"Marvels of the West" 2024 January Auction

A wonderful grouping of tokens from Gallup. The first of 3 lots today._x000D_ _x000D_ NM457 Akers Hotel-Bar Good for 12 1/2 Cents in trade. 28mm R-7_x

Lot of five store cards: Rome Brass & Copper; Traphagen, Hunter & Co.; General Tom Thumb; L. W. Hall Whitehall, N. Y.; New York Central Rai...

Lot of eight tokens: Z. Spingarn Saloon; Columbus Hive No. 3 B. O. Bees; A. E. Hollander $10 Ingle token; Belmont Smoke House; H. P. B. Brunswick Balk

Brown viewing stone 8x7x8". China Chunlin Zhu Collection

Large specimen of scalenohedral calcite/dolomite crystals, milky pink in color at the tips, near-clear yellow at the bases. Interior crystalline core

River rock. 14 x 6 x 9î banded spherules bicolor China Chunlin Zhu Collection

12x6x16". Dark brown river rock view stone. China Chunlin Zhu Collection

Chinese Viewing Stone surface has deep erosion. Custom Stand. 10x5x12"and weighs 24 pounds. China Chunlin Zhu Collection

Gobi stone. 15x8x4ì. Medium gray. No base. China Chunlin Zhu Collection

Malachite, 1.25 x 1.25 x 1"; cluster of clear/white quartz crystals with small flecks of dark-green epidote crystals, 2.75 x 2.25 x 1.75";...

24 Pyrope garnets from 3/4" to 1" in diameter, 383 gr; two clusters of clear quartz crystals with dark-green epidote crystals, 4 x 3 x 1.7...

Two large citrine quartz crystal sprays of numerous, radiating spears, from 1/10th of an inch across up to 1 inch in diameter. Crystal lengths up to t

Giant selenite spheres 1î diam., no base. 10x8x13 inches China Chunlin Zhu Collection

Beautifully carved Chinese zodiac figures of the Rat, the Snake, and the Tiger. Each animal is approx. 4 x 5 inches, mounted on an ornamental backing,

3 mineral specimens. Chunlin Zhu Collection Chunlin Zhu Collection

Large polished block with yellow brown and cream 6.5 x 7 x 4"

Two clocks, each mounted on a fossilized fish plate. Largest has two fish with the clock, about19 x 12 inches; smaller has one fish with the clock, an

From the classic Green River Formation near Kemmerer in western Wyoming, comes this artfully prepared Asineops fish fossil. The fish is about 6.25 inc

Fish fossil measures about 10"x 16". What more can I say about a fish fossil, except that it's very old. Please see photos for more de...

A salesman sampler from Coast Manufacturing & Supply Company, showing the different types of lasting fuse that one might purchase, There are ni...

A set of crucible tongs. They measure 19" in length and are made of brass. Please see photos for more details.

Probably down hole gamma ray logging probe lead. No instrument. No instructions, no extras. With original hard shell case. Probably 1970s.

Two reports by J.S. Diller, one on the Topography of the Pacific Coast, the other, which is signed by the author Sandstone Dikes. Please see photos f

5 California desert and prospecting books. 1925 Field Book of Common Rocks and Minerals by Loomis. Minerals for Atomic Energy by Nininger, Treasure Gu

Very rare. The Denver Fire Clay Co./Denver Salt Lake/Bacteriological Supplies. 3.25". This bottle probably held assay chemicals. 1896 pictorial...

6.5 x 8.5" mounted photo by an unknown photographer of a North Star Mine ore specimen. c1925, from the Nevada Photo Collection. Tonopah Nev...

Item # 1 of 16: Mottled crucible, 6 1/2" tall . Items # 2 & #3 of 16 : Graphite gray crucibles, 5" tall & 4 1/2" tall , respe...

Here are a really nice pair, of miners lunch boxes. Item # 1 of 2: Embossed on the lower 1/3 of the body in front is : " LISK". This is a ...

Here is a great pair of "Early" miners lunch boxes. Item # 1 of 2: Embossed on the front & rear shoulder is : " National" ....

Ten publications mostly related to gold mining and the Gold Rush. A) Christie's Gold Rush Treasures from the SS Central America auction catalog ...

3 key references on copper and mines with info on operations large and small. The Mines Handbook, 1926, 2129pp, cover wear. The Copper Handbook, 1910-

Old Bardstown Bourbon Surface Miner decanter without contents, 13" tall. Avon 1987 The Gold Rush Stein with panning miner and Western street s...

Contains a number of correspondence and covers from the Hermosillo Copper Company in Hermosillo, Mexico. This typed correspondence includes letters

Prospectus for a Mexican mine. 9pp, toning Mexico 1903 Mexico

1968 reprint of 1865 Arizona letter to the Editor of the New York Tribune by Hon. Richard C. McCormick. He outlines the advantage of the counties and

1891 Newtown Mining in Inyo county ledger page. 1889 Bullion and Exchange Bank check, small livestock letter in fair condition. Inyo California

c. 1908-09 ledger book of The Sierra Queen Gold Mining Co. Motions seconded by E T R Powell who was a soda bottler. From the Powell Estate, Nevada Cit

Various letters from Pacific Coast Gold Mines to Angels Iron Works regarding equipment. Company owned mines at Quartz, south of Jamestown in Tuolumne

2 Sacket's Gulch original mining photos. See photo on page 334 in Garvis book. 4.75x7.75" photo of miners with their tools-wrinkle, small c...

1899 National Bank of D O Mills check with imprinted RN stamp. Stocks-1932 River Placers, unissued 1860's Rio Vista Gold and Silver, 1923 Grizzl...

1900 The Official Manual, Cripple Creek, 495 pp, complete except for missing map and in poor condition, but still a good historical reference. Sold as

4 panel 8.5x15.5", Thunder Mountain promo booklet with 2 panel map on verso. Mold, stains, chips and fold tear. Please inspect. Thunder Moun...

c. 1953 Butte, MT Jaycees copper leaf cover booklet with mine site on cover. 6x4.5" Montana Butte Butte Montana

1892 letter from Castle Mining to AM Holter Hardware regarding a pump, creased. 1891 letter to AM Holter Hardware regarding a safety(sic) valve. This

A time book and correspondence from the Helena & Victor Mining Company of Helena, Montana, from the 1880's. Please see photos for more detai...

Helena 1922 assay receipt for gold and silver dust. Stain on upper left. Helena Montana

1918 minutes of board of directors meeting. Trial balance sheets 1917-2/28, 3/31, 4/30, 5/31. Preliminary prospectus of Rocky Mountain Consolidating

1875 receipt and Memorandum US Assay Office NY.191.78 oz. Elling was paid in gold coin. Virginia City Montana

1874 Memorandum of Gold Bullion from US Assay Office at NY. 278.87 oz, 851 fine. Possible Alder Gulch gold. Elling was paid in gold bars and silver co

1873 Memorandum of Gold Bullion at US Assay Office NY. Deposit was for Montana amalgam by Elling/Shift and Co, Virginia City. Paid in gold bars and si