2013 April Treasures & Tribes Auction

Lot of 4. 1) Two specimens of natural gold quartz, each about 1 tall from the 16-to-1 Mine. Unusally rich specimens showing nice plumes of gold from t

This 1.25 x 1.75 x 0.25 mineral sample features fine gold figuring and was mined in Mariposa, CA. Maish Collection HKA#62305

This specimen from German Bar Mine weighs 10.5g and measures 1 x 2/3 x .5 A heavy and attractive gold quartz specimen dominated by gold, showing leafy

Lot of 3: 1) 1.2g. Mirror lustrous crystallized gold leaf measuring .5 x .5 on .5 pedestal of quartz. 2) 2/3 x 1/3 x 1/8. Weighs 0.9g. Beautiful lustr

Beautiful 2.75 x 1.5 gold buckle with enameled inlay. Stamped W. Bohms / Patent / Jan. 27, 1863 on the swiveling clasp. Bohms lived in San Francisco a

From a San Francisco estate this fancy gold match case is engraved BW and weighs 1.10 troy ounces. HKA#62623

Lot of 3: 1) 75 x .25 1/8 From 16 to 1 Mine. Weighs 1.22g. 2) 7/8 x .25 1/8. Weighs 2.03g. Classic old-time A-grade gold quartz ore slab specimens. Sl

Gold in matrix of quartz and lead-silver from Silverton, Colorado. Visible gold in veins in slabs. 4 slabs: 73.5, 50.9, 53.7 and 21.5 grams. Each piec

Lot of 2: 1) A 3.5 x 2.5 x 1/8. 2) A 2 x 1 x 1/16. Unusually rich, visible gold high-grade ore slabs containing acanthite and mixed sulphides in epith

Lot of six specimens: Two gold specimens from Kelly Mine of Socorro County, New Mexico. Extremely rare and seldom-seen crystallized gold samples from

Lot of 2. 1) 2 x 2 x .75 gold in carbonate with skarn matrix. From Seven Troughs Mine, Pershing County, NV. Good color. Defined skarn veining showing

A beautifully framed and matted stock certificate and mineral specimen from the Monarch Consolidated Gold and Silver Mining Company, Douglas County, N

Lot of seven pieces from the Emma, Nevada Mine. Four cabochons ranging from 1 to 1.5 gold quartz, along with 3 complete vein sections measuring from 1

14K gold ring inscribed Goldfield, 1.5 grams, inside stamped Nevada Gold 14K encased in a box from Harry C. Morse jeweler Rocky Ford, Col. Probably ci

This choice pendant features a tombstone shaped telluride specimen measuring 15mm wide at the narrowest point, 23mm wide, 25mm high, and 5mm thick. Th

This specimen from Mohawk Mine is 1.75 x 1.5 x 1.75. Epithermal quartz vein, dilating into a gold-bearing ore chute. A very geologically interesting s

This is a 14K gold signet ring with the name Goldfield. It appears to be a size eight and has the gold content mark on the inside. There is a nugget d

Lot of 4 nuggets reportedly from Rogue River, Oregon. The smooth, flat ones may be from a tertiary channel in the Klamaths. The nuggets are 27.39, 18.

Lot of 2 from Homestake Mine: 1) An extremely rich 3 x 2 x 1 gold quartz specimen showing a freestanding leaf of gold measuring .5 tall, along with ri

Lot of 3 visible gold ore slabs from Golden Slipper Mine. 1) Measures 3 x 3 x .33. 2) 2.25 x 2 x .33. 3) 2.5 x 1 x .33. These samples contain rich

Gold nugget cuff links in original box from Burnett Brothers Jewelers of Seattle Washington, circa 1870. The 2 pieces weigh a total of .21 troy ounces

Lot of 4: 1) Native Gold Nugget. 1.9g. 2/3 x 1/3 x .25 from Mount Kare, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. An attractive gold quartz nugget from an unus

Lot of 3, weighing 2.6g total. Unusually articulate and well chosen examples of palladian wire gold from Venezuela. HKA#63958

Lot of 8 crystalline gold specimens totalling .89 troy ounces. Also a metal sifting tray 4.5 x 2.5. One of the specimens is an amalgam piece. HKA#6267

Lot of 3: 1) pyrargyrite, Silver City Utah, 71.7grams; 2) native silver on bornite, Amy Silversmith mine, 1886, Butte Montana, 24.9grams; silver, Schl

High grade specimen. It weighs 5.72 troy oz and measures 2 x 2.75 HKA#62759

Lot of 2: 1) gold in quartz and silver sulfides, Silverton, Colorado, 78.4 grams; 2) native silver barite, Creede, Colorado, 206.4 grams.Maish Collect

Lot of 3: 1) Petzite in matrix (Ag3,Au,Te2) from the Cash mine, Boulder County, 43.8 grams; 2) wire silver from Crede, 53.9 grams; 3) Chlorargyrite fr

Lot of 3 from Bulldog Mine: 1) 3 x 1.1/3 x 1/3 . 2) 3 x 1.1/3 x 1/3. 3) 2 x 1.25 x 1/3. Slabs unusually rich in high grade native silver ore, associat

This 2 1.5 x 1.25 specimen features beautiful galena figuring and native silver throughout a large argentite sample. This sample was mined in Creede C

3 examples of silver gold telluride, sylvanite in quartz from Cripple Creek Colorado. 47.6, 50.5 and 82.1 grams in weight. (Au,Ag) Te2 is the most com

This 1.5 long, 0.75 wide, 0.5 thick sample of gold and silver/lead weighs 18.8 grams.Maish Collection HKA#62302

Lot of 2: 1) Measures 1.25 x .75 x 1. A historic 1930s silver-copper hybrid weighing 25.4g and showing historic miner's chisel marks. During the...

Native Silver, Bornite, and Quartz Lot of 2 from the Troy Mountain Mine of Troy, MT near Butte. 1) Measures 2.25 x 2 x 1 1/3. A historic and mineralog

Lot of 3 measuring 5 x 4 1/6, 4 x 3.5 x 1/6, and 4 x 2.75 x 1. Unusually rich specimens containing yellow grains of electrum, silver grains of uytenbo

Lot of 3: 1) 5 x 3 .25. 2) 5 x 3 x .25 3) 4 x 3 x .25. Unusually rich specimens containing yellow grains of electrum, silver grains of uytenbogaardtit

This moon shaped specimen measures 6 x 2 x 1 and is an extremely rich and well-banded Ken Snyder Mine ore slab from the Midas District. Showing rich b

Lot of 5 specimens. 1) 3 x 1.25 x 1/3. 2) 3 x 1.5 x .25. 3) 3.25 x 1.25 x .25. 4) 2.25 x 1.75 x .5. 5) 2 x 1.25 x .25. Complete vein cross-sections sh

Lot of 2: 1) silver, Zacatecas, Mexico, mounted in plastic case, 2) silver, Honduras, 76.4 grams.Maish Collection HKA#62282

Lot of 3: 1) argentite in chaleopyrite and calcite, Valencia Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico, 26.2 grams; 2) silver and chrysocolla, Sonora, Mexico, mounted

Lot of 2 silver specimens from Batopilas, Mexico. New Nevada Mine, 17 grams. Smaller piece mounted in a plastic case.Maish Collection HKA#62286

Lot of 4 native silver specimens from Chihuahua Mexico. 53.2 grams, 53.1 grams, 73.1 grams, 328.4 grams.Maish Collection HKA#62301

Lot of 8: 1) silver and argentite from El Bote` Mine, 245.3 grams; 2) silver and silver pyrite from Fresnillo, 61.6 grams; 3) Argentite, Fresnillo, 12

This large specimen measures 5.25 x 3.25 x 1/8. Total weight of this silver leaf is 6.5 troy oz. From the Langis Mine of Nr. New Liskeard, Ontario. An

Lot of 3 rich native silver ore slabs. 1) A sample measuring 4 x 2.25 x .5 and weighing 5.8 oz with 1.5 oz silver, from the Cleopatra Mine of Cobalt.

Lot of 3 rich native gold ore slabs. 1) 5 x 3 x 1/8. Weighs 3 oz. With .3 total silver. From the Mann Mine, Galganda. Ontario Canada. 2) 4 x 2.5 x .75