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

1) Chestnut Street with easily readable signage. Dirt road has people and wagons! # 188. 2) Mining scene by Kilburn Brothers. A large town sits bellow

Scarce Colorado Assayers. 1) Colorado Smelting Company. Assayer A. Wright, For the D. Wood Ore, Montrose, Colo. Specimen assay of silver worth $54.30

Facsimile editions, 1959. 10 Volumes. 1) Gold Discoveries on the South Platte River by Tierney. 2) Pacific Railroad of Missouri including the gold fie

8 pages. 13 x 18. 8 page newspaper published in Leavenworth City, Kansas. Includes map and three routes. Inside hard bound copy with title in gold gol

By W. S. Burbank. Six fold outs. All inn excellent condition. All 4 of the 4 maps in the back pocket. Includes the first 166 pages. Date: 1932 Coun

1882. Note on back that "The church, I guess was Presbyterian, was where I married." Some discoloration. Edge issues that do not affect th...

The town sits under a hillside of tailings. Cabinet card photograph measures 7 1/4"x4 1/4", white single matte 8"x5" high to med...

Three wagons, one dog. Measures 8 x 11.5" with matting. Great mining scene. Cardboard has minor edge issues, photograph is sharp and clear. D...

San Juan County. A peaceful photograph of a rough and tough mining town. Cabinet card photograph measures 7 1/2"x4 1/8", gray single matte...

Shortly after gold was discovered in the Cripple Creek area, Victor was born. Although poorly processed, this 6.5 x 4.25" photograph clearly sh...

1) Large Rio Grande Sampling Company. Bought of Old Gold Mines Company 190-. 76 pounds of ore with a value of $909 of gold. 2-3) Eagle Ore Company. Bo

The Colorado Gold Rush, also known as the Pike's Peak Gold Rush, occurred in the late 1850s. Many of those travelling West to California would h...

With Some Account of the Different Processes Now Being Introduced for Working the Gold Ores of that Territory. By Whitney. Early Colorado Reference. M

First Edition - difficult to locate! Excellent source for the early history of Colorado. It was more than a directory, but rather an extremely detaile

By Thomas B. Corbett. FIRST EDITION. Original blue cloth, title stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. 440 pages with excellent advertising includi

Towns, mining camps, post offices, cattle and wool growers, telegraphs, railroad, etc. J. A. Blake publisher. Advertisements are fantastic - mostly mi

Colorado; Its Gold and Silver Mines, farms and stock Ranges, and Health and Pleasure Resorts. Its contents are descriptive, statistical and historical

[20] pp. Illustrations from photos, engravings, etc;. 6¼x4, original limp suede covers, title and gold nugget in gilt on front. Jackson had b

1) 1897. Index. Statistical Charts. 167 pages. Sorted by County. Mines and mills are mentions. 2) 1913-1914. Index. Statistical Charts. Photographs, 2

1) New Mexico. Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of New Mexico. by James and Barbara Sherman. Great resource. 2) Geology and Ore Deposits of the Bonanza Mi