"Wild West Wonders" Premier Live Auction (2025 August)

Rare Southern California mining map completed by well-known California assayer Henry G. Hanks. "Sketch Map of San Diego County Showing the Posi...

This 45pp. booklet offered by the John Taylor & Co. includes the tables for silver assay values. It is listed at their new (1894) Mission St. ad...

This receipt written by P.L.Parker for bullion deposited at the San Francisco Assaying and Refining Works on Jan. 7, 1867. Deposit #3874 for 27.03 oz.

This booklet is the Gold and Silver Tables for the San Francisco Assaying and Refining Works Co. formerly Kellogg, Hewston & Co. The booklet is ...

Very scarce May 9, 1869 S. Molitor & Co., San Francisco, assay receipt for 91 oz of gold, received from Wells Fargo. 1891 Thomas Price and Son A...

Lot of about 40 pieces, 1887-91. Correspondence with banks in Carson City, Nevada to track mining stock sales, mostly for the Comstock (and other Neva

c.1880s (we saw an 1883 date on page 3) ledger recording property and mining claims at numerous locations in Sierra County, California. Locations incl

About 20 1947 Anaconda Copper receipts from Shoshone, CA. Other Anaconda receipts from Tecopa. See photo. Issued 1906 Tecopa Cons. Mining stock. ^ Dat

Portable miner's scales in metal boxes. First is marked "Miners Improved Gold Scale" "Manufactured Especially For California.&q...

A pair of antique bags, likely dating c.1910s-1930s, from the Iron Mule Mining Company and Riverside Portland Cement Company. Date is estimated based

This is a custom-made "Jimmy Sierra Trophy" won by the "Nugget Ace" (who we've sold so many gold nuggets from in 2025). This...

A pickup truck load of original records from the famous Natomas Company, c 1919-1955. The collection contains about 1500 or more large sized equipment

Lot of 14. Includes: two unissued Esperance Gold, Silver, & Copper Mining Co. stocks (Tuolumne County, 1860s); two 1886 Adams, McNeill & Co....

This is a choice early birds-eye view of Cripple Creek, likely about 1894. No photographer is listed. The reverse has pen notation "Cripplecree...

Lot of 6, most different. Includes four birds-eye views (Ingersoll, Keystone, two colorized); double-sided view with Mary McKinney mine on one side, C

Cripple Creek Colorado maps, reprinted c2001, original map from 1896. Western Litho. Mines are documented on the border of the map. Some of the map co

Gunnison County Colorado directory of business and info on life in the area. Published by A. P. Nelson, Mining, Pitkin, Gunnison County Colorado 1916.

Claim is for a mining lode in Nevadaville, Colorado, of Gilpin County. Hand drawn map w/ color and excellent contrast. The paper feels sturdy to the t

The James Dyson, Silverton, US Depty. Mineral Surveyor Archive, 1878-c1935 It is indeed a rare happenstance when we get consigned a collection of

A certificate of donation to the Field Museum of Natural History, dated April 2nd, 1914. The certificate records the donation of "47 specimens ...

Lot of 2. Both show the damage of a freak 1918 winter in two adjacent mines 1) Labelled "Showing Ice On Mill During Continued Operation Worst W...

Lot of 4 different labelled photographs for the Blue Mound Mining Company, which operated at Baxter Springs, Kansas adjacent to the Blue Diamond MC. V

Lot of three different for the Blue Bird Mine, which formed in 1920 to operate the WT Hartley Lease at Baxter Springs, Kansas. 1) Crusher Feeder. Two

Lead in Missouri This lot has four General Land Office maps that show the progression of mining interests and discoveries of lead and other valuable

"Official Map of the Lead & Zinc Zone of Southwestern Missouri & Eastern Kansas; Jasper County Complete & the Mining Districts of C...

Extra rare. Softcovers with gilt highlights, string binding. Wear to covers and first and last pages (foxing, toning). Franklin Hudson Press, Kansas C

Lot of 2. 1907 folio and the 1914 reprinted version of it. Joplin District Folio, Missouri-Kansas. No. 148. Smith and Siebenthal. 20pp. plus maps and

Lot of 2. 1) Fantastic caricature map "Showing the Property of the United Standard Lead and Zinc Company and Adjoining Mines." WW Bearden,...

Lot of 3. 1) Drill log for Bridger Drill Co. drilling for numerous leases for the St. Louis Joplin Lead & Zinc Company, 1909-1929. Records of th...

c.1900. Published by The Albertype Company, New York. String binding, soft cover. Has 20 pages with an albertype on each page, including lead-zinc min

Lot of 19. Includes: 1-2) Two Eagle-Picher tin and lead ingots. 13" Bar Tin and 3" lead. 3-7) Five different sterling silver souvenir teas...

Tri-State Materials Company, Joplin, Missouri. Corporate seal in excellent condition. We found newspaper mentions of this company in the 1940s. ^ Date

American Institute of Mining Engineers, Joplin-Miami Meeting Oct. 11-13, 1917. 36 pp. Two large panoramas (Webb City Sheet Ground Field and Picher, Ok

This is a fantastic underground scene with two miners and two burros. 5 x 7" photo on 8 x 10" mount. When Fred Holabird saw it, he thought...

Lot of 4, three different. The Ice Plant Mining Company had operations at Webb City, Missouri. 1-2) Duplicate view of the mine/mill exterior, with two

Lot of three different. The Ice Plant Mining Company had operations at Webb City, Missouri. According to the 1918 Mines Handbook, the company leased 4

Lot of 7. Four are for the Blue Goose Mine at Commerce, Oklahoma. One is for the Beaver (likely Anna Beaver Mine), one is not located, and the last is

Lot of 5 different underground mining photos of the OM Bilharz Mining Co., which operated at Miami, Oklahoma. 1) View showing ten miners and a suspend

Nice pair of labelled underground photographs of the Golden Rod No. 9 mine at Picher, Oklahoma. One shows two miners posing on either side of an ore c

Lot of 7. Includes: small early panorama of Picher mine fields with photographer in view (3 x 8"); large panorama labelled "Picher New Mil...

Lot of 15. In 1906, the Picher Lead Company of Missouri merged with the Eagle White Lead Company to form Eagle-Picher. Eagle-Picher, starting with Pic

Lot of 5 different. All are 5 x 7" photos, four on 8 x 10" mounts. Includes: 1) Sludge Room, Chicago-Miami Lead-Zinc Co. (Miami, Oklahoma)...

An important collection of 10 different Tri-State mining panoramas. One is framed. 1) Framed piece: Beaver Mine, Tar River, Oklahoma. Photo by Kerr ...

Lot of 5 different. The second World War created an unprecedented demand for lead and zinc, crucial for the production of ammunition (bullets, shell c

Lot of 4 different. These are unidentified mine locations in the Tri-State. All show groups of miners posing on the surface with mine and mill works i

Lot of 8 different mining photographs, mostly underground, with the mine names identified. Photos are 4.25 x 6.5" up to 6.5 x 8.75". Inclu...

Lot of 19. Nice cross section of promotional mining material. Includes: prospectus for The Old Dominion Mining Company, Joplin; Resources of Southwest

Tri-State lead zinc mining library containing a signed "The Mining Era of Marion County, Arkansas" by Vicki Roberts 2003, a signed "U...

Lot of 10. 1) Carbide powder flask. Unmarked, but looks like Justrite pieces we have seen before. 6.75" tall. Appears early. 2) Canteen, possib...

Collection of 6 photos from unidentified locations, reportedly Tri-State lead-zinc mining. Views feature miners with oil wick lamps. Lode mining. 1-2)