Western Americana Signature Sale (May 2021 Auction)

Ellendale is a present-day ghost town in Nye County, Nevada, about 30 miles east of Tohopah. From discovery in 1909 by 29-year-old Ellen Nay, the mine

Beautiful gold on quartz specimen from the Monarch Mine near Gardnerville in northwestern Nevada. The gold is approx 1/2 x 1/4 inch centered in a piec

Spectacular, naturally dark, smoky quartz from the Incline Village pegmatite, mined in the early 1970s by Reno mineral dealer Harvey Gordon. The cryst

First production of the Manhattan Gold Mine is listed as 1868, and operations started and stopped numerous times up to 1990. The site has been reclaim

The Manhattan Mining District was discovered in the 1860s. The Nellie Gray Mine was a small producer near the center of the district. This piece of hi

Spectacular native copper specimen, museum size and grade, from the Rio Tinto Mine. 11" x 22", about seven pounds. The Mountain City Copp...

Small sample of high-grade gold ore, approx 1.75 x 1 x 1 inches, weighs about 39.2 grams. Visible gold on the surface with some malachite staining on

Small gold nugget from Osceola, a placer gold camp east of Ely, collected by J. Miles in the 1920s. 5.1 grams. Date: Country (if not USA): State:

Group of about 31 nuggets, weighing 26.0 grams, from the J. Miles Collection of Ely, Nevada, collected in the 1920s. Osceola is a placer gold camp in

High-grade gold ore sample from Rawhide, Nevada, which no longer exists after the development of the Kennecott Rawhide-Denton open-pit mine in the 199

Large specimen of copper oxide minerals, mostly malachite and chrysocolla surrounding a sizable blob of dark gray chalcocite (Cu2S). This would be hig

Five pieces of gold ore from the Fairview Mine in the Round Mountain Mining District of Nye County, Nevada. One piece has 1/4-inch feathers of gold gr

Deep reddish garnets (var. Almandine based on published Fe:Mn ratios in the range of 2.5:1) in flow-banded rhyolite matrix, likely to be from the Robi

Two pieces of mostly chrysocolla (a copper silicate mineral) with occurrences of azurite, malachite. One is labeled KCC / NEVADA / TRIPP-VETERAN PIT /

Beautiful piece of shiny native copper encrusted with green malachite oxidation and a white mineral, probably calcite. Approx. size is 5 x 6 x 2.5 inc

Large specimen of native copper, thought to be from the Chino Mine a.k.a. Santa Rita del Cobre Mine near Santa Rita, New Mexico. Approx 10 x 5.5 x 1 i

Another large piece of native copper, believed to be from the Chino Mine near Santa Rita, New Mexico. Size is approx. 6 x 5 x 2 inches, and it weighs

Massive piece of native copper thought to be from the Chino Mine, otherwise known as the Santa Rita Mine or Santa Rita del Cobre, near Santa Rita, New

Two large leaves of native copper, a rock with a seam of chalcopyrite/bornite, and five pieces of iron pyrite -- all attributed to the Chino Mine near

Four hefty pieces of high-grade copper ore, primarily brassy chalcopyrite and purple-red bornite, from the Chino Mine near Silver City, New Mexico. On