May 2018 Americana, Railroad, Mining, & More Auction

Crockwell photo, damaged at upper right corner, of flumes powering a water wheel for a mill. This rare photo, probably never published, is a view of a

$500 Bond, State of New York, small black ink stain on the bottom. HWAC# 50006 Date: Location: Virginia City, Nevada

Four sacks of Belcher bullion delivered to the Santiago Station for transport to Virginia City. Sent to assayer D.W. Balch. Signed received by D.W. Ba

This is a great assay piece and an even greater historical document, 1) The Yellow Jacket Mine was one of the biggest producers on the Comstock. Willi

Location: White Pine District, Nevada (printed under logo). Inc. February 16, 1869. Dateline San Francisco, November 25th, 1869. No. 95, issued for 10

White Pine County, Nevada (printed under logo). Inc. May 11, 1869. Dateline San Francisco, July 12th, 1869. No. 67, issued for 100 shares to H.D. Kinn

Could not be located. Possibly Austin or Belmont. Inc. 1867. No. 128, issued for 8 shares to D.R. Walker on Sept. 30th, 1868 in Philadelphia. Signed b

3 Stock certificates with Washoe in the name. One is for The Washoe Tool Manufacturing Company from New York that made hand tools like picks and shove

9 Nevada Mining Books including Gold Fever, Mining Camp Days, The History of the Comstock Lode, and more. HWAC# 48352 Date: Location: Neva

Lot of 4 different from Simon, Quartz Mountain, Silver Hill, and Broken Hills. Included: Simon South Silver Mines Co. (1919, punch cancelled, mining v

Nevada Bureau of Mines Bulletin 66, The best ever book used for discussion of ore deposits. Mint condition. 196pp with index. HWAC# 59775 Date:

Lot of 3 different. 1) National Mining & Tunnel Company. Issued in 1911 to A.L. Baker for 215,000 shares. Signed by the president (Fisher) and s...

6 different books. 2 rarities are Goldfield's Glorious Past by Duffy and Geology and Ore Deposits of the Bullfrog District by Ransome 1910. Also...

13 Nevada mining publications from Dept. of Interior, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Nevada Treasure Hunters by Fox and more. HWAC# 62116 Da

Lot of 4 different. Included: Luning Consolidated Silver Mine Co. of Nevada (1921, stamp and punch cancelled, mining vignette), Seven Troughs Coalitio

Issued 1886 to H. C. Breeden for 1000 shares, signed by President B. Goldsmith and canceled. 5" x 9.25". HWAC# 52538 Date: c. 1886 ...

Twentieth Anniversary Dinner 12/1/1935 with whimsical mineral menu. Signed by 18 members. 5" x 4". HWAC# 52841 Date: Location: N...

Lithographic Graphics & color by Rand-McNally. Beautiful color, nice condition. On Mat Board (not adhered) with plastic covers. If mats are ship...

"Nacimiento Copper Co. Bernalillo County, NM. Inc. in NY, 1881. The mines of this company included the Eureka, Eureka #2, Copper Queen, Copper ...

"From 1909 to 1924, the Chino Copper Company owned and operated an open pit copper mine at Santa Rita and a reduction works at Hurley, New Mexi...

Early! Most stock certificates are from 1881 when this company merged with the Plymouth Rock Mining Company. Massachusetts & New Mexico Consolid...

"In 1856, a rich placer deposit was discovered at Pinos Altos near Bear Creek, northwest of Silver City. It was so rich in gold that miners mad...

b/w photo of an actress portraying a miner with a pick axe over her shoulder. K.Blanchard in pencil on back. Photo by Mora, NYC. Approx 3.5" x ...

Number 292 for 100 shares to William Brandreth,Trustee. Signed by secretary Edwin H Mulford and president GB (?). Four vignettes: mill, clipper ship,

Number 148 for 100 shares to William Brandreth,Trustee. 1881. Signed by secretary Edwin H Mulford and president GB (?). Four vignettes: mill, clipper

Issued to EJ Bruiner for 100 shares. Signed by president RB Sims(?) and secretary R Hall. This mine was on a bedded vein with an ore body of four to s

Cert. #88, issued for 15 shares to Flora B. Huff. Signed by F.P. Hays as president. Hays, of Philadelphia had acquired the Elkhorn mine in 1904. The p

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

8" x 10" photos of Oregon scenes including Gold Beach, The Henry Coal Mine, Jacksonville mining, Copperfield, assay office at Cornucopia, ...

Vignette of coal bearing train car with ornate border. Signed by President. 2 small tears at top. 9.5" x 12.25". HWAC# 51543 Date: ...

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

Lancaster County, PA. Issued 1880, signed by president. 7.25" x 11". HWAC# 52600 Date: 1880 Location: Reading, Pennsylvania

Bond Secured by Mortgage. Revealed Six Percent Interest. Issued 1858. 7 vignettes in the border one with a black horse and white horse, eagle, woman h

Mines in Phoenixville, Chester County, PA.. "The dominant material of the veins was quartz, also known to the miners as Gossan. The lead ore fo...

Mineralogy of the Black Hills hardcover by Roberts. Bureau of Mines, informational circular, Tin Deposits of the Black Hills, South Dakota. HWAC# 5

Archive of corporate correspondence, about 30 letters, 1908-9, and letters to stockholders. One issued stock certificate. This mine was located near

1890, Marion County, TN. 35 pages and several woodcut illustrations. 9" x 6" and 16" x 24" foldout map in back. F.S. Blanchard a...

Lot of 13 different. Included: Bingham Mary Copper Co. (1906, not cxl), Utah Cons. Mining Co. (1907, not cxl, mining vignette), Montana-Bingham Cons.

The mines were located in the West Tintic Mining District in Eureka, Utah. Eureka is at the heart of Utah's Tintic Mining District, named in hon...

Lot of 6. Included: O.K. Silver Mining & Milling Company (1910, cancelled, 3 mining vignettes), United States Mining Company (1903, punch cxl, a...

Eureka Banking #101 i/c Tintic Lumber 1931 8 shares, Bingham Mines #2607 i/c Grunett & Co. 1928 2 shares, Mammoth Copper Mining Co of Maine #23 ...

1872 Mountain Chief Mining Co of Utah #1096 warrant for 1 share at 10 Pounds, tear on lower left edge, dog ears on upper left. National Coal Railway

"Rook's Mine" is a past producer deposit site discovered in 1880 in the Appalachian Highlands of Vermont, The United States. It is a s...

Orange border with vignettes of a buffalo, a Native American with headdress. Number 146. Folding creases and one large tear at top toward right. Sold

25" x 22.5" report from Royal Development Company dated October 9, 1930. Inside when unfolded has approx 50 mining photos. This documen...

Inc. in Washington. Tacoma, Washington printed beneath logo. No. 97, issued for 667 shares to Jarvis E Ellis on March 31st, 1904. Signed by president

A collection of 5" x 7" and 8" x 10" black and white photos featuring Washington mining subjects including Suprise Mine, Chewas...

Inc. in West Virginia. No. C654, issued for 100 shares to H.G.O. Nye Jr. on May 29, 1902. Signed by AJ Brockett as president and Chas. H.H. German as

Lithography by U.S. Geological Corps. This map exhibits the extension of the Iowa Coal field into Missouri & its relation to the Illinois Coal f...