Summer 2020 Extravaganza Auction, Part I

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...