Great American July Auction

This lot consists of five separate files for smelter returns at McGill, Nevada. This very important group of files from the 1930's and '40s ...

Shows the townsite of Midas and Summit. Thirty or so mines identified: Frying Pan, Midas Group, Sage Hen Group, Climax, Gift, Gold Crown, Superior, Pi

Lot of seventeen. 1-6) Six Assay certificates. One from the Tonopah Mining Company, 1908. 25 ounces a ton silver and 1/2 an ounce per ton gold. To the

Rare Tem Piute Mining District, Lincoln County, Nevada. Inc. July 25th, 1878. No. 434, issued for 150 shares to James Clews on Oct. 21, 1879. Signed b

9.75". Sealer says, "Tenabo Mining and Smelting Company / incorporated / 1908 / Nevada.'" By 1909 most of mines in Tenabo were co...

1) Sheba Gold & Silver Mining Company. Mines in Humboldt County, Nevada. Inc. in Utah. No. 1119, issued for 100 shares in 1904. Not cancelled. T...

Requa signed checks are fairly uncommon, but a Requa signed letter on letterhead is very RARE (this is the first we’ve had in 40 yrs). And the content

First of three historically significant letters written to Ralston, as President of the Bank of California, is dated September 13, 1872 and is from Ro

Things are looking very good in England for Ralston and the Bank of California. He addresses the letter, "My dear Ralston," and proceeds, ...

Looking at letter three, we see that English financiers are ready and willing to invest with the Bank of California and William Ralston. In the May 18

Bank of California check issued in Virginia City, Nevada on Nov. 15, 1869 for $2,639 to "Batterman: Lyon Co. Taxes." Bold signature of Joh...

Three clean Mackay signatures. All checks have Nevada and IR adhesive revenue stamps and were issued by the Bank of California in 1869. One is issued

1) Maynard & Flood, Gold Hill, Nevada check issued Dec. 15, 1863 while Nevada was still a territory (hence NT dateline). Issued for $22 by the I...

1) Cabinet Mining Company. Virginia Mining District, Storey County. Inc. 1875. No. 473, issued for 50 shares to JL French on April 26, 1877. Signed by

Comstock print collection with original prints from Harper's, Leslie's, etc. of all things related to the Comstock. c. 1870-1890. Approximat...

3 Stock certificates with Washoe in the name. One is for The Washoe Tool Manufacturing Company from New York that made hand tools like picks and shove

Lot of 16 different. Many unknown to us. Included: Banner Dev. Co. (1930), Oro Amigo Platino MC (1929), Black Mammoth Cons. MC (1955), Uncle Same Mini

Lot of 4. Included: Rye Patch Agnes Mining & Milling Company (1926, not cancelled, three mining vignettes), Getchell Mine, Inc. (two issued and ...

Lot of 4 different. Included: Luning Consolidated Silver Mine Co. of Nevada (1921, stamp and punch cancelled, mining vignette), Seven Troughs Coalitio

Lot of six different. Includes: The Manhattan Union Mining Co. (1906, not cancelled, folds with some separation); Butte Boys Cons. Mining Co. (1929, n

Lot of nine. Includes: Holly Consolidated Mines Co. (1924, not cxl); Morington Mining Co. (1921, not cxl, deep folds); Syndicate Hydraulic Mines Inc.

Lot of 4 different from Simon, Quartz Mountain, Silver Hill, and Broken Hills. Included: Simon South Silver Mines Co. (1919, punch cancelled, mining v

Lot of 3 different. 1) National Mining & Tunnel Company. Issued in 1911 to A.L. Baker for 215,000 shares. Signed by the president (Fisher) and s...

Incorporated under the laws of the State of California. Certificate #408, issued to J.R. Gofer, Trustee in 1886 for 100 shares. Signed by illegible as

4 Hugh Shamberger Nevada Mining Camps Books including Candeleria, Weepah, Wonder and Silver Peak. Excellent condition. State: Nevada City: HWAC

9 Nevada Mining Books including Gold Fever, Mining Camp Days, The History of the Comstock Lode, and more. State: Nevada City: HWAC#: 48352 Dat

Lot of 12, 1) 1919 lease to purchase on letter head of C. T. Brown, mining engineer. 2) 1919 letter from Socorro State Bank with the $15,000 loan agre

Lot of three 1) Expenses for the Merritt Mining and Milling Company from September 1887 to January 1889. Mostly for the watchman. This was a Socorro f

Rare book: "American Mining Law" by A. H. Ricketts of the San Francisco Bar. Published by California State Printing Office, Sacramento, 19...

Moody's Analyses of Investments, Part II Public Utilities, and Industrials. By John Moody, 1916. Seventh Year. 1800 pages! State: New York C...

Location: Virgilina Mining District, Person County, North Carolina. 12 pages. A somewhat critical report by L.N. White, manager. They are working on t

Early oil piece. Inc. in New York. No. 225, issued for 50 shares to Sarah E. Hilton on April 13th, 1877. Signed by Lyman Cook as president and John Ba

Almost 100 years separate these two issued stocks. Location: Whitewood Mining District, Lawrence County, Dakota Territory. 1) No. 2492, issued 50 shar

Six original large scale stereo view photographs of mining at Lead from approximately 1877. Includes miners, cabins, railroad tracks, mill, and city v

Stock certificate for the Dakota Mining Company Limited, a mining company part of the black hills gold rush. Rare pictorial mining stock with an eagle

Number 245 of 1,400 shares. Signed by Hurley. One share in all the Mineral Property of W. R. Hurley & Co. Also the bearer is to pay $100 to the ...

Lot of 13 different. Included: Bingham Mary Copper Co. (1906, not cxl), Utah Cons. Mining Co. (1907, not cxl, mining vignette), Montana-Bingham Cons.

An aluminum clock case with the brass equipment tag on the front for the Garfield Smelting Company at Garfield, Utah. The brass plaque is approximatel

Lot of 4 different. 1) The Grand Central Mining Company, issued in 1909 for 500 shares, stamp cancelled. Mining vignette. 2) Lehi Tintic Mining Compan

Lot of 4 different. Included: Tintic Central Mining Company (1931, not cancelled, mine vignette), Sunbeam Consolidated Mining Company (1898, stamp can

Lot of 5 different. Included: The East Tintic Mining Company (1907, not cancelled, mining vignette), Bradshaw Mining & Milling Company (1908, no...

Lot of 5. Included: Log Cabin Mining Company (1931, not cxl), Mountain View Mining Company (1924, pen cxl), King William Mining Company (1911, punch c

Lot of 6. Included: O.K. Silver Mining & Milling Company (1910, cancelled, 3 mining vignettes), United States Mining Company (1903, punch cxl, a...

Lot of 6. Included: The Willow Springs Mining Company (1910, for 66,666 shares, not cancelled, multiple mining vignettes and ore buckets), New Quincy

Lot of 6 different. Included: Tintic Gold Mining & Milling Company (1908, not cxl, 3 mining vignettes), Indianapolis Mining Company (1915, not c...

Group of about thirty original photographs from the Copper King Mine, the Sawtooth Range, and other locations. Photographs by Professor Paul Kerr of C

Location: Plymouth, Windsor County, Vermont. Black leather binding with gilt lettering. 47 pages with index. Printed by Coburn Bros. & Snow, Bos...

64 pages with table of contents. Personal copy of famous geologist Raphael Pumpelly (signed on front cover). The James River and Kanawha Co. was a can

Chromolithographic advertising label, c 1860, for Welcome Nugget tobacco (13 x 15.5" framed). "T.C. Williams Co. Manufacturers. Virginia, ...

Rare Virginia gold certificate. Inc. in New Jersey. No. 96, issued for 100 shares W.J. Wendell on October 4th, 1882. Signed by the president, H.W. Lit