Summer Americana Auction--July 2019

Lot of two different. Both issued in 1910, $10 and $25. Same design with different border colors (brown or green). Signed by president RA Salisbury an

Lot of 3 different. 1) Death Valley Mining and Milling Company. Issued in 1906, not cancelled. Elk vignette. Deep folds, hole in seal, some soiling. 2

Lot of 3 different. 1) Death Valley Golden Buck Mining Company. Inc. 1906. Low number 5, issued in 1906 to secretary (and Nevada political figure) Cla

Extra rare. Major and important Death Valley mine. Inc. in Arizona. No. 556, issued for 13 shares to C. Boyd on Dec. 15, 1913. Signed by vice presiden

Extra rare. Major and important Death Valley mine. Inc. in Arizona. No. 1001, issued for 100 shares to C. Boyd on Jan. 23rd, 1913. Signed by vice pres

Extra rare. Major and important Death Valley mine. Inc. in Arizona. No. 4500, issued for 1,000 shares to Dauser & Co. on August 23rd, 1917. Sign...

Lot of 3 different. 1) Death Valley Big Bell Mining Company. Inc. in Arizona. Issued in 1907 for 500 shares to JE Basch. Pen cancelled. Signed by pres

Inc. in Arizona, 1905. Principal Office: Rhyolite, Nevada. Low certificate #5, issued to Clay Tallman for 1 shares in 1906. Signed by W.H. Seaman as p

4 I/U stocks. Furnace Creek Copper 1907, Death Valley Arcalvada MC 1910, Furnace Creek Oxide Copper 1906, Tecopa Con MC 1915 Date: State/Country:

Rare I/U #86 1000 shares 1882. Signed by President Smiley. From a massive sulfide deposit. Underground miner vignette. Vertical creases Date: 1882 S

I/C #4 to ? 25 shares 1863. Inc 1862 signed by President Moody. Ship and eagle vignettes. We could find very little info on this mine online. Printe

# 51 for 100 shares to BC Jackson. Signed by CC Emery and president AW Mann. Dateline San Francisco 1878. Incorporated March 25, 1878. Not cancelled.

Rare Gold Rush location. Dateline Dotan's Bar (handwritten over printed Mormon Island). No. 91, issued for one share to M. Andrews on April 14th...

Lot of 4 different. 1) Golden Scepter Gravel & Quartz Mining Company. Issued in 1909, mining vignette, not cxl.; pinholes, folds, separation. 2)...

Mine in Eldorado County. Mine ran for for several decades before closing around 1882. Since gold can be fond in quartz veins this was a good operatio

# 70 for 10 shares to Mrs. Lydia V Elliot. Signed by PF Mohrhards and Job M Seamans as president. Dateline San Francisco 1872. Incorporated April 25,

Lot of 11. Included: Union Mine Extension (Placerville, 1914, mining vignettes); Mount Pleasant Cons. GMC (Grizzly Flat, two different, 1903 and 1905)

Lot of 2 different. 1) The Placerville Gold Bug Mining Company. No. 48, issued for 50 shares to FR Pedlar on Sept. 26th, 1898 in Fresno. Signed by vic

Location at Garden Valley Mining District, El Dorado Co. (printed under title). FH notes that Garden Valley is known for its fabulous native gold. Inc

2 choice I/U. Argonaut Milling and MC 1880, Oro Fino Gold MC 1882 Date: State/Country: California City/County: Eldorado County

I/U #13 AJ McClure 50 shares 1863. Signed by president Ac???s"A former Au-Pb-Mo-Ag-Cu occurrence/mine located in the SE¼SW¼ sec. 24 &...

# 135 for 300 shares to George Wallace. Datelined San Francisco 1865. Signed by secretary James Ganiss(?) and president JP Dyer(?). Incorporated April

# 50 for 50 shares! How cute! To (?). Datelined San Francisco 1865. Signed by secretary John (?) and president McCullough. Incorporated April 20th, 18

Gold Rush era. Dateline Folsom. No. 363, issued for one share to John W. Shaw on Oct. 30, 1857. Signed by president AT Arrowsmith and secretary CTH Pa

# (unreadable) for 5 shares to NA Bruner. Signed by secretary Bruner and president Burgess. The number of shares is a word and not a number. It is wri

I/C #24 Joseph Vowden 100 shares signed by president Redding. Mine in Forest City near Downieville in Sierra County. River vignette. RN stamp, creases

2 I/U. Sterling MC 1884, North Fresno MC 1880 Date: State/Country: California City/County: Fresno

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

Extremely rare bond. #388 to C Lott $500 1857 signed by Treasurer Henry Malleson. Yellow seal. 2 Washington vignettes and 2 train vignettes, 1 bald ea

# 44 for 31 shares to BF Mauldin. Datelined San Francisco 1863. Signed by secretary Elmore and president Hof. Incorporated March 13, 1863, Location ...

# 349 for 400 shares to William White. Signed by RB Symington and president George E Turner. Dateline Grass Valley 1879. Incorporated February 1877. L

Issued September 1899 to Henry P Walter for 500 shares in the Powning Gold and Silver Mining Stock Date: 1899 State/Country: California City/County

I/U #329 MA Burke 5623 shares 1878. Nice mine entrance vignette and 2 ingots for # and shares. Signed by president Burke Date: 1878 State/Country:

# 144 for 100 shares to Charles Kingenspor. Signed by Rolfe as secretary (an original incorporator) and Isoard as president (also an original incorpor

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...

Lot of 9, seven different mining companies. Included: Rocky Bar GMC (unissued 1870s); New York Hill GMC (two, one unissued, one issued in 1880); Penns

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

25 x 36 black ink on linen. Map showing underground works at the Rocky Bar Quartz Mine. Nevada County, CAl. July, 1887. 50 feet to the inch. W.F. Engl

6" diameter, 7" tall odd shaped mortar and pestle from the Empire Mine at Grass Valley. This piece is from the old Newmont office in Grass...

Three Empire Mine Stamp Mill original black ink on linen drawings for engineering and construction purposes. 1914. Approx 2' x 2' each. 60 s...

Framed hand colored sketch of mine buildings and water pipe system. "Mineralization is a vein deposit hosted in diabase and granodiorite. The o...

Lot of 3 different with Grass Valley in the company name. 1) Grass Valley Exploration Company. Inc. in West Virginia. No. 109, issued for 3 shares in

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"...

2 feet x 40", 1" =200', undated map, perhaps 1930's, showing reserve blocks in a long section. From the old Newmont office in Gras...

Lot of 6 different including a No. 1. Includes: Grass Valley Consolidated GMC (1904, not cxl); Mountaineer Mines, Consolidated (Nevada County, unissue

Lot of 3 different. 1) South Idaho Consolidated Mining & Milling Company. No. 52, issued for 40 shares in 1893 in Grass Valley. Not cancelled. B...

This original ledger for the Powning Gold and Silver Mining Company has receipts for 191 issued certificates, and over 200 unissued certificates. The

Lot of 3 from two different companies. 1) Greenville-Pacific Development Company. Inc. in Nevada. Office in Carson City. Stocks number 2 and 3, issued

Greenville, Plumas Co., Cal. (printed under title). Inc. in California. No. 381, issued for 500 shares to William A. Caldwell on May 21st, 1878. Signe

This is an 1870s stock issued in 1912. Stamped dateline is Greenville, Cal., August 1st, 1912. Inc. May 1876. No. 66, issued for 100 shares to Bruce B

# 382 for 250 shares to JB Scott trustee.Datelined New York 1881. Signed by secretary (?) and president and trustee JB Scott. Uncancelled. Incorporate

4 very rare. I/U. Green water is on the Edge of Death Valley. Greenwater Furnace Creek Copper 1906, Greenwater and Death Valley Copper 1907, South Gre

Lot of 4. 1) Tecopa Consolidated Mining Company. Two stocks, issued 1910 and 1914, neither cancelled. Orange border, black print, and vignette of Chie

Cert. #242, issued to Edwin S. Schoonmaker for 1,000 shares on March 8th, 1915 in Oakland. Not signed by the president, but signed by B.F. Edwards as

Lot of 4. 1) California-Nevada Mining Company. Two stocks, issued in 1902 and 1903. Signed by the president (Chas. McKelsy?) and the secretary. Brown

Lot of 3 different rare Cerro Gordo mining stocks. Cerro Gordo is a ghost town located east of Owens Lake in Inyo County. 1) Cerro Gordo Mines Company

Lot of 4 different for this ghost town in Death Valley, Inyo County. 1) Greenwater Consolidated Mining Company. Inc. in AZ. No. 603, issued in 1908. N

Lot of 8 different. Greenwater is a ghost town near Death Valley in Inyo County. Included: United Greenwater Copper Co. (1906, not cxl, 3 mining vigne

Very rare edition. Contributions to Economic Geology by David White Date: 1912 State/Country: California City/County: Inyo/Mono

Lot of 3. Key mine! Stocks no. 1, 2, and 177. No. 1 and 2 are both issued to Julian McCarty Little. None cancelled. Black border and print, gold seal,

Lot of 4 different. 1) Kern River Mining & Power Company. Issued in 1908, not cancelled. Black border and print, photo vignette of miner dumping...

# 20 for 100 shares to WA Hutchinson. Signed by CB Weide and president RA Robinson. Dateline San Francisco 1877. Incorporated May 22, 1877. Location:

Lot of 2 different, both self-identified. Almost the same officers. 1) San Diego Gold & Silver Mining Company. No. 29, issued for 1,000 shares t...

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...

#21 in ink on top. Issued for ten shares (10971 to 10980). Signed by secretary J Waddell and directors Thomas Kelley and Erskine. Incorporated in Lond

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

Very early number 20 for 10 shares to S Whipple. datelined Eureka, Humboldt Co. 1865. Signed by secretary S Whipple and president JE Wyman(?). Incorpo

# 88 for 5 shares to H Heeser. Datelined a rare Mattole 1866. Signed by secretary A Heeser and president F Stansbury. Incorporated October 1865. Print

# 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

2 I/U. Karma MC 1901-The company was located four miles south of Mojave. In 1906, the company merged with the Mojave Mining and Milling Company and th

Three page letter from President Low on Sierra Blanca Silver MIning Company of California letterhead. The letter was written to provide a status on th

Lot of 3 different. 1) Consolidated Pacific Mining Company. Bodie. Issued in 1884 for 100 shares to Geo Grant. Signed by president Warren Holt and sec

# 636 for 5 shares to David Bowenmaur. Signed by J. P. Van Hagan and president James B. Johnson. Dateline San Francisco February 26th, 1864. Incorpora

Rare Mormon Island, 1850s dateline. Not issued, but signed by the company president (AP Carlin?), the treasurer, CP Nichols, and secretary WA Eliason.

# 17 for 50 shares to John S Hunt Trustee. Dateline San Francisco November , 1873. Incorporated October 31, 1873. Not cancelled. Location: Mud Springs

Rare Napa County quicksilver. No. 25, issued for 100 shares to company secretary William Harvie of London on March 1st, 1901. Signed by Harvie and two

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

Lot of 5, three different companies. 1) Nevada County Development & Improvement Company. Grass Valley Mining District. No. 52, issued in 1893 to...

Early New City stock, #5 C Hosmer 1 share 1863. Signed by Wm. W. Cozzins, president and secretary E.H. Gaylord. Unusual design with the same allegoric

Unissued but signed by Egbert Judson as president. Judson formed the Judson Explosives and Powder Company in 1890 after partnering with the Giant Powd

Never seen by us! Inc. Sept. 18th, 1855. Offices in London & Manchester. Unissued. Black print on thin paper. Early hydraulic mining vignette! 5...

Lot of 11 different. Included: South Yuba Mining & Smelting Co. (1911, French Corral, mining vignette); New York-Grass Valley GMC (1903); Union ...

Lot of 4. c.1880s. Two unissued proof certificates for the New York & Boston Gold Mining Company. Printed by American Bank Note Co. Nice undergr...

Extra rare! Located at Scott's Flat on Kanaka Creek, Nevada County, California. FH says this was a very famous native gold specimen mine. Inc. i...

Lot of 5 different. Issued 1916-1919, all punch cancelled. Different border/background colors (purple, green, maroon, brown, and orange). 8 x 11&quo...

Lot of 6, three different mining companies. 1) California-Nevada Quicksilver Mining Company. No. 428, issued in 1931 for 2,400 shares. Not cancelled.

Lot of 2. One unissued and one issued. "New Almaden Mines, California, 1866" printed in the seal at bottom. No. 6532, issued for 100 share...

Location: Los Angeles County, Cal. FH says this was near the first California gold discovery site (pre 1848). No. 62, issued for 100 shares to John E.

Lot of 4 different. Napa quicksilver. Two are for the Acme Mines & Mill, Inc., issued in 1927 and 1929. Neither cancelled. The other two are for...

Rare! Location of Works: Oroville, California (printed under title). Inc. in 1902 in Arizona. No. 380, issued for 50 0shares to Amelia H. Turner on De

Lot of 11, most different. Included: Yuba Cons. Gold Fields (1949, 2x1956); East Magalia Gold Placer MC (1905); United States Diamond MC (2x1908); Eas

Location: Placer County, California (printed at center bottom). Inc. in 1885. No. 1166, issued for 400 shares to Thos. Horton on Dec. 5, 1895 in San F

Iowa Hill Mining District, Placer County, CA color map. 19x19", tape repair, multiple seam tears, sold as is Date: State/Country: Californi...

Lot of 4 (3 different), all self-identified. 1) Pemberton Gold Mining Co. Forest Hill District (printed at right). No. 199, issued for 500 shares to P

Lot of 9. Included: Peckham Gold Mines, Inc. (1934, mining vignettes); Rubicon Placer MC (Auburn, 1915, mining vignettes); Canyon Mines Corp. (Towle,

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

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,

Lot of 2 different. Very large Plumas County mine. 1) Engels Copper Mining Company. Inc. 1901. No. 6447, issued for 5 shares to Susie J. Holton on Jan

Plumas County, Cal. (printed under title). Inc. 1873. No. 31, issued for 100 shares to Thomas A. Brown on Oct. 24th, 1878 in Martinez (San Francisco c