Wigwam Auction--March 2019

Early photo of Gold Miner Hotel, probably in Skagway, AK. Many women in hats, a few children and a man with 2 mules posing outside hotel in the snow d

We are pretty certain this was shot in Nome, AK. The tracks and ore cars are hand made from local woods. 5 miners, 1 with a gold pan posing. Photo 10.

Item # 1 of 2: Really nice , very early, hydraulic mining print from Alaska. In this picture , the flume has exploded and the water is cascading down

Rare stereoview of mining at Celestian Diggins, Mongolian Flat, CA in 1849. No photographer noted. Good contrast. Mackie Collection. Date: City/Cou

Small Oroville, CA panorama CDV by EA Kusel. A glimpse of the town and Table Mt, flume and tailing. 2.25x3.75". Some upper corner discoloration...

Photograph of the area around Silver Plume and Mines located in Colorado. Date: City/County: State: Colorado

8 3.5x4.5" b/w photos of Eureka, NV. Main St, Ely Main St, Star pointer Camp, cupola furnace, surface workings, Ruth Mill. James Mackie Collect...

Really nice collection of 8" x 10" , black and white photos of different places, people and things in the Comstock areas of the Old West. ...

Oregon hydraulic mining by Keystone, Escabana, MI crusher by Underwood. Nice contrasts. Date: City/County: State:

Interesting group of b/w photos. Includes geology of Mother Lode, Boquet Canyon with negs (Los Angeles Co., Cal), Devil Canyon with negs (Los Angeles

Grey sign with black lettering: "WARNING / Dangerous Condition / Only Authorized Personnel / Shall enter This / Mining Operation / Unauthorized...

Framed paper mine bell signals sign in black frame. Argonaught Mine in Jackson, CA. 36x14". Upper corners torn off. Date: City/County: Jack...

Black and white metal sign from an unknown mine. Touts number of days without a lost time accident. 28x20" Date: City/County: State:

White enameled with blue printing, from the Districts of Thunder Bay and Rainy River: the code of signals required by The Ontario Mining Act. Levels

Semi circular Moscode Mine, Idaho. 1 rectangular, stamped but illegible. Oswego Wrenches. Rectangular NYT. Rectangular AE No 11. White/red rectangular

2 piece wood sign with carved and black highlighted Zeke's Assay Office/Gold Nuggets & Coins, 7 x 28" and hanging chain. Also includes ...

4.5" silver Calico Ghost Town, CA spoon Date: City/County: Calico State: California

4.5" Sterling silver spoon with Quincy etched in bowl and pan on top Date: City/County: Quincy State: California

Sterling 1894 California silver spoon with "California 1849" and panning miner in bowl. 4". Mackie Collection. Date: 1894 City/Coun...

Mostly Sterling. 4-5.5". California, Lucky Strike, Cliff House SF, Nevada City, San Jose, Columa, El Dorado, Union Ferry Depot, Tavern Of Tamal...

4" sterling silver spoon with Geyserville etched in bow, gold pan on top Date: City/County: State: California

4" special spoon by Studio C with pan and nugget on top and underground miner on bow. #28/500 in case, nice item for display Date: City/Coun...

Sterling Independence Mine, Cripple Creek 3.5", Mining Fair 1898 4.5". sterling DHS 1916 5.5" Date: City/County: State: Colorado

2 ASARCO (Omaha) spoons, all have mine scenes on bowls and handles. One Mexico spoon. All sterling Date: City/County: State: Nebraska

Extra rare, we have never seen one of these before! Bullfrog wearing tails and holding a parasol on front and reverse of handle. "Bull-Frog. Ne...

4" Sterling Silver Spoon with mule image and Ship of Desert, Goldfield, NEV etched in bowl, pan on top Date: City/County: Goldfield State: ...

Rare silver spade spoon with miner pan, grape bunches and wrapped chain on shaft. Bottom engraved Tonopah Nev. Very distinctive. 5". Mackie Col...

4.25" Sterling Nevada spoon with pan, 5.5" Sterling Virginia City, NV with bowl VC image Date: City/County: State: Nevada

Spectacular silver mining spoon with windlass, chain and bucket on spoon shaft. Tiny gold nuggets on top, gold work under bottom engraving. Really dis

Set of five. 1) Green 1890 # 14013. 12 coupons remain. 2) Blue 1930. # 9766. No coupons.3) Blue 1932 12 coupons remain. 4) Brown 1924. No coupons. #

Early and lucky number 13 for 20 shares to William T Coleman. Signed by Jonathan O'Brien and CC Kinsey president., Dateline San Francisco 1886. ...

Incorporated in 1897. Three certs stamped Specimen.1)Brown # 0000. Star hole punched. Mountain milling scene with Mount McKinley in the background. 2

Lot of four. 1) Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company Specimen Stock. Bright and colorful green. Mountain mill scene with Mount McKinley in the background

1) Richmond Yukon Copper. # 4676. Pristine. 1927. 2) West Coast Development. #1208. 1929. 3) North Pacific Trading and Packing. # 51. Incorporated 187

# 1451 for $500. Issued to George B Stineman of South Fork, PA. Most unusual secretary signature. President is JE Chambers. Rips at fold intersections

1) Kassan Gold. # 690. 1925. Placer mining vignette. Two vertical folds. No other issues. 2) Bremmer Gold. # 502. 1933. Underground mining vignette. L

1) Alaska Coke and Coal. #B123 for 100 shares to Samuel Curran. Signed by Watkins and president JP Jaiger. Eagle vignette. Bright blue. 1923. Pin hole

1) Alaska British Columbia Metal Company. 1921. Eagle vignette. Bottom border has small issues, otherwise quite nice. 2) Platinum Mines of Alaska, Inc

Lot of four. 1) Alaska International. 1966/ Strong Green. 2) Alaska Gold. Pictorial vignette of dredge. 1975. 3) New York - Alaska Gold Dredging. 1959

# 111 for 160 shares to Miss Dohan. Signed by secretary EG Hamersly and president JB Baker. Dateline 1883 Camden. Incorporated December 1882. Not canc

# 225 for 500 shares to LD Smith. Signed by HW Lewis and James Fairchild as president. Dateline Bisbee 1897. Incorporated November 6, 1897. Not cancel

# 483 for 50 shares to Philip L. Horn. Signed by A Isador and Edward P Bates.Britton & Rey lithographers. Unusual design. 'ARNOLD' domin...

Very Early! # 10 for 50 shares to CW Bush. Signed by Theodore A Mudge and president Levi Parsons. Dateline 1863 San Francisco. Incorporated April 10,

1919 stock, 1913 bond Date: City/County: Gila State: Arizona

# A13 for 10 shares to Mary Ringwalt. Signed by Charles Brooks and president George W Dunn. Dateline New York 1881. Crisp and clear mining vignette of

# 574 for 1736 shares to Thomas E Atkinson trustee. SIgned by president William S Wells and Thomas A Atkinson. Dateline San Francisco 1878. Incorporat

We have not seen the company before! # 105 for 31 shares to Colin Campbell. Signed b y Jacob Hardy and HH Laning president. Dateline San Francisco 187

# 3359 for 100 shares to Curtis. Signed by MA Jones and president James Seymour. Dateline 1881 New York. Native Americans looking down on train vignet

Incorporated in New York in 1866. $1,000 bond bearer. Signed by Thomas B Sexton and president Lynde Hallison. Green seal. Pink on off white. Six coupo

Rare! # 2967 for 500 shares to C Cloud. Signed by AW Taussig and CB Brunham. Dateline Minnetonka, Arizona 1887. Underground mining vignette. Buxton ...

# 317 for 100 shares to L Bouvier. Signed by Bouvier and president JB (?). Dateline 1881. Incorporated in New York January 13, 1880. Not cancelled. Tw

Pima District, Pima County. Dateline Sandusky, Ohio. Number 215. Signed by P Wacker and president BF Lee. Issued to G Doerzack(?). Small circular mill

# 108 for 100 shares to Benjamin Bivins trustee. Signed by George Matthews treasurer, William Graham secretary and S Latham president. Dateline Camden

# 870. Issued for 250 shares to Mrs MJ Dohan on February 15, 1883 in Camden, New Jersey. Located in Pima County, Arizona (printed underneath logo). Si

# 232 for 7 shares to ME Chamberlain. Signed by Mark R Chartrand(?) and president AF Hoffer. Dateline 1889 St. Louis. Incorporated December 1898. Not

# 91 for 1700 shares to ML Earle trustee. Signed by Earle and president William F Turner. Dateline 1881 New York. Incorporated 1880. Not cancelled. Un

Amole District, Number 33 for 500 shares to HH Pearson trustee. Signed by Daniel Buck and Thomas Caswell(?). One vertical fold. Slight discoloration a

Incorporated in 1881 in New Jersey as the Silver King Gold and Silver Mining Co.; changed the name in 1882 to Burro Burro. Certificate number 442 issu

Location of Property: Pinal County, Territory of Arizona (printed at left). Inc. in New York. No.611, issued for 100 shares to D.M. Watkins trustee on

# 24 for 20 shares to J Kelly. Signed b y George Knox and president James Hutchins. Dateline 1864 San Francisco. Incorporated January 29, 1864. Locati

# 749 for 100 shares to ED Barnes trustee. Signed by president MacDonald and secretary Barnes. Datelined New York 1881. Printed by David H Gildersleev

# 84 for 50 shares to NB Lazard. Signed by JJ Scoville and president A McGnew(?). Dateline 1890 San Francisco. Not cancelled. AH Waugaman printer. Sli

# 222 for 100 shares to JB McClure. Signed by president and incorporator Lemuel C Stanley and secretary JB McClure. Dateline Chippewas Falls, Wisconsi

# 916 for 100 shares issued to William Tarson. Signed by E Barnes and vice president JS Moon. Dateline 1882 New York. Not cancelled. Quartz mining vig

# 2025 for 500 shares to JC McNaughten. Signed by William Maybaum and Adam Wauchman(?) Dateline 1884 Camden. Incorporated May of 1880. Not cancelled.S

# 78 for 1000 shares to WW White. Signed by John R Smith secretary and president JC Babcock. Dateline 1882 New York. Incorporated in New York in 1882.

This is one we have rarely seen before! # 925 for 90 shares to Henry Schnauffer. Signed secretary BF Pomes and president Louis Hoffmann. Dateline 1887

1) Arizona Copper MIning and Smelting Company. Red print is striking. Two $1 and two 25c document stamps. Number 274 for 500 shares to Tarish. Signed

#446 I/U A Johnson 595 shares 1903, signed by president Colvin. Rare, .25" bottom seam tear. Date: 1903 City/County: State: Arizona

# 28 for 50 shares to Enoch Freeland trustee. Signed by secretary Freeland and president Robert M Fryer. Dateline San Francisco 1877. Incorporated in

Empire Arizona Con Copper 1921, Empire Arizona Copper 1916. 34 claims in Cienega district of Yuma County about 12 miles from Parker. 3 large veins in

1923 signed by President Cassidy, 1917 signed by VP Williams, unissued signed by President Booker Date: City/County: State: Arizona

1881 Cerbat, AZ mining letter. Cedar Valley Gold and Silver Mining blank assay office sheet with ink run. Stocks-Seven Devils Copper, Boston and Seven

#386 $100 first mortgage interest warrant. 2 coupons attached. Waterfront vignette. Gold, silver and copper mines in AZ..3" tear on bottom Dat...

Very rare! Inc. in 1866. No. 287. $100 First Mortgage Bond. Issued to trustees Henry Souther, Elisha Atkins, and Reuben E. Demmon on March 24th, 1869

# 156 for 100 shares to VIola B More. Signed by JN Templeton (an original trustee) and (?) president. In 1880 the Daily Alta California reported the N

Lot of six. 1) Malpaso Gold Washing Company Limited. English. c1872. Numbers 1741-1745. 2) Louvre Consolidated Gold Mining Company. 1892. #110 for 100

# 157 for 30 shares to N Van Vleck. (Van Vleck was a San Francisco wood block artist.) Signed by G Random and president JP Bush. Date;ione September 8

This is an extremely early piece from early Alpine County; so early in fact, that this piece was created a year before Alpine County was created. No.

# 134 for 10 shares to John (name obscured by underprint). Signed by S adams and president R Bumell. Dateline Ione City, Amador Co., Cal. November 23,

Very early # 9 for 100 shares to John Edwards. Signed y JA Peters and president C(?). Dateline Ione City 1863. Incorporated June 27, 21863. Not cancel

Early # 24 for 25 shares to Alex Elder. Signed by A Resseguie and president Waller. Dateline Mineral City 1864. RARE dateline. Incorporated August 1,

Early # 13 for 100 shares to John Edwards. Signed by TS Coffin and James Cumming. Not cancelled. 25c Insurance revenue stamp. Dateline Ione City 1863.

# 87 for 20 shares to Elizabeth Edwards. Signed by Bowen and president CB Strong. Dateline Ione City 1866. Incorporated June 19, 1863. Not cancelled.

Location: Newton District, Amador County. Inc. June 26, 1863. No. 100, not cancelled. Issued to Joseph Steffens for 5 shares on Sept. 12th, 1863 in Sa

# 140 for 20 shares to Joseph Steffens. Signed by Edward Pew and president James R Richaus. Dateline San Francisco 1864. Incorporated June 1, 1863. 25

Could not be located. Possibly a California mining operation (the Montezuma Mine in the White Mtns. near Big Pine) or in Summit County, Colorado. Inc.

Hard to Find Bodie gold and silver mine. No. 2235, issued for 100 shares to EB Bayley trustee on February 25 ,1881. Signed by John Dixon as president

Fantastic unissued stock with President Leland Stanford signature. Vignette shows mountain with shaft depths superimposed. Pale red$1000 underprint. T

1) Boston Consolidated Mining Company. No 1873, issued for 100 shares. Corp. signatures. Not cancelled. Printed by Britton & Rey. Deep folds, to...

!) # 158 for 500 shares to L Houriet. Signed by Willard Farrington president and John Hicks. Dateline San Jose 1891. Assessment stamps 2,3, 5,and 6 on

# 144 for 50 shares to R Smith trustee. Signed by William Cutter and president James M Bur). Dateline Oroville 1876. Incorporated July 31, 1876. Not c

1) Lightner Mining Company of Calaveras County. # 505 for 30 shares. to JH SMith. Signed by BF Wilmington Jr and president GC hyatt. Dateline 1898 Sto

# 145 for 50 shares to A Dubois. Signed by Hugo Deschfeld and president Camilo Martin. Dateline San Francisco 1863. Incorporated August 31, 1863. Loca

Extra rare and very early. Melones and Stanislaus Gold, Silver & Copper Mining Company incorporated October 29, 1862. Stock is # 357 datelined S...

Another Prag stock we have not seen before. NUMBER 5 for 37 1/2 shares to C Ralph. Signed by DA Meade and president HS Sargent. Not cancelled. Winkles

Excellent condition. Located in the Musquito District. Unissued. Incorporated April 6, 1864. Bosqui & Co. printer. Mill with horse drawn wagon.

The stock may be unissued, but the amazing vignette is there. Takes the entire left side as water runs down the mountainside to the river below with m

# 91 for 20 shares to L Foorman. Signed by Victor Rosenberg and president John Stephens. Dateline Jenny Lind (hand-written) 1864. Incorporated January

# 51 for 500 shares to Cheminant trustee. Signed by Cheminant and president E Rambo. Dateline 1891 San Francisco. Incorporated December 9, 1887. Locat