Great American July Auction

The “KK/NV/13.” embossing on this ingot refers to the K.K. Consolidated Mining Company that served the Eureka Mining District. The KK CM Co was declar

30 mines are represented on this display. The Old Royston, Inspiration, Egyptian, Kingman, Candelaria, Cedar Mountain, etc. Each has one raw sample an

A nice group of antique Assay office material. Includes very large tongs for ingots, a rusty Mercury flask, heavy iron cupel mold, numerous ceramic an

Lot of nineteen.1) "Battersea Round / 'F' /Morgan / England" clearly printed on side. Excellent condition. 5" tall. 2) Bottom...

Gorgeous Christian Becker, New York, assay balance, c1915. About 10 x 15 x 20". According to Shannon (The Assay Balance), Becker had this speci...

Great historical piece. Not only does it come in a very nice box with paper conversions and seven weights, it comes with a handwritten note with a rec

Pans measure 5" in diameter. Still well balanced! State: City: HWAC#: 47322 Date:

All are heavy metal and painted gold. Largest measures 20". Impress your friends! State: City: HWAC#: 48442 Date:

Painted silver. 10" long. The four molds are all different sizes. State: City: HWAC#: 48443 Date:

About 15” x 6” x 5”. This particular mold is part of a stacking multi-pour mold series. This is the first of this kind we’ve handled. This is the

A group of about five nice rusty belt wheels, from about ten inches to about two feet in diameter. All from the Cambridge Mine, Nevada. The Cambridge

A group of four underground drills used at The Cambridge Mine, Lyon Co., Nevada by the Rink family. They do not come with drill steel. Their operative

A group of about eight cog wheels from machinery at the Cambridge Mine, Lyon Co., Nevada collected by former mine operators the Rink family. They rang

Sturtevant Mine Fan Co., Boston, used at the Cambridge Mine, Lyon Co., Nev. This historic fan is not without a marvelous history. Ben Franklin Sturtev

Large headframe wheel from the Cambridge Mine, Lyon Co., Nevada. These classic remnants of Nevada’s proud mining history are gone from the landscape n

This classic mine artifact from the Cambridge Mine, Lyon Co., Nevada is perfect for any museum quality display as a mining relic. FOB Carson City, th

About nine small dredge buckets from a Link Belt unit. These typically ran small placer operations. The buckets are only about ten inches across and s

Four are identified by the experienced desert collector. 1) Johntown double pick. 19". Johntown was the first city on the Comstock - before Vir...

Location noted on very old tape inside hole for wood. 7.75". One side is chipped at end from use. In the 1870's this was the center of East...

1) Stamped with the number '5'. 21, 75". 2) 18.75". Both have a pick and chisel. Information we have found indicates the company w...

This pick and chisel axe is 15.25" long. A handmade 'T' is etched into the axe. Location is unknown - probably from Nevada. State: ...

This mounted KL6 pickaxe is a pick and chisel.It measures 18" and is in very nice condition. Makes a nice display! State: City: HWAC#: ...

This pickaxe is engraved "North.' It is 15.5". State: City: HWAC#: 49073 Date:

34.5". Well used! Authentic! State: City: HWAC#: 48820 Date:

Includes: 2 smelting crucibles, 4" and 5", a steel Ingot mold, 4 decorative imitation ingots, 2 varieties of miner's candlesticks, a l...

Well used by someone - probably a miner. We found no gold residue inside, sorry! 9" tall. State: City: HWAC#: 47321 Date:

Good Hope Lode. Inc. 1863. Rare, early Alpine Mining District stock dated Nov. 18th, 1864. Issued to E.K. Swain for five shares. Signed by the preside

1) Formed in 1863, this was the district's first corporation. This receipt from The Bullion & Exchange Bank stating that Assessment No. 6 fo...

Very early #16 for 5,000 shares to Paul Cromnell. Signed by Edward (?) and Clinton Gurnee. Nice vignette in the lower right-hand corner of a miner swi

Bodie Mining District. The Mono Gold Mining Company is just over Convict Pass on the left-hand side of the highway (where the gravel pit is now). This

Lot of six. Five green and one orange. 1927-1931. Signed by BC Austin. Acme Mines and Mill Inc, owned several mines in California. Including the Oat H

Check number 676 issued to Mary Wallace and signed by secretary Fahey and president Smith. Douglasville was in Tuolumne County near Columbia. It was a

This was a small mine in El Dorado County near Georgetown. This is not to be confused with the famous Argonaut mine in Jackson. According to FH, this

El Dorado County, California. Unissued for two shares, but signed by Jacob A Shorb as president and E.H. Cornwall as secretary in January 1853. Pinhol

Two letters from John Coleman. "...we have about 6" of bedrock today..." "We area also cutting down No. 3; it will take 3 or 4 d...

Incorp. in Kentucky, 1886, issued to H. Montgomery for 100 shares , April 6, 1889, signed by Henry Murray as president. Yellow paper, multiple signat

1) Allison Phoenix #135 for 500 shares in 1877. 2) South Idaho Consolidated #294 for 25 shares in 1896. 3) Maryland Gold Quart #73 for 500 shares in 1

Incorporated September 22, 1863 and capitalized at $180,000; 1800 Shares at $100 per. Cert. #127, issued to Benjamin Dore for 5 shares and dated Decem

Lost Camp seems to be in or near Blue Canyon (near the Nyack exit on I-80 near Donner Pass). Certificate No. 4 dated 7-29-67 for 25 shares to Josiah C

This certificate is 5201 to 5220. Wavy left cut. Pinholes, some soiling. 6.5" x 9.25" According to the company's description detailed ...

The Excelsior Mine produced most of the gold in the Meadow Lake Mining District and is thought to be the only profitable mine in the district. Certifi

Two stocks. 1) 1952 to Sutro & Co. 2) 1933 to Benjamin Williams. Both have a mountain vignette with a large 'M' imprinted on the mountai...

Very rare Napa County quicksilver! Inc. March 11th, 1874. Location: Napa County, Cal. Dateline San Francisco April 21, 1875. No. 213, issued for 100 s

February 27, 1909 "The Engineering and Mining Journal." Article by G. E. Wolcott, a mining engineer from Reno, Nevada. Discusses mills in ...

Rare magazine called the Nevada City Nugget. This is the Special Mining Number, issued Friday, May 10, 1929. It is 32 pages including an 8 page direct

Two spectacular Oreville mining photographs. Two different side views of the Indiana dredge taken September 1901. Mounted to board, excellent conditio

4 x 6.5 inches, Centaur with bow and arrow in silver and gold, red border with blue text, back of card has list of best passages of competitor ships l

Very Early certificate # 10 to Harlow Nettleton for 100 shares datelined Stone Ranch and dated October 10, 1863. The company was incorporated July 186

The statue is 4" high and weighs 11 ounces. It is a very nice looking piece. BUT in his two hands are small 16 to 1 native gold in clear quartz...

Group of original glass negatives and prints from the Jeffrey Mine, White Mountains, Inyo County, California. Approximately 20 photographs separated f