Million Dollar Auction

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 (...

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: ...

Three stocks for the Ely Consolidated Copper Company (one is Federal Ely Copper, no, 2013), Three First National Copper Company Stocks, Calumet &...