Million Dollar Auction

1.69 troy ozs (52.9 grams). California gold nugget. Attractive with manganese stained quartz in places, typical of the Sonora - Mariposa region. 35 x

1.17 troy ounces total: 0.98 is in small gold nuggets. 0.19 in crystalline specimens ("pocket gold"). City: State: Date: HWAC#: : 28622

Approximately .03 troy ounces of old placer gold in a glass vial with metal top. City: State: Date: HWAC#: : 28506

3 very good specimens of beautiful minerals. 1 agate piece that is oddly shaped and mostly smooth and a very light yellow in color, 1 large piece of p

One hundred specimen mineral collection is a custom box labeled on top in depressed silver lettering "Mineral Collection selected by The Colora...

Lot of 11: approx. 8x10 B&W photos of various dredging operations and their equipment and personnel. Great shots of the rigs and their crews, th...

Stock No. 116 iissued to Elizabeth S. Williams for 10 shares at $100 each. Signed by L. W. Sapp, president and H. R. Calkins, secretary. Imprinted sta

Inc. in Nevada. No. 2852, punch cancelled. Issued for 10 shares to Sutro & Co. on Nov. 28, 1950. Signed by the company president and secretary (...

1) Hancock Gold & Silver Mining Company. Unissued. 2) South Spring Hill Gold Mining Company #114 for 100 shares to WH Porter. Signed by GF Morse...

1) Pemberton Gold Mining Company #200 for 375 shares to Peter French in 1879. Signed by JR Crandall and Samuel Phillips. Located in the Forest Hill Di

Lot of two Comstock items. 1) Bodie Consolidated Mining Company letterhead. San Francisco dateline. Addressed to Captain Thomas G. Taylor of the Yello

Lot of four. 1) Bodie and Hawthorne Telephone and Telegraph #38 for 20 shares to Thomas Cain(?). Signed by RL McCarty and Thomas Leggett. 2) South Pac

Lot of 7. All unissued. Includes the two Woodland (186-), Turner Gold, Marysville Tunnel & Quartz, Diamondville Blue Gravel Mining Company, Midd...

Lot of six. Five green and one orange. 1927-1931. Signed by BC Austin. Acme Mines and Mill Inc, own several mines in California. Including the Oat Hil

Stock no. 17 issued to William Mills Trustee on May 11, 1876 for 100 shares. It was incorporated on February 12, 1875 and located in the Clark Mining

Twenty Mule Team cards and more. 15 RPC's, 6 early PC's, 20 post-1940 PC's. (Prag Collection) City: Death Valley State: California Date...

1) Wade Mining Company certificate number 2 for ten shares to GS Keevey in 1880. Signed by WH Allen and W Myers. Hard to find California stock certifi

Two classic matted photos from the famous Empire mine at Grass Valley, the largest single mine gold producer in California in historical times (pre-WW

Two original photographs of the stamp batteries inside a mill building (the same one). One view is the top of the batteries (11 x 14", Fryer Ph...

View of boarding house for the Redington Quicksilver Company Mining Company, Knoxville, Calif. In 1861 mercury ("quicksilver") in its cinn...

#A458 for 24 shares to Charles H King in 1880. Signed by Robert Crawford and Mark (?). Vignette of allegorical woman. Endorsed by King in back. The Ma

Lot of four. Three different colors: white, blue and purple. Means "New World." Excellent condition. These are for five shares of 25 franc...

Four Turner Gold Mining Company starting with #4 to 200 shares to Frank Lane in 1892. Signed by JR Young and C Sawtelle. Also numbers 32, 53, and 75.

Lot 10. All signed by EJ Roberts. Brown and orange variety. (Prag collection) City: Mono County State: California Date: 1925-1933 HWAC#: : 28755

A rare 1870' California coal mining stock certificate. #111 issued to BV Rhodes in 1874 for 20 shares. Signed by AC Farno and A Selliman(?). nat...

Large albumen print of the LeCompton Mine at Nevada City. While unlabeled, this photo is a near exact copy of the photo used in the LeCompton prospect

Choice c1900 photo by Moore, Nevada City of three miners holding a pick, shovel and broom acting as if they were guitars. A tabby cat has wandered ont

Mounted three photo suite, all 11 x 14 mounted on black board. Two are marked as Moore Photos, Nevada City. There is a chance they are not all the sam

Special leather bound, gold print cover for the Nevada County Mining Review, 1895. W.F. Prisk, publisher. 144pp plus advertisements. Covers every town

Original copy of Bean's classic Nevada County Directory. This is unarguably one of the great California Mother Lode region post-gold rush direct...

Rare! Located at Scott's Flat on Kanaka Creek, Nevada County, California. FH says this was the best gold location in California. Inc. in CA, 19...

Three circa 1900 large matted views of unidentified mines in Nevada County from the Nevada City Collection in this sale. A) 6.5 x 12" mini-pan...

Two different mine views, both matted, circa 1900. A) 8.5 x 10.5" Moore photo "miners waiting for cage, Central Shaft, Grass VAlley.. chip...

A 1902 certificate by the State of California issued to Fairplay Placer Mining Company in El Dorado County, declaring that a copy of the Articles of I

#79 for 500 shares to L McNeill in 1887. Signed by George Kenible and HS Morey.Hard to find stock in very nice condition. (Prag collection) City: Pla

1) Empire Mill and Mining Company #152 for 500 shares to A. Lyon trustee in 1878. Signed by William Drake and president Alfred Lyon. Small vignette of

The El Dorado stock certificate is #6 for 500 shares to Capel Hanbury Miers. Signed by EW Wilmer and George Lucas. You won't find this stock cer...

1) Golden Gate Mining Company #3376 for 250 shares to Augusta Fahen in 1904. Signed by R Fry and J Peters. 2) True Consolidated Mining and Milling #14

Lot of six. 1-3) Gold Valley Main Tunnel & Mining Company. #139 for 10 shares to James Lafferty in 1867. Signed by William Blackburn and preside...

20 picture post cards of the Gold producing mining town in the Mojave desert. Highlighted is the Yellow Aster mine. City: Randsburg State: California

1) Riverside Improvement Company #59 for 100 shares to John Jarvis in 1888. Signed by Henry Rudisill and Albert White. 2-5) Unissued Cavilan Mining ...

EARLY! #322 for 15 shares to HP Coleman in 1864. Signed by Thomas Gardiner and RT Brown. 25c United States adhesive revenue stamp attached. (Prag coll

Letter on assessment to A Cochran of Philadelphia. Marked "Sacramento [steamer name] via Panama" City: San Francisco State: California Da...

53 pages of 2 unfilled assessment receipts per page. Printed by Agnew & Deffebach of San Francisco. The exact location of this mine may have bee...

1) Lucas Mining Company #59 for 250 shares to CE Gillett in 1881. Signed by Gillett and Walker. 2) Taylor Plumas Mill and Mining Company #1830 for 100

Lot of three. 1) William Tell Consolidated Gold Mining Company. #46 for 2,000 shares to RA Grass in 1890. Datelined Sierra City. Signatures worn off.

Stock no. 3213, issued to J. W. Sparks for 1910. Signed by Nelson Z. Graves, vice-president. Secretary, Illegible signature. This historic document ha

1) South Hite Gold Mining Company #856 for 100 shares to John Bothwell in 1881. Signed by JF Towle and D Osborne. 2) North Hite & Yosemite Gold ...

$500 First Mortgage Deed of Trust signed by B.F. Hastings, trustee. 14 1/2 x 10 1/2". City: State: California Date: 1862 HWAC#: : 29036

Lot of 3. 1) The Giant Powder Co. of San Francisco. Billhead dated April 21st, 1877 for 10,000 caps ordered for the Eureka & Palisade Railroad (...