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...