May 2018 Americana, Railroad, Mining, & More Auction

Spanish Dip Needles. If you read this advertisement, you would want to buy one too. And all of the testimonials on back are unbelievable. (Of course t

Gold & Silver Chronometer. If you read this advertisement, you would want to buy one too. But our resident mining geologist (Fred) questions th...

Bronze miner standing on bronze base reading Sentinel of Safety III METH, by Gary Prezen? with wooden pedestal. Slight marring on wood pedestal. 12&...

5.5" x 4.25" x 1/16" copper presentation ingot. Silver Bell Mining, L.L.C./ Solvent Extraction/Electrowinning/ Plant Dedication/ AS...

Group of five geologists picks and hammers. Three of these picks are typical geologist pics. Two are for hard rock, one for soft rock. Two have very o

Nine cast-iron hammerheads of different designs and two small hammerheads. This is an eclectic group and bears inspection. Makers marks can be found o

This pickaxe is engraved "North.' It is 15.5". HWAC# 49073 Date: Location:

This pick and chisel axe is 15.25" long. A handmade 'T' is etched into the axe. Location is unknown - probably from Nevada. HWAC# 49...

Miscellaneous mining equipment. Two kerosene lamps, two miners hardhats, copper gold pan, Justrite carbide lamp parts, and a very unusual hanging mine

Gem Duplex II Refractometer in original box with cover and manual. Great condition. HWAC# 61530 Date: Location: California

Vintage 1st model of the Illuminator Polariscope from the Geological Institute of America. Complete in original box, with pamphlet and dust cover. Exc

Baby Stingray fossil. Image size: 6.5" x 4.25", framed: 18.5" x 16". This is probably from Green River formation, the upper 3/4...

Oil shale fossil (not chalk unit), Swastern, Wy. Approx. 55 million years old. 7" x 10.75". Fish image is well defined. HWAC# 49227 ...

Number 102 for 1 share to CHS Jackson in 1903. Early. Signed by secretary JJ Cobb and president EY Mallary. Two dark marks on left border. Vertical f

Gorgeous framed broadside advertising "All About Alaska and the Klondike Gold Fields," "A Grand Illustrated Klondike Lecture Enterta...

Although not identified these two mounted photos seem to be from the Anvil Creek, Nome area. Both show placer mining and placer miners. Contrast is go

Number 297 for 100 shares to M Wallace(?) in 1877. Signed by CA Poage and CS Benedict. It was incorporated in Pennsylvania on May 16, 1877 for the min

1) Eureka Mining. 1909. NUMBER 4 for 10,000 shares. To Kiemeier(?). 2) Quincy & Arizona. NUMBER 5 for 15 shares. 1903. 3) Copper Glance., 1903. ...

The Cerro-Colorado Mill & Mining Company. EARLY Number 25 for 500 shares to TM McEntee, trustee in 1876. Signed by secretary CP Voisard and pres...

Number 36 for 17,500 to Mary A McCook (wife of Willis F McCook) in Tombstone in 1900. Signed by H Fisher and SAD Upton. Excellent condition. Three sma

1) Copper Crown of Arizona. 1900, Nice condition. 2) Manzoro. 1904. Number 106 for 500 shares. 3) Old Terrible Mining Company. Number 630 for 100 shar

1) Black Prince Copper Company. Number 1150 for 75 shares to Jessie H Van Wicklin in 1906. Signed by W Robinson and Robert N Bell. Eight patented clai

1) Arizona Success Mining Company. Number 92 for 500 shares to William Stout in 1908. Signed by BJ Hickman and Adolph Woldtzen(?). Nice condition: sma

Number 814 for 2 shares to Charles E Almy in 1899. Signed by GM Fennell and GS Upston(?). Only a pinhole and dogear upper right mar this excellent sto

Three page typed deed for this mine, complete with a properly cancelled $10 revenue stamp (R176) and the signatures of the three owners. HWAC# 6293

3 postcards of Gold Road mine and a 1912 Gold Road Mines certificate. HWAC# 61814 Date: Location: Gold Road, Arizona

1) Unissued Gila River Mining Company of New Orleans. Excellent condition. Mayflower District. c1860. Page 89 in Garbani. One page description is incl

1) Stevens Copper Company. Number 276 for 1000 shares to Henry Setzer in 1903. Stub indicates this was an exchange for certificate #11. Signed by Thom

1) Polaris Mining & Milling Company. 1902. Pair of 10c document stamps. This company had 40 claims, 4 shafts and 2 tunnels. Page 92 in Garbani. ...

Great vignette on this Arizona mining stock. A miner drinking a cup of coffee in the foreground. Sitting on a log with his shovel and pan beside him.

Lot of six. One (Calumet Arizona Junction Shaft) is hand colored. Others are black and white: Irish Mag Shaft of the Calumet & Arizona, main str...

Cert. #963, issued in 1910 to H Stanley Bristol for 5 shares. Signed by William G. Leland as president and secretary James Holdery(?). This later stoc

1) Phoenix Gold Mining Company. 1897. Page 101 in Garbani. Pristine! 2) Hassayampa Mining and Development ('Developing' crossed out and '...

1-2) Consecutively numbered Phoenix Mining Company stocks. 1887. No issues except fading through the 'Arizona' on one stock. In 1892 Rothwel...

1) Red, green and gray Angel Consolidated Mining Company. Bright, colorful and striking. Bright red seal and stamp (Territory of Arizona). 1903. Page

ARIZONA SMELTING CO brass tool check #188 with manufacturerfs stamp L. A. Rubber Stamp Co. Octagonal with hole at top. Company operated at Meyer AZ (

1) The Central El Dorado Gold Mining Company. In French and English, so heavily invested in France. Number 3143 in 1910. All 20 coupons still attached

1) Golconda Consolidated Gold Mines Company. Number 4179 for 200 shares to Edward O Douglas in 1906. Issued in Pendleton, Oregon. Not listed in the Co

1) A most colorful and attractive Santa Ana Mining Company Certificate. Number 1263 for one share ('Founders Share' has been overstamped by ...

Scarce. Number 485 for 100 shares to Thomas S Cox. Signed by secretary Charles Craig and president Albert Minilt(?). Foxing top middle. Two vertical f

Nice colorful 1881 stock certificate. Number 154 for 400 shares to WW Thompson. Signed by treasurer William J Turner and president Jacob H Hitschler.

Oatman Gold Mining and Milling Company, issued 1927 to J. Heard #2645 1000 shares and signed by president. Oatman-Combination Mining Company, issued 1

Pima District, Pima County. 1) Arizona Butte. Unissued. Incorporated in Ohio and datelined Sandusky, Ohio. Number 896. Slight fading on right, otherwi

Incorporated in Kansas in 1882 and issued in 1883 to Henry Hamilton for 4 shares. Number 64. Signed by BF Simpson & CH Ward. Two mining vignette...

Number 4138 for 100 shares to J Bell Austin in 1883. Signed by EF Stick and William A (?). Large size. Large vignette of well-known American financier

1881. Number 24 for 2000 shares to John Sailer. Signed by JE Soule and John F Stoer(?). Underground mining scene and vignette of William Penn himself.

Number 3017 for 100 shares issued to CB Keen in 1881. Signed by secretary B Hart and president Hamilton Disston. Vignette on left is of a winch and wu

1) Catalina Mining Company. 1909. Number 348 for 10,00 shares to Henry Atwater. Comes with an interesting "Waiver of Tax Imposed by the Inherit...

Printed by John H. Duychinck, NY. Uncancelled. Vignette top center of a stagecoach in rugged terrain in Sonoran desert and at left portrait of Henry

1883. Number 830 for 500 shares to John Harvey. Signed by John McMillan and JM Requa. Pick and shovel mining vignette. Faded brown seal. Otherwise no

Number 301 for 40 shares to Elizabeth W Harper in 1883. Signed by George M Matthurst and JB Baker. One small hoe where seal was applied. No edge, corn

#135, issued at New York to Geo. J. Weuck for 25 shares. Inc. in New York. Signed by president Albert Welles and secretary J.L. Douglass. We are unsur

Incorporated in 1881 in New Jersey as the Silver King Gold and Silver Mining Co.; changed the name in 1882 to Burro Burro.Certificate number 701 issue

Number 2832 for 500 shares to Charles Whitman in 1881. Signed by BF Hart and Hamilton Distton. Cut unevenly, but no edge, corner, color or pinhole iss

1880. Number 89 for 100 shares to trustee WA Hamlin. Signed by Walter A Hamlin and HH Honore(?) Jr. Shovel and pick mining vignette in upper left and

Number 93 for 100 shares in 1881 to trustee ML Earle. Signed by ML Earle and William F Turner. Nice condition: two vertical folds and rounded corners.

Lot of two. 1) 1907. Number 4101 for 600 shares to William Randall. Signed by CE Harvey & HM Brown. Three mining vignettes. Nicer condition of t...

Issued 1907 to William Smith # 1751 100 shares, signed by president Roberts. 8.75" x 11.75". Pinal County, AZ. HWAC# 52367 Date: ...

Number 44 for 100 shares to trustee PS Swain in 1879. Signed by AW Blair and EB Booth. No edge, corner or color issues.Bancroft lithographer. This min

Lot of four. Numbers 82 and 83 are still attached. This would make a nice framed piece. Also numbers 86 and 87. All issued to ES Bolles for 500 shares

Location printed on certificate: Pioneer District, Pinal Co., Arizona Territory. Inc in New York. No. 892, issued for 100 shares to IL Gensler on Marc

Number 92 for 600 shares to TW Belcham. Signed by president P Whitmer and secretary JC McFarland. Incorporated in Illinois with headquarters in Bloomi

Number 75 for 50 shares to Michael Kneiss. Signed by George L Bramard and RP (?). Endorsed on back. Vignette at left end of allegorical Indian maiden.

1) Santa Cruz Mining Company. Number 2133 for 100 shares to WH Parkin in 1907. Signed by McDonald & Hall. 2) Santa Cruz Mines and Smelter Compan...

Number 432 for 50 shares to William Temple in 1868. Very early date! Signed by SR Seldin and RA Sinclair. Large 25c revenue stamp. Stamped corporate s

Early number 45 for 300 shares to William Goodell of Philadelphia in 1884. Signed by OM Sanger and James McRay. Light folds. No edge, corner color or

Number 85 for 50 shares to NB Lazard in 1890. Signed by AF McGrew and JJ Scoville. Printed by Waugaman of San Francisco. Folds, Bottom torn a little r

None of these were listed by Garbani. 1) Boston & Arizona. Number 460 for 700 shares. 1910. 2) Estrella Mining and Smelting. Number 243 for 500 ...

Number 765 for 100 shares to FE Myers & Brother in 1902. Signed by HM Robinson and EB Gage. Gage was a prominent mining engineer and entrepreneu...

Number A2572 for 50 shares to PH Filbert. Signed by president Burnham(?), secretary Gilroy and treasurer JW McElwee. Two Native American vignettes. Tw

Assay certificate from EA Jacobs, cor. Main and Congress, Mar 20, 1905 signed EA Jacobs. Twin Butte Mine. HWAC# 61802 Date: 1905 Location: Tu

Letter from Mr. Flemming, Secretary from Consolidated Gold Mountain Mining Co. to Mrs. Mary H. White from 1902. The Cert. is No. 30, for 8 shares. Goo

Four framed prints 18 x 24 inches: 1992 Pyromorphite; 1996 Calcite; 1997 Copper; 1998 Alpine Minerals. HWAC# 49565 Date: Location: Tucson,

Letter on company letterhead pertaining to Bro. Thomas Lawry having pneumonia. Large blue ink blot. HWAC# 61800 Date: 1901 Location: Turquois

An early 1880's Arizona mining certificate. Number 122 for 250 shares to Charles Cobb. Signed by George Dickson and George W Dickson Jr. Undergr...

This company owned the Vulture Mine located 14 miles by road from Wickenburg at the southern margin of the Vulture Mountains, and about 9 miles west o

Very rare! Inc. in Territory of Arizona. No. 174, issued for 3,000 shares on March 16, 1899. Signed by Crawley (vice president) and White (secretary).

1913. Number 2708 for 407 shares to ES Middlebrook. Signed by James T Ross president and (?) secretary. Condition: small tears on edges especially at

1) Great Belcher of Arizona. Number 684 for 150 shares. Unusual group of three vignettes including a bull. 1906. Signed and not cancelled. Providence

1) Model Gold Mining Company. Three 2c document stamps. 1902. Excellent condition. This company owned the McCabe Mine. Long history included. 2) Ameri

Underprint in pink with a train running through the bottom third of the certificate. Gold Seal. Center vignette has a belt buckle circle (in Pink) aro

1) Castle Creek Copper Company. Number 37 (early) for 6 shares to Robert W Groom in 1882. Signed by president and secretary. Incorporated in New York

Number 403 for 60 shares to McCamer(?) in 1884. Signed by A Clement and OJ Wells. Excellent condition. No edge, corner of pinhole issues. Very slight

The Lone Pine. 1901. Striking rose colored. Excellent condition. 2) Haynes Copper. 1910. 3) Decatur Copper. 1902. 4) Verde Grande Copper. 1908. 5) Hom

Lot of 7. The best piece is the Arizona Development Company. Grade 65 - Gem Uncirculated by PMG. 1901. 2) Cornucopia Gold & Copper. Number 20 fo...

1) Little Butte. Bouse District. 1909. 2) Arizona Mines. Number 76. 1911. Nice rose colored stock. 3) Will Smelting. Harqua. 1906. 4) Golden Star Mini

RARE! Number 3!!! (Probably a founders share.) Grafton T Brown Lithographer. Excellent condition. What a getra piece. Issued for 2,000 shares in 187

1) Wiley Gold. NUMBER 26 for 5000 shares to James Thompson in 1906. Signed by James Thompson as secretary. The Wiley brothers operated the Little Butt

Lot of three. 1) Old Hickory Copper Company. Mines in the Old Baldy District in the Santa Rita Mountains. The person writing, Leon, is staying with a

Boston and Gila River Cattle Company, issued 1882 to C. Newcomb #7 10000 shares and signed by president. 6" x 9". Jerome Verde Development...

10 issued 1918. Approx 25 more stocks in hardcover stock issuing book. All are i/c 1918 and undetached. Book cover in rough condition. HWAC# 61368

4 loose sheets of 4 and a booklet with approx 10 sheets of 4 paper tokens from Clifton to smelter. Cover is detached from booklet and several sheets a

Mostly mining related. Approximately 15 publications. Includes technical articles on mines in Arizona, various USGS or University of Arizona bulletins

Unknown Arizona mining camp by Continent Stereoscopic, NY, mat has trimming. HWAC# 63104 Date: Location: Arizona

Lot of 11. 1) Booklet is Precious & Semiprecious metals in Arizona in 1912. Mine production by Heikes. 36 pages with lots of charts. 2) Metcalf ...

4 Arizona Stock Certs. Octave Mining Company; 7.75" nice condition, Issued in 1909. Not canceled 7.75" x 11.5"; The Flux Mining Compa...

1) Curry & Company. Number 10 issued to AG Curry for 1000 shares in 1901. Signed by AG and JE Curry. 2) El Hueco Mining Company. Number 8 for 10...

Map showing Fort Grant, shows military forts & camps, Ft. Apache, Globe City Mining Region. Topography by T.A.Touey, USA Department of Arizona. ...