Hauntingly Good Timed Auction, October 2023

Lot of three.1) 1933 University of Arizona Bulletin. Bureau of Mines. Titled Arizona Gold Placer and Placering. Written by GM Butler. 148 pages. 14 p

Calumet and Arizona Mining Co. safety rules booklet for the prevention of accidents, miner guide pamphlet.5.75x4", creased cover. Arizona

1968 reprint of 1865 Arizona letter to the Editor of the New York Tribune by Hon. Richard C. McCormick. He outlines the advantage of the counties and

Two page letter signed by James W. McCullough, who wants to talk to a Pittsburgh banker about a gold mine 16 miles from Summit Station. We think this

Lot of 19. Mostly borderless. Post marks: Dutch Flat, San Fran. Colfax,. Street level view: street senes from horse and buggy to cars, hydrauli

A RARE find. This is a January 7, 1884 opinion with regards debris caused from hydraulic mining from The North Bloomfield, Liberty Hill, Gold Run &...

Crowd examining gold float found on Main St Hart, Cal. Feb7,1908. This divided back card is also imprinted " After March 1, 1908. This space ...

Kennedy Mine, Jackson, California gold bullion memorandums (13) issued by Selby Smelting & Lead Company. All in nice condition. Please see phot...

About 25 unused c. 1870's Bank of La Porte checks. 1 check is used to prove is La Porte, California from a Kansas City printer, which is odd. A...

2 c. 1877 Bank of La Porte checks to United Working Union. Rare evidence of labor union donations at the time. California La Porte

5 c. 1877-78 Bank of La Porte checks issued to W H Knight with signatures on verso. Knight was the first publisher of Western regional businesses in 4

About 50 Bank of La Porte checks, c. 1884. No RN, but classic mining vignette on left side. California La Porte

Payroll list for the Newtown Mine Company. Once the Union Mine in the Cerro Gordo District. The mine name changed after it changed hands in 1890. This

Lot of 16. Three RPC's. Mostly borderless. Postmarks: Marysville, Hammonton, Minneapolis MN, Marion OH. , one 1 cent Franklin stamp does not...

A letter from Attorney Fred Searls of Nevada City, father of Fred Searls Jr. one of the prominent geologists and mining experts of the mid 1900s. Plea

Prospectus and 1903 cover letter and cover for Eddy Mine in Nevada City, CA. California Nevada City

Assortment of mine receipts and payroll slip, all handwritten in the 1880s. Great collection starter. See photos for more details. California Nev

Nevada, The Banner Gold County of California booklet, undated. Lots of mine and area photos. 6.75x5". Cover and next page detached, staple rust...

A group of 14 photos showing placer mining in Nevada County, California accompanied by a letter of proposal from The California Placer Mines Company t

Lot of six. 1) Placer Land Company lettersheet with attached hand drawn map of railroad route. 2) Geologic Map of Iowa Hill Mining District. Color. 20

Various letters from Pacific Coast Gold Mines to Angels Iron Works regarding equipment. Company owned mines at Quartz, south of Jamestown in Tuolumne

Lot of 10. One RPC. Postmarks : Redding, Philomath, Ore., Fort Jones Cal.. Ground level view: Redding-Weaverville Stage 1905, gold dredger Sacto Riv

First Annual Catalogue of the State Museum of California of collections made by the State Mining Bureau, Henry G. Hanks State Mineralogist. This cover

Three books, including Mining History in America, by Fred Holabird, published 1998, softcover, Anatomy of an Ingot, by Paul Franklin published 2012, h

Billhead for R. R. & J. Craig Hydraulic Mining Nozzles, located at 240 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. It's dated May 6, 1874 and in great...

Mine letterheads include Hidden Treasure Gravel Mining Company (2), Excelsior Hydraulic Mining Company and Mike Corcoran Placer Mining Company. All i

This is an invoice issued by the Funeral Range Copper Company of Copperfield, Inyo County in the amount of $3. It's dated August 29, 1906 and...

2 reproduction Smartsville maps 19x19". 1930 Colombo Mine, Sierra City map 24,52, a few small tears and stain. Please inspect. California

Seventeenth Report of the State Mineralogist by California State Mining Bureau, 1920. A key volume for California mining, 562pp with index. Boards det

A number of correspondence (4), between the Cripple Creek mines and various blasting powder companies, plus a letter from The Giant Powder Company to

High grade ore shipment record. Bottom tears and stains Colorado Victor 1900

6 pieces of Colorado mining ephemera. 2x New Dominion Gold Mining pictorial letterhead, c. 1906. International Mines proxy letters, 2 different. Unity

Two sided. 8 x 5.5" Horizontal fold, two pinholes, slight bend on bottom right corner. Overall in nice condition. Taken from the "State Ge...

Ore Settlement reports, assay, freight records from Northern Smelting and Refinement, c.1916 Idaho

Articles of Incorporation, Coeur d'Alene and Montana Copper Mining 1907. Annual reports Dannemora? Gold and Copper Mining, Wallace, Idaho 1903, ...

Lot of 2: Printed copies of a letter dateline New York, July 27th, 1878. States that the holder of mortgage bond No. 22 and No. 23 is entitled to 500

c. 1953 Butte, MT Jaycees copper leaf cover booklet with mine site on cover. 6x4.5" Montana Butte

Miner's Union newspaper checks Montana Labor News out of Butte, Montana. Dated c. 1940. Over two dozen. Hole punched as paid. Montana Butte

Combination Gold Mine ephemera package (7), including a blank stock certificate, receipt for engraving services, an assay from Lewis & Walker of...

1892 letter from Castle Mining to AM Holter Hardware regarding a pump, creased. 1891 letter to AM Holter Hardware regarding a safety(sic) valve. This

1918 minutes of board of directors meeting. Trial balance sheets 1917-2/28, 3/31, 4/30, 5/31. Preliminary prospectus of Rocky Mountain Consolidating

Rare pictorial letterhead from E Schneider, purveyor of mining candles, glycerine and saoponfield red oil. 1893 letter to S R Buford regarding a quot

Anaconda Copper Mining Company, Colville WA, 5 page letter regarding drill holes and copper samples c 1953. 3 x c. 1960's letters from Anaconda...

Article of Incorporation from 2 Montana coal companies. 1917 Missoula Coal and Development and 1903 The Coal Company. Montana

1889 Montana Smelting letter and assay report on Home Stake tailings with finding of a low grade of silver. Montana

2 Articles of incorporation. Calumet and Montana had 6 claims with about 120 acres, in the Copper Queen district located along the Montana Idaho borde

Ephemera, contracts and files from Potosi Mine in Mineral Hill Mining District, c. 1930's. Montana

A detailed and fantastic 1891 letter to Boston & Montana C C and S M Co. on the progress of a smelter being built. 16pp with costs, constructio...

About 24 pieces of Montana mining ephemera. Elmu Orling Mining c. 1920's cards in a book. Geology book with hand drawn maps from NB Mining, an u...

Black Friday Lode map measuring 34"x 42" and in readable shape, with some fold tearing. The Black Friday is a gold mine located in Broadwa...