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Unionville Stock Certificate Group (9)5150 - Unionville Stock Certificate Group (9)
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Unionville Stock Group (9) area mines, 14 certificates- HUMBOLDT KING MINING CO./500 shares/No.85/1910. #2) ARIZONA EXTENSION SILVER MINES CO./100 sh
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Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to c*********p for (85.00 + 19.13BP) = 104.13
 
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Unionville Stock Certificates (6)5151 - Unionville Stock Certificates (6)
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Unionville Stock Certificates (6)-SILVER REEF MINING CO./200 shares/1921 (2). #2) CONSOLIDATED MINING & REFINING CO./1500 shares/1922. #3) SHE...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to t******2 for (30.00 + 6.75BP) = 36.75
 
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3 Virginia City mill checks with Mackay/Fair signatures5152 - 3 Virginia City mill checks with Mackay/Fair signatures
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Lot of 3. 1) Bacon Mill. 1870. #133. James Fair signature. To Paul Gross. 2c orange Nevada and US revenue stamps attached. Stamped 'Paid by Gold...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to T*******4 for (100.00 + 22.50BP) = 122.50
 
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5 Comstock mining stock certificates5153 - 5 Comstock mining stock certificates
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1) Union Consolidated, 1927. Cancelled. 2) Hale & Norcross. 1909. Cancelled. 3) Ophir. 1919. Cancelled. 4) Two Consolidated Virginia. 1935. Canc...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to D******a for (30.00 + 6.75BP) = 36.75
 
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Bacon Mill check w/ James G. Fair signature, RN-E, V&T5154 - Bacon Mill check w/ James G. Fair signature, RN-E, V&T
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No. 965. Dateline Virginia, Nev., Nov. 5, 1873. Agency of the Bank of California. Pay the V&T Railroad $1174.80. Signed by James G. Fair. Rare R...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to 2****1 for (30.00 + 6.75BP) = 36.75
 
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Badger Silver Mining Company stock certificate5155 - Badger Silver Mining Company stock certificate
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John Clark is entitled to 50 Shares at $100.00 each/vignette of eagle & flag top center City: Virginia City State: Nevada, Date:
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Estimate : 250.00 - 800.00
Sold to D******a for (75.00 + 16.88BP) = 91.88
 
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California Mining Company stock certificate.5156 - California Mining Company stock certificate.
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100 shares at $100 per share to H. B. Parsons, Trustee. The California Mining Company was split from the major Consolidated Virginia Mining Company in
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Estimate : 70.00 - 200.00
Sold to p********n for (50.00 + 11.25BP) = 61.25
 
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Clean Mariposa Mill Company Check w/ Fair signature5157 - Clean Mariposa Mill Company Check w/ Fair signature
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Dateline Virginia, Nev., Dec. 4, 1871. Pay $792 to Chamberlin & Tritle? Signed by James G. Fair. RN-C21. Spindle hole, light smudges, otherwise ...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 200.00
Sold to p********n for (35.00 + 7.88BP) = 42.88
 
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Consolidated Virginia Mine Assay Book - Virginia City5158 - Consolidated Virginia Mine Assay Book - Virginia City
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Tiny leather-bound book, filled with hand-writen assay information, diagrams, ledger counts, assay amounts and records, plus other insriptions, all in
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Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to p********n for (75.00 + 16.88BP) = 91.88
 
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Crosby Stock Certificate - Virginia City, NV5159 - Crosby Stock Certificate - Virginia City, NV
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Lot of 17 stock certificatse in hardcover book (7 1/2" x 4"). Numbers 1 (issued to Crosby himself in 1896) through 17. 9 unissued stocks. ...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 125.00
Sold to C******r for (35.00 + 7.88BP) = 42.88
 
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Flood: Pacific Mill & Mining Co. General Expense Report5160 - Flood: Pacific Mill & Mining Co. General Expense Report
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An interesting voucher for a discount on buffer by J.C. Flood paid to the "Agency of Nevada Bank." The sum of $18,000.00 dollars was depos...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Four Comstock stock certificates: Flowery, Cooicental, Brunswick5161 - Four Comstock stock certificates: Flowery, Cooicental, Brunswick
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One Brunswick-Gould & Curry. Issued to EG Fisher, trustee, for 100 shares, certificate number 105, in 1905. The Flowery Mines (2) issued in 192...
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Sold to a********e.. for (25.00 + 5.63BP) = 30.63
 
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Gould & Curry Documents5162 - Gould & Curry Documents
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This lot contains six documents relating to the offices of Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company. Included is a assay receipt from the Savage Mini...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 500.00
Sold to p********n for (75.00 + 16.88BP) = 91.88
 
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Gould & Curry, Virginia City check w/ Mackay signature5163 - Gould & Curry, Virginia City check w/ Mackay signature
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Dateline Virginia, Nev., July 3rd, 1875. No. 132. Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company. Agency of the Bank of California. Pay $70 to James Kitto....
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Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to c*********p for (40.00 + 9.00BP) = 49.00
 
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Mount Hood Mining Company stock certificate5164 - Mount Hood Mining Company stock certificate
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Issued in 1878 at San Francisco to J W Tripp, Trustee for 100 shares at $100 each. Signed by J.W. Tripp on reverse. City: Virginia City Sta
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Estimate : 70.00 - 200.00
Sold to p********n for (80.00 + 18.00BP) = 98.00
 
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Original Keystone Silver Mining Company stock certificate5165 - Original Keystone Silver Mining Company stock certificate
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100 shares of stock in the Original Keystone Mine which was part of the mining frenzy of the Comstock. Unusual vignette on left of two horses and mot
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Estimate : 70.00 - 200.00
Sold to D******a for (80.00 + 18.00BP) = 98.00
 
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Printed Cancellation Revenue Stamps: Empire and United States mines5166 - Printed Cancellation Revenue Stamps: Empire and United States mines
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Lot of 2. 1. The first document is a stock certificate of the United States Mining Company. No. 487 is made out to William Baker for 25 shares on
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Estimate : 400.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to D******a for (275.00 + 61.88BP) = 336.88
 
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Queen Mining Company (G. T. Brown) Stock Certificate5167 - Queen Mining Company (G. T. Brown) Stock Certificate
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Queen Mining Co. Stock in Flowery Mining District in Storey County. Printed by G. T. Brown & Company. Brown was an early African American prin...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to D******a for (85.00 + 19.13BP) = 104.13
 
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Shaft Map of the Comstock5168 - Shaft Map of the Comstock
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28x34”. Black with color on canvas. Map of shafts for the Chollar-Potosi, Bullion, Exchequer, Alpha, and Con. Imperial. Shafts include the Julia, Bull
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Estimate : 50.00 - 400.00
Sold to I*******r for (170.00 + 38.25BP) = 208.25
 
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Yellow Jacket Silver Mining Co. stock ledger5169 - Yellow Jacket Silver Mining Co. stock ledger
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Lot of 2. 1). Two ledger sheets from the San Francisco Transfer Office of the Yellow Jacket Silver Mining Co. listing all stocks sold between Sept. 1
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to h*******2 for (25.00 + 5.63BP) = 30.63
 
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2 Nevada Annual Mining Reports5170 - 2 Nevada Annual Mining Reports
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1) Eighth Annual Report of the Eureka Consolidated Mining Co., published in San Francisco, October 20th, 1877, 14 pages, paper covered. The company is
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Estimate : 150.00 - 500.00
Sold to p*****0 for (80.00 + 18.00BP) = 98.00
 
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Exchange Silver Mining & Milling Co stock certificate5171 - Exchange Silver Mining & Milling Co stock certificate
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Beautifully scripted certificate incorporated and issued in 1881. 100 shares for Jamey Stringer. Dennison & Brown printers. City: State:
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Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to p********n for (70.00 + 15.75BP) = 85.75
 
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Four stocks with W. J. Douglass signatures5172 - Four stocks with W. J. Douglass signatures
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1&2) Silver Glance Mining Company of Nevada. #'s 323 and 400 issued in 1906. Both signed by president Douglass. 3) Tonopah Divide #18170 for...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 140.00
Sold to a********e.. for (25.00 + 5.63BP) = 30.63
 
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Getchell Mine stock certificate collection (48) signed by Noble Getchell5173 - Getchell Mine stock certificate collection (48) signed by Noble Getchell
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Lot of 48. All signed by Nobel Getchell (Nevada mining tycoon and state senator). All cert. printed with green/black, top center depicts motif of eag
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Estimate : 100.00 - 500.00
Sold to e*****r for (50.00 + 11.25BP) = 61.25
 
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Nevada mining ephemera (7): stock certificates, placer locations5174 - Nevada mining ephemera (7): stock certificates, placer locations
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Lots include 1) three 1916 location of placer claim by J. R. Gilbert. 2) Gould & Curry 1919 stock. 3) Goldfield Favorite Mining Company 1900'...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 150.00
Sold to d******0 for (30.00 + 6.75BP) = 36.75
 
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Two Nevada Mining Maps (Nye County Oil & Comstock Cross-Section)5175 - Two Nevada Mining Maps (Nye County Oil & Comstock Cross-Section)
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Lot of 2: 1) Promotion Map, White River Oil Company, Nye County, Principal Office Goldfield, Nevada. 2) Map/ Scale Plan View Of The Comstock Undergro
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to N******7 for (50.00 + 11.25BP) = 61.25
 
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Van de Water Gold & Silver Mining Company stock certificate5176 - Van de Water Gold & Silver Mining Company stock certificate
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Indian District. Incorporated in New York in 1879. Cert. # 529 issued to B. H. Franklin of New York. For 100 shares. Signed by James F. Casey, preside
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Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to l*******c for (50.00 + 11.25BP) = 61.25
 
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Zinc Mine tags5177 - Zinc Mine tags
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First three are N. J. Zinc Co. and last three are New Jersey Zinc Co. 1) #1038, brass, round. 2) #1253, brass round. 3) #1122, brass, round. 4) # 2674
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Estimate : 100.00 - 250.00
Sold to b******a for (55.00 + 10.73BP) = 65.73
 
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Engle N.M. Assay Receipts5178 - Engle N.M. Assay Receipts
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This is a lot of five assay receipts from Walter M. James, assayer of Engle, New Mexico. They are all dated, with two dated April 1, 1882, and the res
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 600.00
 
 
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1856 stock certificate tied to William Ralston5179 - 1856 stock certificate tied to William Ralston
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Extremely rare "The New Mexico Mining Company" document No. 47, hand-cancelled, certified to Fred W Risqué for 10 shares. Signed by t...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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3 Hydraulic Mining Stereoviews5180 - 3 Hydraulic Mining Stereoviews
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Lot of 3. All measure between 7” x 4” and 7” x 3.5.” Medium contrast and focus is sharp. Little wear, some light damage on one stereoview. Shows sever
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Estimate : 250.00 - 700.00
Sold to c*********p for (90.00 + 20.25BP) = 110.25
 
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3 mining letters from Bourne, Oregon5181 - 3 mining letters from Bourne, Oregon
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Three letters from the Eureka And Excelsior Mines, to P. Basche, Baker City, Or. Dated 1896. City: Bourne State: Oregon, Date: 1
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
 
 
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12 Laclede Consolidated Gold & Copper Mining Co. Certificate Group5182 - 12 Laclede Consolidated Gold & Copper Mining Co. Certificate Group
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Lot of 12 fully executed certificates, non-sequentially numbered. All feature signatures by H. Earl Furman, president and W.J. Curtis, secretary. Date
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Start Price : 125.00 | Estimate : 250.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Deadwood, Dakota Territory Mining Stock Group (2)5183 - Deadwood, Dakota Territory Mining Stock Group (2)
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Portland Consolidated Mining Co./100 shares/1880/No.284 #2) Monitor Mining Co./5000 shares/stamped cancelled/No. 94/1886/rendering of miners at work
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to l*******c for (50.00 + 11.25BP) = 61.25
 
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Reliance Gold Mining Company stock certificate5184 - Reliance Gold Mining Company stock certificate
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Stock number 1207, issued to J.W. Pickhouse on October 15, 1903 for 90 shares. Incorprated under the laws of South Dakota. It measures 12" x9.&...
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Start Price : 35.00 | Estimate : 70.00 - 300.00
 
 
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The Old Telegraph Mine Booklet5185 - The Old Telegraph Mine Booklet
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By Clarence Fenner. Reprinted from the School of Mines Quarterly, July 1893. Cover is detaching. City: Bingham Canon State: Utah, Da
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
 
 
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5 Utah Mining Stock Certificates5186 - 5 Utah Mining Stock Certificates
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Group of 5, all cancelled by stamp. 1) New Quincy Mining Company, incorporated under the laws of the State of Utah. No. 02976 issued for 400 shares, d
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Estimate : 40.00 - 120.00
Sold to m*****1 for (20.00 + 4.50BP) = 24.50
 
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Niagara Mining and Smelting Co. Stock Certificate # 4!5187 - Niagara Mining and Smelting Co. Stock Certificate # 4!
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Number 4 from the Niagara Mining and Smelting Co. Incorporated in Utah. Issued to G. E Palen on March 4, 1892. Signed by secretary Howard Jahemerhorn
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Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to m*****1 for (20.00 + 4.50BP) = 24.50
 
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Stormont Mining Company of Utah stock certificate5188 - Stormont Mining Company of Utah stock certificate
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Harrisburg District. Washington County, Utah, incorporated under the laws of the Utah. No. 859 issued for 100 shares to A.M. Shedder. Datelined City o
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Estimate : 60.00 - 150.00
Sold to m*****1 for (35.00 + 7.88BP) = 42.88
 
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3 Tintic area mining stock certificates5189 - 3 Tintic area mining stock certificates
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1) Tintic Mining and Milling Company, #376, 9,949 shares, 1893, no president's signature. 2) Tintic Empire Mining Company, #3253, 1,000 shares, ...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Utah mining, milling, and stock certificates5190 - Utah mining, milling, and stock certificates
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1) Tintic Mining and Milling Company. Stock #417, issued in 1899 for 100 shares to John and William Griffith. Signed by CE Allen and JR Bowdle. Cancel
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Estimate : 80.00 - 200.00
Sold to l*******c for (60.00 + 13.50BP) = 73.50
 
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5 Old Mexico Mining Company Bond Certificates  (possibly Wisconsin?)5191 - 5 Old Mexico Mining Company Bond Certificates (possibly Wisconsin?)
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Group of five gold debenture income bonds, incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Each dated February 1, 1912, with an eagle vignette a
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Estimate : 40.00 - 200.00
Sold to a********e.. for (30.00 + 6.75BP) = 36.75
 
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Ashanti Goldfields Company, Limited, Stock Certificate5192 - Ashanti Goldfields Company, Limited, Stock Certificate
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Incorporated in the Republic of Ghana. No. BNY-2479, issued to Wilhelm Tell of Switzerland for 1 share. Signed by Kenneth A. Lopian, Senior vice Presi
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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EARLY Cinco Senores Gold & Silver Mining Co. stock certificate5193 - EARLY Cinco Senores Gold & Silver Mining Co. stock certificate
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From the Cinco Senores Gold and Silver Mining Co. of Copala, Sinaloa, Mexico. The company was incorporated in 1863 in S.F. Issued to Jacob Schreiber f
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Estimate : 70.00 - 200.00
Sold to e*****r for (55.00 + 12.38BP) = 67.38
 
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2 San Toy Mining Company Letters and a cover5194 - 2 San Toy Mining Company Letters and a cover
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Lot of two typed letters and a cover, written on the letterhead of the San Toy Mining Company of Chihuahua, Mexico, one dated 31 December 1908 and the
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Estimate : 50.00 - 300.00
Sold to j*****a for (25.00 + 5.63BP) = 30.63
 
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2 Mexico Telephone Stock Certificates5195 - 2 Mexico Telephone Stock Certificates
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Group of two, both organized under the laws of New York. 1) The Guadalajara Telephone Company, No. 99, 2 shares issued on June 20, 1882. Datelined Jal
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Estimate : 40.00 - 200.00
Sold to a********e.. for (35.00 + 7.88BP) = 42.88
 
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3 Mexico Stock Group5196 - 3 Mexico Stock Group
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Three Mexican Stocks, including: 1) Two from Compania Minera Durango, dated August, 1924, located in Monterrey, N.L. Mexico. Signed by Arthur Flynn as
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Estimate : 40.00 - 200.00
Sold to t******2 for (15.00 + 3.38BP) = 18.38
 
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4 Mexico Mining Stock Certificates5197 - 4 Mexico Mining Stock Certificates
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Group of four including: 1) Two Compania Minera La Golondrina Y Anexas, S.A., Mineral Taxco, estado de Guerrero. No. 02890 and 0536, dated April 20, 1
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Estimate : 40.00 - 200.00
Sold to a********e.. for (20.00 + 4.50BP) = 24.50
 
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4 Old Mexico Mining Company Bond Certificates5198 - 4 Old Mexico Mining Company Bond Certificates
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Group of 4, incorporated under the laws of Delaware. Certificate No. 79-82, 8% gold bond. Signed by M.W. Ferris as President and Joseph Thorne as Sec
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Estimate : 40.00 - 200.00
Sold to a********e.. for (20.00 + 4.50BP) = 24.50
 
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Print of the Diamond Diggings in South Africa5199 - Print of the Diamond Diggings in South Africa
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Comes from The Graphic in 1872. Print shows lots of action: mining, eating relaxing, and transporting with a wonderful backdrop of hills, tents, and l
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to b*******s for (25.00 + 5.63BP) = 30.63
 
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