Montana Big Sky & Western Americana

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Montana 'Big Sky' and Holiday Auction is a four day feast for the collector. This sale begins with a one day Montana only auction focusing on tokens and postal history. The next three days run the wide range of a traditional Holabird Auction: minerals, numismatics, Native Americana, railroadianna, mining, photographs, stock certificates, express, saloon, exposition, assay, tokens, badges, Gold Rush, etc. Heavy emphasis is placed on Colorado, California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah and the Western States.
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Modern Telephone & Telegraph Stocks Group4627 - Modern Telephone & Telegraph Stocks Group
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 31: array of telephone and electronics stock certificates from all over the country, with dates ranging from 1903 all the way to 1982. The olde
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Teletype machines Stock Certificates Trio4628 - Teletype machines Stock Certificates Trio
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three unique teletype stocks, from various parts of the nation. The "National Teletype Company" is dated 1916, from Washington D.C. The ot...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to t*******d for (50.00 + 10.00BP) = 60.00
 
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Telephone Construction Stock Certificates Group4629 - Telephone Construction Stock Certificates Group
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 5: mix of various telephone-associated stocks from all over the country, such as the "Automatic Telephone Construction Company" (18...
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Cable & Telegraph Stock Certificate Group4630 - Cable & Telegraph Stock Certificate Group
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 10: mixed group of old and new cable and telegraph stock certificates.The oldest is an unissued document, from "The American Cable Compa...
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Midwest Telephone Stock Certificates Group4631 - Midwest Telephone Stock Certificates Group
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Lot of 14: extensive group of midwest and east telephone company stocks, from multiple states. The oldest pair is the "Western Illinois Telepho...
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International Telephone & Telegraph Stocks Group4632 - International Telephone & Telegraph Stocks Group
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Lot of 17: very eclectic mix of international and domestic stocks. The oldest is a French "Telegraphe De Paris A New-York" document, compl...
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Radio Corporations Stock Certificates Group4633 - Radio Corporations Stock Certificates Group
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Lot of 23: multitude of radio corporation stock certificates, from all over the country. The earliest certificate is from the "United States Ra...
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Hawaii Military Photographs4634 - Hawaii Military Photographs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Over 45 original photos in this very interesting collection. (Prag Collection) City: State: Date: c. 1920's hwac# 31629
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to 9*****H for (60.00 + 12.00BP) = 72.00
 
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Copper River Copper Co. Stock Certificate4635 - Copper River Copper Co. Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Inc. in Arizona. No. 197, not cancelled. Issued for 117 shares to Henry C. Colby on November 5th, 1908. Signed by Peterson (vice president) and the co
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Estimate : 40.00 - 150.00
Sold to L*****8 for (20.00 + 4.60BP) = 24.60
 
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Two Alaska Gold Mines Co. Stock Certificates4636 - Two Alaska Gold Mines Co. Stock Certificates
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Pair of certificates, one blue and one orange for the same company. Inc. in Maine. No. B016861. Issued for 10 shares to Thomas L. Robie in 1917. Punch
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Two Alaska Gold Mines Co. Stock Certificates4637 - Two Alaska Gold Mines Co. Stock Certificates
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Location: Juneau. Inc. in Maine. No. B017958, issued ten shares to Leo J. Harris on Sept. 18, 1917. Signed by vice president and asst. treasurer. Oran
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Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to s**********r for (10.00 + 2.00BP) = 12.00
 
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Two Alaska Mexican Gold Mining Co. Stock Certificates w/ Foreign Revenues4638 - Two Alaska Mexican Gold Mining Co. Stock Certificates w/ Foreign Revenues
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Location: Douglas Island. Inc. 1901 in California. Two certificates, No. 151 (1892) and No. 12859 (1909). Both have same blue border and vignette of p
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Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to s******n for (20.00 + 4.00BP) = 24.00
 
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Unuk River Mining and Dredging Co. Stock Certificate4639 - Unuk River Mining and Dredging Co. Stock Certificate
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Inc. in Arizona. No. 38, not cancelled. Issued for 25,000 shares to J.M. Gaiser on Jan. 11th, 1908. Signed by the president and secretary. Gold border
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Estimate : 40.00 - 100.00
Sold to L*****8 for (20.00 + 4.60BP) = 24.60
 
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Three Alaska Dredge Mining Photographs4640 - Three Alaska Dredge Mining Photographs
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1) Flodin Gold Mining and Dredging Company. Dredge #5. Solomon River. 2) Flodin Dredge #1. Photographer, Loman Brothers. 3) Anderson Dredge. Saunders
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Reynolds-Alaska Development Co. Stock4641 - Reynolds-Alaska Development Co. Stock
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Inc. in Washington. No. A4459, not cancelled. Issued for 5 shares to Susan L. Stedman on May 10, 1915. Signed by corporate officers. Gold seal. Allego
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Three Unissued Stocks for Valdez  Hydraulic & Gold Mining Co.4642 - Three Unissued Stocks for Valdez Hydraulic & Gold Mining Co.
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No.274-276. Inc. in Arizona. Black border, green background, gold seal. 190-. Photograph of river in hills. Printer: Lowman & Hanford Stationery...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to w******o for (40.00 + 9.20BP) = 49.20
 
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Garfield Mining Trust Territorial Stock Certificate4643 - Garfield Mining Trust Territorial Stock Certificate
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Inc. in Territory of Alaska. Not Cancelled. No. 36, issued for 50 shares to E.E. Gloustad on March 18, 1909. Signed by Garfield, Lyon, and Hollis as T
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Estimate : 40.00 - 150.00
Sold to 8*****l for (20.00 + 4.60BP) = 24.60
 
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Various Alaska Mining Postcards4644 - Various Alaska Mining Postcards
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Lot of 22. Several postmarked. F. E. C. Dredge in Fairbanks. Hydraulic mining at Ester, Winter Dump at Fairbanks, Silver Bow Placer Mine, Glacier Cree
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Estimate : 70.00 - 300.00
Sold to h*******2 for (35.00 + 8.05BP) = 43.05
 
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Ben Hur Mining Co. Corporate Sealer4645 - Ben Hur Mining Co. Corporate Sealer
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Black corporate sealer, fancy. From the Arivaipa District. City: Aravaipa State: Arizona Date: 1901 hwac# 20500
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Estimate : 40.00 - 150.00
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Copper Belt Mining Company Stock Certificate4646 - Copper Belt Mining Company Stock Certificate
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The Copper Belt Mining Company. From the Black Hills, Yavapai County, Arizona. Cert. #138 for 100 shares issued to Leyman J Baskin trustee for E J Ba
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Estimate : 80.00 - 250.00
Sold to h*******2 for (40.00 + 9.20BP) = 49.20
 
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Arizona Gold Mining Stock Certficates4649 - Arizona Gold Mining Stock Certficates
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Group of 4, including: 1) Magdalen Gold Mining Co., dated 1903; 2) Newlin’s Gulch Gold Placer Company of Arizona, dated 1912; 3) Katherine Gold Mining
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Arizona Mining Stock Pair4650 - Arizona Mining Stock Pair
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Two Arizona mining certificates: Plutus Gold Mining Company, 1916, No. 90. Issued by T. W. Kinney, President. Issued to E. C. Andersen. Uncancelled. L
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Copper Metals Company Gold Bond, A.T. 19104651 - Copper Metals Company Gold Bond, A.T. 1910
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Cert. #242, $100, 6% Twenty Year Gold Bond. The company was incorporated in Arizona Territory. Signed by Ella Rawls Reader as president and Thos. F. D
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Mining Stock Group4652 - Mining Stock Group
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Lot of 4: 2 stock certificates, and a set of prospectus documents for the Crown King Mines Co. The stocks are: Desert Gold Recovery Co. dated 1910, ma
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Six Newtown Mining Company, Cerro Gordo Checks4653 - Six Newtown Mining Company, Cerro Gordo Checks
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Unused. c189-. Imprinted Newtown Mining Co. / Cerro Gordo District, Inyo Co., Cal. On bottom imprinted To Geo. T. Hawley / Treas. Newtown Mining Co. /
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Death Valley Area Postcards4655 - Death Valley Area Postcards
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Group of 3 postcards from the Prag collection, including: "Old Harmony Borax Works - Original Smith Plant, Death Valley National Monument, Deat...
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Oxford Mine Archive (Downieville, California)4656 - Oxford Mine Archive (Downieville, California)
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Archive includes: a 1935 blue and white schematic drawing of Oxford Consolidated Mines Co. Tunnels 1 & 2, measuring 30 x 21 1/2"; a map &qu...
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Standard-Amalgamated Exploration Corporation Stock Certificate4657 - Standard-Amalgamated Exploration Corporation Stock Certificate
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Incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada, registered in the State of California. No. 2560, issued for 100 shares to L.C. Pullman dated Augus
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Southern Mother Lode Mining Postcards4658 - Southern Mother Lode Mining Postcards
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Group of 5 from the Prag collection, including the Keystone Mine, the California Draper Mines, and 3 from Jackson. City: Jackson State: California
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Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to d********9 for (30.00 + 6.90BP) = 36.90
 
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Johannesburg Billheads and Postcard4659 - Johannesburg Billheads and Postcard
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Two M. J. Colson billheads. Colson dealt in lumber. One Johannesburg Milling and Water Company billhead. All for the Yellow Aster Mine of Randsburg. P
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Sold to l*******c for (20.00 + 4.60BP) = 24.60
 
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Lake County Mining Postcards4660 - Lake County Mining Postcards
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Group of 2 of the Sulphur Banks Quicksilver Mine, Lake Co., Cal. City: Lake County State: California Date: hwac# 20978
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Estimate : 30.00 - 75.00
Sold to D****7 for (15.00 + 3.00BP) = 18.00
 
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Two Bullion Mountains Copper Co. Stock Certificates4661 - Two Bullion Mountains Copper Co. Stock Certificates
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Inc. in Arizona. Location of Company's Mines and Reduction Works: Lavic, San Bernardino County, California. One Interim Certificate, No. 464, is...
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Maps of the Union Gold Mine and Milling Company (Calaveras County)4662 - Maps of the Union Gold Mine and Milling Company (Calaveras County)
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Printers overrun of underground workings of the Union Gold Mine and Milling Company. They took over the properties of Pacific Gold at Mokulumne Hill,
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Sneath and Clay Mine Archive (Nevada City)4664 - Sneath and Clay Mine Archive (Nevada City)
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This lot includes: unused covers, unused time slips, unused store requisition forms, blank vouchers c.1930s, unused employee time ledger sheets, and m
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Scheelite Tungsten Mine Postcard and Surface Map4665 - Scheelite Tungsten Mine Postcard and Surface Map
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Very RARE view of the Scheelite Tungsten Mine in Pine Creek. Surface map of the Pine Creek Mine, 1944, United States Department of Interior, Geologica
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Pacific Coast Gold Mines Corporation Correspondence4666 - Pacific Coast Gold Mines Corporation Correspondence
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Various letters from Pacific Coast Gold Mines to Angels Iron Works regarding equipment. City: Quartz State: California Date: 1918/1819 hwac# 2
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Rand District News, Randsburg, California w/ full page about mining4667 - Rand District News, Randsburg, California w/ full page about mining
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Volume 1, Number 2. Front page all on Rand mining. City: Randsburg State: California Date: 1922 hwac# 2850
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Randsburg Mining Postcard group4668 - Randsburg Mining Postcard group
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Group of 11 from the Prag collection includes King Solomon Gold Mine, Yellow Aster Mine, Big and Little Butte Mine, and the Kelly Mine City: Rands
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Estimate : 70.00 - 250.00
Sold to D****7 for (35.00 + 8.05BP) = 43.05
 
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Three Randsburg Mining Stocks and a Prospectus4669 - Three Randsburg Mining Stocks and a Prospectus
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1) Issued certificate for The Rand Gold Mining Company of Thunder Mountain. Inc. in South Dakota. No. A571. Issued for 500 shares to John L. Whitten o
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Estimate : 70.00 - 300.00
Sold to V********i for (35.00 + 8.05BP) = 43.05
 
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Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Company Assay Sheets and San Francisco Mint Bullion Memorandums4670 - Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Company Assay Sheets and San Francisco Mint Bullion Memorandums
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Great grouping. Three 1904/5 Bullion Assays. Three 1905 Memorandums of Gold Bullion from the United States Mint in San Francisco. Each Bullion Assay i
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San Benito County Hydraulic Mining Postcard4671 - San Benito County Hydraulic Mining Postcard
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From the Prag collection, with "These are pictures taken of the San Juan Gravel Co" handwritten on the reverse, with "San Benito Co.c...
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Estimate : 40.00 - 100.00
Sold to h*******2 for (20.00 + 4.60BP) = 24.60
 
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Four Issued Stocks for Mojave Tungsten Company4672 - Four Issued Stocks for Mojave Tungsten Company
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Inc. in Delaware. Mines located 19 miles from Roach, Nevada in San Bernardino County, California. All have the same vignette of miners working undergr
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The Needles Eye Copper Mining Co. Co-Op Certificate4673 - The Needles Eye Copper Mining Co. Co-Op Certificate
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Rare certificate, for 1000 shares to a J.N. Norcek, signed by M.A. Gordon, Secretary and Alfred W. Allen, President. Lists American Mines Developing A
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Assay: Memorandum of Gold Bullion, San Francisco Mint4674 - Assay: Memorandum of Gold Bullion, San Francisco Mint
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2 ¾ ounce bar that was .857 fine. $42.07 deposited to Mercantile National Bank. Signed by H. Mahler. Folds and some fading. City: San Franci...
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Assay: Memorandum of Gold Bullion, San Francisco Mint4675 - Assay: Memorandum of Gold Bullion, San Francisco Mint
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5.2 ounce specimen that was .882 fine. $89.37 deposited to Mercantile National Bank. Signed by H. Mahler. Nice condition, some folding. City: San F
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Memorandum of Gold Bullion at SF Mint plus two other assay pieces4676 - Memorandum of Gold Bullion at SF Mint plus two other assay pieces
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Amalgamation & grains deposited by Mercantile Trust Company of San Francisco on May 7, 1909, 6.83 oz., total value $117.23. Signed by A. Norton ...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to d*******F for (25.00 + 5.75BP) = 30.75
 
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San Francisco Assaying and Refining Works, 1870 Assay Memorandum4677 - San Francisco Assaying and Refining Works, 1870 Assay Memorandum
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Nice pictorial piece. Number 9232. Deposited by Kruse & Euler. Kruse & Euler of San Francisco acted as agents for miners and mining companie...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 300.00
Sold to m******3 for (40.00 + 9.20BP) = 49.20
 
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Yellow Aster Mine, U. S. Mint receipt4678 - Yellow Aster Mine, U. S. Mint receipt
Holabird Western Americana Collections
U. S. Mint Service receipt for Gold Bullion from the Yellow Mine for $12,689.85 dated Oct. 5 1912. City: San Francisco State: California Date: 19
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Three Sierra County mining stock certificates4679 - Three Sierra County mining stock certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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.
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Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to t*******d for (40.00 + 8.00BP) = 48.00
 
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Sonora Area Mining Postcards4680 - Sonora Area Mining Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Group of 2 from the Prag collection, including: Interior of Concentrator of Dutch Mine near Sonora, Calif.; and 100 Stamp Mill - Eagle - Shawmut Mine
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Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to D****7 for (25.00 + 5.75BP) = 30.75
 
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