"Marvels of the West" 2024 January Auction

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

1873 receipt from Kountze Bros for Montana grains and Montana amalgam .838 fine. From Little Camp Creek in Silver Bow County, Montana and yielded most

1874 US Assay Office memorandum for Colorado Amalgam, 335.46 oz. Virginia City Montana

Black Friday Lode map measuring 34"x 42" and in readable shape, with some fold tearing. The Black Friday is a gold mine located in Broadwa...

8 Montana copper mine articles of incorporation and other corporate documents. Copper Bay, Anaconda-tape repairs, Regis, Bonanza, Coeur D'Alene...

Letter from The Diamond Queen Mining Company (Bullfrog Mining District), signed by F.L. Warburton. It comes with the cover and is addressed to Attorne

Very rare. We've only offered one of these over the past 10 years (and it was in poor condition). Assay memorandum for "sluice bullion"...

A collection of pages showing expenses and income for the Birdseye Creek section of the Nevada Mining Company in the early 1900s. All in nice conditio

Color panorama of the Kennecott copper works. Facts about the mine and its value included on the verso. Located in Bingham County. c1930 Bingham Ut

7 pieces of Bingham Canyon mining ephemera. Kennecott, Bingham Cons. Mining, Dalton and Lark ledger, photo, Utah Copper 1911 report. Utah Bingham

The company owned various mining properties in Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons. Includes 1927 letterhead (shipping about 25 tons per day, etc.), Sal

About 20 pieces of Utah mining ephemera. Park City, SLC, Grand Gulch, etc. Billheads, letters and covers, photos, mine report, checks etc. Utah

9 pieces of Utah mining related stock ephemeras. La Coste & Co, J B Thompson, several Salt Lake Stock and Mining Exchange closing quotations, E ...

3 Big Bonanza Mine Shadow Boxes. 7.25" x 6.5" blond wood frames, mine shaft entrance with tools, ore and trespassers shot and keep out sig...

Rare autographed letter Signed by Manager F. M. Smith, also known as "Borax" Smith. Letter is on Asarco letterhead 1907, regarding payment...

1931 Deister gold concentrating machine catalog, 17pp plus index and cover letter. Some mold, please inspect.

1-2) Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain region. 16 pages. A general treatise. 1876. 3) Gold Mines East of the Rocky Mountains by

Lot includes 18 photos of mining scenes and men. Two photos are duplicated. Includes: 1x 10x7.5" photo of four men standing on and around sluic...

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

Mining ephemera for the advanced collector. 1914 letter asking for smelter receipts for proof of production for the annual USGS report. 1923 United Co

13 pieces of refining and smelting ephemera c. 1917-48. U S Smelting Refining and Mining employee time records-stains, Southern Pacific, J W Currie.

33 stocks certificate # 27452 MINES D' OR DE L'ANDAVAKOERA, Part de Fondateur au Porteur. With a scale of Justice. Variety of coupons. Ver...

Two different capital stock certificates and one First Mortgage and Collateral Trust Convertible Gold Bond. 1) One hundred shares of Alaska Copper C

Phoenix Mining Syndicate blank stock certificate #1693. It is offering stock in the company for $1 per share. Please see photos for more details. A

Lot includes: 18x stock certificates, unissued, for the Pacific Gold Mining Company, incorporated December 31, 1883, No. 141-152 and 239-246. No. 239-

Lot of 4 different. 1) Humming Bug Mines, Inc. Issued in 1939, not cancelled. Eagle vignette. Staple holes, folds. 2) Spring Gulch Tunnel Company. Iss

10 Cripple Creek Mining stocks. Jackpot, Anaconda, Jennie Sample-2 different, Montrose, Findley, New Gold Dollar, Cresson, C & S, North American...

5 Cripple Creek in frames. Central Creek Central Railway, Gold Dollar Cons. Mining, Blanch Gold Mining, Portlant Gold. Altman Water bond. Cripple C

Rare. Inc. in Michigan. No. D2995, issued for 100 shares to Allan Ferguson on May 19, 1937. Printed signatures of president Howard Streeter and the se

Inc. in Colorado. No. 329, issued for 1,883 shares to HP Turner on Feb. 11th, 1896 in Denver. Signed by president EJ Warner and secretary AP Haasch. P

1) London Mining Company. $500 bond, No. 448. Issued in 1882. Pen cancelled. Signed by president George Blanchard and secretary H.S. Comstock. Three c

8 Colorado stocks. Yale Gold Mining, Zephyr Mining, 2x Argonaut Gold Mining, 2x Empire State Mines, Jackson Compressor, 2x Western States Mining.

1) Columbia and Beaver Silver Mining Company. # 2501 for 100 shares. 1882. Signed by secretary EH Haight and vice president Courtwright(?). Location o

Lot of 2. 1) Bond No. 930, issued for $10, January 2nd, 1896. Signed by the president (Happy?) and the secretary. Not cancelled. Green border and prin

Of Council Bluffs, Iowa Stock, 1897. Inc. in Iowa. Cert. #119, issued for 1000 shares in 1897. We could find no reference to this company or its opera

No. 10389, issued to Henry Clews & Co. for 400 shares in 1900. Possibly signed by Clews on reverse. Punch cancelled signatures. Black border and...

Located at Columbia, Humboldt County. This company was incorporated in the more desirable year of 1862. # 24 for 100 shares to N. B. Mulville (Reverse

1. Eureka-Croesus Mining Co, Incorporated State of Delaware 1917. Cert # 73140 for 100 shares(100 stamped in purple top) @$1 per share of common stock

About 33 later issued Goldfield Cons. Mines stocks. Issued 1960 and 1961, 2 varieties. Nevada Goldfield Goldfield Nevada

Rare stock. #103 issued Aug. 22, 1879. Mine is in Virginia District, NV. Virginia City Nevada

Chollar, Gould & Savage Stock Certificate, as well as Yuba Consolidated and United Western Mines Corporation Reorganized, All are cancelled. The...

Three stock certificates from the Comstock Lode: 1) 1880 Curtis Consolidated one hundred shares issued to H. S. Stone; Gold Hill Mining District of St

Five pieces of Western financial paper: 1) 1870 Curtis Consolidated Mining Company stock certificate for 100 shares issued to H. S. Stone, located in

Four pieces of Nevada paper: 1) 1880 Curtis Consolidated stock certificate, 100 shares issued to H. S. Stone, from the Gold Hill Mining district. 2) 1

Lot of three. All 1922. Eagle vignette. All to Jones & Baker. Incorporated in Virginia. Certificates are in fair to poor condition. New Mexic...

Tioga Coal, Iron Mining and Manufacturing Company Capital $150,000, with privelege of increasing to $250,000, in shares of $25 each. No. 202, Corning,

Lot of 8 mining related stocks from the support industry. Utah Fire, Utah Lime, Utah Fire Clay, Hyrum. 1900s. Utah Utah

Lot of 5. 1) Victoria Consolidated Mining Company (1911). Cancelled. 2) Victoria Mining Company (1900). 3) Cardiff Mining & Milling Company (195...

9 Utah stocks and 1 bond, issued and unissued. American Exploration, 2x Thomasville Mining, 2x Ucolo Uranium, Utah-Apex Mining-3 different, Hickox Min

International stocks (9) and bonds (2): 1) $500 Trustee's Certificate ,8% First Mortgage Gold Bond cert. # B. 681, 10 coupons. Payable July 1,...

Group of correspondence, about 8pcs, from the Mayne C. Parker Co. of Philadelphia soliciting the sale of stock in various mining and oil companies. Th

Kentucky Fuel Company Stock. Vignette of Small girl walking through the snow with little clothing and bare feet. She needs to get warm!!! Menacing bir

"Crawford County, Pennsylvania." printed under vignette. Inc. 1865. No. 81, issued for 100 shares to secretary Geo. Seltzer in Philadelphi...

No. 639, issued for 500 shares to John S. McMillen in Pittsburgh in 1864. Signed by vice president Kirkpatrick ad treasurer Thomas. Not cancelled. Bla

"Venango County" (printed under vignette). Inc. under Act of April 1854. No. 517, issued for 100 shares to Witherbee in Philadelphia in 18...

Issued 1900's Cedar Rapids, Iowa City & Southern Construction stock. Center has water stains, please inspect. Iowa Ken Prag Collection

Utah land development stocks, with a connection to the Mormon community. There are two (2) issued by Deseret Building Society, both issued to Alice Ri

Stock certificates from forge, furnace and foundry companies. Included are certificates from Metco Foundries, Kropp Forge Company, Magee Furnace Compa

Lot of three. 1) Connecticut Telephone. # 195. Cancelled. 1882. Rocky Mountain Telephone. # 132. 1884. Unusual Native American vignette. Cancelled. In

# 5105 for 1/4 share to Clarinda C Honey. Signed by B Goodrich and S Armor as president. Dateline Orange, California 1900. Incorporated August 6, 1877

1) Two $1,000 bonds issued in 1974. Guaranteed by the Mitsubishi Bank, Ltd. Brown border, black print, and red logo. Punch cancelled. Partial sheet of

Lot of 2 different: 1) Western Magazine Publishing Company. Inc. in Delaware. Issued in 1911 for 80 shares. Not cancelled. Green border and background

Rare temporary certificate with revenue stamps. Issued to company treasurer UJ Herrmann for 500 shares on March 2nd, 1921. Signed by the president HH

2 i/c 1915 U S Feature Film stocks with 3 2c documentary stamps. Hollywood California Ken Prag Collection

All unissued. 1) Mercantile Library Association. 185-. 2) Pacific Guano Company. 186-. 3) Dorr paint Company. 18--. San Francisco California Ken P

Butte Public Stock Exchange Official Daily Quotation Sheet . Jan 8th, 1917 Lists Alameda Corp through United Oil. Exhibits minor tears, folds, some li

9 stocks. 2x 1918 Cumberland Fair Association, we are unsure if they are in Maine, Maryland or New Jersey. 1922 Cumberland Hotel. 2x Baltimore Trust,

There is a stock certificate for RCA dated Aug., 1967 issued for $800; General Motors Corp. for 100 shares dated Feb., 1973 with Ed. Cole's name...

8 mostly Western municipal bonds. 2x Montana, 4x Oregon, 1x New Haven, CT, 1x OKC.

Bond for Canal Interoceanique de Panama, cert. # 222,583. 2 Revenue stamps. Bottom of picture with small figures. 12 coupons. Bankrupt Canal Interocea

4 1897 i/c Boston Terminal bonds. Massachusetts Ken Prag Collection

I/C 1929 Brooklyn and Queens Transit stock. New York Ken Prag Collection

Unissued 1846, some small lower edge paper issues. "The Wiconisco Canal was a 19th century transportation waterway, about 12 miles (19 km) long...

1) Cancelled 18 certificates of Philadelphia Traction Co stock (12" x 8-1/2"), signed by president and treasurer. Raised seal bottom cen...

Agricultural Branch Rail Road Company, one share, William Kimball July 24 1865 signed by Ives Phillips; i/c

Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad Company, (Ohio) 3/5 1952 50 shares issued to Goodbody & Co. by President Akron, Canton & Youngstown...

The Alabama and Vicksburg Railway Company, incorporated in 1889 in Mississippi, issued to W.S. Jones for 50 share Aug. 6, 1917, signed by president il

Allentown and Lehigh Valley Traction Co. incorporated in Allentown PA, issued to Arthur Maxham, for 10 shares, 1893, i/c, tightly cut bordered

Androscoggin and Kennebec, July, 11 1853, State of Main, to the bearer for 2 shares, signed by President William Willis i/c

Argentine Railway Company, Preferred Shares (10) issued to Speyer Brothers, Oct. 16 1912 by Teho. Hace

Arkansas Southern Railroad Company Capital Stock incorporated by Arkansas and Louisiana , $3,160,000, Feb. 24, 1903 issued to Jno T. Hichs by Presiden

Arkansas Southern Railroad Company Capital Stock incorporated under the lasws of Arkansas and Louisiana, $3,160,000, for one share, 1905 issued to Ge

Arkansas Midland Railroad Company First Mortage Bond $1000 interest payable semi-annually May and November signed by president A.H. Johnson, 1889

Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad Company for 1 share at 100 pounds sterling issued to Bedford Securities Ltd of Halifax signed by illegible 1924 i/c

Baldwin locomotive Works, incorp in PA, issued to De Coppet & Dormus for 25 shares, cert no. 027795 for 25 shares October 14, 1932, printed sign...

Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company, multiple pieces, may colors, 1856-1900, i/c

Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company, 3 pieces1899-1900, multiple colors, common stock trust certificate, multiple share numbers, issues

Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company, 1827, 8 pieces, multiple colors, issuees

Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company, 34 shares($100 ea) issued to John Williams of London by President G. Brooks , S. 15 1856

Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company, 1901, 3 pieces, multiple colors, issuees, shares, i/c

Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company, issued to Metropolitan Life Insurance, for $100,000 Gold Bond 9/20/24 by A.W. Thompson, i/c

Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Rail Road Company, 100 shares to Hambleton & Co. Nov. 14, 1889 by President

Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Rail Road Company, 18xx, 100 shares, $100 ea. signed by vice president, unissued, but signed. A second cert 1890s, u

Baltimore Transit Company, 1975 1000 Series A First Debenture, 1000 Trustees certificate dated 2/4/43 Cumulative Income Subordinated debenture $500

Baltimore Transit Company, 1935, Common Stock Voting Trust Certificate, May 10, 1884 #73

Collection of preferred and common share certificates, Belt Railroad and Stockyards Company, Indiana, 1900s ( 3 from 1800s), 15 pieces issued to mult

Bethlehem and Nazareth Passenger Railway Company of PA, 50 shares at $150,00 per share issued to holder, 7/1/16 by President Bethlehem and Nazareth

Black Mountain Railroad Company, 1923, 1000 20 year sinking fund gold bond signed by W. Frost, President w/coupons i/c

Blue Ridge Railroad Company1869, State of South Carolina, Mortgage Loan, $4,000,000, in United States 1000 gold coin or 200 British Sterling signed by