Summer 2020 Extravaganza Auction, Part I

High Grade. Massive Pb-Zn-Ag-Au-Cu carbonate replacement ore hosted in the Permian Toroweap Formation-205 Stope. 4x5x5". (This specimen was fou...

Late-stage silicified and quartz-veined breccia with replacement Pb-Zn-Ag-Au-Cu ore breccia fragments. 5x6x4". (This specimen was found at the ...

High Grade. Massive Zn-Pb-Ag-Au-Cu carbonate replacement ore hosted in the Permian Toroweap Formation-205 Stope. 5x7x3". (This specimen was fou...

7 travertine stalactites from Cave Mine, UT. 7-20" long Provenance: Geff Pollock Collection Country (if not USA): State: Utah City/Count...

This is a collection of 22 specimens from the Ophir Mining District in the Oquirrh Mountains of Tooele County, Utah. Most contain bright massive or cr

The Elk Creek, Meade County, South Dakota locality is well known for producing fabulous specimens of golden barite crystals on an attractively contras

First opened in the 1970s, the Elmwood Mine (the Elmwood-Gordonsville-Cumberland mining complex) has produced some of the world's finest calcite...

A superb calcite crystal on dolostone matrix from the Elmwood Mine, near Carthage, Tennessee. This large, twinned and doubly terminated calcite crysta

This is a classic mineral specimen from the Elmwood mine near Carthage, Tennessee. The specimen features light purple, cubic crystals of fluorite and

Five labeled ore specimens from the Upchurch Collection representing various locations in Chihuahua, Mexico. Total weight is about two pounds for the

From Main Choque Ore Body. Stage II breccia with fragments of early vuggy silica and Stage I breccia. 5x3x.5". (This specimen was found at the ...

Base metal ore sample with locally complex mineralogy, note galena in vugs & fractures. 4x2.5x2". (This specimen was found at the mine by a...

A large, spectacular, water-worn, spinel-law twinned crystal of native gold. This specimen was formerly part of the world-famous F. John Barlow Collec

2.25 x 1.5 x 1.5" specimen . Most quartz was removed by acid, revealing a very attractive specimen . No location data. The specimen has one cut...

Native gold in quartz and calcite. 1.6” x 1” x .75”. 27 grams. While this specimen has the appearance of Georgia gold we

Milky white quartz with native gold “cluster” at the top, about ¾” square. 6.3 grams. Gold weight perhaps 80% of th

1 x 1.75" x .75" thick. Possibly from Republic, Washington, mined in the 1950s. Perhaps 70% - plus by weight gold content. Provenance: ...

Large native gold specimen, the other part of 119015, with a flat cut side exposing a high percentage gold.about 1.5 x 1.5 x 3". This specimen...

Fine native gold in banded quartz, location unknown. 3.86 ttroy, but gold content is very low compared to the other specimens here. This piece is very

2.5" long, 1.5" wide, .75" thick. Unknown western US location, mined in the 1950s. Some good crystal form is evident. This piece may ...

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

Two raw pieces of gold in quartz about 1" square and 1/3" thick, possibly from republic, Washington, mined in the 1950s. The leaf nature o...

Four Alabama USGS Geological Survey folios. Includes Bessemer 1927; Gasen 1896; Gaffney 1931; Montevallo 1940. This group contains both one of the ver

Five maps. Original pen and ink Mantanuska Coal Mining & Dev. Co. map, 1908, Chas S. Hubbell, about 20 x 30"; Sketch Map of Mantanuska Co...

This is a collection of Alaska mining books and topo maps. Grit Grief and Gold by F.B. Whiting MD written in 1933 reproduction in 1967; numerous Geo

Lot of 2. 1) Bulletin of the DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. No 16. Washington. May 1898. The Alaskan Goldfields and the opportunities they offer for capital and

Lot of 4. 1) 5 x 7" black and white photograph of two miners and their dog standing in front of their snow-buried cabin. Album paper stuck to b...

Grey sign with black lettering: "WARNING / Dangerous Condition / Only Authorized Personnel / Shall enter This / Mining Operation / Unauthorized...

3- 6" x 4.5" softcover Phelps Dodge safety books. 1939-green cover Safety Rules. 1943 gold cover General Rules and Instructions. 1950-yell...

3 ASARCO Safety Bulletins 1916-17, hardcover Daniel Cowan Jackling 1954 Rotunda book with foldout Jackling photo. Provenance: Geff Pollock Collectio

Original 1878 copy."An account of the revival of affairs in two singularly interesting and important mining districts, including something of t...

Oregon Gulch Gold Mining Company of Butte County, California, 1852 handwritten publication with Certificate of Organization, followed by over 100 pag

Postal card datelined Placerville from Edward Vischer to F.A. Bishop, Esq. dated 1878. The message details a visit by a committee including Jno. O. Ea

18 x 24" black ink on linen. "The Gracie Mine, Nevada City, Calif., scale 100 ft to the inch. Edw. C. Uren, ME, 1932" with a cross se...

Three published geologic maps and one proprietary geologic map (1938) from the old Newmont files from the Grass Valley Office. The 1938 map was made t

Three gold rush momentos: two gold dust cards by A. Delano, Banker, Grass Valley in 1873, both from Elam Biggs; also an 1885 purchase of a gold bar by

14 x 23" black ink on linen, undated, no engineer shown. Four views of the W.Y.O.D. Mill and two views of the Penn Mill (Pennsylvania), 1"...

Map of the Peabody Quartz Mine and Adjacent Mining Claims; Grass Valley, Nevada County, California. Original Survey and map were made by J.A. Jenkins

This is the holy grail of information about Inyo County mines. Rare and highly sought after, this is the October, 1938, Volume 34, #4, California Jour

Nice group of four. 1)Letter datelined Long Bar, April 26, 1859 addressed to the Board of Supervisors of Yuba County. Content regards a petition to lo

This is a fully handwritten, three page Mineral Affidavit, signed by L.B. Ayer, Registrar. Document is in very good condition, with fold marks. There

Well done presentation from the Thomson & West History of Nevada County from the 1880's. 17 x 33" framed. C.L. Smith & Co., Oakland...

Photo-lithograph card. Hydraulic mining scene. 3.25 x 4.75", 2 creases. Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: California City/County: ...

Hardcover book published in 1947 by the Randsburg Times, the newspaper of the historic mining camp. The newspaper covered many of the mining locales o

Map of the Black-Hawk Placer Mine/Placer County, California. Other placer mines highlighted include the: Buckeye P.M. Rosedale P.M., Slope P.M., Pacif

Excellent References on Southern California's Randsburg Mining District. 1) Desert Bonanza, Early Randsburg, Mojave Desert Mining Camp by Marci...

A large broken copper ingot, originally over 12 inches long and six inches wide. The ingot weighs 49 pounds. It was found at a smelter site at Rosalie

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

Lot of 13 Western Union Telegraph Company telegrams written in code. From the San Francisco office of Homer S. King & Co. to the bank in Carson ...

Approx. 41 x 61", mounted on cloth. "Map of the County of Shasta California", Compiled from U.S. Geological and U.S. Land Surveys, Of...