2012 Hot August Auction

This is the first known handheld underground lantern: four-sided, rectangular lamp with side door stands 13” tall, without bail (handle) and hook. Thr

This reciprocating spike candlestick is one of only 3 or 4 known. It is stamped PATENT APPLIED FOR but no patent appears to have been granted for this

Two miner`s candlesticks of Varney patent, make up this lot of 7 sticks, an oil can, and 2 pairs of fuse cutters. Sticks are of one-piece construction

A photograph of cars and white tents in a valley. The front is marked, in white, “NE. JOHNSON/ PHOTO WAHMONIE/ NEV.” “Mining began on the east edge of

Manufactured by Henry Boker of New York and Mexico City, this unmarked plated candlestick is 11" long. Boker, from Remscheid, Germany, was a manu

This great compass predates the popular Brunton compasses, which were first created in the 1890s. In fact, this early compass dates much earlier: Fold

This is a folding steel miner`s stick that measures 5" closed and 9" open. The piece is stamped, MANUF’D BY FIELDING & PERTERSON, PAT. A

Assay balance scale by Henry Troemner of Philadelphia. Brass construction, complete with balance beam, bubble level base with thumb screw mounts, and

Lot of 2: 1) CATALOGUE NO. 32 SUPPLIES: FOR PLUMBERS, GAS AND STEAM FITTERS, MACHINISTS, RAILROADS, MILLS, MINES, BOILER MAKERS, AND ENGINEERS by the

Lot of 4, including three teapot lamps manufactured in Schuylkill County, PA. These small wick lamps with spouts resembling tiny teapots were invente