Western Trails & Treasures Auction (February 2022)

Lot of 3 vintage self heating irons, circa 1920s-30s. 1.) Coleman Self-Heating Gasoline Iron Model No. 4A. Comes with original paperwork! Measures abo

Group of books and magazines aimed at women clients, late 1800's to early 1900s. Includes: Modern Priscilla embroidery magazine (several); Woman...

Trio set of three rare, and separate items being offered as a set. 1) Vintage M.M. Fleron & Son Official Boyscout Signaler Radio Blinker Telegra...

This is a lot of misc. drafting tools, including four compasses and varied attachments. These tools are still used by architects, artists, and hobbyis

Keuffel & Esser (K&E) surveying transit, model P5137, SN 136307, in its original wooden carrying case. This is a precision piece of optical ...

Optical Refractometer made by Carl Zeiss Jena (then East Germany). Has seen heavy use, needs cleaning, and is probably best suited for historical disp

Bausch & Lomb Abbe Refractometer in original wooden case in working condition. A refractometer measures the ability of a liquid to bend (refract...

Bausch & Lomb microscope in original wooden case. Cast metal frame pivots at the base for easy viewing, 10x eyepiece, 4mm 43X objective, 16mm 10...

Ernst Lietz Wetzler professional-grade microscope, No. 386481, with numerous accessory optics including two 10x, one 12x, one 15x eyepieces; one each

Research-level, solid metal microscope, Compacta brand, SN 840238, with coated optics, quadruple turret; five objective lenses: 4x, 10x, 40x, and a 10

Two wooden microscope boxes, empty, and a bundle of Edmund Scientific optics. Box 1 is made from a light-colored wood, approx. 8.25 x 14 x 9 inches, a

Lietz Sokkisha TM-1A 1-second optical theodolite in its original orange heavy-duty case with carrying strap. SN 2144. Once owned by National Oceanic a

Lot of 9. 1) Australia. Five pieces: two Greeting Cards with accordion-style foldouts of pictures; brochure, "Australia, Sunshine Land;" p...

Conservatoire Africain ouvre de creches, mardi gras. Original exceptionally colorful poster 17.5 x 31.5" c 1900. Date: Country (if not USA):...

Lot of 1. Canadian Pocket Diary for 1880, published by Brown Brothers, Toronto. Leather cover, 3 1/4" x 4 3/4". Includes many pp of han...

Hotel Registry for the Windsor Hotel in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Lists the date, guest name, assigned room number, and time of arrival, written in

Booklet that opens up into a huge map of the Japanese Empire with Central and Southern Manchukuo (Manchuria) measuring approximately 2 feet by 3 feet.

Lot of 11. 1) Two copies of a c.1938 promo magazine, "Japan," full of B&W pictures and some color illustrations of scenic and tourist ...

Lot of 5. 1) Rare Official Program for the Philippine Carnival held in 1910 in Manila. 80pp. with advertisements. 2) Port Manila, Trade Center of the

Letter from N. Lewis to James Wilson, Esq, dated 1826, requesting payment. Lewis appears to have been a tailor to Mr. Wilson. Letter very legible.

Original handwritten letter by William Pitt to the Duke of Portland, England, dated January 1, 1796. Sent from Wimbledon. Writing faded and hard to

Vol. III, No. 182, February 25-28, 1758. 8pp. 11.5 x 8" News from London, Ireland, and one paragraph report from Charleston, South Carolina. Am...

Beautiful handwritten document from the East India Company. It is a payment for 50 pound sterling. The paper is dated August 31, 1801. It measures 1...

# 12,029 for 100 shares to MC Bell on February2, 1916. Signed by president Lippy and secretary Charles D Dairs. Oil field vignette. Also intricate bor

Inc. in Connecticut. No. 1221, issued for 100 shares to PA Filbert on May 7th, 1881. Signed by president Burnham, secretary Corbin, and Gallagher. Not

Inc. in Connecticut. No. A2571, issued for 500 shares to PA Filbert on Dec. 27th, 1884. Signed by president Burnham and asst. treasurer JWW Elwee. Not

Gorgeous and rare. Incorporated in Illinois in 1886. No. 1457, issued for 10 shares to DR. RH King on July 15th, 1889. Signed by the president (illeg

Some rarities here including Arizona Giant Copper Mining Company. Pinal County, Arizona. Issued for 343,995 shares at $5 each to the company president

Extremely rare. $1,000 bond certificate issued in 1875 at San Francisco. Signed by S. Heydenfeldt as president and (?) Leavitt as secretary. Top vigne

Nice, early date certificate #24, issued for 200 shares to Thomas E. Davis at Forest City, California in 1864. Signed by M. Redding as president and W

Mount Sneffles Terrible Mining Company stock certificate. Mine near Ouray, CO. Cert #53, 1000 shares @ $10 each. Issued 1886. Signed by President

Lot of nine. Number c1900. Lot of nine. Two in nice condition and seven have major tears on the bottom right. For example #1877 for 200 shares to John

Stock certificate and correspondence related to the Guy Silver Mining Company in Idaho. A) Guy Silver Mining Company stock certificate issued on Apri

2 bonds from Seneca Copper Corporation including one for $500 and the other for $1000. Issued in 1923. Both with a few coupons on the back. The Seneca

Certificate of stocks books from the early 1900's for The Butte Mining Company. They're, as near as I can tell, receipts for shares issued t...

Lot of 3. Moulton Mining Company (MT) stock certs. Two signed by renowned MT financier and company President W. A. Clark. All three unissued. Date

Lot of 3 fully issued Moulton Mining Company (MT) Stock Certificates signed by famed company President W. A. Clark. Dated 1881, 1881 and 1885. Date:

Lot of 3. Moulton Mining Company (MT) stock certs signed by renowned MT financier and Moulton company President W. A. Clark. Fully issued. Dated 188

The Antelope Mines Company, issued in 1930 to H. J. Bridges. Attractive certificates with a nice mining vignette. The company operated at Antelope Spr

Number 178 for 600 shares issued to Peter W. French on February 10, 1906. Dateline Ogden, Utah. Signed by O. A. Kennedy and R. P. Hunter president. Th

Quartz Lode claim for 200 feet to Governor James W Nye in the Esmeralda Mining District. 1861. A search by the holder believes this is a fantasy piece

This is actually an assessment for numbers 1 and 2 issued on May 8, 1863! Esmeralda Mining District. Issued to James Whitehead who was listed as a min

Number 22 for 36 shares to Charles Hosmer. Datelined San Francisco 1863. Signed by secretary Blood and president Van Reed. Incorporated December 10, 1

Stock certificate issued in 1864 by the United States Tunnel Mining Co. to C. Huber, 25 shares @ $100 each, signed by Alex Cleurs (sp?)/President. Co

One stock cert issued by West Wind Mining Company of Aurora, Mono County, California dated 1863. Cert #6, 50 shares @$250 each, signed by Secretary

Reese River Mining District. 1) Morris & Cable. #11 issued in 1867 from Philadelphia. Raymond (1871) lists the production as 2,000 pounds with a...

Number 32 for 10 shares to P Monroe. Datelined San Francisco 1863. Signed by secretary William T Stanford and president S DeWolfe. Incorporated Aug. 1

Number 34 for 5 shares to William Rowland (carpenter). Datelined San Francisco 1863. Signed by secretary MJ Newmark )lawyer) and president SW Boring (

RARE! Reese River and Union Districts stock certificate. We found little mention of this company except an 1866 Reese River article about the use of m

Lander County, Nevada Territory (printed below title). Incorporated Sept. 21, 1863. Dateline San Francisco, Dec. 24, 1863. No. 45, issued for 100 shar

Unused Erie Gold and Silver Mining Company. Austin, Lander County. Hooker Ledge in the Reese River District. Towne & Bacon printers. Incorporate...

This is a certificate with questions! Number 113(?) for 20 shares to Winslow Crocker. Datelined Austin, Lander Co. N. T. (in fancy script), 1863. Sign

Number 103 for 12 shares to WD Messer. Datelined San Francisco 1863. Signed by secretary M Allison Wheeler and president William H Sterns. Incorporate

Very rare to have a "LEDGE" company and not a "MINING" company. Number 78 for 5 shares to GT Keys. Datelined Stockton 1864. Sign...

Number 260, issued in 1866 for 10 shares to Samuel J. Reeves. Mining works near Austin, Nevada printed on the bottom. Amador Mining District. This is

Number 49 for 25 shares to John Lenhart. Datelined San Francisco 1863. Signed by secretary FM Truworthy and president John Cammet. Incorporated August

Territorial. Number 84 for 3 1/2 shares to Williams. Datelined San Francisco 1864. Signed by secretary Drinkhouse and president Asaph Gray(?). Incorpo

Mining scams were not uncommon in Nevada, but this scam is for woodland properties near Austin, Nevada by an English firm. They obviously did not visi

New England and Nevada Silver Mining Company stock certificate Number 373, issued to W.G. Blakely, for 100 shares on November 8, 1866, signed by treas

Reese River MD. Number 22 for 50 shares to GL Church. Church was in The Utah Territory (Nevada) by 1860, In 1864 he was the first Esmeralda County Tre

Was this mining company named for Nevada's Territorial Indian agent? Number 134 for 15 shares to Henry S Brooks. Datelined San Francisco 1863. S...

3 Certificates and 1unissued check! #496 Is signed by Wm. S. Clark. #486 is the earliest dated 1881. The named would be changed to the Eagle Silver Mi

Located in the Bellehelen Mining District. Number 283 for 2,000 shares issued to Howard F. Crocker in 1911. Incorporated May 8, 1908. Signed by secret

Number 777 for 50 shares to E. A. Richardson, trustee. Signed by M. W. Hopkins as secretary and Oliver Eldridge as president. Dateline San Francisco 1

Number 192 for 20 shares to J Moore trustee. Signed by secretary J. B. Moore (unscrupulous) and Richard Hornfray (Get rich for doing nothing president

Early number 10 for 11 shares to Durbin Van Vleck. Datelined San Francisco 1863. Signed by M Allison Wheeler and president SH Parker. Incorporated Aug

Lot of 4 different. 1) Spearhead Bullfrog Mining Company. Issued in 1906, not cancelled, blue border and allegorical vignette. In PASS-CO holder. 2) B

Lot of 6 different. Five issued, one unissued. Includes: Montgomery Shoshone Cons. Mining Company (drilling vignette, stamp cancelled, no date); Bullf

Lot of 4 different. 1) Shoshone National Bank Mining Company. Issued in 1906, not cancelled. Pinholes, folds. 2)Sunset Mining & Development Comp...

Inc. in South Dakota. No. 4362, issued to Kate Mullis on June 9th, 1910 in Rhyolite, Nevada. Signed by the vice president (CJ Welsh?) and secretary Ry

Choice! Number 2532, issued for 100 shares to John J. Welsh in San Francisco on April 17th, 1906 (the day before the earthquake!). Signed by the 2nd v

Lot of 4 different for this Bullfrog mining company. Originally known as the Keystone Bullfrog. They were still working at this mine in 1916. Located

#612 for 100 shares to CE Gillett. Signed by DF Verdinal and James Reyea vice president. Dateline August 31, 1876. Cherry Creek Mining District. Incor

Lot of three. 1) Salmon River Mining. Inc. in Delaware. No. 24, issued for 5,000 shares to W. Smith on June 16, 1910. Signed by Jno. Keatings (presid

1)Ajax=Nevada GMC. Located at Brunswick, Nevada in the Delaware Mining District (printed upper right) which was located in Ormsby and Douglas County.

#72 for 25 shares to O Cromwell. Datelined Carson City 1863. Signed by secretary PW Van Winkle and president J Dovey (?). Incorporated June 24, 1863.

1) Situated in Sierra Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada. Inc. in New York. No. 571, issued to Frank W. Tappan for 500 shares in Oct. 31st, 1866

Four stocks from the Gold Mountain district, Esmeralda County issued in 1881. Lot includes Oriental Gold Mining Company as well as State Line Gold Min

All four iterations from Stateline. Stateline Gold Mining Company #1, Stateline Gold Mining Company #2, Stateline Gold Mining Company #3, and Statelin

Number 425 for 500 shares to HA Cheever. Signed by TF Concise(?) and president HP Coon. Dateline San Francisco April 14, 1872. Incorporated April 3, 1

Number 483 for 100 shares to W. C. Baird. Signed Fred C. Colton, secretary and George H. Sheldon, president. Dateline April 22, 1880. Endorsed on reve

Extremely nice looking and condition. Number 164 for 50 shares to JA Nesbitt. Signed by secretary EH Rixford and president James Nesbitt. Datelined Sa

Incorporated October 30, 1878. Number 1532 for 100 shares to E.R. Grant Trustee on March 21, 1883. Signed by president John Carmany and secretary JH A

Not seen this certificate before! Incorporated in Arizona. # 517 issued for 100 shares to William P. Saunders on Nov. 11th, 1905. Signed by president

Lot of 2 beautiful certificates includes a rare one from Goldfield Oro Mining Company issued in 1908. Mines at Goldfield, Nevada. Green turtles in all

Inc. in SD, May 1904. No. 390, issued for 500 shares to RP Dunlap on Nov. 19, 1905. Signed by United States Senator George S. Nixon as president and J

# 3415 for 100 shares to J. W. Sparks & Co. Signed by vice president P Shockley and secretary W. H. Clark. Dateline Goldfield 1906. Incorporated...

Number E52 for 100 shares to William Sulzer in 1907. Signed by AK Heford and AD Myers. Al Myers was a believer in Goldfield before there was a Goldfie

Nice signature piece signed by Sol Camp as president. Cert. #3151, issued for 1000 shares. Sol Camp was a mining engineer from Colorado and he teamed

Inc. in Colorado. No. 439, issued for 500 shares to James P. Morris on May 5th, 1905. Signed by president E.A. Colburn (Cripple Creek mining operator)

No. 238, issued for 500 shares to A.S. Thieson on Nov. 21, 1906 in Goldfield. Signed by H.C. Brougher as president and secretary Geo. Gray. Not cancel

Cherub photograph vignette titled May Talmage Hays. Incorporated in 1905 in Wyoming. Located at Goldfield, Nevada. Certificate number 382 issued in 19

Number 172 for 50 shares to Simon Bowman June 14, 1881. Dateline Mt. Carroll, Illinois. Incorporated October 20, 1879. Signed by secretary John Irvine

Early # 4 for 1,000 shares to Max Wassel on June 2, 1906. Eagle vignette. Black on green safety paper. Printed by Kistler Stationary of Denver. Signed

The stock is great. The location is great. But the real story here is John Bidwell. In 1840, 69 brave and intrepid men, women and children would join

Frisbee is the namesake of Fred Frisbee of Lida. The mine was in Hornsilver in Tokop Mining District. It is a real stock and appeared in the 1909 Mini

Rare. "Hot Creek Mining District, State of Nevada" (printed above title). Inc. in New York. No. 14, issued to ER Biddle for 250 shares on ...

1) Kawich Flat Gold Mining Company with RARE Nevada color green underprint placer mining scene and red underprint Native American Chief. Although unis

Rare. "Location of Works, Lewis District, Lander County, Nevada" (printed at left). Inc. in 1879. No. 825, issued for 50 shares to Samuel ...

Lot of two certificates issued and cancelled in the White Caps Extension Mines Company. Located in Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range