Western Frontiers Auction (October 2022)

3 nice Green River fish fossils. 8x10" Priscacara Liops, 2.75x4"single fish and 4.7.25" 2 fish with corner chip. Date: Country (if...

3 ammonite fossils with 2 other spike shaped fossils. Slab 16x12". Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

5 carved and polished Orthoceras fossils, about 8". Amethyst geode candle holder with center holder, 7x5x2.5". 5.75" tall machine ca...

A nice pair of polished split nautilus fossils. 6.75x5.5" Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Native silver and argentite in dendritic form in veined quartz. 4" x 2" x 1" A spectacular hand specimen cut on 3 sides clearly show...

3 small cut slab specimens of DeLamar high grade from Silver city. Each of these shows important mineralogical features in the ore deposit. a.) 1 x 1.

Ivanhoe district, Elko County. 5 x 3 x 2.5" Quartz and calcite with ruby silver minerals in a banded breccia with quartz pseudomorph of calcit...

With a beautiful cross sectional cut face exposing native gold (electrum) in the banded quartz sequence. 4" x 1.75" x .75" From the S...

Awakening mining district in the slumbering hills. This is an old mine reportedly in production in the 1930s worked on by Herbert Hoover. This specime

3.5" x 2" x 1/2" 90 grams. From the sleeper main vein elevation 4000 feet. Numerous layers of colloform/mammilary silica and native ...

6.61 troy ounces - a heavy specimen for its size! 3.5" x 1" x 2" This specimen shows multiple electrum banding over a 2" width w...

10 grams. 7/8" x 7/8" a nice small example of high grade sleeper ore visible in both cut section and the rough. Gold/electrum distributed ...

A cut slab, polished on one side. 2 1/4" x 1 1/2" x 3/8" thick. Gold rich bands containing electrum dendrites embedded in opal quartz...

2 3/4" x 1 7/8" x 1." 105 grams. This is a very interesting high grade gold (electrum) Specimen from the sleeper main vein, 3900...

Rich and classic Fire Creek sample 4.5 x 1 3/4 x 1 7/8" a thick cut slab with cut faces on two sides exposing high grade zones within the brecc...

4.5" x 2.5" x 3" Visible gold within aguilarite, nominate and possibly some ruby silvers as sulfide minerals in a quartz matrix. The...

Large high grade gold silver specimen 5" x 3" x 3" Beautiful large hand specimen of banded quartz with aguilarite, nominate and pos...

Reconnaissance Map of the Middle Kuskokwim and Lower Yukon Region, Alaska. This map is Plate I of the U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 578 issued in 19

Mounted photograph of the entrance to the famous Silver King Mine. You can see ore track leading into the mine, as well as machinery and men standing

Bulletin 143, Geology & Ore deposits of the Tombstone Dist. Arizona, by Butler, Wilson & Rasor, 1938 ~ (6"x 9" booklet, 26 plates...

1) Bulletin 1027-F, Copper Deposits of part of Helvetia Mining District, Pima Co., AZ, by Creasey & Quick, 1955 ~ (6" x 9" booklet, 5 ...

1) "The Copper Deposits of the Clifton-Morenci District", PP-12, by Waldemar Lindgren, 1905 ~ 25 plates, (one geological map In pocket), ...

Hassayampa Mining District, AZ. Gold and Copper Cons. Mining and Milling mine patent. 1905. Claims include: Surprise, Jumbo, Comstock Lion, Brooklyn,

2 Peck District, AZ mine patents. 1897 Gladiator Gold Mining, President McKinley secretary signature. 1902 Lone Jack, Monitor, Magnet No. 2, Charlesto

Great view showing over 25 miners posing on the side of a rock hill. A few are very young. A well-dressed man on the right might by the mine supt. Sta

Two letters sent by C.A. Holland to his cousin. Holland was the superintendent of the Buchanan Gold Mining and Milling Co. in Buchanan, California. Wr

Map of the Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, Showing the Locations of the Principal Mines Compiled for the State Mining Bureau

U.S.G.S.. PP 194, The Gold Quartz Veins of Grass Valley, by W.D. Johnston, Jr., 1940 ~ Illustrations include 39 plates, (5 in pocket), & 69 figu...

Reports and maps for various mines in Mariposa County, California. Most of these reports and maps are for the Ruth Pierce Mine, about 28 miles east of

The Miners Foundry, manufacturers of mining equipment for the California Gold Rush, at 325 Spring Street, Nevada City is a California Historical Land

Report of the Property Controlled by the Harmony Mines Company by H.L. Englebright, Mining Engineer, Nevada City, California. Dated July 15, 1916. Inc

Nice Nevada City archive including assay reports, You Bet Mine, claim on unspecified name claim, 2X Selby Smelting gold bullion deposit slips, Wells F

Lot of three. 1) Notice of location by J.. Holland in 1891. Location at Grass Valley Mining District. 1000' x 600'. 2) Purchase of (?) at Bo...

The letter talks about the mine first worked in 1851. Seems to be an effort to revitalize the mine in 1874 or later. 10 legal sized pages that (withou

Photographs showing mining operations in the Nevada City area. The larger one shows the labeled on the back as the "Gold Stamp Mill." This...

Two mining reports for different properties in the Moores Flat Mining District in Nevada County, California. The first is the Report of the Bonanza Gr

Ledger and letter from Red Dog, a California gold rush mining town in Nevada County. The ledger is a time book from Red Dog Mine showing a list of min

Appraisal of the estate of Andrew McCoy in San Juan, Nevada County, California. This estate involved mining properties and other assets in Nevada Coun

Jackson Gold Quartz Mine Report by George B. Ackerman and Remark by Edward Jussen. This mine was located in Plumas County, California. Report contains

Original hand-drawn map of Poverty Bar, Calaveras County, California. This map shows the mining shafts, vineyards, orchards, roads, ditches, rivers, a

By Andrew C. Lawson, 1915 ~ Text portion consists of 180 pages of geologic descriptions, with 10 plates & 4 figures, and the pocket consists of ...

Stamped Wells Fargo Messenger. Blue oval. Advertising cover. 2c brown (U61) entire. Very nice! San Francisco Wells Fargo stamp on reverse with a Nov.

1884. Mine located near Smartsville. Smartsville located 15 miles from Marysville. Located at Sucker Flat. In 1884 the state of California forbad all

Report and map of the Contention Mining Property in Knights Creek, Tuolumne County, California. Report includes information about the mine including l

2 page handwritten document directing and instructing the District Attorney to prosecute persons, companies or corporations who engage in hydraulic mi

1) Colfax & Foresthill Quadrangles, Geology and Mineral Deposits, SR-67, 1961 ~ 4 plates (in pocket), 8 figures, 36 photos, 8 tables ~ (8 Ω...

Nevada Co., 1918, reprint by Pine-Aire Productions ~ Descriptions of all mining districts & their mines ~ Illustrated with 28 photographs, incl...

Mining Camps, a study in American Frontier Government, by Charles H. Shinn, published by Alfred A. Knopf, N.Y., 1948 ~ (6" x 9" HB, 300 pa...

Lot of miscellaneous ephemera related to California mining and the Gold Rush. Includes a Final or Completed Certificate and Notice of Location of the

Group of three different California mining reports. The first is for the Blue Tent Mines somewhere near Grass Valley. It was prepared by mining engine

Group of four framed photographs of California gold dredges. Dredges were able to extract gold from gravel and dirt by using water. A) Framed and mat

Six letters from the California Debris Commission written to Mr. W.W. Waggoner. Waggoner was appointed as an Assistant Engineer for the California Deb

This is a collection of letters written to J.L. Holland, a man involved in the mining industry. Holland was involved with the San Francisco and New Me

Two mining equipment auction broadsides. A) Broadside for the auction sale of mining and milling equipment from the Markall Machinery Company. This au

Lot of 2 different. 1) Boston & Colorado Smelting Company. Dateline Black Hawk, June 26th, 1871. Assay for H. Fuller showed 25.7 ounces of silve...

Issued by the Boulder Co. Metal Mining Assn. ~ Filled with ads & historic photos and descriptions of its precious metal mines ~ Nice copy of rar...

This is a great pictorial letterhead for the Black Belle Gold Mining Company, "Miners of Gold Ore from the Black Belle Mine, Cripple Creek, Col...

Lot of 4. 1) JS Neall & Co., Miner's Sampling Works pictorial billhead, 1898. Billed to the Mary McKinney MC for one assay of gold ore. Vign...

23 copies of Cripple Creek Bonanza, From Gold to Gambling by Cunningham. 218pp with index and lots of photos. Date: Country (if not USA): State:

About 120 copies of Rush to the Rockies, Pike's Peak or Bust! by Slifer, 31pp. History of the Colorado gold and silver rush as well as artwork ...

Lot of 7 different. 1) Pictorial billhead for famous firm of Hendrie & Bolthoff, Mining & Mill Machinery. 1889. Billed to GW Hall of Georget...

Lot of 4. All are for the Truax Manufacturing Company, located at 1723 Wazee Street in Denver, Colorado. Famous Western producer of mining ore cars. 1

Very rare Denver Fire Clay horn scoop. Marked "D.F.C. Co." on edge. The Denver Fire Clay Company made fire-resistant bricks for smelters. ...

Lot of 5. 1) Billhead for GW Hall & Co., Dealers in Gold, Silver & Lead Ores. 1889. Billed to the Colorado Central Cons. Mining Co. 2) Billh...

Lot of 7. 1) Rare color billhead for Ralston Springs Mines, Nicholls & Hoagland, 1880. For weighing of 3,150 lbs. rock. Rare Colorado coal mine ...

Lot of 3 different. 1) Bullion Mountain Mining Company. Needle Mountain Mining District. 5 claims. c.1903. 4pp, in the style of a typed-letter. 13 x 8

Map of the Leadville Mining District Compiled from Official Records and Other Reliable Sources by Chas. F. Saunders. January 1901. Scale 1200 Ft. to t

4 Emerald Lake Mining promotional papers. 2 promo brochures, detailed document describing 14 claims over 139 acres. Blueprint style map 33x17",...

Lot of 2. Pittsburg is a mining ghost town that was located 9 miles north of Crested Butte in Gunnison County. Letter is on Robinson's letterhea...

A) Geological Atlas of the United States, Folio 171, Engineer Mountain, Colorado, Field Edition. Published by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1910. This

Lot of 3. 1) Ophir King Gold Mining Company. Prospectus and bound copies of correspondence between the president and shareholders of the company. Loca

While our company is quite well-known for offering Virginia City, Nevada and Virginia City, Montana items, this was the first time we've handled...

Tourist's Guide to the Rocky Mtns. By Frank Fossett, published by C. G. Crawford, 1879 ~ Profusely Illustrated with 540 pages and four-fold-out...

Lot of 14. Nice group. Includes: HH Miller, Assayer & Chemist, billhead (Georgetown, 1910); WJ Chamberlain & Co.'s Sampling Works assay ...

Lot of two. 1) Cloth State of Colorado Bureau of Mines Signals. Approved January 1, 1960 by G. A. Franz Jr., Deputy of Mines. 35" x 13". T...

Lot of 12. 1) Scientific American, May, 9, 1891, with great illustration of the Bennett Dredge & Amalgamator machine! Illustration is 9.5 x 7&qu...

Lot of 4 different. 1) Jno. H. Husted, Agent of Vulcan Powder Company, Georgetown, 1889. Billed to the Colorado Cent. Cons. Mining Co. for powder, cap

Lot of 5 different. 1) Reprint of 1905 Map of the San Juan Triangle Mining Districts. With Index. Published by Western Reflections Publishing Company,

Lot of 7 different companies from 7 different Colorado towns. Includes: San Juan & New York Mining & Smelting Company (Mines at Silverton, d...

Lot of 3. 1) San Juan Smelting & Refining Company promotional flyer to stockholders. 1903. Includes three letters discussing state of the compan...

Butte Miners Union ribbon. 8", slight bottom fray, some left metal corrosion and dent. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Montana City: ...

Panorama is 27" x 10". First page has a map showing Hecla in middle of the west. Panorama shows mining ventures as well as mines like Prid...

Original shaving mug that belonged to Marcus Daly. Daly was a mining businessman who helped establish the Anaconda Copper Mine in Butte, Montana. Daly

1881-1897 ~ (No Duplicates) Date: Country (if not USA): State: Montana City: Provenance:

Hand written 1904 mining contract in Austin, NV. Lower right corner chip, .75" tear on bottom signature. Date: Country (if not USA): Stat...

Undated and unknown maker Goldfield-Columbia townsite map. c. 1905. 21.25x24". 3 left side tears, 1-4". Date: Country (if not USA): S...

Color 1905 Goldfield mineral map of Esmeralda and Nye counties. By W H Shearer. 24.5x23.5". 2 left tears, 3-4" and small crease tears. Da...

All Reproductions. 1) Sutro Tunnel Cross Section map. 20" x 24". A great look into the tunnel. 2) Framed Senate Concurrent Resolution No. ...

Color Tonopah Mining District map, 1905 by Bradford and Bradford. 24.5x25.5". 2 left side 1" tears and upper right crease. Date: Co...

Letter from attorneys to the claimants of the Wayne Mining Co,(MN Stone , CC Carson and others) on behalf of the owners of the Maria Ledge of the Vict

Wood framed Southern Nevada mine safety sign by Nevada State Printing Office, frame 21x8". Sign has tears and chips. Please inspect, sold as is...

Two miners' shirts found underground. The solid brown one was found in Candelaria, Nevada. The plaid button up shirt was found in the Wheeler Mi...

1880 check signed by Adolph Sutro to Sutro & Co., 1884 Montana check issued by Jno. Schuyler Crosby the 2nd territorial governor for clothing fo...

This collection is of mining certificates and cancelled checks. There is the stock certificate from The Central Placer Mining Company dated 1881 signe

Twelve large reproduction prints of antique photographs depicting miners and other Old West scenes. Interesting variety of photographs, circa 1880s-19

Group of about 23 pieces of mining ephemera. Includes postcards, checks, stock certificates, etc. Some mining companies represented in this lot are th

Warning sign for a train car that would have carried mining explosives. Explosives/ Handle Carefully/ Keep Fire Away. Bottom of the sign has a list of

Group of publications and reports related to mining. Includes Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies, Practical Short Cuts in Milling and

Miscellaneous Quicksilver Mine Publications: 1) Quicksilver Deposits in Nevada, University of Nevada Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 5., December 1944 Publ. by

Anaconda, by Isaac F. Marcosson, publ. by Dodd, Mead & Co., N.Y., 1957 ~ Story of one of the largest mining co.'s in the world for much of t...