Western Americana Safari

Rare Bodie certificate. Inc. in New York. No. 237, issued for 1,000 shares to D. Noyes, Burton on April 10, 1880. Signed by the president and secretar

Location: Bodie Mining District. Inc. Sept. 13, 1877. Uncancelled. No. 175 issued to G.B. Bayley, Trustee, for 100 shares in Feb 1880. Signed by Wales

No. 6546, issued in 1882 at San Francisco to E.R. Grant, trustee and signed by A.J. Ralston as president and Ed. W. Sessions as secretary. Bodie Minin

1) Boston Consolidated Mining Company. No 1873, issued for 100 shares. Corp. signatures. Not cancelled. Printed by Britton & Rey. Deep folds, to...

This is a fabulous c1880's map showing the North Yuba River area near Bridgeport Township. On this map you can find French Corral, Birchville, t...

Early number 42 datelined Jackson on Dec. 8, 1866. 10 shares to a Charles Bailey. Incorporated Nov. 5, 1866 and capitalized at $216,000; 2160 shares a

A spectacular piece never before seen by FH! Location of Works: near Lumpkin, Butte County, California. Main office in San Francisco. Consolidated Nov

Certificate No. 56 issued to Miss Kittie Squire on September 9th, 1873 for 1,00 shares. It was incorporated February 1873. The printer is identified a

1) Yellow Jacket and Carey Consolidated Gold and Silver Mining Company. West Point Mining District. No. 516, issued for 50 shares to JW River on Nov.

No. 85 issued in May 8th, 1865. Coupons at $35 each reflecting a 7% Interest rate, #2 (May 30, 1866) through #9 (May 30, 1870) are intact. Signed by W

# 4085 for 1,919 shares on September 25, 1862 to George Wight (Wright?). Signed by J Pownall(?) and ? Nice pictorial on left hand side. State

Two rare color illustrated booklets advertising products made with Pacific Coast Borax (mined in Death Valley). Francis "Borax" Smith foun...

Four tiles made by US borax in 1967, with the AIME logo at the top right. US borax is largest operation in the United States. It is located in Boron,

Located in the old Salt Springs area of Death Valley (Lingenfelter, 1986, Death Valley & the Amargosa, p.158-159). Has an ornate border around i...

Two letters from John Coleman. "...we have about 6" of bedrock today..." "We area also cutting down No. 3; it will take 3 or 4 d...

Early certificate #30. Incorporated August 3rd, 1863. Issued to B. Adler for 5 shares in 1863. Signed by A. Manaus (Secretary) and B. Adler (President

Both companies have the same corporate officers. 1) North Fresno Mining Company. No. 20, issued for 200 shares to the company secretary. Not cancelled

3 Very rare photographs from the Graeagle mine in Northeastern California. Two are duplicates of the pond and one has been over exposed. Unique loca

Grass Valley Mining District. Inc. Aug. 15, 1878. No. 288, issued for 50 shares to Frank Dault on Feb. 20th, 1879. Signed by Henry Scadden as presiden

1) North Star Mine, mining cars on train trestle, framed--9" x 11.5". 2) Miners' Picnic, women are all dressed in white with hats, men...

No. 187 datelined Grass Valley, California, January 2nd, 1879 for 50 shares to Angelo Cuneo. Incorporated Marcg 31st, 1873 and capitalized at $20,000;

Lot of four. 1) Pemberton Hydraulic Gold Mining Company. Auburn. No 141, issued for 500 shares on July 22, 1879. Signed by the president & secre...

Large group of company files for the Golden Center mine at Grass Valley California, 1928 to circa 1965. This group consist of approximately 5 cubic fe

Lot of 7 different. Included: Zeibright Mining Company (1907, Nevada City, not cxl), Union Hill Mines (1915, Grass Valley, cxl), Idaho Maryland Cons.

Location: Grizzly Flat, Placer County, California. No. 356, issued for 50 shares to Spencer Murray on Dec. 19th, 1899. Signed by the vice-president, F

Incorporated September 22, 1863 and capitalized at $180,000; 1800 Shares at $100 per. Cert. #127, issued to Benjamin Dore for 5 shares and dated Decem

Incorporated in 1863. Cert. #36, issued to John Edwards for one share. Signed by Geo. Withington, president, and Joseph Bowen, secretary. Vignette at

Mt. Echo and Newton Mining Districts, Amador County, Cal. Datelined Ione City, April 2, 1867. 5 shares to S. B. Meader. Incorporated Feb. 13, 1864 and

22 x 18 1/2". J. W. Powell. Includes description of the Gold Belt, etc. State: California City: Jackson Date: 1894 ...

Blank reverse. This is a very rare employee token from Johnsville from this very famous mine. State: California City: Johnsville

Stock Certificate No. 21 for 60 share made out to John H. Redington (President) dated June 23rd, 1863. The Company was capitalized at $600,000; 600 sh

Cert. #70, issued for 100 shares to James McHaffie, the corp secretary and signed by Jno. Hanscom as president. Vignette of an Indian brave seated at

Lost Camp seems to be in or near Blue Canyon (near the Nyack exit on I-80 near Donner Pass). Certificate No. 4 dated 7-29-67 for 25 shares to Josiah C

Incorporated October 20, 1879. Issued to F.E. Luty, Trustee, on November 17, 1879. Signed by Atkinson as Vice President and F.E. Luty as Secretary. Li

Three unused stocks signed by President, Egbert Judson. The early hydraulic mining company was incorporated in September 1859 and capitalized at $400,

Certificate No. 747 for 100 preferred shares made out to Stone Nichols & Stone dated May 4th, 1866. Incorporated in New York on June 25th, 1863 ...

Certificate No. A192 for 57 shares made out to A. M. Dobecki dated Feb. 10th, 1880. Incorporated in California in 1874 and signed by vice president, S

# C309 for 100 shares to Robert M Reynolds. Signed by William Reynolds and Charlick. Some folds, but otherwise in very nice condition. Henry Hartley s

The Excelsior Mine produced most of the gold in the Meadow Lake Mining District and is thought to be the only profitable mine in the district. Certifi

Certificate No. 55 for 50 shares made out to A. J. Field and dated March 17th 1864. Incorporated Dec. 1, 1863 and capitalized at $450,000; 2250 shares

Incorporated December 1863 and capitalized at $500,000; 100,000 shares at $5. Monitor Mining District, Alpine County. Certificate No. 1506 made out t

Very early Certificate No. 7 dated Oct. 16, 1863 for 10 shares to T. Cooper. Signed by President G. H. Parsons and Secretary, J. Warren Clark. Incorpo

22 x 19". Special folio of Nevada City with history of the area. Done by the U. S. Geological Survey. ` State: California City:...

Rare magazine called the Nevada City Nugget. This is the Special Mining Number, issued Friday, May 10, 1929. It is 32 pages including an 8 page direct

Incorporated November 1875 and capitalized at $1,000,000; 40,000 shares at $25 per. Certificate No. 281, for 10 shares issued on October 20, 1877 to H

Two different mine photographs, both matted, circa 1900. A) 8.5 x 10.5" Moore photo "miners waiting for cage, Central Shaft, Grass Valley....

1) Acme Mines & Mill, Inc. Inc. in Nevada. No. 1929, issued for 1,000 shares to RF Brown on Feb. 26, 1929. Signed by the president and secretary...

Two spectacular Oreville mining photographs. Two different side views of the Indiana dredge taken September 1901. Mounted to board, excellent conditio

Pilot Knob, Mud Springs and Mound Springs Mining Districts. Number 329 for 25 shares to JSS Robinson. 25c United States Revenue Stamp. The districts l

Office at S. B. Pelson's House in White Oak Township. Incorporated June 20, 1863 and capitalized at $1,515,000; 30,300 shares at $50 per. Certif...

Rare Copper medal for Gold Rush, 1842, Placerita Canyon. Californians celebrated the centennial in grand style, and Newhall residents didn't shr...

1) Taylor Plumas Mill and Mining Company. No. 960, issued for 100 shares to JR Kennedy on April 15th, 1886. Signed by the president (Robinson) and sec

Extra rare pre-1900 Randsburg. Inc. in California. No. 76, issued for 40 shares to Emma. D. Ely on March 27th, 1899. Randsburg dateline. Signed by A.W

Five pound bond No. 82 issued to Dr. Leonard W. Sedgwick on Sept. 5, 1895. Signed by the company directors and secretary. Three pence revenue imprint.

H. S. Homans was a Notary Public and Commissioner of Deeds for the Nevada Territory. (What is a Nevada Territory Commissioner of Deeds doing in San Fr

Much attention paid to San Francisco one year after the great earthquake. Also articles on Leadville, Cripple Creek, Butte, etc. Cover missing. Spine

Dated December 21, 1896 correspondence to Eureka, Nevada on payment. California Powder Works was the first American explosive powder manufacturing com

Rare Ventura County, California. Inc. in 1899. Dateline Santa Paula, Cal., July 39th, 1901. No. 65, issued for 100 shares to C.M. Hardison. Signed by

Location: Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California. Dateline San Francisco, Feb. 11, 1889. No. 147, issued for 1,633 shares to CF Frost, the manager of t

Two certificates for the William Tell Consolidated Gold Mining Company, datelined Sierra City, California, 1891. No. 41, issued for 50,000 shares! and

Location of works: Placer Mining in the County of Sierra, Cal. Dateline North San Juan, Nevada County, California. No. 114, issued for 17 shares to H.

Alleghany Mining District, Sierra County. 1) Plumbago Gold Mine Company Stock Certificate. Certificate No. C11, issued for 1,375 shares to Joseph Penn

Early Sierra County. Inc. in Kentucky. No. 426, issued for 100 shares to A.H. Allen on March 3, 1881. Signed by CC Attenbury (President) and the secre

100 shares made out to F. E. Luty, Trustee for the Company dated August 30, 1876. The Company was capitalized at $10,000,000; 100,000 shares at $100 e

Number 2 is the rarest of the Silver Prize Stock Certificates. 25 shares No. 10 dated August 15th 1863 to Frank Cooper. Incorporated August 3rd 1863 a

Stock certificate #52 dated September 28th 1863 for 10 shares made out to Frank Cooper. Cooper was a partner in Stroebel, Fleig & Co. a meat mar...

1897. Full of detail in maps and history. 22 X 19". State: California City: Sonora Date: 1897 FHWAC#: 41850

Lot of 4. 1) The Sanchez and Soledad Gold & Silver Consolidated Mining Company. Mines in the Mojave Mining District. No. 705, issued in 1883 for...

Lot of two. 1) Roosevelt Mining & Milling Company. Inc. in CA. No. 484, issued for 100 shares to Geo. C. Auderegg on June 2, 1903. Signed by the...

1) Wee-Wee Antic Gold, Silver and Copper Mining Company, Stockton Gopher District. Datelined September 14, 1863. Incorporated July 30th, 1863 and capi

Very Early certificate # 10 to Harlow Nettleton for 100 shares datelined Stone Ranch and dated October 10, 1863. The company was incorporated July 186

Panning Started in 1850 in this now ghost town located on highway 20, west of Grass Valley where highway 49 intersects highway 20. This area was the s

Rare mine dredging certificate. Inc. in California. No. 28, issued for 2,250 shares on Dec. 4th, 1909. Signed by the vice-president (W.J. Baker) and t

This is the first time we have seen this certificate. Incorporated July 11, 1863 and capitalized at $540,000; 2700 shares at $200 per. Certificate 104

Lot of 4 different. Included: the highly-attractive Tuolumne County Water Company stock (1854, cut cancelled) with the gorgeous half-page placer minin

Never seen by us. 16 pp .9.25 x 6". Paper wrapper; includes a foldout cross sectional plan of the mine with a table of assays performed by Tho...

This has never been seen by this company and we could find little information on it. Incorporated Dec. 20, 1862 and capitalized at $260,400; 1736 shar

Cert. #86, issued in 1891 to T.E. Rowan, trustee and signed by Rowan as president. Location of mine: Oro Grande Mining Dist. Printed at top left. Comp

Certificate No. 354 for 10 shares of stock dated March 26, 1879 and made out to M. Gluebetich. Incorporated in San Francisco on July 27, 1876 and capi

Calaveras County. No. 921 datelined Stockton, California, December 10, 1873 for 250 shares to J. W. Roaer. Incorporated October 16th, 1873 and capital

Group of original glass negatives and prints from the Jeffrey Mine, White Mountains, Inyo County, California. Approximately 20 photographs separated f

Incorporated February 1877. Stock Certificate #3 dated March 6, 1877 for 100 shares to James Lolley. Signed by the President, R. B. Symington and F. A

Location of Works: Hites Cove, California, which is in Mariposa County near Yosemite. Inc. in California, January 6th, 1881. No. 166, issued for 100 s

RARE! Siskiyou County has the distinction of the first gold discovery in Northern California. Dr. Hearn made the first discovery (Tthe Pine Tree) on Y

9 Photographs of the American River and dredging operations on various places including the North Fork Ditch Settling Pond (behind and beyond Monte Re

Not real nuggets--Come to Sacramento Convention Capital; Path of Gold, San Francisco, 1916; Pioneer Frisco. State: California City:

Five California gold pan souvenirs. State: California City: Date: FHWAC#: 39661

Lot of 30. Includes: Volcano Copper Gold & Silver MC (unused 1860s); Croesus Gold Mining & Milling Co. (Grass Valley); Ante Up MC (Alleghany...

Scarce dredging company stocks. Lot of 4 different. Included: Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields (1956, punch cancelled), South Yuba Mining & Smeltin...

Gold nugget pin, 1 1/8". Six medals: san Diego Federal Savings & Loan, 1885-1955, nice embossed image of miner; E. Clampus Vitus medal; Ban...

Lot of 6. All different. Includes: Veta Grande Mining Company (1921, cancelled), Selby Smelting & Lead Company (1907, cancelled), The Shasta May...

Gorgeous certificate. Inc. in California. No. 28623, issued for 5 shares to Bearer on April 26, 1902. Printed signature of the president. Live signatu

Great condition. Slide printed with, "Old miner with outfit, California." Used by the Chicago Public Schools. Very interesting piece and r...

Seven duplicate lithographs showing three miners: panning, using sluice box, and an arrasta. By RS Dogge. Two Bunker Hill lithographs thrown in for lu

Rare book: "Echoes of the Past about California" by General John Bidwell. "In the Camp and Cabin" by Rev. John Steele. Publishe...

Lot of 10 letters for this company made famous for its explosives in the 19th century. Nine of the letters are on letterhead from the Clipper Gap Mill

"Hunting for Gold" by Major William Downie, facsimile signature. "Reminisences (sic) of Personal Experience and Research in the Early...

Certificate No. 110 with six month interest coupons #2 (Jan. 1877) through #20 (Jan 1886) remaining intact. Interest at 7% per annum. Incorporated in

Photo of Mojave Desert Mine, possibly lower Randsburg. This settlement is located near the mine in which most of the people worked. the mine on the si

Lot of 5 different. Included: California King Gold Mines Company (1903, not cancelled, very ornate), Vanderbilt Mines Company (1933, not cancelled, th