Treasures Galore, January 2019 Auction

Eleven pieces from Tightner Mines Company. 1800s-1915. State: California City: Grass Valley/Nevada City Date:

Found in a mine, foxing, small holes and chip missing. State: California City: Mojave Date: c1905

2 dredging negatives, probably near Placerville, CA 2.5" x 3.5". I/U Emigrant Gulch Consolidated Placer Mines 1904 stock State: Californi...

Lot of 4. 1) Ore Mill from Eaglemine. Produced by Eastman Photo. Postmarked, but date is unknown. Possibly from ca. 1925. 2) Golden nugget samples fro

Red Bluff, CA hydraulic mining cabinet card 3.5" x 5.75', right crease State: California City: Red Bluff Date: c1870-1880

Lot of five receipts from the Anglo-Californian Bank of San Francisco to Jacob Heyman of Grass Valley. Most dated 1879. State: California City: S

1) North Banner Con. Tunnel, i/c 1887. 2) Scadden Flat Gold Mining i/c 1879 3) California Dredging and Mining i/u 1877 State: California City: Dat

4 Billheads from California. 1) San Joaquin County, 1864 to W. B. Stamper(?) for services as County Assessor 2) Receipt for State & County Taxes...

1896-1905. Selby Smelting & Lead, Murray Creek Mining, Kern River Gold Quartz Mining, Hammon Consolidated Gold Fields, San Domingo Gold Mning S...

Lot of five billheads from Giant Powder Company and Clinch Mercantile Company dated 1917. State: California City: Date:

Lot of 28 stock certificates, mostly mining, mostly California. Some from 1878. State: California City: Date:

Originally published in 1850, this is the 18th edition of this very famous gold rush book. 444 pp. 44 chapters of Bayard Taylor's adventures in ...

Approx 30 items from the Mother Lode. Scott's Valley Republican ticket, billheads and letterheads-some pictorial. Placerville, Grass Valley, Mar...

U/I stocks c. 1870's. State: California City: Date: 1870's

Lot of two. 1) 134 packages of merchandise bound for the Savage Mine of Virginia City. From Colfax (crossed out and Alta written in). 2) Alta receipt

Alma District, Park County. Lot of 2. 1)$100 bond issued in 1902, not cancelled. Eagle vignette. Eleven coupons still attached. Signed by secretary Ch

Inc. in Illinois. Mine located in the Queen Mining District, Clear Creek County, Colorado, 3 miles from Georgetown on Brown and Sherman Mountains. Acc

Stephens, Hanchett & Co., Money Loaned, Real Estate, Mining and Insurance, Office at 1638 Curtis St. in Denver. Reverse has pencil note from Ste...

Lot of seven. 1-2) Two Silver Cycle Mining Company stocks (#'s 2280 and 3809). Issued in 1924 and 1925. One is stamp cancelled "100% Divide...

Cert. #18, issued to Shalor W. Eldridge for 200 shares in 1880. Incorporated in New York. Signed by Lewis Jones as president and Meredith L. Jones as

Mine names printed on the left side of the certificate: Graphic, St. James, Windsor, Crown Point, Crown Point Tunnel, Savage, Belcher & Princton...

Probably Colorado mines. Both i/c. Trophy Mining, Brookland Mining with reverse map. State: Colorado City: Date:

11 Colorado stocks-Parah Gold Mining, Bank of Manitou, Isabella Gold Mining,Midget Gold Mining,Carbonate Hill Gold Mining and more. State: Colorado

Colorado Milling and Elevator, Findley Gold Mining, London Gold Mines, Cresson Consolidated Gold Mining and Milling, Boulder Tungsten Production, Alma

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1) List of mining capital stock owners (one is Kit Carson) and some expenses for the Consolidated Republican Mountain Mining Co. 20 Abstract of record

1) London Mining Company. $500 bond, No. 448. Issued in 1882. Pen cancelled. Signed by president George Blanchard and secretary H.S. Comstock. Three c

Three stocks: numbers 78, 80, 81. Allissed to Emery N Moore of Boston for 50 shares. Signed by WH Harrington treasurer and Sam B Krogman president. In

#3615 and # 3622 both I/U for 100 shares to Geo Codington in 1881. Signed by secretary Peabody and president DA Brody. 3615 has a tear and rough right

12 pages. Offices at Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine. Organized in Maine. No date. Printed by Commercial Print, Bangor. As these are by-laws, there is

Reports from: 2 reports from Tapley Copper Mine, 1880; 3 reports from Manhattan-Tapley Copper Mines, 1883; Small drawings of Tapley and Manhattan mine

2 Annual mine reports for the Mountain View and East Colusa mines in Silver Bow County Montana. Pertains to the United States Census Office for Gold,

Lot of 12. 6 black and white RPCs, 2 black and white, 1 color RPC, and 3 color. Include overviews, fish hatchery, Elk Horn Fence, Park Street and trol

This is a letter from Nat. Boas of San Francisco, California, dated October 14th, 1913, addressed to Heilbronner Company, Butte, Montana, regarding a

Lot of 15 issued and cancelled stock certificates. All are identical design: black print on yellow background with parrot on copper ingot vignette. Al

Two documents from Montana: a gold dust receipt for Bank of Neihart, 1894 (see the Neihart mining maps in this sale) and a 1920 i/uc oil stock cert fo

1) Butte Copper Mining & Smelting issued 1903 2) Middle Fork Mining u/i 3) North Butte Mining issued 1930 4) Big ox Mining issued 1896 5) Tolum...

Lot of two. 1) 1886 letter from Omaha & Grant Smelting & Refining Co. to Henry Knippenberg, who was the general manager of the Hecla Mining ...

A 1942 transcription of an 1887 map of Carpenters bar Montana. Silver City first discovery of silver letter. 1912 Ophir Creek letter book. 2 Large f

Photo of inside of Cable Mill Montana (1905). Most likely a gold coin mill. Photo of man standing in mill. Slight staining and slight warp.10" ...

First Mortgage Bond. $500. No. 538, issued to L.G. Bingham on June 1st, 1867. Blue 50 cent Conveyance Revenue stamp and 5 cent Internal Revenue Inl. E

110 acres of patented land located in the Goldfield district, these seventeen certificates represent the property mostly worked by leasers. State: Ne

Lot of 12. Cash Boy Consolidated Mining Company Stock Certs. State: Nevada City: Tonopah Date: 1916

9 Issued and cancelled. Nye County, Nevada. Signed by president, 2 have small stains. Issued to Joseph Arshinowitz #105 1922 100 shares, Samson Wallac

Lot of 9. Included: two different for Tonopah North Star Tunnel & Development Company (1916, 1923); two for Tonopah Divide Mining Company (1919 ...

Approximately 38 pieces, including mining stock certificates related to mining operations in Tonopah, Nevada. Mines include Tonopah Crown Point Mining

West End Consolidated Mining time check, Bullfrog Bank cover, 2 Goldfield small claim maps, 6 billheads, Bacon's Smoke House, Nye County blank l...

Stock Certs. 1) Curtis Consolidated, No. 734, 100 shares;2) Comstock Tunnel Co. No. 21174, 100 shares; 3) Consolidated Virginia & Andes Corp. No...

4 checks from Gould and Curry Silver Mining with strong cancels on bank stamps. State: Nevada City: Virginia City Date: 1866-1871

The Mexican Gold & Silver Mining Company was located at the north end of the Comstock district and was a major producer gold & silver. The ...

Lot of ten daily reports in September of 1876. What will you find? How many cords of wood and bushels of charcoal are on hand. Loads of car oil that h

The claims which these surveys represent are the Chollar-Potosi Mine, Bacon Mill, Central Silver Mining Company, Savage Mining Company. Then there is

Some mines of note include the VERY EARLY Cherry Creek Mill & Mining of 1876, Kennedy Consolidated of 1908, Goldyke Reef of 1907, Nevada Alpine ...

A fabulous suite of four certificates sold by Graham Hardy in Virginia City in the early 1960s to stimulate the new collecting field of stock certific

Rare certificate. Operated gold and silver mines in Nevada. #1766 50 pound Bond, includes vignette of Lincoln and a Queen. 15.5" x 13". S...

Lot of 23. 1) Three Goldfield & Bullfrog mining prospectuses. Two copies of a 1906 prospectus for the Forward Mining Development Co. of Goldfie...

1) Park Saddle Gold Mines issued 1917 2) Nixon-Nevada Mining issued 1918 3) Mt. Vernon Mining i/c 1929 4) Ely Consolidated Copper issued 1912 5) Seal

Three different mining stocks of the nineteenth century style. Argenta MS, Tuscarora, i/uc, 1887, Britton & Rey; Ruby Hill Tunnel & MC, i/uc...

Over 100 mining related post cards, most unused, but some with early post marks. Real photo cards from Ely, McGill, Ruth, Virginia City and others. S

14 1878-1879 Empire State Silver Mining issued stocks. 1908 Rawhide souvenir photo booklet, 1973 Prospector Country, NV, 1973 Covered Wagon Country NV

Real photo card, c1910 of the Black Eagle Mine. Unused. Uneven contrast, otherwise fine. Two miners in front of mine entrance, mine identified in the

8 brass 44mm tags. State: Pennsylvania City: Date:

Rare Climax Powder Manufacturing Co. Statement, c.1902, from Emporium, PA 6" x 7" State: Pennsylvania City: Date: 1902

3 Kennecott baseball hats, unworn. Black logo ashtray with emblem. 2 Kennecott Powderman's Daily Reports, 1943 stock certificate, tie bar, 1959 ...

Sulfur approx 2.5". Coal Approx 7" and 10". Likely from McGill, NV. State: Utah City: Date:

Broken Hill South Ltd. mined silver, lead and zinc. The mine was opened in 1885 and closed in 1972. Approx 50 certificates and 2 National Tea Company

Cert. #79, issued at New York in 1887 for 1500 shares. Mines in the Republic of Columbia printed at the top. Interestingly, incorporated in Kentucky.

Important group of photographs from Freeport Nickel mine at Moa Bay, Cuba. This group of 11 x 16 photographs consisting of approximately 10 views show

Group of about 10 photos of the Pueblo Viejo mine in the Dominican republic about 1975. State: Dominican Republic City: Date: c1975

Assortment of stocks from St. Lucia Mining issued 1906, 2 Nacimiento Copper $100 bond, West End Opotera Mines issued 1920, Capuzaya Mining issued 1909

25 total certificates. All are signed and not canceled; all have some revenue coupons attached; most in very good condition, some with bent corners.

16 total certificates. All signed and unissued; revenue coupons still attached; all in very good condition, minimal folding of the corners. State:

18 total certificates; some signed and NOT canceled; some signed and not issued; all in good condition, some tearing in corners and some discoloration

11 total certificates. All signed and unissued Bond certificates; the administrators signatures are illegible (stamp signatures). Very bright colors

75th anniversary (1871-1946) of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. 9 inches long. State: City: Date:

Antiques wood tripod 37" long and wood transit case 16x12x8" State: City: Date:

This pick and chisel axe is 15.25" long. A handmade 'T' is etched into the axe. Location is unknown - probably from Nevada. State: C...

B/W 6.5" x 8.5"photo of Cerro Pr. mine with mill and houses. Exact location unknown. right crease and .25" tear. State: City: Da...

12 total certificates. Millau is a town about 200 miles north of Montpellier, France. All signed (illegible) and NOT canceled. These certificates a

8 total certificates. All signed and NOT canceled by two administrators, illegible. Possibly from Belgium (?); all attached revenue coupons still at

1 total certificate. Signed and unissued; has revenue coupons still attached; in very good condtion, some small bends in the corners. State: City:

7 total certificates. All certificates are in French; all are signed and unissued, signatures illegible from two adminstrators; all in very good cond

3 total certificates. The Compagne Mining Company Bond Certificates are in good condition, tearing along the top edge, still has revenue coupons att

Five identical spoons with a tavern scene, marked H. J. Denmark on reverse. Five and a quarter inches long. Salvatore Falcone Collection. State: Ci

6 total certificates. All signed and unissued; revenue coupons still attached and in very good condition; all in blue trim and yellow background, nic

44 total certificates. 39 certificates are a random set of European mining bonds, all in different languages, most in French; all in good condition,

Leather bag used by miners to store their Gold Dust. State: City: Date:

10 total certificates. All signed and unissued; all with revenue coupons attached; all in very good condition. State: City: Date: 1900's

Group of correspondence, about 8pcs, from the Mayne C. Parker Co. of Philadelphia soliciting the sale of stock in various mining and oil companies. Th

9 total certificates. Incorporated in Lyon, France, June 1909; all signed and unissued; all have revenue coupons still attached; all in fair conditio

4 total certificates. All signed and NOT canceled; all out of Spain; all in good condition, all in vinyl sleeves. State: City: Date: 1900's

1 total certificate. Signed and NOT canceled; all revenue coupons attached; in very good condition, nice bold orange background and trim. State:

Box full of mining items. Approx 40 brass Kennecott Copper octagonal tags.postcards, copper ashtrays, 7 1910-49 mining magazines, 6 Bingham Copper che

2 Books; 1) Anaconda by Isaac F. Macosson, illustrated, c.1957, pp.360, 2) Production of States and Territories, pp.871, book missing front & ba...

Six photographs of mining scenes, possibly Germany, circa 1900. 7 x 5 black and white. Salvatore Falcone Collection. State: City: Date:

Lot of six photographs: 1) pack horse loaded to go; 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches; 2) prospector posed with three horses packed up; 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches; 3 &...

19 total certificates. All signed and unissued; all have revenue coupons still attached; all in good condition, some bending and discoloration. Stat

2 total certificates. Both signed and unissued; revenue coupons still attached; in good condition, some tears and discoloration. The SA des Charbonn

23 total certificates. All signed and NOT issued; all have revenue coupons still attached; all in very good condition. State: City: Date:

48 total certificates. 8 have brown trim and 40 have blue trim; all signed and NOT canceled by two administrators, illegible; all in good condition,