October 2017 Premier Auction

11.5" and 17" rusty unmarked lamps with hanging hooks. City: State: Date: HWAC# 52837

7" unmarked with light rust. Unmarked 15" tapered top section on a round base. Carry handle. Black finish. City: State: ...

8" with handles. 1 has a 4.5" reflector, the other has a dented rear. Both have signs of age. City: State: Date: ...

3 cast iron lamps with hanging hooks. 3.75" diameters. City: State: Date: HWAC# 52838

Assortment of 3 hand held lamps. Black wooden case with rear handle, 5" x 4" x 5'. Metal Ecolite with front and top bulbs, 11.5" ...

Universal Lamp Co 10" and hook, base has signs of use. Tin Justrite with 7" reflector. Brass Justrite with 7.25" reflector. ...

Hemispherical with a finger loop. Copper with a long spout and back plate. Glass with a rear reflector. Cylinder with a handle and spout. Triangular t

Copper and brass Guy's Popper with hook. Nickel Justrite with handle. Copper and brass Auto Lite. Copper and brass Auto Lite with large reflecto...

Marked Zumer-Melichar, Mrnak, Praha Karlin on rear. 4.25" front lens assembly. 11.5" x 4.5" depth. Wooden handle extends on metal bar...

We were unable to identify this lamp in our library. It appears to be an early design carbide. Brass base with copper cylinder, handle and reflector.

Five different Union Carbide tins. 10 total tins. Very nice collection of Union Carbide, a major provider of carbide to the industry for decades, and

Both are 2.25 inches tall. Wilkinsburg, PA. Overall nice condition. City: State: Date: HWAC# 48757

Dunlap's Pittsburgh 2.5" with hook and 5.75" with .25" cracked reflector. City: State: Date: HWAC# ...

MArked clearly and plainly in shield , Monongahela City, Washington Co., PA. Has unused wick, excellent condition, main body 2" tall. ...

Brass unmarked with clear globe 11.5". Concordia Electric Co. red goboe with brass top and hook handle 9.5". Large and rusty with red glob...

1 safety lamp with waffling indentations at top. Rusty condition. 10.5" x 3.5". 2 safety lamps with W. R. Clanny - Sir H. Davy stamped. C...

The safety lamps underground miners used were magnetically locked to prevent flames from being exposed to flammable gases. This device was used to unl

Safety First! Keep those oily rags in cans - no fire in here! Authentic, old, and rusty! City: State: Date: HWAC# 514

Bad air in a deep underground mine was an issue. So the miners would take a canary down with them. The little birds would succumb to the bad air first

This model is very impressive for its detail and mostly matchstick construction. The burnt ends of the matchsticks are arranged in a pattern similar

Bronze by Montana Sculptor Bob Scriver. 95/100. "The Prospector" with a small gold piece in the pan. On a walnut base. 6" x 9"...

1 woman carrying shovel, on a wooden base with slight crack in base, on the base is a plate that reads La Trieuse and is missing a nail. 1 miner carry

2 copper appearing statues of a miner and a metal forger. The miner is holding a pick ax and a lamp and is going to work. The Forger is holding a hamm

Bronze miner standing on bronze base reading Sentinel of Safety III METH, by Gary Prezen? with wooden pedestal. Slight marring on wood pedestal. 12&...

2 Beautiful Folding Miners Knives with stone handles. Both are numbered 110. One has BLACK GOLD and a pick and shovel on the blade with the head of

By King. A specific story of the San Francisco Stock Exchange and mining. Rare book. Front cover has a plate of The Savage certificate attached.

Small library of western mining history and history in general. 40 California mining journals c. 1980-1982. 12 California Historical Society journal

The Earth Shook, The Sky Burned by Bronson, Geophysical Investigations in the Ione Area, Amador, Sacramento, and Calaveras Counties, California 1975.

Mining Districts and Mineral Resources of Nevada by Francis Lincoln, Mines of Clark County by William Vanderburg, Nevada Bureau of Mines Bulletin 65,

Mines of Battle Mt, Reese River, Aurora and other Western Nevada Districts by J. M. Hill, Range and Basin by John McPhee, Mining Districts and Minera

Geology and Mineral Resources of Eureka County, Nevada by Mackay School of Mines. Mining and Mineral Resources of Nevada by Lincoln, with detached co

Includes 1) The Town that Died Laughing by Oscar Lewis 2) "A Reconnaissance of the Jarbidge, Contact, and Elk Mountain Mining Districts in Elko...

This 1870 book is an early 41st Congress look at mining in the new West: California, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, etc. If you want to research an

These 7 volumes by Raymond are THE best sources of Western mining information from 1870-1876. A great collection to own. Covers crucial mining booms

By Ross Raymond. 1870. x-library. 805pp, single indexed. Major reference of western mines. The second year that Raymond took over from J. Ross Browne

Annual Report of the Director of the Mint 1873, 120pp; 1874, 100pp; 1875, 99pp plus folding mill plans; 1876, 67pp; 1877, 109pp; 1878, 66pp. This is a

Rare book by Burchard with info on mines and mining in the US. Triple indexed, mines, localities and subjects. Contains Bodie and other important loca

By Hittell. An excellent source of Western mining information. 819pp, indexed. contains a number of full page lithos of western scenes, towns.

Volume 1 of a long series. Edited by Richard Rothwell. City: State: Date: HWAC# 52224

By Weed. City: State: Date: HWAC# 52225

By Weed. Nice condition. City: State: Date: HWAC# 52222

Nice condition. City: State: Date: HWAC# 52220

By Stevens. During the time of the post 1900 electrification boom and the increased need for copper. Written by pros who were not afraid to call a sc

By Stevens. Cover is detaching from spine. City: State: Date: HWAC# 52227

A key volume by Stevens. City: State: Date: HWAC# 52229

By Stevens. City: State: Date: HWAC# 52226

Hardback book US. Geological Survey by George Otis Smith, LI, Part II - Plates. Walcott - Cambrian Brachiopoda, c. 1912. Contains drawings.339 pp. Ni

2 volume set. City: State: Date: HWAC# 52221

Ten books on copper: 1) "The War of the Copper Kings," by C.B. Glasscock; 2) "Copper for America" by Charles K. Hyde; 3) "C...

Thirteen books: "Historical Geology," "Principles of Stratigraphy," "Petrography," "Structural Geology," &qu...