Western Americana Signature Sale (May 2021 Auction)

Copper oxide minerals are known for their rich green colors, and this 8.6 pound rock is covered with a blend of chrysocolla, malachite, and possible o

Basalt lava volcanoes can erupt with great force and fling large blobs of molten rock thousands of feet into the air. These can be launched so high th

The Kennecott Bingham Canyon west of Salt Lake City, Utah, boasts about being the deepest open pit copper mine in the world, and here are three slabs

Here are four large pieces of high-grade ore material from the Ophir Hill Mining District in Tooele County, Utah. the largest is aoub 13.5 inches long

This is a ten-pound collection of colorful pyrite specimens ranging from brassy yellow to shiny orange, possibly chalcopyrite. Specimen sizes vary fro

This piece of high-grade gold ore comes from the Buckhorn Mountain Mine in north-central Washington state, just south of the U.S. border with Canada.

Impressive nugget of gold metal and white quartz believed by the consignor to have been collected by his father who worked at the Knob Hill Gold Mine

The Cannon Mine occupied approx 5,000 acres southwest of Wenatchee, Washington. Gold production began as early as 1894 but operations ran in fits and

This specimen is a 503-gram slab from a high-grade portion of the Cannon Mine showing the characteristic banded structure with visible gold and electr

This specimen is a 448-gram slab from a high-grade portion of the Cannon Mine showing the characteristic banded structure with visible gold and electr

This specimen is a 725-gram slab from a high-grade portion of the Cannon Mine showing the characteristic banded structure with visible gold and electr

This specimen is a 561-gram slab from a high-grade portion of the Cannon Mine showing the characteristic banded structure with visible gold and electr

Small box with eight specimens of free gold in quartz from the George Allen estate out of McGill. Probably from eastern Nevada or western Utah, these

Three chunks, one large and two small, of a gold/silver ore from an unknown locality. Silver is in the dark grey minerals (possibly argentite or acant

Four high-grade ore specimens: GOLD-SILVER ORE with argentiferous galena, sphalerite, and chalcopyrite, from the Camp Bird Mine, Sneffels District, Ou

Slab of high-grade ore resembling Hishikari specimens from this consignor, but this one is unlabeled. Shows a definite band of visible gold near the e

Spectacular banded gold in quartz matrix, approx. 2 x 2 x 0.75 inches, weighing about 68.6 grams. This is a beautiful specimen that could be displayed

This cut and polished specimen of malachite exhibits the beautiful concentric swirls and variations in the rich green color that make this copper carb

About ten mineral specimens of mostly unknown localities including Large single-crystal rhomb of Calcite, calcium carbonate, (~8 x 6 x 3 inches, 9 po

A group of beautiful display specimens includes Amethyst, a purple variety of quartz (~9 x 3 x 3.5 inches, ~1.8 pounds); a beautiful pale-blue Celesti

A dozen specimens from unknown locations of Iron Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, and Calcite. Might even be some Sphalerite and Bornite in there. Specim

Ulexite is a naturally occurring borate mineral that forms in evaporite deposits such as dry lake beds in the Western US, the Atlantic Provinces of Ca

3.5-inch drill core of solid halite (NaCl) that is 8.5 inches long (~1.27 kilograms), and a single crystal of halite that is 3.5 x 2.75 x 1.75 inches

Four bookends made from 3.5-inch diameter drill cores in four different rock types, cut flat on one side with felt attached to the bottoms. Utterly on

Geologist Ferdinand Hayden first recorded his discovery of Fulford Cave in 1874. Located 15 miles southeast of Eagle, Colorado, the cave is within the

A petrified turtle shell fossil from the Green River area of Wyoming. This very impressive specimen measures 5"x 4" and is about 1" h...

From the classic Green River Formation near Kemmerer in western Wyoming, comes this artfully prepared Asineops fish fossil. The fish is about 6.25 inc

This is 7.5"x 11" piece of black shale contains the fossil imprint of a Keichousaurus, a marine reptile from the Triassic/Jurassic perio...

Four polished ammonite fossils, all from the goniatitida order as determined by the smooth, undulating form of the suture patterns between the septa (

Four trilobite fossils in matrix, unknown location, all approx. 3.5 to 4 inches across, similar in appearance to specimens attributed to Morocco. This

Impressive run of the Transvaal Chamber of Mines Reports from 1912 to 1960. Missing only 1924, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939. These volumes are

Lot of 7. Includes: 1) Two nutcracker ornaments (5.5") with mining picks on helmets. 2) Two figures to hold candles, one with mining picks on h...

B/W photo titled “Washing Gold” Vancouver, B.C. The Philadelphia Museum in lower right. of miner (possibly on the Fraser River) us

Nice pictorial letterhead showing a dredger from this mining company that operated in Yukon Territory. Letter regarding an investment in the company...

This is sheet 3 map of the Yukon District in the North West Territory 1898, scale is 506, drawn by J. McEvoy. Highlighting White Horse township. Geol

Mining may have started at El Teniente (The Lieutenant) in the early 1800s, and over two centuries has involved the Guggenheims and Kennecott Copper C

Thirty-six brass tags, all but three marked from the Rosario Mine near Sinaloa, Mexico. 28 octagonal brass tags, 1.5 x 1.5 inches, labeled ROSARIO MIN

This is a collection of items related to the Alaska-Gastineau Mining Co., which operated a gold mining and milling operation on the outskirts of Junea

(Data Provided by the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) 1) Kennecott Copper Mill & Leaching Plant, Vol. I, provides exterior detail i...

Five maps. Original pen and ink Mantanuska Coal Mining & Dev. Co. map, 1908, Chas S. Hubbell, about 20 x 30"; Sketch Map of Mantanuska Co...

These two maps depict the mining area of Fair Haven in Kozebue Sound, Alaska; and the second map is of Coal Mountain to Skagit River. Drawn by R. B Sy

Yard long photo titled, "Partial First Aid Class, Old Dominion Co., Globe, Arizona, June 30, 1930" shows a group of miners in front of the...

Round brass tag, 38 mm, holed. Stamped: I. C. C. Co. / 2532. Original architects of the Inspiration Mine included Henry Krumb, W. B. Thompson and Lou

Early deed for a claim in the Lynx Creek Mining District. There were smaller operations in 1885 in the area, that was first discovered in 1863 by a pa

This lot has several issues of the Bodie Miner newspaper from 1881, 1882, 1909. There is an issue of the Bodie Standard newspaper as well dated 1878.

The Kennedy and Argonaut Mines in Jackson, California, were producers of gold from great depths of the Mother Lode. Both mines were recovering ore fro

The Part Played by the Yuba Manufacturing Co. in the Great Romance of Dredging for Placer Gold, Tin & Platinum – Printed for the Yuba Mfg....

"Champion Mine, Nevada City, Cal." and mine works engraved in bowl. Marked sterling. Engraved "1900" on reverse of handle. Appro...

Crystal Lake Gold Mining Co., Nevada Co., California - For Week Ending July 8, 1905. Crystal Lake is 2.25 miles east if Yuba gap, located in Nevada co

60”w x 32”h map shows company holdings that include the Ohio, Back Action, Harrison & Gold Blossom Claims, as well as 2 Mill Sites