Rush to the Rockies Auction (August 2022)

7 Miner's and Merchant Banks checks, c. 1911-25. 4 McKinley Lake Gold Mines stocks, c. 1940. 7 Alaska Smelting and Refining Gold Bonds, due 1909...

Issued Gold Rush era 1855 American River Water and Mining Stock. #109. Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City: Mormon Island Proven

Very rare. Dateline Placerville, El Dorado County, Cal., December 9th, 1852. Unissued, but filled out for one share. Signed by B.F. Reese, president,

# 5 for 10 shares to Edwards. Signed by CM Leonard and president GL Seaver, Dateline 1872 Santa Clara. Incorporated March 21, 1871. 25c Certificate re

Very rare. Inc. in West Virginia. No. 1085, issued for 100 shares to Harriet M. Rose on March 16th, 1896. Signed by vice president DM Hyman and secret

Rare. Inc. in Colorado. No. 453, issued for 2,000 shares to WB Boardman on March 1st, 1895 in Aspen. Signed by president Miller and secretary Stallord

Lot of 2 different. 1) The Bushwhacker Mining Company. Inc. in Colorado. No. 1413, issued for 1,000 shares to Marnie Young on Feb. 18th, 1895 in Aspen

We have only ever offered an unissued certificate for this company. Inc. in Colorado. No. 128, issued for 500 shares to Frank Woolf on March 24th, 189

Inc. in Iowa. No. 9442, issued for 200 shares to Gustav Lundberg on May 24th, 1895. Signed by Richard Bolles as vice-president and secretary Percy Hag

Inc. in Colorado. No. 48, issued for 200 shares to BK Kimberly on Feb. 24th, 1881 in Denver. Signed by B. Clark Wheeler as president and E. Butler as

Inc. in Colorado. No. 2143, issued for 1000 shares to Geo. Smyth on Dec. 7th, 1883 in Philadelphia. Signed by president John Ziegler and secretary For

Early Colorado mining certificate! "Issued for property in Clear Creek County, Colorado" (printed under vignette). Inc. in New York. Certi...

Early and choice. No. 283, issued for 400 shares to Alfred B. Nash on April 28th, 1866 in New York. Signed by president H. Dollliser and secretary Mar

Early Colorado certificate! Inc. in Rhode Island. No. 127, issued for 500 shares to Geo. Mabee, agent, on March 19th, 1866. Signed by president EJ Nig

Issued 1882, #979. 3 miner vignette. According to Burchard (1883), this company operated at Free Gold in the Cottonwood District of Chaffee County. F

One of the all-time great mining stock vignettes! Inc. in Colorado. Mines in Cripple Creek District, Colorado. No. 740, issued for 5,000 shares to Isa

Framed Elkton Cons. Mining stock. Issued 1902, signed by President Geo. Bernard. Frame 12x15" Owns the whole or portions of Walter, Katherine, ...

Issued 1893 with President Altman Signature. Inc. in 1892. Cripple Creek Mining District. The firm owned the Rising Sun, Pinto, Bison No. 2., Wilson,

Rare Leland Stanford Mining Company stock. Issued 1899 to John Devlin. Not signed by Stanford. Mine on Bull Hill, Cripple Creek. Owned the California,

Rare, very early Colorado mining stock. Organized in Massachusetts, 1863. No. 142, issued for 40 shares to CE Jones on March 9th, 1864 in Boston. Sign

Early and rare. Low number 6, issued to EG Lucas for one tenth of "Nineteen Colorado Mines and Mining Properties situated in Gregory, Nevada, I...

"of Gold Hill, Boulder County, Colorado." Issued 1881. Not listed in C&L, 1883. The Leadville Weekly Herald, April 17, 1880, reports m...

Rare ghost town certificate that we have never offered! Inc. in Colorado. "Mines located in Ten Mile Consolidated Mining District, Summit Co. C...

Extremely rare. "Principal Mines, La Plata County, Colorado" (printed under title). Inc. in Colorado. No. 508, issued for 110 shares to Wa...

"San Juan" in large print under the title. Inc. in 1876. Low stock number 2, issued for 25 shares to PH Woodward, trustee, on April 20th, ...

Lot of 2 different. 1) Eagle Nest Hill Mining Company. # 165 for 10 shares to V. Baker. Signed by secretary Baker and president (?). Dateline Leadvill

Lot of 2 different. 1) Lawrence Mining & Smelting Company. No. 765, issued for 50 shares to company secretary OF Meyer on Jan. 2nd, 1881. Signed...

Lot of 2 different. 1) The Little Corinne Consolidated Mining Company. Property Located at Leadville, Colorado (printed under title). Inc. in New York

Issued 1889. Red Mountain Mining District, Ouray County, CO. Alexandra, American Boy, Irish Girl and Scotch Girl Lodes. Date: Country (if not USA

Issued 1880, #103. Dolores County, CO. 2 miner vignette. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City: Rico Provenance:

Issued 1904, signed by DH Moffat, VP. In 1905 it was reported that this company was shipping upwards of 100 tons of zinc weekly. David H Moffat was on

Issued 1895?, signed by president and secretary. #646. Four Mile District of Routt County, Colorado. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado

Rare stock, issued 1884. #1641. Unusual vignette of a left hand holding a mine name sign. Eureka Mining District, Bonita Mountain. According to the Co

Very early. "Issued for the Purchase and Payment of Mining Property." Inc. in New York. No. 177, issued for 448 shares to AP Meybert, comp...

Issued 1887, # 332. Ophir is a very common mine name. In addition to the famous mine on the Comstock, there was an Ophir mine in Cripple Creek althoug

1869 Leavenworth Coal Co stock with stamp, issued to De Forest Fairchild. 3 binder holes on top. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Kansas City:

Some rare to scare stock certificates from three different Helena, Montana mining and railroad companies. 1 from Helena Hot Springs and Smelter Railro

Nevada territorial signed by Leland Stanford's brother. Emmet Lode, Esmeralda (printed upper left). "Claim 600 Feet" (printed under ti...

This certificate is steeped in Aurora and Nevada history! First of all it stock certificate NUMBER 1. Second it is Aurora 1880. Third it is signed by

Not many stocks from this area proclaim to be in Nevada. Most say Mono County, California or are just left blank. California had provided the official

# 1 for 24 shares to James D. LaRue. Signed by JH Blood and James H Van Reed. Dateline San Francisco Jan 5, 1863. Incorporated Nov. 25, 1862. Not canc

# 54 for 25 shares to Edward Flaherty (numbers 1046 to 1079). Signed by JB Bradford and Henry Finley president. Dateline Aurora, Mono County 1863. Inc

This stock was incorporated in 1860 when the area was still part of the Utah Territory. The cert was issued in 1862 to John G. Kittle (president Calif

# 106 for 20 shares to Levi C. Mathews. Signed by William L. Duneany(?) and president Samuel H. Dwinelle (attorney). Dateline San Francisco May 20, 18

# 69 for 18 shares to D. Nathan. Signed by secretary Henry R .Reed and president A. P. Stanford. Stanford was a director of the Central Pacific Railr

Numbers 66 to 75. Ten shares to A. A. Bermadez. Signed by secretary E. Kuster and president Levi Countryman. RARE Aurora, Mono Co. dateline. February

#22 for 15 shares to William Morton. Signed by A. Tannahill and William Jones (faded) president. Dateline is the RARER Aurora, Mono Co., Ca. version.

# 36 for 15 shares to Thompson. Signed by secretary W. Hughes and president Thomas Buckley. Dateline San Francisco 1863. Incorporated August 30, 1863.

The nearest town seems to be Mineral Point according to a 'Letter from Reese River District' that appeared in the Daily Alta California on A...

# 50 for 5 shares to JB Craig. Signed by HS Dalliba and president (?). Same officers as the Northern Light. The 1863 San Francisco directory lists Hen

# 205 for 5 shares issued to H. W. Bradley on March 5, 1864 from San Francisco. Signed by secretary J. A. Drinkhouse and president H. H. Allen. All th

We have not seen this certificate before. # 8 for 5 shares to HW Bradley. Signed by RW Heath and secretary (?). Dateline San Francisco 1863. Incorpora

# 39 for 10 shares to AK Stearns. Signed by HC Kibbe and president AH Titcomb. Dateline San Francisco December 24, 1863. Incorporated Sept. 28, 1863.

# 129 for 10 shares to Patrick Welsh. Signed by M. L. Power (Virginia City miner in 1863) and president J. A. McDonald. McDonald & Company made ...

# 115 for 5 shares to A. P. Bouton. Signed by secretary Robert T. Polk and president M. A. Braly. Dateline San Francisco 1863. Incorporated May, 1863.

Lucky number 13 for 10 shares to J. B. Marshall. Signed by R. Van Brunt and T. Collier. Dateline San Francisco June 22, 1863, Incorporated March 14, 1

Reese River District, Lander County, N.T. (printed to the left of vignette). Incorporated September 1863. Earl # 3 three issued to the company preside

# 67 for 2 Ω shares to Frank Hendrick on September 29, 1863 in Reese River, Austin, N. T. The 'Reese River' as part of the dateline is ...

#69 for 7 1/2 shares to J. J. Williams. Signed by P. C. Lander president and J. A. Drinkhouse secretary. Dateline San Francisco 1864. Incorporated Jul

# 47 for 10 shares to J. B. Craig. Signed by secretary H. S. Dalliba and president (?). Dateline San Francisco, May 16, 1864. Incorporated Nov. 14, 18

Summit district, Smoky Valley, Lander County. # 108 for 75 shares to Christian Reis. Signed by Henry S. Dent and William H. Ladd. Dateline 1864, June

The best part of this certificate is the vignettes. A rare small 'Goddess of Gold' adorns the left. A steam locomotive pulling ore cars, or ...

# 22 for 30 shares to J. B. Chinn. Signed by C. A. Hill and president G. W. Sawyer. Dateline Virginia N. T. 1864. Incorporated November 21, 1863. Not

# 175 for 12 1/2 shares to George Keys. Signed by B. B. Troxal and president S. M. Gilham. Dateline 1865 Austin N. T. Incorporated February 9, 1864. 2

# 26 for 10 shares to Claus Bonet. Signed by William Knight and H. Webster president. Dateline San Francisco 1863. Incorporated September 12, 1863. Wa

# 76 for 20 shares to William D Sinclair. Signed by JG Hitchcock and Thomas Stevenson as president. Dateline March 10, 1865. Not cancelled. 25c Wareho

Strange vignette since there was no railroad at Reese River! # 21 for 15 shares to A. K. Stearns. Signed by H. C. Keibbe and president Ramsey (Rumsey)

Early number 7 for 10 shares to J. Miller the superintendent. He endorses the back and it looks like he gives over his ten shares to C. Ryland. Signed

AND signed by president Averill!!! The mine owned the mining camp of Averill which was in the canyon below the county seat of La Plata, Churchill Coun

# 19 for 10 shares issued to George Allen. Datelined Chico, Butte County, Cal. 1867. Signed by secretary James C Martin and president J. Bidwell. Mine

Lot of six. 1) Gold Bar Extension. 1906. President is WH Metson, famed San Francisco lawyer and Nevada promoter. In 1906 the Gold Bar was added to the

# 104 for 5 shares to John Vance. Signed by William Knight and president William Madhaus. Dateline San Francisco March 15, 1864. Incorporated July 24,

# 38 for 15 shares to H. W. Clark. Signed by Edward Quackenbush as secretary with no president's signature. Dateline San Francisco; January 26th...

# 26 for 10 shares to OV Chauvel. Chauvel was the proprietor of the Chauvel House at 12 North 'C' Street. He kept a gymnasium upstairs where...

# 147 for 10 shares to Louis Derr on June 20, 1863. Signed by F. Voltz secretary and F Dunsing president. Incorporated March, 1863 at Virginia, N. T.

Chloride is a forgotten mining area in Churchill County. A February 6, 1907 article in the Reno Evening Gazette says, "The Mountain Cedar Compa...

# 39 for 25 shares to J. L. Holland. Signed by Henry Sweetapple and president G. P. Griffin. Dateline Dayton 1863. Incorporated March 23, 1863. Horse

Certificate NUMBER 1 issued to the president and soon to be superintendent J. B. Sears. Issued for 5 shares on February 4, 1888 in Stockton. Incorpora

# 85 for 10 shares to G. W. Swain. Signed by G. A. Brier and president G. W. Swain. Dateline Como, August 1, 1863. Incorporated June 1863. Not cancell

# 568 for 20 shares to A. J. Severance trustee dated June 26, 1873 in San Francisco. Signed by U. H. White, secretary and J. H. Crocker, president. In

#50 for 20 shares issued to F. S. Grosolnor(?) on May 30, 1863 in Dayton, Nevada. Signed by A. W. Russell as secretary and F. H. Kennedy as president.

Dateline San Francisco. Early number 12 for 25 shares to Charles Hosmer. Signed by R. N. Van Brunt and president JD Fay(?). Hosmer was a San Francisco

Signed by one of the builders of the Como to Carson River Road. This is a Van Winkle family affair. Issued to A. J. Van Winkle and signed by president

#559 for 20 shares to William Ready. Dateline 1865; incorporated 1863. Historical notes from local newspapers included. One tear bottom right. Some st

# 88 for 10 shares to A. J. Maxwell. Signed by S .Heidlesheim and J. C. Hazlett. Hazlett ran against Lewis 'Longhorns' Bradley for Governor ...

1) Very nice G.T. Brown (famous African American lithographer) stock certificate issued in 1877 for 100 shares. Great vignette of a black panther at t

This is a rather unique name, but it fits our stock holder who was known as Little French John! # 78 for 30 shares to John Vignot. Signed by L. Lanszw

Rare. Diamond District, Nevada (printed under title). Incorporated August 1872. # 310, issued for 25 shares to J. L. Blethen on March 9th, 1874 in San

Famous Gold, Silver and Copper Company stock, # 7 for 12 1/2 shares to Theodore Cimiotte. Signed by Beau. Foster and president S. H. Bennett. Dateline

Sierra District, Humboldt Co., N. T. (printed under title). "Neptune Tunneling Co. & Neptune Series" (printed bottom center). Incorpor...

# 26 for 25 shares (150 feet) to Joseph Knowlton. Signed by Henry Leffingwell and president Tilley. WJ Tilley was a salesman with RG Sneath (grocer im

Rare Nevada Territory coal mining stock for property without much coal! Eldorado Canon, Ormsby County (printed at left). Inc. March 8th, 1864. No. 38,

1) Goldfield-Candelaria Cooperative Mining Co. Stock Certificate, 1915. Rare I/U to Forrest Blanding. #638 for 300 shares. Properties in Goldfield and

Rock Creek Mining Company stock cert. #142, issued for 1000 shares to A. K. Durbrow trustee and signed by A. K. Durbrow as secretary and John Paxton a

Choice. Located on Furnace Creek, Death Valley area. Location: Esmeralda Co., Nevada. Incorporated in New Jersey in 1880. # 290 for 400 shares to Thom

# 77 for 6,000 shares to H. R. Logan on December 17, 1891. Logan built the first quartz mill between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Sign

Very early # 6 for 25 shares to P. Levigue. Signed by A. Cheminant and president F. Seully. Dateline September 26,1863 San Francisco. Incorporated Jul

Extremely rare. Possibly the only one known. Athens Ledge, Eastern Slope Mining District, Ormsby Co., Nevada (printed to the left of vignette). The in

1) Humboldt Smelting and Reduction Co. Rare! Most notable is the unique underprint vignette, showing an early ore smelter. Golconda, Nevada. # 45 for

#100 to L .Wentworth 15 shares on September 12, 1863. Signed by secretary G. W. Keith and president W. McGahey(?). Eagle and eaglet vignette. Allegori