"Americana Sunset" Timed Auction: Holabird's Final Sale!

A framed broadside from L.B. Spencer & Co. of Mina, Nevada, advertising services in surveying and assaying. Likely dates c. 1910s-1930s, as thes...

A collection of correspondence related to the Mary Mine of Silver Peak, Nevada, dating from 1892 to 1914. The collection contains eleven letters, most

Exceptionally rare! Dateline Star City, Humboldt Co., N.T. Dec. 10th, 1864 (just after statehood was established). Issued to superintendent Thomas McD

This assay for the Tonopah Extension Mining Co. is for both gold and silver. There are 14 samples of both gold and silver. Very high grade ore listed.

Group of 75+ pieces. Daily Mine Reports and Assay Reports for the Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada. 1906-1910s. ^ Date: 1906-1910s Country (if not US

Tonopah mining district maps, modern reprints. This once bustling mining town is now largely defunct, serving mainly as a current day historical site.

Tonopah mining district maps, modern reprints. This once bustling mining town is now largely defunct, serving mainly as a current day historical site.

Lot of 8. Nice group that includes: March 1864 assay sheet from GW Bell for the Savage Mine in Virginia City; 1875 letter from Virginia City to mine s

Savage Mining Co Virginia City Nev. Metal tag for Store Room. Found by Fred Holabird in an old outhouse. ^ Date: c1860's Country (if not ...

Lot of 2 different. 1) Very rare A. Sutro & Co., Bankers & Assayers, Dayton, N.T. check, unused (never seen an issued one). Yes, before Adol...

The only Comstock billhead we've seen lithographed by African-American lithographer GT Brown, known for his Western mining stock designs. 1875 D...

Lot of 8. Authenticated copies of Articles of Incorporation for: Ophir Silver MC (1881 and 1894); Hale & Norcross (1896 and 1897); Best & B...

Lot of 4 different. Includes: 1891 authenticated copy of Certificate of Incorporation, signed by president HB Havens; 1881 authenticated copy of Certi

Bank of California, Trench Mill, 1870, to John Mackay for Pay Roll, signed by James G. Fair. Signed on the back by Mackay. Nice double autograph piece

Lot of 4. Includes: two different Gold Hill Bank of California checks/drafts, 1869 and 1872, each with Nevada revenue stamps; Summit Mill, Virginia Ci

Lot of 5. These are the second generation Wells Fargo 1861 checks with green print. Earliest are the blue version. This group of five was issued by Ch

Lot of 27. This group spans the mine's history from just 2 years after the Comstock was founded, thru the G&C bonanza period in the early 18...

Lot of 15. 1) Thirteen Stateler & Arrington Virginia City, Nevada Territory checks issued in 1864 for the Gould & Curry Mine. Signed by eith...

Lot of 46. Nearly all are for the Gould & Curry Mine. This group spans 1862-1884. Includes: 30 territorial Stateler & Arrington checks, 1862...

Lot of 10 Wells Fargo territorial checks issued in 1864 by the Empire Mill & Mining Company, signed by RN Graves as supt. All have a US IR stamp...

Lot of 10. All are Wells Fargo checks issued by the Empire Mill & Mining Company, which was a Gold Hill operation. Issued in 1864, signed by RN ...

Lot of 5 Wells Fargo checks issued in 1863 by the Empire Mill & Mining Company. All signed by RN Graves as superintendent. Each has a US IR stam...

Lot of 4, two each for two different mines, one territorial and one 1860s check for each. 1-2) Empire Mine & Milling Company: 1864 Wells Fargo a...

Lot of 9 different. Includes: 1861 Wells Fargo Gould & Curry signed by Charles Strong; 1864 Wells Fargo G&C signed by Charles Bonner; 1864 S...

Lot of 15 different. Wow! Territorial, imprinted revenue, adhesive stamps. Includes: 1861 Wells Fargo signed by Charles Strong for the Gould & C...

Lot of 50 issued territorial checks. Half are for mine workers, half for mill workers (all listed in the 1864 Collins VC directory, available online f

Lot of 3 different Gould & Curry checks on three different bank checks. Includes: Stateler & Arrington (1864) signed by Charles Bonner; Well...

Lot of nearly 100 Bank of California Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company checks issued in 1866 and signed by Louis Janin as supt. These checks h...

Lot of 20 Bank of California checks for the Gould & Curry signed by Louis Janin as supt. All have a US IR stamp. Janin was a prominent mining en...

Lot of 30, ten each of 3 types. 1-10) Ten Bank of California 1870 checks with RN-B and printed green NV stamp, signed by CC Batterman as superintenden

Lot of 30, 10 for 3 different types. 1-10) Ten Bank of California 1865 checks signed by Louis Janin as supt. All have US IR stamps. 11-20) Ten Bank of

Lot of 25 checks issued in 1866 for the Gould & Curry Mine. Amounts are around $100, which seems likely for day laborers for the mine. All signe...

Lot of 25 checks issued in 1866 for the Gould & Curry Mine. Amounts are under $100, which seems likely for day laborers for the mine. All signed...

Lot of about 29 checks issued to possible Irish miners (based on their surnames). All checks signed by Louis Janin as supt. and include a US IR and Ne

Lot of 6, three each of two different cancel types. Three are red pen cancelled; three have blue 2 cent US IR stamps (instead of orange). All signed b

Lot of 45. This is a mini-archive for the 1866 period for the Gould & Curry. All of them are signed by Louis Janin as supt. All have an orange N...

Lot of 20 Bank of California Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company checks issued in 1870. These have RN-B imprinted revenue with green NV stamps p...

Lot of 20 Bank of California Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company checks issued in 1870. These have RN-B imprinted revenue with green NV stamps p...

Lot of 30 Bank of California Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company checks issued in 1869. These have RN-B imprinted revenue with green NV stamps p...

Lot of 50 Bank of California Gould & Curry checks, all with RN-C plus 2 cent orange Nevada adhesive revenue stamps. 17 have tied cancels on that...

Lot of 5 Stateler & Arrington checks issued in 1864, signed by Charles Bonner as supt. for the Gould & Curry Mining Company. All have the re...

Fantastic group of 18 checks issued to the assay employees of the Gould & Curry Mill in 1864. This mill was built at considerable cost in 1862 a...

Lot of 12, four different RN varieties. Include: 1872 with RN-C21b, signed by CC Batterman; 1870 with RN-B17b signed by Batterman; five 1871 with RN-C

Lot of 2 different. Both are issued to Peter Savage, a miner for the Gould & Curry. Both have rare imprinted revenues. 1870 with RN-B17b and 187...

Lot of about 50 Bank of California Gould & Curry checks issued in 1866 and signed by Louis Janin as superintendent. US IR and Nevada adhesive re...

Lot of 67 Gould & Curry, Bank of California checks issued in 1866. All have Nevada and US IR stamps and were signed by Louis Janin as supt. ^ D...

Lot of 10 checks issued in 1871 and signed by CC Batterman as supt. These checks have RN-C imprinted revenue plus orange Nevada adhesive stamps (most

Lot of 10, issued 1865-1866. These are the green Bank of California checks that list WC Ralston as treasurer. Four are signed by Charles Bonner (1865)

Lot of 50 green style Bank of California checks issued by the Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company in 1866. Signed by Louis Janin as superintende...

Lot of 2 different bold cancels on orange Nevada 2 cent stamps: one tied to the check (rarer) and one pre-cancelled on the sheet. Both signed by Louis

Lot of 4 with cancel varieties: bold right and left cancels, red pen cancelled, and one with a blue (versus orange) US IR stamp. All signed by Louis J

Lot of 23. Includes 13 checks with stamps on the right side (right handed, stamp cancels) and 10 checks with stamps on the left (left handed, pen canc

Lot of 15. Eight have stamp cancels tied to the check (rarer), 7 were cancelled on the stamp sheet. All signed by Louis Janin as supt. ^ Date: 1866

Lot of 10 checks issued in 1866 and signed by Louis Janin as superintendent. All have orange NV adhesive and US IR revenue stamps. Great resale lot! L

Lot of 10 consecutive checks issued to the company's book-keeper David Bowie who later became the superintendent. Stateler & Arrington, Goul...

Lot of 10 Bank of California Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company checks issued 1870-71. All have RN-C imprinted revenue plus an orange Nevada ad...

Lot of 6, three each for two different types. These are the some of the scarcest of the Nevada imprinted revenue types. 1-3) Three Bank of California

Lot of 9 different. Really nice representative collection with territorial and RN pieces! Five superintendents. Includes: early 1861 Wells Fargo signe

Lot of 10 checks issued in 1869 and signed by Isaac Requa as superintendent. These are the Bank of California Gould & Curry checks with RN-B imp...

Lot of 25 checks issued in 1866, signed by Louis Janin as supt. All have US and Nevada adhesive revenue stamps, different cancel types. These are all

Lot of 6, two each of three different types. This is a rare revenue group! The red NV imprints are the scarcest variety. All are Bank of California. 1

Probably not the famous John Marshall of Coloma but this would make a fun research project for you. Signed by Charles Bonner for the Gould & Cur...

Lot of 4. Three are issued to Hiram Oyer, who had the exclusive contract to supply the Gould & Curry Mine with lumber. The last is issued to CW ...

Lot of 73. Collection includes: 60 Stateler & Arrington territorial checks issued 1863-64, signed by either Charles Strong or Charles Bonner as ...

Lot of 73. Collection includes: 60 Stateler & Arrington territorial checks issued 1863-64, signed by either Charles Strong or Charles Bonner as ...

Lot of 9 different. All Gould & Curry. Nice group that spans over a decade for this mine. Includes: 1861 Wells Fargo signed by Charles Strong;18...

Lot of 9 issued 1881-84. Includes six checks signed by RP Keating as supt. for the Savage, one with RN-G, five to JW Eckley (cashier of the Bank of Ca

Lot of 20. These are all issued 1882-84, signed by RP Keating as supt. Includes three with RN-G imprinted revenue. All are Bank of California. The Sav

Lot of 50 Stateler & Arrington checks issued in 1864 by Charles Bonner for the Gould & Curry Mine. Bonner had taken over for Charles Strong ...

Lot of 50 Stateler & Arrington checks issued by the Gould & Curry Mining Company in 1863-64. Signed by either Charles Bonner or Charles Stro...

Lot of 50 Stateler & Arrington checks issued by the Gould & Curry Mining Company in 1863-64. Signed by either Charles Bonner or Charles Stro...

Lot of 50 Stateler & Arrington checks issued by the Gould & Curry Mining Company in 1863-64. Signed by either Charles Bonner or Charles Stro...

Lot of 5, all issued in 1864 and signed by Charles Bonner, who replaced Charles Strong as supt. after his disastrous handling of the company's m...

Lot of 50 Stateler & Arrington checks issued by the Gould & Curry Mine, likely to mine or mill workers (these were not listed in Collins dir...

Lot of 100 Stateler & Arrington checks issued in 1863-64 by the Gould & Curry Mine, likely to pay mill or mine workers. Signed by either Cha...

Lot of 100 Stateler & Arrington checks issued in 1863-64 by the Gould & Curry Mine, likely to pay mill or mine workers. Signed by either Cha...

Lot of 2 checks on Stateler & Arrington written to the 2 key superintendents for the Gould and Curry Mill. Charles Bonner replaced Charles Stron...

Lot of 7 checks issued for the Gould & Curry Mine pre-Nevada statehood in Oct. 1863. Includes: very early 1861 Wells Fargo signed by Charles Str...

Lot of 33. Spans 1860s-80s. Includes a group of rare imprinted revenues. Collection includes: 1861 Wells Fargo signed by Charles Strong for the Gould

Lot of 5 with cancel varieties. Includes: left side application, upside down, strong cancel; check with blue federal stamp; check with red ink cancel;

Lot of 15 different, a great representation of the different check types present in this massive check archive we have been selling. Three mining comp

Lot of 35. Includes: early 1861 Wells Fargo signed by Charles Strong for the Gould & Curry; two 1863 Wells Fargo checks issued by the Empire Mil...

Lot of 4 early checks, 2 each for the Empire and Gould & Curry. 1-2) Empire Mill & Mining Company. 1864 territorial Wells Fargo check to JSC...

Lot of 26. Mostly Gould & Curry. Includes: rare 1872 with RN-B17b, signed by CC Batterman; rare 1871 with RN-C21b, signed by Batterman; 5 RN-B p...

Lot of 26. Mostly Gould & Curry. Includes: rare 1872 with RN-B17b, signed by CC Batterman; rare 1871 with RN-C21b, signed by Batterman; 5 RN-B p...

Lot of 26. Mostly Gould & Curry. Includes: rare 1872 with RN-B17b, signed by CC Batterman; rare 1871 with RN-C21b, signed by Batterman; 5 RN-B p...

Lot of 26. Mostly Gould & Curry. Includes: rare 1872 with RN-B17b, signed by CC Batterman; rare 1871 with RN-C21b, signed by Batterman; 5 RN-B p...

Lot of 26. Mostly Gould & Curry. Includes: rare 1872 with RN-B17b, signed by CC Batterman; rare 1871 with RN-C21b, signed by Batterman; 5 RN-B p...

Lot of 25 Bank of California Gould & Curry checks issued in 1871 and signed by CC Batterman as superintendent. All have RN-C imprinted revenue a...

Lot of 5. All of these checks have different cancels. Includes: 1864 Stateler & Arrington territorial with red cancels over US IR stamp; 1864 S&...

Lot of 36. Instant collection! Five different superintendents. 1) Twenty-five Stateler & Arrington territorial checks issued in 1863-64. Signed ...

Lot of 36. Instant collection! Five different superintendents. 1) Twenty-five Stateler & Arrington territorial checks issued in 1863-64. Signed ...

Lot of 36. Instant collection! Four different superintendents. 1) Twenty-five Stateler & Arrington territorial checks issued in 1864. Signed by ...

Lot of 69. Instant Gould & Curry check collection with imprinted revenues and 6 different signers. Includes: 7 Stateler & Arrington w/ red c...

Lot of 30, 10 each of three different check varieties for the Gould & Curry. 1-10) Ten Stateler & Arrington territorial checks, issued 1862-...

Lot of 11 different. Here is your way to jumpstart a Comstock mining check collection, with pieces that span two decades and include imprinted revenue

Lot of 15. Five different types, 3 checks each. Nice way to jumpstart a collection, and a good resale group. Twelve of the checks are Gould & Cu...

Lot of 15. Excellent representative group from this larger Comstock archive! Includes: 1861 Wells Fargo signed by Charles Strong for Gould & Cur...

Lot of 8 different. Nice mini-collection. 1-3) Three different territorial checks: 1864 Empire Mill & Mining, Wells Fargo; 1864 Wells Fargo Goul...

Lot of 11. Includes: Stateler & Arrington 1863 (2); Wells Fargo Empire Mill & Mining 1863 signed by RN Graves; 1864 Wells Fargo Gould & ...