Great Americana Pow-Wow Auction (August 2020)

Over 50 pieces; mostly 6-inch-plus Date: Country if not USA: State: Nevada City: Provenance: Candelaria/Rawhide/Bodie Area Mining Collection

This is a delightful display specimen of midnight-blue azurite crystals growing on a heavily oxidized breccia substrate. These sparkling blue crystals

Each bar weighs 3.6 pounds. Pure nickel possesses a useful combination of properties, including corrosion resistance, good strength, and high ductilit

Lot of two. Each bar weighs 3.6 pounds. 1) United American Metals, Government Genuine, Syracuse Babbitt, Made in America." 2) "American Sm...

Classic Yellow fluorite cubes about 3/4" square with coating of reddish barite from Morocco. about 5 x 5 x 4". This piece is not yet cura...

Hardcover reference. 256pp with index, boards have light foxing Date: 1869 Country if not USA: State: City: Provenance:

Hardcover ex Harvard library copy. 566pp with index Date: 1873 Country if not USA: State: City: Provenance:

This enormous 62"x 32" map on linen, shows the surveyed location of mining operations in Shoshone County, Idaho. The map is dated 1908 and...

Five short lengths of hand riveted water pipe from the LaPorte Area. generally 6" diameter in 8' lengths. Circa 1870-1885 or so, difficult ...

0.75". Black on orange. Would have either been from the Western Federation of Miners or the United Mine Workers of America.Probably c1905. Dat...

*** Water was always a problem for this 1870s Nevada mining camp. Water was originally pumped in from Dead Horse Wells miles away. Other water sources

14 x 17" blueprint, cloth backed map for the gold bug mine in the Alder District. J.H. Winwood, 1913. Heizer Archive. Date: Country if not U...

WOW! Assay. Comstock! Ruhling! More gold than silver! And a 5c Green Revenue Stamp with stamped killer 'Ruhling & Company'!!! Number 89...

One large (13" x 6.5" x 5") and one small (5" by 3" x 2"). Date: Country if not USA: State: Nevada City: Prove...

"Hendy, S. F. Cal Iron." 16" in diameter. The Joshua Hendy Iron Works lasted from the 1850s to the 1940s. By the 1890s, the Joshua He...

I/C Eureka County Bank 1897. Unissued Seal of Nevada. Unissued Spanish Belle of Nevada. I/U Curtis Con Mining 1880. I/U State Line Gold Mining 1882 D

C1900-1920 Timber car from a western Nevada mine near Austin. All four wheels present, straight spokes on public display in the Holabird backyard for

Very large incline ore car used at a major Nevada City, Calif. mine. About 9' long, 4' high, 3' wide, with about ten feet of rail. This ...

Very large incline ore car used at a major Nevada City, Calif. mine. About 7' long, 5' high, 4' wide, with about ten feet of rail. Only ...

Large modern Atlas 8450 side dumping ore car, possibly used at the Empire Mine in Nevada City at the end of their reign in 1956. By that time, Newmont

Item #1 of 4 : A whole box( 25 pieces, different sizes ) of Anthracite coal !! Item # 2 of 4: 14 3/4" long small coal shovel, probably used in...

This beautiful piece of fire-fighting history is an original Foamite Fire Extinguisher, Model CA, approx. 24-inches tall and 7-inches in diameter. All

Three miner's tools: A coal shovel labeled "East Street 2 Solid"with a wooden shaft and wooden handle, the business end is 11 x 9 inch...

This is a 12 x 36" black on white Utah mine bell signal sign. The would go well with the Gardner oil painting that shows a Utah mine bell signa...

3.5' wide, 4.5' long, 3' tall with about ten feet of rail. No maker's plate. FOB Strawberry Valley. The wheels are embossed on the ...

A large variety of rusty antique Farm equipment, perfect for a "yard art" grouping or decor at any ranch in America. Consists of: several ...

Time to prime the pump! This "Red Jacket" water pump is a "must-have" yard art piece. Remniscent of the days of old, these pumps...

Incline car with rear wheels with second exterior area for different track and swivel on the headframe for dunping the car. 5.5' long, 3' ta...

Blacksmith grinding wheel with18" stone wheel. "C.S. & Co., Pat Appl For" embossed on the side. (Cleveland Stone Co.) perhaps cir...

A wonderful group of large blacksmith equipment with some tools. A) large stone grinding wheel with ahnd crank, 18"; b) Canedy Otto Mfg Co., Ch...

Cabin Stove by Schrader. 30 x 24 x 24" with stovepipe. Date: Country if not USA: State: City: Provenance:

Two drums, 12" diameter for the cable, 20" wide spools. See photo for name identifiaction. FOB Strawberry Valley. Equipment accessible. D...

End dump ore car with the angled end with swinging door, hand riveted as usual, possibly made at the Miners Foundry in Nevada City, cal. 4.5' l...

Nice varied group of explosive collectibles. a) Trojan explosives cardboard box; b)gold medal gelatin wood box end; c)Danger explosives tin sign; d)dy

Incline ore car with small wheels with track. 5' lonmg, 2.5' wide, 38" tall. Used in small incline, possible an inclined winze. Comes ...

Large electric pump. GE motor, model 5k213AG201, No. TX, 208v-220/240, Amp 9/4.5; Byron Jackson pump, 3 x 4 x 82H, Type SMJ. Has not been turned on in

Rare blasting machine from the Lion Blasting Company. The plunger goes through the middle of the embossed brass name plate as made. Tongue and groove

A large group of varied sized chain parts, from small chain to links of about ten inches. Ther are perhaps 300 pounds-plus of chain, see the photo. FO

Unmarked bras Davey Lamp 9.5" tall, 2.5" diam; brass Wolf with reflector 11.5" tall, 3.5" diam. Date: Country if not USA: S...

Perfect for any mining camp display is this group of fry pans from c1900-1930. Brand names include Western Holly, Cold Handle and several unmarked. Ni

Five mismatched ore car wheels; 20" headframe shieve wheel made by M&G Co., SF Cal; other heavy steel reportedly for the headframe. Date: ...

Group of five old iron pulleys. Two are Skookum, one PAcific, and the other Washington iron Works. Up to 14". FOB Strawberry Valley unless they...

One long side bent, restorable. Brass plaque intact difficult to read. Nice mining artifact/relic for any yard or display Date: Country if not USA:

A nice small pile of rail to use in your ore car displays. This group has about nine pieces of varying length of roughly ten feet each. FOB Strawberry

Group of eight original antique saw blades for the eclectic logging collector or decorator. There are four two-man crosscut saws about 6' each; ...

This Lathe was used at Luning after it was no longer in use at Bodie. Purchased at the Bobby Bell estate. Bobby Bell was born in 1914 in the gold and

Purchased at the Bobby Bell estate. Bobby Bell was born in 1914 in the gold and silver mining camp of Bodie . Bell followed his grandfather and father

Yet another miner's tram bucket, approx 24 x 36 x 24 inches. Rusty inside and out. See more in Candelaria, Nevada. Date: Country if not USA: ...

Item # 1 of 2: ( 3 pieces ) Identical small brass hooked carbide miners lamps for caps or helmets. 3 1/2" tall, with reflectors. Made by the U...

An assortment of broken box ends from rare powder and candle producers, found underground at Candelaria. Date: Country if not USA: State: Nevada