Spooktacular Auction: Americana, Mining, Numismatics, & More (October 2020)

Four stock certificates of mines on north side of Rhyolite township: 1) 100 shares of Tramp Consolidated Mining Co #D628 issued, countersigned and re

Mining stock from Lincoln Hill Milling and Mining Co and Rochester Hills Mining Co. in Rochester, NV: 1) 1,000 shares Lincoln Hill Milling and Mining

This is one of the rare early Gould & Curry stocks, one of possibly only a dozen known. It was one of the key producers on the Comstock. Datelin...

Two stocks certificates from Bullfrog Gold Bar Mining Company and Homestake King Consolidated Bullfrog Mining & Milling co. 1) 500 shares Bullf...

Three stock certificates for Bullfrog Mining stock: 1) 1,000 shares of Bullfrog-Banner Mines Co. #220 issued to R. W. Dennis on March 1, 1908. Gold

Three Mining Bullfrog mining stocks: 1) Pioneer Consolidated Mines Co 2) Diamond Queen Mining Co 3) Gold Center Mining and Development Co.1) 1,

A RARE Eagle Mining Company stock certificate.Measures 12 1/8 x 8". Incorporated in Pennsylvania. Certifies John Pool is authorized seventy-fiv...

Lot of four different. Includes: Tonopah Superior Gold Mining Company, cert. #2 , issued for 3 shares in 1903. Very rare. Also, Borussia Nevada Mining

A lot of nine Goldfield mining stock certificates: 1) 200 shares of Goldfield-Century Mining Co., cert #619 issued to P.R. Wagner issue Jan 4, 1906.

Seven mining stocks from West Central, NV. 1) 415 shares of Pyramid Golden Crater Mining Co cert #90 dated Se[t 20. 1907 issued to Geo Erdner. Gold

A lot of 6 Misc. NV Mining District stock certificates: 1) 100 shares of Eastern Star Mining Co Treasury Stock cert #927 issued to Alfre Hardeman da

Four mining stocks from Tonopah, NV. 1) 100 shares of Golden Anchor Mining Co. cert #A3880 issued to George W. Likens dated, registered and counters

A lot of four mining stock certificates from West Central Nevada: 1) 250 shares of Nevada Hills Florence Mining Co cert #163 issued to Edsall, Key...

Rare and desirable certificate with a Western autograph. #272, issued for 2,800 shares to Colorado railroad magnate & industrialist David Moffat...

Very low No. 9, issued for 200 shares on March 18th, 1880 in Galveston, Texas to B Furman. Signed by the president M Quin and secretary Charles (?). N

Lot of 3 different. 1) New Mexico Mining Company. Issued in Washington City, 1868 for 100 shares to Edward Dodge. Signed by president Kidwell and secr

Lot of 3 different. 1) The Massachusetts and New Mexico Mining Company. No. 317, issued for 100 shares in 1879 in Boston. Pen cancelled. Black, red, a

# 2690 for 2 shares to CHN Risley. Carbide factory is the vignette. Some upper border rips. Folds, "Following World War 1, the old mill buildin...

Very nice, unissued certificate from this North Carolina mining company. 18XX. A couple of brown spots at bottom right corner. The first documented di

Chartered 1861 by state of North Carolina. Office in Baltimore, Maryland. No. 789. Issued for 100 shares to Gootie in 1867. Signed by president (Willi

Lot of 8 different. All pictorial. 1) Oregon: Golden Eagle Mining Co. (Portland, 1901); Yellow Metal Mining Co. (La Grande, 1924); Silver King Mining

Lot of 3 different. 1) Double Standard Mining Company. Lead City, D.T. Issued in 1890 for 200 shares to JW Curran. Pen and stamped cancelled. Pinholes

Lot of 10 Ohio Copper Company of Utah Stock Certificates, 1947. Brown border. Utah copper mine. Believed to have operated the Columbia and Erie mines

Lot of 3 different. 1) The Atlanta Mining Company. West Tintic Mining District. Issued in 1870 for 100 shares. Not cancelled. Great vignette of Atlas

Lot of 3 different. 1) The New Bedford Silver Mining Company of Utah. Issued in SLT in 1881 for 150 shares. Signed by vp Barnes and secretary Barnes.

Lot of 3 different. 1) Uintah Mining Company. Issued for 100 shares in 1880. Not cancelled. Mining vignette. Folds. 2) Stormont Mining Company of Utah

Lot of 5 different: three issued, two unissued. 1)Niagara Mining and Smelting Company. 1892. Punch cancelled. Mining vignette. 2) Sampson Mining Compa

Rare and very early. Number 113, issued for 20 shares to Martha Barker on May 17th, 1859. Signed by secretary WIlliam Danforth and president Josiah Ba

Cert. #590, issued in 1902 for 2222 shares. The company operated the Black Bear, Charles, Cooper, Delamar and Skookum Lodes in the Money Creek distric

1000 shares certificate issued by The Rosebud Consolidated Mines Company, incorporated February 1907. Cert issued to R.J. Gevillim and signed by Josep

Eclectic lot includes very rare Cori Gold Mines Company stock certificate No. 750, incorporated in Delaware, signed by Treasurer Tom Atwater, Jr, Pres

Two rare Joseph Seagram & Sons Inc. stock certificates. One is unissued and in excellent condition. The second one was issued 4/16/1987 for $100...

Hey, big, dark and mysterious... Here is a nearly 17-pound piece of natural hematite or iron-bearing slag with striking black tabular radiating crysta

The best crystalized specimen to come out of the Monarch Mine about 1989-90. About 1” cubed, weighing 12.8 grams. The Monarch is part of the

The Goodshaw was one of many high grade gold in quartz veins at Bodie. Located in 1860, the district didn't really take off until the 1870's...

Two matched pairs of cut vein material from The Goodshaw showing good native gold. The raw ore specimens were cut in half, showing the native gold in

Specimen is 2 x .5 x 1". Estimated nearly 1 ounce of gold. Gold shows across all four sides. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Georgia...

A great gold specimen worthy that will excite any who look at it. The North Bonanza was in the Flowery District down Six Mile Canyon. Specimen weighs

Nevada Project - Pasqua Au-Ag-Cu deposit-Silicified fine-grained tuff- 4,900m level near hole collar RDH-23. 4x2x2". (top of ridge at 5166m). F...

A binder with a true history of the Nyman Colsolidates mines by F.C. Bastian in 1924. Also 24 photographs, 8 x 10, with captions on the reverse of min

These were dug by Fred Holabird some years ago. The bullion punch reads Boalt & (?) / assayers / Austin, Nev. John H. Boalt learned assaying at...

Here is a very poor, yet quite unique, candlestick holder. Found at Columbus, Nevada by Fred Holabird. You may never see anything like this again! Len

Ornate and classic gold strongbox with brass Champion 6 Lever lock as original to all the Vanderman boxes. 19.5" deep, 15" tall, 27"...

This way the jewelers' original way of testing gold by making a streak on a streak plate and comparing to a streak from these needles. This set ...

Watson Bros., Los Angeles Balance. Metal frame. 19.5" x 19" x 9.5". Circa 1940's-60. Date: Country (if not USA): State: ...

Well-preserved ledger of the Val Verde Copper Company in the Big Bug Mining District of Arizona from the year 1900. The company operated in the eponym

The Kennedy and Argonaut Mines in Jackson, California, were producers of gold from great depths of the Mother Lode. Both mines were recovering ore fro

The Kennedy Mine in Jackson, California, was not only the deepest gold mine of its day at 5,912 feet, it also boasted a 100-stamp mill to process the

Lot of 4. 1) 1877 stock transfer form for the Quicksilver Mining Company. 2) Two different checks: The New Almaden Store, 1917, and The New Almaden Co

Mortgage between Robert P. Chase and Egbert Judson for $2,500 for the property known as the San Francisco Chemical Works to Judson on August 1st, 1856

This is sheet 3 map of the Yukon District in the North West Territory 1898, scale is 506, drawn by J. McEvoy. Highlighting White Horse township. Geol

Miner with burro. "Mineral Day Salida, Colo. 31 mm. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City: Salida Provenance:

North Half, 33" x 40" - South Half 31" x 40" Date: 1942 Edition Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City: Ten Mile Prove...

Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Manager's Report, Balance Sheet & Profit & Loss Account for the year ending Decemb...

The Orphan Girl Mine was located in 1875 on the west side of Butte, Montana, and produced silver and lead ore from underground workings as deep as 3,0

Lot of about 30. Issued 1866-1874. Most list Allen E. Curtis as the General Agent for the company. Half are billheads for the company billed to vario

This is a nice collection of items centered around the Original Bullfrog Mines near Beatty, Nevada. It includes an original Original Bullfrog Mines Sy

An extremely rare ledger from Gold Hill, Nevada, quite possibly The Bank of Gold Hill. This fragile book is almost completely filled with all things g

Lot of 3 assay memorandums for the Gold Hill Assay Office, owned by assayer WS James. Three different assay customers: Mexican Mill, Justice Company,

Lot of two different for W.S. James, Gold Hill Assay Office. 1) 1889 large format Memorandum of Bullion deposited by the Washoe Mill for the Justice C

Lot of 24. Most is for the Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company. Includes: 1904 Nye & Ormsby County Bank promissory note; a letter from John Mui...

Lot of 3. 1) Univ. of Nevada Bulletin No. 5, 1948, Geology and Mining Series No. 48, "A Contribution to the Published Information On the Geolog...

Map of Goldfield, Nevada, 1907, by The Clason Map Co., publishers of Advertising & Reference Maps, Denver, Colorado. Includes an extensive alpha...

This is an advertisement from the Mims-Sutro Company that passes as a prospectus. Four pages. 8.5 x 6". No photos or charts. Extremely fine con...

Important Nevada Mining Reference on the Goodsprings Quadrangle by D.F. Hewett. U.S. Geological Society Professional Papers. PP 162. 9" x 11&...

Manhattan Mining District, Nye County, Nevada. Compiles and Published by William K. Moran, E.M., Photo. Lith. Halpin Litho Co, S.F. This map is in suc

STUNNING DETAIL! Assay points throughout map taken from 1913 to 1934 on various maps. Shows 300', 450', 600', 750' levels. Also shaf...

This is a check written on The Sheba Gold & Silver Mine in Humboldt County, Nevada Territory. The large check measures 4"x 8"and is ve...

This is a virtually pristine, original copy of a map of the Tonopah Mining District, compiled and published by William K. Moran, U.S. Mineral Surveyor

1) Tonopah & Salt Lake Mining Company vs. Tonopah Mining Company. This document makes Hugh Brown the new lawyer for the Tonopah and Salt Lake. S...

Hardcover 295pp with index. The first great report on Tonopah, NV. Upper spine wear, toning on front and back covers. Date: 1965 Country (if not USA

Lot of 5. All for ore submitted by the Savage Mine, 1889-1891. Approx. 5 x 8" All signed by Meyers. Folds, some toning. Date: 1889-1891 Count...

Lot of 4 different. 1) Two different assay memorandums for the Gold Hill Assay Office, WS James. 1889 to the Washoe Mill and 1891 Nevada Mill tailings

Very scarce. Hale & Norcross Silver Mining Company check No. 1652, issued in 1870 to LB Williams and signed by James G. Fair as superintendent. ...

Rare. Wells Fargo & Co, RN-D imprinted revenue. "Genoa Fluming Co." printed in red at left. Dateline Carson, Nev., 1876. Issued to Geo...

Lot of 30 Ore Assay Reports for the Savage Mine in Virginia City for April 1867. Each sheet is approx. 9.5 x 7.5" It lists the Assay No., Sampl...

Lot of 10. 1) 1897 Carson City Mint Memorandum of Silver Bullion deposit. 3,738 ounces of amalgam. 2) 1916 illustrated report to the Stockholders of t

Nov. 13, 1877 single sheet issue of the rare Stock Ledger newspaper published by Henry S. Moore. The stock Ledger reported all the Comstock and other

Very rare. We have not offered one of these in the last decade. Memorandum of Ore Assays at the Sutro Tunnel Company's Assay Office, March 18th,...

Lot of 3. 1) Gould & Curry Silver Mining Co., Bank of California, 1866. Issued to Kennedy & Mallon (grocers). Signed by Louis Janin as supt....

Lot of 2. 1) 1880 check made out by Bliss to the Palace Hotel in San Francisco for $100. This hotel was the site of the famous William Sharon Dinner i

Rare Virginia & Truckee company check issued in Virginia City, Nevada in 1876 to Huntington, Hopkins & Co. for $3,013. RN-D. Signed by Yerin...

Five very old and original photographs from the glory days of the Comstock showing several of the famous mines and mills of the day. Each is numbered

Printed 'Nevada Wonder Mining Company.' Office copy. Purchased of John Breuner of Oakland, one bed, dresser, chiffonier, rocker, kitchen cha...

Lot of 5. 1) Sheet from the Assay Office of the Eberhardt and Aurora Mining Company, 1878. Eberhardt City, Nevada. 13 x 8 .5" Ghost town. 2) Or...

Lot of two - both same. Very nice condition. Published by Keystone View Company. # 13796. Reverse has large description of hydraulic mining Date

Hardback Book, Geology of the Mercer Mining District Utah, J.E. Spurr, Intro. begins on p.349, pp.455. Black & white photos in illustrations. ...

1) United States Geological Atlas Folio No. 65, "Tintic Special" 1900 18" X 22" folder - 18 pages, including 4 maps. 2) Proper...

A set of five framed and glazed advertising pages, two pages are self-identified as from the Los Angeles Mining Review, all featuring goods and servic

Lot of four. 1) Mile underground - loading and handling with copper rock, Calumet-Hecla mines. 2) Placer Claim Blacktail, 3) Anthracite coal mine at

These are two booklets describing the design, function, and operation of two different types of milling equipment for ore separation. No dates of publ

1. Austin Area, Reese River Mining District, Lando Co., Nevada Topographical Map 1937, shows Austin and the many mines in the area. 35" x 35&qu...

3 scarce Nevada pieces, mostly biographies, 2 softback & 1 hardback book. 1) Sagebrush Statesman: Tasker L. Oddie of Nevada by Loren B Chan, Nev...

In the latter half of the 19th and the early 20 centuries, the American magazine Harper's Weekly published foreign and domestic news as well as ...

This is a user's manual on designing and using the hydraulic method of gold mining published in 1890 by T.S.G. Kirkpatrick and approved by the C...

Choice ore bucket, 18 x 18' with iron hoop. Made of sheet metal, hand riveted in a very clever manner. Apparently heavily used in a small mine, ...

Lot of 2. 1. Thompson Antique Assay or Apothecary scale in wooden box, good condition w/small wooden weight box (no weights). Good condition . 2.

Before the advent of electric lighting, underground miners would carry candles and lanterns into the workings to illuminate their work area. In some m

Probably down hole gamma ray logging probe lead. No instrument. No instructions, no extras. With original hard shell case. Probably 1970s. Date:

Geometrics 1977 Model GR-310 Portable Gamma Ray Spectrometer with Manual and transportation case. Case is in nice condition. Should be in working ord