Western Americana Auction April 2022

Lot of 15. All but 3 are RPPC. A few duplicates. Includes: Big Meadows, CA, 1913; Plasser[sic.] Mine, Summerville; North Fork Placers, Helena, CA; pla

Lot of 6 b&w photos of California mines, c. late 19th century. Three mounted under glass and framed are: Whisky Bar Mine, 1897, photo size +/- ...

Five framed photographs of miners in California. A) Photograph of two miners posed with an ore cart outside of a mine. There are two sheds on either s

Pair of Colorful California Mining Maps: 1) Map of Mines & Locations in the vicinity of the Sierra Buttes, Sierra Co. Lithograph by Britton &...

Lot of 7. Few white borders, Two color. Three postmarked 1910-55 : Napa (double stamped). All STREET level view: Dredging Imperial Valley, Cotton

3 framed reproduction photos. Hydraulic mining in French Corral in Nevada, CA 9"x8". Malakoff Diggins 7.5"x9.5". Redding, CA pr...

Two metal catalogs containing "Application for Membership" cards for the Mine Workers Protective League. These cards are arranged alphabet...

A) Mounted photograph of a group of men and women at a picnic in Grass Valley. There is a man in the center who is serving some kind of stew out of a

Lot of 7. Includes: Miners Foundry & Supply Co. billhead (Nevada City, 1918); Geo. W. Pennington & Sons advertising pamphlet (c.1898, SF); I...

Three original photographs of hydraulic mining operations in California, c. 1905-1915. A) Mounted photograph of a hydraulic mining monitor spraying wa

Original photograph of a hydraulic mining operation in Reliese Hill, California around 1890. There are two men standing next to the hydraulic system t

Photograph probably of the Oat Hill mercury mine in Napa County. It was taken by M.H. Strong of the photo department of Napa, CA. The photograph depic

Two photographs of placer miners around the 1890s. A) Original photograph of eight placer miners using rockers. Soil was dumped into these rockers and

Really rare photograph of a modernized hydraulic mining system being used after it was outlawed. Hydraulic mining was banned in California in 1884 bec

Extremely rare photo of a mining camp by Moore, Nevada City, CA. Back of frame says "near Cisco, Baltimore City or Oroville, Spalding Lake Are...

Two framed photographs of the Red Dog Mine in Nevada County, California. The Red Dog was a hydraulic mine that got caught up in the battle to ban this

The first issue published by the California Mining Bureau Association. A monthly magazine devoted to the promotion of the Mining Interests of the Paci

WELL OVER 500 pieces! This is an account of what they spent and who they paid. As you might expect it included several different Bassick billheads. Bu

Original Mammoth plate photo, 17 1/4" x 13 1/4", in crude old frame. Photo appears to be c. 1880 of a mule train carrying mining supplies ...

U.S.G.S. Colorado State Professional Papers: 1) Geo. of the Aspen Mining Dist., w/Atlas, PP-94, by Josiah E. Spur, 1898, 43 plates, 11 figures, 30 Atl