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

Very rare. No. 64, issued for $500 in 1868. Signed by company president AO Hiester and treasurer Charles Williams. Not cancelled. Six coupons attached

Inc. in Arizona. No. 1524, issued for 1,000 shares to Thomas C. Heiners in June 1906. Signed by JL Butler as president and MM Makiever as secretary. N

Rare. We had no records of selling this dating back to 2014. Inc. in New York. No. 211, issued for 5 shares to Margaret R. Anthony in New York in 1867

Lot of 11. I/C, issued 1905-45. MacNamara Mining & Milling Co., Helca Divide Mining Co., Thomson Divide Mining Co. , Tonopah Belmont Developme...

Lot of 10. I/C, issued 1906-59. I.E; MacNamara Mining & Milling Co., Tonopah Gold Mountain Mining Co w/Wingfield signature, Tonopah North St...

Stock ledger with 45 issued stocks: 26 stocks issued to company president TJ Lamoureaux in 1903, 15 stocks issued 1903-1909 to others, and 4 more stoc

2 issued West End Consolidated 1923 and 1926 stocks. Both signed by F.M. (Borax) Smith, the Borax King and are relatively scarce. The West End Consoli

Lot of 21. I/C, issued 1905-69. I.E ; MacNamara Mining & Milling Com. Tonopah GOls Mountain Mining Co., Keystone Divide Mining Co., The Goldfi...

Fantastic! "Location Tuscarora Mining District, Elko County, Nevada" printed above and below a stunning vignette of an ore wagon near a mi...

Very rare; we have no records of selling this before. Inc. in New York. No. 91, issued for 100 shares to CCE Russ in 1879. Signed by president (D. Mes

Very rare. "6,000 feet. Flowery District, Nevada." Inc. Dec. 1873. No. 3817, issued for 100 shares to CA Schmitt in San Francisco in 1876....

Virginia Mining District, Storey County, Nevada. Inc. 1872. No. 3379, issued to GB Bayley for 50 shares. Signed by the president (illegible) and secre

Lot of 6 different. Includes: State Line Gold Mining Company No. 3 (Gold Mountain Mining District, Esmeralda County, 1881); Wonder Chief Mining Compan

Inc. in the Territory of New Mexico. No. 20, issued for 100 shares to BB Place in 1898 in Missouri. Signed by vice president WP Cline and secretary Wm

"Las Vegas, New Mexico" printed under title. Inc. in New Mexico Territory. No. 397, issued for 417 shares to NA Spalding in 1891. Signed b...

Inc. in Colorado. No. 335, issued for 1,000 shares to Ira Pendleton in Denver in 1889. Signed by JT Comforth as vice president and the secretary (ille

Lot of 5. Issued 1864-1962, I/C, I/U. The New Mexico Mining Co., Massachusetts and New Mexico Consolidated Mining Co, United States Milling and Min

Lot of 2. The New Mexico Mining Co., #352, 530 shares @ $100 par. Issued August 25, 1864, Washington City. Black border, vignette top center of town

Lot of 10. I/C, issued 1863-67.. Lykens Valley Coal Co., six vignettes, revenue stamps. power of attorney on seven, entry of goods on one, one had be

lot of 4. I/C, issued 1866-67. Lykens Coal and Navigation Co., vignette if mine top center, each has 25c revenue stamp on top of vignette, In very goo

Lot of 4. I/C, issued 1853-64. Three Lykens Valley Coal Co., 6 vignettes, one w/25c revenue stamp. Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co. Vignette of mine w

Lot of 6. Issued 1853-1940. Two Lykens Valley Coal Mine Co. one w/25c revenue stamp. Two Glen Alden Coal Co.. Two Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co. w

Only one present in the Homestake Collection. "Location of Works: Bald Mountain" (printed in bottom left). Inc. in the Territory of Dakota...

Only one present in this Homestake Collection. "Location of Mines: Black Hills, Dakota" (printed at bottom center). Inc. under laws of Dak...

Lot of 2 different from the Homestake Collection. According to a Jan. 4, 1902 Lead Daily Call article, the company acquired 200 acres on the west flan

Very rare. Location, Whitewood Mining District, Lawrence County, Dakota Territory (printed at top). Issued in 1881. Signed by vice president BA Haggin

Only one present in the Homestake Collection. "Location of Mines, Carbonate, Dakota" (printed bottom left). Inc. in the Territory of Dakot...

The two earliest deSmet certificates from the David Shaddrick Homestake Collection. Certificate A25 issued to Margaret Myer on March 10-, 1880 for 10

The Highland Mining Company was one of the largest producing gold mines at lead, and owned by the Hearst-Haggin-Tevis group. This certificate no. 12 w

Highland Mining Company stock certificate, No. 15, the lowest number in the Shaddrick Collection, issued to O.J. Salisbury for 1000 shares and signed

Homestake Mine Cert #2. This iconic stock is the second stock issued by Lloyd Tevis and George Hearst's new company. It is the earliest possible...

Spectacular. This is stock No. 2, found in the Homestake hoard by mining geologist Dave Shaddrick. Certificate number 1 was NOT present, which we beli

Extremely low issue from the Homestake Collection. Certificate no. 5, issued to CE Bigelow for 25 shares in 1878. Signed by RP Lounsbery as vice presi

Inc. Nov. 1877. Stock no. 314, issued for 50 shares to RP Lounsbery on Nov. 11th, 1878 in San Francisco. Signed Lloyd Tevis as president and the secre

Very rare first issued stock! This comes out of the Homestake hoard. Fractional scrip No. 1, issued for 50 hundredths of a share to George Adair in 19

Very rare second issued stock! This comes out of the Homestake hoard. Fractional scrip No. 2, issued for 50 hundredths of a share to George Adair in 1

Very rare. Located in the Carbonate Mining District, Lawrence County. Inc. in Dakota. No. 881, issued for 100 shares to JA Gaston in 1887 in Deadwood.

Very rare. Found in the Homestake hoard. Inc. in Dakota. No. 564, issued to JF Lindner for 500 shares in 1886 in Deadwood. Signed by Seth Bullock as p

Lot of 3 different. Seth Bullock was the first sheriff of Deadwood and ran a hardware store there with business partner Sol Star. Coming from law enfo

Fantastic! The first issued stock for this company, found in the Homestake hoard. Dave Shaddrick notes that this mine encountered a fabulously rich st

Fantastic! The second issued stock for this company, found in the Homestake hoard. Dave Shaddrick notes that this mine encountered a fabulously rich s

Lot of 7 different. All are signed but not issued. Includes: Highland Mining Co. (signed by Lloyd Tevis, 1890s, uncancelled); Arizota Mining Co. (sign

Lot of 3 different. Unissued, but rare. These may be the only examples you'll see. Includes: The Cora Silver Mining Company (Galena, Dakota); Th...

Ontario Silver Mining Co. stock certificate number 1390 issued to New York financier and railroad man E. K. Goodnow for thirty shares on Sept. 19, 187

Lot of 11. 1. Two letters and one cover from the Mogul Mining Co. Spokane Wash. all dated 1912. postmark on cover Spokane, WA. 2. Nine stock certifi

This stock certificate was issued to M. Ratchford by the Tenino Little Rock Oil Company in 1914 for five hundred shares. There is a beautiful center v

Lot of 22 different. Idaho, Montana, Washington, Colorado. Earliest is unissued Colorado 1870s. Latest is 1930s. Includes Basin Montana Tunnel Co., Co

Bond no. 162, issued in 1886. Signed by Henry M. Yerington as president and the secretary (illegible). Punch cancelled signatures. Nice lumber camp vi

The last one of these in our Prag inventory!!! Choice. No. 36, issued to Ralston L. White for 10 shares in 1914. Signed by the president (Runyon) and

1) East Shore and Suburban Railway. Street car vignette. NUMBER 7. 1906. 2) California Railway. Steam train vignette. 1897. 3) Oakland, Antioch and Ea