Holiday Treasures Auction- December 2019

Classic Comstock mining prospectus with outstanding map.Printed by Mudge & Son, Boston. 39pp overall. This 1865 piece is a classic. If this were...

29 line entries of producing mines in Lincoln County, mostly at Pioche. Gross yield for the quarter was about $513,000. The largest producers were Ra

This is a very early report for teh County. The largest producing district was the Pioche area. Couch & CArpenter only list four producers for ...

Fantastic, original broadside, "The Laws of Gold Hill Mining District" with latest date in the text, 1873. The text is not showing at the ...

Three framed items from Nevada. 1) A large Map of the Comstock Lode, Lyon and Storey Counties, 1923. Frame measures 27" X 34". Shows all t...

Territorial. Includes a California State Telegraph envelope address to Day. Telegram is dated July 6, 1864. "Send me more bars. Theall costs to...

Letter is datelined In Franco, February 4, 1861. Cover has an address of Feb. 4. Yet how can a Wells Fargo cover come from France. and why has the cov

Original 4th quarter report of mine production for Storey county. HAs the embossed stamp of George Dana, county Clerk, with Nevada 5c adhesive revue s

This important document is unquestionably one of the most important mine production documents we've had. It is for the first quarter 1870, at th...

Here we have a pair of mining items . Item #1 of 2 : The report for the Consolidated Coppermines Company. It consists of the information of the entire

“The Romance of the Age / The Discovery of Gold / California / Dunbar. Book by Edward E. Dunbar. Published by D. Appleton and Company, 1867. 7.25&qu...

Ogle Mountain Mining Co. Ledger, c1903-1919. roughly 300pp, entries of stock issued . Interestingly, there are a few entries from 1953, when perhaps t

Three assay reports from the London Assay Office of Johnson, Matthey & Company of Hatton Garden in London. Assays were fro. Flint Hill, Broad Ri...

13 hard and softcover cover books-From the ground Up the History of Mining in Utah by Whitley, some Dreams Die by Thompson, The Utah Gold Rush by Gore

Here is a really great mining item. It is the prospectus for the Ethel Consolidated Mine. It consists of a 31 page booklet with Claims & Surroun...

Framed map of Public Surveys to Accompany report of Surv: Genl: 1863. Litho of J. Bien. was creased with some crease toning. 19x23" State: Wash...

48 pages w/ large map (25" x 19") of claims. Personal copy of famous geologist Raphael Pumpelly (based on handwriting comparison with othe...

This lot has a Canadian Patent, number 241419, issued to James W. Silver on June 8, 1925, for an ore car wheel design. Also included are two wooden mo

Mine and Smelter Supply Co. Assayers and Chemists Supplies and scientific instruments, catalog 54, 1918 (1920) 833pp. interestingly, this catalog has

Explorers and Assayer’s Companion by Phillips. Choice and important work published in 1879 as the third edition in San Francisco, 468 pp, no index. Wh

This is a J.W. Braun cupel machine used in the assaying process. C. 1907. State: City: Date:

Great pencil illustration of a man and woman on a hill above a mine explosion. 12" x 12". State: City: Date:

The Mine and Smelter Supply Company Catalog No. 24, 1919. Some wear on the corners with a clear plastic cover. Inscribed H. K. Lowe on inside front co

The Mine and Smelter Supply Company Catalog No. 54. Copyright 1920. 833 pp. Minor water damage on back pages and cover, some wear, overall in good con

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Volumes 114 and 115, the complete year of 1917. These are two key volumes for the Mining and Scientific Press at the beginning of the Tonopah divide m

Mining Catalog, 1916. “Mining Catalog combined with Coal Field Directory for the year 1916, together with a directory of mines by state. Keystone Cons

This is a group: a) 1879 "Mining and Scientific Press" newspaper, "an Illustrated Journal of Mining..." b) a small cabinet card ...

This is a mining group: a) 1906 Arizona Gold Mine stock certificate, signed but un-issued. It has a 1906 gold seal & mining scenes. b) 1906 Colo...

This is a mining group of a) two gem size tintype of miners, c. 1890's. b) 1893 "Custer Mining Syndicate" of Montana letterhead signe...

Machinery and Supplies, Ore Dressing and Mining Equipment, Mine and Smelter Supply Co., 1926, 630 pp, generally fine, hard cover. Service Supply Corp.

Geo. B. Carpenter & Co., Chicago, 1083 pp, soft cover, fantastic catalog that contains everything from ore buckets and cars to lights, railroad ...

Nevada City Birds Eye View, 1871, Britton & Rey, Framed reproduction. 28.5” x31” overall size, double matted. Very nice bird's eye view of N...

Key reference volume. 805pp with index. Spine missing, boards detached State: City: Date: 1870

A collection of eighty-one Antique Miner's Tags, mostly brass, mostly round, a few aluminum, and one square, two blanks, and generally 1.5 inche...

Mine and Smelter Supply Co. Pressure Gauge. Ornate brass pressure gauge for this famous mine supply company, made by Ashcroft in New York, 12” diamete

Sixteen-inch diameter gold pan, approx. 3-1/4-inch depth, with a few pinholes through the metal. This item has seen serious use and bears a rough oxid

Here are two large gauges, one for measuring vacuum from zero to 30, by Utah Mining Machinery and Supply Co. of Salt Lake City, Utah, about 6 inches i