"Holabird's High-Grade": Mining, Numismatics, Railroadiana, & Americana (June 2023 Live Auction)

This lot contains over 20 photos from the District Court of Montana for Carson Investment Company (plaintiff) vs. Anaconda Copper Mining Company 1926

Large photo at Butte Concentrator, 1888, with list of men on back. 10x13" with edge damage and left side tape. Please inspect, sold as is. Dat...

c. 1880's Notice of Location, Empire Lode Mining Claim, 66pp. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Montana City: Deer Lodge County Provenan...

About 30 early Hecla Mining letterheads c. 1878-80 to Henry Elling in Virginia City, MT. related to silver assays, checks etc. Date: Country (if no

1915 Montana Mining District map by The Engineering Corporation. 61x42". Some edge tears, chip, tape repairs etc. Please inspect. Date: Coun...

Archive of Montana Mining Co. LTD c. 1889-96. About 120 correspondences-electric plants, wire rope etc. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Monta

About 50 DuPont dynamite plant brass tags, Ramsay, MT, about 7 miles from Butte, 1.25x1". Date: Country (if not USA): State: Montana City...

Collection of 200 or more letters to and from Fred R. Merk Esq., c. 1890-1900. 200 or more letters c. 1869-1906 from Ella Merk to her parents. Fred Me

About 45 pieces of Easton Mine ephemera including billheads, bill of lading, ore receipts, etc. c. 1883-1905. Date: Country (if not USA): Sta

About 65 check style receipts and 3 company purchase records from Virginia Reduction Co. c. 1883-84 in small paper holder with string. Date: Countr

Lot of 30. Mostly billheads and letterheads. Griffith & Wedge portable engines, Tomlins mine and smelter supplies, Wade & Wheeler mining eng...

About 25 pieces of Montana mining ephemera c. 1885-1935. Anaconda Copper, Elkhorn Mining, Nevada Crescent Gold Mines, Fraser Chalmers, Highland Cons.

29 Montana mining incorporation papers. Mines include Orq Fino, Coeur D'Alene, National, Galena, Bearpaw, Orlando, Pennmont, Triangle, Mint, New...

10 Montana placer gold mine annual statements and articles of incorporation. Marion Creek, Kennedy Creek, Deep Creek, Meadow Creek, Clark's Fork...

Lot of 4. Three are c.1920s similar bird's-eye views, 5 x 7". All from the NE Johnson Photograph Collection. Third is a modern copy of a c....

52 Bullion and Exchange bank ledgers, c. 1880's-90's. They used a stock broker on the San Francisco Stock and Exchange Board for these trans...

Lawrence & Houseworth stereoview, published in 1865, showing "Gold Hill." Two mines with readable signs are the Alpha (left) and Miner...

4.5 x 7.75" photo on 5.75 x 8.5" mount. Mount has label "Gold Hill, From the Belcher Dump." Reverse has notation that this is an...

This spectacular CDV is one of the earliest views of Gold Hill known, believed to have been taken in 1862. Album Views of Nevada, Lawrence & Hou...

Fantastic scene photographed by Thomas Houseworth & Co. "736. Hoisting Works of the Bullion Mine--Gold Hill." View shows man with ore ...

Nice view of multiple people standing on porch of home with mine tailings on the hill to the right and trestle in the background. Identification on re

No. 927. "Foreman[sic.] Shaft, Gold Hill, Nev." No photographer listed. c.1900. 5 x 8" photo on 7.75 x 10.75" mount. Contrast an...

Thomas Houseworth & Co., No. 9 Montgomery St. "743. GOLD HILL--From Fort Homestead, Bowers' Canon." Built in the late spring of 18...

Stereoview from Continent Stereoscopic Company, New York, Descriptive Views of the American Continent (active c.1870s-90s). This view is mislabeled as

"Peeps at Scenes in Washoe." J.C. Scripture, Publisher, Big Trees, Cal. Active c.1868-77. No. 3439. Yellow Jacket Mine, Gold Hill, Nevada....

"1223. A A Mule Team--Ore from the Silver Mines, Virginia City, Nevada." Continent Stereoscopic Co., Publishers, No. 60 Nassau Street, New...

Fantastic CDV by Lawrence & Houseworth. "738. Quartz Mills at Gold Hill." Two cent orange US IR Bank Check stamp attached, but the dat...

Fantastic stereoview by Lawrence & Houseworth. "738. Quartz Mills at Gold Hill." 1865. View is sharp with great contrast and detail! S...

Lot of 3 different. 1) View identified on reverse as the famous Yellow Jacket Mine. Stamped G.L. Hepburn, Photographer. Light contrast, medium focus.

Lot of 3 different from Watkins New Series. 1-2) Two very similar views looking down on Gold Hill from Ophir Grade. Crown Point Ravine Virginia &...

Lot of 3 different. All are bird's-eye views of Gold Hill from the reservoir. All are from Watkins' New Series, Yosemite and Pacific Coast, ...

Lot of 2 different, mid-1860s. Opposite views. 1) Lawrence & Houseworth, Album Views of Nevada, 317 & 319 Montgomery St., SF. "737. Gol...

Lot of 2 different. 1) Watkins' New Series, Yosemite and Pacific Coast, 26 Montgomery St., SF. "Gold Hill. View down the Canon." Virgi...

Lot of 2 different, both published by Thomas Houseworth & Co. 1) 745. Bower's Canon--Gold Hill. This is a reprint of one of the earliest vi...

Lot of 2 different. These mills were in the vicinity of the original discovery site for the Comstock by the Grosh brothers. Both stereoviews are publi

Fantastic early (c.1864 or earlier) view by Lawrence & Houseworth as part of the Album Views of Nevada. "233. Silver City from the Devil...

No. 3443. Devil's Gate, Devil's Gate Toll Road, Nevada." J.C. Scripture, Publisher, Big Trees, Cal. Part of the series "Peeps at S...

Lot of 2 different by Lawrence & Houseworth. 1) CDV. "748. Silver City, from the Devil's Gate, looking South." c.1864. Contrast un...

A key, historically important view! "746. Canon at Silver City." Lawrence & Houseworth, Album Views of Nevada. 2 cent US IR Proprietar...

Lot of 2 different. This is the area of Silver City near the intersection of American Ravine and Gold Canyon where the Grosh Brothers made their silve

Watkins' New Series, Yosemite and Pacific Coast, 26 Montgomery Street, and Woodward's Garden, S.F. "Silver City, Nevada 4166" View...

Lot of 2. The Brunswick Lode (previously called the Occidental or Monte Cristo Lode) was 1.25 miles east of Virginia City and Gold Hill, parallel to t

c.1910 view with the company name clearly visible on sign on the top of the building. No photographer listed. Mostly good contrast, sharp focus. Creas

Lot of 4 different. Some of the largest Comstock mills were built along the Carson River from Empire to below Dayton. Harnessing the water for power (

Fantastic! View shows two empty wagons and men in the Carson River loading timber that has been floated down to the mill. Good contrast and focus. Lab

Watkins' New Series, Yosemite and Pacific Coast, 26 Montgomery St, SF. "California Pan Mill, Virginia City, Nev. 4126" Impressive view...

No. 14. Chollar Mine, VA City, Nev. 5 x 8" Undated and photographer not listed; probably c.1900-10. Good contrast and focus. The Chollar Mine i...

Lot of 2 different Lawrence & Houseworth (San Francisco) of the mine office of the Chollar Mine in Virginia City. Both stereoviews are dated 186...

Choice mounted photograph of this joint shaft, also known as the Combination Shaft. Two men pose in front of the building with the company name in cle

Label on the back provides identification: "Northern part of Virginia City, from the Combination Shaft." Part of the Views of the Great We...

Mounted photograph of building with faint "Combination Shaft" visible on side (also matches earlier views of this structure). 5 x 8" ...

Lot of 3 different. All are Carleton Watkins, part of the Watkins' New Series, Yosemite & Pacific Coast. The Con. Virginia Pan Mill was owne...

Lot of 4 different for the largest producing mine on the Comstock, the site of the Big Bonanza ore discovery in 1873. Located between the California a

Watkins' New Series, Yosemite and Pacific Coast, 26 Montgomery Street and Woodward's Garden, SF. "C. & C. Mill, Virginia City. 4144...

Lot of 2. The Empire State Mill was located in Sixmile Canyon at foot of Sugarloaf. In the early 1870s, it had 15 stamps a 40-ton-a-day-capacity. The

Lovers of the Comstock and mining history could not ask for a better composed shot! Man pushing an ore cart on track (in foreground), mine and wagons

Lot of 2 different early CDVs of the Gould & Curry Mill by Lawrence & Houseworth, c.1864. This mill was built at considerable cost in 1862 a...

Very rare CDV by Lawrence & Houseworth showing the mill in full production, c.1864. "726. The Patio Process--Gould & Curry Mill." ...

Lot of 2 different stereoviews of the Gould & Curry Mill by Lawrence & Houseworth, 1865. This mill was built at considerable cost in 1862 an...

"No. 6 HALE & NORCROSS MINE VA CITY NEV" written in white text on the photo. No photographer listed. 4.75 x 7.75" photo on 7.5 x ...

Lot of 2 for this important Comstock mine. 1) Very rare Lawrence & Houseworth CDV. "730. Mexican Mine, Virginia City." View shows whit...

Lot of 4 different from Watkins' New Series. The Ophir Mine is one of the oldest claims on the Comstock and the discovery site for the Virginia ...

"No. 11. OPHIR MINE VA CITY NEV" in white print on photo. 4.75 x 7.75" photo on 7.5 x 10.5" board. Great contrast and focus exce...

Lot of 2 different. The Ophir Mine is one of the oldest claims on the Comstock and the discovery site for the Virginia City branch of the lode. It was

"No. 8. Savage Mine, VA City Nev." No photographer listed. 4.5 x 7.75" photo on 7.5 x 10.5" mount. Good contrast, sharp focus. S...

Lot of 2 different for this important mine. The Sierra Nevada Mine was located on the north end on the Comstock in Sevenmile Canyon and was its second

Lot of two different from a series of Comstock photographs taken about c.1900 from an unidentified photographer. These two identify the mine in white

Nice view looking down from B Street to C Street and Sixmile Canyon in the background. Thomas Houseworth & Co., 317 & 319 Montgomery St., SF...

"720. View Down Six-Mile Canon--from the Lower Dump of the Gould & Curry Mine, Virginia City." Thomas Houseworth & Co., 317 and 31...

Noe's Views, No. 29 South C Street, Virginia, Nevada. Reverse has paper label identifying this as the Utah Mine Hoisting Works. The contrast is ...

Great CDV of an unidentified Comstock mine or milling operation. View shows building with smokestacks and piles of wood out front. Medium contrast and

Lot of 2 different. Both feature political banners. Both by Continent Stereoscopic Co., Publishers, New York. Opposite views of the main street of Vir

This is an c.1860s view (see the CDV also in this sale) being reproduced on a stereoview in the 1870s. Excellent early view of the main street in Virg

Excellent early view of the main street in Virginia City, with Gillig, Mott & Co. hardware building identified on the right (makers of the famou...

Fantastic view by Lawrence & Houseworth, 317 & 319 Montgomery St., San Francisco (identified on reverse). 710. "Pioneer Stages, leaving...

Rare view looking down on Virginia City and down Sixmile Canyon." Watkins' New Series of Pacific Coast Views, 427 Montgomery Street, S.F. (...

This is a fantastic boudoir-sized photograph showing the amazing amount of mines, mill buildings, businesses, and homes that encompassed Virginia City

Possibly a Lawrence & Houseworth view. Reverse has the following pencil notations: "Virginia City looking west from mint, L&H." Po...

From Watkins' Yosemite Art Gallery, Portrait and Landscape, 26 Montgomery Street, opp. Lick House Entrance, S.F. Good contrast and sharp focus. ...

Watkins" New Series, Yosemite and Pacific Coast, 26 Montgomery Street, S.F. "Panorama of Virginia City. No. 5. 4116" This was one of ...

"Panorama of Virginia City from the North End, No. 3. 4122." One view of a four part Virginia City Panorama with the California Pan Mill i...

Lot of 2 different. 1) Lawrence & Houseworth, 1864, 240. "Virginia City and Mount Davidson, from the East." Reverse is stamped with th...

Continent Stereoscopic Co., New York Publishers (active New York c. 1870-c. 1899). "475-Virginia-City, Nevada" 4.25 x 7" There appear...

DeGroot’s 1860 Map of the Comstock and Washoe Region, Original Fred N. Holabird This is one of perhaps five known copies of De Groot's...

14.5 x 23.5" black and white litho by Oakley and Thomson Boston. Survey July 1864 Westcoatt on claims located in sept and oct of 1859. The map ...

16.5 x 8.5" hand colored map of the lower Comstock and immigrant consolidated mining company mines, Lyon county Nevada limo by GT Brown and Co ...

Undated map on vellum that shows claims patented by the California MC, Con. Virginia, Ophir, JB Overton, Union Consolidated, Mexican, and Central Silv

"Showing the Virginia, Gold Hill, Silver City, Silver Star and Six Mile Canon Mining Districts. Storey and Lyon Counties Nevada." 1923. Ra...

Rare map not seen before by us. By E.R. Lovewell. Scale 1 inch=1,000 feet. Compliments of the Consolidated Chollar Gould & Savage Mining Company...

Lot of 15 different. Group has Bliss, Yerington, Mackay, and Fair autographs, plus other significant mining superintendents. Includes: Mariposa Mill,

Lot of 4. 1) Rare 1874 Bank of California check issued to the Carson Wood Company, signed by Fair. Manuscript "Pac. M&M Co." written n...

Lot of 2. Each is on the check form with green print and RN-D imprinted revenue. 1) No. 131, issued to the Virginia & Gold Hill Water Co. in 187...

Lot of 4 different. The Sapphire Mill was built in the early 1860s and was located 1/4 mile below Gold Hill. It was originally known as JB Gagnon &a...

Extremely rare Comstock autograph. Virginia & Truckee Railroad receipt, Carson, March 14th, 1872. Issued to E. Penrod for 9 7/8 cords of nut pin...

Three cubes of dense compressed wood from the square set which was used to support the mine walls at the Cons. Virginia Mine. About 1.5x2.5x2.5"...

So rare FH didn't even know this existed! This ultra-rare pamphlet originally went with the Vischer views. While it does not contain the views, ...

Rare. The Comstock Lode: Its Character, and the Probable Mode of its Continuance in Depth by Ferdinand Baron Richthofen, 1866. 83pp. First edition. Ri

Six key Nevada mining references, 1866-78. As per FH, "includes the single most important, original source material for mining of the period. E...

Carson City: John J. Hill, State Printer, SPO, 1875. First edition, limited to 3000 copies of which 500 were bound in cloth. 8 7/8 x 5 3/4. 191 pages.

Very rare gilded cover, Bonanza Mines and the Bonanza Kings of California by S P Dewey, Their Five Years Reign. 1879. 87pp. Spine wear, repaired fron