Spring Americana Auction -- May 2019

Fantastic vignette of ships! Inc. March 1869. White Pine District, White Pine Co., Nevada (printed along the top). No. 199, issued for 100 shares to M

Rare. Diamond District, Nevada (printed under title). Inc. August 1872. No. 310, issued for 25 shares to J.L. Blethen on March 9th, 1874 in San Franci

# 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...

Framed hoisting license issued to Leo Johnson 1943, silver seal. 10 x 12". Date: 1943 City/County: State: Nevada

UI Alta Silver Mining stock, UI Eureka Tunnel Con Mining stock, UI exchequer Mining stock, 2 Bank of California checks, 1875 P Marioni store billhead

Gov. Paul Laxalt signed Executive Dept Mine Supervisor certificate. Approx 17 x11". Date: 1971 City/County: State: Nevada

Mining scams were not uncommon in Nevada, but this scam is for woodland properties in Nevada by an English firm. They obviously did not visit the stat

Lot of eight. Weaver Oil Company has an oilfield vignette and two oil well gushers on the sides. Two Elko Oil Development & Improvement stocks. ...

# 194 for 500 shares to CH Wisswell. Signed by Samuel J Burrell and president William C Joy. Dateline New York 1865. 25c Certificate revenue stamp. No

Nice Nevada pair. 1) Chance Silver Mining Company. No. 142, issued in 1874 to W. Smarks, trustee. Not signed by the president, but signed by secretary

According to an advertisement for the company in Poor's Manual Vol. 26, their mining properties were in Elmore County, Idaho Territory and Monte...

1) Stock # `93 for 100 shares to Barclay A Warbucks. Signed by president William D Murray and George S (?). Dateline Central City 189-. Incorporated 1

# 707 for 500 shares to James Bloomer. Signed by G Thursten, president James Bloomer and George Atwood. Dateline New York 1888. Incorporated in 1883.

# 27 for 1000 shares to William Penrose. Signed by George D Cook and president William Borchurt(?). Dateline Albuquerque 1882. Not cancelled. Undergro

Inc. in Colorado. No. 914, issued for 100 shares to Thos. A. Howard on Feb. 7th, 1882. Signed by president H.E. Paine and the secretary, S.B. Ladd. No

Five Hundred capital stock shares for Carlisle Mining Company, number 252 issued to Horace H. Durston on July 20, 1917. Ken . Ken Prag Collection Da

# 24 for 1000 shares to Lambert Eliel. Signed by Levi A Eliel and president James W Duncan. Dateline July 1888. Incorporated 1888. Not cancelled. Unde

UNIQUE book vignette with shakespeare portrait, company title and location. St. Louis Bank Note printer. Not Cancelled. # 935 for 100 shares t Mrs. AM

# 1291 for 25 shares to HV Reed. Signed by Carpenter and president JH Palmeter. Dateline 1884 Silver City. Incorporated 1882. Not cancelled. Beautiful

# 123 for 9 shares to Annie Hoffman. Signed by George Watchan and president J Stout. Not cancelled. Incorporated in Minnesota and printed in Wisconsin

# 34 for 100 shares to Edwin A Moore. Signed by Levi Eldridge and president George W Wood. Dateline New York 1896. Incorporated 1896. Not cancelled. U

# 68 for 400 shares to George C Wing. Signed by L Linn Small and president AR Savage. Dateline Lewiston, Maine 1882. Incorporated 1881. Not cancelled.

# 1283C for 10 shares to George A Marden. Signed by AS Bigelow and president HH Stevens. Dateline Santa Fe 1890. Incorporated 1888. Not cancelled. Cri

"of Santa Fe, New Mexico." No. 55, issued for 15 shares to G.C. Fisk on Nov. 12th, 1863. Signed by president E. Marsh and secretary Daniel...

This certificate shows the art of making a simple stock certificate look good. Black on white. But the sun (a silver dollar) spreads its rays over a d

# 1573 for 100 shares to Ashley Watson & Co. Signed by WJ Downing and president JP Whitney. Not cancelled. $1.00 green documentary stamp on reve...

# 16 for 100 shares to Carrie B Beruch. Signed by Charles A McNair and president SS Saphum. Dateline St. Louis 1886. Incorporated June 1885. Not cance

Very low No. 10, issued for 200 shares on March 18th, 1880 in Galveston, Texas top B Furman(?). . Signed by the president M Quin and secretary Charles

Five hundred shares of Silver City Mining and Milling Company incorp. under the laws of New York capital stock certificate number 54, issued to W. T.

# 80 for 1000 shares to CW Rosenthal. Signed by Gary Spencer and president Isaac W Mason. Dateline St. Louis, Illinois 1887. Not cancelled. Three vign

Location of mines in Leavenworth, Kansas and White Oaks New Mexico. # 20 for 1000 shares to DJ Brewer. signed by William Booth and DJ Brewer as presid

# 287 for 80 shares to George Ross-Lewin trustee. Signed by Jno. Graham and president (?). Not cancelled. Small circular air drill vignette. Homer Lee

Lot of two. Massachusetts and New Mexico Consolidated Mining Company Bond. This is the rarer piece. 1882. JE Abbott and president HP Tallmadge. # 2432

# 298 for 10 shares to JH Foster. Signed by SM Allen and JT Cornforth vice president. Dateline Denver 1889. Not cancelled. Mountain valley vignette in

Lot of three. 1) 1868 stock # 612 for 950 shares to John C Lawler.Signed by F Jones and president Jonathan Bidwell. Sluicing vignette. Incorporated in

Lot of four. 1) Edison Silver Mining Company. # 67 for 400 shares. Signed by FE Lutz and L Glass. 2) Manhattan Gold Mining and Milling Company. # 157

# 126 for 100 shares to D Middleton Jr. Signed by Stony B Todd and president HE Paine. Dateline Washington DC 1881. Incorporated 1881. Not cancelled.

1) Irrigation and Hydraulic Mining Company. # 130 for 1000 shares in 1892 to Leonard Jenkins. Black on blue paper with gold border, imprinted gold sea

Lot of 2 different. 1) The Ironclad Mining Company. Inc. in NM. No. 208, issued for 50 shares in 1887. Signed by the vice-president and secretary. Not

Mammoth Consolidated Mining, Milling and Smelting Company. # 466 for 500 shares in 1881. Signed by J Wyatt Case and WIlliam N Loker. Dateline 1881 San

1) Aracia Silver MIning Company. # 44 for 50 shares. Location of mine, Socorro County. Dateline 1882. Incorporated 1882. Air drill vignette. 2) Conque

You don't find many mining certificates dating back as far as the 1830s. Incorporated April 9, 1828 and March 26, 1833. Lot of two. 1) Early # 2...

Rare. No. 64, issued for 1,000 shares to T. Cowan & Co. on Dec. 13th, 1862 in New York. Signed by president Samuel Sisson and secretary Thomas W...

This is the more common, but more striking of the two different certs. # 771 for 100 shares to George Gootee trustee. Signed by Charles Brooks and pre

This cert has the rarer underground mining vignette and not the mine and mill vignette. Early number 49 for 500 shares to Turner. Signed by president

Issued to John Robert Hough Thompson for 50 shares in 1885. Signed by officers. English. Cancelled by rubber stamp. The New Russell Mine was located i

Rare North Carolina Stock. #33 for 100 shares to Israel Griffith. Signed by E Sprague and president Joseph Bang(?). Dateline Baltimore 1857. Incorpora

# 542 for 50 shares to J Fisher. Signed by TH Bell Jr and president Joshua Dryden. Datelined Baltimore 1860. Chartered 1855 by OC Gardner and EH Whort

Very early # 29 for 20 shares to Marshall Hill. Signed by JD Reinboth and CB Dungan. Dateline Philadelphia 1860. Incorporated in 1859. Three vignettes

# 2500 to JR Mott. Endorsed on reverse. Signed by Jno. Kimball and Charles Van Schaiek(?). Dateline CIncinnati 1847. Three allegorical vignettes and o

1) Oregon Gold Mining Company of Louisville, Ky., 10% five year bond. 1888. Coupons 2 through 10 attached. 14x17". See stock certificate lot f...

Lot of two. 1) Virtue Consolidated. # 650 for 1000 shares to Paul Galibert. Signed by president and secretary. Issued. Not cancelled. Black and green

# 81 for 50 shares to CC McCoy. Signed by McCoy and president William H Zarmore(?). Dateline Portland 1888. Incorporated June 21, 1888. Not cancelled.

1) Unissued Golden Slipper Mining & Milling. Of Bohemia, Oregon. # 196. 2) Same as one. Dateline Eugene. # 186. Both are unissued and both in Ex...

# 125 for 2,800 shares to WH Trump. Signed by Milligan and president EB Seigh. Dateline Chicago 1897. Three mining vignettes. Underprint 'Shares...

Rare and beautiful black, red and green on white certs. 1) Rogue River Hydraulic. Location of mines near Galice Creek, Josephine Co., Oregon, 2) Tellu

Lot of three. All the same, but all on different color paper: red, white and blue. Numbers 77 (preferred stock 'B'), 225 (preferred stock), ...

# 465 for 50 shares to John W Brazier. Signed by WJ May and president M Wilkins. Dateline Canyonville, Oregon July 19, 1880. 'Canyonville' h...

# 360 for 50 shares to FS Powell. Signed by EH (?) and WF Briggs secretary. Dateline Canyonville 1878. Incorporated Nov. 6, 1876. Another striking cer

1) Eastern Oregon Gold & Silver Mining Company. # 1070 for 100 shares to CS Miller trustee. Signed by E Stanton and vice president Willard Brown...

# 24 for 100 shares to HP Stephens. Signed by Edward F Albright and WH Harris. Dateline Portland 1877. Incorporated December 22, 1876. Issued. Not can

# 59 for 10 shares to CN Terry. Signed by Terry and president James Gasken. Dateline Slem Aug. 17, 1865. Incorporated July 6, 1864. Location of mines:

# 399 for 500 shares to Peter H D'Arcy. Signed by SF Chadwick and John Wright. Dateline Salem September 30, 1889. Incorporated August 8, 1876. N...

1) Cincinnatti Mining and Milling Company. # 25 for 100 shares to David Gilchrist. Signed by secretary (name has run) and president James H Shim

1) Arlington Mining Company Bond. 26x13". Number 20. Coupons 5 through 40 attached. Brown, green, blue and red all used. Heavy folds, but no ri...

1) White Swan Gold MIning Company. Number 8 for 1000 shares to Emma Saltzman. Signed by HW Thompson and president HR Kincaid. Not cancelled. 5c docume

# 863 for 52 shares to Thomas S Standbridge. Signed by James Casey and president Jenks. Dateline Philadelphia 1859. Chartered April 5, 1856 in Pennsyl

# 147 for 100 shares to JN Maynard. Signed by Klahr(?) and president Fred S Huntul(?). Dateline Philadelphia 1857. Located at Columbia County, Pennsyl

Yes, NUMBER 1 for a 1933 stock certificate! Issued for 540 shares to Dora Nash. Signatures are pen cancelled. Dateline Dauphin County, 1833. Small hol

Yes, NUMBER 1 for a 1936 stock certificate! Issued for 50 shares to George Thompson. Signatures are pen cancelled. Dateline Dauphin County, 1836. One

# 185 for 100 shares to Amos Rudy. Signed by president Joseph H lefevre and treasurer (?). Dateline Lancaster 1865. Incorporated 1865. Printer Wm. Man

1) # 10160 for 4 shares to H Plate(?). Signatures have been cancelled. Incorporated February 13, 1833. Dateline Philadelphia 1865. Interesting site sp

Three capital shares of Pittsburg Short Method Smelting and Refining Company stock, number 199 issued to Juo A. Mulvane on June 16, 1892. Vignette of

# 1617 for 10 shares to E Ingraham. Signed by FA Brown and Thomas Belknap president. Brown was city treasurer of Harford and Belknap was president of

# 7 for 6 shares to Samuel C Mayer. Signed by Franklin Dundore and president Henry Fry. Dateline Reading 1865. Incorporated January 5, A. D. 1865. Vig

# 753 die 2 shares to Aaron Ritter. Signed by AB Jarden(?) and president William Schmoele(?). Dateline Philadelphia 1864. Incorporated 1864. "C...

# 110 for 100 shares to Isaac H Hibberd. Signed by John Gould and president James R Webb. Dateline Philadelphia 1864. Incorporated in 1864. 25c Entry

Two Lykens Valley Stock Certificates. One cancelled the other not. Lykens was located at Bear Gap between Coal (or Thick) Mountain and Big Lick Mounta

# 163 for 100 shares to Charles S Johnston. Signed by Edward S Goodwin and SS Carpenter. Dateline Pittsburg 1864. Allegorical vignettes. BF Schuchman

# 32 for 50 shares to Ellis Lewis. Signed by John O'Brien and president Ellis Lewis. Dateline Philadelphia 1855. Incorporated in Pennsylvania in...

Early Pennsylvania Coal Company stock issued in the middle of the Civil War. # 55 for 100 shares to EH Miller. Signatures cancelled. Dateline New York

Located on the South Mountain Copper Belt, Pennsylvania and Maryland. This is quite a striking certificate. A 15" vignette of the Western Maryl...

Lot of 3, all different. All signed by TE Watters (president). 1) Stock number 8, issued in 1898. Gilt border and mining vignette. Pen cancelled. Sig

Three assay reports from the London Assay Office of Johnson, Matthey & Company of Hatton Garden in London. Assays were fro. Flint Hill, Broad Ri...

# 195 for 5 shares to Charles Listchgi. Signed by AB Cadler(?) and president George E Gibbon president. Dateline Charleston 1873. Not Cancelled. Hay g

Lot of 3 different. 1) Cheyenne Consolidated Mining Company. Location of mines: Black Hills, Dakota Ter. (printed under vignette). No. 301, issued in

Lot of 2 early Black Hills certificates. 1) Golden Gate Gold Mining Company. Location: Whitewood Quartz Mining District, Lawrence County, Dakota Terri

Lot of 4 different. Includes: The Eclipse Mining Co. of Deadwood, Dakota (issued 1886, not cancelled, Mines in Ruby Basin, folds and spindle hole); Do

Gold producer in Custer County, SD with 33 acres. No. 34, issued in 1882 to John E. Howell for 1,000 shares. Signed by president John F. Clark and the

Lot of two different for this Deadwood mining company. 1) No. 52, issued for 1,500 shares to Alva B. Chillis on Sept. 17th, 1892 in Rapid City, S.D.

Inc. in the Territory of Dakota. No. 136, issued for 500 shares to Geo. Robinson, company treasurer, on Sept. 2nd, 1885. Signed by the president and s

1) Black Hill Rock Products Company. # 156 for 1000 shares. 1919. 2) Lucky Strike Gold Mining Company of Deadwood. # 604 for 400 shares. Signed by Gal

Inc. under the laws of the Territory of Dakota. Low certificate no. 5, issued to the company president, Isaac H. Chase, for 1000 shares on June 1, 188

Clean Bullock autograph. Location of Mines: Carbonate Mining District, Lawrence Co., Dakota (printed upper left). Inc. in Dakota Territory, 1881. No.

# 403 for 700 shares to LJ Mathewson. Singed by Velsur(?) and president Olson. Dateline Minneapolis 1911. Incorporated 1910. Vignette shows "Pl...

# 1842 for 500 shares to Harry McEvoy. Signed by Medbery and president Olson. Dateline 1906. Incorporated in 1903. Gold Seal. Gold vignette of a progr

Location of Mines, Elk Creek, Lawrence Co., Dakota. No. 19, issued for 2,500 shares to S.M. Houghton on January 13th, 1888 in Deadwood, D.T. Signed by

1) NUMBER 1 first mortgage, six percent gold bond for the Hidden Fortune Gold Mining Company. 1904. Cancelled. Signed by Mayham and Begole. Poor. 2) H

1) Branch Mint Mining & Milling Company gold bond. 1903. # 174. Signed by Taylor and president Hardin. Sharp blue on bright white. One vertical ...

1) Great Eastern Gold. Property located at Black Hills, Lawrence County, South Dakota. # 7766 for 100 shares to Curtis Taft. Signed by president Farmi