Summer Americana Auction--July 2019

3 I/U Greenville, Plumas County. Gold Stripe MC of California 1881, Green Mountain Gold MC 1882, Cherokee Gold MC 1880 Date: State/Country: Califo

Lot of 12 different. Includes: International Copper Co. (Portola, 1910); Feather River Cons. MC (1905); Shenandoah Mining & Development Co. (189...

Inc. in New York. No. 188, issued for 100 shares to John H. Tingue in 1880. Signed by president William H. Guion and secretary Henry Rogers. Not cance

Most of these we have seen have been unissued. # Ten for 100 shares to James Lafferty. Signed by Blackburn and president Lafferty. Dateline Poverty Hi

"Incorporated at Quincy, Plumas County, Cal." (printed to the left of the vignette). Low number 12, issued for 100 shares to Mrs. Mary S. ...

Extra rare pre-1900 Randsburg. Inc. in California. No. 32, issued for 2,950 shares to Emma. D. Ely on Dec. 3rd, 1898. Randsburg dateline. Signed by A.

Lot of 6, mostly different. Included: Randsburg Silver Mining Co. (1939, mine drilling vignette); Merton Mining & Milling Co. (unissued, 190-, 3...

Extra rare--the only one we've ever seen! No. 226, issued for 2,500 shares to John Hickey on July 19th, 1917. Signed by president Albert Ancker ...

Impressive oak and glass shadow box displaying Rocklin Big Gun Quarry artifacts including 4 metal bits and chisels, 3 big chain links, Rocklin White a

# 55 for 20 shares to Richard Ireland. Datelined Sacramento 1863. Signed by secretary Chambers and president FA Park. Incorporated July 17, 1863. Unca

Lot of 9, most different. Included: Picacho Gold Mines Co. (1896, mining vignettes); Mojave Tungsten Company (San Bernardino Co., 4 stocks, three diff

Extra rare. According to E&MJ Vol.98, 1914, the company's plant was to start operations in October. Their property at Searles Lake, San Bern...

I/U/ No. 32 for 1000 shares issued to Turnbow(?) Hutton & Williams & signed by George Gardner, President. This gold-dredging company was pro...

Extra rare. Great name! Location of Mines: Ogilby Mining District, San Diego Co., California (printed at upper left). Inc. in West Virginia. No. 130,

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

Fantastic hydraulic mining vignette! Incorporated on August 24, 1878. Certificate #87, issued for 1,000 shares to J. R. Lewis on Feb. 26, 1904. Signed

We have never heard of this company! Inc. Dec. 22, 1899. Two different. No. 53, issued for 1,000 shares to H. Herrington on March 16th, 1900 in San Jo

Rare! Inc. May 1873. No. 17, issued for 45 shares to Edward Galpen, trustee, on July 21st, 1873 in San Francisco. Signed by president HH Haight and se

Lot of 19, most different. Included: Basler Mining & Development Co. (Red Bluff, chrome mining, 1905); Shasta Copper Co. (1907); Shasta Zinc &am...

Extra rare. Inc. in California. Low number 2, issued for 200 shares to JP Stauley on Aug. 12th, 1914. Signed by president Geo. H. Sarkin and secretary

Never seen by us before. Inc. in Arizona, 1907. No. 232, issued for 1,000 shares to Clara K. Awadarasz on May 8th, 1908. Signed by president A.A. Leon

Lot of 7: 6 different stocks plus one letterhead. All California mining companies with "Sierra" in their name, likely Sierra County locati...

Lot of 3 different: Gibsonville. La Porte, and Port Wine. 1) Sierra Nevada Mining Corporation. La Porte. Issued in 1937, not cancelled. Green border a

Early # 56 for 50 shares to C Wheeler. Datelined Sacramento City 1864. Signed by secretary (?) and president FW Clute. Incorporated Sept. 7, 1863. 25c

Lot of two different, both self-identified. 1) Adella Gold Mining Company. Location of Mine: Rock Creek, Sierra Co., Cal. Inc. April 1868. No. 22, iss

Possibly a Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens related document. Very rare. Only two others currently known to us. The Orinelia Consolidated Gold & Silve...

Rare! Lists 10 claims, date lined Gold Hill. Issued to Gold Hill Banker, H.H. Flagg on certificate #13 for 25 shares to H.H. Flagg, & signed by ...

Number 1587 for two shares to Rosa A. Heammony. Datelined San Francisco June 30, 1865. Signed by secretary Herb Reau and president J. Patter. Incorpor

No. 45 for 10 shares to Frank Cooper. Signed by JW Clark and FJ Owens(?). Dateline San Francisco August 19th, 1863. Incorporated August 3, 1863. Calif

Granite State Gold and Silver Mining Company Stock Certificate No. 14 for 5 shares. Silver Mountain District in Amador County, California. Previously

Very early number 8. For 10 shares to F Cooper. Signed by J Warren Clark and president GH Parsons. Dateline San Francisco October 1863. Incorporated S

I/U/ No. 226 issued to Almira Young for 10 shares. Has RN stamp. Signed by President G.E. (?) Wolf. Great Mogul District, Silver Mountain California.

# 203 for 5 shares to Thomas J Hanagan. Signed by JD Dunlap (discoverer of the mine) and WIlliam T Lambie(?) as president. Dateline Los Angeles Septem

Location of Works: Siskiyou County, Cal. (printed at top center). Inc. April 5th, 1872. No. 58, issued for 100 shares to EA Richardson on April 23, 18

Lot of 6. Includes: Siskiyou Placer Mining Company (1895, vignettes of a topless woman with a banner and a Native American, not cxl); Siskiyou Mining

# 278 for 13 shares to Charles E Jones. Datelined San Francisco 1878. Signed by secretary Samuel Baker and TL Barker. Incorporated in 1862 with a stoc

I/U Jackson Butte MC 1899. Suisun and Fairfield Water 1868 Date: State/Country: California City/County: Solano County

Very Rare. I/U #210 JD Fowler 1 share 1863. Signed by president Tustin. Toning Date: 1863 State/Country: California City/County: Sonoma

Extra, Extra Rare! I/U/ No. 15 for 100 shares to Thomas A. White. Signed by N.A. Shephard, President. Has RN stamp. This is earliest mercury cert. for

Lot of 3 different. 1) Sonoma Consolidated Quicksilver Company. Issued in 1907. Not cancelled. Black border and print, green background and seal, eagl

Lot of 6 different. Included: Sugar Pine Mining & Development Co. (Sonora, 1931, 3 mining vignettes); Sugarman Mines, Inc. (Sonora, 1930, very p...

Lot of 18, mostly different. Mostly for Trinity River gold. This area was the Northern Gold Region in the 1850s, and the site of very rich placers. In

# 80 for 10,000 shares to Peter Malloch. Signed by A Beattie and LA Johnson president. Dateline Visalia 1881. Incorporated December 13, 1879. Location

Location of mine: Jackass Hill, Tuttletown, Tuolumne County, California (printed on letterhead). Stock certificate plus two typed letters from the com

Lot of 9, mostly different. Included: United Mines Corp. (1912, mining vignette); Karnac Mining & Milling Co. (unissued); Goldwin MC (1904, mini...

Lot of two different for this British funded Tuolumne County mining company. 1) Stock No. 165, issued for ten shares in 1870. Signed by two directors

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

Number 54 for 100 shares to DZ Moore. Datelined a rare Virginia, Cal. in 1863. Signed by president Josiah Howell and secretary Everts(?). Incorporated

Ultra-rare Volcano stock! No. 58, issued for one share. Dateline Volcano, October 30th, 1857. Signed by president S. Hale and secretary H.R. Elwell. N

Inc. in New York. No. 715, issued for 100 shares to George Willis on Sept. 20th, 1880 in New York. Signed by president Edward H Spooner and secretary

Location of Works: Hites Cove, California, which is in Mariposa County near Yosemite. Inc. in California, January 6th, 1881. No. 1133, issued for 100

5 i/u stocks 1853. According to Filer (Holabird), this was the largest foreign issue of a California Gold Rush venture that we know of. The company li

I/U #161 Francis Le Roy 1 share 1855. This is possibly the earliest known coal mining certificate out of California. Several folds, some foxing. Rare!

Superior Channel Mining Co., Chico, Butte County, California I/U No. 5 for 1000 shares to John S. Folin, signed by president O.G. Martin; The Yuba Co

3 California mining certificates: 1) Gold Valley Main Tunnel & Mining Co @ $20 each issued to and signed by James Lafferty, pres. Located in ...

South Hite Gold Mining 1882, Diamondville Blue Gravel Mining 1870's, Sierra Nevada Con Mining 1886, Original Hidden Treasure Mining 1880's, ...

Lot of 4 different oil stock certificates plus one letterhead. Included: San Joaquin Petroleum Company (Stock Number One, 1921, oil vignettes); San Fr

i/u Ave Maria Gold Quartz mine undated, i/u Anglo Californian Gold Mining 1853 Ken Prag Collection Date: State/Country: California City/County:

5 Le Nouveau Monde, 1851 Ken Prag Collection Date: 1851 State/Country: California City/County:

1) |Golden Sands Placer. # A110 for 195 shares in 1904. Signed by president Wilson. Green and black on white. Very nice looking. 2) Excelsior Blue Gra

I/C Republic Mill and MC 1905, Scaden Flat Gold MC 1878. I/U Sykes Placer MC 1880. Unissued Pride of the West Silver MC 1860's Date: State/Co...

2 mining stock certificates for Shasta / Butte Counties, CA. 1) 100 shares of CA Dredging and Mining Co. @ $100 each issued to A.E. Buckingham, Trust

Dual signed but possibly Britton & Co., San Francisco 1860's. Sierra Nevada Gold, Silver & Copper Exploring Company. Possibly Silver Mou...

CDV by Carl Meinerth of Thomas Lunt Hale who is not listed in Bancroft. Also, The Log of a Forty-Niner by Hale about his 1840's and 1850's j...

Lot of 3 different. 1) North-western Gold and Silver Mining Company. Issued in 1890 in San Francisco. Not cancelled. Blue print. Folds, creases, tonin

3 California mining stock certificates 1) 100 shares @ $1 each of Golden Gate Mining Co of CA. cert. # 2621 issued to Mr. W. Six on Mar 20, 1903. M

Early Canadian copper mining company stock. # 335 for 500 shares to Peter V Parker trustee. Signed by secretary Bolles and president George A Freeman.

Inc. 1891. Offices at Manitou and Aspen. No. 223, issued for 500 shares to RG Kimball on February 26th, 1892 in Manitou. Signed by vice president Jno.

I/U/ No. 11032 for 5000 shares to A. Bramah. Signed by T.(?) Hayes, President. The location of this mine was in Aspen, Colorado. Nice little undergrou

Inc. in West Virignia. No. 1085, issued for 100 shares to Harriet M. Rose on March 16th, 1896. Signed by vice president DM Hyman and secretary Percy H

Inc. in Colorado. No. 733, issued for 5,000 shares to Amos Bomquin on December 11th, 1894 in Aspen. Signed by president HO Corvenhoven and secretary T

Inc. in Colorado. No. 509, issued for 500 shares to AB Sullivan on Feb. 13th, 1890 in Denver. Signed by president ON Hilton and secretary Chas. Dudley

Inc. in Colorado. No. 1413, issued for 1,000 shares to Marnie Young on Feb. 18th, 1895 in Aspen. Signed by vice president HR Woodward and secretary JJ

Inc. in Colorado. No. 51, issued for 10,000 shares to WF Nine on June 16th, 1894 in Aspen. Signed by president Nelson and secretary Edgar Stallord. No

Inc. in Colorado. No. 1381, issued for 100 shares to James R. O'Hare on Feb. 6th, 1893 in Aspen. Signed by B. Clark Wheeler as president and sec...

Lot of 2 different; one issued and one unissued. 1) Aspen Favorite Mining & Milling Company of Colorado. No. 453, issued for 2,000 shares to WB ...

Inc. in Colorado. No. 48, issued for 200 shares to Kimberly on Fed. 24th, 1881 in Denver. Signed by B. Clark Wheeler as president and E. Butler as sec

Inc. in 1873. No. 33, issued for ten shares to Fred. R. Wilkinson on May 14th, 1874 in Trenton, New Jersey. Signed by president William Hancock and se

I/U #68 William Williams 125 shares 1867. Signed by President Tucker. Stamp was repaired, see rear photo. Date: 1867 State/Country: Colorado City/C

This is a very unique and historically interesting piece. It is well known that Boston was actively engaged in the Colorado mining scene c1880. The co

"Boulder Co., Colorado" (printed under vignette). Inc. in New Jersey. No. 694, issued for 500 shares to M.M. Swaab on Feb. 9th, 1883 in Ca...

Boulder Co., Colorado printed on the certificate. Inc. in Colorado. No. 42, issued for 50 shares to H.C. Wilson on Feb. 17th, 1881 in Denver. Signed b

Sugar Loaf District, Boulder County, Colorado (printed under vignette). No. 188, issued for 100 shares to A.E. Irwin on Nov. 14th, 1881. Signed by pre

Lot of 3 different. 1) Ballarat-Smuggler Mining & Milling Co. Inc. in Colorado. No. 43, issued for 60 0shares to Bertha Tallman on Dec. 2nd, 189...

Lot of 2 different. 1) American Ajax Gold Mining Company. Owned the American Mine at Sunshine, Boulder County. John Gunn is supt. and they have a 600

Inc. in Colorado. "Mines near & Principal Office at Breckenridge, Colorado" (printed under vignette). Dateline Breckenridge, Col. Feb....

Inc. in Colorado. No. 773, issued for 10,000 shares to Robert Powell on Jan. 2nd, 1903 in Colorado Springs. Signed by vice-president CB Phay and secre

Location printed on certificate: Chaffee County, Colorado. No. 37, issued for 200 shares to Theo. Langley on June 3rd, 1881 at Alpine, Colorado. Signe

Inc. in Colorado. No. 45, issued for 1,000 shares to HH Dean on Jan. 27th, 1882 in Leadville. Signed by president JF Tabor and secretary John McGowan.

No. 67, issued for 100 shares to (illegible) on March 5th, 1887 in Louisville, Kentucky. Signed by president Chas. Harmony and secretary Chas. Goldswi

#is not listed??? 200 shares to Damon Wells. Datelined Canastota 1865. (Canastota is a small village that was incorporated in 1835. It is located alon

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

Lot of 3, two different forms. 1) Two are issued in 1926 and have a great vignette of a golden clump of dirt! Both signed by president HL Shattuck and

Inc. in Colorado. "Mines in Clear Creek and Gilpin Counties, Colorado" (printed under title). No. 902, issued for 75 shares to Frank Hawes...

Lot of 2: one issued and one unissued. Inc. in Ohio. No. 37, issued for 33 shares to EW Thayer on Sept. 7th, 1871. Signed by C.G. Pearce (president) a

One of the all-time great mining stock vignettes. Inc. in Colorado, 1902. No. 1284, issued for 133 shares to LJ Mathewson on June 20th, 1911 in Denver

Mines Located Clear Creek County, Colorado (printed under title). Inc. in Illinois. No. 26, issued for 100 shares to John Manning on July 1st, 1880 in

Not offered by us before. No. 72, issued for 998 shares to James Peck (probable namesake of the company) on March 7th, 1865 in Boston. Signed by presi

Inc. in Maryland, 1868. No. 164, issued for 10 shares to CJ Gop on Jan. 4th, 1869 in Baltimore City, Maryland. Signed by president Wm. Helmish and sec

Inc. in Colorado. No. 569, issued for 25 shares to Louise A. M. Gerth on April 20th, 1914. Signed by president Ulysses Carpenter and secretary C.J. Ca