Dakota. No. 21, issued for 100,000 shares to Chambers Kellar, an attorney in Lead and company secretary, in 1909. Signed by Seth Bullock

Lot of 2 different. Seth Bullock as president and then one with his successor. Bullock signed stock is issued in 1889 to Henry Lincoln for 400 shares,

Thirteenth issued stock for this company, found in the Homestake hoard. Dave Shaddrick notes that this mine encountered a fabulously rich stope that p

Lot of 3 different. All signed by Seth Bullock as president. This is a rare group! Bullock was the first sheriff of Deadwood and ran a hardware store

Lot of 5 stocks issued 1901-1905 for huge amounts totaling 1,000,000 shares, likely control of the company. 1901 cert. for 600,000 shares to company s

Rare. "Location Lawrence Co. Dakota" printed at bottom left. Inc. in New York. Low number 5, issued for 1,000 shares to Thomas W. Pierce i...

Lot of 2 stocks issued in 1880, one to ER Grant, the other to Adams Kellogg & Mason. Signed by an illegible president (A. -----). Signatures are...

Lot of 5. Three different stocks plus two receipts. Includes 1880 stock (cut hole cancelled), 1882 signed by JB Haggin (Hearst partner) (cut cancelled

18 x 19" framed. Unissued but rare. Mines located in the Ruby Basin district. Organized in 1887. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: S...

Lot of five unissued stocks that are signed by Lloyd Tevis as president and Edward Clark as secretary. Not cancelled. Green border and black print, th

This stock is issued for a huge piece of the company, 89,698 shares, to Lounsbery & Haggin in 1878. Signed by Lounsbery as vice president and Pa...

Spectacular. This is stock No. 7, found in the Homestake hoard by mining geologist Dave Shaddrick. "Location, Whitewood Milling District, Lawre...

Lot of 6. Company inc. in November 1877. This group represents five different generations of leadership, plus a fractional share certificate. Includes

Premier group. From Shaddrick's personal collection. Arizota Mining signed by Seth Bullock 1909, Ontario SMC 1878, signed by JB Haggin, Highland...

Very rare. "Location of Mines, Black Hills, Dakota" printed at bottom center. Inc. in New York. No. A8, issued for 100 shares to CT Lewis ...

Lot of 13. I/U, I/C. VF or better cond. Bullion Mining Co. issued 1888. Metals Exploration and Mining Co., issued 1907. Ruby Bell Gold and Silve

Rare. "Location, Bingham Canon, Utah Territory" printed at upper left. No. 60, issued for 200 shares to Jacob Alt. Signed by secretary Cha...

#119, I/U, Little Cottonwood Mining And Tunnel Co. , issued 1871, vignette of mine, embossed seal, Gluyas & Dutton Co printers. EF cond. ^ D...

Utah Territory (printed above the title). Inc. in New York. No. 117, issued for 200 shares to William A. Conway on January 11th, 1881 in New York. Sig

No. 70, issued for 50 shares to Ernst Berlin in 1880. Signed by the president and secretary. Not cancelled. Black border and print with two vignettes:

#1091, I/U, Little Cottonwood, Victoria And Imperial Tunnel And Mining Co. Stock, Utah Territory, issued 1879, no vignette. Crocker & Co. prin...

Very rare; we have no records of selling this in the last 11 years. Properties, including the Silver King, in the Rush Valley District of Tooele Count