Western Americana Auction April 2022

Group of about 18 Montana mining claim maps. They show various claims in several locations including the Home Lode, the Lower Hot Springs Mining Distr

Two blueprints of mining equipment from Montana. A) Blueprint of a Reverberatory Furnace at Zinc Casting Building drawn by William Wrath Jr. on Septem

Three mining geology maps from Montana. A) Two hand-drawn diagrams of the Syndicate Vein. They depict the location and a shaft of the Syndicate Vein.

Articles of Incorporation and annual reports. Paradise Mining, Pennmont Con Mining, Silver Bell Mining, Thompson Mining, United States Lead, Blue Win

Lot of four Montana mining reports: 1) 1900 Report of Referee of Combination Mining and Milling Company; 2) Triangle Mining and Development Company re

Five reports on the property of the Montana-Corbin Copper Company. Holdings included the "Hidden Treasure" and "Copper King" cla...

Pamphlet issued by the Bureau of Agriculture, Labor and Industry, Helena, Montana. Sixteen page report on Montana's mineral production in 1896. ...

Two volumes of hand written journals concerning the North Star Mine, written in the late 1800s. In light pencil are sketches of the tailings, dams, su

Typewritten five page stock prospectus from the Strawberry Mining Company whose claim was situated in Skelly Gulch, Lewis and Clark County, Montana.

Assay ledger of an unknown mill in Montana covering the years 1894-1897. This ledger shows the daily workings of this 60 stamp mill, . It also has the

Three annual reports from the Valley Forge Mining Company: 1907, 1908 & 1912-13. The Valley Forge mine was situated on the flank of the mountain...

Dramatic 48 page pamphlet entitled "Copper: Not a Romance but and interesting presentation of cold hard Facts," is a prospectus from the W...

Lot of 4 different assay memorandums for the Gold Hill Assay Office, operated by WS James. Includes assays for: Mexican Mill (1888), Justice Company (

Lot of 7 different including a territorial piece and two with imprinted revenue. Includes: Maynard & Flood, Imperial Silver MC (1863, territoria...

Original enlarged photo mounted on board, approx. 18 x 21 in an old frame about 30.5 x 27" overall. The photo is an original period enlargement...

Dateline July 13, 1908 letter from Rawhide Morning Star Mining to Mr. Christie. "Greatest quartz vein strike Nevada Murray shaft, -200 feet- di...

I you know mining in Reno, you know that George Wedekind had the only successful mine in the immediate area. Yet this letter suggests that Montana min

Lot of 8 different. All are dateline Virginia (City) Nevada. All are issued but one. All issued pieces are signed by Tahoe lumber magnate DL Bliss. Th

Lot of 8 different. 1) Rare pair of Comstock corner advertising covers: John Gillig (1884) (known for the Gillig mining lantern); and JC Hampton &a...

Ultra rare Comstock RN check. No. 1547, issued Feb. 5th, 1878 to Prescott & Co. for $2,203.50. Signed by "Bonanza King" James G. Fair ...

Lot of 4 different. Group includes 3 important autographs. 1) Bacon Mill, 1874, RN-D, signed by mining millionaire & "Bonanza King" Jo...

Wells Fargo & Co. Express receipt for three bars of bullion received from Isaac Requa, supt. of the Gould & Curry Silver Mining Co. Valued a...

Nice miner group portrait at Gould and Curry Mines, Virginia, City, NV, c. 1890. Miners have their lunchboxes and candlesticks, getting ready to work.

This is the Holy Grail for Nevada check and RN collectors! Chollar Potosi Mining Company Check, Virginia City, Nevada with RN-B17d, the rarest of the

Lot of 15. Includes: Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Co. checks (1874, RN-D, and 1878, RN-G, both signed by DL Bliss); Gould & Curry Sil...

Lot of 10 different. This group has autographs, imprinted revenues, and a territorial piece. Includes: 1864 (territorial) Wells Fargo/Empire Mill; Con

Waybill for a shipment from Goldfield, Nevada to Humboldt Arizona from the Goldfield Consolidated Mines to the Consolidated Arizona Smelting Company.

Comstock history: 18 pages torn from the January 1861 issue of Harper's New Monthly Magazine, featuring an article entitled "A Peep At Was...

Lot of 5 different. All have maps. 1) Mining Districts & Mineral Resources of Nevada, Lincoln, 1982 pb. 2) Mining Districts of Nevada, Tingley, ...

Miscellaneous Quicksilver Mine Publications: 1) Quicksilver Deposits in Nevada, University of Nevada Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 5., December 1944 Publ. by

Original master township plat showing Township 16 North, Range 19 East on the Mount Diablo Meridian. This is the Washoe Lake Little Valley Township. L

Two hand written journals of mining notes from W. E. Tracy in 1903. Mentioned are the Durant Mine, the German Mill, American Mill in Colorado. Notes

Five annual reports from the Alice Gold and Silver Mining Company. Offices were in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, but the mine was in Walkersville, S

U.S.G.S. Professional Papers for Utah: 1) The Gold Hill Mining District, PP-177, 1935 12 maps, 3 in pocket, 31 figures (9 x 11", 172 pgs.). ...

Twelve page prospectus for the Rustler Mining & Milling Company based in Spokane, Washington with properties in Flathead County Montana. City...

Rusty Justrite tin, round 7A copper tag, jackhammer charm, HNH white metal hammer emblem, draftsman's rule in metal tube, AOUW medal, Stacker Re...

Group of four pieces of assay materials including the following: A) A Manual of Quantitative Chemical Analysis for the Use of Students by Frederick A.

Ledger book stamped O. Seymour & Co., New York 1866 with accounting of U.S. Assay Office charges incurred by Isett, Kerr & Co. Only a few pa...

Six framed pieces of ephemera and one unframed photograph related to hydraulic mining. A) Hydraulic mining photograph that is unframed. The caption w

Three framed photographs of hydraulic mining operations from around 1905. A) Photograph of a monitor spraying water across a dry area. There are some

Four framed reproduction photographs of hydraulic mining operations, probably in the North Bloomfield and Malakoff Mine in California. These are repri

Two original mounted photographs of hydraulic mining operations, most likely somewhere in California. Both photographs show groups of miners surroundi

Collection of three reprint photographs and one broadside related to hydraulic mining. All three photographs depict hydraulic mining operations, most

Four reprint photographs of hydraulic mining operations in the areas of Gold Run, Dutch Flat, and Auburn Ravine. All of these areas are around Placer

8 Unidentified photos of miners and mines. Drilling contest at Columbia Gardens, mine entrance, underground miners. Sizes from about 3.5x3.5" t...

Lot of seven belt buckles with a Western mining theme. Homestake McLaughlin Mine; Grass Valley; Ames Tools; miner and burro in colorful enamel, made b

Group of framed and unframed photographs of mines, most are unidentified. A) Wooden frame with four photographs of a group of unidentified miners, th

Lot of over 30 vintage real photo postcards featuring mining and miners. Mostly coal mining, but also Hibbing Minnesota, Michigan and Hecla Mine. C

Lot of 9, most different. Fantastic graphics! Included: Arbuckle Bros. coffee (dupe cards advertising Nevada, plus diff. for California); Jersey Coffe

Lot of 11. 1) Eight different postcards, including colorful foreign card showing kids in ore cart; hydraulic mining cards for Medford, Quesnel, Idaho,

Two books related to mining and assaying. A) The ABC of Mining: A Handbook for Prospectors by Charles A. Bramble. Published by Rand, McNally & C...

Two US Patent Certificates granted to Leroy E. Sowers & Preston S. Phillips, for Processes of Separating Manganese Dioxide from ore containing t...

6 cut and polished ammonite halves to visualize chambers, on cards, 1.5 x 1.25 x 0.25" to 1.25 x 1.0 x 0.25"; 1 entire with label ident...

10 ammonite and nautilus fossils from China, some natural, others polished, sizes from 3.25 x 3.0 x 0.75" to 2.5 x 2.0 x 0.5". See photo ...

8 ammonite and nautilus fossils from China, some natural, others cut and polished, sizes from 2 x 2 x 1/2" to 6.75 x 6 x 1". See photo fo...

Entire individual brachiopods, extracted from matrix, most partly polished, probably of genus Stringocephalis from Devonian period, perhaps from Guang

Plates of dark gray silty limestone with crinoid impressions including several with branching crown: largest 12.0 x 7.0 x 0.75", others to 5.5 ...

Drepanura trilobite fossil fragments and hash, on trimmed plates of siltstone ranging from 5.0 x 3.5 x 0.75" to 2.0 x 1.5 x 0.7". Some of...

21 small slabs of Drepanura trilobite fossils from Shandong province, China, 3.25 x 2.5 x 0.5" to 2.5 x 1.75 x 0.5". This species has a s...

18 small slabs of Drepanura trilobite fossils from Shandong province, China, 3.0 x 2.5 x 0.75" to 2.5 x 2.0 x 0.5". This species has a so...

7 slabs of Drepanura trilobite fossils from Shandong province, China, 7.0 x 7.0 x 1.0" to 5.75 x 2.75 x 0.5". This species has a soft bod...

11 slabs of Drepanura trilobite fossils from Shandong province, China, 7.5 x 6.0 x 0.5" to 6.0 x 3.0 x 0.5". This species has a soft body...

Small plates each featuring a prominent partial Drepanura trilobite body, mostly incomplete, some with surrounding trilobite hash or fragments, sizes

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One large specimen with needle-like plant fragments on siltstone, 9.5 x 6.5 x 2.0"; one specimen with bamboo-like leaves, 7.25 x 4.25 x 1.25&qu...

Stringocephalus brachiopods, mostly partial trimmed specimens, with prominent "beak" structure, sizes from 3.5 x 3.0 x 2.5" to 2.75 x...

68.2 gr of quality turquoise from an unknown Arizona mine from the Shirley Bovis Private Cowboy Museum in Tombstone. The smallest bead is 1/4" ...

12 gold in quartz specimens from Mariposa County, CA in 1" capsules, with clear plastic display. Nice display set. City:Mariposa County State...

Lot of about 50 polished stones, one mounted in a pendant. Montana cabochons and others. City: State:MonTana Date:

Twenty five pieces of Herkimer diamonds, ranging from 1 mm to 25 mm, with about a half dozen more than 10 mm. Herkimer diamonds are double-terminated

This is quite an impressive display piece! Measuring about 15" long and 8" across and the center goes about 8" deep. A really beautif...

Chinese viewing stone made of intricately weathered dark grey argillaceous limestone - a stromatolite - on custom-made wood base. See photos for deta

Chinese viewing stone in one piece but made of two distinctly different rock types. See photos for details. City: State:Anhui Province Date:

Chinese viewing stone, Laoshan Jade, recovered from the East China Sea floor off the coast of Shandong Province. The surface has been naturally eroded

Chinese viewing stone, Laoshan Jade, recovered from the East China Sea floor off the coast of Shandong Province. The surface has been naturally eroded

Exquisitely sculptured and polished roots of a Chinese boxwood tree which had grown around a calcareous rock that remains entwined in the roots after

Sculpture made of the polished roots of a Chinese boxwood tree which had grown around a calcareous rock. This carved figure is of a quintessential Chi

Sculpture made of the polished roots of a boxwood tree which had grown around a rock. This carved figure is of a quintessential Chinese sage rowing a

Sculpture made of the polished roots of a boxwood tree which had grown around a rock. This carved figure is of an Asian deity pouring water from a bot

Sculpture made of the polished roots of a boxwood tree which had grown around a rock. A smiling buddha figure has been carved into the wood. See photo

Sculpture made of the polished roots of a boxwood tree which had grown around a rock. A tall Asian goddess figure, possibly Guan Yin, holds a bottle p

Sculpture made of the polished roots of a boxwood tree which had grown around a rock. A smiling buddha figure holds aloft a sphere as a long dragon co

Sculpture made of the polished roots of a boxwood tree which had grown around a rock. Here a wizened sage holds a long staff and gazes knowingly. The

Sculpture made of the polished roots of a boxwood tree which had grown around a rock. A happy buddha figure rests against a rock with two, smaller fig

Sculpture made of the polished roots of a boxwood tree which had grown around a rock. A smiling buddha figure has been carved into the wood. See photo

Sculpture made of the polished roots of a boxwood tree, but no rock with this one. This carving is abstract, highlighting the natural forms of the roo

Sculpture made of the polished root of a boxwood tree, but no rock with this one. This carving is abstract, highlighting the natural, curving forms of

Unusual, naturally sculpted Chinese viewing stone with an anthropomorphic shape in lighter, sandstone nodules securely affixed to a darker black limes

Unusual, naturally sculpted Chinese viewing stone with an anthropomorphic shape of lighter, sandstone nodules securely affixed to a darker black limes

Chinese viewing stone, likely a dark grey limestone which has been heavily weathered with an iron-oxide coating with rich hues of ochre and brown. Thi

Chinese viewing stone, Dahua Stones are dredged from the Red River flowing through Guangxi Province. This one appears to stand precariously on a very

Chinese viewing stone made of fossilized coral resembling a large assemblage of rounded, cylindrical fossils. Its striking, irregular shape is accentu

Chinese viewing stone made from a large cluster of Devonian-age mollusk fossils. Custom-made wood base included. See photos for details. City: State

Chinese viewing stone made of quartz-rich, reddish-brown jasper or chalcedony with a natural polished surface. This was pulled out of a fast-flowing r

Chinese viewing stone made of quartz-rich, dark-brown jasper or chalcedony with bright yellow streaks and a natural polished surface. This was pulled

Chinese viewing stone made of densely layered, black limestone, naturally shaped by water and wind erosion. Custom-made wood base included. See photos

Chinese viewing stone whose deeply eroded, contorted surface resembles a fallen meteorite, but it is not as heavy as an iron meteorite would be. See p

Spectacular specimen of deep green fluorite cubes with naturally shiny faces up to two inches across. Specimen stands about two feet tall! Possibly fr

A large slab of pale blue-green fluorite on a white matrix. Crystal cubes are approximately one-half to three-quarters of an inch across. Custom-made