Western Americana Auction April 2022

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...