Rush to the Rockies Auction (August 2022)

Location printed below logo: Gold Hill District, Nevada Territory. (It is not common to see "Nevada Territory" spelled out. Usually just N...

Owen dealt with silver, coal and lumber when the area was part of the Utah Territory. # 1 for 10 shares to N. S. Bowen. Signed by McGan(?) and preside

Gold Hill District, Storey County, N.T. (printed at upper left). Incorporated January 7, 1864. Stock number ONE, issued for 20 shares to William Hunt

Gold Hill District, Nevada Territory (printed under title). Incorporated April 22, 1863. # 218, issued for five shares to P. Caduc on Aug. 26th, 1863

NUMBER 100 for 20 shares to F. Heller on November 10, 1863 in Virginia, N. T. Incorporated on September 25, 1863. Small Inland Exchange 20¢ pa

# 559 for 20 shares to William Ready. Ready was delinquent on this certificate in 1868. Endorsed on reverse. Signed by secretary R. H. Smith and presi

# 24 for 20 shares to William Snyder. Signed by secretary J. F. Linthicum and president James G. Rule. Dateline Gold Hill, N. T., February 24, 1864. I

Arrington was an incorporator of the Virginia, Carson & Truckee RR in 1862. #5 for 10 shares to Thomas Craft. Signed by Chubback and William Arr...

# 94 for 25 shares to James Fraser. Signed by Jonathan Moore and president HN Yerington. Dateline Virginia N. T. 1864. Incorporated March 1864. Locati

# 537 for 5 shares issued to Samuel Knight on April 15, 1864 in Virginia . Endorsed on reverse by Hopkins. Signed by J. M. Hopkins secretary an

Signed by Platt & King (rare to get both signatures on a dual named stock). # 23 for 20 shares to J. B. Low. Signed by O. H. Platt and president...

On top of that this is certificate NUMBER 1. Issued to Sharon. Signed by Sharon as president and twice on reverse. Also signed by secretary AM Edgingt

1) Goldfield Ledge. #1686, issued to Albert Partridge for 250 shares in 1907. Signed by Boyd Skelton and Houlette. Skelton was the owner of the Portla

1) COD Cons. Cert. #4954, issued at Goldfield, NV. For 100 shares to David Pfeiffer. Incorporated in 1908. This company was a merger of the Goldfield

1 ) White Pine District, Nevada (printed at upper right). Incorporated March 17, 1869. 1869 was the height of the rush to White Pine. #150 for 150 sha

1) McCulloch's Bonnie Briar Gold Mining and Development Stock: Located at the Bonnie Briar Mining Camp ñ oft forgotten Nevada Ghost town. #...

# 453 for 100 shares to NH Lyon Jr. signed by J Sewell and Preston Hodges. Dateline New York 1866. 25c Power of Att'y revenue stamp. Not cancell...

RARER date, company and district! Early certificate! # 19 for 50 shares to A. Dubois. Dubois would perish with most of the passengers in September of

1) Gold Reef Con. #1054 for 500 shares issued to R. C. Heinsch trustee on November 16, 1905. Signed by secretary Heinsch and president D. M. Ryan. Inc

Stock certificate from the Silver Wave Mining and Land Company in La Plata City, Churchill County, Nevada. This certificate for 250 shares was issued

20 for 5 shares to W. H. Pullen. Signed by John Gorman and president G. L. Bradley. Dateline San Francisco Dec. 26, 1863. Incorporated December 8, 186

Nevada is a gambling state and the 5 of Diamonds card seemed to be lucky for the owners and investors of this company! EARLY number 10 for 25,000 SHAR

One of the few Nevada stocks with color: black text, red title script, brown safety paper. The red text appears throughout the certificate. # 191, iss

Fabulous use of colors: Deep purple, red, green and black on white. # 22 for 10 shares to George Cobb on 1864. Signed by Albert Garner and SP Ritchfor

# 81 for 10 shares to George Haskell. Signed by D. Van Vleck and John H Boden. Dateline San Francisco August 13, 1863. Incorporated July 2, 1863. 25c

# 23 for 25 shares to Rich Ross, Signed by William Rice and president F Tilford. Location: Blue Sulphur Spring District, Lyon Co., N.T. Datelined Virg

VERY EARLY number 6. For 8 shares to Mark H Bryan. Signed by president Bryan and O. Evans. Mark H Bryan was elected to the Territorial House of Repres

This extremely rare stock was issued at the beginning of Nevada Territory (established March 1861). The company was incorporated June 11, 1860 when th

# 74 for 20 shares to E. W. Pratt in October of 1863. Signed by William H. Martin and president S. W. Hollaway. San Francisco. Incorporated March 14,

Nice collectible set of all four State Line Gold Mining Stocks. Includes State Line GMC #1, State Line GMC #2, State Line GMC #3, and State Line GMC #

Five cancelled Tonopah stocks: three The Montana-Tonopah Mines Co., 1912, 1914 and 1923; West End Extension Mining Co., 1927; Divide Extension Consoli

1) Halifax Tonopah. 1822. Signed by resident F. M. Smith. Francis Marion Smith as known as the 'Borax King' 2) Golden Anchor. 1906. Issued t...

Number 8970 for 5 shares to Stone & Downer datelined April 1, 1878 in San Francisco. Signed by secretary R. H. Brown and president M. Herman. Fo...

# 215 for 12 shares to H. A. Wickware. Signed by secretary G. M. Burnham and president George Prescott. Dateline San Francisco, October 17, 1864. Inco

Virginia Mining District, Nevada (printed under title). Inc. June 5th, 1872. No. 38, issued for 100 shares to E. Fisher on Jan. 22nd, 1875 in San Fran

Rare Territorial according to Holabird Western American Auctions. #180 to John Sproston for 21 shares. Dateline Virginia, N. T., January 7, 1865. Sign

# 1615 for 5 shares to A. Hirschman(?) on April 8, 1868 in Virginia, Nevada. Incorporated on February 12, 1863. "Located at Gold Hill District,...

Rare. Inc. September 1862. No. 656, issued for 5 shares to HW Bradley on April 23, 1864 in San Francisco. Signed by president David Porter and secreta

This cert is extra rare. "Storey County, Gold Hill District, Nevada Territory" (printed on the left around a vignette of a baker). Incorpo...

This is an intriguing piece for Nevada history collectors. First, this is a rare Comstock mining stock. Second, it is signed by William Sharon's...

Here is a special Comstock stock certificate. Number 6414 for 8 shares on December 28, 1869. Issued to Chaumond (?) trustee and signed by president Al

# 169 for 10 shares to William Cruise. Signed by secretary B. J. Shay and president K. G. Millne(?). Dateline Virginia 1863. Incorporated May (handwri

# 84 for 70 shares issued to D. M. Geiger (as in Geiger Grade) on May 25, 1865. Signed by A. B. Elliott and William W. Claggett (Mark Twain's cl...

# 1 for 149 shares to W. C. Ralston. William Ralston endorses the certificate on the reverse. Dateline Virginia, March 16, 1865. Incorporated January

Printed by G. T. Brown lithographer (written in fancy script). Brown was an African American lithographer and painter out of San Francisco. He was not

Rare certificate #25 from Storey County in the Comstock Lode. Senator Mining Company, issued for 500 shares in 1878 to Geo. E. Reynolds, trustee and s

Certificate Number One! Location: Desert District, Churchill County, N.T. (printed under logo). Incorporated January 12th, 1864. Dateline Virginia, N.

Located in Nevada (printed under company name). # 194 for 500 shares to C. H. Wisswell on September 30, 1865 in New York. Signed by Samuel J. Burrell

1) National Defiance. 1907. # 330, Membership #3. Signed by secretary van Duzer. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives at this

2 1921 Old Dominion Oil stocks with gushing derrick vignettes. 1 has condition issues. 1922 letterhead dividend letter. Date: Country (if not USA):

13 oil and coal stocks. Lehigh Coal, Radford Oil, Alexander Baker-Pool Oil, Ute Coal, Twin-Six Oil and Refining, West Belt Oil and Gas, Ellis-Mexia Oi

Rare bond. Sonora Mexico silver mine, issued in England, 1895. Date: Country (if not USA): Mexico State: Sonora City: Provenance:

Group of about 21 stock certificates, mostly from mining companies. Examples include the North Butte Mining Co., Channel Gold Mines, Ltd., and Dolores

About 30 Western mining stocks, 2 bonds. Alhambra Flume, Moulton Mining, Montana Fire Clay, Silver Bell, Brookhill United Gold, Interstate Cons. Mines

3 Green River conserved fish fossils from lower 18" to several feet. Split fish, light brown, 6x8". 2 dark brown fish, 4x5.75" and 5x...

8 fossil shark teeth, found in 1995, Lee Creek Mine near Aurora, NV. Hemipristis snaggletooth. Varcharias tarus sand shark. Carchinus gray sand shark.

Over 30 pieces of fossils in one box. There are listed and identified as from the Pennsylvanian Limestone in which they were found. Most have been ide

4 fossil and ammonite plates. 3 grayish round 4.5". Oval 7.5x11.25". Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Nice azurite and malachite specimen, 3.25x2". Walrus tusk 6.25x2". Clear quartz crystal 2.75x3.5". Cobalt faceted glass 3". Bon...

3 fire opals. Loose 1.25x.75". Mounted 3/8" and 5/8" Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Green fire opal(.5") in dark metal mount. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

3 fine Opals: Mexican fire 1.91 and 2.87. Oval, weight unknown. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

13 fire opals of high quality with great orange, red and yellow fire colors, total weight 13.3g. 2 oval higher quality fire opals, 12mm and 13mm. Dat

About 30 cut pieces of lapis lazuli. Mostly oval. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

10 fantastic Montana gem stones. Light amethyst sapphire, red sapphire, blue star sapphire. 7 round light to dark sapphires, all about .4-.7 ct. Dat

10 faceted gem stones. Brazilian Citrine 3.46 and 3.94. Hessonite pear garnet 3.93. Garnet .55 and rectangular weight unknown. Rectangular quartz ? Za

3 faceted Tanzanites: .41, .97, .70. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Sleeper Mine High Grade Gold Specimen, a very large cut specimen. This rock has been cut on three sides perfectly exposing the banded nature of the Sl

Sleeper Mine high grade gold (electrum) specimen, 202 grams, 5 x 8 x 4cm. Bands of electrum and quartz (and former silica gel) in a sample with platy

Exceptional high grade native gold (electrum) in banded quartz from the Sleeper Mine in Humboldt County. This mine has produced some whopper native go

Exceptional specimen of very high grade gold from the Fire Creek ore deposit near Crescent Valley and Hilltop. The specimen is 5 x 7 x 2cm, 97 grams,

National Mine Native Gold Specimen. 3 x 6 cm, 23g polished cut surface of a single dendrite of electrum (native gold) in quartz. The Stall shaft sampl

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Alaska Klondike Co-op Mining Expedition, 1897, invitation to next general meeting in Philadelphia. Uppercu was accused of embezzling $1800 from First

1963 reprint of 1878 original. Historical content of these 2 mining areas with 2 foldout claim maps. 60pp. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Ca

California Mines and Minerals, 1899. Souvenir Edition. Calaveras County and Motherlode foldout map. 450pp with index plus ads. Date: Country (if no

Two page letter signed by James W. McCullough, who wants to talk to a Pittsburgh banker about a gold mine 16 miles from Summit Station. We think this

The Pelton Water Wheel Embracing in its variations of construction and application The Pelton System of Power, Patented in the U.S. & Foreign C...

Rare 24mm bronze medal. US Department of Commerce/ Bureau of Mines/ (pic safety lamp)/ San Francisco/California /1926/ International Contest//high rel

Unissued Lewiston Turnpike stock, memorandum of gold bullion deposited at San Francisco Assaying and Refining Works 1870 by K&E Shasta Date: c...

Gold Run, CA hydraulic mining stereoview, Souvenir Program Sutter's Gold Rush and Round up 1938, 3 different Ghost Town News 1942-1945-1 with mi...

Department of the Interior Monographs of the United States Geological Survey Volume XXXI. Printed by the Washington Government Printing Office in 1898

3 Colorado paper assayer small envelopes. Buena Vista Assaying and blank result card. 2x Kuenzel Process Smelter, Buena Vista. Ed E Koleberg result sh

Cloth Joe Williams Assayer ore bag. 13.5x8". Nice condition. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City: Central City Provenance: ...

10" x 7". Stratton C. C. M. & D, Co. Mining Exchange Bldg. Colo. Springs, Colo. Stratton owned the Globe Hill Mine in Cripple Creek a...

Archive of EG Stiles. Includes mines of Cripple Creek and elsewhere, 3 mineral patents and various property reports. About 60 items, c. 1893-1905. Da

Rare cloth ore bag with wood top handles. One of the largest gold mines in Colorado and operated from 1891-1958. A town sprung up around the mine to s

Probably a tourist related ore bag. " about sixteen claims forming an irregular area of 160 acres on the northern slope between Bull Cliff and ...

WS Moore Assayer, cloth assay bag. 14x6.25". Staining. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City: Cripple Creek Provenance: Gary...

Rare choice JI Brown assayer check, 1903. Nice Cripple Creek birds eye vignette. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City: Cripple Cree

The Official Manual of the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, USA. Published by Fred Hills, E.M. Colorado Springs, Colo., 1900. Illustrated. Includes a

Rare Colorado British Columbia Mining Co. prospectus. 7 pp with 2 claim maps. Mines near Aldermere, British Columbia. 11x8.25". Water stains an...

Burlap ore bag from Mine and Smelter Supply Company, Denver, Colo. c. 1910. 19.5x14.5". Light staining. Date: Country (if not USA): State:...

Department of the Interior United State Geological Survey Professional Paper 63. Economic Geology of the Georgetown Quadrangle (together with the Empi

Cloth ore bag, Lamartine Mines. "The Lamartine Mine is a zinc, lead, silver, and gold mine located in Clear Creek county, Colorado at an elevat...

Small cloth ore bag, 6.5x8.5', labeled Zell & Boach Assayers with 2 assay sample receipts, 1906 and 1915. Light stains. Date: Country (i...

4 page 1895 prospectus of The Fairmont Gold Mining Company. Nice mine map on front page. Red editing on pages 1-3. Mine property at Independence (near

Howard E Burton Assayer cloth ore bag. 12.5x5.5". Heavy staining. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City: Leadville Provenance...

Rare business card for Clarence Hersey, Assayer and Chemist, Leadville, Colorado. Price list for different specimens and services on the back. 4.5 x 2

Map of the Leadville Mining District Compiled from Official Records and Other Reliable Sources by Chas. F. Saunders. January 1901. Scale 1200 Ft. to t