Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics

Great 1916 map of mining claims in Butte, Montana and the vicinity. Paper mounted on linen and folded neatly into a small booklet (9" x 5"...

Fabulous framed map (long section) on linen of the famous Speculator mine, owned by the North Butte Mining Co. The North Butte was the largest mining

Three distinctively different colors: black, blue and green. All cancelled and with the same vignettes (underground miners and surveyor). Walter Andre

Nice pocket map glued onto linen, 37" x 49", opened up. Mining companies are color coded, with a list of claims too small to name on the m...

A stock certificate for St. Helena Consolidated Gold & Silver Mining Company, no. 178 (not filled in); six postcards (not written on or mailed);...

12 checks. One each of the best examples of RN-D and RN-G varieties of Manhattan Silver Mining Co. checks. Several of these checks are not duplicated

Lot of 26. Includes: an 1866 First National Bank of Nevada check for $800 in coin; five unused Erie Gold and Silver Mining Co. checks with N.T. dateli

Rare Austin stock certificate. #110 for 5 shares to Thomas Messinger. Signed by Walton Ferguson and SH Holmes. A hand written note on back states thes

Lot of 15 checks. This lot has it all for Austin collectors, including the signatures of A. Curtis, M. Curtis, and W. Gage, seven different RN varieti

Two RN-D and two RN-G checks from this Austin mining company. Three signed by Allen Curtis and one signed by Melville Curtis. Cut cancels and light so

Scarce. Location: Reese River Mining District at Austin, Nevada. Inc. in New York. Uncancelled. No. 1464, issued for 500 shares to Childs & Seym...

Location: Lander Hill, Reese River District, Nevada. Inc. in New York. Uncancelled. No. 47. Issued for 200 shares to S.K. Raymond on June 10th, 1868 i

Inc. in Philadelphia. Mine location: Reese River Mining District, Lander County. No. 11, issued for 20 shares to James H. Tull on August 23, 1867 in P

Inc. in New York. No. 255. Issued for 50 shares to Thomas J. Harlan on April 24th, 1869 in New York. 25 cent Internal Revenue stamp attached bottom ri

A sheaf of miner's drill steel, c1890's. These are the hand steel used to drill holes for blasting in western mines prior rock drills came i...

Uncancelled, no. 91, issued to Edward M. Durand, 4 shares, signed by Chas. l. Mudge, President and J. C. Davie, Secretary, July, 1882. During its heyd

Letters and estimates from D. D. Demarest Co and Mayflower Bullfrog Cons. Mg. Co. The city of Bullfrog is located one mile southwest of Rhyolite. In A

1) Prospectus of the Red Fox Bullfrog Mining Company. Inc in AZ. Principal office in Denver. A subsidiary of the Forward Mining Development Co. Three

One uncancelled stock certificate, no. A21449 and one cancelled no. B243. Both are signed by J. H. Carstairs, President. Vignette of three miners at w

Lot of three. 1) Check from the Bullfrog Bank and Trust Co. Dateline Rhyolite, Nevada, Mar. 15, 1907.Green font. Pay $5 to the secretary for night wat

Uncancelled. No 376 issued to Wilson J. Corroll, 1500 shares, signed by W. S. Kolak, president and F. G. Redden, secretary. The Cactus Springs distric

Gorgeous framed broadside advertising "All About Alaska and the Klondike Gold Fields," "A Grand Illustrated Klondike Lecture Enterta...

Very rare; possibly the first one ever seen by us. Inc. in Nevada, November 1863. Location: Silver Wave Ledge, Lincoln District, Nevada Territory. Whi

Uncancelled, no.110, issued to Francis W. Gove, 20 shares, signed by Samuel w. Pingree, President and Emmet Blair, Secretary., November, 1865. Nevada.

Uncancelled stock, no. 241 issued to C. E. Gillett, Trustee, 100 shares signed by S. Millroy, President and C. E. Gillett, Secretary, 1877. Cornucopia

Uncancelled stock, no. 609 issued to J. W. Pew, Trustee, 50 shares, signed by Wm. M. Pierson, President and J. W. Pew, Secretary, 1877. Cornucopia was

No. 359, issued to George Temperley, one hundred shares of capitol stock, signed by Roy R. Woods, President, and A. R. Cave, Secretary, August, 1929.

An interesting document that is a great example of the problem of title that occurred in gold mining camps. Dateline Dayton, Nevada, Spet. 25, 1865. T

Cert. #387, issued to Chas. E. Elliot, Trustee for 100 shares in 1881. Signed by Elliott as secretary and C.D. Weller as vice president. Mines were lo

Uncancelled stock issued to J. D. Rich, Trustee 50 shares, signed by Daniel Bigley, president and f. W. Wells, secretary. Diamond District. A vignette

Prospectus on the newly secured possession of two valuable gold and silver mines in Eldorado Canyon. 16 pages. Nine small photographs and one map. Pen

Three vintage RPCs of the Veteran's Shaft, The Alpha Shaft and Copper Flat in early Ely Nevada. All unused. City: Ely State: Nevada,

Uncancelled, no. 531, issued to B. L. Schmitt, Trustee 25 shares, signed by H. _. Lyons, president and T. W. Colburn, secretary. Incorporated 1871. Da

One stock certificate, no. 527, issued to Glazur Seligsberg, Trustee for 25 shares signed by H. S. Lyons, President and S. W. Colburn, Secretary. Adhe

Rare! Inc. in AZ. No. 187, issued on Nov. 6, 1907 for 250 shares to Sol Hilp, noted Ely druggist and Wells, Fargo & Co. agent. Signed by Max Str...

Includes up to seven page panorama fold outs and fold out maps in every year. For example, 1912 (randomly chosen) contains two seven page panorama of

Location: Oneota Mining District, Esmeralda County. Inc. in California, Jan. 27, 1876. No. 40. Issued for 1,000 shares to Parker Brittenden (?) on Feb

Rare! Soft covers. 61 glossy pages with black and white photographs. "Mining and Other Resources of Eureka County, Nevada." Presented to t...

From R. A. Haines to his brother. “There are so many varieties of ore that a single specimen would be little value to you for comparison for smelter.

Letters (carbons) and estimates to the Nevada Hills Mining Co. from D. D. Demarest Co. about two electric mine locomotives and other equipment. Ci

Cert. #140, issued for 500 shares to Francis C. Bryan. Signed by Luther M. Bain as president. Mines at Fairview, Manhattan and Goldfield printed on th

Letters, specifications, and estimates from D. D. Demarest Co. to Nevada Crown Mining Co. City: Golconda State: Nevada, Date: 19

Uncancelled stock, no. 333 issued to Frances Tichenor, 250 shares, signed by Dunbar Henut, President and Thos. Creau, Secretary, 1897. Gold Creek was

Cancelled stock, no. 329 issued to Frances Tichenor, 50 shares signed by Dunbar Heimt, President and Wm. P. Godfry, Secretary. The Gold Creek Mining C

Rare. Location: Gold Hill District, Storey Co., N.T. Office: Virginia, N.T. Inc. in Nevada, February 1864. Low certificate #19, issued in Virginia Ci

Statement & Reports concerning the Uncle Sam Senior and Gold Canon Silver Lodes in Nevada. Printed by Alfred Mudge & Son, Boston, 1865. Com...

Pumping Association, Agency of the Bank of California. Issued on July 10, 1890 to the Virginia & Truckee Railroad for $398.80. Signed by William...

The statement and report was to call attention to the sale of the Uncle Sam Senior and the Gold Canon mines located within the limits of Gold Hill, Ne

Surveyed July 1864 by N. Wescoatt, C.E. made to accompany Report of Dr. J.A. Neatch, this 24x14 " map all the mining works in the Silver City/ ...

Cert. #13170, issued in 1891 to John Turnbull, Trustee for 100 shares. Signed by S.K.P. Narren and D.C. Bates as secretary. Gold Hill district, Storey