Western Americana Auction April 2022

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...