Treasures from Pacific Shores: Numismatics, Mining, & Americana

An unusual specimen from the South African locality which has become famous for producing "Cactus" quartz clusters. This specimen features...

A very attractive and fascinating amethystine quartz crystal cluster from the Boekenhoutshoek area of South Africa. This occurence of quartz has been

A very well balanced and attractive cluster of amethyst quartz crystals which exhibiting the "cactus quartz" habit made famous by the spec...

A highly-collectible, gemmy, yellow crystal of the heliodor variety of beryl. This lustrous, well-formed crystal has complex, naturally solution etche

An attractive, classic specimen of this unusual silicate of potassium, sodium, lithium, iron, manganese, and titanium. The Benitoite Gem Mine (Dallas

Alpine Co, Cal. Gottschalk collection, label barely visible/readable. "Silver Mtn. enargite." About 2” cube. Early specimens from this reg...

One specimen from the Sacramento River, a small nugget, 1.6 g; another from the central Mother Lode, 3.0g. Both are native gold with quartz. Date:

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The Gottschalk Aurora Collection Sam Clemens (Mark Twain) Worked on Many of These Mines! Fred N. Holabird Overview The Gottschalk Aurora Co

About 2 x 2 x 1" specimen on original Gottschalk label. Lead, antimony, silver and gold. The Arabia District was one of the first non-Comstock ...

Aurora. Five specimens. All thee about 1.5” cubed. All show strong silver-gold mineralization. “Gold $31.98, silver $8.30”., another “gold $279.20, s

Five Gottschalk collection Aurora high grade ore specimens. Mostly 1.5” and less, generally smaller specimens than usual for this collection. Nice gro

Four specimens of varying size up to 2 x 4”. All contain high grade gold-silver mineralization. None mine designated. One marked “mined 1860”. Another

Aurora Gold and Geologic specimens. Two adularia crystalline specimens. One volcanic rock, one large hand specimen “mined 1860, bonanza ore” 3.5 x 3

Four specimens from Aurora from he Gottschalk collection. All with original labels, just like the rest of the material offered here. Excellent cross s

Aurora. Gottschalk specimens. Three, all about 2’ cubed. One specimen “gold 1500, silver 500”, another “mined 1870”. Date: Location: Aurora, Nevad

Three choice ore specimens from the Gottschalk collection. Not mine designated. One marked “mined 1870-1871”. This was, according to most authors, the

Antelope mine. High grade specimen with aguilarite, gold, pyrite. About 2” cube. Gottschalk specimen. Date: Location: Aurora, Nevada HWAC# 64544

Antelope mine. Two Gottschalk specimens. A) 2 x 1.5 x 1”, aguilarite. B)2 x 1.5 x 1.5”, “1861” cut polished surface. Date: Location: Aurora, Nevad

Antelope mine. High grade gold specimen with native gold visible in the black mineralized sections with binocular scope. “1861.”. 1.5” cubed. Gottscha

Antelope Mine. Two specimens “$6000 per ton” both about 1.5” cube. Aguilarite. These are the two specimens from the Gottschalk specimens from the famo

Antelope mine. Gottschalk specimens. Two. A) 1.5” cube, b) 2.5 x 4 x 1.5”. “Gold plus aguilarite” Date: Location: Aurora, Nevada HWAC# 64545

Antelope Mine. Pyrite with minor gold visible in binocular scope. Three specimens on one Gottschalk label, all about 1” plus cubed. “Bonanza Gold plus

Aurora. Native gold on 1.5” cube specimen. “Bonanza Ore”. Mine not designated. Gottschalk specimen. Date: Location: Aurora, Nevada HWAC# 64547

West of Antelope Mine. “Bonanza Gold Ore” on Gottschalk label. “gold plus aguilarite.”visible gild in the black mineralized section with binocular sco

Clarence Mine. “$3000 ore”. Gottschalk specimen. Native gold readily visible under binocular scope. 1.5” cube. Not on the Stretch, 1866 list, or Br

Cortez Mine. Two specimens, Gottschalk collection. “Bonanza Gold Ore” “1860” high grade specimen, 1.5” cube. Second specimen, same size, “1862”, not

Cortez Mine. Two specimens, about 1.5” x 1.5” each. “Gold in aduilarite” “$5000 1860”. Gottschalk specimens. Patented, one of the richest mines, accor

Gladiator Mine. Two specimens, 1.5 x 2 x 1”, 1.25 “ cube. Visible gold on the back of the large specimen, and in the middle front of the small specim

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-...

Lady Jane Mine. 2 x 1.5”. “1860” Gottschalk specimen. One of the original locations on Silver Hill, according to Stretch (1866). A patented mine,

Lucky Sam Mine. Mineralized vuggy quartz with small pyrite. 1” x 1” 1. Gottschalk specimen. Not on the Brady map of 1862, or on the Stretch, 1866 l

Martiniz Hill. Two specimens with Gottschalk labels, one about 1.5” cube, the other about half that size. Martinez mine. Visible gold in small specim

Summit Middle Hill. Two specimens. “High Grade Bonanza Gold Ore”. Highly mineralized quartz. 2.5.x 2 x 1”, 2.5 x 2.5 x 2”. Possibly the Ontario, St

Del Monte Mine. Aurora. Last Chance Hill between Esmeralda and Willow gulches. One of the richest properties at Aurora, and the one that was the cent

4 x 3 x 1” specimen with cut surface from the Gottschalk Collection. Noted as coming from the northwest side of Silver Hill, which would have been nea

Utah Mine. “gold in aguilarite, $6000/t” “Mined 1860” Gottschalk Collection. 1.5” cubed. One of the original locations according to Stretch, 1866. T

Utah mine. Three specimens. A) gold in aguilarite. 1 x 1 x 1.5”; b) 2 small specimens on Gottschalk board-label, gold in aguilarite; c) gold ore, assa

Utah Mine. Adjacent to the Antelope. Two specimens of high grade. Aguilarite. Both about 1.5 x 1.5 x 1”. Second specimen says “east of Utah Mine, Assa

Summit Middle Hill Van Valen claim. “High grade gold”. 2” cubed. Possibly the Ontario mine, as shown on the Brady 1862 map. Date: Location: Aurora,

2" x 2 x 2" specimen on Gottschalk label from Bullfrog. The light amethyst would indicate the south end of the Original Bullfrog. Small s...

5" x 2" x 1" with cut surface. Quartz breccia with native gold along the top edge and a few places inside, but 99% on top. From the f...

2" x 1.5" x 1" specimen of cerargyrite and argentite and pyrolusite from Fairviw on the original Gottschalk mount. Fairview today is ...

3 x 2 x 1.5" high grade gold specimen from the famous Florence Mine at Goldfield from the famous Gottschalk Collection.With original label. Cut...

3 x 6.5" High - extreme high grade large slab specimen. Brecciated wall rock of rhyolite cemented together with mineralized banded epithermal v...

Drill core with crystalline calcite in vein, RMC-69, down-hole depth 546. 4 ft. 2.5" diameter. 4" long. (This specimen was found at the mi...

Beautiful. Drill core with crystalline barite in vug, RL-264, down-hole depth 833.3 ft. 2.5" diameter. 8.5" long. (This specimen was found...

Clay altered rhyolite with marcasite ± barite-clay-gold mineralization on fractures. 4x6x4.5". Field Guide: staff. (This specimen was foun...

High grade copper from Ruth, NV. Collected by a mine supervisor, c. 1960's. 5 pretty specimens, largest is 4.5". Date: Location: Ruth, N...

1.5 x 1 x 1" specimen of argentite plus bramergyrite, collected 1868-9, with the Gottschalk label plus an older label. This is teh first high g...

1.5 x 1.5 x 3" extreme high grade specimen with cut surface showing native gold from the Fisher-Watt open pit. This specimen contains a rare fo...

1.5" cubed specimen from the Grand Prize Mine at Tuscarora, one of the better producers in the district. Proustite, pyrargyrite, argentite, ste...

3.5 x 2.5" Extreme high grade Specimen. Cut slab with significant gold in the smaller half. This specimen contains a rare form of gold called “...

Extreme high grade thick cut slab with quartz crystals on one edge. Gold easily visible on the side without the label. From the fisher-Watt small open

2 x 2" mineralized quartz with silver sulphides and electrum. Specimen was broken and re-adhered exactly along crack. The Belcher claims were s...

cut slab 2.5 x 4" White quartz vein breccias cemented with an ~equal number of olive green, possibly altered wall rock with blebs of silver gol...

5" square cut slab. White quartz vein breccias cemented with an ~ equal number of olive green, possibly altered wall rock with blebs of silver ...

Large slab 4 x 4" extreme high grade specimen: This slab is very interesting and beautiful. The mineralization is intense with abundant visible...

3 x 4" slab of mineralized quartz vein with abundant silver sulfides. It also has strong chalcopyrite plus minor pyrite. Gold is also present w...

Classic Bonanza Ore from the Gould & Curry. 1.5 x 3". Extreme high grade specimen: This specimen contains intense mineralization. Most of...

2 x 1.25" Extreme high grade specimen: This specimen contains intense mineralization. Most of this rock is made of silver sulfides in quartz. W...

Two specimens about the same size, 2.5 x 1 x 1", with cut surface. The pair are matching halves. This is another fine specimen from the Comsto...

2.5" cube, with cut edge and matched cut piece. Extreme high grade specimen. Wow! This specimen speaks for its self! Both sides of this cut r...

Slab 3 x 4.5" his is a Great specimen loaded with disseminated gold and electrum. The gold and electrum varies in size from very small to the v...

3" square slab. This specimen is one intensely altered and mineralized rock. It is a brecciated, recemented vein. It is also loaded with silve...

Extreme high grade Large, 4 x 5" specimen with cut surface! WOW! This specimen speaks for its self! It has very intense mineralization. Top to...

3 x 4.5" cut slab High grade - extreme high grade specimen: This specimen is a white quartz vein cemented breccias with clasts of mineralized ...

5" cut slab. DOUBLE WOW! This rock is loaded throughout almost the entire cut faces with silver mineralization. It too looks like it may cont...

Small slab, 1.5" square. High grade - extreme high grade specimen with moderate to strong silver mineralization in the form of Stephanite, Poly...

1.5 x 2" This specimen is a breccia with clasts of olive green to chlorite green wall rock and also clasts of mineralized grey, dark grey and b...

2" cube specimen from the Commonwealth mine. The Commonwealth mine was in the Galena District, on the west edge of Washoe Valley near where the...

Small specimen, 1", of high grade gold ore from the Irene. The district was discovered in 1915, now known as Loring. Date: Location: Willa...

Four specimens adhered to the original Gottschalk label. overall size about 2 x 3 x 3". The label states $100 per ton from the Desert Queen Mi...

The Elk Creek, Meade County, South Dakota locality is well known for producing fabulous specimens of golden barite crystals on an attractively contras

First opened in the 1970s, the Elmwood Mine (the Elmwood-Gordonsville-Cumberland mining complex) has produced some of the world's finest calcite...

A superb calcite crystal on dolostone matrix from the Elmwood Mine, near Carthage, Tennessee. This large, twinned and doubly terminated calcite crysta

This is a classic mineral specimen from the Elmwood mine near Carthage, Tennessee. The specimen features light purple, cubic crystals of fluorite and

Probably Landside blocks containg banded potassium alunite-KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6-vein material very similar to that found on Alunite Ridge. 4.5x8.5"....

Pair of polished gold in quartz matrix ovals set in gold. Probably cuff links but backs removed. Each 9 x 11 mm. Date: Location: HWAC# 63666

Tiny pieces of gold in white quartz, probably used for jewelry inlay.1.3 grams, about ten pieces less than 3 mm each. Date: Location: HWAC# 636

2 quarter cut purple geodes. 6.75" tall. Date: Location: HWAC# 73010

Lot of two polished silver specimen slabs in beveled antique cut. Each 11 x 18 mm. Date: Location: HWAC# 63662

3 Autolite carbides. 2 x 2.5" and 1 x 3"reflectors. Date: Location: HWAC# 63738

4 lamps with 2.25" reflectors and approx 15 new and used 2.5" reflectors Date: Location: HWAC# 63739

5 Autolite Carbide Lamps with 4" Reflectors. 1 has a crushed base. Date: Location: HWAC# 63740

Approx. 15 incomplete Autolite carbide lamps, suitable for parts. Date: Location: HWAC# 63732

Small nickle plated brass Baldwin, Pat date 1909. Simmons base. Pretty nice for a Baldwin. 4" tall. Date: Location: HWAC# 58763

9 unfired Butterfly carbide lamps. 4.25" reflectors and includes 1 NIB No. 604. Date: Location: HWAC# 64006

NOS Butterfly parts. 8 bumper grips, 2 boxed Scientific Products Micro Slides, 30 4" reflectors. 14 used 4.25" reflectors. All counts are...

All possibly unfired. 3 x 8.5" with 4.5" reflectors, one is top only, dented 4.5" reflector. Date: Location: HWAC# 63756

3.25" reflectors, one brass(dented) with brass trim, one nickel(possibly unfired). 10" plus hanger. Date: Location: HWAC# 63749

2 different 9"-3" and 3.25" reflectors. 7" with 7.25" reflector. Date: Location: HWAC# 63755

5.5" reflector, repaired base otherwise nice unit. 6.75" Date: Location: HWAC# 63728

9.25" tall, has cork for water door. Date: Location: HWAC# 63762

4 different reflectors. brass 2.5" Nickel 2.25", 2 x 2.5", 2 x 4". Date: Location: HWAC# 63737

New in original boy ITP carbide lamp, 10", 3.25" reflector. Envelope with extra gaskets. Unfired with patinated surface. Date: Location...

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Major collection of Just Rite parts for carbide lamps. Most of this is unused, and comes from the well known West Virginia caver Bob Liebman, who ran