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

RARE1) 1855. Page, Bacon check with printed Nicaragua Steam Ship Company. C. K Garrison Nice steam ship vignette. To self for coin. $50.00. Page, Baco

Established in 1874 at Damon's Landing, on the San Leandro Creek, at an outlay of about one hundred thousand dollars. The broadside advertises t...

Extra rare! February 23, 1896. Sold to W. H. Reed of the Caroline Mine. 24 buckets for the 6' wheel. Date: 1896 Country (if not USA): S...

In 40 years, we have never seen this before! This four page annual report dated December 31, 1877 (San Francisco) shows the gold and silver produced i

Lot of 6. Includes two sets of documents that represent deposits of Shasta gold dust at the San Francisco Mint. Two Memorandum of Gold Bullion, 1874 a

A very rare panel of antique mining photos of H.A. Stewart's mining claim in Lucas Cañon with original writing describing the process and g...

Group of six from Greenhorn Mountain Copper Mine: 1) Map of the Greenhorn Mountain Copper Mine Shasta County California. Compiled by E.H. Scott 517 Cr

The Ruby is one of the most famous of the tertiary mines in Sierra County. 24pp. Rear civer detached, but present. Inserted descriptive leaflet, &qu...

The water flume would have been to provide water for elevated gravels. Smartsville is near Timbuctoo and just south of the Yuba River. During the Cali

1871. Yuba County. This stereoview shows the Blue Lead (lowest, richest of the 7 gravel units as defined by Whitney. It was taken after a major robber

By Hutchings & Rosenfield, Volume 2, Number 5 of Hutchings' California Magazine for November 1857. p. 193-240. Woodcut illustrations. 9½...

CHOICE stereoview with sharp corners and striking contrast. Title "Hydraulic Mining - The Tailings."3c green Washington IR stamp adhered o...

Three monitors (nozzles) are spraying a think gravel unit. This would be similar to the gravel cliffs you pass at Dutch Flat on I-80 sixty miles east

1) Lawerence & Hoseworth. Established 1855. Lawrence & Houseworth & Co. #798 California series - Timbuctoo Diggings, Yuba County –...

By Andre. Number 186 of 300 copies. Original gray wrap. "...becoming disillusioned by his experiences in that rugged location, the Frenchman ca...

Exceptionally Rare! By Robert J. Grace & Grace J. Slyter. Original 1963 edition. 163 pages with one map. First note is form 1849. "A compan...

1) Contract payment note to Dr. Henry DeGroot - Datelined Weaverville Dec. 5, 1879 for the sum of $2000 in the event of a sale of the Brown’s

One stereoview by Thomas Houseworth, One J. J. Reilly, one C. L. Pond and two John F. Soule. All choice! Date: Country (if not USA): State: Cal

159 pages. Thompson & West. Great history reference. Cover is coming detached. Pages are well worn. But if you don't have this edition, it w...

By Grove Karl Gilbert. Fold out maps, photographs, and diagrams throughout. This book has pencil notes in margins throughout from previous wonder. No

Choice! 1) Lawrence & Houseworth. Yellow. c1864. Shows a multi-hundred feet long tom in a deep channel which was cut into gravel. There is a bri...

1) California Gold Camps by Guude. THE BIBLE for research on mining camps in California. 2) California Gold Rush Camps. 1998. Book Club of California.

These two unique ceramic plates commemorate the California Gold Rush. Item one of two is an off-white 3 inch miniature plate featuring a dark brown tr

1) California Journal of Mines and Geology, Volume 50, Number 1. Includes an article by Carlson & Clark "Mineral resources of Amador County...

1) Quicksilver Resources of California, Bulletin 78. California Mining Bureau. 1913. Includes fold out maps and illustrations. 77 illustrations and 42

"Mine Drainage, Pumps, Etc." by Hans C. Behr, Mechanical Engineer, California State Mining Bureau, Bulletin No. 9, San Francisco, August ...

The journal covers the period of 1849 to 1851 and shows the troubles and experiences of a 'Forty-niner.' Soft cover, Excellent condition. D...

1) Mines of Julian by Ellsburg. san Diego area. 2) Along the rails from Lancaster to Mohave. Lancaster at the Mohave Desert. 3) Mines of the High Dese

By state mineralogist Lewis E. Aubrey. 70 illustrations. 120 pages. Four delicate maps and graph foldouts in front and back. Excellent condition. Dat

Lot of 2. Letter from the Calif. Packet Office regarding the prompt sailing of ships from Boston to San Francisco for freight /passengers and logisti

The long tom is a small sluice that uses less water than a regular sluice. It consists of a sloping trough 12 feet long, 15 to 20 inches wide at the u

This view shows hydraulic mining c1864. Three monitors, one hidden, are washing the banks to loosed the gravel. Shows a hand riveted pipe in the foreg

1) Small hydraulic cut. Two miners observe the monitor. Looks like foothill belt. Gravel n Schist of slate. Photograph is 4 x5". 2) Large bould...

1) 1892 Report of the State Mineralogist. Coal mines listed in index and by county. Other mines included. 612 pages. One fold out map in excellent co

1) Mines and Mineral Resources of Sierra County. 1920. 144 pages with index. By mining district. Mines in alphabetical order. Three fold outs. 2) The

1) Placer Mining for Gold In California. Division of Mines, Bulletin 135. by Averill. 1949. Mines Listed alphabetically by county. 357 pages. Last few

Lawrence & Houseworth. # 970 in Placer Mining Series. Title "Placer Mining, Panning Out." Notice the trees have been stripped in the ...

Lot of 2. 1) A real photo postcard from the isolated Mammoth Mine in Kennett, California, dated and postmarked August 18 and 19, 1909. Dimensions are

IMPORTANT EARLY MAP OF THE GOLD REGION IN CALIFORNIA, PUBLISHED SHORTLY AFTER DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN CALIFORNIA. Striking map of the gold region, showin

Lot of four. 1) Great Western Rock Breaker. Great drawing of the inner workings. 1890's. Three varieties, # 1 2-4 tons an hour, # 2 4-8 and # 3 ...

Alma was home to much silver in the late 1800's. Alma is the highest incorporated town in America at 10,578 feet. This receipt is for four ore s...

from Monographs of the United States Geological Survey, Volume XXXI. By Edward Spurr. S. F. Emmons, geologist in charge. 54 illustrations. Atlas is no

This piece has two important things going for it. 1) First it is from Aspen, Colorado. In 1879 the first prospectors arrived in what would soon become

Although we can't place a date on this, it seems to be as early as 1861. Photographers were Reed and McKenney, They were operating out of Centra...

Two early pieces. 1) 1865 letterhead from Buttrick to "My Dear Colonel." The letter introduces the bearer, Charles Hill as president of th...

Lot of Four. Mines are located in Sunshine, Salina and Boulder. The Boston & Colorado Smelting Works were located in the town of Black Hawk, Gil...

1903. By A. J. Mitchell. Rebound. Original front cover is torn. Six pages. Three fold out sketches included and in great condition. Date: 1903 C

Stereoview by Underwood and Underwood. Sharp and contrast and clear photographs. Titled "Brownsville Mining Camp on the C. C. R. R. Col." ...

Bullion at the railroad siding and protected by several men. A boxcar has been pulled up to hula the bars away. Back says "Buena Vista, Colorad...

Photograph by WH Jackson. Written in ink "Property of Miss Mary Mussina, PO Box, 67, Mt Gretua, Penna." and "9/5/1885. Contrast is go...