Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics

1) "Mining in Boulder County Colorado" Silver Jubilee Edition. Celebrating 50 years of mining, Lost of ads and many small photographs. Car...

Unusual prospectus for the El Dorado Mine and Milling Company. Looks like an advertisement for a medical cure, but it is a cure for those who have fal

Hazeltine in his book "Mines of Colorado" simply states the purpose of the company is in its title. Another rare stock. This 1866 stock is...

Very early! Hollister states that this is one of two mines working in the Buckskin area (the South Park Gold Mining and Exploring Company being the ot

Strong contrast. One can find tailings, frame buildings, tipples, apparatus, etc. 7 x 4 1/2". High on the hill above the mine is the No. 3 Sha...

Taken from Black Hawk. One can truly see the relationship of a mine to its city in this view. There are residences and business to the bottom, top, an

Gold mines have often been closed down and then re-opened after a couple of decades. But McFarlane had noticed that some mines that had been closed fo

20 pages. Blue paper cover. Contains the incorporation papers and by-laws. Gilpin County. Mills and mining works near Central City, Colorado. Located

24 pages. No map. Offices in Philadelphia, Organized under a special charter in Pennsylvania. Prospectus, Charter & By-Laws. President is John B...

Cert. #3, issued to Egbert Gurnsey for 2000 shares in 1879. Incorporated in New York. Signed by D.H. Baldwin as president and Thomas J. Barbour as sec

Nice Vignette of a Black Hawk Indian on a stream holding a rifle. #116 for 25 shares to Chris Fennell. Signed by Henry Haley(?) and P (?). 25c large r

Cert. #28, issued to Benj Walker for 100 shares, 10% of the authorized shares, at St.Louis, Mo. In 1889. The co. was incorporated in Missouri. The com

The Lucania Transportation, Tunnel, Mining and Drainage Company prospectus. 34 pages. Two pullouts: 15 x 21" map and 22 x 7" profile of th...

Very early Colorado stock certificate. Number 280 for 50 shares to Fanny Farguhar(?) in September of 1866. Signed by James Conner per CH Tyson and PW

The property was owned by Beloit college in Wisconsin, 1850-51. The certificate was filed by Hazen Cheney (1808-1877) on Dec. 3, 1864 for pre-emption

1) Corporation of American Miens, Clear Creek and Gilpin Tunnel. 35 pages. 1932 prospectus with small fold out map, photographs, copies of assays, etc

Lot of 4. 1) Booklet, "Mines, Mining, Milling. Clear Creek County, Colorado." Published by the Clear Creek County Metal Mining Association...

From the report: "The Franklin Lode is a lode well-known to every miner in Colorado. It is situated in Clear Creek county, in the Territory of ...

1) Clear Creek. 22 x 21". Stevens, Barbour & Company. Shows mine near Idaho Springs. Excellent condition. 2) Topographical Map of Gilpin Co...

Pamphlet includes letters, statements and affidavits. One of these men, George A. Jackson, a native of Missouri, penetrated into the mountains durin

Cabinet Card of Nelson Tunnel showing workers at entrance of tunnel. Shack, rails and ore cart for disposal on material clearly shown. Eight officers

Fully Paid. Non-assessable. Capital $1,000,000. Shares $1.00 map attached to last page. Soft dark green cover, gold lettering (5" x 7")16 ...

Well read copy, thread bound. Clean. Single fold for envelope insertion. 12 pages. No cover. The Ruby Chief was in the Gunnison County. The mine was a

The Quarterly Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 1. Published by W. C. Calhoun. 113 pages. Many (most) pages have a photograph. Masny ads. Four page prospectu

1901 primary source material for Cripple Creek. Includes short synopsis of mines, organizations, and businesses. Many photographs. One samll fold out

All unused. 1) Elkton Mine in Cripple Creek, Colo. 2) Mine and railroad. Photo by Meinan(?), 1908. 3) Miners at work (in a tunnel). E-2. 4) Elkton Gol

Wonderful 18" x 16 1/2" map showing mines of the Cripple creek District on Bull Hill. Includes the Clionian, Little Ella, Minnie, Little M...

History and Description of the Cripple Creek Mining District. Mining and Business Directory. City of Cripple Creek and Adjacent Towns. Published by Ha

The upper area of map shows The Mining Investors Claim Map of the Cripple Creek District. Compiled and brought up to date by T.R. Countryman, U.S. Dep

Lot of 35. Ten this side address only. Six postmarked. Subject matter includes Golden Cycle Mine, Vindication Mine, El Paso Min, Bull Hill, Mary McKin

Lot of four. 1) The Sunset Eclipse Gold Mining Co. Inc. in Wyoming. No vignette. U/C. Issued for 1,000 shares in 1902 to A.L. Durcher & Co. Corp...

Lot of 11. Four have Cripple Creek cancels. One note says "Went down in this mine today (July 16, 1909). Another asks to have the a return post...

1) The Vindicator Gold Mining Company. Shows a steam engine leaving the mine. Postmarked 1909. 2) Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine. S-192. Photo by Sanborn.

Excellent photograph of the Isabella Mine and Bull Cliffs. See the postcard of the Portland Mine for more information on Skolas. (Prag Collection)

18 post cards. Sepia, color, black and white. Includes 2 Victor and Cripple Creek postmarks. Six white border early (pre-1908) post cards (same view).

Map highlights N.W. Side Line Bonanza, including: main shaft, engine room; and Burke, Donnelley, Claybill, Morris, and Worcester leases. The Gold Issu

1) Prospectus for the Omaha and Cripple Creek Mining and Leasing Company. The company plans to "go right into the heart of this Gold Belt [in C...

3/4 Inch Scale Detail of Front/ of the New City Hall/ Cripple Creek, Colo./ John J. Huddart, ARCH'T. One of the leading Denver architects at the...

February 1, 1896. Shows topographical features, cities, railroads, and mines. By The Williamson-Haffner Engraving Co., Sherman Building, Denver. One r

Lot of fifteen. Eleven are postmarked. Includes a striking Includes a striking 1909 Manitou 'Cave of the Winds.' Also Denver, Lajunta, Cripp...

Portland Mill identified on the post card. Photograph by Skolas. The photographer was Julia Skolas. She was born in Wisconsin in May 1863 of Norwegian

Two Cripple Creek Home MIning Company Seals, 1900. One reverse. City: Cripple Creek State: Colorado, Date: 1900 FHWAC#:

Issued by Seeing Colorado Publishing Co. A monthly publication with articles and advertisements. (10.25" x 6.75") Issues are from June, 1...

By-laws of the Federal Union Mining Company, Clear Creek County, Colorado, organized March 27, 1866. Capital stock $1000,000. Franklin Job Printing, G

"A Study in Industrial Evolution." By Benjamin McKie Rastall, Economic Expert, New York State Department of Labor. 166 pages. Softcover. D...

Soft cover booklet (7" x 5"), 48pp, by Wm. Y. Seaman. " 'Tis Twenty-five Years Since the Discovery of the Cripple Creek Gold Cam...

An unbelievable set of items from Cripple Creek. First, The Official Manual of the Cripple Creek District Colorado, U.S.A. Vol. I. A.D. 1900. Publishe

1) Examination of the Fairview Claim in Cripple Creek by Robert Billings, 1895. 2) Anaconda Extension Gold Mining Company Articles of Incorporation. C

1) A. R. Ritter to Edwin Gary. For $1 and other considerations. 2) WH Colburn to EK Guy. Again $1. St. Joseph Lode and Phoenix mining claim in Cripple

1) Prospectus for the Charlevoix Gold Mining Co. Inc. in Colorado in 1894. Principal office in Colorado Springs. c.1895. Written by H.P. Parmelee, geo

1) "The World's Famous Gold Camp, Victor, Cripple Creek."Published by The Railroad View Publishing Co., Colorado Springs, Colorado, co...

Small booklet. Compliments of Taylor & Rathvon, Investment Brokers, Denver. 16 pages. Chapters include Mining as Investment, Colorado Mining Sto...

Vol. 1. No. 10. "The Standard American Magazine for Mining Stock Buyers." "An Independent Monthly Magazine Devoted to Mining and Fina...

Vol. 3. No. 9. "The Standard American Magazine for Mining Stock Buyers." "An Independent Monthly Magazine Devoted to Mining and Finan...

Vol. 3. No. 8. "The Standard American Magazine for Mining Stock Buyers." "An Independent Monthly Magazine Devoted to Mining and Finan...

Vol. 3. No. 5. "The Standard American Magazine for Mining Stock Buyers." "An Independent Monthly Magazine Devoted to Mining and Finan...

Vol. 3. No. 1. "The Standard American Magazine for Mining Stock Buyers." "An Independent Monthly Magazine Devoted to Mining and Finan...

Vol. 3. No. 12. "The Standard American Magazine for Mining Stock Buyers." "An Independent Monthly Magazine Devoted to Mining and Fina...

Vol. 3. No. 11. "The Standard American Magazine for Mining Stock Buyers." "An Independent Monthly Magazine Devoted to Mining and Fina...

Two reports that cover the mining activity in Colorado from 1880-1882. 1) Biennial Report of the State Geologist of the State of Colorado, For the Ter

Lot of 9. 1) Two 1890 checks from F.E. Everett Bank of Golden, Moore Mining and Smelting Co. 2) Two checks (1895 and 1896) from the Adit Mining Co. in

Delegate pin with red ribbon; pin shows pick and shovel and pan and suspended from it is a gold colored coin shape with a miner in the center. Cit

1-2) Pamphlet's # 33-a "The Akins Flotation and Aeration Machine" and 31-a "Grinding Machinery" are 16 pages each. 3) One p...

John Evans (March 9, 1814 – July 2, 1897) was a US politician, physician, railroad promoter, Governor of the Territory of Colorado. [Colorado Governor

Three Catalogs. 1] Culverts, The Colorado Ingot-Iron Pipe & Culvert Co. 2] Hendrie & Bolthoff Mfg. and Supply Co., 1941. 3] The Mine & S...

Catalog, with dark gray cover and illustration of mine (10" x 6.75") 176 pp. Full title: Milling Machinery. The Hendrie & Bolthoff Mf...

Full color pin: The Big Five, Office 703 Kittredge Bldg., Denver Colorado. An adit (from Latin aditus, entrance) is an entrance to an underground mine

Otto Mears was a hard working Russian emigrant. He was an orphan with no family to take care of him when he was “shipped” to San Francisco during the

Prospectus of the National Smelter Company, an electric smelter for the treatment of Colorado ores. 14 pages. Center two pages are a map of the Smelte

An independent monthly magazine (August, 1907) devoted to mining and financial interests, edited by Harry J Newton. (10" x 7"), 194 pp. He...

Pamphet published by the board of the mining company. (9.25" x 5.75") 19 pp. Front cover has embosssed stamp: General Library of the Unive...

Wonderful set. Made to Accompany Handbook of Blowpipe Analysis by G. Montague Butler, E. M., assistant Professor of Geology and Metallurgy, Colorado S

Pamphlet includes a general history and an elaborate map of the New State of Colorado. Published by the principal offices, Buffalo, NY and Denver CO.

Inc. in CO. U/C. No. 634, issued for 400 shares to Chas. Clements. Corporate signatures. Gold border and seal. Allegorical vignette. Folds, otherwise

Lot of 3: 1922, 1923, 1924. Blue covers. Keystone Consolidated Publishing Company Inc., Pittsburgh, PA. General index (by categories), an alphabetical

Paper cover Report of the Examination of the Mines of the McKinley Mining and Smelting Company by James Angus Snedaker. The report gives location, tr

A Descriptive History of a Great County. "Relating to Mining, Agriculture, Stock and Scenery." By William McCabe. Printed in Red Cliff, Co...

Four different reports for the Baker Silver Mining Company. This is an important printed archive of an early Colorado silver mine. 1.) First Bylaws an

8 pages. Five photographs. One personal photograph (3 x 5.5") of the Linn Mine entrance was tucked inside the front cover. Slight wear througho...

Clear Creek County. 1) Prospectus. 9 pages. 6" x 3.5" Looks to have been printed around 1905, but was written in heavily, with dates writt...

Offices in London and Georgetown. 20 pages. The prospectus opens to a fabulous lithograph (10" x 19") of Republican Mountain which contai...

Dr. Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (1829 – 1887) was an American geologist noted for his pioneering surveying expeditions of the Rocky Mountains in the la

72 pages. Includes board of directors, articles of incorporation, and a prospectus. Nice history. Pull out map of proposed workings (12 x 18")....

We have never seen this stock certificate in 40 years. English Mortgage Debenture. To Frederick Connon of Scarsdale Villas, Kensington. The Snowdrift

Descriptive booklet (5.75" x 8.75"), 8 pp. gives an overview of Georgetown and the mining operation, with photos. Good condition, teal blu...

Brown covers. 17 pages. Territorial. What makes this prospectus special, besides being Territorial, is that it was mailed. Has Scott A-32 style two-ce

John Peacock and G. D. Doubleday, owners by pre-emption of claim no. 1 & 2 from the discovery claim on the White Rock Lode. City: Gilpin Count

Number 79 for $100. Signed by president FE Tucker and secretary (?). 17 coupons still attached. City: Gilpin County State: Colorado,

42' X 36" Map of Mining Districts of Gilpin and Clear Creek Counties. Very Fragile. Torn at most folds. Published by the Clason Map Compan...

The Napoleon Mine was situated in the Quartz Creek Mining District. From a report: the underground workings in the mine are all free from water and pe

Includes report on assays taken from The Napoleon Mining Co. mines in 1888. Assayers were Shields & Jones, Denver. Signed by Jas. J, Sylvester...

Prospectus, Articles of Incorporation, and By-laws. 16 pages. Ruby Mining District. This silver mining company owned property "in the heart of ...

Leadville, Colorado. 16 pages. One double page map and one 21 x 13" fold out color map. Named after famous USGS geologist who wrote "The G...

40 pages. 3 maps (full-page text illustrations. Original tan pictorial wrappers, sewn. Lower wrap detached, else fine. First edition for the use in pr

Only 35 miles from Denver at Idaho Springs in Chaffee County. 8 pages with one full page photograph, one claim map, and one cross section map. Blue wr

Large size (12 x 9"). "The Poor Man as Well as the Rich Must Risk to Win." Includes three photographs of working in the tunnel. Mine...

1) Large prospectus for the Timberline Mines Company, on of the Big 5. Original source material on how this cooperative venture will benefit all conce

B. P. O. E. #607 Idaho Springs Colorado Elks Ribbon. Denver, 1906. Gold pan reads: "First Discovery of Gold in Colorado on Jackson Bar Idaho Sp...

We have not seen this one before. Number 235 for 6,500 shares to JF Autisdale in 1897. Signed by president Autisdale and secretary Arthur Moisou. In N

Lot of 5. 1) July 1, 1904 monthly report. Large size. 7 pages. 2) Notice to stockholders. Price per share to go up from 5 cents to 10 cents since the