Montana Big Sky & Western Americana

Rare. Inc. in New York. No. 1753. Issued for 100 shares to S.G. Croby on March 2, 1880. Signed by Marshall (president) and Louusbery (?) (secretary).

1-3) Calaveras Water and Mining Company. Numbers, 1758, 1756, and 390. 1880 and 1882. Signed by R. K. Southwick (two are issued to him) and J. Marshal

Rare. Not seen by us before. $1,000 bond No. 192 issued June 1st, 1881. Signed by Marshall as president and Southwick as secretary. Not cancelled! Fif

Rare stock for this company operating in West Point Mining District. No. 711, issued in 1873 for 100 shares to J.W. Rover. Not cancelled. Signed by Ja

Twelve total. Includes: True Cons. Mining & Milling Co. (1909, pen cxl), Pennsylvania Cons. Mining Co. (1897, pen cxl), Central Eureka Mining Co...

$1000 Bond cert. #196 issued in 1865. The company operated the Oro Fino, Mammoth, Knickerbocker and Chrysopolis lodes near the Owen's River in t...

1) South Pacific Mining Co. Inc. in NY. Located at Salt Springs in Death Valley. Issued in 1883. Vignette of mine tunnels and mine facility on surface

First one seen by us! Inc. in 1866. No. 289. $100 First Mortgage Bond. Issued to trustees Henry Souther, Elisha Atkins, and Reuben E. Demmon on March

Nine pieces - all official agreements. Many have been translated. 1) List of persons with 24% interest in the Coe Company. Each has put in a said amou

Great photographs! 1) Logging photo, two guy sitting on pipe. Matted 8" x 10". 2) Another timber photo of a group of men at an equipment a...

Hand written bill of sale for a gold mining claim, Gatewood Claim. Owned by A. Wood Beaman and sold to Samuel F. Whiting for $30.00. Signed by Alfred

Lot of 14. Issued stocks: Gold Tunnel Mining Company (Nevada City, 1903, two mining vignettes, not cxl), Golden Center of Grass Valley Mining Company

Group of 10 Grass Valley and Nevada City mining postcards including the Golden Centre Gold Mine; W.Y.O.D. Mine on Fire, Jan. 31, 1912; Foote Residence

Photograph is by Moore of Grass Valley. In back it is written "Malakoff, North Bloomfield." Great Contrast 7.75 x 5.5". City: Gr...

Lot of four. 1) South Idaho Consolidated Mining & Milling Company stock certificate No. 193, issued in 1894 to the wife of the company secretary...

Group of 16 illustrating the famous North Star Mine, Mill, or the North Star Mines Co. Electric railroad, Grass Valley, Cal. City: Grass Valley S

1) Washington Mining Company. No. 371, issued for 100 shares to the company secretary in 1882. Pen cancelled. Crisp. 2) New Eureka Consolidated Gold M

1) Washington Mining Company. No. 158, issued for 25 shares to Henry Noritzky in 1878. Signed by Uphoft (president) and Carson (secretary). Pen cancel

1) New York Hill Gold Mining Company. No. 1135, issued in San Francisco to R. Finnie for 200 shares in 1880. Punch cancelled through signatures of the

1) North Star Gold Mine power house under construction. Pipe has been covered and the wheel and compressor are in place. 7.75 x 9.75". Light co...

1) Moore photograph of the Idaho-Maryland Mine. Inside the hoist house. 8 x 10". 2) Underground pumping station of the Allison Ranch Mine. Unid...

Two different. Location: Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California. 1) 1878 issued stock No. 166 to Henry Noritzky. Signed by H. Uphoft

1) Washington Mining Co. Grass Valley. Issued 1882 to the secretary (Fletcher). Also signed by Wm. Terman (president). Pen cancelled. No vignette. Rip

Lot of 18. Six different types of checks. 1) North Star Gold Mining Company, Bank of California: five, issued 1877-1878, all with a single adhesive re

1) Greenwater Red Boy #129 for 1,000 shares to William Israel in 1906. Signed by Robert Todd and H. Bragdon. 2) Greenwater Bimetallic Copper Mining Co

Cert. #19, issued to John S. Hills, Trustee for H.G. Fard for 15,000 shares. Signed by John Hills as president and R.C. Moore as secretary. Tasker Od

A group of four certificates from this mining company which operated near the west shore of Lake Tahoe at Homewood. All issued to Anna E. Fox or R.H.

Rare! Number 249 for 26,561 shares to P Reddy in 1875. Signed by Hughes & Holland(?)  This is a hard to find GT Brown, African American, li...

Incorporated in 1863. Cert. #38, issued to John Edwards for one share. Signed by Geo. Withington, president, and Joseph Bowen, secretary. Vignette at

Number 116 for 100 shares to Trustee John Sproston(?) in 1880. Has an oar and sail vignette. Signed. Not cancelled. Located in Jackson. Operated 1850-

Group of 5 showing the Kennedy Mine Fire, Jackson, Calif. The Kennedy Mine was originally discovered in the 1850s and was once the deepest gold mine

Group of 11 from the Prag collection from the Kennedy Mine & Milling Co., Jackson, Calif. "Over a Mile Deep, the deepest gold mine in the U...

Group of 10, including: 6 from the Golden Queen, 2 from the Tropico Gold Mine, and 2 of "Exposed Treasure Mine near Mojave, Cal." (Prag ...

#248 for 25 shares to F Luty trustee in 1879. Issued 27 days after incorporation. Signed by Luty as secreatry and vice president Atkinson. Excellent c

Lot of six documents. Most are pertaining to James Davies. 1) 1872 deed of land signed by California's eleventh governor Newton Booth. Booth wen...

1) The Arctic Trustees of Los Angeles. Mines and Power Plant in Washington, Nevada County. Two stocks issued 1922 and 1923. Signed by the president an

Location: Michigan Bluff, Placer County. Main office in Sacramento. This lot includes two copies of a prospectus most likely c.1910. Full of many blac

Lot of four. 1) Golden Eagle Mining Company. Location: Ophir Mining District. No. 275, issued for 10 shares in 1873. Signed by the president (Warren

Lot of nine. Includes letters to Golden West Plating Works and back. Four letters to John McClintock from John Taylor. Billhead. Mine report. (Ames C

Rare check issued Mar 31, 1898. Signed by John Singleton as president. Yellow aster RN facsimile. Upper left corner missing. (Prag Collection) City

Rare. Location: Clark Mining District, San Bernardino County. No. 30, issued for 20 shares to William Willis on Oct. 12, 1876. San Bernardino dateline

John A. Roebling's Sons Company of California catalog of wire rope and wire. Hardbound, 233 pages, 3 1/2 x 6". City: San Francisco Sta...

Five pieces of early San Jose history including an 1867 deed to Rancho Agua Caliente, an 1886 railroad right of way by the Quicksilver Mining Company,

Prospectus for this company which operated the Guadaloupe Quicksilver Mine located nine miles southwest of San Jose, adjacent to the New Almaden Quick

Lot of nine. Includes: Sierra-California Gold Mining Co. (1922, not cxl, heavy soiling), Transierra Exploration Co. (1958, punch cxl), Sierra Trading

Location of works: Sierra County, California. Inc. in New York. No. A212, issued for 100 shares to the company secretary (Wm. Lord) on Feb, 6, 1882. A

1) Uncas Mining Company. No. 22, issued for 5,000 shares to the company secretary (Gillett) in 1881. Also signed by Walker as president. Not cancelled

Three different. 1) The Monte Cristo Mining Company. No. 139, issued for 100 shares Aug. 1, 1877 in Stockton. Signed by Buck (president) and Humphrey

1) Alaska Mining Company. Location: Near Pike City, Sierra County, California. No. 1725, issued for 8 shares to P.H. Horn in 1886. Signed by the presi

Number 305 for 5 shares. Signed by A nightingale, M Browne and (?). This company had offices in London and San Francisco. The superintendent was E.S.

Very attractive four page prospectus with illustration of mine on front and color mining map inside. Mine located one mile from Stent. Describes how p

Lot of eight stock certificates. 1) Pair of share warrant certificates for Tuolumne Gold Mining Co. both issued in 1870. Not cancelled. Very thin, del

Three issued and two unissued stocks for the Yosemite Quartz Mining Company. Dateline Grass Valley, 1883 & 1884. No. 11, 18, and 19. Two are pen...

RARE! What a wonderful historical booklet and a more fabulous historical document. "W. P. Blake, New Haven, Conn." is stamped on the front...

California photographs and ribbon. 1) Group of miners at the Old Eureka Mill & Mining Co., Sutter Creek, Cal., 6x8 mounted. 2) Group of miners r...

Lot of eleven. Includes: Wilson Dredging & Mining Co. (1913 pen cxl and unissued, both with hydraulic mining vignette), Natomas Company (1937 &a...

Lot of 27 issued and unissued. Includes: Diamondville Blue Gravel Mining Co. (1870s uniss. pictorial), Marysville Tunnel & Quartz Mining Co. (18...

Five different. 1) Auburn & Rock Creek Gold Mining Company. No. 57, issued for 1,000 shares on May 21, 1880. Not cancelled. Crisp. 2) The South ...

Lot of four different. 1) The California King Gold Mines Company. Picacho, San Diego County. Issued for 100 shares on Dec. 12, 1902. Not cancelled. Vi

1) Vulcan Smelting and Refining Company. Stock issued for 5 shares in 1901. Not cancelled. Signed by the president (Page) and secretary (Baker). One I

Lot of ten certificates from two different Aspen mining companies. 1) The Statesman Mining Company. Five certificates, three unissued. Two issued are

Lot of three. 1) Two $25 Gold Production Warrants for Chain O'Mines Inc., "Largest Gold Mining Operation in the State of Colorado," Ce...

Location: Black Hawk, Gilpin County. Inc. in New York in 1867. No. 149. Not cancelled. Issued for 5 shares to John B. Bacon on July 19th, 1867. Signed

Lot of 4. 1) Two different $100 bonds issued 1907 for The Big Five Tunnel, Ore Reduction and Transportation Company. Not cancelled. 9" x 13.5&q...

Cert. #57, issued to Egbert Gurnsey for 150 shares in 1880. Incorporated in New York. Signed by D.H. Baldwin as president and Thomas J. Barbour as sec

Location of mines: Central City. Inc. in CO. No. 2216, issued for 100 shares to Albion Little on Dec. 18, 1891. Not cancelled. No vignette. Pink paper

Rare. Location of mines: Central City. Inc. in CO. No. 2472, issued for 500 shares to Albion Little on April 25, 1891. Signed by Marshall (president)

VERY EARLY Colorado prospectus. 17 pages. 8 3/4 x 5 3/4". No photographs or maps, but a lot of people tell you how great it is. Staining. Some ...

Inc. in New York. No. 1012, issued for 100 shares in 1880. Not cancelled. Vignette of five miners working underground. Soiling, rips, and folds. The R

Inc. in Colorado. No. 2607, issued for 1.20 shares (?) on March 4, 1927. Signed by the president and secretary. Not cancelled. Colorful vignette showi

Inc. in Illinois, mines in Clear Creek County, Colorado. No certificate number, but stock issued for 400 shares to the company president (Garrabraut)

Official Manual, Cripple Creek District, Colorado. Published by Fred Hills, Colorado Springs, Colorado,1900. Hard red cover, 11" x 8", 494...

Rare and classic Cripple Creek reference book by Warren and Stride in 1896. The book contains many original photographs of the Cripple Creek mining bo

Four different. 1) Unusual small certificate (6.75" x 9") for The Black Diamond Gold Mining Company. Issued 1894. Pen cancelled. Almost lo...

Lot of nine certificates for these two adjacent mines located on the east side of Globe Hill. 1) Sedan Gold Mining Company. Consecutive certs. issued

Two different. First is issued 1896, not cancelled, with a gold seal, brown border and mining vignette. Folds. The second was issued 1909, not cancell

Lot of five in poor to fair condition. 1) Two for The Able Lincoln Mines & Milling Company. Both issued 1906. Not cancelled. Gilt border, gold s...

Three different. 1) The Harvard Gold Mining Company. No. 352, issued for 200 shares to G.D. Chamberlain on March 13, 1896. Not cancelled. Maroon borde

Lot of 14. 1) Golden Cycle Mining & Reduction Company: ten stocks, five different types, issued 1915-1968. Most have vignette of large cyanide m...

Lot of seven different. Includes: The Colorado City & Manitou Mining & Milling Company (1905, not cancelled, mining vignette), The Dante Gol...

Lot of six. Includes: The Gould Consolidated Mining Co. (1901, not cxl), The LeClair Mines Co. (1928, pencil cxl), two $100 bonds for The Freeport &...

Lot of five. 1) The Atlanta, Cripple Creek and Creede Mining Company. Stock issued 1899. Not cancelled. Mining vignette and gold seal. Folds with sepa

Lot of four. 1) The Empire State Mines Company. Stocks issued 1902 and 1903. Pen cancelled. Green border and seal with mountain vignette. Inc. in Wyom

Lot of five. 1) The Doctor Jack Pot Mining Company. Three stocks issued 1905, 1916, and 1918. First two are punch cancelled. Three different president

Includes: The Clinton Consolidated MC (1903, not cxl), The Cripple Creek Drainage & Tunnel Co. (1907, not cxl), The Dante Gold MC (1908, not cxl...

Lot of three. 1) The Cripple Creek-Columbia Mining Company. A pair of certificates issued in 1901. Stamped paid from El Paso Stock Dividend. Gilt bord

Lot of three. Issued 1895 (Francis Boyd as President), 1898 (Geo. R. Buckman as Vice President) and 1900 (Geo. E. Lindley as President). All three hav

Five different. Includes: The Merrimac Consolidated Mines Company (1900, not cancelled, gilt border and seal, mining vignettes), The Arvilla Tunnel ...

Includes: The Harvard Gold Mining Company (1896, not cancelled) The Rose Nicol Gold Mining Company (1919, not cancelled), The Wheel of Fortune Consoli

Four different. Includes: The Merrimac Consolidated Mines Company (1900, stamp and punch cancelled, mining vignettes), The Old Gold Mining Company (18

1) The Montevideo Mining & Milling Company. Stock issued 1896, stamp cancelled. Gilt border and mining vignette. 2) The Carrie S. Gold Mining Co...

Includes: The Favorite Gold Mining Company (1899, stamp and punch cancelled, mountain vignette); The Potsdam Gold Mining Company (1895, not cancelled,

1) Penobscot Gold Mining & Milling Company. No. 305, issued for 5,000 shares to the president, JP Curtis, January 6th, 1896. Not cancelled. Eagl...

1) Detroit Gold Mining & Milling Company. 1899. Not cancelled. Folds. 2) The Bonzai Gold Mining Company. 1900. Not cancelled. Folds and light to...

Lot of four, two different types. Earlier two are both issued in 1905, punch and stamp cancelled for The McKinney Extension Gold Mining Company. Very

1) The Vindicator Gold Mining Company. Shows a steam engine leaving the mine. Postmarked 1909. 2) Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine. S-192. Photo by Sanborn.

#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

Lot of four nice certificates. Inc. in Colorado. Issued February-November, 1900. No. 17, 21, 393, and 416. Either pen or stamp & punch cancelled...

Cert. #1235, issued at Colorado Springs in 1901. Navajo warrior at left. Cripple Creek Mining District printed at left. The co. incorporated in Iowa.

Lot of nine. 1) The Cresson Consolidated Gold Mining and Milling Company. Five certificates, four different. Issued 1919-1962. All but the latest is p