Treasures Galore, January 2019 Auction

Ten pieces, together weighing approximately six pounds, from mines in Sonora, Mexico. Mines represented include Le Pilar (three half cores and a hand

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

This is a selection of seven ore and mineral specimens from various locations. Included is a nice hand-size specimen of dumortierite from the Rocheste

One large polished specimen--#13 weighs 142.7 g. Most of the other are unpolished specimens. #14, small chips, weighs 5.8 g. #15 weighs 27 g. #16 weig

These are high quality pieces of chrysocolla. #88 weighs 3g, 15 carats. #89 weighs 9g, 49 carats. Chrysocolla is a mineral that can be soft and fragil

Esmeralda lode. 1.5” x 1” , Gottschalk specimen. Bottom of label reads: "black is silver ore, $8-16/ton, trace of gold. Brown is gold ore, $14-...

Three specimens from Blue June, deep turquoise colr with black matrix. These are unusual looking, and nice. #40 weighs 39g. # 41, a pendant weighs 8g,

Large specimen from the Big Smoky Valley. 86 g, 2 inch cube, plus slab. Dark brown Gossen with pyrite, some native gold. Also comes with the second pi

Contains a banded epithermal silver and gold ore vein. Cut to see the vein, but it is a large enough specimen to see the vein run in its natural state

Gold with Famatinite from Goldfield. 1 x 1 x 1.6" with much visible gold on both ends. A choice Goldfield specimen, probably an older specimen,...

Pilot Mountain specimens from Mineral County, a turquoise green color. #27 weighs 45g. #28 weighs 10g. #29 weighs 26g. The Pilot Mountain Turquoise Mi

Altered Hasmark Limestone with visible gold flecks in host & limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite. 5.5x3.5x2.5". (This specimen was found at ...

Zunyite Al13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl - Massive white repalacement of Breccia. 5x5x3.5". (This specimen was found at the mine by a professional geologis...

1.75 x 1.75 x 1" gold in quartz from Seven Troughs. Visible gold in corner of specimen, the weight indicates there may be more gold than is imm...

Probably from the Buckskin Mines in Smith Valley. #32 weighs 28.5g. #33 weighs 20.6g. #34 weighs 36.9g. #35 weighs 90.5g. # 36, polished, weighs 12.5g

White opals are referred to as "common opal" or "potch" which has a milky or pearly luster known as "opalescence." #86...

Ophir mine. Beautiful high-grade gold silver slab of mineralized breccia with quartz cut in the shape of Nevada by collector Jerry Gray. This specimen

Six high grade silver specimens from the Ophir Mine on the Comstock. Native gold from Virginia City in quartz bracia visible. These were collected pre

These are very unusual turquoise specimens from the Zig Zag mine, which was known primarily for tungsten. Most of these specimens are nodues and are a

4 approx 1.5" cube Nevada Sulfur specimens State: Nevada City: Date:

These are lower grade scraps of turquoise, a pale green turquoise color. #43 weighs 74g. #44 weighs 65g. "The Verde Blue Turquoise Mine is a ne...

Group of nodules, #2 light green weighs 45g. #5 brighter green with brown matrix, polished slices weigh 16.6g. #6 polished deeper green, brown spiderw

7 travertine stalactites from Cave Mine, UT. 7-20" long State: Utah City: Cave Mine Date:

20 pieces of Fairfield variscite. #31 weighs 158g. Beautiful deep mint green stones. Some of the variscite is coated with yellow and black phosphates;

Oxidized copper, lead, arsenic, zinc ore with green botriodal conichalcite or scorodite. 4x5x3.5". Field Identification. (This specimen was fou...

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

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

Massive Zn-Pb-Ag-Au-Cu carbonate replacement ore hosted in the Permian Toroweap Formation-205 Stope. 5x3x3". 4x3x2". (This specimen was fo...

Coarse banded salmon-colored crystalline, potassium alunite-KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6-from veins ranging from 10 to 65 ft. wide on Alunite Ridge. 4x6x6"....

Really High Grade. Visible Gold. Precious Metal Concenmtration. Crystalline rhodocrosite with quartz-pyrite ± gold-silver-base metal banded vei...

Original salt specimen from Utah. Gray, pink and white. 16x7.5". Additional shipping will apply. State: Utah City: Date:

Nevada Project - Pasqua Au-Ag-Cu deposit-Silicified fine-grained tuff- 4,900m level near hole collar RDH-23. 4x2x2". (top of ridge at 5166m). F...

Crystalline alunite with quartz on fracture, Tilito Formation dacitic volcanic host rock. 4x3x2.5". This is the El-Indio copper-gold district. ...

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 ...

Rare 1956 version in hardcover. State: City: Date:

Nearly 60 minerals and rocks from Pohndorf's of Denver "Made in the United States Using American Minerals." State: City: Date:

6 point polished Amethyst crystal. Nice for a table top display. 8x7" State: City: Date:

2 nice distinct looking polished petrified wood slabs.Both approx 14x10x1.5" State: City: Date:

Set of mining caricatures (busts) by Zeke Zanoni. They seem to represent town or mining camp characters. Individually hand painted polymer clay. All a

Lot includes: Polymer clay sculptures of Santa and and elves sleigh,#19/250, limited edition, 7" x 6.5" x 4"; two mining wagons fill...

These are two pieces from the same edition, #17/250 and #18/250. Hand painted polymer clay, standing figure, posed, leaning on his rifle. 8.75"...

Nice prints on watercolor paper. Framed and matted prints signed by Loraine Brewer marked 85/250, dated 12/19/1999. Frame of Spring in Dahlonega is 19

Rectangular street view signed by Winslow Crannel, 13" X 25.5". Rectangular color Doors of Dohlonega-January 2000 with 3 levels of color d...

Bronze miner standing on bronze base reading Sentinel of Safety III METH, by Gary Prezen? with wooden pedestal. Slight marring on wood pedestal. 12&...

Mine shaft painting on Masonite? with a reclaimed wood rustic frame, unsigned, 20x14" State: City: Date:

Acrylic on Masonite? of a mineshaft with ore cart signed by Jerry Gardner 1997. 25x15" State: City: Date:

Cast iron, likely a stamp mill coupling. Pat. 1904. Miners F.(oundry) CO. Rare piece in nice condition and patina. Additional shipping will apply. S

These rail sections were recovered from the Yellow Jacket Open Pit Mine in Gold Hill operated by Huston Oil & Minerals in the early 1980's. ...

Lot of 18 brass mining equipment tags: 9 Kennecott Copper Corp. (Pioche);5 Glen Alden (Coal); Todele Plant International Smelting Company; 2 Combined

Wood and leather bellows model dry washer. Approx 7x15x6". James Mackie Collection State: USA City: Date:

5 canvas ore bags, 3 with bold markings and 2 other 19th century unmarked bags. Used condition. The Cedar Mining Co. produced silver-copper-lead-zinc

This is a set of six marked and five unmarked burlap ore bags from the Cedar Mining Company in Utah. They vary in condition but average about 13x22-in

Two large bags in this lot include a Red Devil brand cement bag from the Union Portland Cement Co. in Devel's Slide, Utah. This bag is approxima...

11 miners gloves recovered in Utah mines and McKee Bros of Bakerfield, CA cloth bag State: Utah City: Date:

White metal Crosby Steam Gauge and Valve Co. time clock with winding key. Untested. 11" diameter State: Utah City: Date:

11 oil regulators as would be used on underground machinery. Mostly brass and glass, Utah origin. 4-10" long State: Utah City: Date:

Collected from Mammoth and other underground mines in Utah. 12 assorted cans miniand batteries. State: Utah City: Date:

3 heavy canvas ore bags. Small sizes, used condition State: Utah City: Date:

Large metal sign. Green and black on white, on metal. “Be careful examine your working place well before starting the work.” 14 x 20". No locat...

Rusty blacksmith tools. One is a cutter & the other pliers. 18" for cutter, 14" pliers. State: City: Date:

Boxed Lamotte Standards, hinged Bakelite standards set State: City: Date:

Desk top ore car. 10.5 inches long, 6.5" wide 11 inches tall. Black painted, solid constructed ore car with working wheels on homemade 12 inch ...

5" tall cast iron pot with handle and 12.5" ladle. Used in a foundry possibly for melting lead. State: City: Date:

Geiger Counter from Precision Radiation. Professional Instruments Inc Model 1078. Metal case and wand. State: City: Date:

Glass-encased balance, metal frame, includes 1931 Heusser illustrated brochure & Heusser wood accessory box without contents. 20" x 20"...

48 original drill bit canisters and 1.5 original Ingersoll Rand cardboard storage boxes. 1 drill bit too. State: City: Date:

Vintage black metal handled case with goldish lettering. Contains original contents in individual metal cases. State: City: Date:

Three 8" EMPIRE ENERGY CORPORATION MINE RESCUE cloth patches. Two 8" EMPIRE ENERGY CORPORATION EAGLE MINES cloth patches. One 8.75&quo...

Rare advertising paper for a new invention comprising a compass, telescope, opera glass, stereosope, reading glass and microscope. State: City:

7 leather belts in used condition State: City: Date:

8 rusty metal hoist arrows to indicated mine levels. Each arrow has a number or indicator. 3.5-5" long. State: City: Date:

1 Nice condition black and 1 rusty. Both 2.5" x 4" State: City: Date:

Approx 60 mining collector mags including Collector's Mining Review, Eureka, Mining Artifact Collector and more. State: City: Date: c1988-1...

Lot of six pieces: two Kennecott Copper Corp. tags; Asarco 1949 anniversary token; Toole Plant International Smelting Company ID tag; two Anaconda Cop

2 testers in leather carry cases with straps State: City: Date:

Small Mine Safety Appliances metal first aid kit with nearly full boxed contents State: City: Date:

Leather holder with CO2 detector kit, 2 metal first aid kits nearly complete-5x8" and 9.5x9" State: City: Date:

5 old miners shoes, probably dug up in UT. Used condition State: City: Date:

Approx 12 rusty cans and other old mining items. Good material for an exhibit or mine display State: City: Date:

Homemade rusty metal container probably for Mercury. 16" plus handle State: City: Date:

Hammer, drill bits and other rusty mining tools State: City: Date:

Four bulbs and several lamp bases and wiring taken from an underground mining operation. State: City: Date:

7 underground mine respirators with some holder and spare parts State: City: Date:

Approx 30 bags used for various purposes in underground mines. Canvas, burlap, cloth, water bag etc. Assorted sizes State: City: Date:

Utica Mining Company, Memorandum of Gold Bullion (Duplicate), Angels Camp, Mar. 4th, 1897. State: California City: Angels Camp Date: 1897

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

Extremely rare billhead. Dateline Silver City, I.T., May 31st, 1872. For assay of bullion deposited by the Owyhee Mining Company. 5.75 x 7.5" H...

Two letters (Sept. 22, 1923 and Oct. 19, 1923) addressed to Irma Mines in Gardner, Montana. Goodall is soliciting his services to "look after&q...

California Assay Office, 512 California Street, San Francisco, October 24, 1872. J.A. Mars, Assayer. Addressed to H.C. Egerton who was supt. of the Ma

This lot has two pieces. The first is a letter from the San Francisco Assaying and Refining Works datelined San Francisco, Jan. 23, 1871 to the Minera

Savage Assay Office Assay Report. On Gould & Curry Printed Paper, but the 'G&C' is crossed out and 'Savage' is wand written....

Approx 20 envelopes of assay samples from UT and Nv, small mercury jug, 2 crucibles and more State: Utah City: Date:

Add to your historic mining collection with this variety of assay cupels and other mining assay lab items. This lot has more than 30 cupels in multipl

About 12 inches of newsletters from the International Society of Antiques Scale Collectors. This is an interesting reference and archive. Circa 1990s.

Misc and unmatched assay weight in hinged wood case. 1 nested and 1 partial nested set State: City: Date:

Mostly complete assay weight set in light wood box. 5-1000 grams State: City: Date:

Circa 1920. 5.75 inch diameter at the top, 6 inches tall. Clearly made to resemble the six-inch models that were professionally manufactured. Choice,

Assay Certificate, Pony Assay Office and Chemical Laboratory, dated 1904. Receipt from Washoe Copper Co. Sampling Works, Butte, dated 1906. Montana L

Spectacular show piece! Extra Rare!!! This was either a lab or gold scale. 27.5 x 34 x 14". Plaque with number "A58414" on the right ...