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

Four pieces of hand drill steel from the Candelaria Area, 18-20 inches, circa 1880-1910. Date: c1900 Country (if not USA): State: Nevada City: C

An original miner's hoist rope found in Candelaria, probably used in a winze at Candelaria around 1880-1900. Date: c1890 Country (if not USA):...

Small underground windlass with cable still attached, from the Candelaria area. 24 inches across, circa 1900. Date: c1900 Country (if not USA): St

Two surface windlasses from the Candelaria Area. Approx 40-inch and 48-inch sizes. Circa 1890-1910. Some of these items are heavy or large and will re

Yet another miner's tram bucket, approx 24 x 36 x 24 inches. Rusty inside and out. See more in Candelaria, Nevada. Date: Country (if not USA)...

Candelaria / Cerro Gordo Tram Bucket #4. This buckets were originally used on the iconic Cerro Gordo tramway. They would find their way to Candelaria

Seven, count 'em, seven different Union Carbide cans from 6-inch to 14-inch, with various dates, all found underground at Candelaria, none perfe...

Old windlass from the Candelaria Area, approx. 40 inches long, with two handles, circa 1880. Assembled with square nails. Date: c1880 Country (if no

Group of three rusty cans from the Candelaria Mine site including: 1) Milk tin, unmarked 18 inches tall. 2) Large milk tin with top blown up. This ti

30" by 7". 12" by 15". 12" x 5". Found in the Gabbs area. Gabbs was founded circa 1941 as a company town for Basic Mag...

Fuse cutter bench found in tunnel of the Corona Mine, near Luning. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Nevada City: Luning Provenance: Candelar

In their catalog, Ingersoll-Rand proclaimed this was the greatest sinking pump ever created. FOB Hawthorne (At the time the catalog went to press the

Two pieces of C. P. Rail, 1881 clearly marked. Found at the Liberty Mine approximately 45 miles northeast of Tonopah. FOB Hawthorne (At the time the c

Fairbanks Morse and Company began in 1823 when inventor Thaddeus Fairbanks opened an ironworks in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, to manufacture two of his pa

This two handed windlass was most likely used in a small mine. It could be used to take people and ore into and out of the mine shaft. Barrel is about

This two handed windlass was most likely used in a small mine. It could be used to take people and ore into and out of the mine shaft. Barrel is about

Four 10-foot lengths of mine car rails and no ties. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Nevada City: Provenance: Candelaria/Rawhide/Bodie Area

Two 20-foot lengths of mine car rail and 6 cross ties. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Nevada City: Provenance: Candelaria/Rawhide/Bodie A

Two 20-foot lengths of mine car rail and 6 cross ties. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Nevada City: Provenance: Candelaria/Rawhide/Bodie A

Four wooden Giant Powder boxes with tongue-and-groove construction and one cardboard box. 1920, 1922, 1926, 1956 Date: 1920 - 1956 Country (if not

Four Trojan powder boxes, one tongue-in-groove wooden box and 3 cardboard boxes. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Nevada City: Provenance:

Nice varied group of explosive collectibles. a) Trojan explosives cardboard box; b)gold medal gelatin wood box end; c)Danger explosives tin sign; d)dy

Four semi-modern one hour self contained oxygen generating breathing apparatus for escape only. Made by Dragerwerk, Lubeck, Germany. MSHA approved. U

Items #1-#3 of 7: ( 3) Different colored ( red, yellow & Black ) underground " Wheat" miners lamps. They have about a 50" inch c...

box of sieve parts. Tyler. 3 bottom trays, 2 sieves, three diff mgrs., plus small size jones splitter. also, a second small splitter, and DFC cupel tr

unusual wood scientific instrument. no label. Thought to be for inspection of powdered samples. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Prov

three miner’s picks. Probably all c 1900-1920. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: ATTENTION CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS

This beautiful piece of fire-fighting history is an original Foamite Fire Extinguisher, Model CA, approx. 24-inches tall and 7-inches in diameter. All

Precision Lab scale. Scientific Instrument Co, SLC, lighted. 19 x 22 x 12. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: ATTENTION

Lot of 3. 1) Best is unmounted bird's-eye view photograph of Dawson, Yukon Territory. "Looking Down from Midnight Dome." By Larrs &...

Lot of 4. 1) 5 x 7" black and white photograph of two miners and their dog standing in front of their snow-buried cabin. Album paper stuck to b...

Two Cold Bay Exploration Oil Royalty Certificates. 1) Certificate No. B19, signed January 21, 1927, by Howard M. Rice. 2) Certificate A30, signed by

Lot of 4 documents for this gold mine located in the Bradshaw Mountains in Yavapai County, Arizona. The Crown King Mine was discovered in 1875 and was

3- 6" x 4.5" softcover Phelps Dodge safety books. 1939-green cover Safety Rules. 1943 gold cover General Rules and Instructions. 1950-yell...

Official letters to the Secretary of the Interior. Includes one from the Office of Indian Affairs about the character of the coal in the White Mountai

Evergreen Mines 1925 action notice and annual report with cover toning. Blue Ribbon Mining undated prospectus with fold out claim map in Cartersville,

Three published geologic maps and one proprietary geologic map (1938) from the old Newmont files from the Grass Valley Office. The 1938 map was made t

Nice billhead from Isaacs & Newman, Dealers in Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, hats. The customer bought boots, pants, barley, a bucket an...

Four legal sized documents showing shipments, ores on hand, value of equipment, assay results from January 1, 1883 to January of 1884. Melrose good re

Interesting large scale Placer mining along the American River of California. Gleason's Pictorial of gold dredging with miners in 1854. 11"...

Various letters from Pacific Coast Gold Mines to Angels Iron Works regarding equipment. Date: 1918/1819 Country (if not USA): State: California C

Nice billhead from the California gold rush town. Fees collected from "bording" horse by the day. Datelined Sutter Creek, Cal., August 1st...

Lot of 7 different. Included: Downieville (No. 37, 1897), Motherlode (No. 63, 1900), Bidwell Bar (No. 43, 1898), Marysville (No. 17, 1895), Jackson (N

Lot of 4. 1) Three California USGS folios: Smartsville (Folio 18, two copies, JW Powell, Director, 1895); and Colfax (Folio 66, 1900). All three have

Pictorial Humor of the Gold Rush series of 12 folders. It includes a loosely inserted illustration being humorous drawings of the period with several

This small handbook published in 1901 by the California State Mining Bureau, Ed. B. Preston describes the many techniques and equipment used to extra

Lot of 8. 1) Memorandum of Gold Bullion deposited with Selby Smelting & Lead Company, 1907, from the Kennedy Mining & Milling Co. of Jackson...

2 reports, from1939 and 1948. Red Mountain is a major silver discovery next to Yellow Aster. 1939 has condition issues. Date: 1939-1948 Country (if

Blueprint drawing of the front of a proposed new City Hall Building for Cripple Creek, Colorado. Title reads: 3/4 Inch Scale Detail of Front / of the

Original canvas ore bag from the Ten Broeck Mine, about 14 x 24", hand sewn, perhaps 1880. The term Ten Broeck is an American surname, primaril...