Great Americana Pow-Wow Auction (August 2020)

W.S. Hobart / Ophir Mill, Bank of California, revenue check, RN-B16a. Issued in 1872 in Virginia City to F. Birdsall & Co. for $62.34. Signed by...

Lot of 2. Nice pair of W.S. Hobart / Ophir Mill, Bank of California, revenue checks issued in Virginia City in 1872. One is signed by James G. Fair an

Rare. Sapphire Mill (Nevada and Atlas crossed out), Bank of California, Virginia, Nev., Sept. 24, 1868. Issued to (illegible), signed by W.S. Hobart.

Lot of five. All for the Savage Mining Company. From May 3, 1865 to May 30, 1865. Largest bar was on May 8th. 1,465.5 ounces. $ 421.97 in gold and $1,

No. 225, issued in May 31st, 1864 to DV Peck. Signed by Charles Bonner (as supt. for the Gould & Curry). Very bold red S&A cancel!!! Two cen...

Stateler & Arrington, Bankers, check issued May 20, 1864 to JM Douglass by Charles Bonner (as supt. for the Gould & Curry). Dateline Virgini...

Stateler & Arrington, Bankers, check issued March 5, 1864 to Pat Brophy. Signed by Charles Strong (as supt. for the Gould & Curry). Two cent...

Lot of 2. Consecutive numbered Stateler & Arrington checks issued to John and Pat Flynn, likely brothers. Signed by Charles Bonner as supt. of t...

Lot of 5. These are Stateler & Arrington checks issued in 1864 to people with famous Nevada last names. However, research did not show any relat...

Stateler & Arrington, Bankers, check No. 76. Issued to DW Balch on May 28, 1864. Signed by Charles Bonner (as supt for the Gould & Curry). N...

Lot of 3 different. All are issued to Wells Fargo & Co., probably for shipping gold/silver bullion. Signatures of Mackay and Fair, two of the fo...

Lot of 3 different. 1) Woodworth Mill, 1872, issued to J.G. Fair by James G. Fair. Signed by Fair on the reverse. Rare double signature! RN-E7. 2) Occ

Trench Mill, Bank of California, Virginia City, Nevada, revenue check (RN-C) issued to HM Yerington for $550 in 1871. Signed by mining millionaire Joh

Lot of 2 different. 1) Summit Mill check, 1869, signed by CB Smith. Nevada and IR adhesive revenue stamps. 2) Pacific Mill & Mining Company reve...

Lot of 2 different. 1) Belcher Silver Mining Company, Bank of California, Virginia, Nev., July 30, 1873. Issued to "Labor" for $1,000. Sig...

Bank of California promissory note for $80,495, issued to William Sharon by the Union Mill and Mining Company, Sept. 19th, 1872, San Francisco. Signed

Bank of California promissory note for $100,000, issued to William Sharon by the Union Mill and Mining Company,Feb. 14th, 1872, San Francisco. Signed

Bank of California promissory note for $100,000, issued to William Sharon by the Union Mill and Mining Company, Nov. 1st, 1871, San Francisco. Signed

Dateline Virginia City, Nov. 21st, 1864 (a month after NV became a state). No. 760 for a 2,293 ounce deposit of bullion from the Savage Silver Mining

Lot of two. 1) Union Mill. Gold $485.13 and silver $1,106.92. 2) Island Mill. Gold $712.74 and silver $1,621.22. We don't find reference to the ...

Lot of 5 different. Includes: HM Yerington, 1874, RN-D (buff), Signed by Yerington; Woodworth Mill, 1872, RN-E7, Signed by Fair; Gould & Curry, ...

A truly fabulous piece of Comstock and Nevada history: an original sign from a famous Gold Hill and Virginia City assayer, Conrad Wiegand & Co. ...

Rare double signature check! Woodworth Mill, Bank of California. RN-E7. No. 745, issued to J.G. Fair (Pay Roll) by James G. Fair. Signed on the revers

17 x 21". Color. Hale & Norcross and Potossi Mines Cross Section. Numbered Plate 10. Major rips and folds could use archival tape! Date: ...

This important document is unquestionably one of the most important mine production documents we've had. It is for the first quarter 1870, at th...

All from the Denver Fire Clay Company. In the original somewhat dilapidated cardboard box. Crucibles are in like new condition in original packing.

By Eliot Lord. 20 Chapters with 36 page appendix and 3 maps. 19.5 x 32.5" map of Washoe District Shows Mining Claims. Book is 9 x 11.5" ...

1) Geology & Ore Deposits of the Rochester District. Bulletin 762, by Adolph Knopf, 1924, 6" x 9" softbound, 4 plates, 5 figures, 78 p...

Deming Folio, New Mexico by N.H. Darton. 1917 George W. Stose, Editor of Geologic Maps, S.J. Kubel, Chief Engraver. Colorful maps & some photos....

Silver Hill Mine, Lexington, N.C., Feb. 27th, 1899. Written by Edward Hopkins and addressed to GF King in New York. They are sending King "one ...

"Manufactured From Pure Old North Carolina Leaf." Illustration shows miners operating a sluice. Printed by J. Ottmann, New York. 3 x 4.5&q...

This is a lot of two issues of The Mineral Resources of Oregon, October 1914 vol. 1 number 6 and May 1916 vol.2 number 1; published by the Oregon Bure

Lot of 12. 1) 1880 deed to James Brewster and Joseph Belliveau for 50 feet on the Mountain Girl Lode Mining Claim, situated 2 miles NE of Elkhorn City

Black letter on white bell signals with cloth backing. 47x23", right edge is heavily frayed. Sold as is, please inspect Date: c1910 Country i...

Vol. 1. Articles about the by-laws of the Star Mining District, Beaver County and "Proceedings of a Miner's Meeting Held on the 8th Day of ...

Geology and Ore Deposits of the Cottonwood-American Fork Area, Utah Geological Survey Professional Paper 201, United States Department of the Interior

The Ore Deposits of Utah, U.S.G.S. PP 111, 1920 By B. S. Butler, G. F. Loughlin, & V. C. Heikes. 9 x 11.5" rebound hardcover, 57 plates, 6 ...

2 softcovers. Relief Mine and Relief Mine II by Ogden Kraut. Date: Country if not USA: State: Utah City: Provenance: Geff Pollock Collection

1) Geology and Mining Industry 17th Annual Report by G. W. Tower & G. Smith, 1917, 8 x 11.5" rebound, 27 plates, 2 in pocket, 12 figures, 1...

Approx 35 mostly mining checks. 4 RNG with 2 different. Mammoth Powder Co, Daly West Mining, Sunbeam Consolidated and more Date: Country if not USA

13 softcovers including rare The Porphyry March-April 1918. Also Utah Historical Quarterly 1963 and 2009, Salt Lake Mining Review, balance c. 1912-196

Attractive booklet contains 31 pages of photos & description of operations plus 3 impressive onionskin foldout maps of claims, mine works and su...

Group of five very large, appx 40" x 80" original black ink on linen maps. Most cover a very wide range from T18N to T25N (above Seattle),...

This is a book :Mining in the Pacific Northwest by L.K. Hodges originally printed in 1897; now reproduced in 1997 for the mining community. Reproduced

This is a collection of blueline mining claims maps of seven mining districts in Washington state printed by the Kroll Map Co. of Seattle: Money Creek

Group of about six Washington state coal mines, including materials for the Olympic Coal Co and the Pierce County Coal Co. The maps are all black ink

This is a Northern Transcontinental Survey of the Green River and Puyallup Coal fields in Washington Territory by Bailey Willis. No scale. Condition i

This is a program booklet outlining three days of activities on mining in Washington State at Wenatchee in 1938. 23 pages in very good condition. 6 i

This is a program booklet outlining three days of activities on mining in Washington State at Wenatchee in 1938. 23 pages in very good condition. 6 i

This is sheet 3 map of the Yukon District in the North West Territory 1898, scale is 506, drawn by J. McEvoy. Highlighting White Horse township. Geol