The Sweetheart Express Auction (February 2021)

We have had a Dahler items for sale before, but not an Assay for a very long time. December 15, 1975. By LB Olds. or 25 ounces of gold. Value $422.88.

Twenty-three pages. Every page includes an assay form the U. S. Assay Office of New York. On almost all pages is a Kountze Brothers receipt for expens

Lot of (6) documents, 1860's to 1870's. Letters and receipts dealing with company business. Very nice group. Date: Country (if not USA): ...

U. S. G. S. professional paper # 66. Paperback, loose from binding, 11.5" x 8.75". Publication includes fold out map and great photos and...

The prospectus has value as it stands. But the claims map inside is extensive. A great map and tool for Goldfield mining collectors! The company had 1

Lot of twelve. Five 1906.07 vouchers for the Jumbo. 1905 Red Top. 1906 Goldfield Nevada Boy. Goldfield 1905. Laguna Goldfield 1906. St. Ives 1906. Two

Four large original photos, 7.25 x 9.5" of key scenes in Goldfield.The photographers name was on a label on the back of each, now removed. Each...

Agreement papers drawn up between Kirk Smith & W.J. Gomm. It concerns a mining operation in Nye County, Nevada. This six page document has all t...

"Compliments of James H. Wren, specimen of world's first deep level mining hoist rope invented 1863 originally used in Virginia City, Neva...

298 pages, with only the last page cut out. This book is a spectacular record of assays taken by and for the Con-Virginia Mining Co, one of the two la

First is a Claim Notice for the Taylor Gold & Silver Company, on the American Flag Ledge of the Virginia mining district, 1863. Original and cop...

Large, fascinating list of creditors of Lyon Zacharia filed in Nevada County, California. Zacharia ran a cigar and liquor store in Virginia City, Neva

Shows the Virginia, Gold Hill, Silver City, Silver Star and Six Mile Canyon Mining Districts. Shows hundreds of mining claims. This is a great resourc

Circa 1864, Red Rock Canyon Mining District. Property survey of a 197 acre lot for J. Tharp. Located 1/4 mile north of Washington City in Red Rock Can

1879. Twelve items. Assay documents from the Pioneer Ore sampling Mill in Sand Station. Three William A. Hodge Certificates of assay. Two 'Bingh...

Two enamel signs for Level 10 and Level 13, three early copper pins for supporting things on ribs, two wood car markers, one Hendrie brass plaque (typ

Ten stereo views by C. W. Carter of Salt Laske City on green board. Devils Gate, East Canon (with buildings); 164 Emma Mine, Littel Cottonwood Cyn; O

(6) Large Binder volumes, by Matthew Bender, for the Rock Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, plus Digest of Mining Claim Laws. Date: Country (if not

1) "Mines and Minerals." August 1898 to July 1899. In one hard bound volume. 576 pages. 2) "Mining Reporter". June 16, 1904. Lot...

Original book printed by the Government Printing Office in 1894. Titled, "Memorial Addresses on the Life & Character of George Hearst, Marc...

Lot of three. 1) "Waldo Consolidated Gold Mining Co." Mines at Waldo, Josephine County, Oregon. Had 4,000 acres consisting of Osgood, Loga...

1) "University Gold Mining and Milling Company." Custer County, South Dakota. Located in the famous Black Hills. Consists of the Universit...

1) Homestake Mining Company of Thunder Mountain, Idaho of Vulcan and Hercules 1, 2, ad 3 claims. Owned 100 acres. 20 pages. Vertical fold. 2) Utah-Nev

1) "Humboldt Consolidated Mining Company." Idaho Springs, Colorado. Subtitled "Their Story Told in Pictures." Uses an 11 x 17&qu...

1) "University Gold Mining & Milling Company". December 1, 1900. Had 134 acres of mineral land in Custer and Lawrence Counties in the ...

A group of over 35 documents, including the original 1906 prospectus, from the Great Cariboo Gold Company. This collection includes advertising materi

Troemner (Philadelphia) Balance scale with walnut base. 9" x 9" x2", with weight set in custom wood box, German origin. Includes tong...

Rare stereo view of Assay Office circa 1900-15. Company “K” posted in front. Good condition. Date: 1910-12 Country (if not USA

This is an unusual piece of equipment that I can't quite identify, but it appears to be a large dual hook rack for a crucible or large kettle....

"Miners Improved Gold Scale. pic spread winged eagle with shield / Manufactured expressly for California." Black case with gold letters....

"Miners Improved Gold Scale/ eagle sitting on a shield/ Manufactured expressly for California". 5.75" x 3" x 1.5" thick. Go...

12" long stick with handle. Brass handle and match holder, 4.25" This Miner's Candlestick is made in the style of the well-know Lindha...

Original and very old probably 200 or 300' (chain) or commonly known today as a metal measuring tape. Hand constructed wood handle with leather ...

Cert. #63, issued for 100 shares in 1863. New Bedford, Mass. printed on the masthead. The company inc. in 1862. Nice vignette at the left of miners wo

Cert. #139, issued for 20 shares in 1867. Incorporated Under the Laws of the Province of Canada. Very nice mining and railroad vignettes. This is a ve

East River Iron & Coal Company, Ou Mill Brook, Pictou County, N.S. stock issued at Boston in 1864. "The Great Specular (sic) Ore Bed and Co...

Two from this hydraulic miner, issued in 1899. Inc. in New York. Water cannon shoots a huge blast of water at the hillside with what looks like a smal

Cert. #12, issued for 50 shares in 1850. Their mines were located on the Island of St. Ignace in Lake Superior (Canadian side). Nice, Michigan related

Cert. #83, issued for 500 shares in 1899. Incorporated under the Companies Act, Ontario, Canada. A gold horse shoe on the gold corporate seal. The Luc

Lot of five includes: Santa Elena Mining Company, Yuscatan, 1886; Guayabillas Mining Company (2), one brown and one green, 1888, also operated at Yusc

Two vignettes of sailing ships and a miner working the sluice box. Large underprint in orange of the "wild goose" and of a miner working a...

Two Copper River Copper Company stocks issued in 1907 and 1908. Incorporated in Arizona. The company held two sets of claims in Alaska, according to t

Lot of 3 different. 1) Carter Gold Mining & Milling Co. Kingman. Issued in 1916, not cancelled. Mining vignettes. Deep folds. 2) Chloride-Arizon...

This cert is issued by Old Dominion Company, a copper mining operation based in Gila County, Arizona. It is made out for one share (No price per share

Location: Owen Mining District, Mohave Co., Arizona (printed at upper right). Consolidated in 1876. No. 341, issued for 250 shares to HH Allen on Dec.

Pima Co., Arizona (printed under title). Inc. in New Jersey. No. 192, issued for 1,200 shares to M.J. Dohan on Feb. 16th, 1883 in Camden. Signed by pr

Interesting stock. Organized in New Jersey. An Arizona mining stock issued for shares in another mining company, the Montana Gold & Silver Minin...

Inc. in New Jersey. No. 738, issued for 528 shares to M.J. Dohan on May 8th, 1883 in Camden. Signed by secretary EG Hamersly and president JB Baker. N

Cert. #187, issued for 200 shares to Wm. Eilman in 1882. Signed by B.F. Kanns as president. Mines Located in Santa Rita Mountains noted on the certifi

Lot of 2 different. 1) Stock no. 462, issued for 10,000 shares to WA Tarish on Jan. 14th, 1905. Signed by president Sanders and the secretary. Not can

Lot of 5, all different. Includes: $500 bond (1909, not cxl); $1,000 bond (1909, not cxl); 1919 Interest Certificate; 1916 stock (not cxl), and 1908 s

Inc. in Arizona. No. 10003, issued for 1,000 shares to FM Kemard in 1907. Signed by president Isaac Mason and secretary Noel. Not cancelled. Orange bo

Lot of 5 different. Jerome, Bisbee, Miami. Includes: Green Monster Mining Co. (Jerome, 1916); Calumet & Arizona Mining Co. (Bisbee, 1914 and 192...

Lot of 18, most different. Includes: Howard Copper Co. (1920); Intercolonial Copper Co. (1902); Jerome Victor Extension Copper Co. (1916); Ball Copper

Lot of 6 different. Includes: Flagstaff Gold Mining Co. (1928); Hi Henry Gold Mines Co. (1916); Clarissa Gold Mining Co. (uniss.); The Gold Bar Cons.

Lot of 21, most different. Includes: Mid-Arizona MC (1922); High Top MC (1911); Central Mining & Dev. Co. (1907, 1908); International Exploratio...

Nice selection of Arizona mining stocks including Empire State Mining Company, issued at Bisbee in 1911 and Bisbee-Arizona Gold and Copper Mining Comp

Lot of 2 different. 1) Silver Nugget Mining Company. Globe District, Maricopa County, Arizona (printed at bottom left). No. 2870, issued for 10 0share

Cert. #57, issued for 1000 shares to Wm. J. Little in 1887 at Hot Springs, Arkansas. Signed by O.J. Smith as president and Geo. W. Watson as secretary

Inc. in Iowa. Cert. #105, issued for 500 shares. The company mined zinc in the Rush Creek area. Zinc was discovered on Rush Creek, a tributary of the

Rare, early date mining stock issued for one share at Little Rock, Arkansas in 1850. Cert. #536, each share was $100. Endorsed on the back, but uncanc

Incorporated December 1863 and capitalized at $500,000; 100,000 shares at $5. Monitor Mining District, Alpine County. Certificate No. 1365, made out t

Located in the old Salt Springs area of Death Valley (Lingenfelter, 1986, Death Valley & the Amargosa, p.158-159). This was one of the biggest m...

Cert. #A1422, issued to Oswald Kirkby for 100 shares. Signed by Donald B. Gillis as president. Tasker Oddie was one of the company directors. Greenwat

Cert. #76, issued for 2000 shares. Signed by Brown and issued to a Brown. Location of Works: Sierra County. Place of business: Downieville, Californi

# 436 for500 shares to George Williams. Signed by Arthur Mueller and president HJ McDonald. Dateline Butte, Montana. Located next to the Furnace Creek

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

Rare California Gold Rush certificate! Amador County. Cert. No. 77, issued for one share to WP Jones on April 2nd, 1855. Signed by the president (ille

A stock certificate issued by the Ave Maria Gold Quartz Mine in Mariposa, California. I t is for five shares. As for the price per share, it along wit

Lot of two includes a stock certificate and gold debenture for the Inyo Chemical Company, whose principal office was in Reno, Nevada. Includes: certif

Lot of 8. California-Hawaiian Development Co. , incorporate. 1911 Calif. and operated the Ralston Divide Gravel Monte in Placer County (Callif Mini

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...

Lot of 3 different. 1) Gold Valley Main Tunnel & Mining Co. Poverty Hill Mining District, Plumas County. Issued in 1867 for 10 shares to the com...

Inc. in Montana. No. 46, issued for 5,000 shares to PL Hainscom. Not dated. Signed by president Cornelius Barker and secretary Hay. Not cancelled. Bla

First one of these we've ever seen issued. Named after John Sutter of Sutter's Mill gold rush fame. Organized under the laws of California A...

Issued in 1911. No. 22, 100 shares, issued to Geo. Lezinsky, Trustee, signed by the president and secretary. Detailed vignette and gold company seal.

Stock certificate from the famous dynamite maker, issued at Giant Station in California for one share. Pen and hole cancels through signatures. On Mar

Cert. #377, issued for 500 shares to Frank E. Parlin in 1907. Signed by W.B. Gray as president. The company operated at Skidoo and Wild Rose in the Pa

Lot of 2 includes: Trinity Gold Mining & Reduction Co., issued in 1910 and Trinity Copper Corporation, issued in 1924. An enclosed letter to the...

Lot of 7 different. Nice group! Includes: Ave Maria Gold Quartz Mine (Mariposa, c.1851); Anglo-Californian Gold Mining Co. (1853); Occidental Gold Min

Lot of 2 different. 1) Tuolumne County Water Company. Columbia. Issued in 1856 for one share to LN Kendall. Signed by the president and secretary. Cut

First, we have a Proof certificate from the Iowa Tunnel Mining & Milling Company, printed on thick paper by Western Bank Note & Engr. and Eb...

Cert. #29, issued in1869 at New York for 30 shares to J.K. Smyth. Signed by H. Augustus Taylor as president and Morgan L. Ogden as secretary. This is

Lot of 2 different. 1) The Nelson Tunnel and Mining Company. No. 1064, issued for 7 shares in 1895 in Creede. Signed by president JP Wallace and the s

Beautiful and rare Cripple Creek district mining stock. Issued at Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1896. Cert. #272, issued to Fred A. Pride for 1000 sha

Lot of 6 different 1890s pieces, including a "Jimmy" Burns autograph. Burns was a Colorado millionaire after striking it rich in the Portl...

Lot of 6 different pre-1900. Includes: Pharmacist Consolidated Mining Co. (1899, signed by Colorado mining millionaire James "Jimmy" Burns...

Lot of 9 different. All with Denver datelines. Includes: Imperial Cons. Mining Co. (1922); Inter-Mountain Mining & Industrial Assoc. (1906); Bla...

Not listed in the Colorado Mining Directories (1867, 1879, 1883, 1898) or in Filer. The only "Manly Mine" located was in Shawnee Town, Ohi...

Lot of three different mining stocks from Leadville. Includes Bald Mountain Mining Company, issued in 1881. Mines at Fryer Hill, Leadville. Franklin B

Very rare, Leadville mining stock issued in 1881 from the Cadillac Consolidated Mining Company. The company operated the Cadillac mine at Leadville. I

Lot of 2 different. Issued in 1907 and 1910, not cancelled. Labelled vignette of the Cheeseman Memorial in Denver, made of Colorado-Yule Marble. Inter

Very rare and exciting stock from the Trinidad Coal and Mining Company issued at Starkville, Colorado in 1879. Issued to and signed by the president,

Stock certificates(2), from the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. One is blank and unused. the other is issued to George Fischer for 100 shares at $100

Nice group of five Colorado miners includes: Gold Dollar Cons. Mining Company, 1905, Gold Hammer Mines & Tunnel Co. 1910, Sedalia Gold Mining C...

Lot of 4 pieces includes: Vulcan Gold & Silver Mining Stock, Ouray, 1880; Highland Chief Cons. Mining Company Stock, Leadville, 1879; a stereovi...

Lot of 5 good pieces. Includes: The Allied Mines (Ouray, 1881, not cxl, mining vignette); Osprey Consolidated Mill & Mining Co. (Ouray, 1880, no...

Lot includes an 1882 bond from London Mining Company, (NY). The company owned the London and Hard-to-Beat patented claims on London Mountain, seven mi

# A159 for 500 shares to James Denning. Signed by vice president B Kingsbury. Dateline Bute, Montana. Beautiful river canyon vignette. Also young lady

Lot of 8 different. Includes:Bobby Anderson Group MC (1928); Caledonia Silver-Lead MC (1953); Decker Dev. Co. (uniss); Hill Mining & Milling Co....