Holiday Treasures Auction- December 2019

group of Nevada ore specimens, including scheelite (Tungsten), various gold-silver rocks (no visible gold); book with gold embossed cover for Ott Heiz

Five small hand samples of high-grade ore from the Ophir Hill Mining District in Utah. These all show prominent massive and crystalline pyrite, chalco

Five labeled ore specimens from the Upchurch Collection representing various locations in Chihuahua, Mexico. Total weight is about two pounds for the

Hardcover. West of the Rocky Mountains. 360pp with index. Spine has wear and cracks State: City: Date: 1867

Hardcover ex Harvard library copy. 566pp with index State: City: Date: 1873

Hardcover reference. 256pp with index, boards have light foxing State: City: Date: 1869

Large cast-iron artifact from major stamp mill recovered from an Etowah River mine site near Dahlonega, Georgia. Mines on the river generally existed

2 7.5" souvenir plates, 1 with goldish edge, non goldish one has 2 small chips on rear, not visible from front. "B & M Smelter, and t...

Recovered from Cave Mine, Ut. Mine car spikes and square nails. State: Utah City: Date:

Thirty-two square (11) and rectangular (21) brass tags used in an underground mine, probably to check out equipment such as Edison electric helmet lig

Three miner's tools: A coal shovel labeled "East Street 2 Solid"with a wooden shaft and wooden handle, the business end is 11 x 9 inch...

An assortment of wood items recovered from underground mines in Utah. One set of twelve laths, each approx. 19-3/8 x 2-1/2 x 3/4 inches with two holes

Lot of 7 black and white and sepia photographs of the Nome Region, c.1901. They range in size from 3.75 x 4" to 6.75 x 4.75." Two views s...

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...

Lot of 7 for this mining company located in Calaveras County. 1) Six of the documents are attached together and represent assay of gravels and quicksi

Two page letter signed by James W. McCullough, who wants to talk to a Pittsburgh banker about a gold mine 16 miles from Summit Station. we think this

Map shows the Midas claim and the shaft of the Esperanza mine adjacent. The two mines were located near Knob in Harrison Gulch. Small inset map affixe

Newspaper dated Saturday Jan 12, 1907 Kennet, Shasta County, Calif. various articles regarding the mining camp area. In overall poor condition, in pr

This is a fully handwritten, three page Mineral Affidavit, signed by L.B. Ayer, Registrar. Document is in very good condition, with fold marks. There

Found in a mine, foxing, small holes and chip missing. State: California City: Mojave Date: c1905

Report XXIII Of The State Mineralogist Covering Mining In California, 1927. Vol. 23, No. 4. Small softbound booklet contains a 32 page section of info

Approx 17 checks. Citizens Bank, Maryland Gold Mining, Wells Fargo & Co Express, Nevada County Bank, Idaho Quartz Mining, Washington Mining, Ida...

1) First report- "Report on the Property of the Esmeralda Quicksilver Mining Company". The company controlled the Monterey and Aurora grou...

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

Iowa Hill Mining District, Placer County, CA color map. 19x19", tape repair, multiple seam tears, sold as is State: California City: Placer Cou...

Lot of 8. Includes pieces from Yellow Aster and other mining operations: two debit receipts from employees of the Yellow Aster to the Rand Mercantile

4 assay reports, 1918 has a torn left side. State: California City: Randsburg Date: 1902-1918

Lot of four. 1) 1858 treasurer's report from Santa Clara County, To William Daniel. 2) 1862 State Land Office to Alfred M Jamison for 20% down o...

You don't see this everyday. Number 21. Published by Gillespie & Gray. Installment for $52.60 on $1280.60. Signed by G. Street. Pictorial of...

Selby Smelting & Lead Co. office in San Francisco taking in gold bullion deposited by A. Mierson of Placerville, Feb. 9, 1899. Marked "amal...

Located in the Cove District, Kern River, Tulare County, California (according to stocks we've seen from the company). This is an assessment dat...

Unissued Lewiston Turnpike stock, memorandum of gold bullion deposited at San Francisco Assaying and Refining Works 1870 by K&E Shasta State: Ca...

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

California Mines and Minerals, published by the California Miners' Association, San Francisco, 1899; Geologic Guidebook Along Highway 49 - Sierr...

Gold Run, CA hydraulic mining stereoview, Souvenir Program Sutter's Gold Rush and Round up 1938, 3 different Ghost Town News 1942-1945-1 with mi...

39x31" California copper map. Several small tears, some toning. State: California City: Date: 1905

2 reports, from1939 and 1948. Red Mountain is a major silver discovery next to Yellow Aster. 1939 has condition issues. State: California City: Date:

"Mining Laws Enacted by the Legislature of Colorado and the Laws of the United States", 1873, 4th Edition. Published by Collier and Hall. ...

High grade ore shipment record. Bottom tears and stains State: Colorado City: Victor Date: 1900

Annual report with cover foxing and staple rust State: Colorado City: Date: 1916

1) List of mining capital stock owners (one is Kit Carson) and some expenses for the Consolidated Republican Mountain Mining Co. 20 Abstract of record

Two sided. 8 x 5.5" Horizontal fold, two pinholes, slight bend on bottom right corner. Overall in nice condition. Taken from the "State Ge...

2 Annual mine reports for the Mountain View and East Colusa mines in Silver Bow County Montana. Pertains to the United States Census Office for Gold,

10 The First National Bank of Butte loan receipts c. 1920 with stamps. Approx 25 bank checks from various banks in Montana and ND c. 1905-1963. State

This is a letter from Nat. Boas of San Francisco, California, dated October 14th, 1913, addressed to Heilbronner Company, Butte, Montana, regarding a

Two pages with color map of claims. 1905 certified copies of an 1880 Plat for Robert S. Kelley and company's claims in Deer Lodge County. 13&quo...

3 nice Revenue Montana revenue checks from First National Bank of Helena (2 checks) and S.T. Hauser & Co. Bankers, (1 check). 1) S.T. Hauser &...

1) 1884 license receipt issued 1884 in Dillon to Utah & Northern Railroad Expressman. 2) 1889 license receipt for Omnibus & Expressman in Bo...

Lot of 3. 1) Ore receipt for the Whitlach Union Gold & Silver Mining Company, April 21, 1866. Lewis & Clark County, Montana Territory. Congr...

Two items. 1) Rare Red Lodge Miners Union pin, .75 inch diameter, Whitehead & Hoag Co., orange, some soiling. 2) Unused letterhead c. 1910s, Pon...

Lot of 4. 1) Best is a Western Federation of Miners letterhead, dated 1914, sent to BO Pannell, secretary of the Pony M&M Union No. 131. 2) 189...

Lot of two. 1) 1886 letter from Omaha & Grant Smelting & Refining Co. to Henry Knippenberg, who was the general manager of the Hecla Mining ...

Lot of 7. Included: 1871 billhead for Mineral Hill Mining Company (Mineral Hill, NV) for a deposit of $2,019.57 with Hendry Depositors in Austin; rare

Lot of 5 original broadsides advertising the Geothermal Power Wells at Brady's Hot Springs, located between Lovelock and Fernley, Nevada on Hwy ...

Lot of eleven. 1) U. S. Machinery & Steel Company price list. Dayton & Tonopah. Includes air compressors, boilers, engines, derricks, presse...

14 x 17" blueprint, cloth backed map for the gold bug mine in the Alder District. J.H. Winwood, 1913. Heizer Archive. State: Nevada City: Elko ...

These two John S Cook bank checks are two of the most sought after checks from Nevada. The Red Top mine has a Red Top and the Jumbo mine has a green e

Orr Water & Ditch Company, Reno, Nevada Rare Archive includes five pay orders and receipts for labor performed during July 1883 on the company’s...

Gold Hill, Storey County, Saturday Evening, April 8, 1882 from page framed. 17 1/2" X 21 1/2". Stories about various mining companies incl...

ICONIC! Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company on Bank of California checks. Signed by Isaac Requa who was the superintendent. Green on white is sh...

Lot of 4. 1) Three territorial Stateler & Arrington, Bankers, checks issued for use by the Gould & Curry mine. Two are signed by Charles Str...

Savage Mine Pay Receipts, Virginia City, Nevada, 1867-1878. Dealer’s lot. 50+ original signed receipts acknowledging the receipt of wages from the S

Lot of 10 Stateler & Arrington checks signed by Charles Strong as superintendent for the Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company. All are Virgin...

The Walker Lake Copper Mining & Smelting Co. / The Thorne Copper Mining & Reduction Co. Promoted by the Patrick Investment Company (who prom...

Savage Mills, Washoe , Nevada, January 1868. Two letters from mill superintendent L. Rawlings, on the letterhead of the Savage Mills, Washoe, N

If you are a traveler, a road warrior, with a sense of " Adventure" , this is the group for you. These items have hundreds of colored pict...

Lot of 35 items from Nevada mining engineer John Heizer's estate. Included: Colorado-Nevada Smelting & Refining Co. checks (2); Aug. W. King...

Three items: Homer M&MC stock certifictae from Lundy LAke, 1881; JAnuary, 1954 Nevada State Journal special historical section, abpout 40pp, ra...

Lot of 4. 1) Eureka Consolidated Mining Co. Assay Office small sheet dated 1905 for ore sample from P.H. Hjul. Sample contained 0.80 ounces silver. Si

1950's original petition signed by about 200 Nevadans requesting legislation that water be made available to the State of Nevada. At the time, ...

James Gore King was born in 1791 in New York City and died 1853 in New Jersey. A Congressman from 1849 to 1851, he founded King & Gracie, a bank...

Ten nice checks with RNF. A nice variety, please see the photo. State: New York City: Date:

8.5" x 11" hand drawn and colored map of a Utah land patent showing Sanpete Co. and Salt Co. land State: Utah City: Salt lake Date: c1918

Laboratory furnace crucible, approx 2-3/4 inch diameter at the base, 3-5/8 inch diameter at the top, and 5-1/2 inches tall. Crucibles such as this wer

A collection of antique mining tools, paper labels, and electrical equipment including a 2-inch diameter GE logo, porcelain screw-in socket/insulator,

1. The Mining Trust, Limited November, 1929 Queensland. Report consisting of 15 pages of holdings in Mt. Isa in Australia, Lawn Hills Concession, Qu

Important group of photographs from Freeport Nickel mine at Moa Bay, Cuba. This group of 11 x 16 photographs consisting of approximately 10 views show

Group of about 10 photos of the Pueblo Viejo mine in the Dominican republic about 1975. State: Dominican Republic City: Date: c1975

1. Durango Mining, Milling and Exploration Co, organized under he laws of the State of Maine, prospectus and annual report for the year 1910. Prospec

Two pamphlets and one prospectus printed by the Securities Corp of New York between 1909-10. All are in excellent condition and in protective sleeve

c.1904-1918. Not mailed. "Coming from the Mine. Sonora Mex" Four loaded mules, one with a miner on top heading through the desert. Very re...

The map is geological area of the Serrania De Zacatecas published for the Memory Miner, State of Zacatecas, Mexico presented to the Paris exhibitio

Prospectus for a Mexican mine. 9pp, toning State: Mexico City: Date: 1903

Approx 19 letters from Anaconda regrading visits, drill hole maps and awards nominations. State: City: Date:

5 letters regarding geologic tours of the Anaconda Mine operations in Weed Heights, Nevada. State: City: Date:

Anaconda Copper Mining Company, Colville Wa, 5 page letter regarding drill holes and copper samples c 1953. 3 x c. 1960's letters from Anaconda...

Approx 70 Anaconda Copper Mining Company documents regarding The Courthouse Grocery c. 1950's to 1960's. Several are unused. State: City: ...

3 uncashed payroll check c. 1977. 1 blank bill. 11 letters to and from Anaconda about various subjects including pit visits. State: City: Date:

Copper City Radio Club, Butte MT. cloth patch. 5 stapled Gordon's Jewelry receipts c. 1938. Stove Catalog from Butte Stove Repair Company, Bu...

B/W 6.5" x 8.5"photo of Cerro Pr. mine with mill and houses. Exact location unknown. right crease and .25" tear. State: City: Date:

Stored in a 27" x 5" Valuable Papers binder. Includes letters to Arthur Loiselle c. 1930's regarding mine tailings, mine restart feas...

5 different documents from big Indian Mine in Montana. A bullion returns form US Assay(torn bottom), 1904 letter seeking a $10000 loan, a 1900 letter

History of the Explosives Industry in America by VanGelder and Schlatter, Columbia University Press, 1927. Excellent Condition. State: City: Date:

Philadelphia Smelting and Refining 1897? assay report, Dawson YT 1905 Margaret Barrett savings bank note. Hardcover Deep Enough by Crampton 281pp, Ha

16.25" x 11". Clear laminated 2 sided paper from 1963-1961 listing prices for timber, cribbing, pipe, slushers and more. State: City: D...

DOI Mine Gases, SL Fusco machinery listing, Beginning of Long Distance Transmission by Decker-rough condition, Meet the New Jackhammer by Ingersoll Ra

2 Books; 1) Anaconda by Isaac F. Macosson, illustrated, c.1957, pp.360, 2) Production of States and Territories, pp.871, book missing front & ba...

Ranging from 1908 to 1941. The Engineering and Mining Journal.Mining & Scientific Press; Zinc ore is mined and milled within these canyon walls ...

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