Million Dollar Auction

Goldfield--Two The Goldfield-Candelaria Cooperative Mining Company, 1915, Nevada Cooperative Mining Company; Alpine, Esmeralda--Nevada Alpine Mining C

Esmeralda--Candelaria Mines Company, 1924; Mina--The Little chief Mining Company of Nevada, 1929; Mina Gold Mines Company, 1919; Fagan Consolidated Si

The Gold Mountain district was discovered in 1866 with the first ore shipped from the Oriental in 1871. Ore was originally processed by arrastras and

Location of Mine: Gold Mountain District, Esmeralda County, Nevada. Inc. in New York. No. A2586. Not cancelled. Issued for C.F. Martin for 50 shares o

Lot of 2. 1) # 78 for 2,000 shares to HW Hoops in 1919. Signed by Joseph Hoover and Bledlow. 2) #156 for 2,500 shares. Same signatures, same date. All

Stock no. A3276. Issued to L. K. Taylor for fifty shares, 1881. Signed by Lee. R. Shryock, president and D. F. Yerdenal. Beautiful vignette of two mi

Stock no. A5422. Issued to Hagen & Billing for 50 shares, 1882. Signed by Lee. R. Shryock, president and D. F. Yerdenal. Beautiful certificate ...

One green (# 2153 for 1000 shares) and two orange Series A (# SA 213 and # SA 225 for 500 shares). All issued to Henry Maxwell and signed by William W

1-2) Ruby Hill Tunnel and Mining Company. Both are unissued. One is white and one is yellow. 3-4) Eureka Smelting & Mining Company. 1923. Signed...

Location: Eureka, Nevada. Inc. in Maine, 1881. No 464. not cancelled. Issued for 18 shares to Geo. Stautial on Oct. 28, 1881 in Kittery, ME. Signed by

Inc. in Nevada Aug. 24, 1876. Certificate No. 80, not cancelled. Issued for 500 shares to H.B. Harrab (?) on Oct. 26, 1877 in Eureka. Signed by the co

Location: Eureka District, Lander County, Nevada. Inc. February 1873. Low certificate No. 4! Pen cancelled. Issued to "the Directors of the Ric...

1) Nevada Packard Mines Co., 1912; 2) North American Tungsten Mines, Inc., 1952; 3) Pacific tungsten Company, 1918; 4) Rochester Silver Company, 1920;

Antelope District, Eureka County. Stock no. 45. Issued to William Whalen for fifty shares, 1887. Signed by William whalen, president and Erastus Fay,

Lot of seven. 1-2) Monarch Consolidated Gold & Silver. #72 for 1,500 shares to HR Logan. #63 for 500 shares to GT Mills. Both signed by TR Hofer...

Lot of 7 mining stocks from lower Gold Hill & Silver City. Includes: Lady Washington Cons. Co. (1900, cut cancelled), Yellow Jacket SMC (1886, c...

Located Gold Hill District. Inc. in California. No. 34958, issued for 200 shares to Roehfisch & Co. on Aug. 27, 1897. Signed by Thomas Cole (pre...

Located in Gold Hill District. Inc. in California, Jan. 1874. Nice condition stock for this company. No. 34665, issued for 100 shares to Roehfisch &...

Location: Gold Hill Mining District, Storey County. Inc. Sept. 1878. No. 893, not cancelled. Issued for 200 shares to H.S. Stone (the company secretar

Stock no. 778. Ieeued to H. S. Stone, Trustee for 100 shares, 1880. Signed by W. Smith (?), president and H. S. Stone, secretary. Curtis Consolidated

No. 811 for 100 shares. Issued to H. S. Stone and also signed by Stone, secretary. (Prag Collection) City: Gold Hill State: Nevada Date: 1880 HWAC#

No. 939 for 500 shares. Issued to H. S. Stone and also signed by Stone, secretary. (Prag Collection) City: Gold Hill State: Nevada Date: 1880 HWAC#:

Very interesting group of papers including two Territorial Stock certificates for Barnett Levison of New York (1832-1910). Levison emigrated from Germ

Ten Nevada Territorial Mining Stock certificates, all issued to Gold Hill miner Barnett Levison. See the story on Levison in a separate lot. Nine cert

Incorporated 1887. Stock no. 1291. Issued to J. R. Middlemip, trustee for 100 shares, 1887. signed by Thos. Oowell, president and MacEwen, secretary.

No. 1290 for 100 shares issued to l. R. Middlemip, trustee. Signed by Thos. Powell, president and M. Erin, secretary. No vignette, very plain. U/C. Bl

Stock certifcate No. 98 issued to F. Wilson Dunlap for for 10 shares. Signed by W. S. Phelan and L. W. Chubbuck. The company was incorporated March 19

#10335 for 100 shares to trustee ER Grant in 1879. Signed by David Wilder and John Turner. (Prag collection) City: Gold Hill State: Nevada Date: 1879

The Gold Mountain Mining District was located in Esmeralda County. #A1961 for 50 shares to FA Brown in 1881. Nice vignette of standing miner on the le

First of a set of four fabulous stock certificates. All are in fabulous condition. #A3458 for 50 shares to LK Taylor in 1881. Great vignette of two mi

Great certificate. Excellent condition. Nice vignette of two miners on horseback. #5428 for 50 shares to Hagen & Billing in 1882. Signed by Lee ...

#A3525 for 50 shares to LK Taylor in 1881. Excellent condition. Not cancelled. Signed by Lee Shryock, president, and D. Yerdenal, secretary. Vignette

#A3229 for 50 shares to LK Taylor in 1881. Two uncommon vingettes: windlass and underground mining. Signed by Lee Shryock, president, and D. Yerdenal,

Delegate from Goldfield for the San Francisco Mining Stock Exchange of 1909. This ribbon is faded, but is still legible. This ribbon was made by the B

Rosetta (signed by January Jones), Red Hill Florence, Florence Goldfield, Goldfields Consolidated, Reorganized Kewanas, Goldfield Belmont, Jumbo Exten

Eight Bullfrog area stocks. 1) Bullfrog Golden Sceptre Mining Company, no. 2433, issued to G. K. Vaughn for 100 shares, 1907. Signed by J. C. McCormac

Lot of 25. Wide variety of old and new, plain and fancy stock certificates. Includes Deep Mines prospectus. (Prag collection) City: Goldfield State:

About 200 copies of a pictorial issued by Goldfield Deep Mines Company of Nevada in Goldfield, Nevada. The pictorial has several pictures of the mine

Lot of 25, all different. All but 3 are issued. Many have vignettes. Includes: Albemarle Dixie Extension (1907), January Jones Leasing & Mining ...

Lot of 29. Many with vignettes. Includes: Florence Goldfield MC (1904), Goldfield Somerset MC (1907), Goldfield Ruby Hill (1907), Goldfield Lucky Boy

Lot of 8. Red Top Extension, Goldfield Kewanas, Nevada-Goldfield Lease 1908, Sandstrom-Kendall with seven assessment stamps, Goldfield Combination Fra

Eight stocks total. Three are Red Hill Florence Mining Company (1923, 1926 and 1938). All issued and uncancelled. Folds and pinholes. Three others are

Two different certificates issued in Goldfield in 1906. No. 347, issued for 200 shares to Jos. Hoffer. Signed by John Jones as president and Harvey Ye

Lot of twenty-five. Atlanta (1905, cancelled), Goldfield Syndicate (1907), Goldfield Mines Operating (three), Montezuma Silver Mines (state approval,

Lot of three. 1) Number 547 for 1000 shares to Scott Amanor in 1906. 'Oro' printed in gold. Tears at folds and rough corners. 2) Number 1935...

Lot of nine. 1) Goldfield Syndicate, Florence Wheeler, Goldfield Combination Fraction, Adams Goldfield, Majestic, Kansas City Goldfield, Atlanta, Gold

1) Princeton-Goldfield Mining Company. Inc. in Arizona Territory. Issued for 10,000 shares to Charles Jackson on Jan. 20, 1904. Eagle vignette. Signe

Five Prospectuses: The Goldfield Mascot Mining Co., 2 for The Forward Mining Development Co., The Patrick Investment Co. (agent for a group of mining

Unissued stock certificate from Miners' Hope Tunnel Gold and silver Mining Company. Two checks: Agency of the Bank of California to Wm. Phillips...

Lot of two. 1) John Bidwell held a unique place in the history of the West. The Bidwell-Bartelson party was the first wagon train party to cross from

Stock no. 47 issued to J. c. Mandeville for 20 shares in 1867. Signed by J. Bidwell, president and Jas. C. Martin, secretary. John Bidwell was a Calif

Lot of six. 1-2) Anderson Mining Company. 1913. Number 14 is for 3,000 shares to M Henas. Signed by Percy Bliss and Olef Anderson - I assume he named

1) Kimberly Oro Mining Company, no. 535, issued to E. W. Collins for 50 shares, 1913. Signed by R. B. Respess, president and M. M. Jones, secretary. 2

1) Spanish Belt Minign Company #97 for 2,000 shares to GO Wilkins in 1908, Signed by OA Kennedy and RP Hunter. Early Number. Rips at folds on bottom.

Location: Sierra District, Humboldt County, Nevada Territory. Inc. July 1st, 1863. Cert. # 285, issued to Irvin Brown for 5 shares. Signed by John M.

Location: Star District, Humboldt Count, Nevada Territory. This territorial stock certificate has a lot going for it. First, it was issued on Feb. 24,

1) Jumbo Mining Company of Goldfield check drawn on John S. Cook & Co. Bankers. Elephant facsimile RN. Jumbo, Nevada dateline. Issued on April 9...

Location: Keystone, Tybo Mining District, Nye County, Nevada. Inc. 1867. No. 237, not cancelled, issued for 100 shares to Jacob Rheem on Dec. 11th, 18

Location: La Plata, Churchill County, Nevada. Inc. in New York. No. 140, not cancelled. Issued for 50 shares to Francis Gove on November 14th, 1865. S

Uncancelled. Stock certificate no.124, issued to Francis W. Gove, for 20 shares, 1865. Signed by Samuel W. Pingree, president and Emmet Blair, secreta

Inc. Jan. 3, 1871. Lander County, Nevada. No. 3220. Uncancelled. Dateline San Francisco, April 23, 1879. W.G. Crandall is issued 50 shares. Signed by

Devil's Gate District (Silver City). Stock no. 90 for 100 shares issued to John Gillig, trustee. Signed by L. Reynolds, president. Gillig was a ...

1) Re-organized Manhattan Buffalo Mining Company #368, 50 shares to OF Johasson & Company in 1909. 2) Manhattan Red Top Mining Company Reorganiz...

Emerald Isle Copper Company, Double O (1928), Consolidated Gold, Western Merger, International Mining & Milling, US Consolidated Mines (three, p...

Early #34, 500 shares to W. Letts Oliver Trustee on August 25, 1879. Signed by secretary William Letts Oliver and President S. Linktin. The first loca

#4762, 50 shares to WH Allen in 1877. Signed by Allen as secretary and AH Yanzill (?) It is a great example of how G.T. Brown creates a picture withou

Rare Newark Silver Mining Company Stock by African-American Lithographer, G. T. Brown. He designed the certificate in 1872. No. 4725, 50 shares to J.

1) Bristol Consolidated Mines and Smelting Company #1010, 100 shares to Thomas Hankinson in 1907. Signed by L BIttemann (?) and FL Sherwood. 2) Panaca

Two Ramsey-Nevada, no. 105 and 19, issued to O. S. Dawson for 1000 shares each, 1908 and 1909. Signatures illegible. One no. 16, also issued to O. S.

Seven stocks from Rawhide area. 1) Reorganized Rand Mines Company, no. 220. Issued to H. J. Amigo, 1000 shares, 1928. Signed by S. Bairstow, president

Nevada mining stock, the "New Monte Cristo Mining Co." based out of Reno. Dated December 5, 1929, Signed by C.C. Julian, President, and H....

1) Tramps Consolidated extension Mining Company, no. 852, issued to O. F. Jonasson & Co. for 30 shares, 1907. Signed by Ernest Bainbridge (?), p...

Lot of three. 1-2) Round Mountain Mining Company. Numbers 1050 and 1460. One singed by vice president J. P. Loftus and one by president James R. Davis

Trio of different stocks for the Spearhead Gold Mining Company. Includes: 1924 with orange border, not cancelled, 100 shares; 1925 blue border, not ca

Two Simon Silver-Lead Mines Company. #12008 and #3673. Signed by B. Zacahry and P. A. Simon. 1920 and 1923. Two Simon Central Mining Company stocks. #

Twin Bell # 1117, 1000 shares in 1929. Twin Bell # 1116, 1000 shares in 1929. Bright orange. Great condition minus one fold. Silver Dale # 1580, 1,000

#102 for 10,000 shares to trustee M. Scheeline. Signed by James Boyd and DW Rulison. M. Scheeline was the prescient of the Scheeline Bank - which is w

1) Silver Zone; 2) Simon South Silver, unused; 3) Lafayette Silver; 4-6) Silver Hills Nevada; 7-8) Silver Divide. Two different certificates - one 191

Includes: Tonopah Divide (2), Argentine, Argonne, Divide City, Midway, Silverdyke, Sunbeam, Belleview, Reorganized Belcher, Brougher, Knox (2), Togger

Almost all post 1920. Includes: Darms Coal signed by Darms, Rosetta Mines signed by January Jones, Reorganized Carrie with Lincoln vignette, Black war

Five different varieties. 1) #14328 to Henry Hart in 1913. Signed Chadbourne and Edwards. 2) #NY3036 Loxterman in 1914. #229 in 1920 to Lydia Leech. S

1) Early stock certificate to owners of the Gold Crater Consolidated Mining Company. Signed by Murphy, 1906. 2-4) Three Gold Reef Consolidated stocks.

Five green series 'B' certificates. One brown series 'A' certificate Three orange certificates. Condition varies, but generally very...

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Incorporated in Arizona Jan 1907. No. 8606 issued to Maurice Ober for 500 shares by C.S. Croon (sp?) as secretary and J.G. Butler as president on Febr

Early number - 36 and early year - 1904. 5,500 shares to George Stineman on June 13th. Signed by Signed by president J.R. Gillespie and secretary Wm.

Lot of 12. One black issued 1927, 2 blue issued 1925 and 1926, and 1 light green issued 1928. Three signed, but not issued certificates: Orange #2 for

1) Diamondfield Black Butte Consolidated Mining Company, 1908. Signed by Albert Matson and L. L. Patrick. 2) Tonopah & Mount Butler Gold Mining ...

1) Montana-Tonopah Mining Company; 2) Indiana-Tonopah Mining Company; 3) New Jersey-Goldfield Mines Company, 1906. This stock is actually a Goldfield

Lot of 18. 1) Tonopah Amalgamated. 1905. 2-3) Montana Tonopah Company Reorganized. 1923. 4) Jim Butler Tonopah Mining Company. 1915. 5) Tonopah Gypsy

1) South Tonopah Consolidated Gold Mining Company. #95 for 500 shares to VH Conkle in 1903. Very early Tonopah. Signed by Albert Troshlich and EC Simp

Five stocks three different colors: 2 black, 2 green, and 1 orange. The two in 1917 were sold to Paine Webber! (Prag collection) City: Tonopah State:

Stock no. 239. Issued to John Turner for 100 shares, 1869. Signed by John Turner, president. (Prag Collection) City: Treasure Hill State: Nevada Date

1) North Belle Isle Mining Company Stock Certificate, no. 303. Issued to E. R. Grant for 50 shares, 1892. Signed by E. Scott, president and J. N. Pew,

Location: Tuscarora District, Elko County, Nevada. Inc. Sep. 21, 1877. No. 8797, stamp cancelled. Issued for 100 shares to Geo. B. Root on Feb 1st, 18

Location: Tuscarora Mining District, Elko County, Nevada. Inc. Jan. 6, 1888. No. A 17, uncancelled. Issued to E.R. Grant for 100 shares on Sep. 24, 18

Number 8970 for 5 shares to Stone & Downer in 1878. Signed by RH Brown and M Hennas. Four assessment stamps on back. The Grand Prize is listed ...

Unionville, Pershing County stocks: Silver Reef Mining Company; Arizona Extension Silver Mines Company; 5 Consolidated Silvers, Inc. one of these is h

Five stock certificates from the Verdi Development Company. Numbers # 2399, 2577, 2691 are in blue. # 10394 and 7325 are in orange. Great condition. B