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

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

Geometrics 1977 Model GR-310 Portable Gamma Ray Spectrometer with Manual and transportation case. Foam on inside cover of case is deteriorating. Shoul

Antique brass survey compass in very good condition, a bit tarnished, but it could polish up nicely. Compass face is engraved steel with MADE IN FRANC

Three wood pulley blocks, approx 19 inches long and 6 inches wide, an iron pulley approx 12-1/2 inches long and 3-1/2 inches wide, a heavy chain with

Brass blow-torch made by Clayton-Lambert Manufacturing Company in a design patented Jan 4, 1921 (says so right there on the embossed front). This was

This is a wooden pattern block for a split pulley that would have been used at the Virginia and Truckee Rail Road foundry to cast a new iron pulley wh

1.) is 23" long 7" high 3" wide, intricately constructed, high quality. Joh Peter Arns, ARNS USS Stahl 2.) 8" long 3" wide ...

Portable vacuum tube tester made by BK Precision, Dyna-Jet Model 747. jProduct of Dynascan Corporation, Chicago, Illinois. Serial number 15-07413 appe

Wood pattern from the Virginia and Truckee Railroad foundry operation is Carson City. This foundry made parts for public and private railroads, mines

C1900, French brass cased surveyors compass. Lift up sights w.string hooks, 360 degree scale, needle lock, two levels still fully functional.4.75[x=

Cast iron mortar and pestle, approx. Mortar is 8-1/4 inches in diameter across the top and 7-1/4 inches tall. Pestle is approx 12 inches long and 1-5/

This is a model 13 Charleville flintlock pistol. This french cavalry pistol was manufactured in 1813 and so marked on the barrel. It is smooth bore at

This is a pair of unmarked percussion pocket pistols attributed to Louis-Francois Devisme of Paris, France. These little pistols are percussion ignit

This is a model 9 French cavalry pistol built in St. Etienne. The barrel is 8 in. long at about .69 cal. and the gun is 14 in. overall length. This g

Large-bore French Percussion Coach Pistol. This is a finely detailed French coach pistol c.1820's. The dimensions are about .70 cal., 12 in. rou...

This is a Remington contract gun made by Carl Gustafs for the Swedish and Norwegian armies S/N 61123. The serial number is present on the breach and o

This is a NIB Model 1841 "Mississippi rifle" made by Antonio Zoli and imported by Navy Arms S/N 26573. This is a reproduction black powder...

This is the knife carried by Jim Perry of the XIT Ranch in Texas. "J. Perry" scribed into the antler handle of a homemade knife based on a...

This is a blunderbuss pistol, caliber unknown, with a 12 in. barrel and 21.5 in. overall length. This gun has a flintlock with an elaborate frizzen sp

This is a single-shot two-trigger rifle made by Frank Wesson of "Worcester, Mass. Patented Oct. 25, 1859" marked on the barrel at the brea...

This is a pair of French boot pistols. They are not a matching pair but very closely related. Both pistols are about 7 in. in overall length, about .

This is a lakonia sword with horn grips. The overall length is 22 in. with a 16.5 in. blade. The blade is made with fullers on both sides and held to

This is a large folder knife at 11 in. overall with an 8 in. blade. Cleverly made with a button release, horn scales and a folding guard as well. A Ch

This is a repurposed Springfield lock marked "Springfield 1839" on a smooth-bore 14 or 15 ga. shotgun barrel. This gun appears to have bee...

This is a repurposed percussion pistol. The barrel is original as well as the buttcap but the lock has been repurposed to fit this gun. The gun is 12

This is a percussion pistol made from parts. The lock plate is marked 1801 with a barely legible cartouche for the East India Company. The 10 in. barr

By JW & JS Moulton. The Colt Armory is a historic factory complex for the manufacture of firearms, created by Samuel Colt. It is located in Hart...

These are two dug-up revolvers from the Black Powder era. A) is a 5-shot marked U.S. Revolver Co. that has the hammer missing, chambered in .32 cal, b

This is a custom RH holster, belt, and magazine pouch for the 1911 frame Colt and clones made by Bob Mernickle out of Pampa. Texas. The holster is a

Award to American Colonel Paul L. Freeman Jr, who served during WWII and Korea. In 1944, he was sent to Brazil, to serve as Director of Arms Training,

Two original copies of The British Apollo: or, Curious Amusements for the INGENIOUS to which are Added the most Material Occurrences Foreign and Domes

January 26, 1901 issue of the Illustrated London News with the headline, Death of the Queen, chronicling the end of the Victorian Age with the passing

Five small publications: the Weekly Entertainer (1792), Analectic Magazine (1814), European Magazine (1790), and The World (1753). All appear to have

Five sections, removed from bound volumes, of The Gentleman's Magazine, also titled The London Magazine Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligence...

Two issues of The Rambler, a four-page publication on various subjects. Here we have an issue dated May 1, 1750, and another dated may 12, 1750. Print

July 1779 edition of The Scots Magazine, purportedly the oldest publication in the world STILL IN PUBLICATION! This is a fifty-six page, 5 x 8-inch pu

1935 calendar (12 months) of Socialist Labor Party of America w/photo Daniel Deleon 1852-1914, emblem of the party below photo. Quotations from Marx

Lot of 19. Handwritten notes, papers and original signatures. Among the signatures: Marcus Morton Mass. Governor for two terms 1839 &1842. ...

Rare presidential memorabilia in this stereoview. Published by Littleton View of Littleton, New Hampshire. Number 1431. Fisk and Brooks ran on the Pro

Framed portrait of George Washington mounted beside a facsimile of a letter to the Earl of Buchan on the principle that should guide the United States

The leads off with a full-page drawing of Lincoln arriving by coach. Inside is a two-page drawing of Lincoln giving his inaugural address. Also, a dra

Black and white photo of Lou Hoover, the wife of American president Herbert Hoover, with a personalized note written to Aunt laura Belle and signed by

Signed Land Patent by Buchanan for land given to a Mexican War veteran, John Fulton, a seaman on the USS Constitution. Property near Junction City, Ka

Lot of 20. Includes portraits of Mr. and Mrs. McKinley, President McKinley's address at the Pan American Exposition, McKinley in the White House...