2012 Hot August Auction

Lot of 8 items related to the Northern Belle Mill & Mining Company. 1) Dated 19 July 1881, this is an issuance of 100 shares at $100 per to B. Bay

Lot of 3: 1) Manhattan Peerless Mining Co. Broadside. By 1907 the company owned several claim groups including the Peerless, but split them up in sepa

Unique spoon from what is now a ghost town in Esmeralda County. Blair went into decline and finally was abandoned in 1920. The only thing left is the

Lot of 7 items including 5 documents, billheads and 2 postcards. The documents are from several businesses of Goldfield, Tonopah and Rhyolite. The bus

A lovely sterling silver collector spoon from the Bullfrog Mining District. Bowl is embossed with the Bullfrog District logo. Piece measures a little

Obv.: Merchants/ 12 1/2/ Hotel. rev. Bullfrog (pictorial). Almost uncirculated. One of the finest known if not the finest. - Jacobitz Collection -6046

Titled, “Standard Field Tables, General Land Office, Tables and Formulas for the Use of U.S. Surveyors and Engineers on Public Land Surveys—A Suppleme

Lot of 20 including: wooden block with G. & T./Candalaria block printed on top 9" x 4.5" x 0.75"; wooden ink stamp from Candalaria/

Letter copy book used by George Lyon, superintendent of the Princess Mining and Milling Company in 1882. Letter copies are headlined from both Candela

27 receipts and business licenses from early Carson City. Also 4 Virginia &Truckee Railroad related postcards. - Jacobitz Collection -60222

Lot of 3: A 21 August 1861 check of Wells Fargo Co. (one of the earliest known Nevada checks, if not the earliest); 2) an 1862 check of Nevada Territo

Receipts from 1863 & 1864: 1) from the Territory of Nevada House of Representatives to the Auditor entitling a member of the house to $140 in per

This was how businesses advertised, before radio and television: the broadside. This is a fine and rare example from 1878 that shows the cooperation b

A 10" x 30" panorama of the 1918 Nevada Legislature. This is unique in that it was the first year women were allowed to serve in office. Pic

U.S. Geographical Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel. Clarence King, Geologist In Charge. ATLAS ACCOMPANYING VOLUME III on MINING INDUSTRY. Engraved

Lot of 11 banking items, including: 2 ledgers of funds held for collection, dated 1903-1904, from the State Bank and Trust Co., datelined Carson City,

Large trade card with stagecoach, 4.5" x 2.75". The reverse is a directory of 16 of the "Leading Business Houses of Carson, Nevada.&a...

List of persons from Ward 1 and Ward 2. Measures 19.75” x 12” This listed was approved on 3 November 1904 by the G.N. Folsom, Registry Agent. Some wea

3" tall, carved black wooden handled wax sealer with a metal face: "SIERRA SEMINARY/ CARSON/ CITY/ NEVADA." Founded by Hannah Keziah Cl

3.75" tall, carved black wooden handled metal wax sealer: "WELLS FARGO EXPRESS/ 362/ CARSON CITY, NEV." - Jacobitz Collection -59721