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

An historic burlap ore bag with bold black 1.5" tall printing on front: "Darwin Dev. Corp." with a hand inked (painted?) large 5"...

An historic burlap ore bag with bold black 1.5" tall printing on front: "Darwin Dev. Corp," with "New Coso/Mining Co/Darwin, Cal...

An historic burlap ore bag with bold black 1.5" tall printing on front: "Darwin Dev. Corp," printed over "New Coso/Mining Co/Dar...

An historic burlap ore bag with bold black 1.5" tall printing on front: "Darwin Dev. Corp," printed over "New Coso/Mining Co/Dar...

Three ore bags from the Darwin mines from the Palazzo Collection. Two are the classic coarse weave bags c 1875-1885, and one slightly finer, c 1890-19

J.J. G. on one of the two bags here, with J.J. on the other side, possibly the initials of the miner, John Judson -1879, one with 1.5" blue str...

Large canvas ore bag with a slightly finer weave than the older c1875-1880s ore bags from the New Coso mining Co. in this sale (lucky Jim and Christma

An historic burlap ore bag with bold black 1.5" tall printing on front: "Darwin Dev. Corp," with "New Coso/Mining Co/Keeler, Cal...

An antique bag from the New Coso Mining Company of Keeler, California, dating from c.1870s-1880s. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: California

An antique ore bag from the New Coso Mining Company of Keeler, California, dating from c.1870s-1880s. The bag has a coarse weave with some noticeable

An antique ore bag from the New Coso Mining Company of Keeler, California, dating from c.1870s-1880s. The bag has a coarse weave with some wear and fr

An antique ore bag from the New Coso Mining Company of Keeler, California, dating from c.1870s-1880s. The bag has a coarse weave with some noticeable

An antique ore bag from the Union Mine of Atolia, California, dating from c.1870s. The bag has a coarse weave with some wear and fraying at the mouth.

Instruction booklet for Borax cleaner. In very good condition. 60 pgs. Illustrated cover of the 20 mule team in Death Valley. Extremely rare. ^ D

Famous Mineral Deposits of the Saline Valley Chemical Works. 77 pgs. This is Extra rare. Not seen before by Fred Holabird. Heavily illustrated. Has

Important collection! If you have ever driven from Reno to San Francisco, you passed right by this place. 1) American Scenery Stereoview #749 Hydrauli

Lot of 2 different. The first is a 4.5 x 7.75" photo (9 x 11" mount) by L. Reinhard showing a group of eight miners at the mine location, ...

Western Federation of Miners. Booklet is 27pp. Rare, but heavily damaged (pieces missing, heavy stains). 3.25 x 5.75" Citizens Print Shop, LA. ...

Lot of 116 photo reproductions. This is an incredible collection of views from the Gold Rush to the 1920s, Grass Valley Area. All are repros, but we...

1) Framed rare 1879 Nevada City James G. Ott Assay Office gold memorandum with 2 assay repro photos on bottom, frame 18x14". James J. Ott was t...

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 su

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 m

"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)

Cast iron. Furnace Lamp No. 2 from The Taylor & Boggis Foundry Company, Cleveland, Ohio. From the same Tri-State mining collection as the other ...

Auto Lite carbide lamp, Universal Lamp Company. No patent date. Comes with canvas miner's hat where lamp would attach. Hat is not labelled. From...

Lot of 6 different. 1) Eagle Picher Lead Company, Refined Pot Lead. 3.8lbs. 4 x 1.75 x 1.5" 2-4) Three small souvenir ingots, all approx. 2.75 ...

This file of correspondence papers are from the Parrot Silver & Copper Co. of Butte, Montana for shipments of copper pig ingots with Northern Pa...

Possibly c. 1900 Rand McNally map of Willard Addition to Great Falls, Montana. Shows smelters, railroads etc. 16x16", no folds, some right edge...

1871 Placer gold claim plat in Kelly's mining district. Hand drawn on cloth. Scale 20 chains to 1". Upper water stains with some red ink bl...

A rare handbill/broadside notifying readers of law surrounding mining claims and surveys, printed by the Madisonian newspaper of Virginia City, Montan

1880s receipt book with about 40 stubs attached showing SR Buford ore shipments from the Alameda Mine to the Mill, 2-4 ton shipments. Also unused ore

A group of 8 pieces of correspondence from the California Powder Works of San Francisco to S.R. Buford and Co. of Virginia City, Montana, dating 1894-

Lot of 50+. Proposals for mines, letters, checks, shipping tags, quit claim deeds. From mining companies: Red Pine Mining, The Montana Mining Co.,

Lot of 10. Gold Bullion Deposit slips, Goodall Bros Cert of Assy., Lewis and Walker Assayers, Montana Gold and Silver Mining Co. Bullion deposit Miss

Nebraska souvenir spoon of American Smelting and Refining Co.. Ladle die cut of smelting plant, "The Largest In The World" at that time. ...

Lot of 13. Includes: Nye County map (CE Erickson & Associates); Montgomery Shoshone Cons. Mining Co. stock (1906); rare Mayflower Bullfrog Cons....

Very large (6 x 16") and heavy iron ingot mold used to cast 1,000 ounce "transportation" bullion ingots in the 19th century for shipp...

Lot of 2. Crown Point Mine Gold Hill, Nev. Comstock mining district. Pair of wood pulleys . One has a wood pulley wheel , the other is metal. 5 x 9...

Over 100 items in this Tonopah Goldfield mining archive! Includes: Tonopah ore weighing cars, 1903-04; checks, billheads; promotional material; letter

Tonopah mining district maps, modern reprints. This once bustling mining town is now largely defunct, serving mainly as a current day historical site.

Stock ledger for the M.P.M. Co. We believe this to be a Tonopah mining company, perhaps Monarch Pittsburg Mining Company. This is an alphabetical reco

Blue Wells Fargo & Co. check issued May 3, 1861. Dateline Va. City. Issued to Wm. Meyer. Signed by Charles Strong. At this time, Strong was the ...

Lot of 11 different. This is a fantastic collection! The Bank of California Virginia City branch opened in September 1864 with William Sharon installe

Lot of 4 different. This is a fun group of 2 pairs each, a territorial and then a later check, for two different Comstock mines. Includes: 1863 and 18

Rare. 1869 check issued to the company president, Alpheus Bull for $4,000. Signed by supt. Isaac Requa. Not endorsed by Bull. NV and US IR revenue sta

Early Gould & Curry check issued in 1865 to JC Clarke (sic.). JC Clark was a cousin of mining magnate George Hearst. Jacob Clark came with Hears...

An exceptional find in a recently surfaced Comstock check archive. This is an 1866 Gould & Curry check issued to A. Curry. We believe this to be...

Lot of three different Gould & Curry checks. All signed by "Bonanza King" mining millionaire and US Senator James G. Fair. Includes:18...

Very rare. All known checks have the soiling issues this check has. Stamped Eagle Salt Works in violet at left. Issued in 1879. Signed by Bonanza King

Stateler & Arrington 1864 check issued to "Doctor De Groot", also known as Henry DeGroot. Signed by supt. Charles Strong. Not endorsed...

Lot of 3 different. Includes: 1870 with RN-B, printed green Nevada stamp, signed by Isaac Requa as supt.; 1870 with rare RN-B17b, signed by CC Batterm

Lot of 5 issued in 1869. All are the Gould & Curry variety with RN-B imprinted revenue and green printed Nevada stamp on the left border. All ar...

Lot of 5, all issued in 1864 and signed by Charles Bonner, who replaced Charles Strong as supt. after his disastrous handling of the company's m...