Western Americana Safari

Two teapot lamps with oval pattern with Arabic writing on the top and "Frostburg” on the bottom. These lamps appear to have been made in the US...

Ottumwa, Iowa. Two have high-quality nickel plating. State: City: Date: FHWAC#: 42517

C. George, Hazelton, Pennsylvania. One includes a reflection plate. Very nice group. State: City: Date: FHWAC#: 42523

Small size Hudson teapot lamp with fixtures for minors candlestick. State: City: Date: FHWAC#: 42511

Two teapot mining lamps made by TF Leonard of Scranton Pennsylvania. State: City: Date: FHWAC#: 42512

Two small teapot lamps of the same size. Liberty. C. L. Anton, Washington County Pennsylvania. Rare. State: City: Date:

Small teapot lamp. "Sanner", "...Amokin, Pa." State: City: Date: FHWAC#: 42509

Scarce. Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Please inspect photograph. State: City: Date: FHWAC#: 42521

Two small teapot lamps, slightly different size, by Starr Beall. State: City: Date: FHWAC#: 42515

Threthaway Bros., Parsons, Pennsylvania. Two are 2 1/2 inches tall each, and the third is 3 inches tall. State: City: Date:

Small teapot lamp with brass vase and brass shield embossed "U M W of A", United Mine Workers of America. Rare. State: C...

Rare. "Patent applied for.” Small size. State: City: Date: FHWAC#: 42510

Nice group. Please inspect. State: City: Date: FHWAC#: 42524

No manufacturer shown. Slightly different size. Nice set! State: City: Date: FHWAC#: 42526

Both slightly different. No manufacturers marks. One does have 1908 & 1909 patent dates. Nice pair. State: City: Date: ...

One for the Atkinson Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The other for the Union Pacific. Painted black. State: City: Date: F

No manufacturers shown. Odd construction. Please see photo. State: City: Date: FHWAC#: 42525

Both different style, no manufacturer shown. State: City: Date: FHWAC#: 42522

Made by the same company, with embossed single digit numbers on the bottom. Excellent heavy construction, made to last, no manufacturers information.

Patent May 25, 1908. 2.75 inches tall. State: City: Date: FHWAC#: 42529

Extra wide with a larger than normal diameter. No manufacturer was listed. The number 22 is stamped on the bottom. State: City:

Photo of Ott Assay Lab, from early gold mining time in California. This id the chemical room of the assay office of Emil J. N. Ott in Nevada City. The

Unused block of two assay receipts for the Nevada Assay Office, operated by famous assayer James T. Ott at 30 Main Street. Allegorical vignette. Datel

Two Museum "Replica" of Blake & Co. Assayers in Sacramento. State: California City: Sacramento Date: FHWA...

Rare! Dated July 17, 1889 to superintendent of Kennedy Mine in Jackson. John Taylor specialized in assay, mining and milling supplies. The Kennedy min

Memorandum of Gold Bullion deposited by F. Roseman at the San Francisco Office. Deposit is for $115.05 oz and totals $1,486.08. Receipt is red ink pri

Memorandum of bullion deposited by Thomas Bell & Co. to Thomas Price, Analytical Chemist, Assay and Bullion Melter. Office at 524 Sacramento Str...

1) Volume of Bully Hill Mining and Smelting Co., 1901 shipments. Leather and paper hardcover. Cover appears to be burnt on front outside edge. 2) 1908

4.69 ounces of gold valued at $88.80. John 'Johnnie' Young was a leading citizen of Taylorsville. He was a merchant, rancher, and hotel man....

From a mine in Aspen, three buttons: One gold-13.18g. One silver-11.69g. One Pb (ore)-31.62g, State: Colorado City: Aspen Date:

Lot of three Cripple Creek items. 1) Assay memorandum for the Cripple Creek Sampling & Ore Company. Dateline Cripple Creek, Colorado. April 25th...

Very rare 1870s Colorado assay from the US Mint at Denver. No. 757, issued Oct. 21st, 1878 for a deposit by the City National Bank. Produced a 20 ounc

Rare billhead for Low & Chanute, Assayers & Chemists, located Under the Post Office. Dateline Leadville, Col. Sept. 1, 1881. Billed to Mr. J...

Scarce and early Nevada assay piece! Assay Office of D. Lundbom. Dateline Austin, Nevada, May 24th, 1867. Specimen received from Allen A. Curtis, Supt

Assay Office billhead signed by John Jones. Jones would run for and be elected Governor of Nevada on the Silver Party Ticket. He would take office in

Very rare early Comstock assay sheet. Memorandum of Gold & Silver Bullion deposited by the Summit Mill on Oct. 7th, 1869 at the Assay Office of ...

November 3, 1866. Rare, early Kuh signed letter. To Curtis of the Savage Mining Company for silver and gold at $182.22 per ton. That is high grade! 7.

Rare! Storey County Report of Assaying Business filed by Samuel Dowling as owner of the assay business Wiegands Assay Office for the month of March 18

Rare assay sheet for bullion deposited with Theall & Co. by the Savage Mining Company in Virginia City, Nevada. Dated January 23, 1866. Three d...

Lot number 145 for 125 pounds from the Eureka Mill. Bullion to be delivered to the Bank of California. J. B. Winters listed as superintendent in fanc

Memorandum of Assay of Bullion deposited at the Assay Office of Van Wyck & Co. Dated Oct. 27th, 1864, fours days before Nevada achieved statehoo...

Rare! "The Highest and Lowest Quotations of Gold for 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870." By the Philadelphia Inquirer. ...

1) 1888 California Powder Works letterhead. San Francisco. 2) 1891 John Taylor letterhead about the Germania Lead Works. 3) 1917 Eagle Ore Company ass

1) Perfection High Grade Gold Bars. 2) Williams Mat Gold, The Williams Gold Refining Co. Both are about 2" x 3". State: C...

Title 'Miner's Companion' on the leather case, this scale is definitely Gold Rush era. Heavily padded suggesting it was a higher end pie...

Spectacular show piece! Extra Rare!!! This was either a lab or gold scale. 27.5 x 34 x 14". Plaque with number "A58414" on the right ...

Antique mining scales in red metal tin including six penny weights and two weighing pans. Six inches long, three inches wide. State: Unite

LOT WITHDRAWN FHWAC#: 2943

LOT WITHDRAWN FHWAC#: 22667

LOT WITHDRAWN FHWAC#: 22736

Trio of issued certificates for this company that was founded in the 1890s by the Treadwell Company. Low No. 6 & 15 issued for 500 shares in Apr...

LOT WITHDRAWN FHWAC#: 13053

Lot of 3. 1) Garfield Mining Trust. Territory of Alaska. No. 33, issued for 1,000 shares on March 18th, 1909. Signed by 3 trustees. Not cancelled. Fol

1) Chisna Consolidated Mines Co. Inc. in Washington. No. 4638, issued for 200 shares on Jan 31st, 1910. Signed by the president and secretary. Not can

1) The Alaska Gold Syndicate Company. Inc. in Arizona. No. 4010, issued for 25,000 shares to A.L. Lonkey on June 9th, 1898. Signed by the vice preside

1) Koyukuk Mining Company. Inc. in District of Columbia. No. 24, issued for 55,591 shares (!) to the company's president James A. Longstreet in ...

1) Cadena de Cobre Mining Company. No 639, issued for 1,000 shares in 1906. Not cancelled. Green border with 3 mining vignettes. Folds. 2) Calumet &...

U. S. Geological Survey. Includes history. 22 x 19". State: Arizona City: Bisbee Date: 1904 FHWAC#: 41847

1901 Stereo card from Underwood on light beige panel. The Congress mine was an early discovery found as the result of the 1860's gold near the W...

Lot of 5 different. Included: Superior & Boston Copper Co. (1915, not cancelled, vignette of mine drill), Superior & Globe Copper Co. (1910,...

What a great name for a mining company! Location: Globe District, Maricopa County, Arizona. Organized in New York. No. 845, issued for 100 shares to E

Lot of 13 different. Included: Arizona-Jerome Copper Company (1917), Jerome Victor Extension Copper Co. (1916), Black Hills Copper Co. (1905), Verde C

Cert. #2797. Incorporated in the Territory of Arizona. Issued to Lucille Monthiers Dehaynin for one founders share in 1898. Signed by Herbert J. Delam

Lot of 4 different. Included: Imperial Mining Company (1929, not cancelled, 3 mining vignettes, gilt border); Yucca Cyanide Mining & Milling Com...

Lot of 14 different. Included: Allstate Development & Exploration Co. (1929), United American Mining Co. (1930), Lazy Boy Gold Mines Co. (1916),...

Cerro-Colorado Mill & Mining Co. Cert. #107. Issued at San Francisco, Cal. in 1876. Issued to T.M. McEntee, Trustee in 1876 for 10 shares. Signe...

Lot of 4 different. Includes: The Twin Buttes Mining & Smelting Company (1904, pen cancelled); Arizona Belmont Mining Company (1913, not cancell...

"Gold, Silver, and Copper Mines in Arizona." Very attractive early certificate with vignette of miners with headlamps and smaller US coin ...

Lot of 3 different. 1) Butternut Gold & Copper Mining Company. No. 8 issued for 5,000 shares in 1902. Pen cancelled. Eagle vignette. Folds. 2) A...

Lot of 4 different. Included: El Tiro Copper Company (1908, not cancelled, pictorial), Arizona Ray Copper Company (1917, not cancelled, mining vignett

Rare Tombstone, Arizona mining stock issued in 1881 to E.D. Barnes, Trustee for 100 shares. Location printed on certificate: Tombstone Mining District

Beautiful Tombstone, Arizona mining stock signed by E.B. Gage as president in 1902. Cert. # 1435. Incorporated in Arizona. The Tombstone Consolidated

A group of about fifteen aerial photographs and negatives of approximately 1.5 x 3" size taken about 1935. Shows town and surrounding hills. Ph...

Lot of 5 different. Included: Washington Mining Company (1881, not cancelled), Viznaga Gold Mining Company (1903, pictorial, not cancelled), Cochise D

Washington Mining Co. Cert #336. Incorporated in New York 1881. Issued to E. Barnes for 100 shares in 1881. Signed by C. Macdonald (?) as president an

No. 3646. Issued for 100 shares to S. Marx on July 13th, 1881. Signed by the president (James Seymour) and secretary (M.A. Jones). Not cancelled. Orna

3 Bonds for Arizona mines including one in Spanish for Compania de las Minas de Oro de Cerro Colorado c. 1893. 1st seen, Cerro Colorado is usually the

Lot of 7. Included: Central Mining & Development Co. (Saddle Mountains, 1908, not cancelled, pictorial), Arizona Tip Top Mines Co. (Humbug, 1920...

Lot of 6 different. Included: McKinley Gold Mines Co. (Iron Springs, 1910, not cancelled, pictorial), The Flux Mining Co. (Harshaw, 1919, not cancelle

Lot of 7 different. Included: El Dorado Empire Mining Co. (Santa Rosa, 1907, pen cancelled, mining vignette), Bonanza Mining Co. (Cunningham Pass, 194

Lot of 6 different. Included: Sheldon Mining Company (Walker, 1929, not cancelled, vignette of ore cars), Quartz King Mining Co. (Cienega, 1905, not c

Lot of 5 different. Included: The Arizona National Copper Co. (Ticonderoga, 1907, not cancelled), Crown King Mines Co. (Crown King/Tiger, 1907, not ca

Lot of 4. Included: United Mines of Arizona (Bouse) (1916, not cancelled, pictorial), two Yuma Warrior Mining Co. (Harquahala) (1913, not cancelled),

Lot of 8 certificates for companies located or incorporated in Arizona. Includes: Seven Devils Copper Co. (1910), $500 bond for The Arizona Gazette Co

Lot of two different. 1) Octave Mining Company. Inc. in Arizona. No. 4399, issued for 1,600 shares in 1909. Signatures of the president and secretary.

Two different. 1) Big Ledge Copper Company. Big Bug. Inc. in Arizona. No. 51430, issued for 100 shares to Harry A. Massey & Co. on Oct. 11, 1920...

Certificate #24 for 200 shares made out to C. D. Morrison, trustee on July 2nd 1878. Signed by William Drake and President Alfred Lyon. Small vignette

Letterhead dated Oct. 3, 1873 to Wells Fargo. Receipt for Gold and Coin, etc. being shipped to San Francisco (Agent C. Fleehart). In 1857 the Spring H

Very early certificate No. 21 dated May 19th 1865 for 75 shares to Samuel Page. Incorporated January 22nd, 1864 and capitalized at $650,000; 1300 shar

Very rare. Silver Mountain District, Amador County, California. Low No. 10, issued for 100 shares to Frank Cooper on May 18th, 1864. Signed by James W

Lot of 3 different. 1) Bunker Hill Cons. Mining Co. Issued 1921, stamp cancelled. Amador City. 2) Peerless Gold Mine Development Company. Issued for 4

25 Mining and mining related photographs that originated near Auburn Cal. Locations include the Oro Fino Mine, Dutch Ravine, Pinewood Applegate, BathS

Fabulous and rare Aurora mining stock issued at Aurora, Mono County, Cal. on Nov. 3rd, 1867. Inc. Feb. 24, 1863. Issued to George A. Clark for 600 sha

Very rare Bodie gold and silver mine. No. 1276, issued for 100 shares to S.B. Wakefield on February 6 ,1880. Signed by John Dixon as president and T.H

Lot of 3. 1) Bodie & Hawthorne Telephone & Telegraph Company. Dateline Bodie, CA, Oct. 17, 1892. No. 55, issued 10 shares to Roy White. Sign...

Very early & rare Bodie piece! Not cancelled. Incorporated in New York. No. 203, issued in 1864. Signed by Alonozo Child (president) and Henry K...

No. 395. This one is in not as good of condition as the previous given its left panel is toned. Fourteen coupons attached. Please see previous lot for

Article on the Bodie mine owners and that their land titles are probably safe. Bodie Standard, Maybelle, Glen Dale, White Cloud, Silver Hill, Oro, Dud

Very scarce Bodie stock issued in 1879 and printed by Grafton T. Brown. Grafton Tyler Brown was one of the first African American lithographers in the

Very rare. The Sonora Consolidated Mining Company of Bodie District California. Inc. in New York. No. 96, issued for 50 shares on Jan. 21, 1880 to HD