Great Americana Pow-Wow Auction (August 2020)

No. 127, issued to Even Ashton for one share. Signed by Lorenzo Hamilton, President, and Samuel Davis, Secretary. Incorporated in California in 1855.

Three certificates from this Kern County miner issued in 1896. Inc. in California. Mines located in Kern County, California printed under the masthead

Eight issued certificates from the Gold Mound Mining and Milling Company. Inc. in Washington State with offices at Spokane, but Mines Located at Grass

Three Grass Valley mining stocks, all issued and uncancelled. 1) Deadwood Gold Mining Co., issued at Nevada City in 1879. Location, Willow Valley Dist

Rare and early! No. 379, issued for 10 shares to Jos. T. Rowand on February 11th, 1853 in New York. Signed by president Jos. Lord and secretary Henry

#69, issued for 1000 shares in 1899 at San Francisco. The Canada Hill mining district is located on Forest Hill Divide, 6 mi. N.E. of Last Chance. The

Lost Camp District, Placer County, Cal. (printed above title). In.c June 1867. Low number 7, issued July 23rd, 1867 at Dutch Flat to Tuck for 25 share

Lot of 4. 1) Taylor Plumas Mill and Mining Company. Location of Property, Plumas County (printed under title). Issued in 1886 for 100 shares. Not canc

Located in Sierra Co. (printed under title). Inc. in 1863. No. 126, issued for 50 shares to Chas. A. Peake on May 16th, 1865 in Sacramento City. Signe

Issued for 50 shares in 1898. Cert. #209. Large oval blue underprint showing ore car in front of mine portal. Very nice. Also blue and red revenue sta

Location of mine: Jackass Hill, Tuttletown, Tuolumne County, California (printed on letterhead). Stock certificate plus two typed letters from the com

A rare stock certificate issued by The Washington City & Mining Company, dated May 25th, 1867. This document measures 18"x 13". It do...

Inc. in Washington. The company operated at Greenwater, Inyo County in Death Valley. It held 21 claims, 250 acres, 2 miles west of Greenwater. Greenwa

Group includes 4 from Mariposa Development Company, issued between 1914 and 1933. Although, not listed in the Mines Handbooks, we found that the compa

Cert. #18, issued to famous Nevada mining kingpin George Wingfield. The company inc. in California in 1909. Wingfield endorsed the certificate on the

I/U #364 Julius Hoffmann 500 shares 1887. Cariboo vignette. Mine in Cariboo District, BC, Canada Date: 1887 Country if not USA: State: Canada Cit

Incorp. in New York. No. 330. Cancelled by stamp. Issued for 100 shares to Charles F. Roper, Trustee, on June 27, 1879. Signed by John Albertus (presi

Stock Certificate from the Helmick Tunnel Co. of Colorado, located in the Clear Creek, certificate number 50, issued in 1876, issued to W. W. Bundette

Incorp. West Virginia. Cert. #357, I/U, Oct 12, 1895 to Helen E. Pye for 25 sh., signed by D.W. George as president and R.H. Reed as secretary. Bla

Territorial. The company had 300 feet east of the Clark-Gardner, one shaft 250 feet deep, one 80 feet deep; a drift 220 feet from the surface, runs 25

Stock Certificate from the King GMC, incorporated in 1866, incorporated in Mass, certificate number 73, issued in 9/3/1866, at Nevada, Gilpin County,

Inc. in Colorado. No. 970, issued for 1,000 shares on March 8th, 1900 in Denver. Signed by president FB Davie and secretary Charles Peters. Not cancel

Territorial. Very rare. Inc. in Colorado on Sept. 8th, 1864. No. 454. Uncancelled. Issued for one share ($100) to Abram H. Davenport on Dec. 4th, 1864

4 i/c in 1882. Claim map on back. Date: Country if not USA: State: Colorado City: Provenance: Fred Holabird Collection

Incorp. Colorado. Number 74, I/C, for 2,670 shares to Josephine Nichols Sept 12, 1902 (handwritten over 188_) signed by president and brother L. W.

This was found in the Leadville dump. Corporate seal: "First National Consol. M. C. / Lexington, Kentucky." This was actually indeed a Lea...

Incorp. 1864 state of New York. #53, I/U, $500 , 7% , bearer bond issued Nov 15, 1864, due 1867. Signed H.C. Beach president. Red, green corp embos

Lot of two different Mascot mining companies; one in Colorado and one in Arizona. 1) The Mascot Company. No. 429, issued for 1,000 shares to Walter Sm

Incorp. 1929. Lot of 2 great stocks issued to Winchester Bennett! who was president of the company from 1915–1918 and was the son of Thomas

I/U #8 John Barron 100 shares 187. Signed by President Edwards. "The mines of Alturas Senator Mining Company are situated at Galena, Blaine Cou...

4 I/U. Washington-Idaho Mines 1930, Tamarack and Chesapeak MC 1912, Shamrock Silver MC 1935, Burnt Cabin MC 1927-fair condition Date: Country if no

5 I/U. Bobby Anderson Group MC 1938, Signal MC 1948, Idaho American MC 1926, Guelph MC 1912, Caledonia MC 1909. Date: Country if not USA: State:

I/U. Copper Crown MC 1908-fair condition, C & R MC 1915, Independence Lead MC 1919, Independent Copper MC 1909, cut lower right corner. I/C Cop...

I/U Upper Boise Hydraulic Mining 1898, I/U Boise Exploration 1905-small seam tears, I/U Boise King Placers 1912-fair condition, I/U Consolidate Mines

4 I/U. Idaho Copper 1928, Idaho Gold Mines Dev Co 1907, Idaho Gold and Silver Mines 1889, Landore Copper 1910 Date: Country if not USA: State: I

8 I/U Idaho mining stocks. Ambergris Con. MC 1929, Copper Falls MC 1912-fair condition, Eclipse Gold MC 1902-fair condition, Falls Creek MC 1916, Ever

# 521 for 1,000 shares to Chas A. Howland. Signed by president John G Webster and clerk JE Gilley. Incorporated in Massachusetts in 1863. Datelined 18

Lake Superior Region. # 92 for 100 shares to Robert Krozer. Signed by Lanyon and president Lanyon. Stag vignette. 1919 dateline. Heavy stock paper. NO

5 I/U. Royal Basin MC 1914, Basin Montana Tunnel Co 1928 and 1934, Basin Gold and Copper MC 1899, Basin Cataract MC 1929-poor condition Date: Count

1) Calumet & Montana. 1906. Calumet, Michigan. Excellent condition with no tips, tears, folds or pin holes.2) Calumet & Montana Consolidated...

I/U #322 Albert Merrill 200 shares 1891, signed by President Ash. We could not find info on this mine. Nice mine vignette. Date: 1891 Country if not

I/U #327 Mary Williams 5 shares 1880.Signed by President Stiles. Underground miner vignette. Part of manganese boom from 1915 to 1920. Date: 1880 Co

Large certificate of incorporation for Golden Cross Mining and Reduction Date: 1905 Country if not USA: State: Montana City: Radersburg Provenan

I/U #2487 BG Hirschell? 100 shares 1881. Basin/Cataract Mining District. Incorporated in Montana Territory in 1879. Signed by Robt. F. Crooke, Secret

I/U #102 Charles Norton 500 shares, signed by President Hays. Claim map on reverse. Copper, gold and silver mine. Date: 1902 Country if not USA: S

I/U #5484 Gaylord, Blessing & Co 100 shares 1892. Signed by President Ramsay. Gold, silver, copper and lead. Date: 1892 Country if not USA: ...

3 I/U, Florence MC 1890, Ben Hur MC 1920, Livingston Gold MC 1922. I/C American Chrome 1959 Date: Country if not USA: State: Montana City: Pro

1865. Territorial. Incorporated May 27, 1863, under the laws of Nevada Territory. Location: Reese River Mining District, Lander County, N.T. Datelined

Cert. #1210, issued at New York in 1866. Incorporated in New York. Reese River Mining Dist., at Austin, Nevada printed on the masthead. Issued to Will

Inc. in California and issued at Los Angeles. The company operated in the Bullfrog district, Nye County, Nevada. The certificate has 7 mining vignette

Lot of 3 Bullfrog pieces featuring the famous and collectible frog vignette. 1) 1909 Rhyolite, Nevada check from the Bullfrog Bank and Trust Company.

Nice group of five different Bullfrog, Nevada stocks. 1) The Bullfrog Charter Mining and MIlling Co., issued in 1905 to David Prosky. Three mng. vigne

Lot of 8 stock certificates plus 4 pieces of ephemera. Stocks include: Montgomery Mountain Mining Company of Bullfrog (1905, not cxl, pinholes, folds)

Lot of 2 rare stocks. 1) 1) The Shoshone-Bull Frog Gold Mining Company. Incorporated under the laws of the State of Wyoming, 1905. No. 63,.issued for

Inc. in Delaware. Stock certificate number one, issued for 500 shares to company president R.A. Hardy on June 18th, 1924. Also signed by treasurer Ale

Cert. #266, issued for 250 shares in 1869. Incorporated in New York. Issued for the Purchase of Mineral Lands and Property. Nice vignette of miners wo

I/U #422 SE Williams 500 shares 1934. Also 1951 and 1956 letters on company letterhead, 1959 stockholder report Date: 1934 Country if not USA: Sta

Old Roman Mining & Milling Stock issued in 1908. Inc. in California. The company was listed by the Nevada Secretary of State in 1907 as being in...

Lot of 2 different. $500 and $1,000, signed by Theodore Sutro as president and Thayer as secretary. Punch cancelled. Pages of coupons attached. Homer

Eldorado Wood and Flume Co. Stock Certificate issued to Ogden Mills (1856-1929), son of capitalist Darius Ogden Mills (1825-1910), Feb 9, 1925. Incor

Lot of 15 different. Great group! Includes: Golden Anchor MC (Tonopah, three different, 1905 and 1906); Horseshoe Divide MC (Tonopah, 1919); Silver Pe

Stock Certificate from the Mount Alpine Gold Mining Co. of Colorado. Incorporated in New York. Located at Griffith. Certificate number440, I/U, issue

Incorp 1867 New York. #40, I/U, 200 shares issued May 13, 1867. Singed F.E. Tucker President. Red Corp embossed seal, Vignettes: Top eagle wings spr

Issued to VW McFarlane for 100 shares in 1880 at New York. Signed by president RB Phip and secretary R Hall. This mine was on a bedded vein with an or

Cert. #809, issued for 334 shares at Baltimore, Maryland in 1904. The company had formerly been named the Baltimore Gold and Silver Mining & Sme...

1870, Colorado, Incorporated in Cincinnati, Ohio, Stock. Mines in Argentine District, Clear Creek County, Colorado. #72, I/C, 9 shares @ $100 par, i

Rare. Dateline North Yamhill, Or., Jan. 9th, 1907. No. 510, issued for 500 shares to MV Keene. Signed by president Perkins and secretary Morris. Not c

Compagnie des Charbonnages de Podedenlo. French company, mine in Russia. 4 red vignettes of the mines. Unusual! Date: 1898 Country if not USA: Sta

Alder Creek Gold Mining Company, Limited measures 10¼’’x 8 ¼’’ Incorporated in California. Cert. #

Here is a small collection of Utah items. Ucolo Uranium Company ( 3 ), Homansville Mining Company ( 3, eagle vignette on reverse), American Exploratio

The New Creek Coal Company operated it's mine in Virginia. The Company was also known as the New Creek Company. Our document is a Mortgage Loan ...

5 shares for 25 Francs. California Gold Rush stock. Creases and lower left toning. Date: 1869? Country if not USA: State: France City: Provenan

Eighteen very nice Kern County, California oil stock certificates from Sargasso Oil Company. Location of Works, Kern County, California printed at top

Never seen by us. Inc. in California, 1922. Low number 9, issued for one share to ST Bledsoe on May 10th, 1933. Signed by the vice-president (Hitchcoc

A beautiful bond certificate from the County of Yuba in Northern Californoa to aid in the financing of a railroad between Marysville and San Francisco

Cert. #27, issued for 8000 shares in 1887 to Julio H. Rae, Trustee and signed by Rae as president. The company incorporated that same year. The compan

Roughly 65. Four are cancelled. Logo as vignette. The unissued certs are sequential in different amounts. The National Coal Railway completed its line

#527 0f 775 authorized, I/U. $1000 6% 30 year Second Mortgage Income Bearer Bond due 1916. Issued Jan 2, 1886 signed F.S. Bullock President, BROWN, e

#4 , I/U, $1000 8% 20 year bearer bond due 1886. Issued July 11. 1866. BLACK, embossed seal (grapes center), vignettes: bottom train r-l rounding cu

#7, I/U, $500, 4%, First Mortgage gold bearer bond due 1908. Issued May 1. 1898 signed Thomas H. Malone President, Green, embossed seal, vignettes:

#4129 , I/U, $1000 7% First Mortgage tax free 28 year gold bearer bond due1900. Issued Feb 15, 1872 signed Galusha Aaron Grow President, GREEN, embos

The Houston & Texas Central Railway Co. Waco & North Western Division. #85, I/U, $1000 7% 30 year First Mortgage Land Grant, Sinking Fun...

Ten of each: 1920 and 1932. Green early 1920 version are all cut cancelled. Governor signatures of Balzaar and Boyle. Nevada highways were not all p

Lot of seven pieces with train vignettes from the Northern Transportation Company from 1858 and 1860. Date: Country if not USA: State: City:

A set of two mining stock certs from Southern California operations, including The Gavilan Mining Co. of San Bernardino County and The Littler Butte M

Lot of two issued, uncancelled, unendorsed stock certificates. Date: Country if not USA: State: California City: Orange Provenance:

Incorp. 1903 State fo California. #184, I/C, 100 pound 10% General Mortgage Sinking Fund gold bearer bond. Issued March 17, 1906.. Signed M. Theo K

An entire archive of Santa Barbara Banking history through the First National Trust and Savings Bank. Letters from the Reconstruction Finance Corporat

Rare Gold Rush. Usually unissued. This is No. 42, issued for one share to Orson Fox on Nov. 8th, 1859 in Weaverville. Signed by president Lowden and s

This is a lot of 2 very rare stocks! 1) California Brewing Association, stock no. C7 issued to L.G. Gasue for 1 share on October 10, 1922. Note that t

Nice $1000, 1st Mtg. Gold Bond issued in 1897. Signed by Geo. W. Haines as president and Wm. F. Ellis as treasurer. Oilfield vignette with oil derrick

Lot of fifteen issued, uncancelled, non-endorsed stock certificates. 13 brown, 1 blue, 1 green. Date: Country if not USA: State: California City

11 I/C stocks, 1899 Date: Country if not USA: State: Colorado City: Cripple Creek Provenance: Fred Holabird Collection

1) Fall Creek Placer Mining and Leasing Company. Number 80 issued for 325,000 shares. Issued to the company. Signed by by secretary Sanford and presid

I/U #13 John Shafer 1909 4 shares. Signed by BH Shafer secretary and J Stovall president. Dealers in hardware lumber etc. Shares were $100 each Date:

I/U #95 Sidney Tyler 16 shares 1902. The 1862 gold rush in the Boise Basin led to the development of Idaho. Dredge mining in the basin began in 1898 a

Lot of ten. Nevada Hospital for Mental Diseases Building Fund. Signed by Governors Balzaar and Boyle. Earliest number is 38. Date: 1927 Country if n

Five $500 Heating Plant Bonds. Ten $500 New Gymnasium Bonds. All signed by Governor Carville. All with shiny gold seals. All with small state seals. A

$500 Heating Plant Bonds. All signed by Governor Carville. All with shiny gold seals. All with small state seals. All stamped by State Treasurer in 19

Thirty-one Bonds signed by governor Carville. The ‘Old Gym’ as it is known, was completed in 1945. Those of use old enough to rememb