2013 April Treasures & Tribes Auction

Six pointed nickel star, Town Marshall Dayton Nev. Pinback intact. 2.5 x 3. HKA#63296

This is a handwritten official recorder’s copy of the Mining Laws of Devils Gate in Lyon County, Nevada. The two page document outlines the requiremen

Produced by George H. Ryan, mining engineer, September 18, 1935. 19 typewritten pages explaining the prospects for success of the placer operation in

This is a lot of two ledgers from the town of Empire in Ormsby County, Nevada. Lot includes a Postal Account Book with the first entry July, 1887 and

This is the 1907 account book and ledger for the Postmaster of the now defunct town of Franktown in Washoe County, Nevada. The first entry is made Jan

Lot of 8: multiple diaries, books and pamphlets hand written in a day-to-day account of Garfield`s life. The first 4 accounts are written in Tailor Ma

This is a Bullfrog Central Mining Company embossed sealer. It’s from around 1906 when George Wingfield was president. This item is from the Wingfield

This is a the only known film footage of the reproduction of the boxing match between Oscar Nielson (Battling Nelson) and Joe Gans that took place on

From the Wingfield estate. The embossment reads "Incorporated 1909 Wyoming." The sealer measures 11" tall. Spradling-Wingfield Estate...

George Wingfield`s lucrative gold mining operation was the Goldfield Consolidated Mines Expedition Company, incorporated March 31, 1917. This is the o

This illustrated souvenir book shows pictures of the fire department’s volunteers and is filled with pictorial advertisements showing many businesses

This is the complete 1907 second edition, hardbound, measuring 11 x 15." This publication is considered by Nevada historians to be perhaps the ...

This is a souvenir booklet that commemorates the American Mining Congress held in Goldfield, Nevada from September 27-October 2, 1909. Original boo

This is a money order receipt register from the Hornsilver, NV post office, dated November 12, 1912 to December 8, 1912. Book measures 14"x8.5&...

This is a stock certificate for 500 shares at $100 per, issued by the Betty O’Neal Mining Co. the company was incorporated in 1879 and is located in t

54 x 11 B W photo of what is thought to be the old mining town of Manhattan. This detailed photo shows the overall town, with businesses, homes, salo

A framed colorized photograph under glass of the Crissie Caughlin Ranch House taken from the rear of the property at about where the West Plum Lane hi

Glass lantern slides, possibly from a UNR Geology class, as these were found in Reno. Approx. 350 slides, mostly from rural Nevada and the Comstock, g

Glass lantern slides, probably from UNR Geology class, as these were found in Reno. Approx. 500 slides, including such categories as Seismology earth

This is a photograph of downtown Reno on the day Heavyweight Champion Jack Johnson collected his prize money for his victory in "The Fight of t...

Lot of 19: amazing medals and ribbons from various lodge meetings and conventions, including the Grand Temple of Pythian Sisters ribbons. Some are qui

This is an oil painting done, according to the signature, in 1929 by Thomas H. Grimm. According to Ancestry.com, Grimm was a Reno based lawyer, so, it

This is a photograph of downtown Reno on the day before heavyweight fighter Jack Johnson faced off against James J. Jeffries in "The Fight of t...

This is a nice broadside, advertising a fight card for the Rialto Theatre in Reno on July 4, 1925. Featured bouts that night included Kid Magsambol (T

This is a very unique broadside advertising the July 1, 1926 horse races at the Nevada Transcontinental Highways Exposition, to celebrate the completi

This lot contains three items for collectors of Reno gaming ephemera. 1) A 12 x 14.5 ivory colored photo album with black pages and a gold embossed co

Capitol certificate for 10 shares of the Pride and Big Foot Consolidated Gold and Silver Mining Co. Signed by J.M. Kennedy, secretary and Wm. H. Pride

From the Wingfield estate comes this original corporate sealer. The embossment reads "Tonopah Sewer Corporation. Incorporated December 1936. Un...

Black rosette with silver helmeted knight and shield in center. FCB on shield. White satin ribbon with F.C.B. / Triumph / Lodge / No.11 / K.P. / Virgi

This is a great group for Comstock collectors! The lot contains a 1891 print of THE COMSTOCK CLUB by C.C. Goodwin. The books were published by Tribute

A Wells Fargo Bank exchange No. 16258 for 4 Pounds Sterling, from the Wells Fargo office on King William Street in London. Extra Rare. HKA#62363

Life on the Pacific Coast is the secondary title of this book by Mary McNair Mathews. Printed in Buffalo by Baker, Jones Co., hard cover, 328 pages,

Leather wallet with tooled frontpiece. The illustration is a lovely liberty head facing left, below a patriotic eagle with American flags on either si

Annual Report of the California Mining Company. Printed in 1879 by Bunker Hiester Printers, San Francisco. It is 30 pages long. 2) Annual Report of t

Lot of 3: 1) Comstock Pumping Association letter book, (c1907-08?), with about 15 letter copies to Hale Norcross and others. Hard bound; 2) Stockhold

This is a broadside advertising the performance of the "Sensational Western Life Drama" about Jesse James. There were a few dramas done wi...

A MAJOR, rare publication fully titled as follows: Report to the Directors and Stockholders of the Mexican Gold and Silver Mining Co., Union Consolida

This is an unique presentation "Billy Club," given to Storey County, Nevada Sheriff Tom Hurley and is dated 1919. The stick measures 22&qu...

Large store scale, chain suspended trays, with center balance beam and hanger. Trays measure 8 in dia. and almost 2 deep. These are suspended over 16,

This is a petition started by Adolph Sutro in an attempt to gain federal financing for his tunnel project on the Comstock. In July, 1866, Congress pas

Lot of 2 books: Adolph Sutro A Brief Story of a Brilliant Life by Eugenia Kellogg Holmes, 1895. Hardbound, 56 pages. Also the Closing Argument of Adol

Lot of 3 items pertaining to Adoph Sutro: 1)House of Representative papers relative to the Sutro Tunnel dated July 1, 1868 (Sutro fought for more than

This is a blueprint mounted on linen of the projected work timetable for the Sutro Tunnel beginning in 1869, with a schedule of completion by 1877.Ado

Lot of 4, from the Spradling estate of Carson City: 2 bottles are ceramic type, virtually identical in size and color, although not in workmanship and

This is an 1895 photograph by William Cann. The background would suggest a theatre, possibly Piper’s Opera House. The subjects in the photo appear to

Lot of 2. 1) Panorama of the mining camp from up the hill. Tents and a few early automobiles dot the sagebrush in the otherwise empty valley 30 miles

Lot of 2. 1) Eighth Annual Report of the Eureka Consolidated Mining Co., published in San Francisco, October 20th, 1877, 14 pages, paper covered. The

This is a Remington 1861 New Army cap and ball revolver in .44 caliber. The barrel measures 8" with an over-all length of 13". Although th...