Western Trails & Treasures Auction (February 2022)

Four spectacular, emerald-cut gemstones made of Ametrine, a naturally occurring combination of purple Amethyst in contact with yellow Citrine, both va

Pale, green, and beautiful in the rough and when faceted, these two minerals are similar in color with very different origins. Peridot is the gem form

This is a group of malachite (green) and azurite (blue) mineral crystals including two feathery malachite crystals in one-inch plastic boxes from Zair

Large, 6.8-pound mass of large calcite crystals from Death Valley, California. This cluster of numerous two-to-three-inch crystals are in an unusual f

Dioptase is an intense, emerald-green copper cyclosilicate. The crystalline specimens come from Arizona and Namibia. These five pieces have very well-

Beryl is an aluminosilicate mineral known as Aquamarine when it is a pale blue color and Emerald when it is a deep green color (caused by the presence

A variety of garnet specimens, six in one-inch plastic cube boxes from Finland, Utah, and Garnet Hill, Nevada (near Ruth and Ely). There is also a bag

Herkimer Diamonds are doubly-terminated quartz crystals -- hexagonal crystals with points on both ends. There are approximately 188 water-clear pieces

Nice hand sample of dusty green Malachite and Chrysocolla with Drusy Quartz clusters mounted and framed in a 10.75 x 8.75 x 2.75-inch wooden shadowbox

This consignor collected agates, opals, and garnets, and here is a group of those for you to enjoy. There is approximately 460 grams of precious opals

Quartz is silicon dioxide and one of the most abundant natural minerals in the earth's crust. With a fairly low melting point, it is one of the ...

Quartz is one of the most common minerals in the earth's crust, and it comes in a variety of colors. Here are various colors of quartz, some cut...

A group of topaz mineral specimens, the largest is a clear, pale blue, naturally faceted crystal, about 2 x 2 x 1 inches, weighing 191.3 grams labeled

Tourmaline gems and crystals ranging from 1.7 carat to 75 grams. Locations include California and Brazil's Minas Gerais. Six tourmaline crystals...

Twenty one oval cabochons of sky-blue turquoise of unknown origin with dark brown/black matrix, with carat-weights of 5.4, 5.41, 5.46, 5.93, 6.07, 6.1

Nine polished, oval cabochons made of deep blue turquoise in a contrasting dark matrix of unknown origin. Largest is approx. 22 x 17 mm and weighs 19.

Dozens of rock and mineral specimens, some rough, some polished, some in plastic boxes. A great variety including Turquoise, a chunk of rough Tiger E

Lot includes ~4.2 pounds of rough petrified wood, possibly from Willard Creek near Susanville, California; single bookend made of polished petrified w

Four petrified wood bookends that measure about 8" tall and an amethyst crystal bookend measuring approximately 6". Please see photos for ...

The assortment left after the sorting: Four Star Sapphires with ~90-degree chatoyance, 15.66 total carat weight; 7mm Hemispheric Cat's Eye with ...

A pack of small mineral specimens, some faceted, some natural including 10.2 ct, 3 pieces of natural Indicolite (a blue Tourmaline) from SW Africa (no

A tray of twelve faceted gem minerals including a 3.3 ct oval of clear Danburite from Madagascar; 5 ct oval of pale green Orthoclase from Africa; 0.83

Far more than just boxes of rocks, these forty-two specimens in 1-inch plastic cubes are well-formed crystals showing off their inherent beauty. Bigge

This is a very nice collection of mineral thumbnails that fit into seventy-nine 1 x 1-1/4 x 11/16 in plastic boxes, and nine 1 x 1 x 3/4-inch plastic

Glass vial containing 0.058 tr oz of panned gold flakes; a small plastic vial containing 0.77 tr oz of silver globs (these appear to be water-quenched

A treasure trove of beautiful polished slabs and cabochons fashioned from semi-precious stones including deep green jade, banded agates, midnight blue

Rare. Free Certificate for the Export of Gold. Issued to Frank Way on July 3rd, 1905 at Dawson, giving him the right to export one and 12/100 ounces o

Tombstone/Comstock Engraved, Polished Steel Anvil Bookend Pair. First side: "John Fulton/ blacksmith/Retired June 1, 1885/ Tombstone, A.T./...

Lot of 3 original business cards for AH Emanuel. A. H. Emanuel was involved in numerous mining operations in Tombstone (including the Vizina Consolida

1) Ballad of a Laughing Mountain, Story of Jerome, AZ, by Art Clark & Richard Snodgrass, a Counter Point Publication Many photos of the town, it...

"The Hydraulic Mining Controversy in California's Sacramento Valley. A Chapter in the Decline of the Concept of Laissz Faire." By Robe...

1) Geology & Ore Deposits of the Afterthought Zinc-Copper Mine, CSDM Special Report 29, February 1953 Contains 6 geologic maps: 1) mine area, 2)...

Framed map measuring 37" x 21.5 inches. "Map of the Gold Bluff Mines and the adjacent claims in Sierra County California surveyed and comp...

Lot of 13 items related to the La Grange Mine, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA. 11 billheads, stapled together, dated Sept 1 - 9, 1899, for lumber pr

1) Plumas County, showing Areal Geology & Locations of Principle Mines, by California State Division of Mines, April, 1937 - (25 w x 21" h)...

Quarterly of The Society of California Pioneers, published September, 1924. Autographed by the author, 97 page booklet describing James Marshall'...

1) The Gold-Quartz Veins of Nevada City & Grass Valley Districts, U.S.G.S.. 17th Annual Report, Part II, 1896 24 plates, (1 in Pocket), 37 figu...

To Allan & Co. Signed by assistant managing director EC Gilman. Signed on the reverse Wm. Allan & Co. Great underground mining vignette with...

1) Preliminary Report of the Mining Industries of the Telluride Quadrangle, 18th Ann. Report, Part III, 1898 16 plates, (1 in pkt.), 9 figures - (7 .5

Features three gorgeous, color, fold-out maps: #1) Historical Property, 18"x 17", #2 Vertical Longitudinal section of underground workings...

Appraisal Inventory for Gold Hunter Mines in Mullan, Idaho, prepared by the American Appraisal Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This is Volume 2 of a

Hoard of probably 300-400 checks. Mining companies include: Tamarack & Custer Consolidated Mining Company (1915, 1920s, and 1940s, Wallace) and ...

Hoard of hundreds of Idaho mining checks, all post-1900. Also includes some sheets of checks. Mining companies include: Tamarack & Custer Consol...

Lot of 180+ checks and assessment receipts. Majority are from Idaho. Includes: Aurum Mining Company (Wallace, 1920s and 1930s); Tamarack & Custe...

Lot of 40 items. 25 B&W mining photographs along with 15 letterheads from companies doing business in Idaho c. 1880s - 1920s. All photos brown...

There are three volumes of Fluorspar Deposits of Hardin and Pope Counties in Illinois. Volumes: bulletin 58 1931, bulletin 59 1938, and bulletin 76 19

Serving the Butte Copper Mines since 1882 - This publication explains all phases of production using photographs and illustrations & includes a ...

Lot of 30+. Correspondence to figures in Anaconda including Dr. HC Gardiner, M. Donahoe (Anaconda Copper Mining Co.), LT Holliday (relating to dog bre

Large ledger archive of the Anaconda company from the Mackenzie Collection. Includes 12 significant ledgers plus others. Of primary interest are: a si

Basin, Montana Mining Ledger. Discussing records about wagon scales, blast readings, reverberatories, and circulars for mining. 1904. Poor condition,

Two books of mining claims and companies in Butte, Montana. A) Title abstract for a mining claim on the Elba Quartz Lode at Lot No. 243 in Township 3

Lot of 12 items (many are multi-page letters). This important group of material comes in the aftermath of the Speculator Mine fire that occurred on Ju

Lot of 30+. Includes letterheads from the Boston & Montana Consolidated Copper & Silver Mining Company; North Butte Mining Company; Butte &a...

Lot of 2. Includes cover and copper letter - Butte Over a Mile High Everlasting Copper from Butte Montana "Butte Nearly a Mile Deep" Cop...

Large ledger, 14 x 22" x 3" thick with perhaps 300+/- maps of the Summit Valley, Oro Fino and perhaps other mining districts encompassed i...

A major archive of five letterpress books and two business ledgers from James B. Leahy of Butte (City), 1886-1893. Leahy was sole proprietor of the R

1901 Parrot Silver and Copper receipt book number 7249-8000, a couple of pages missing, each page with 4 different receipts. These receipts show the n

1.5" x 4" brass tag on one end, End dump, switches still working, wheels working condition, approx. 3.5' tall, 4' long and 2' ...

Lot of 6 multi-page letters regarding a 1917 coal mining strike at Klein, Montana. Klein is located in Musselshell County. 1) Two copies of a 5-page

Lot of 25 pieces related to the Leviathan Gold Mining Company of Mammoth, Montana. The Mammoth quartz lode was located in the Mineral Hill Mining Dist

Two ledger books for the Leviathan Gold Mining Company of Mammoth, Montana: Cash Book, 8.5 x 14.25 inches, 75 double-numbered pages (left and right fa

Frederick Robert (Roderick) Merk (1833-1912) Frederick Robert Merk was a Montana Pioneer, expert businessman in hardware and mercantile companie

Large group of corporate records for the Alice Gold And Silver Mining Co. of Walkerville, Montana, 1884-1911, incomplete. This collection consists of

Cash Book for the Home Consolidated Mining Company from 1905 to 1912 bound into the book with additional loose pages for 1/1/1912 to 8/22/1912 as loos

Stock ledger book, approx. 8.5 x 14 inches, recording the names of shareholders and the dates of their stock transactions. Earliest year found is 1900

Four ledgers from Montana mining companies. A) Home Mining Company ledger from 1902-03. This ledger has records of labor and supply costs. Under &qu...

Lot of 18. None are identified; there is paper residue on the backs which may have obscured identifications. Eleven are 5 x 7"; six are 3.5 x 4...

Lot of 25 b& white photos depicting placer mining operations in Montana. All photos white border, mounted on black cardboard within plastic sle...

Three large mammoth prints, photos 10.5 x 13.5 mounted on board 14 x 17" 1.) Deer Lodge National Forest 1908 "French Gulch and Mill Cree...

1) Geology & Ore Deposits of the Elkhorn Mining District Jefferson Co., 22nd Ann. Report, Part II, by Walter H. Weed 21 plates, (2 in pocket), 7...

Lot of 38 mining checks. No RN. 1) Idaho. Four different checks, 1918-1924. 2) Rest are Montana mining checks. Mix of issued and unissued pieces. Earl

Several hundred sheets of checks. Most are mining related, Idaho, Montana, Colorado. Includes: Busk-Ivanhoe Tunnel, Leadville, 1890s; Butte City Water

Four letters written by George W. Clinton to his wife in Reno, Nevada. These letters are written on stationary from Hotel Watt and the Elk in Austin,

Contract with George Able to sink a shaft 50' in the Northern Mine of the Williams Gold & Silver. For $625. Specifications ae clearly descri...

1) Booklet Ely & Her Mines. July 1, 1907. History of Ely camp, geology, etc. The booklet answers questions like What are the prices of sleeping...

Shows preliminary survey of lode mining claims, the Tule Canyon Mining District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada (near Goldfield) ~ (27 w x 42" h) Date...

Fourteen pages. 4 x 9.5". President was the famous Goldfield promotor L. L. Patrick. "While admitting the principal aim of this prospectus...

1) The History of Fifty Years of Mining at Tonopah: 1900-1950. Nevada Bureau of mines and geology. Bu Carpenter, Elliott & Sawyer. 1953. 153 pag...

Typewritten letter w/envelope to Mr. Barnet Nover/journalist signed by Bernard M. Baruch/NYC congratulating Mr. Nover for an article he wrote titled...

This lot contains a copper ashtray presented by the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers at 7in. diameter X 1 in. with their organ

Nice pair. 1) A history of the Mining story of National called High-grade. By Schreier. With photos. Hardcover with dust jacket. Near perfect! 2) Geol

Lot of 6 items related to the now-nonexistent Nevada mining boomtown of Rawhide. Included in this extremely rare collection are two issued mining co

The Sutro Tunnel Company and the Sutro Tunnel. Report by Theodore Sutro to the stock holders. 1887. Hard cover in extremely nice condition. 2) Closing

Report of the Commissioners and Evidence taken by the Committee on Mines & Mining of the House of Representatives of the U.S., together with the...

Mines, Men, and Money. San Francisco Journal of Commerce Pacific Coast Annual Mining Review from 1888. This journal has information about mines on the

Great reference for early mining in Nevada. 153 pages about the Comstock, southern Nevada Colorado Basin, Esmeralda, Nye, Lincoln, Churchill, Lander,

California State Telegraph Co. telegraph sent Jan. 6, 1864 from San Francisco to Robert Morrow, mining superintendent on the Comstock Lode. Message si

This rare volume was printed in 1889 by F. Bogle. Includes the Nevada and Great Basin Region; Lake Tahoe and the High Sierra; The mineral and agricult

Shows Mining Claims embraced in Virginia City, Gold Hill, Devils Gate and China Town, Silver Star, American Flat, & the Flowery Dist. Map used b...

Plate III of the U.S.G.S.. Publication, "Comstock Mining & Miners"by Eliot Lord, 1881 ~ (34h x 20" w, in color, and Mounted on fo...

White Pine County, Nev. 1869 - Map, showing holdings near, Treasure City, and the offering of shares, also illustrates the plans for a projected tunne

With a Nevada Index!!! 1) Browne. 1867. Report Upon the Mineral Resources. 2) Raymond. 1969. Mineral Resources. Six fold outs. 3) Raymond. 1872. Stati

Four US Geological Surveys. Geology and Ore Deposits of the Bullfrog District by Emmons and Garrey, 1910. Fold out photo, fold out map and large fold

1) Golden Rule and adjacent mines, Eureka District, Drawn by T. J. Read, (No Date) - 14 .5 w x 7 .5" h 2) Sutro Tunnel & Comstock Lode topo...

Lot of 11. This group has some rare pieces! 1) 1907 prospectus for the Vulture Extension Mining Company. Opens to a map of the Wonder Mining District

1) Some Mining Districts of Northeastern California and Northwestern Nevada by Hill. Hardcover, rebound from soft cover. About 10 fold out color maps.

Lot of 14 items related to Tonopah-Goldfield-Manhattan, NV. Collection consists of (a) a rare document from the Manhattan Branch of The State Bank ...

Published weekly out of New York, volume 78 July-December, 1904, bound into 26 issues totaling 1,056 pages, with index. Is hard bound and measures 1...

Very rare booklet from J.H. Fisk's Assay and Chemical Laboratory in Portland, Oregon. The cover advertises this laboratory as "The most com...

Issued by State of Oregon, Dept. of Geology & Mineral Industries, Bulletin 61, 1968 4 maps in pocket, 61 figures, 8 tables - Part 1, General Dis...