Summer 2020 Extravaganza Auction, Part I

Number 1079 for 500 shares to George Grant, Trustee in 1885. Signed by Aug. Waterman and RN Tollis. Printed by Britton & Rey of San Francisco. V...

Number 92 for 600 shares to TW Belcham. Signed by president P Whitmer and secretary JC McFarland. Incorporated in Illinois with headquarters in Bloomi

Number 86 for 100 shares to Walter A Hamlin trustee. Dateline New York 1880. Signed by Hamlin and president HH Honore. Incorporated 1880. Printed by A

Choice, rare! Named for Teddy Roosevelt's, "Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick." Number 443 for 200 shares to Frederick E Hoyt Sr. Si...

# 222 for 100 shares to JB McClure. Signed by president and incorporator Lemuel C Stanley and secretary JB McClure. Dateline Chippewas Falls, Wisconsi

# 2025 for 500 shares to JC McNaughten. Signed by William Maybaum and Adam Wauchman(?) Dateline 1884 Camden. Incorporated May of 1880. Not cancelled.S

1) Green. Certs are for exactly 100 shares. Number C394 for 100 shares to Albert H Collier. Signed by Brockett and Douglas. Rare vignette fo the actua

Lot of 2 different. 1) Big Stick Gold Mining Company. Named for Teddy Roosevelt's, "Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick." Number 439 fo...

# 28 for 50 shares to Enoch Freeland trustee. Signed by secretary Freeland and president Robert M Fryer. Dateline San Francisco 1877. Incorporated in

1) Crocker Mining Company Stock- # 3003 for 50 shares to Cullmann & Company trustees. Signed by Aug. Waterman and WS Lyle president. Dateline Sa...

Nice lot includes Quartz King Mining Co. 1905, Location of Works: Yuma, Arizona printed at top left. At top right, printed, Location: Quartz King Mine

Includes a signed Halifax Tonopah Mining Company stock issued in 1920 with a nice clear signature. The other three certificates are all connected and

Incorporated December 1863 and capitalized at $500,000; 100,000 shares at $5. Monitor Mining District, Alpine County. Certificate No. 1366, made out t

Fantastic unissued stock with President Leland Stanford signature. Vignette shows mountain with shaft depths superimposed: Cumberland 600', Bunk...

Incorp. July, 1879, located Bodie, Mono County, Calif. #17, I/U, 3635 shares @ $100 par issued Sept, 4,1879. Signed by the secretary. Black, no

Incorp. Jan 1879.Located in Bodie, Calif. #210, I/U, dated March 13, 1879 and is made out to the secretary of the company, Ellis Edwards who also sig

Bodie Mining District. Incorporated in New York in 1880. Cert. #146, issued to HA Dickenson in 1881 for 100 shares. Signed by Nat B. Freeman as presid

Incorp. August 1879 Calif. #1, I/U, 5 shares @ $100 ea issued F.M Adams August 1879, signed Ellis Edwards secretary. Black, no seal, vignette left

Number 2558 for 10 shares to G.B Bayley, trustee. Signed by secretary FE Luty and vice president CN Atkinson. Printed by Britton & Rey, SF. 4&qu...

Porter Gold &Silver Mining Co., incorporated 1863, issued Dec 9, 1863 to J.G. Porter, signed by Victor B. Masson as president, cancelled with r...

Never seen by us. This company operated on Poor Man's Ledge near Spanishtown (now Yankee Hill) in Butte County in 1857. A July 31, 1857 Daily Al...

Cert. #155, issued in 1895 at Oakland for 100 shares to E.C. Douglas. Signed by vice-president A.M. Burham and H.R. Thomas as secretary. The company w

Location: Cherokee Flat (printed at upper right). Inc. Aug. 1875. No. 98, issued for 103 shares to Mary Howard on Sept. 18th, 1876. Signed by presiden

# 8 - VERY EARLY. 20 shares to William Keith. Datelined San Francisco July 11, 1865 (one week after incorporation) . Signed by secretary WL Kirby and

Very rare stock certificate from the Vigorit Powder Company issued in 1878 at San Francisco. Cert. #75, issued to W.W. Hobart for 100 shares. The comp

Very nice looking cert. Black on off white with large red underprint "Capital Stock $660,000. Early # 38 for 50 shares to MW Smith on July 9, 1...

Cert. #67, issued in 1903 and cert. #81, issued in 1905. The 1903 certificate is signed by president Stephen Roberts, while the 1905 certificate is si

Very attractive mining certificate #263 issued in 1905 for 2500 preferred shares. The Landecker Gold Mining Company was one of the largest producers i

# 155 for 100 shares to DH Hogins. Signed by FS Munford and president W Wootson. Dateline Folsom 1863. Incorporated May 1863. Not cancelled. 25c Prote

Incorp. New York. The company that had a the right to over 700 square miles of water rights on the Georgetown Divide in Eldorado County, Ca, .also

Number 1 for 10 shares to John A Gwin. Signed by Silas B Smith and William Henson. Daterline 1863 Placerville. Incorporated October 15, 1863. A notice

Rare. $500 bond. Low number 4, issued to the Banking House of B.F. Hastings & Co. of Sacramento City on December 24th, 1860. Signed by president...

Cancelled $4,000 (@ $100 ea) American River Water & Mining Co. cert. # 471, dated Sept. 7, 1859. Assigned. Signed C.T.H. Palmer, secy, a 49&...

Location: Fresno County, Cal. (printed at top center). Inc. Jan. 1880. Stock number one, issued to company president W.F. Myers on Feb. 11th, 1880. Si

Eureka Quartz Mining Company stock certificate, No. 97, for five shares of capital stock. Issued to William Jenkins of Baltimore. Dateline 24 January

Extremely rare Gold Rush era; 2-3 known. Grass Valley, Nevada Co., Cal (printed under title). Dateline Grass Valley, Nevada Co., Cal., July 24th, 1855

Cert. #A1423, issued to Oswald Kirkby for 100 shares. Signed by Donald B. Gillis as president. Tasker Oddie was one of the company directors. Greenwat

Cert. #1435, issued in 1916 to F.H. Howorth for 600 shares.This company took over the operations of the Four Metals Mining Company which included the

Very rare stock certificate #186 issued in 1888 to the company president, F.R. Fast and signed by Fast and C. Walcutt as secretary. Incorporated in Ne

We have not seen this one before. Cert. #218, issued for 10 shares to Adolor Octave Belmore and signed by Fred Field as vice-president and Frank J. Ba

Cert. #439, issued for 20 shares to Jacob Hardy in 1876, and signed by the president Preston. Cerro Gordo, Inyo County, Cal. printed below the company

A great story in Lingenfelter's "Death Valley and the Amargosa", Lingenfelter tells the tale of Chester R. Bunker, extreme mining prom...

Group of 24 stock certificates, issued by various California Mother Lode mine operations. Company issued certs include Murray Creek Mining, Transierra

Cert. #99, signed by president G.P. Drew, issued for 8,000 shares to Francisca A. Jesurum. R.E. Doan was the superintendant at the mine. The company w

Certificate #71, issued in 1890 to J. Asher and signed by B.M. Denison as secretary. Location of Works: Kern County, California printed at the top. Wh

Location: Lake County, Cal. (printed under title). Inc. in 1872. No. 737, issued for 100 shares to LH Palache on April 12th, 1895 in San Francisco. Si

# 8(?) for 25 shares to Josiah C Huch(?). Datelined Dutch Flat 1867. Signed by secretary Charles F (?) and president (?). Incorporated June 26, 1867.

5 i/u stocks. Undated but Gold Rush era. According to the company's description detailed on the reverse of each stock, this London based associa...

Blue version! Certificate for the Ave Maria Gold Quartz Mining Association. According to the company's description detailed on the reverse of ea...

"Mariposa is where explorers John C. Fremont and Kit Carson found the rich Mariposa Vein and opened the first mill to crush ore and extract gol...

Very early California Stock Certificate. # 2060 for 100 shares to Theodore Waller. Signed by Solomon Alter and president Parson Sewill. Dateline Phila

I/C #2048 Theodore Walker 100 shares 1852. Signed by Pearson Servill (president) and L. Alter (secretary). Great mining vignette at top: miners workin

All three are foreign investments int he California Gold Rush. 1) Ave Maria Gold Quartz. English. 2) Le Nouveau Monde. French with French stamp. 3) An

# 24 for 5 shares to HC Howard. Datelined San Francisco 1865. Signed by secretary James Monroe and president HC Howard. 25c Power of Atty Revenue stam

Incorp. 1878 Calif. Located in Mono County, Ca. Lake District. #148, I/U, 50 shares @ $50 par to Ellis Edwards Trustee and signed as secretary wit

Cert. #17, issued in 1902 for 1,000 shares to Lillian M. McPike and signed by F.H. Smythe as president and Henry C. McPike as secretary. The mine is l

Cert. #775, issued for 25 shares to Lee, Higginson & Co. The certificate was issued in Boston and the company incorporated in Wyoming. Location ...

Rare and early. Dateline Nevada City, April 20th, 1863. Low No. 8, issued for one share to H.B. Hosmer. Signed by Wm. W. Cozzins, president and secret

Consolidated St. Gothard Gold Mining Company stock issued at San Francisco in 1906.The company inc. in 1888. " Nevada County, Cal. Adjoining t...

# 120 for 1 shares to JW Freeman. SIgned by GTH McFadden and president D Hawkes. Dateline Timbuctoo, Yuba Co., Cal. 1863. Incorporated July 1863. Not

Extremely rare. This company mined soda ash at Cartago, now a ghost town at Owens Lake in Inyo County. They operated 1917-1932, eventually becoming th

# 121 for 25 shares to George D Aldrick. datelined Virginia, California 1863. Signed by secretary William H Hunt and president Geo. Glass. Incorporate

Early number 43 for 25 shares to DB Moore. Datelined Sacramento 1863. Signed by secretary Josiah Lowell and president SM Hey. Incorporated April 17, 1

2 certificates. Incorp. 1911 California and operated the Ralston Divide Gravel Mine in Placer County, according to the California State Mining Bureau

Very rare. Dateline Placerville, El Dorado County, Cal., December 15th, 1852. No. 142, issued for one share to JC Bullious. Signed by B.F. Reese, pres

# 435 for 5 shares to Benjamin Hall. Signed by secretary Benjamin Hall and president George W Paget. Dateline San Francisco 1864. Incorporated May 15,

This is a stock certificate in the Southern Eureka Mining Company for 500 shares #154 dated 1880. Please see photos for details. Provenance: Ken Pra

We've never seen this one before. Certificate #14, issued for 1,000 shares of Twelve-Mile Bar Gold Mining Company at San Francisco in 1900. Twel...

Saginaw District, Sacramento Co. (printed under logo). Inc. July 17, 1863. Dateline Sacramento, August 3, 1863. No. 53, issued for 20 shares to Richar

Issued to Edward P. Carpenter, Feb. 19th, 1877, twenty shares of National Prospecting and Mining Company. Britten & Rey lithographers. Lower rig...

Large, square certificate #4, issued in 1904. After the holder deposited $80 for this investment certificate, it would later be exchanged for $130 in

# 51 for 3 shares to F Morrill. Datelined San Francisco 1863. Signed by John B Feltis(?) as president and secretary (?). incorporated July of 1863. Bl

Although there are a number of unissued certificates from the Giant Powder Company floating around, it is rare to find an issued certificate. The Gian

Cert. #55, issued for 840 shares to Elizabeth McCaw and signed by J.S. Cameron as president and William J. Simpson as secretary. Location of Works: Al

Two certificates from the Experimental Mining Company issued in 1899. Located NNW of Yankee Hill and 3.1 km (1.9 miles) NNE of Columbia, along Experim

Early # 17 for 90 shares to Hasey. Signed by WL Kirby and president G King. Dateline 1864 San Francisco. Incorporated July 1863. Not cancelled. No rev

# 352 for 12 1/2 shares to William Marble. Signed by Thomas McCallan and president AN (?). Dateline San Francisco 1864. Incorporated June 22, 1863. 25

A group of 19 mining stock certs including Natomas, Yuba Goldfields Inc and many more. Some are canceled, some unused and some have revenue stamps. A

This is a group of 12 mining stock certificates, some signed, some unused. They are from various companies, including Mugwump Gold Mines, New IdriaMin

1. # 50 for 20 shares to Sophia D Folsom. Signed by Josiah Hewes president and secretary (?). Dateline 1863 San Francisco. Incorporated July 28, 1863.

1) Black Sand Mining Company. # 20 for 1000 shares. Located near Ferndale at Freshwater Lagoon Beach just north of Big Lagoon. 2) California King with

Stock in this lot include: The Newton Copper Company, 1910, Mines in Amador County, Cal.; Pan-American Tungsten Company, 1919; Lucero Mining & M...

Cert. #169, issued to C. Hodsman for 100 shares and signed by Alex Davis as president and Will H. Young as secretary. Location of mines: Chalk Creek D

Three Camilla Gold Mining Company Stocks to G. Studle for 500 shares each, signed by L. G. Brewer, Secretary and W. G. Smith, President. Punched with

#250 for 50 shares to Julia Wadsworth. Datelined New York 1864. Signed by secretary John N Power and president Nathaniel Comsten(?). 25c Life Insuranc

Cert. #42, issued to M. Garrett for 100 shares in 1892 and signed by A.M. McGregor as president. Issued at Pueblo, Colorado. Nice vignette of an Incan

The town of Durango was organized in September 1881 by the Durango Trust, a business group composed largely of D&RG investors to serve the San J...

We have not seen this stock certificate in 40 years. English Mortgage Debenture. To Frederick Connon of Scarsdale Villas, Kensington. The Snowdrift s

We have never seen this one! Number 27 for 50 shares t RP Smith. Datelined Boston 1864. Signed by treasurer Joseph Hayden and president Bay. Not cance

Incorp. 1880 Colorado. #236, I/U, 100 shares @ $1.00 par issued April 1891. Signed sect and pres. Black, embossed seal (very crisp imprint), vignet

Incorp. 1882 Colorado. #539, I/U, 100 shares @ $10 par issued Feb. 1882, signed pres. and sect. Black, embossed seal, no vignette. Kendall Bank Not

Two early Leadville, Colorado mining stocks includes The Revenue Mining & Milling Co. of Colorado, issued at Leadville, Co. in 1881, and also Th...

Cert. #27, issued to Shalor W. Eldridge for 500 shares in 1880. Incorporated in New York. Signed by Lewis Jones as president and Meredith L. Jones as

Location of Mine: Rosita, Colorado. Inc. in New York. No. 99, issued for 1,000 shares to The Farmer's Loan & Trust Co. Trustee on Sept. 25, ...

Lot of 3. All issued to B. Paul. Inc. 1876. 1) Stock no. 10, issued to 20 shares to B. Paul on August 23rd, 1876 in Rosita. Signed by the president an

Chieftain Consolidated Mining Company had offices in Rosita, CO and Union City, IN. No. 120, issued for 100 shares to Mina Barr on May 22, 1884. Signe

Incorporated in Pennsylvania. Located at South Park. Certificate number 425, issued for 100 shares to Sam. Diehl on March 8th, 1870. Signed by preside

Number 9 for 20 shares to JW Bulgar. Signed by HK Stowe and president WR Gallther(?). Dateline 1863. Incorporated December 1, 1863, dated December 16,

Ten nice Colorado mining stocks includes: Bruce Consolidated Mining Company, Fall River Mining Company (Clear Creek County near Idaho Spgs.), Findlay

1. Reliance Gold and Silver Mining Company- This $100 bond was issued in 1867 and signed by secretary Armitage and president Tucker. Early number 93.