Million Dollar Auction

Lot of 3: hydraulic mining views from Yuba and Greenwood, CA and from Gold Run NV. The Yuba County shot is from the Palm Claim, in Timbuctoo, from Tho

14 carat gold pin, James Marshall's cabin in a mining pan with nuggets below, a pick and shovel. A 6.7 gram memento of the 1849 gold rush in Cal...

2 smelting crucibles 4" and 5", a steel Ingot mold, 4 decorative imitation ingots, 2 Varieties of Miner's candlesticks, A large 16&quo...

1) Sierra Nevada Consolidated Mining Company #48 for 1,000 shares to HC Breeden(?) in 1886. Signed by L Goldsmith and B Smith(?). Cancelled. 2-3) Gren

1) Tecopa Consolidated #4661 for 100 shares to John Neal in 1912. Signed by Hyden and Graves. Bishop. 2) Champion #821 for 1,000 shares to DJ Lyons in

1910 photos identified on the back. 9 x 11". This was a monstrously large dredge. Interior photos of the dredges are rare. City: State: Cali...

#4427 for 500 shares to James Walbrook in 1899. Signed by AH Shoup and L L Aitkens. One of the most interesting and delightful vignettes that one can

Certified by the Cripple Creek Mining Stock Association. History from 1891 to 1909. Includes a brief summary of all mining companies. GREAT resource.

#512 for 200 shares to Elroy H Davis in 1910. Signed by FA Joslin and J Jay Joslin. Fabulous Gold Hammer Vignette. By 1915 this company was defunct. T

Collection of (6) bills and receipts from Cripple Creek, Virginia City, NV and San Francisco, CA. The Virginia City document is from the Savage Mining

Early number 84 for 100 shares to Thomas M Bowen in 1875. Signed by Thomas Bowen as secretary and Charles Markenley(?) as president. Bowen would go fr

A poster advertising the Centennial Gold Mine and investment opportunities in the mine. It contains several pictures of the area and descriptions of

Eight different reports for the Baker Silver Mining Company. This is an important printed archive of an early Colorado silver mine. All booklets are i

"Central Mining District" by Thomas H. Noland. History of the district and list of mines and lodes. This information is NOT in Corregan an...

Pristine specimen stock stands by itself. Bu the history of this company is also fabulous. By 1903, it was largely owned and controlled by John D. Roc

Nice mining scene early photograph. 8" x 5" cabinet card. George Dalgleish, photographer. Dalgleish was from Georgetown. City: Silver Pl...

A collection of postcards depicting Colorado mining towns such as Buena Vista, Gold Hill, St. Elmo, Pritchett, and Placerville among others. 15 old P

Lot of 4: "The Colorado Gold and Platinum Placer Mining Co." The (2) certificates from 1916 are different from the later (2), featuring co...

Lot of 9: large group of various certificates, includes "The Commonwealth Mining and Investment Co." "The Jewel Mines and Reduction C...

Lot of 10. 1) Postcard showing miners in train outside mine entrance. "All Aboard for Three Miles Underground," Morining Mine, Mullan, Ida...

Receipt signed by Wells Fargo Express agent T. H. Goss. Orange two cent adhesive revenue stamp. The first big gold strike in Montana was on grasshoppe

Bannock Ditch and Mining Co. certificate for 33 1/4 Oz of Gold in exchange for 600 dollars in 1869 with an adhesive revenue stamp in 1869. Beautiful v

Stock #261, Location, Clark's Fork, Wyoming Territory. Issued to J. W. Granis for 50 shares. Signed by J. D. Caman, Secr. and Lester Willson, Pr...

No. 140 datelined Bozeman, Montana for 100 shares to W.W. Alderson. Incorporated May 23rd 1876 and capitalized at$500,000, 20,000 shares at $20 per. S

Basin/Cataract Mining District. Incorporated in Montana Territory in 1879. Cert. # 1993, issued to A.M. Foley in 1881 for 100 shares. Signed by Michae

An extremely rare stock certificate for 100 shares from the Mountain Mining Gospel Gompany with a mining vignette and vibrant green border/field. c. 1

This company was incorporated in 1879 under the laws of the Territory of Montana with offices in New York. It was a gold mining company located eight

Little is known of this mining company. It was incorporated under the laws of Montana circa 1890. This Certificate is No. 107 of 5,000 shares. Burgand

Number 60 for 20 shares to Wilbur Fisk Sanders in 1876. Signed by James Upson Sanders (Son of Wilbur) and WS Paynter. Silver was first discovered here

Cert. No. 91 issued to Benjamin D. Gilbert for 43 shares. Early previously unknown certificate and mine. A railway is noted to have been built from Og

Lot of 13. Includes: Austin and Reese River Transportation Co. receipt (1876) signed by Gage (soiling); Manhattan Silver Mining Co. receipt (1866); fi

1) Mills, Post & White Consolidated Silver Mining Company, no. 164, issued to C. Beach for 219 shares, 1865. 2) Magna Gold Mines Company, no. 11...

Over 100 checks from Austin Nevada during the 1870s & 1880s. Most from the Manhattan Silver Mining Company, some from Gage, Curtis & Compan...

Stock no. 3. Issued to C. V. Heegaard for 1000 shares, 1899. Signed by C. E. Hegard, president and C. E. Bangle, secretary. Four adhesive revenue stam

Reese River Mining District, Lander County, N.T. (Nevada Territory). Inc. May 27, 1863 under the laws of Nevada Territory. No. 111, pen cancelled. Iss

Two later Belmont stocks. Numbers 558 and 559 issued to Frank G. Allen for 1,000 shares. Signed by George Nelson and WJ (?). Treasury Stock. Not cance

1) Bovard Consolidated Mines Company #C5580 for 100 shares to A Pratt in 1910. Signed by Greene(?) and ER Dodge. Vignette of a miner with a hydraulic

1) Reorganized Broken Hills Silver Corporation #4430 for 1000 shares to Gurney Gordon in 1930. Signed by Lisle and Bevis. Vignette of underground mine

Stock no. 154. Issued to Vincent Bowen for 500 shares, 1908. signed by J. B. Kazar, president and Charles E. Hayes, treasurer. Vignette of 3 miners ne

Incorporated under the laws of the Territory of Arizona. Uncancelled. Certificate #2285. Issued for one thousand shares to J.C. McCormack, the company

The Goldfield-Candelaria Cooperative Mining Company. One issued: # 668 for 300 shares to EH Bouton in 1915. Signed by Charles Patrick and McCartley(?)

1) The Longfellow Gold Mining and Milling Company, 1908, cancelled; 2) Jumbo Extension Mining Company, 1934; 3) Ajax-Nevada Gold Mining Company, 1912,

1) Hercules Gold Mines Company, 1928; 2) Fairview golden boulder Mining Company, unissued; 3) Three Reorganized broken Hills Silver Company stocks, 1

#A1545 for 50 shares to Trustee DF Verdenal in 1881. Signed by president William McCaulley and secretary Verdenal. Beautiful stock with detailed under

Three January Jones. All are signed by January Jones as president. One reorganized Black Butte Re-organized Mining Company. Signed by famous promoter

Location: Cornucopia Mining District, Elko County, Nevada. No. 240, not cancelled. Issued for 100 shares C.E. Gillett (who is also secretary) on Nov.

Location of Works: Cornucopia Mining District, Elko County, Nevada. Inc. in 1876. No. 156. Not cancelled. Issued for 50 shares to H.U. Huiville on May

Inc. Dec. 7th, 1876. No. 9338. Not cancelled. Issued for 100 shares on May 20, 1887. Signed by Browne (president) and Hall (secretary). No vignette bu

Location: Tuscarora District, Elko County, Nevada. Inc. Dec. 7, 1876. No. 9343, not cancelled. Issued for 100 shares on May 20, 1887 in San Francisco.

1000 share certificate for the Rock Creek Mining Company in the Rock Creek District of Elko County Nevada. 4 x 9 ". EF, slight creases. City: ...