Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics

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