Million Dollar Auction

Stock no. 89, issued to E. Cahill & Co., Trs. for fifty shares, 1887. Signed by C. Hirshfield (?), president and Geo. Spinney (?), secretary. Ce...

Front page article with two drawings. "Mass of Sulphured and Chloride Ores." "The Heart of the Comstock." "Crystallized Ore...

1) Sutro tunnel Company, choice early stock certificate for Sutro's operation, signed by John Landers, vice president and Pelham W. Ames, secret...

8 later stocks from these two famous Comstock companies. Includes: 3 Belcher Extension Mines Co. stocks (1926, 1927, 1928) all issued and uncancelled;

Virginia Mining District, Storey County. Inc. Dec. 30th, 1873. Signed by Geo. Wallace (president) and Gordon (secretary). Not cancelled. Folds, pinhol

#74289 for 10 shares to Sone & Downer, trustees. 1878. Not cancelled. Eight assessment stamps on back. (Prag collection) City: Virginia City St...

Virginia Mining District, Storey County. Inc. Dec. 1873. Uncancelled. Issued for 100 shares to H.R. Parsons on Feb. 4th, 1882. Signed by Follis (presi

Bank of California, California Mill ("Consolidated" crossed out). Issued to the Pacific Mill & Mining Co. for $755.18 on May 5, 1875. ...

Two different Chollar Mining Company checks. 1) Red Bank of California, Chollar Mining Company, RN-G. Issued to Virginia & Gold Hill Water Co. S...

Lot of 16 checks issued by the superintendent of the Gould & Curry Silver Mining Co. at Virginia City, Nevada Territory in 1864 & 1865. Prin...

One check for the Ophir Silver Mining company when Fair was Supt. Two checks from the Potosh Mining Co. One check from the Choller Mining Company. Fou

Scarce check from this mining operation that was tied to the "Bonanza" discovery of 1873. Check No. 1557. Drawn on the Nevada Bank of San ...

Trench Mill check issued on December 22, 1873 to "Chinaman Bill" for $63.75. Signed by Bonanza King James G. Fair. Interesting to see a Ch...

A lot of 4 revenue stamped checks between 1869 and 1870 from Virginia City, Nevada and from the Agency of the Bank of California and signed by John Ma

1) Really nice check with RN-C21b revenue imprint (Nevada over federal) signed by John Mackay. Issued to J.P. Smith on June 3, 187-. Blue font at left

Rare mining check and even rarer to find Mackay's signature on it, 1878. Nevada Bank of San Francisco stamp over Bank of California. Signed by J...

Payroll check No. 1 issued for $50 to Colton on June 2, 1884. Bank of California. RN-G. Signed by Isaac Requa as superintendent. Punch cancelled thru

The Pacific Mill & Mining Company was a consolidated milling operation formed by the "Bonanza Firm" to process Cons. 1) Check No. 241,...

7 issued certificates for Comstock mining companies that operated in the center of the lode. Includes: Comstock Tunnel Company (1907), Bullion Gold ...

Lot of eight, all different. Great variety! First three are the rarest in the group. Includes: Woodworth Mill RN-D signed by Comstock millionaire John

A nice pair of Woodworth Mill checks with RN-D signed by Bonanza Kings John Mackay and James G. Fair. The Woodworth was located on the NW bank of the

A History of Comstock Mines by Dan SeQuille, 1889. Deed of a Mining Claim from Steve Mitchell to Henry Baglin, 1905 for the Jim Gold and Silver Mining

All checks with RN-G revenue imprint. 1) Ophir Silver Mining Co., Virginia, Nevada, Feb. 15, 1878, signed by John Mackay. Issued for $500 cash. Nevada

Lot of 17. All issued and different. Includes: Hale & Norcross (1917, cut cancelled), Best & Belcher (1937, not cancelled), Cons. Virginia &...

Lot of 5. 1) Unissued stock for Washoe Wood & Fluming Co. Carson City dateline. Inc. in 1875. 2) Unissued stock for The Washoe Mining Co. Inc. i...

No. 61, issued to W. W. Scogins for 500 shares, 1880. Signed by J. J. Cooper, president and W. W. Scogins, secretary. (Prag Collection) City: Virgini

Certificate No. 200, uncancelled. Issued for 500 shares. Ink has faded. Nevada state seal. Signed by the company president. Enterprise Job Print. Ex-N

Devils Gate Mining District, Lyon County, Nevada. Inc. May 2, 1872. Certificate No. 86. Not cancelled. Issued for 1,000 shares to John Gillig, 1880. S

Devil’s Gate Mining District, NV. No. 118 for 50 shares. Issued to W. D. C. Gibson, signed by John Kelliles, president and Meiles Goodman, Treasurer.

Lot 19. All issued. Includes: Alpha Cons. Mining Co. (1909, not cancelled), Belcher Extension Cons. (1928, not cancelled), Exchequer (1906, stamped an

Incorporated March 26th, 1863. Certificate #12. Uncancelled. Issued for ten shares to Albert A. Sevi, 1863. Signed by S. Heyderfeldt, president. Vign

Incorporated March 26th, 1863. Certificate #128. Issued to F. Chappellet for 12 1/2 shares. 1865. Uncancelled. Signed by S. Heydenfeldt, president and

Incorporated March 26th, 1863. Certificate #109. Issued to Wm. B. Fox for 50 shares. 1865. Uncancelled. Signed by S. Heydenfeldt, president and Holmes

1) November 9, 1866 assessment receipt. From Thomas Mason and signed by secretary Land. 2) Receipt from Eugene Kelly & Co. for that assessment. ...

Comstock Ledge, Virginia Mining District, Storey County, Virginia, Nev. Inc. Aug., 1877. No. 424, uncancelled. Issued for 10 shares to the company pre

Stock no. 1810 for 100 shares issued to Samuel B. Thomas. Signed by Samuel Sheller and F. E. Lutz. Unusual vignette on left of two horses and motto Li

Lot of 5. 1) Queen Mining Co. No. 976. Issued for 10 shares on April 7, 1876. Flowery Mining District. Not cancelled. Vignette of queen. Fold and soil

Lot of 25. Includes: Con. Virginia (1910, cancelled), Potosi (1917, cancelled), Gould & Curry (1922, cancelled), Ophir (1919, cancelled), Ophir ...

Flowery district. Queen Mining Co. no. 1243 for 50 shares issued to Wm. H. McClintock. Signed by D. L. McDonald, president, and Wm McClintock, secreta

Location: Flowery District, Comstock Lode, Storey County. Nevada. Inc. Dec. 6th, 1875. No. 832, issued for 400 shares to William McClintock (company s

21 pieces. Nice representation of different expenses for this very popular mine. (checks, billheads, and annual report w/ map) 1) Three paystubs for m

Devil's Gate District, Lyon County. Incorporated January 1875. No. 612, not cancelled. Issued for 5,000 shares to Lucien Herman on January 18th,...

Very rare stock certificate no. 17 for 25 shares issued to D. R. McKee, signed by Adolph Sutro. Hand cancelled in red through signature. Vignette of m

Stock no. C32516, 1883. Signed by C. W. Bruck (?), president and Pelham W. Ames, secretary. Entrepreneur Adolph Sutro believed that a tunnel, excavate

Theo. Sutro pieces. Two cancelled bonds for the Comstock Tunnel Company. First Mortgage income bonds for $500 and $1000. (Prag Collection) City: Virg

Rare! Sutro Tunnel Company--a status report by Adolph Sutro to the public. An agreement: The Sutro Tunnel Company with the Articles of Agreement, unda

1) Curtis Consolidated Mining Co. Gold Hill Mining District, Storey County. Issued for 100 shares to H.S. Stone (company secretary) on March 2, 1880.

Lot of 14 different. Includes: Exchequer Mining Co., Lady Washington Cons. Co. (190-), Alta Silver Mining Co. (190-), Ophir Extension Cons. Gold &am...

Lot of 16. Includes: West Crown Point G&S Mill & Mining Co. (3), Hale & Norcross (2), Industry G&S Mining Co. (3), Exchequer Mining ...

Lot of 84 pieces. Includes: 40 Statements of Ore Shipped by the Virginia & Truckee Railroad. These vouchers (7" x 8.25") from the Moun...

1) Pioche X-Ray # 371, Promotion Stock. Signed by Dr. Boody and WM Salchell in 1909. 2) Calumet & Nevada Consolidated # 1349, 1914. Signed by Ad...

Lot of 3. 1) Wonder Mascot #24 for 10,000 shares to Walter Lauer signed by M. Ish and RW Norrington. Ish was a major player in the Goldfield / Wonder

1) Yerington Consolidated Copper #553 for 5,000 shares to John Dern in 1912. Signed by Lagenbarth. Cancelled, Great condition. 2) Smith Valley Mines #

1) Two Calumet & Nevada Consolidated Mines Company stocks, 1914, Treasury Stock and 1915 with 3 adhesive revenue stamps; 2) Lahontan Mines Compa...

1) From '49 to '83 in California and Nevada: Chapters from the Life of George Thomas Marye a Pioneer of '49. By George Thomas Marye, Jr....

Prospectus for Victoria Gold Mine of Humboldt County and The Goldfield Sovereign Mining Company. Prag collection. City: State: Nevada Date: HWAC#:

Jarbidge Buster Mining Company, Unionville--Silver Reef Mining Company, Ely--White Pine Mining Company, Ely-Witch Copper Company, Elko--Golden Age Min

No. 4994. Issued Nov. 25, 1869 for two pounds. Bottom half is "Coupon of Reversion." The company was formed in 1869 and was seeking invest...

1) Two Star of Nevada Silver Mining Company stocks. English. To Thomas Woodurne. 1871. 2) A most interesting English stock certificate to the Nevada F

Lot of 6. 1) Sweepstakes Mining Comapny. Early number 47 for 500 shares to CG Brady in 1915. Signed by John McConaghy. Treasury Stock. 2) Cold Spring

) North American Dredging company of Nevada, $1000, 1928. 2) Nevada Victor Mining and reduction Company, $100, 1914. (Prag Collection) City: State:

Champion Mining, no. 823, signed by Edgar W. Stevens, president, and J. E. Sullivan, asst. secretary. Lookout Gold mines, no. 10, signed by J. E. Sull

1) Seven, Mills, Post & White Consolidated Silver Mining Company stocks. Reese River Mining District, Lander County. Vignette of Eagle and vigne...

Here is a chance for a researcher to make a major find. We could not find the Haskell Mining Company in the 1907 International Mining Directory, 1909

Lot of 6. 1) Coupon book with coupons good only for Merchandise at the Store of Lake Valley Mines Co., Lake Valley, NM. Issued 1906. 2) Five postcards

Lot of 4. 1) Golden Gate Gold Mining Co. stock certificate. Location: Whitewood Quartz Mining District, Lawrence County, Dakota Territory. No. 18, iss

Lot of 8. 1) Unused real photo postcard, Mill, Diatomite Mine, near Terrebonne, Ore., Dalles-California Highway. Sawyer Scenic Photo. 2) 1907 mailed c

Three page report to shareholders September 8, 1903 announcing the treatment of 75 tons per day using their twenty stamp mill. Prag collection

Lot of 10. 1) Utah Copper Mill, Bingham Canyon. View of large facility on hillside with smoke billowing out. Unused. 2) RPC of two miners loading a ho

Great Collection! 44 RPC Post 1940, 23 early PC (c. 1905-10), and 29 post 1940 PC. (Prag Collection) City: Bingham State: Utah Date: HWAC#: : 32332

The best RPC's: 4 early (c. 1910), 4 later. (Prag Collection) City: Bingham Canyon State: Utah Date: HWAC#: : 32331

A few hundred stock certificates from the King David Mining Company in Utah that are in pretty good condition. Most are between the years 1933 and 19

Lot of 9. Four stock certificates: The Northern Chief Mining Co. (vignette, 1881, not cancelled, Utah Territory, folds); The Groesbeck Company (vignet

3 RPC c. 1915, 11 old PC c. 1905-15, 3 post 1940. (Prag Collection) City: State: Utah Date: HWAC#: : 32324

Real del Castillo #259 for 75 shares to Philip Horn in 1882. Signed by A. Indron (?) and Jsoeph McGenes (?). This certificate includes a receipt to Ho

1) State of New York, The Lower California Company, Seven per Cent Bond. Number 44. 1868. 2) Pacific Guano Company #27 for 137 shares to G Nagle in 18

To be presented to the shareholders at the Ordinary General Meeting to be held at the Cannon Street Hotel, in the City of London on Tuesday the 29th d

9 U.S. Mining Stock Certificates from the Consolidated Virginia Mining Co., Copper King of Arizona, Consolidated Mines Syndicate, SonSon Mining Compan

Lot of five: The Goldfield Mascot Mining Co. prospectus, an extract on natural and artificial cement from 1888, a legal guide for oil companies and st

Lot of 3: San Juan Consolidated Mining Co., 1875; Tamarack & Custer Consolidated Mining Company, 1913 (framed); Hornsilver Mining and Milling Co...

5 Sheets of Foreign Mining Stocks and Bonds. City: State: Date: HWAC#: : 32806

Over 300 1" diameter white buttons printed with the caption "Gold Discovery Days 1848-California-1948" and a red white and blue pictu...

Silver spoon, bowl shaped like a shovel engraved "Denver". Elaborately cut designed handle depicts a winch pulling up an ore bucket and a ...

Sterling silver spoon with 1902 patent date on reverse. Hand engraved mining scene with gold wash. The windlass at top has a movable sinking bucket an

Stamp mill was used in West Point California at the Lockwood Mine (Calaveras County). It was carefully removed by the property owner, whose family las

Large and small cast iron mortar & pestles. The large one is possibly 1870's, 8.5" diameter and 9" tall. It was used to crush ore ...

City: State: California Date: HWAC#: : 11635

Original photograph of a new invention: a gasoline powered tractor of sorts used to haul heavy loads of ore. The photo measures 11 x 14" and ap...

We haven't seen anything like this in 40 years. It is a magnetic device to lock and unlock miner's safety lamps. After a series of serious d...

Banking and Express Office of early San Francisco dated October 3rd 1854. Note attached by pin "Margin of certificate book calls for $200, amt....

Old Adams Express bag, approx. 14" x 7.5". In 1839, Alvin Adams, a produce merchant ruined by the Panic of 1837, began carrying letters, s...

Collection includes: Adams Express Official Gazette; two covers; note; 18 receipts: 1845 early receipt with vignette of train crossing bridge, 1849--t

Seven horsemen dressed in uniforms with feathered hats in front of the Adams Express Office. City: State: Date: HWAC#: : 32123

American Express Co. meeting of Gen. Supt. Hughes and Staff at the Colonial Hotel Cleveland, Ohio 1904. Includes 2 group photos and 1 photo of R.E.M.

Twelve passes. The early passes are on cardstock, while the others are on thin paper. Years included: 1910, two for 1913, 1914, two for 1915, four for

Collection includes: Receipt book blank except for first page; two bags, Property of American Express Co. City: State: Date: HWAC#: : 31648

Early 1850 American Express (Wells, Butterfield & Co.) receipt for $2991; 1853, American Express receipt; other receipts: 1855, (2), 1856, 1865,...

Ten package passes: early 1891 pass (blue with dog and key vignette), 1905 (issued to D.T. Mervine, supt. of Wells Fargo Express), 1910, two from 1911

#3073 for 5 shares to William B Conant on December 19, 1857. This is our earliest certificate. Nice clean certificate. City: State: Date: 1857 HWA

Early certificate with nice steam engine vignette. Signed by Timothy H Loomis (Springfield, Massachusetts) on November 25, 1858. (Prag collection) C