Spring Americana Auction -- May 2019

Lot of seventeen. Includes an 1892 Selby Smelting & Lead Company refining sheet. Value $8,768.03. Grass Valley billheads to the Idaho Quartz Min...

5 shares of Maryland Mining Co., cert. # 1651 signed August 21, 1875, issued to SP Drexler & Co., Trustee. Stock signed by C. A. Saukey, secy an...

Lot of 6. Three are issued, three unissued. Nice group! 1) Bullion Consolidated Gold Mining Company. Issued in 1877. Grass Valley Mining District. Iss

Lot of 7 different. Included: Washington Mining Company (issued 1881, pen cancelled); California Gold & Silver Mining Company (issued 1881, not ...

Inc. No. 28, 1884. Stock number 11, issued for nearly all of the company, 9,975 shares, to William T. Coleman on Dec. 1st, 1884. Signed by the preside

Another great Borax stock from the Prag Collection. Incorporated March, 1883. No. 24, issued for 1 share to M.B. Kellogg on March 3rd, 1891 in San Fra

Lot of 2 different; one issued and one unissued. 1) The Mineral Point Silver Mining Company. Panamint District, Inyo Co. California (printed under tit

This stock certificate is considered the important for the Coso Mining District. Number 344 for 100 shares to Brooks & Lee trustees. 1876. SIgne...

Another nice Coso Mining District Stock Certificate. Number 37 (early) for 100 shares to NG Hughes trustee. Signed by NG Hughes secretary and GH Willa

Extremely rare! We usually only see bonds for this company. Tulare County (printed at top), but this was actually in Inyo County. Inc. in New York. No

Location: Lake County, California (printed under title). Inc. January 1875. No. 113, issued for 200 shares to C. Klingenspoor on Jan. 18th, 1876. Sign

Location: Lake County, California. Inc. April 17th, 1863. No. 12(?), issued for 20 shares to George W. Gilman on June 8th, 1863. Signed by president J

San Fernando Petroleum Mining District, Los Angeles County, Cal. (printed at bottom center). Early oil stock. Inc. June 1876. No. 69, issued for one s

Early certificate # 5 for 100 shares to James P Pierce. Signed by JF Nesmith and president Piece. Dateline San Francisco November 3, 1871. Incorporate

Rare Marin County mining stock! Location printed at bottom center. Inc. Oct. 1879. No. 45, issued for 1,000 shares to Ai Peck on Feb. 23rd, 1880 in Sa

French owned Fremont Grant mining stock: L'Aurifere Compagnie Universelle Des Mines D'Or de la Californie. Paris, January 26th, 1850. Low nu...

Lot of 3 different! Pink, yellow, and blue varieties. All have the same design. 6.25 x 10.25" Pinholes, folds, light wear. This was one of 18 e...

California Gold Rush. Mariposa Estate. "Proprietors' Stock" No. 17045, issued for 615 shares to Thos. H. Stevens on Sept. 9th, 1856 in...

Gold Rush era stock issued in London. No 28962-28966, issued to Charles T Wilson, esq., of Northhamptonshire on August 26th, 1856. Signed by directors

1) Ave Maria Gold Quartz Mine. N;s 16221 to 16230. 1851. 2) Anglo Californian Bank Limited. # 343. 1872. Cancelled. Both have edge issues. According t

Both 1850! Lot of 2 different. 1) Le Mineur Compagnie Franco-Californienne Des Mines D'Or de la Californie. Paris, April 27th, 1850. Low number ...

Location: Mariposa County. Dateline San Francisco, April 2, 1851. No. 203. Issued to E.W. Kimball for one share in the ranch and mines belonging to th

Location: Coulterville District, Mariposa County, Cal. (printed under title). Inc. Feb. 1875. No 1120, issued for 500 shares to P. Weightsman on Feb.

Never seen by us. Fantastic California Gold Rush mining stock issued in San Francisco in 1851. Location was determined based on an Oct. 24th, 1851 Dai

1-2) Turner Gold Mining Company. # 68 for 10 shares to JR Young. Signed by Sawtelle and president JR Young! 1894. Incorporated 1892. A Carlisle &...

Chalone District, Monterey County (printed at bottom center). Lodes are listed on the left below the vignette: Last Chance, Roanoke, Excelsior, and Hu

An early print that appears to be on linen. Has handwritten ink notes regarding origin date of map. 29x21" Date: City/County: Natoma State...

Very rare. Location of Mine, Nevada County, Cal. (printed under title). Inc. January 19, 1863. No. 54, issued to Chas. Hosmer for 3 shares on Feb. 17t

Downey House Mining District, Nevada County, Cal. (printed at top of certificate). Inc. Oct. 1863. No. 18, issued for 100 shares to company president

Operated the Ralston Divide Gravel Mine in Placer County, according to the California State Mining Bureau, 1922. The Ralston Divide lies between Long

Location: Forest Hill District, Placer County, California (printed under title). Inc. Oct. 1880 in Wyoming Territory. No. 464, issued for 1,000 shares

Lot of 2, both self-identified as Placer Co. 1) Wolverine Gravel Mining Company. No. 75, issued for 1,000 shares to T.J. Ables on Nov. 3rd, 1880. Sign

Placer County, California (printed to the left of vignette). Inc. in New York. No. 48, issued for 50 shares to R.C. Jackson on April 21st, 1880. Signe

Location: Plumas County, California (printed at top center). Low number 9, issued in 1877 for 50 shares in Sacramento. Signed by president HB Welch an

Lot of 2 different. 1) Cosmopolitan Mining Company. Location: Genessee Copper District, Plumas County, Cal. (printed under title). Inc. August 1866.

Here we have a very fine item. It is a hand colored, lithograph, out of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspapers.It shows the California gold distr...

Inc. Nov. 1895. No. 58, issued for 100 shares to JP Smith, trustee for the company secretary, on June 23rd, 1897 in San Diego. Signed by president J.

This is a property grant for a real 49er. It was for a piece of land on Post Street between James and Taylor and sold at public auction. Sold to Ard.

Very rare. Selby took over for the Kellogg & Houston assay operation. Gold bullion deposit (grains) on June 29, 1882 by H. Severring. After melt...

Mariano Vallejo sold David Broderick a lot on Vallejo Street, June 7, 1853, and signed the deed "M.J. Vallejo" at lower right. Vallejo is...

Fifty shares of Mammoth Consolidated Mining, Milling and Smelting Company, number 492, dated March 1881, signed William N. Loker, president. Printed:

Issued to the engraver of the stock's illustrations! Redwood Township, Santa Clara County, Cal. (printed at bottom center). Inc. July 14th, 1863...

VERY EARLY # 2 for 1 share to Stanley T Welsh. Signed by Stanley Welch as secretary and Joseph Welch as president. Dateline San Francisco Sept. 29, 19

Rare Santa Cruz mining! Location: Santa Cruz District, Santa Cruz, Cal. (printed to the left and right of the vignette). Inc. Aug. 4th, 1863. No. 64,

Location: Santa Cruz County (printed under vignette). Rare. Inc. May 13, 1863. No. 298, issued for seven shares NN DeYoung on Dec. 30, 1863 in San Fra

Lot of twenty. 1) 13 page typed prospectus. Location: San Fernando Mountain Mining District, 40 miles from Los Angeles. Six unpatented quartz claims o

Lot of 2 different. 1) Daniel Webster Gold, Silver and Copper Mining Company. Pittsburg Mining District, Shasta County, Cala. (printed under logo). In

Lot of 4 different. 1) The Monte Cristo Mining Company. Issued in 1875. "Located in Sierra County, Cal." printed on cert. Not cancelled. B...

"Silver Mountain" printed on the bottom of the stock. Inc. three months before in 1863. No. 51, issued for 10 shares to Frank Cooper on Se...

Inc. April 16th, 1863. Silver Mountain Dist., California (printed under title). No. 83, issued for 5 shares to Geo. W. Folsom on April 5th, 1864 in Sa