Western Americana Signature Sale (May 2021 Auction)

Inc. in Colorado in 1894. No. 1286, issued for 1167 shares to H.H. Neber, trustee, on October, 1896. Signed by president Griffith and the secretary. N

Nice group of Cripple Creek material includes Black Diamond Gold Mining Company stock, unissued but signed by J.B. McKinnee (1890's), El Paso Na...

Lot of 5 different. One is listed in Hills. Included: Atlanta, Cripple Creek & Creede MC (1899, self-ID, not cxl, mining vignette); Burlington G...

Cert. #18, issued for 15 shares to J.E. Ackley. Signed by AD Churchill and vice president TC Tetham. Dateline 1885 New York. Allegorical vignette. Spe

Lot of 4 items. 1) Panama Mining & Reduction Company. Mines Located Clear Creek County, Colorado (printed under title). Inc. in Illinois. No. 26...

Lot includes Highland Chief Cons. Mining Company stock dated 1879 from Leadville, Pactolus Hydraulic Mining & Milling Co. bond with coupons, 189...

Scarce Dakota Territory mining stock issued in 1879 for 100 shares. Location: Whitewood Quartz Mining District, Lawrence County, D.T. printed at the t

Two Rice Oil Company stock certificates issued in 1918. These historic documents were printed by the American Banknote Company and have ornate borders

Extra rare! Number 143 for 1,000 shares to HJ King in 1871. Signed by Secretary DL Perry, treasurer DL Perry and president DM Graham. Vignette of plac

#191, issued for 200 shares and signed by W.C. Bowman as president. Eagle vignette. Inc. in Missouri. The company's mine was located at Westvill...

Cert. #345, issued at New York in 1881. Inc. in New York. Mines at Brooksville, Maine printed above the mining vignette. It's very unusual to fi...

# 521 for 1,000 shares to Chas A. Howland. Signed by president John G Webster and clerk JE Gilley. Incorporated in Massachusetts in 1863. Datelined 18

Inc. in Michigan. No. F7961, issued for 50 shares to Paine Webber & Co. on Jul. 13, 1915. Punch cancelled signatures. Maroon border, black print...

Lot of 2 different. 1) The High Ore Gold & Copper Mining Company. No. 80, issued for 125 shares in 1896. Signed by vice president Hewett and the...

Lot of 4 different. 1) Bullfrog North Star Mining Company. Issued in 1906, not cancelled. Folds. 2) The Lige Harris Bullfrog Gold Mining Company. Issu

Nice collectible set of all four State Line Gold Mining Stocks. Includes State Line GMC No. 1, State Line GMC #2, State Line GMC #3, and State Line GM

Lot of two stock certificates from the Chico Gold and Silver Mining Company. One unissued, one issued October 18th, 1867 to H. Leslie for ten shares,

Lot of 13: Manhattan Silver Pick (with silver pick vignette) Chipmunk Gold, Manhattan Gold Wedge, Manhattan Virginia Gold, Manhattan Whale, Manhattan

Unissued. Number 97. We have not seen one of these in a very long time. The story of Rawhide is well known, but what was North Rawhide’s stor

# 103 for 1,000 shares to Harry Chandler. Signed by secretary Herbert Cohen and president A C. Ellis Jr. president. Dateline Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov

The company was incorporated in Nevada. This certificate was issued at Colorado Springs in 1909. Promotion Stock which is usually issued to early favo

Scarce, stock certificate book from the Tonopah Aspen Mining Company. The Tonopah Aspen mine was located at the north end of the district, surrounded

1) Tonopah Golden Crown Mining. # 1325 for 500 shares in 1906 to AD Ayers. Signed by president Dickson. 2) Millbrae Tonopah Mining. # 128 for 500 shar

Lot of 6. 1) Tonopah Gold Mountain MC. #704 for 500 shares in 1904. Early!. Three small mining related vignettes. Signed by Key Pittman. He was a Unit

Sutro’s name is pen cancelled. # 28 to William W. Warden for 25 shares in 1868. Miner with pick vignette. 2” rip at right fold has b

A RARE Eagle Mining Company stock certificate, measures 12-1/8 x 8 inches. Incorporated in Pennsylvania. Certifies John Pool is authorized seventy-fiv

Lot of 17, most different. Most are Nevada. Includes: Unionville MC (1911); Searchlight Midas MC (1906, condition issues); Belle Isle Mining Co. (1880

Lot includes 1)Pioneer Consolidated Mines (Bullfrog), 1916 2) Tonopah Extension M.C. 1928 3) Tonopah North Star Tunnel & Development, 1913. 4) J...

Lot of 6. 1) North Eastern Gold and Silver Mining Company. # 88 for 50 shares in 1881. Signed by president Bloomer. W. A. Nicholsen was the assayer. I

Seven mining stocks from West Central, NV. 1) 415 shares of Pyramid Golden Crater Mining Co cert #90 dated Se[t 20. 1907 issued to Geo Erdner. Gold

A lot of 6 Misc. NV Mining District stock certificates: 1) 100 shares of Eastern Star Mining Co Treasury Stock cert #927 issued to Alfre Hardeman da

Stock certificate from Cayuga Manufacturing Company, Montezuma, N.Y., issued in 1820. The Cayuga Manufacturing Company began salt manufacturing in 181

Cert. #189, issued for 50 shares to Geo. G. Hastings in 1866. Signed by Jacob Goedel as president. In 1865, Henry Wurtz, of New York invented a new an

A pair of stock certificates issued by Eames Petroleum Iron Company and Eames Petroleum Gold & Silver Smelting Company. 1. Issued by Eames Pet...

Cert. #43, issued to E.A.L. Roberts for 100 shares in 1865. Great vignette of what we believe to be the earliest instance of fracking. Colonal Roberts

Inc. in New York. No. 249, issued to J. Elnathan Smith for 600 shares on Feb. 3rd, 1854. Signed by president William Furnils and secretary Jno. Bordma

American Aluminum Co., incorp in Michigan in 1877, issued to John H. Rogers for 150 shares at Detroit, 1887, signed by J.W. Smith as president. I/uc.

Three stock certificates: one for Homestake Mining Company, number 2157, issued 12/4/1879 to A.B. Baylis for 100 shares, signed by secy J. K. Goodrich

Location of Works: Ophir Mining District, Tooele County, Utah Territory (printed under title). No. 83, issued for 100 shares to Emily Woodmansee on De

Lot of 3: Silver Shield Mining & Milling, 1929, with unique silver color sheriff’s shield where the corporate seal is, “Property in

Certificate was issued for 500 shares in 1855 at New York. The company's property consists of 130 acres of land, located in the courty of Louisa...

Number 6 issued on November 4, 1854. This is a very early number and very early general date. Issued to O. MacDaniel and signed by president O. MacDan

#24 for 90 shares to Frances B Thurber Signed by John R Bostwik and president HK Thurber. Great vignette of the candle at work underground (with saili

1) Three Golconda Gold Mining Company. Organized in Ascot in 1863 by General Adams, with it's location at Sherbrooke in Quebec. In 1863, gold w...

Lot of five includes four marble companies' stock certificates, and one bond, from U.S. states, issued from 1871 to 1915. Included are: Eastern ...

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Large museum quality specimen of the much treasured gemstone Lapis Lazuli from Afganistan. 6"x 9.5" banded and solid blue with pyrite. Por...

These are two acrylic embedments that not only contain ore specimens from the Pueblo Viejo Gold Mine in the Dominican Republic, but encapsulate a bit

16.2 troy ounces of silver splash that landed on one level, flowed down a 3-inch step and puddled there. It comes from the El Mochito Mine in Honduras

This lot has two pieces of silver splash, that is, molten silver that sloshed out of the furnace crucible and landed on the floor of the mine's ...

The Hishikari Gold Mine near the southern tip of Japan is a world-class gold deposit with an average grade of 40 grams per ton. In 2008 it was the onl

The Hishikari Gold Mine near the southern tip of Japan is a world-class gold deposit with an average grade of 40 grams per ton. In 2008 it was the onl

The Hishikari Gold Mine near the southern tip of Japan is a world-class gold deposit with an average grade of 40 grams per ton. In 2008 it was the onl

The Hishikari Gold Mine near the southern tip of Japan is a world-class gold deposit with an average grade of 40 grams per ton. In 2008 it was the onl

The Hishikari Gold Mine near the southern tip of Japan is a world-class gold deposit with an average grade of 40 grams per ton. In 2008 it was the onl

The Hishikari Gold Mine near the southern tip of Japan is a world-class gold deposit with an average grade of 40 grams per ton. In 2008 it was the onl

Eleven pieces of varying size, of high-grade gold ore from the Hishikari Gold Mine in southern Japan. See other listings of Hishikari specimens for d

A large sample of silica flux ore that has gold content of 0.09 oz/ton. This material could be used in the smelting of precious metal ores to help rem

This specimen of high-grade, gold-silver ore comes from the underground Pinos Altos Mine in the mountains of west-central Chihuahua, Mexico. The handw

An unusually greenish-blue aquamarine crystal cluster on feldspar matrix from Erongo Mountain, Namibia. Typically the aquamarine found in the many gem

Nice hand specimen from the Rosita Copper Mine in Nicaragua of malachite with minor azurite, some in botryoidal form. Total weight is about 284 grams.

A cluster of vibrant-green, octahedral fluorite crystals in superb condition from a surface deposit located 3 km north of the village of Riemvasmaak.

Truly spectacular split drill core from the immense Ray Copper Mine in Pinal County, Arizona. The label says the core came from 1,100 feet below the p

Three specimens of native copper from the Ray Mine in Pinal County, Arizona. There used to be a town of Ray, Arizona, but it got mined away as the ope

Small specimen of silver-bearing copper ore, 2 x 0 6 x 0.5 inches, with probably a silver sulfide such as argentite (Ag2S) or acanthite (AgS2). Found

Bag of about 35 specimens (all 2 x 2" or so), many with cut surfaces. The very best of these rocks were hand picked and sold last year by us. ...

Two specimens of high-grade gold ore, thought to be from the Primrose Mine in Sierra County, California, near Sierra City. Obvious visible gold in whi

The Primrose Mine is about 3.5 miles northwest of Sierra City, California, in the Plumas National Forest. It was a very small producer from two veins

Two slabs of high-grade gold ore from the Sunnyside Mine located in Eureka Gulch north of Silverton, Colorado. This is the mine made famous by the col

Three large hand samples and three small pieces of gold-silver ore from the Ajax Mine, on the northern edge of Victor, Colorado, in the Cripple Creek

Specimen is 2 x 0.5 x 1 inches. Estimated to contain nearly 1 ounce of gold. Gold shows across all four sides. Total weight is 67.2 grams State: G

Pyrite Sun (a.k.a. Pyrite Dollar, Sun Dollar, Marcasite Sun) on black shale, broken in half right through the middle. Needs repair, or mounted as a un

Heavy slab of copper-bearing "Sandstone Ore" from the White Pine Mine in Ontonagan County, Michigan on the west end of the Keweenaw Penins...

Two specimens of native copper with black shale matrix. One is a slab of dense, black shale with feathery bits of bright orange native copper through

Lot of 3. All are from the Buick Mine of Iron County, Missouri. 1 & 2) Two specimens of Galena. Smaller is 1.5 x 1 x 1.5". Larger is 1x 2.2...

Beautiful display piece of high-grade lead ore labeled OZARK, so likely from the Old Lead Belt region of Missouri near Fredericktown, Missouri. Weighs

Group of calcite (Calcium Carbonate) specimens, in varying crystal forms, all from Mississippi Valley Type deposits, probably from the Southeast Misso

An eight-pound block of silvery-gray crystalline galena, a lead sulfate, with small crystals of yellowish pyrite, an iron sulfide, from the Lead Belt

Three small pieces of high-grade gold ore identified by the collector as from the Big Four Mine, Nevada. This could be either the Big Four Mine near B

High-grade silver ore specimen, approx 301 grams, from the Bryan Mine in Lander County, Nevada, located just north of the open-pit workings of the New

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