Western Frontiers Auction (October 2022)

Most fancy title font of any Nevada Territory certificate we have seen. Early number 18 for 20 shares to D. Hogan. Signed by D. M. Dames(?) and E. C.

#136 Louisa Porvis(?) for 4 shares on January 30, 1866 in Austin, Nevada. Signed by secretary William M. Clark as secretary and Joseph Daniels as pres

Reese River Mining District, Lander Co., N.T. (printed at top center). Occidental Ledge (printed under title). Incorporated in Nevada Territory, April

Cert. #33, issued for 10 shares to Robt. Battersby in 1863 and signed by James K. Whitaker as president and G. E. Schenck as secretary. Vignette of tw

Cert. #78, issued for ten shares issued to R. Goodrich (endorsed on back) on March 19, 1864. Big Creek District, Lander Co., Reese River printed at th

Location: Ethan Allen Ledge, Big Creek, Lander County, N. T. (printed to the right of vignette). Big Creek district. Large "Reese River" u...

#15 issued to J. P. Winnie for 50 shares on May 22,1863 in Carson City, N. T. Signed by president E. B. Rail and secretary J. P. Winnie. 25c Certifica

Comet Ledge, Lander County (printed at top center). Simpson's Park district. Inc. March 1863. #164, issued for ten shares to S. Lubeck on Nov. 1...

Very early # 6 for 25 shares to P. Levigue. Signed by A. Cheminant and president F. Seully. Dateline September 26,1863 San Francisco. Incorporated Jul

Inc. under the laws of Nevada Territory. Gold Hill Mining Dist. (printed bottom center). No. 33965, issued for 50 shares to Zadig, Wollberg & Co...

#26 for 10 shares to president Hickok. Signed by William B Hickok president and Charles Forman secretary. Signed on reverse by Nevada's third Go...

Signed by two long time, early Nevada residents!. #116 for 10 shares issued to D. Radlich on September 22, 1863 at Gold Hill. Located in "Gold ...

#31 for 10 shares to D. H. Carpenter. Datelined Virginia, February 4th, 1864. Signed by M. J. Power and W. Wayde? Incorporated January 16, 1864. Mount

Nice Nevada Territorial issued to N. N. Sanders at Gold Hill, March 5, 1864 for 20 shares. Certificate #105. Signed by S. M. Conly as president and W

Beautiful Nevada Territorial stock certificate issued at Virginia, N. T. to Philip S. McDonald for 20 shares, May 26th, 1863. Signed by J. L. Van Bokk

#153 for 10 shares issued to B. Levison on April 16, 1864 in Virginia N. T. Signed by president William M. Long and secretary Chas. B. Hammond. Incorp

Rare mining district. # 40(or 70) for 5 shares (numbers 256 to 260) for T. J. Jenkins on August 21, 1863. Dateline San Francisco. Secretary H. B. Mino

#82 issued for 60 shares at Indianapolis, Indiana to Thomas Scott on April 24, 1867. Signed by R. L. Thompson as president and secretary (illeg). Inco

Mines include Canyon Milling (third mill in Manhattan), Chipmunk (signed by Malcolm MacDonald important Nevada miner), Dexter Union (signed by Hugh H.

Cert. #18, issued at Virginia, N.T. for 30 shares on August 26th, 1863. Silver Star Mining District printed at the top. Sailing ship and eagle with sh

Incorporated in New York. #12, issued for 500 shares to L. Baker on October 22, 1867. Signed by president Aaron Claflin and secretary Stevenson. Not c

Location: Reveille Mining District, Nye County, Nevada (printed under title). Incorporated January 23, 1875. #4952 issued for 25 shares to Lewis T. Ha

# 35 for 500 shares to C. M. Kilbourn trustee. Signed by secretary E. E. Aldridge and vice president R. Mayfield. Issued 1905 at Goldfield, NV. Incorp

#54 issued for 300 shares to J. Kennedy Smyth and signed by E. Page Davis as president, and Wm. Wallace Perkins as secretary. Dateline September 10, 1

Although a later cert, this is from quite a historic location. Fort Schellbourne, formerly known as Camp Schell and as Schell Creek Station is 43 mile

# 33 for 10 shares to L. P. Wardle. Signed by secretary J. D. Veitner(?) and president Louis P. Wardle. Datelined July 21, 1863, Virginia, Nevada Terr

Location of claim "Argentine District" printed right of seal. The district was organized in 1860, but soon miners lost interest in it. In ...

#110 for 40 shares to Hardin Knight of Woonsocket, Rhode Island on March 17, 1866. Incorporated in New York. Dateline New York. "Located in Sta...

Rare district! Location: Taylor District, White Pine County, Nevada (printed at bottom center). Incorporated December 17, 1875. # 453 for 20 shares to

Cert. #537, issued for 20 shares to Alphonso Hill and signed by H. N. Day as president and Thomas Day as secretary. White Pine Mining District. Locate

Rare. #153 for 10 shares issued to C. Fagan on August 31, 1864 at Unionville. Signed by president G. R. Nightingill and secretary Geo. W. Rutherford.

Early #9 to Abner Wade for 20 shares on September 19, 1863. Signed by secretary Isaac Thorne and president George Whitney. Incorporated June 1863. Loc

Lot of 2 different. This was the reorganization of the Sutro Tunnel Company after Adolph Sutro's departure. $500 and $1,000, both issued in 1889...

Nevada Mining District. #213 for 50 shares to C. Goodwin. Signed by secretary W. W. Coryell and president Charles Goodwin. Datelined City of Virginia,

#49 for 3 shares to J. B. Harmon. One foot per share. Signed by secretary E. A. Hills and president Samuel A. Chapin - the namesake. Datelined March 2

#25 for 10 shares to N. R. Scribner(?). Signed by John S. Davis and William Laugererwau(?). Dateline San Francisco June 27, 1863. Incorporated May 186

Rare. Virginia Mining District (printed to the left of vignette). Incorporated in May of 1863. #71, issued for 25 shares to P. F. W. Black on Feb. 2,

Location: Granite Hill, Virginia Mining District (printed under title). Inc. March 25th, 1863. No. 70, issued for 15 shares to J. J. Griffith on June

#39 for 10 shares to L. P. Wardle. Signed by secretary Joseph Gosling and president Charles Matheson. Dateline April 15, 1864 at Virginia N. T. Locati

# 66 for 12 shares issued to M. Jewett in Virginia City on August 17, 1863. Signed by A. B. McNeil as president and Wm. H. Knight as secretary. Locati

#3856 for 50 shares to Trustee D. W. Yost & Company on December 3, 1879. Signed by secretary W. Olson and president J. Clark. Datelined San Fran...

Located in 1862! Location: Storey County, Nev. (printed at bottom center). Incorporated May 1868. #912, issued for 20 shares to L. P. Dexter & C...

Virginia Mining District, Storey Co., N.T. (printed under title). # 289 for five shares issued to J. R. Gwin on January 20, 1864 in San Francisco. Sig

Rare Territorial company stamp with mining vignette inside, misspelled county. "Virginia District, Story [sic.] County, N.T." (printed at ...

Place of Business: Nevada Territory. Dateline Timbuctoo, Yuba County, Cal. Incorporated in November 1863. Certificate #35, issued on February 27, 1864

Incorporated in 1860 for mining, building mills and creating Washoe City. #32 for 20 shares. In the 'Shares' box it says 500c each. To Charl...

1) Kennedy Consolidated. Buckskin MD. The mine is named for W. D. Kennedy who discovered the Buckskin district. President W. C. Pitt, Lovelock entrepr

Lot of 20. Includes a 1909 Hale & Norcross, 1913 North Star Tunnel & Development, nice 1920 Nevada Birch Creek Mining, 1920 Rougher Divide. ...

Lot of 40. 1962-1969. Used in x-ray tubes, high speed guided missiles, James Webb Telescope, etc. Difficult to mine since it attaches strongly to oxyg

1 Yuba Cons. Gold Fields 1953. 1 Jumbo Copper Mountain Mining u/i. 2 United Western Mines 1924.3 preferred Plumbago Gold Mine and 5 loose u/i plus abo