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

Lot of 16. Great cross section of this Comstock check collection. Most are Gould & Curry related. Includes: 1861 Wells Fargo G&C signed by C...

Lot of 20, four different types, 5 each. 1-5) Stateler & Arrington territorial checks issued in 1864 for the Gould & Curry Mine. All with ra...

Lot of 24. Four different check types represented. 1-10) Ten Bank of California checks issued in 1866, signed by Louis Janin as supt. All have Nevada

Lot of 73. Includes: 60 Stateler & Arrington territorial checks issued by the Gould & Curry, 1863-64, signed by either Charles Strong or Cha...

1871 Gould & Curry Silver Mining Co. check issued to TD Parkinson for $100. Signed by CC Batterman as supt. Signed on the back by Parkinson. RN-...

Lot of 22. Eight check varieties. Includes: 1861 Wells Fargo signed by Strong for the Gould & Curry; five Stateler & Arrington territorial c...

Lot of 25. Includes: 10 Gould & Curry Bank of Cal. checks issued 1869-70, RN-B plus printed green NV stamp, all signed by Isaac Requa; two 1870 ...

Lot of 5. Four are Gould & Curry Mining Company. One is Empire Mining & Milling Company. All issued to Comstock merchants. Pair with your bi...

Lot of 4 different. Includes: 1863 Stateler & Arrington to AB Thompson (who worked for the Sutro Tunnel and Hale & Norcross Mine); 1864 chec...

Lot of 4 different. Includes: Best & Belcher, 1878, RN-G, signed by Osbiston as supt.; 1872 Gould & Curry with rare RN-C21b, signed by CC Ba...

1863 Stateler & Arrington check from the Gould & Curry Mine signed by Charles Strong as supt. Issued to Francis "Frank" Soule, who...

Lot of 10 Stateler & Arrington territorial mining checks issued by the Gould & Curry to Irish miners, incl. Shaughnessy, McBride, McGee, O&#...

Lot of 7 Stateler & Arrington, Gould & Curry Silver Mining checks issued to miners with the same name, as denoted by "1st" or &quo...

Lot of 6 Stateler & Arrington, Gould & Curry Silver Mining checks issued to miners with the same name, as denoted by "1st" or &quo...

Lot of 7 Stateler & Arrington, Gould & Curry Silver Mining checks issued to miners with the same name, as denoted by "1st" or &quo...

Lot of 5 different Stateler & Arrington checks issued by the Gould & Curry Mine to miners who are also listed in the Collins directory as wo...

Lot of 4 different Stateler & Arrington checks issued by the Gould & Curry Mine to miners who are also listed in the Collins directory as wo...

1) 1864 check issued to Willis Hunton for $60. Signed by Charles Strong. Hunton is listed in the 1864 Collins directory as a fireman for the Gould &...

Lot of 7. Issued to Valdez, Fizette, Sescarrot, Mendez, Callantes, Garcia, and Araysa. Signed by either Charles Strong or Charles Bonner for the Gould

Lot of 50 checks issued by the Gould & Curry, all to workers of the company's mill, all listed in the 1864 Collins directory (available onli...

Lot of 50 checks issued by the Gould & Curry, all to workers of the company's mill, all listed in the 1864 Collins directory (available onli...

Lot of 50 checks issued by the Gould & Curry, all to miners and workers of the company listed in the 1864 Collins directory (available online fo...

Lot of 50 checks issued by the Gould & Curry, all to miners and workers of the company listed in the 1864 Collins directory (available online fo...

Lot of 100 Stateler & Arrington checks issued 1863-64 for the Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company. Signed by either Charles Strong or Charle...

Of the 1,000+ territorial checks we searched through in this archive, this was the only one we saw issued to a woman! June 25th, 1864 check to Sarah A

Lot of 4 Stateler & Arrington checks issued in 1864 by the Gould & Curry, signed by Charles Bonner. All have the red cancel stamps used by t...

Lot of 4 checks issued in 1864. All listed in Collins 1864 directory. All signed by Charles Bonner for the Gould & Curry Mine. All have the scar...

Lot of 6, two each for three types. 1-2) Very early 1861 checks signed by Charles Strong for the Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company. 3-4) Two 1...

Lot of 15. Five each of three different check types. Great resale lot! 1) Five 1866 checks, Gould & Curry, signed by Louis Janin Jr. as supt. Al...

Lot of 5 Wells Fargo checks issued by the Gould & Curry Mine in 1864. All signed by Charles Bonner as superintendent, who had taken over the rol...

Lot of 3 different. 1-2) Two different Wells Fargo checks for the Gould & Curry Mine. One issued in 1861, signed by Charles Strong. The other in...

Lot of 9. All Stateler & Arrington Gould & Curry checks signed by either Charles Strong or Charles Bonner as supt. Issued to miners with sur...

Deed between four people in Lander County, Nevada and J. Johnson of Oakland, California, March 15th, 1869. For sale of the Silver Mint mining claim in

Hercules Blasting Cap tins, #6 (8), These tins have a highly polished lid (by fh, years ago), some with paper remnants. The #6 is the standard, short

Hercules Blasting Cap tins, #6 (4), #8 (2). These tins have a highly polished lid (by fh, years ago), some with paper remnants. The #6 is the standard

Hercules Blasting Cap tins, #6 (4), #8 (1). These tins have a highly polished lid (by fh, years ago), some with paper remnants. The #6 is the standard

This lot holds six topo. maps of mining claims in Northern Nevada plus a copy of the Gold Hill Daily News dated April 17, 1880. The maps are: Mount Le

1. Comstock Mining and Miners, Eliot Lord, 1883 First Edition 2. Lincoln Mining Districts of Nevada, First Edition, No Map (Poor) 1923 3. Drury Editor

These are two paperback books: "Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of New Mexico" by James E. and Barbarea H. Sherman. Two of the same paperback...

1886 letter from The Hazard Powder Co. regarding the purchase of shares of the Connecticut Central railroad. The writer is attesting to purchase 18

Ore bag from The Trojan Mining Company of Deadwood, South Dakota and Denver, Colorado. The canvas bag measures 9"x 21" and is in pretty ni...

Deadwood South Dakota Homestake Mining Ephemera. Copy of the original Homestake Lode Claim certificate, stereoview of underground ore zone, 11 unissue

This is a safety award from the Homestake Mine. Bronze with a leather loop. Scribed on back to David Shaddrick. Please see photo for details. ^ Date:

By D MacVhie. December 1, 1908. Twenty-seven pages. 12 page foldout map of the underground workings. 6 page fold out map of the Coalition and adjacent

There are five receipts in this lot from Frank Foote or his estate. Mr. Foote was the proprietor of the Salt Lake Sampling Works as well as the Frank

Kennecott Mining company advertising goodies probably from a trade show or issued to company employees. 1. copper Utah shape lapel pin. 2. Copper Ken

Tintic Mining District Map by Child, Cole and Company. 36 x 24 inches on thin paper, undated, c.1910. Original. Shows all the surveyed as well as unpa

Classic mine-made mine bell signal sign from the Goeff Pollock Collection. Goeff collected heavily at Tintic, and this bell signal sign is a classic o

Photographs 6 x 8 inches. 1) A parade float in front of the Eureka Hotel and Bullion, Beck and Champion Mine headquarters. Several men are sporting cl

Tintic District Document Archive. 1/2 box of numerous photographs, maps and documents from Tintic District mines c.1920-45. Includes Utah Copper Com

Tintic Mine Records from Various Mines. c1920-40 about 1 cubic foot various mine records: Colorado Consolidate, Empire, Grand Central, Eureka Hill, T

Asarco Records of Metal Production at Tintic, Utah. About 1/2 cubic foot of records from Asarco of shipments from various Tintic mines, including: T

Tooele County Mining Districts Claim Records c.1880s-1901. Includes Rush Valley, Ophir Hill, Stockton, Camp Floyd, Clifton and perhaps others. About 7

Utah Newspapers including the Mammoth Record 1899, Tintic Miner 1902, Blue and White 1924 and others from the 1970s-80s, including clippings. ^ Date:

Utah Mine Records includes large map of the Moscow Mine, 1908-09 Annual Reports for US Smelting Refining and Mining Co., 1970 Annual Report for Utah C

Utah Mine Records from Various Mines. About 2/3 of a box from the following companies: United Park City Mines, Utah Bingham and Utah Consolidated. ^

Utah Mining Labor Group. Interesting group of documents related to labor c.1910-40. Included is 1942 agreement regarding various western Utah mines an

Lot of 30. 1) California: Voorheis & Barney, Sutter Creek BH 1887; Stewart River Gold Dredging Co. letter to Stockton, 1910;Dunham, Carrigan &am...

Fantastic miniature mining tool display, mounted on red cloth. The date is difficult to ascertain, and could easily date to the 1880s. Missing one un

Lot of 2 different. Nice pair of California mining scales. 1) Unmarked in wood case. Five weights. 2) Miners Improved Gold Scale "Manufactured ...

Lot of 2. One is in wooden box with weights. The other is a pocket scale with no case. Both on good condition ^ Date: Country (if not USA): Stat

Gold scale weights, troy oz units. Incomplete set in OHAUS plastic box. The cover for the plastic box is broken, and the scale set is incomplete. Set

This Darley dip needle is complete with box and instructions for use. At 3.5 in. One window is dirty. From the Popovich collection. Please see photos

There is no maker's mark on this little gem. It reads 90-0-90 degrees across the bottom of the compass similar to a miner's compass. Pocket...

This is a Keuffel & Esser Co. miner's dip compass with a bronze tone lacquered finish. S/ N 67618 in very nice condition. 4 in. diameter. ro...

Large, 17" diameter sifting screen marked from J. Caire Assay Supplies, SF. and old milk pan often used as a gold pan. 14.5" diameter. c 1...

There are four gold pans in this lot. Two have been painted with scenes of Alaskan life; one labeled for the T.H. Good cabin. The two remaining gold p

2 Miners Antique Scoopers. Great for display with gold mining pan! Broken back seal on one. See photos. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Ci

Mining Artifacts (2) Old and rusty just like you guys like them! ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Very cute miner's book end. Plaster figure with gold pan . 8 x 8" ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Mining burro figurine with an unengraved board on its left side which would have included a town name. Underside indicates it was made in Japan. Very

Six piece mining collection: one stock certificate: Codd Mines Company for 250 shares, 1914; miner's Pick, hammer and shovel (each 3-4 inches lo...

Mining Tradeshow Collectibles about 20 items from Shaddrick Collection, includes 3 advertising cigarette lighters, compass, 4 decks of cards and other

An excellent example of the famous "Welcome Nugget" cigar box label, produced by the tobacco company T.C. Williams Co. Manufacturers of Vi...

Classic reference hardcover book by J.D. Whitney. The title page indicates "Described and Compared With That of Other Countries" below the...

1979 reprint in slipcase. The Miners Dictionary. "Explaining Not only the Terms used by Miners, but also Containing the Theory and Practice of ...

Lot of 14. Includes: Is San Francisco in Danger of a Water Famine? (c.1905); The Diving Rod: A History of Water Witching (1917); Routes to Desert Wate

Scientific American (2) & Mining Scientific Press (1) pages, framed. This set of 3 is in very good condition, with no apparent defects. The matb...

Rare. Inscribed by owner in 1917. Published in 1913 by JB Lippincott Co. Blue hardcover with gilt lettering and color illustration on the cover. 337pp

Books about lost gold: The Curse of the Dutchman's Gold by Helen CorbIn, paperback, 1990, pp. 237 very good condition; Lost Gold and Silver Mine...

Mining Certificates for Noel Kirschenbaum. A group of industry certs for Mining Chemical Engineer Noel Kirschenbaum. Institution of Mining and Metall

Group of 11 mining collectors' catalogues, dated 1992 to 1998. Includes 11 catalogues from "Mining Artifact Collector", a seasonal pub...

30 plus items. Mixture of updates to stockholders from petroleum companies, stock holders meeting invites, investment company and attorney letters.

Lot of 11. Brochures, postal cover, drawing of a steer showing a mine operation, pots cards, Kennecott mine handbook. ^ Date: 1920-80 Country (if n

Noel Kirshenbaum, a major ore deposits chemical engineer, spent a career working on some of the most important ore deposits in the world. Box contains

A pair of guides to mining investment and finance. Lot contains "Pitfalls of Mining Finance", a book by Harry J. Newton, published 1904 (5...

Lot of 2 different. 1) Elements of Ore Dressing by Arthur F. Taggart. 1951. 595pp. Dust jacket in pieces. Otherwise a nice copy. 2) Recent Copper Smel

A group of three books and a booklet on the extraction and processing of precious metals, dating from 1924 to 1994. The booklet is "Methods for...

Lot of 5. The Mineral Industry It's Statistics, Technology and Trade, 1892-1913 Very Good cond. ^ Date: 1892-1913 Country (if not USA): Sta...

Lot of (5). The Copper Handbook, volumes VII through XI, considered the essential copper mining reference standard. This collection spans 1907 to 191

Multi-volume group of essential reference books. The Copper Handbook, by Horace J. Stevens, comprises critical information about the world of copper.

Lot of 6. The Mines and Copper Handbooks, 1926-26, by Weed, pages in volumes range from 1600-2125. Included : Vol XII 1916, Vol. XIII 1918, Vol XIV

Copy of "Copper Manual: Copper Mines, Copper Statistics, Copper Shares and A Summary of Information on Copper, Etc.", Volume II, by D. Hou...

Lot of (10) total hardcover books. Multiple years represented, beginning with The Mines Handbook 1931 volume XVIII Part 1, Mines Register books includ

By Leonard S. Austin, Professor of Metallurgy and Ore-dressing, Michigan College of Mines. First Edition. 1907. Published by Mining & Scientific...

Lot of 2 different. Rare. 1) Outlines of Physical Geography. By George W. Fitch. Illustrated by Six Maps and numerous Engravings. 1856. JH Colton &a...

Report of the Director of the Mint upon the Statistics of the Production of the Precious Metals in the United States. Washington: Government Printing

Copy of "The Mining Districts of the Western United States" by James M. Hill, with a geologic introduction by Waldemar Lindgreen. Publishe...

Six Volumes. 1. Dunn, Colorado Mining Districts 2003 2. Garbani, Arizona Mines 1993 3. Lingenfelter. Hard Rock Miners. Autographed 1974. 4. Read. Rece

early counter, rare. Key prospecting tool in the 1950s! by Model 107B called the professional by precision radiant instruments of Los Angeles. ^ Date: