Objects of Our Affection - February 2020

250+ pieces. Find banking, hay, horses, druggists, lumber, hotels, doctors, grocers, furniture, insurance, banking, tax, handwritten letters, paints,

Original 1878 copy."An account of the revival of affairs in two singularly interesting and important mining districts, including something of t...

Lot of 4. 1) Mounted photograph showing two hunters underneath ridge. Back is labelled, "Sugar Loaf, Cherokee, California." 4.5 x 6.5"...

4 x 8" paper notice in manuscript for the American Minng Co. This is a public notice of asessments due at the Grass VAlley office of the compan...

Lot of three items: 1) Quicksilver Mining Co. Annual Stockholder's Meeting reports and exhibits, held at New York City, February 26, 1873, 26 pa...

Signed by Justh himself! Assay # 2547 fir 74.42 ounces of ore; 68.28 after melting. To WH Ladd & Company. The Hungarian-born Emil Justh, a litho...

Catalog No. 7 from the Pacific Tank Co. of San Francisco featuring cyanide plants, tanks, mining and milling supplies. Excellent illustrations and pho

24mm bronze medalUS Department of Commerce/ Bureau of Mines/ (pic saftey lamp)/ San Francisco/California /1926/ International Contest//high relief of

Lot of 5. 1) Orient Gold Placer Mining Company stock certificate. "Object: Placer Mining in the County of Sierra, Cal." (printed under tit...

Five pieces of Gold Rush history: a gold claim of James Greathouse, in Calaveras dated 1857; letters from Mineral Point Mines, the Mother Lode and Ta

Thirteen pieces of mining history including letters and assay receipts from mining companies throughout California: Grass Valley, Damascus, Angels Cam

T.18N.R10E. MDM.a hand drawn mining map. 22 in. X 31 in. of Moore's Flat and the Middle Fork of the Yube River depicts placer and lode claims, t...

5 in. X 7 in. photographs of sluice mining operations on Greenwood Creek, in northern California. c.1800's. Very good condition. Provenance: ...

22 x 30" poster mounted on board. This version of the Society of California Pioneers poster is the third printing. The first done by Britton ...

Original canvas ore bag from the Ten Broeck Mine, about 14 x 24", hand sewn, perhaps 1880. The term Ten Broeck is an American surname, primaril...

Additional and amended location certificate on the Gold King No. 1 Lode Mining Claim of the Gold King Consolidated Mines Co. in Eureka Mining District

Four maps for the Queen Mining and Milling property Elmore County Idaho. Original pen and and ink on paper. Survey J.L. McPherson 1926. Three other s

This is a medal commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Missouri School of Mines (now known as Missouri School of Science and Technology) dated 1911

This is a 40th Anniversary medal from the Missouri School of Mines (now known as Missouri School of Science and Technology) dated 1911. The medal is a

Published by B. E. Calkins bookseller, 89 photo-imitation prints in hard covered 6 x 9 1/2 fold out booklet. Provenance: Country (if not USA): St

Classic Comstock mining prospectus with outstanding map.Printed by Mudge & Son, Boston. 39pp overall. This 1865 piece is a classic. If this were...

Published by F. Boegle, Virginia, Nev. in 1889, this 158 page, 5 x 7 inch booklet written by Territorial Enterprise newspaperman Dan DeQuille covers t

Self guided tour "for the serious tourist" published by Pages of History in 1959. Booklet is 55 pages, with folded 22 x 17 inch color map....

Stock assessment #3, dated November 10, 1863. Datelined Virginia City, then part of Nevada Territory. J.H. Tilden was assessed $2.50 on his 10 shares

WOW! Assay. Comstock! Ruhling! More gold than silver! And a 5c Green Revenue Stamp with stamped killer 'Ruhling & Company'!!! Number 89...

Incredible piece datelined Virginia (City), Aug. 2, 1869. Telegram sent from Wm. Sharon to W.C. Ralston of the Bank of California. Ralston was the cas

Published booklet, 6 x 9 inches, 100 pages, 1874. "The Bank of California Against The Sutro Tunnel. Argument and statement of facts, showing wh...

Wells Fargo Bank. Check #216 issued for $50 in 1876. Initialed by JMH. RN-D. According to the Carson Valley News (Nov. 31, 1876), "The Genoa Fl...

Lot of 10 different. Included: Nevada Bank of SF, RN-G, 1877, Hobart, Marlette & Co.; Stateler & Arrington territorial check, 1864, signed b...

Original canvas ore bag from the Leadville mines Co., with an office in Gerlach. Leadville was further north in Washoe County. 14 x 24", tears...

Here we have a pair of mining items . Item #1 of 2 : The report for the Consolidated Coppermines Company. It consists of the information of the entire

Handwritten letter dated Rhyolite, Nevada, September 30, 1908 from the Secretary's office of the Black Spar Gold Mining Company, on the company&...

The eleventh annual report of The Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada, February 28, 1913. Twenty eight pages including mining photographs. Also two 4 x 5

Incredible four page, handwritten letter from A. Z. Huggins to his mother and sister, dated February 15, 1873, describing the gems and minerals he has

Prospectus for The Cracker-Oregon Gold Mines, owned and operated by the Oregon Development Co. in the Cracker Creek District in Eastern Oregon. 32 pag

Lot of two: 1) Blue Bird Consolidated Mines, Sumpter District, Grant Co., Oregon; 12 pages, 5 x 8 inch pamphlet with photos. 2) Waldo Consolidated Gol

Two dollar size dies from ALCOA Corporation, the 8th largest producer of Aluminum in the World headquartered in Pittsburg. From the Northwest Territo

Two aluminum company dollar sized dies From the Northwest Territorial Mint Historical Die Collection. c 1960-75. Other NWTM dies in this sale are in

Large Rand-McNally wall map, 1890, 40 in. x 59 in. long. Counties hand colored with different colors, map shows shaded relief survey townships, towns

Lot of two: 1) Index Mining Co., Index, Washington. 26 pages, 4 x 6 inch pamphlet with photos and folded claim map, 1899. 2) King Copper Mining &...

Lot of two: 1) "Consolidated Gold Companies"; operates four quartz groups in Washington and one in California, and two hydraulic Groups, o...

Lot of two: 1) Revenue Mining Co., copper and gold on 100 acres in Stevens Co., Washington; 16 pages, 4 x 6 inch pamphlet with map; 2) Night Hawk Mini

Impressive run of the Transvaal Chamber of Mines Reports from 1912 to 1960. Missing only 1924, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939. These volumes are

A gathering of eleven collectible items for a gold miner at heart. Items include an 11-1/4 x 6-1/8-inch picture of a miner checking his gold pan, a mi

This is a leather roll for mining claims or maps. It is stamped "o LILLIAN o J". There are Lillian claims in several states: Alaska, Calif...

Lot of two: 1) Gardner Denver Co., pneumatic drill, 50 x 35 mm, with brown leather strap. 2) P & H Quality Service, red enameled fob with steam ...

Large group of reproduction photos perhaps 50 photos mostly western mining. At lease six pieces framed. See photo. Great selection for interior decora

The mining equipment in this sale comes from the Combined Metals Reduction Company in Fish Lake Valley in far west-central Nevada. The company’s name

see photos Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: Nevada City/County: Fish Lake Valley Date:

see photos Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: Nevada City/County: Fish Lake Valley Date: