"Treasures from the Shelves": Americana, Mining, & Numismatics Auction (February Timed 2023)

This lot of approximately 100 documents deals mostly with letterheads from mining operations around Basin, Montana. There are also several handwritten

4 letterheads. 1893 roofing, 1895 screw blocks, 1891 Kodak film, 1896 star steel. Date: Country: State: Montana City: Butte Provenance: Stuar

Ranging in size from 11.25" x 9" to 11.75" to 16.25". Black and white and 1 color photos of Butte mining headframes. One of th...

Two copies of a letter sent to "The Friends of Silver" dated June 28th, 1893, inviting interested and influential parties to meet in conve...

1892 letter from Castle Mining to AM Holter Hardware regarding a pump, creased. 1891 letter to AM Holter Hardware regarding a safety(sic) valve. This

A time book and correspondence from the Helena & Victor Mining Company of Helena, Montana, from the 1880's. Please see photos for more detai...

A pair of patented claim booklets of mines within 25 miles of the city of Helena. Booklets appear to be unused. Please see photos for more detail and

Hardbound book. 5-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches. Stapled binding, cover spine partially torn. Full title reads Cross Section Book 375 and contains handwritten re

This is a duo of time books kept by the foreman at their St. Louis Mining and Milling Company in Marysville, Montana, dated 1892. Nice relic of the st

1918 minutes of board of directors meeting. Trial balance sheets 1917-2/28, 3/31, 4/30, 5/31. Preliminary prospectus of Rocky Mountain Consolidating

Softcover, 20 pages plus map, 6 x 9 inches. 11th Annual Report of H. Knippenberg, general manager for 1891 also list of officers and general informati

About 100 or more pieces of correspondence datelined from about 50 different places in Montana that did not have post offices, such that we could easi

Harold R. Moss was a mining engineer and metallurgist who lived and worked in Montana during the early 20th century. Moss was a graduate of Stanford U

This is a collection of personal and professional correspondence to and from Leverett S. Ropes. It appears that Ropes worked in the mining industry,

1 undated gold deposit slip. 1873 and 1875 sold to Kountze Bros, paid in gold bar and silver coin. 1873 Kountze receipt for gold bullion and silver co

Memorandum of Gold Bullion deposited at the U.S. Assay Office at New York on July 1, 1871 by the Kountz Bros. The deposited bullion was Montana amalga

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

Lot of 15 publications related to Montana mining. Collection includes 8 US Geological Survey journals dated 1905 - 1914, plus 1966, describing survey

61 Montana mining books, mostly hardcover. Mine Exam Questions and Answers Pt2 by Beard, Letter from the Secretary 1881 by Burchard-missing both board

Three large mammoth prints, photos 10.5 x 13.5 mounted on board 14 x 17" 1.) Deer Lodge National Forest 1908 "French Gulch and Mill Cree...