Holiday Auction: Mining, Philatelic, Americana, & More (December 2020)

Conductor Hat Badge for the Santa Fe Railroad, gold-toned with white and navy-blue enamel. Three symbols on reverse for International Jewelry Workers

Porter Hat Badge for the Santa Fe Railroad, silver-toned with white and navy-blue enamel. No reverse stamp. Approx 3-1/4 x 2-1/2 inches. Date: Coun

Conductor Hat Badge for the Santa Fe Railroad, nickel-toned with black lettering. Some corrosion. No reverse stamp. Approx 3-1/2 x 3/4 inches. Date:

Conductor Hat Badge for the Santa Fe Railroad, scalloped design, likely silver-toned nickel with blue enamel logo and black enamel . Approx 3-1/4 x 2-

Station Agent Hat Badge for Union Pacific RR, gold-toned (brass?). No reverse stamp. Approx. 4 x 1 inches. Date: Country (if not USA): State: C

Brakeman Hat Badge for Union Pacific RR, silver-toned (nickel?). No reverse stamp. Approx. 4 x 1 inches. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Cit

Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Oc

This is a set of four maps of the Alaskan Railroad surveyed between 1898-1933 published in 1940. Scale is 250 by the USGS. Map 26 Matanuska Coal Field

Album about 6 x 6", of Northern Pacific RR train photos, all about 1.5 x 2.5" each. About 40 photos. One of the photos shows an advertis...

Lot of 8 different. Includes: Timetable 23 (Dec. 1948), 24 (April 1950), 27 (Sept. 1951), 29 (Sept. 1952), 35 (Sept. 1955), 36 (June 1956); 37 (Sept.

This memorandum is a complaint about Stein, a man in the wood business owing $300 to Virginia and Truckee Railroad. Stein is noted to get consistently

Nice lot of seven railroad lanterns from Adlake, Dietz, Atwood Castle, etc. These lamps vary in style and duty. While there are four with clear white

Comes with Compendium Companion Addition. Published by Diebert & Strapac in 1987. Catalogs all the known steam locomotives operated by Southern ...

10 3/4 X 9 framed photo. Written on back “ TAT inaugural, July 8, 1929. July 8, 1929. Col. Lindbergh presses button in Los Angeles to star

This is a coupling section of an aviation antenna assembled by the Airways Facilities Shop in Fort Worth, Texas. It comes with a presentation oak stan

Lot of 7, most different. Includes: TWA (February and December 1938); American Airlines (January 1939 and March 1940); and Eastern Air Lines (May 1935

All 7 measuring approx. 11.5" x 12"; 1) Lieutenant-Commander Albert C. Read nears the Azores in a navy plane, 1919; there are 3 of these p...

Six vintage automobile lights and lamps. Included is a headlight from a 1913-14 Model T Ford. It is marked "Ford, The Victor Lamp Co. Cinti-0 M...

Rare Ford Model "T" radiator. This is for all you classic car people out there who are looking for that final part to make you project bui...

Collection of seven brass automobile horns from the 1920's to the 1940's. Usual wear and tear, but with a little polish and elbow grease, th...

Antique Solar Model 624 Lantern Lamp. Neat piece! Lens is clear , reverse has a red reflector. The sign is marked "Pat'd Oct. 16-1906"...

A group of 10 or so ancient timbers, probably at least 2000 years old from a mine in Cyprus. A retired Reno Geologist found these in the 1970s while

Four wood crates with brand names stenciled on them. Included are a "Granite Candles" 7"x 10" x 13", a Hercules Powder 17&q...

Atlas, Hercules, and more. All dovetail. About 50 pieces! Date: Country (if not USA): State: Nevada City: Virginia City Provenance:

This is an old antique square scoop shovel. Shovel measures 37" in length, with a 9"x 11" square blade. This is an old shovel with a...

Collection includes a carbide lamp, an oil wick lamp, three miner candlesticks and four crucibles. Candlesticks and crucibles in workable condition,

Unmarked miners scale in green rectangular box, about 2.5 x 6". On the bottom: "Property of E.C. Strert Jr, Manhattan Bldg, Phila. " ...

A) Black rectangular box with eagle on top, with balance and 2 weights. Probably American, about 2.5 x 6"; B) 3 x 6" wood box, 5 weights, ...

One orange and one green painted (as original) pocket scales. Orange box is about 7.5" long, 4" wide. the green box is a bit smaller and i...

Small weight set in assay-tons in wood box about 1.5 x 1.5 x 3". 7 weights and tweezers. To avoid calculations involving Avoidupois to Metric t...

Two scales in boxes about 6 x 9.5", probably by the same manufacturer. One was made in India. The scale measures grams. Excellent condition. D...

Two very fine miners scales in the usual 1850s style tin boxes. A) green, unmarked, gold paint floral pattern surrounds, , orange interior, no weights

These appear to be two-man operated smelter tongs. They were used to handle large crucibles for pouring into molds. They are hand hammered and still i

A collection of old time prospector type canteens. These are in used condition, some have their screw-on tops some not. Not known if there are any lea

Eight early vintage galvanized canteens, c1900-1930. None are standard round "prospector" or hiking style. Only a couple with lids, includ...

Seven (7) square five gallon oil cans. Pearl Oil kerosene; Standard Oil Zeroline for Motor Cars; Oronite Shingle Oil; Oronite Fly Spray; Chefs Pride;

Group of 6 galvanized oil cans of different manufacture and size. Some of these have small pour spouts. Mostly one gallon size, but one is a two gallo

Very rare advertising calendar from Puget Sound & Alaska Powder Co., Dec. 1915. The company manufactured Low Freezing Vulcan Stumping Powder and...

These two maps depict the mining area of Fair Haven in Kozebue Sound, Alaska; and the second map is of Coal Mountain to Skagit River. Drawn by R. B Sy

This is a collection of items related to the Alaska-Gastineau Mining Co., which operated a gold mining and milling operation on the outskirts of Junea

These are two duplicate maps of Nome, Alaska that detail both property and mining claims highlighting the Bison-Breen Mines and Manila Lodes, blue lin

24 pp. Double-page map center & a few facsimiles of documents. 9x3¾", wrapper with raised gilt lettering. Pristine! The mining propert...

1) Hudson & Company. #197 for $3.00 to A. Wright. Signed by Witherell, superintendent. 1883. 2) Pima County Bank. #1290 for $50.00. To Ti Loy &a...

Check with black print on creme paper with a vignette of an Indian at left. Endorsed by signature on reverse and cancelled with handwritten cancellati

First National Bank of Tucson bank check #1598 dated Dec. 5th 1882 for $11.88 payable to Michailitschki Bros. Black on yellow. A very graphic vignette

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

1) Arizona as It Is by Hodge. 1877. Beside Mining, Hodge touches a lot of subjects: first settlers, farming, ranching, wood, railroads, etc. But there

Gold Quartz Veins of teh Alleghany District, California, 1932 U.S. G.S. PP 172 By H. G. Ferguson & R. W. Gannett. 9 x 11.5" softbound bookl...

Mines located at American Bar, Middle Fork of the American River, Placer County, CA around Oct. 20th 1857. Breakout of charges for refining ore at 10

1) Gold Cliff Mill printed receipt. 1902. For putting a new bolt in the coupling of the line shaft. 23 hours and 40 minutes. The Gold Cliff Mine is lo