Western Americana Auction April 2022

The Grand Central mine was not only one of the most famous of all the Tombstone mines, it later became the center of the modern day open pit gold-silv

Rare letter addressed to E.B. Gage, the superintendent of the Grand Central Mining Company in Tombstone, Arizona. This letter was sent by the Banking

Enlarged b&w photograph titled Mine in the Dragoons. Mounted under glass and framed w/metal title plate attached to board mounting below photo....

Lot of 6. Two white border. One postmarked 1914 Central N.M. Of Natoma Dredge #8. The remaining five are : Natoma dredges #8, #9. City:Fol

Head frame Northstar 3.25"x3.25". Nightshift by GW Miller-poor contrast. Miner portrait with lunch pails, 6x8", frame 11.25x19.25&quo...

Fantastic set of 4 framed postcard groups highlighting mining in Grass Valley and Nevada City. 41 postcards-16 RPC's. Vintage cards and tradeca...

"Grass Valley Mines Photographs. 1). Mine headframe building that sits above the mine entrance. Meant to house hoisting machinery, personnel, a...

Lot of 14. Includes cabinet card showing men standing outside of mining office, labelled Ward, Colorado, 1898 on the reverse; small mounted photograph

Lot of 19. Color, B/W, a few white borders, Some RPC’s. Publishers: Mike Roberts “Natural Color Scenes”, Frasher

Lot of 23. Pub. Logos: P-N-C. Amber cards, some white borders, Eleven postmarked 1905-47 : Redding, Denverton CA., Seattle, San Fran. One ca

Lot of 5. White borders. None are postmarked. One has writing (hard to read). All street level: The State Mine Chili Bar CAL. (RPC), Slate Cre

Home/Champion Mine-poor contrast. Temple and Clair, sluicing 1899 by Gerrebrands Building panorama. Firemans Parade on Main Street. Providence Mill. F

Lot of 9. 1) Six postcards. Three real photo: mountain flume above Nevada City; view of miner standing underneath water cannon (mailed 1911); and Hirs

Lot of 6. James J. Ott was the assayer who discovered in 1859 that the ore being mined on the Comstock Lode was very rich in silver. The first miners

3 7.5"x9.5" B/W photos by Moore of this mine in Nevada City, CA. Interior of the Hoist Building, a building connected to the shaft? and st...

Lot of 6 mining letters addressed to Fred Searles. Searles was a famous mining geologist in Grass Valley/Nevada City and was one of the founders of Ne

Lot of 36 including 25 real photo. Choice collection. Nearly all different. RPPC include: Hogue Mine, NC; Lava Cap Mine; Central Mill, GV; Springhill

Lot of 25. Includes: Giant Powder Co. letterhead, 1907, Clipper Gap; North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Co. letterhead, 1904; Marysville Foundry pictorial

Lot of 11. Includes: 1880 Thomas Price Assay Memorandum for bullion deposited by the Deadwood Mining Co.; 1918 Annual Report of the Brunswick Consolid

2 rare panoramas. One is North Bloomfield mining camp and the other is in the nearby vicinity, location unknown. 2 photo panoramas 7.5"x18.5&qu...

Lot of 13. Some white borders, mostly RPC’s. Four postmarked 1907 : Williams Port R.I., Oroville,. Dredgers: El Oro #2, Baggett No 1,

Lot of 8 RPPC. Rare group. Some duplicate views. All are for the La Grange Mine at Weaverville, Trinity County, California. Started operating in 1862,

This lot is of a map Showing the Quartz Mining Properties belonging to the “Alameda Gold Mining Co.” situated in Placer Co., Califor

2 page letter with mention of Pony Express and Avawatz Crown Mine Co. near Silver Lake, CA, August 29, 1908. City: State:California Date:

Calif. State Div. of Mines Geologic Guidebooks: 1) San Francisco Bay Counties Bulletin 154, 1951 History, Landscape, Geology, Fossils, Minerals, Indus

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

Group of time cards and checks from the Amazon-Manhattan Mining Company in Beaver Creek District near Wallace, Idaho. The time cards show a table of d

This book of cancelled stock certificates are of the Sherman Lead Company of Moscow, Idaho. Stocks #501-749 inclusive. The stocks show a beautiful sea

Cleverly salted with quotes from Jay Gould and R. Kipling, this 1906 prospectus encourages investors to buy into the Bismark Copper Mining Company of

2 Anaconda company booklets. Great Falls Departments 1937, with lots of photos. Howdy, Here is Important Information for Employees 40pp. No date, pos

Great Falls Departments, Eighth Edition, published January 1937. This book contains descriptions and photographs of the Great Falls departments of the