November Wonders: Western Americana Auction (November 2021)

unusual wood scientific instrument. no label. Thought to be for inspection of powdered samples. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Prov

Lot of 7: 1-3) Three different colored (red, yellow, black ) underground "Wheat" miners lamps. They have about a 50-inch cord and light; 4...

Three miner's picks. Probably all c1900-1920. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Four bulbs and several lamp bases and wiring taken from an underground mining operation. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

5 underground mining lamps including a home made lamp Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Geff Pollock Collection

(Data Provided by the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) 1) Kennecott Copper Mill & Leaching Plant, Vol. I, provides exterior detail i...

Two Cold Bay Exploration Oil Royalty Certificates: 1) Certificate No. B19, signed January 21, 1927, by Howard M. Rice; 2) Certificate A30, signed by H

These are two duplicate maps of Nome, Alaska that detail both property and mining claims highlighting the Bison-Breen Mines and Manila Lodes, blue lin

Lot of 3. 1) Best is unmounted bird's-eye view photograph of Dawson, Yukon Territory. "Looking Down from Midnight Dome." By Larrs &...

These two maps depict the mining area of Fair Haven in Kozebue Sound, Alaska; and the second map is of Coal Mountain to Skagit River. Drawn by R. B Sy

Lot of 4: 1) 5 x 7" black and white photograph of two miners and their dog standing in front of their snow-buried cabin. Album paper stuck to b...

Very rare advertising calendar from Puget Sound & Alaska Powder Co., Dec. 1915. The company manufactured Low Freezing Vulcan Stumping Powder and...

Lot includes two photos of Prescott and two checks from the Crowned King Mining Company, Prescott, A.T., 1895. The photos include one of the first gov

Correspondence from J.D. Gardner Mining Co., Wickenburg Arizona between March 24, 1930 and May 9, 1930 reflects the increase in shares. Buckskin Mini

Lot includes three stereoviews. All are Keystone or Underwood views. Includes a cattle roundup in Arizona, Up the Colorado River, from Pyrites Point t

Five pieces including three stereoviews, a stock from Tombstone and an 1876 letter from Smith District. The letter sender notes he "send by bea...

Small group of correspondence related to mining and mining supply companies doing business with GE Lukens in Auburn Ca. Includes park, Lacy; Cal Elect

Evergreen Mines 1925 action notice and annual report with cover toning. Blue Ridge Mining undated prospectus with fold out claim map in Cartersville,

A collection of mining ephemera including an unissued stock cert from Golden Inlet Consolidation Mining Company, a letter announcing the death of a lo

By W. J. Johnstone Jr. 1940. For an eighty-year-old paper book, it is in very nice condition. A few minor back cover issues, but the binding is very s