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

Anaconda Copper v. Pilot Butte Mining, 1914 lawsuit hearing. Bound, 1.25" thick. City: State:Montana Date:

Plats of those Mining Claims in Butte, Sold by Metes and Bounds, of which there are no Official Plats of Record. Contains blueprint maps of unplatted

Two prospectuses from copper mining companies: 1) Andes Copper Mining Company sixth annual report, for the year ended 1932. 2) Blackfoot Copper Co. of

Montana Territory County of Lewis and Clark recorder issued this discovery claim on the west 1/2 of the Merrimac Lode in the name of Clara Kennedy, si

Three annual reports from the Granite Mountain Mining Company whose mines and works were at Granite and Rumsey, Deer Lodge County Montana. Corporate o

Album full of approximately 100 mine safety posters. These posters were drawn by John Gowers for the Anaconda Mining Company in the 1950s. These poste

Lot of two maps of mines in Montana and Illinois. Both maps are original pen and ink maps. A) Map of an unnamed mine in Silver Bow County, Montana sur

A) Detail Drawings for new Mine Cage for the Montana Company, Limited by S.H. Macomber. Detailed engineering blueprint of the parts of a mine cage. Ap

Articles of Incorporation and annual reports. Cape Nome Copper Mining, Bonanza Copper Mining, Butte Coeur-d'Alene Copper Mining, Davis Copper Mi...

Articles of Incorporation and annual reports from Kennedy Creek Gold Mining, Dennemora Gold and Copper Mining, French Bar Gold Mining, Montana Homesta

Twelve photo negatives c1933, including seven 6-7/8 x 10-3/4-inch negatives and five 7-3/4 x 9-3/4-inch negatives. Four images are pictures of an unna

2" stack in protective sleeves of important and valuable info by professionals on various mine properties. The Bland Group, Butte. Mountain Vie...

Miscellaneous Montana mining lot. Mining and Scientific Press newspaper 1894; The Electrical Engineer (Harnessing the Missouri River near Helena) 1898

About 31 Montana mining and geology booklets. 10 Empire Lode Mining Claim. Mineral Industry Surveys of Montana 1957, 1964, 1967.Inspector of Mines Rep

Lot of over 30 checks from Montana mining companies, dating back to the 1880s. Butte, Great Falls, Helena, Cooke City, Clinton, Marysville. City: S

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...