Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics

Lot of 70+ pieces. Includes Western Union Telegraph receipts written in code! Perhaps you can decipher "Haunted cavern axle fin." Many pie...

Lot of five checks where five different mining superintendents are paying themselves. 1) Agency of the Bank of California. Dec. 22, 1870. John W. Mack

Various accounts payable, vouchers/receipts for supplies, transportation of merchandise, payroll, etc. Heavy soiling. City: Virginia City S

Agency of The Bank of California, Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company. July 3rd, 1874. Rare "buff" RN-D with James G. Fair's signa...

Bank of California, RN-B17c. Virginia, Dec. 17, 1869. Issued to Parke & Douglass for $6,324.35. Signed by Issac Requa as superintendent. Cut can...

No. 7747. Agency of The Bank of California, Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company. Virginia, May 3, 1870. RN-B and imprinted NV 2 cent on left ed...

Lot of nine Gould & Curry, Bank of California checks made out to Irish miners. All are from 1866, signed by Louis Janin Jr. as superintendent, a...

Inc. 1866. Issued to Alphonso Thill for 25 shares on Nov. 5th, 1868 in Philadelphia office. Three blue ten-cent revenue stamps lined up next to each o

Spectacular! Grafton Tyler Brown & Co. Map of the Comstock Lode and the Washoe Mining Claims in Storey & Lyon Counties, Nevada. Compiled fro...

Clean Pacific Mill and Mining Company check issued for $4,120 to California Mill Sluice on July 1, 1876. RN-G. Signed by James G. Fair. While payments

1873. Extremely rare certificate from the famous Comstock mine of Gould & Curry, with the signature of J.C. Flood. Flood was a Comstock financie...

A rarer variety of Gould & Curry check with the revenue imprint (RN-D) higher up on the check. August 10, 1875. Pay to the Virginia & Trucke...

Dateline Virginia, Dec. 28, 1872. Pay to Albert Lackey $250. RN-B. Signed by R.N. Graves a superintendent. Robert N. Graves was once superintendent of

Dateline Virginia, Nev. Dec. 5th, 1879. RN-G. Issued to Fred Boegle (noted Comstock printer). Signed by W.H. Patton as superintendent. Enterprise Prin

Lot of 12. 1) Gould & Curry Assay Office receipt, 1866, for 3 sacks bullion deposited by the Savage Mill. 2) Four different RN checks: 1876, RN-...

Lot of 38. Includes: 3 RN-G Wells Fargo, 1879, Gillette as supt.; 7 unused RN-G, Bank of California, 1876; 24 Bank of California, no RN, 1897-98, sign

Agency of The Bank of California, Savage Mining Company check, Virginia, Nev., Sept. 7th, 1897. Issued to noted Virginia City druggist A.M. Cole for $

1) Receipt , Sutro, NV. 1883 from Savage Mining Co. (Virginia City, NV) The Savage Mine in Virginia City, Nevada was an early and significant mine in

Lot of 36. Four superintendents are represented: Charles Bonner (1868), F.F. Osbiston (1876), A.C. Hamilton (1874) and T.B. Shamp (1869). There is als

Rare! California Steam Navigation Company, Steamer Yosemite, receipt of freight (600 boxes) transported for the Savage Mining Company of Virginia City

Lot of 46 unused receipts for stock purchases for the Sutro Tunnel Company, 187-. Printed by P.Bitter-Balto. Measure 3.75" x 8." Very good...

Lot of six Nevada Territory assessment receipts. All have Virginia dateline. Identical form for two different companies. Two are for the Santa Rosa Go

Four early pieces from Virginia City, all with the "N.T." designation. 1) Two documents from the Gould & Curry Silver Mining Co. One i...

Two different style Sapphire Mill, W.S. Hobart checks. 1) Aug. 8. 1868. Nevada, Sapphire and Alta Mills (Nevada and Alta crossed out), Agency of The B

Storey County invoice, for taxes paid on $25,000 of quicksilver for the Quicksilver Mining Co., attached to a handwritten invoice for the sale of 328

Nice pair! 1) Maynard & Flood, Bankers. Dateline Gold Hill, N.T., June 16, 1863. Pay to the order of C.McDermott $54. Signed by representative f...

1) No. 144. Dated Dec. 10, 1864 (less than 2 months after statehood). Pay to L. Janin Jr. $299. Signed by Charles Bonner. These men were involved with

Five checks signed by five of the most important figures of the Comstock. These five men shaped the history of the city, and, ultimately, Nevada. This

Purple/blue. Wells, Fargo & Co. Sept. 21st, 1861. Signed by R.N. Graves, who was superintendent of the Gould & Curry mine, Empire Mine and M...

Large (23" x 12") calendar (green with black text) featuring an illustrated yellow map of Nevada (12.5" x 9.5") featuring vigne...

Lot of 15 with nice variety. Billheads: 1866 Alta, California, Whitney & Co. for forwarding goods for the Savage Mine; and 1870 Giant Powder Co....

Lot of 4 documents with N.T. 1) Two pay receipts from R.H. Morrow, superintendent of the White & Murphy Gold & Silver Mining Co. One is for ...

Horizontal Map Virginia mine Workings, Comstock Lode./ Scale 100 feet to 1 inch. The map covers the ground from the Gould & Curry to the Bullion...

A pair of Woodworth Mill checks, one signed by John Mackay and the other by James G. Fair. They are perhaps the two most well-known names from the Com

Map of Comstock Miners and Miners Plate III., U. S. Geological surveys. Prepared under the direction of G.F. Becker. (32.5" x 19.5") ...

Identified as Ely on back of one postcard, but probably a satellite town of Ely. Looks like office buildings, dormitory, and other buildings. Nice Set

You will be hard-pressed to find any information about this company anywhere else! 8 pages. Foxing on pages, but in very nice condition.Sewn binding v

Letters, specifications and estimates for a Wet Grinding Tube Mill, stamp Mill, etc for Nevada Wonder MIning from D. D. Demarest Co. For the better pa

Twenty-five Lander County, Nevada abandoned property documents. Seven tax Deeds. A Statement and Report of the Hider-Nevada Copper Company. One cover

This 4" x 5" photograph shows six men sitting outside of a tent with stovepipe. There is another tent in the background (lower left) and s...

Two uncancelled stock certificates: No. 7573, issued to Eudorus Harden for 400 shares, signed by (illegible), May, 1908. No. 9521, issued to William H

Two annual reports for the mining companies. City: State: Nevada, Date: 1920/21 FHWAC#: 25249

Lot of 6 items. 1) Blueprint map titled "Plat of the Great Western Group. Round Mountain-Jefferson Mining District. Nye Co. Nev. Scale 1"=...

Lot of three. 1) Market Review for Patrick, Elliot & Camp, Inc, Bankers and Brokers in Goldfield, Nevada. Vol. II. April 17, 1906. Four pages of...

Letters between Nevada Mining, Reduction & Power Company and D. D. Demarest Co.; Nevada Construction Copper Co. letters; and other Nevada compan...

Document has red ribbon and red stamp (seal of the territorial auditor), authorizes the sale of 2,000,000 shares at one dollar each. City:

Two uncancelled stock certificates: Bovard Consolidated Mines Co., no. C2098, issued to Price & Co., 100 shares and no. C2073 issued to F. P. De...

Also signed by auditor Ross. Four (handwritten) stamps still connected. Blue 50 cent US Revenue stamp. Silver seal. Vignette of miner and mines. Also

Twelve stock certificates: nos. 80, 89, 97, 99, 100, 101, 104, 105, 502, 503, 505, 506 all signed by Frank W. Stall, Vice-President and Wm. Knight, Se

1) 1874 V&T bond for $1,000. Coupons 49-60 still attached. Signed by William Sharon as President, but cancelled through signature. Also signed b...