Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics

Once owned by Edwin Garthwaite. This kit was made in Freiberg, Germany. Garthwaite, a mining engineer, was born in San Francisco, CA on 5 August 1857.

Large ledger of gold bullion deposits at the San Francisco Mint. 11 x 17", 300pp. Important ledger showing the daily records of gold bullion de...

Four months of assay sheets from the Utica Mill in 1902 (Sep.-Dec.). These actually get down to the specific area in the mine: West Stickle, North Slo

9 pieces. Two assay sheets. One with prices of bars from Theodore Allen. Two of the Big Canyon Chlorination Works (see photo for condition) for Januar

65+ pieces. Mostly Memorandum of Gold Bullion and Assay Reports. Several billheads from the mill - all with assay reports. Several indicate ore shippe

Lot of seven unused gold dust assay receipts for the Nevada Assay Office. James J. Ott, assayer. Allegorical vignette top center. 186-. Printed by Bri

Unused block of two assay receipts for the Nevada Assay Office, operated by famous assayer James T. Ott at 30 Main Street. Allegorical vignette. Datel

Lot of four Sather & Co., San Francisco RN-G checks. 1) Two checks made payable to Selby Smelting and Lead Co., 1881 and 1882. Signed by J.L.N. ...

Deposited by Hobart, Dunbar * Co. Receipt shows "Quartz in the gold for $1,195.88" (This would be a nice companion piece to the gold watch...

190 John Taylor billheads for the Utica Mining Company for supplies. Here is a fabulous nearly complete record of what one mine bought from the John T

No. 9754. For two bars deposited on May 21, 1925 by Charles Tinney. Bars weighed 321 ounces, gold .4215 fineness and silver .5695 fineness. Total valu

Amalgamation & grains deposited by Mercantile Trust Company of San Francisco on May 7, 1909, 6.83 oz., total value $117.23. Signed by A. Norton ...

Delviered by Wells Fargo for John Hussey of the Hussey Placer Mine of Nevada County. Bar values at $2,714.48. City: San Francisco State:

Number 613 issued on February 8, 1855 to Page, Bacon, & Co. for $3,605. Selby Smelting & Refining Company was begun in 1849 when Thomas arri...

Memorandum if Gold Bullion deposited by F. Roseman at the San Francisco Office. Deposit is for $115.05 oz and totals $1,486.08. Receipt is red ink pri

Number 9232. Deposited by Kruse & Euler. Kruse & Euler of San Francisco acted as agents for miners and mining companies. This receipt is for...

Receipt of gold (California grains) deposited by S. A. McMeans, signed by Cahill for the San Francisco Branch Mint. Dr. S. A. McMeans was born in Dand

Lot of 82. 1) Selby Smelting & Lead Company: assayer includes 8 assay sheets for the Hardenberg Mine. 2) Selby billheads are almost exclusively...

Memorandum of bullion deposited by Thomas Bell & Co. to Thomas Price, Analytical Chemist, Assay and Bullion Melter. Office at 524 Sacramento Str...

Receipt 169 for Adams & Company for an assayed sample of gold dust valued at $1,816. 26 by Kellog & Richter, sucessor to Curtis, Perry &...

On September 25, 1878 City National Bank deposited 773.223 ounces of gold for $699.96. H. Silver was assayer in charge and assay was done by A. S. Web

Very early assay receipt from a very rare assay company. Possibly only 2 known in private hands and possibly the best of them. Assay for $748.22 a ton

Assay Office of D. Lundbom. Dateline Austin, Nev., June 11, 1871. One specimen of pulp deposited by Thomas Jones. Value in silver per ton $218.35. Sig

Veatch & Co. is scratched out and J. S. Currie is handwritten. The Veatch & Co. assay billhead is very rare! Ore is from the Manhattan Mile ...

Early assay receipt (#2501) from Boalt & Stetefeldt for John Heimbradt. Silver valued at $86.00 per ton. (No gold!) Green Nevada revenue stamp a...

Early 1867 assay receipt from the assay office of D. Lundbom dated July 22, 1867. The offices of D. Lundbon were based in Austin, Nevada This is the a

Three items for this Austin mining company. 1) An assay sheet c.1860s from the New York office. Sheet lists ingot numbers, weights, and fineness for t

Assay Office of the First National Bank of Austin. J.R. Murphy, Assayer. Dateline Austin, Nevada, February 28th, 1867. For assay of "mill pulp....

Memorandum of Silver Bullion Deposited at the Mint of the United States by the Chollar Mill and H&N (Hale and Norcoss) on May 16th, 1888 by H.R....

Blank unused Dayton, Nevada Territory check form A. Sutro & Company. Very early and quite rare! City: Dayton State: Nevada, Date:

Dayton, Nevada Territory! Two unused drafts for A. Sutro & Co. Printed by Agnew & Deffebach print, S.F. Stain and soiling on one of the rece...

Memorandum of Bullion Deposited for Assay at the Gold Hill Assay Office by the Washoe Mill (Justice Co.). Dateline Gold Hill, Nevada, May 25, 1889. Tw

Bullion Receipt No. 406, Gold Hill Assay Office. Received from the Savage Mining Co., per Chas. Forman, two packages from the Piute Mill. Signed Conra

Nice pair of Comstock documents that both deal with gold bars. 1) Memorandum of Bullion Deposited at the Gold Hill Assay Office by "Washoe Mill...

Pair of assay sheets: Memorandum of Bullion Deposited for Assay at the Gold Hill Assay Office, W.S. James as Assayer. 1) Dec. 14, 1889. W.S. James is

A fabulous historical reference. Large ledger book from W.S. James, assayer from Gold Hill with entries for the Comstock mines: Yellow Jacket, Chollar

Two important Comstock assay offices. 1) Assay Office of Van Wyck & Co., Assayers, Virginia City, N.T. Nov. 17th, 1864 (two weeks after statehoo...

Assayer report for F. Harding. Altinger was an established assayer and investor in Goldfield, but also had mining holdings throughout Nevada (Rawhide,

The Pacific Mill and Mining Company was founded by John Mackay and James G. Fair to process Comstock ores. It is for the Morgan Mill. Bars 391, 392 a

Memorandum of Gold and Silver Bullion number 8853 deposited by Summit Mill. A Nevada 5c revenue stamp is at the top left and the bottom is signed by E

Early Comstock assay piece. Memorandum of Assay of Bullion deposited at the Assay Office of Van Wyck & Co. by the Savage Mining Co. (Bassets Mil...

Five receipts from the Virginia City office of Wells, Fargo $ Co.'s Express for the transport of bars of bullion to San Francisco. All bars were...

This is a check to assayer Conrad Wiegand for $14.50 from the Imperial Silver Mining Co. Signed by superintendent A. C. Hamilton. Please see photo for

A truly fabulous piece of Comstock and Nevada history: an original sign from a famous Virginia City assayer, Wiegand & Company. Physical Char...

German language dissertation on chemical analysis. 56 pages, 6 x 9". City: State: , Date: 1862 FHWAC#: 25012

Eight stacking sieves made by the WS Tyler Co., sold by Van Waters & Rogers, longtime suppliers to assay houses and geologic firms & mining ...

Lot of 2: 1) silver, Zacatecas, Mexico, mounted in plastic case, 2) silver, Honduras, 76.4 grams. City: State: , Date: FHW

Lot of 3: 1) argentite in chaleopyrite and calcite, Valencia Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico, 26.2 grams; 2) silver and chrysocolla, Sonora, Mexico, mounted

Lot of 2 silver specimens from Batopilas, Mexico. New Nevada Mine, 17 grams. Smaller piece mounted in a plastic case. City: Mexico, Batopilas

Lot of 4 native silver specimens from Chihuahua Mexico. 53.2 grams, 53.1 grams, 73.1 grams, 328.4 grams. City: Mexico, Chihuahua State: