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

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...

Number 292. Gold value $586.42 and silver $3877.92. Issued to JB Servis(?) and singed by EE Burlingame, Territorial Assayer. Rare usage of 'Terr...

For the Dives Lode in the Griffith Mining District. Coin value $96.98 in silver. Signed by EE Burlingame. In 1859 George and David Griffith found gold

20 pages. Blue paper cover. Contains the incorporation papers and by-laws. Gilpin County. Mills and mining works near Central City, Colorado. Located

CHOICE! 1) Reed & McKenney. Incredibly sharp overview of town. Chamberlain. Really nice contrast. Two choice old photographs of Central City for...

1) Dated September 10th, 1891 for a sample taken from the Estelle lode for the McF & Co. The Assay office was established 1875. Assays of three ...

From the report: "The Franklin Lode is a lode well-known to every miner in Colorado. It is situated in Clear Creek county, in the Territory of ...

Lot of seven. 1) Brodie Gold Reduction Company. For Wilson & Fryer. 1896. Gross value $293.16. Check for $70.23. 2) EC Woodward, assayer and che...

1) Geology and Gold Deposits of the Cripple Creek District. Lindgren & Ransome. 1906. Contains fold outs, diagrams, photos! Map on back cover is...

33 pages. 6.5 x 5". 16 photographs. No condition issues! The existence of rich gold-bearing veins, lying beneath the streets of Cripple Creek h...

Lot of three. 1) $30.54 to the Roy Gold Crater Mining Company. SP Duff was treasurer of the Pride of the Rockies Mining Company. Assayed at $18.60 per

1) Cripple Creek Strike by Langdon. 1904, 50 illustrations. Book is in nice condition. The action of the governor and his cronies against striking wor

Four samples taken by this company. Three on the Eagles and one on the Lincoln. Signed by HW Lamb. W. S. Stratton established the Stratton Cripple Cre

1) Underwood and Underwood. #10629. "Nightingale Mine, Bull Hill, Earth's richest gold field, Cripple Creek." Reverse has notes on Cri...