Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics

Vernal Mining Co. of Goldfield. They had 2 claims in Diamondfield. Washoe Mining Co. Big bold letters. Both circa 1900-1915. Very nice black fancy cas

1) Voucher Check (blank), the Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co. 2) Charles G. Walker, Assayer Receipt, Beatty, NV, 1933. 3) Tonopah Copper Mining and M

An Affidavit of Publisher naming Claude L. McKesson and Charles L. McKesson owners of the new corporation Nevada Portland Gold Mining Company. Four st

Lot of 12, 1) 1919 lease to purchase on letter head of C. T. Brown, mining engineer. 2) 1919 letter from Socorro State Bank with the $15,000 loan agre

Beautiful bird's eye map shows the Great Gold Fields of La Beille, New Mexico, by C. H. Amerine, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Measures 22" H...

Two different types of checks both with RN-G. All are issued by Carlisle Mining Company. 1) Six Porter & Crawford Bankers checks from 1882. 2) F...

Beautiful patent with ribbon and red seal (cracked at fold). Signed by M. W. Strong for William Taft.. For the Nineveh, Mammoth 2, Oro Fino, and Bucke

Socorro Mining Center of New Mexico, 1882, Socorro Miner Office. Small fold out map. Forerunner of today's magazines, advertising pages equal w...

Lot of three 1) Expenses for the Merritt Mining and Milling Company from September 1887 to January 1889. Mostly for the watchman. This was a Socorro f

Lists 80 mining districts on the side that are labelled on the map. From the Secretary of the Interior: labelled "Interior 56 2." Measures...

Group of 11 letters dated 1864-1876 and prospectus, 1864. Harry baker, Secretary of the company and a realtor, to JWL Brown, the field superintendent

Six page typewritten report by William Smith of Baker City Oregon September 18,1901. City: Big Bend State: Oregon, Date: 1901

51 copies of the Mineralogist published in Portland Oregon. "A National, Semi-technical Magazine Devoted to Minerology, Gem-Cutting and the Col...

126 copies of The Ore Bin, published by the Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. City: State: Oregon, Date: 1970's

Located in the Black Hills, South Dakota. "Telling of Untold Wealth…" Capital stock 1,000,000 shares, $1 per share. Property is located at...

Cert. #7954 issued in 1897 to Lounsberry & Co. for 100 shares at $100 each. Signed by Lloyd Tevis as President. The Homestake, one of America’s...

Uncancelled stock certificate, No. 801, issued to Charles B. Sloan, 65 shares of capital stock, signed by (illegible), President and H. W. Hayden, Sec

Duplicate pair of Keystone View Co. stereoview No. 33981. "The Largest Open-cut Copper Mine in the World is at Bingham, Utah, the Longest City ...

Rare view! No 746. Boarding Houses of the Dalton & Lark Mining Co., Larks, Utah. Published by A.E. Dickerson, Coshocton, Ohio. View of two men o...

Outstanding 14 page letter discusses 1000 miners in Utah and 20,000 mormons in town and 4000 gentiles in the mountains. "The mines will bring m...

Engraving at top reads: "Presented to Bert Seaboldt by Manuel Alvarez at (illegible) Cuba, Dec 13, 1904." Approx. 36.5" Silver cap. W...

One of the earliest issued Appalachian gold mining certificates we have seen. Registered on January 17th, 1854. Certificate No. 24712, issued to John

Four Pieces. 1) Alliance Mining Company First Mortgage Bond with revenue stamps, 2 & 3) Arlington Mining Corporation, 4) Spokane Tin Mines Co. ...

18 copies of Northwest Mineral News from 1950's published in Tacoma WA. City: Tacoma State: Washington, Date: 1950's FHWAC#:

1) United Copper Mining Company, 2) Index=Peacock Copper Mining Co., 3) Galena Copper Mining Comopany City: State: Washington, Date

Ethel Consolidated Mines # 1980 for 250 shares issued to R W Snyder. Also Comstock Gold Mining and Milling Co. # 650 for 5000 shares issued to J B Ro

The Judge Mining Company,Sunset Copper Mining Co., Standard Silver-Lead Mining, Sir Eagles Mining, Prize Mining Company, Olympic Mining, Keller &...

1) Goldstream Mines Company, 2) The Golden River Mining Company, 3)First Thought Gold Mines, Limited, 4 & 5) National Gold Corporation (2), 6) O...

Three pamphlets. 1] Marcy Open End Rod Mill of The Mine and Smelter Supply Company, Denver. 2] Gold and Silver Mill Machinery Catalog No. 1, Second Ed

Rare. Brown softcover. Published by The Laramie Mining and Stock Exchange, 1896. 51 pages with advertisements. Full title: "Albany County, Wyom...

1) The Continental Consolidated Mines Co., 2) The Tiger Group Mining and Milling Company, 3) The Commercial Gold Mining Company, 4) XL Gold Dredging C

1) The Big Five Mining Company, 2) The Union Copper Mining Company, 3) The Winona Pool Copper Company, 4) Evening Star Mining Company City:

Le Champ d'Or, French Gold, May 22, 1895. Share Warrant issued from London. Ten shares, nos. 125136 to 125145. Bearer no. 31677. Half of the cer...

On American Bank Note Company letterhead. By order of D. F. Verdenal, Secretary. for the Las Nueve Minas de Santa Maria Gold & Silver Mining Com...

In the Montezuma District. 11 pages. One small mining claims map. Principal office in Hamilton,Ohio. Incorporated in West Virginia. Some stains on cov

1865 bond from the states of Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosi. Description written in English and Spanish and has pictures of Lincoln and Washington. Fo

Nice collection of a stock and powers of attorney. Stock is issued to Solou Humphreys in 1889. It is number '7' for 3,000 shares. Signed by ...

Hardbound volume of the transactions of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Volume LXXII. Containing papers and discussion o

Volume LXVIII, transactions and discussions of the Butte and Bisbee copper mines. Hardcover, 1209 pages. City: State: , Date: 1

Lot of three. 1) "Mineral Collectors Handbook" by Pearl. 1947. First edition. Excellent condition. 2) "The Book of Minerals" by ...

A New Process for the Extraction of Copper from Its Ores by Dr. T. Sterry Hunt, F.R.S.; and James Douglas, Jr. Esq. 13 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2". ...

Lot of six items total. Includes four different carbide lamps, one container of calcium carbide, and one miner's hat for the lamp. Three of lamp...

1) "Mineralogical Dictionary" with 40 colored illustrations. 1948. 2) "Handbook for Prospectors and Operators of Small Mines." ...

Small clay piece (6" x 3.5" x 4.5') with old miner holding pan with gold in it. Signed: Vincent, 1984. Written on front: "Old Nug...

Three pages (one is duplicate) from Harper's, April 24, 1869. One is a news page that discusses the White Pine Mining District in Nevada; the ot...

Pail is rusted; top is drinking cup. City: State: , Date: FHWAC#: 27672

Lot of 4. 1) "Instructions for Setting Up and Operating Fairbanks-Morse Gasoline and Gas Engines." Includes fold-out part list and diagram...

Two carbide lamps (Autolite with large reflector), (Justrite with small reflector); "Welcome Nugget" Cigar Box Label 10 x 10" very sh...

Over 200 (some duplicates) terrific (great illustrations and news photos) brochures, newspaper ads, letters, agreements, newspaper articles of mining

A magazine of mining, metallurgy, engineering and geology. "A World Review for Busy Men." Articles from Mine Explosions and Earthquakes, R...