"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