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

30 pounds of trilobite fossils from Shandong province, China. About 500-520 million years old. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): China State: City:

Trilobites from late Cambrian period 500-520 million years ago. Shandong Providence, China. About 20 pounds. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): China St

Trilobites from late Cambrian period 500-520 million years ago. Shandong Providence, China. About 20 pounds. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): China St

Trilobite from late Cambrian period 500-520 million years ago. Shandong Providence, China. About 6 pounds. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): China Stat

Trilobites from late Cambrian period 500-520 million years ago. Shandong Providence, China. About 38 pounds of large plates. ^ Date: Country (if not

A fossil plate of crinoids, known as 'sea lilies'. These ancient organisms had a large 'flower' on a long, segmented stem, and were ...

3.2 pounds of insect fossils. From Shengdon province, China. Late Jurassic -early cretaceous period. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): China State: C

3.2 pounds of rare and better insect fossils. From Shengdon province, China. Late Jurassic -early cretaceous period. ^ Date: Country (if not USA):

From the Personal Collection of Fred Holabird. This piece (an one other in this sale) are from the Green River Formation. Excellent contrast and qual

Western fossils, lot of (3). Ammonite fossil imprint, found in the New York mountains of Nevada. Particularly dramatic. (2) Pipe Fish imprint fossils

Crystalline Galena and Quartz on Matrix 2 x 2 inches. Madin District, Bulgaria and a 2 x 2 x 1.5 inch. Trilobite on matrix, choice specimen about 2 x

This quartz and Sphalerite specimen was discovered in the Animon Mine , San Jose de Huayllay District, Peru. 8 in. X 3in. X 3 in. Please see photo

Large pyrite cube in matrix from Navajun, Spain. Near flawless. Cube about 1" square. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): Spain State: City: P...

Lot of 7. Range in size from 2 x 1" to 9 x 4" The Cady Mountains are a mountain range in the Mojave Desert and within Mojave Trails Nation...

Crystal Mineral Group: 1) Smokey Quartz 3 x 3 x 3 inches 2) Quartz Cluster, Coyote Creek 3 inches 3) Amethyst, Humboldt County, NV 2 x 2 inches 4) Py

Amethyst from Humboldt County 2 x 2 inches, Two Quartz Cluster from Coyote Creek 1 x 3 inches, Aurichalcite from Mexico about 2 inches and a quartz cr

Purple Fluorite from Kentucky, Amethyst from Humboldt County, Selenite from Mexico, and quartz crystals from Colorado. ^ Date: Country (if not USA):

Quartz Cluster from Coyote Creek, Amethyst from Humboldt County, Pyrite from Illinois, Stalactite from unknown location. ^ Date: Country (if not U

Quartz Cluster from Coyote Creek, Amethyst from Humboldt County, Fluorite from Kentucky, Pyrite Sand Dollar from Illinois. ^ Date: Country (if not

Quartz Crystal from Mexico, Amethyst from Humboldt County, Fluorite from Kentucky, Calcite Crystal no location. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): Sta

Six small mineral specimens, some with dealer labels. 1. realgar and quartz 2.vanadanite, Yuma (micro mount) 3. quartz and epidote, Sichaun, China 4.

Lot of (11) small faceted gem stones. Round brilliant cut, each is approx. 1/8" in diameter. Multiple colors, some could be artificial. Please ...

A group of hematite oval shaped hematite pieces, called Rattlesnake Eggs. These measure 2.5"x .5" and come two to a box. There are 100 box...

A group of hematite oval shaped hematite pieces, called Rattlesnake Eggs. These measure 2.5"x .5" and come two to a box. There are 100 box...

Extra fine Alaska placer gold. Approximately 17.4 grams. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Alaska City: Provenance:

Six gold nuggets from the King tut placer mine, Meadview, Arizona. Part of the expanded Lost Basin Mining District. Total weight of 14 grams; ranging

King Tut Mine Drywash Placer Gold 12 grams, .385 troy, about 85% gold. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Arizona City: Provenance:

King Tut Mine Drywash Placer Gold 23.2 grams, about .52 troy contained, about 70% gold. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Arizona City: Pro

King Tut Mine Drywash Placer Gold 7.6 grams, .234 troy, about 99% gold. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Arizona City: Provenance:

King Tut Mine Drywash Placer Gold 8.3 grams, .26 troy, about 80% gold. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Arizona City: Provenance:

Quartz/Gold in original old vial, found by metal detector in mining district East of Lake Havasu, Arizona. Vial measures 2" tall. Good conditio...

c. 1950-60's cloth sack, Silver Ore from Calico California, Assaying at up to $40oo per ton, with ore inside. Bonus item is a broken aqua Bodie ...

Near Jamestown, Tuolumne County, California. 168 grams. Perhaps 25 grams of gold? 2.5 L x 1.75 W x 1.75" H. Native gold in quartz. Vein was 1.7...

California Fine Gold About 1 ounce. Jewelry grade. Size #14. About1/8" minus. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City: Pro...

California Gold Nugget Group About 1 ounce. Jewelry grade. Size #8. About 1/4" each. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City:...

Spectacular 8.4 troy ounce gold in quartz nugget with lots of eye appeal. As it sits in one position, it resembles a sitting frog, reminding me of Sam

An original canvas bag found underground with high grade ore sample. Includes creedite and misc. sulfides. About one pound broken ore. ^ Date: Count

Big Buffalo Mine Ore, Native Gold, about 3 x 3 x 1". Two specks of native gold marked. Buffalo Hump Mining District. Letteer to Shaddrick from ...

This specimen is of natural copper found in Michigan. 5 in. X 8 in. Please see photo for details. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Michigan

Two pieces of wire and native silver. 1 inch square and 2 inch square. Unknown mine. Collected by FH. Circa 1980. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): St

Three blasting cap tins of ore specimens from the Con-Virginia ore collection, the guts of which fh sold over a decade ago. 1. Con-Virginia high grade

Four blasting cap tins with high grade ore specimens from central Nevada locations. The main part of the Con-Virginia ore Collection was sold by fh ov

Six blasting cap tins with high grade ore specimens from central Nevada locations. The main part of the Con-Virginia ore Collection was sold by fh ove

Four blasting cap tins with high grade ore specimens from California desert locations. The main part of the Con-Virginia ore Collection was sold by fh

Two blasting cap tins with high grade ore specimens from central Nevada locations. The main part of the Con-Virginia ore Collection was sold by fh ove

Fantastic high grade gold ore from the Colorado Grande Mine at Midas, Nevada. 217.2 g, or 6.96 oz troy. Gold plus naumannite (silver selenide). Rare l

Barite, North Umberland. Nye County. 3 x 2 x 1". crystalline. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Nevada City: Nye County Provenance: H...

Five specimens with Native gold. 1. Black Canyon Mine, Pershing Co., NV 2. Carlin. Newmont, electrolytic gold leaf in vial 3. Manhattan, NV 4. Bucksk

Collection of about ten specimens from several key mines or mining regions. all typical hand specimens. 1. Jerritt Canyon. 2. Pinson 3. Borealis 4. Ma

22 pounds of Number Eight turquoise smalls and fines. Max size 1/2". Possibly good for tumbling.. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Ne...

Black plastic case (13 x 9 x 3 inches) entitled "Nevada Mining And You," containing twelve kinds of Nevada rocks: Barite; Fluorite; Garne...

Homestake Mine Ore with Visible Gold from the 5000-5900 level. Dave Shaddrick was a key Mine Geologist at America's most important underground g...

Homestake Mine Ore with Visible Gold from the 5000-5900 level. Dave Shaddrick was a key Mine Geologist at America's most important underground g...

Homestake Mine Ore with Visible Gold from the 5000-5900 level. Dave Shaddrick was a key Mine Geologist at America's most important underground g...

No visible gold but there may be invisible gold if you break up the specimens. Homestake Mine Ore from 5000-5900 level. Dave Shaddrick was a key Min

Homestake Mine Ore with Visible Gold from the 5000-5900 level. Dave Shaddrick was a key Mine Geologist at America's most important underground g...

Homestake Mine Ore with Visible Gold from the 5000-5900 level. Dave Shaddrick was a key Mine Geologist at America's most important underground g...

Homestake Mine Ore with Visible Gold from the 5000-5900 level. Dave Shaddrick was a key Mine Geologist at America's most important underground g...

Homestake Mine Ore with Visible Gold from the 5000-5900 level. Dave Shaddrick was a key Mine Geologist at America's most important underground g...

Homestake Mine Ore with Visible Gold from the 5000-5900 level. Dave Shaddrick was a key Mine Geologist at America's most important underground g...

Homestake Mine Ore with Visible Gold from the 5000-5900 level. Dave Shaddrick was a key Mine Geologist at America's most important underground g...

Homestake Mine Ore with Visible Gold from the 5000-5900 level. Dave Shaddrick was a key Mine Geologist at America's most important underground g...

Homestake Mine Ore with Visible Gold from 5000-5900 level. Dave Shaddrick was a key Mine Geologist at America's most important underground gold ...

Homestake Mine Ore with Visible Gold. Dave Shaddrick was a key Mine Geologist at America's most important underground gold mine, the Homestake, ...

Homestake Mine Ore with Visible Gold from the 5000-5900 level. Dave Shaddrick was a key Mine Geologist at America's most important underground g...

Homestake Mine Ore with Visible Gold from the 5000-5900 level. Dave Shaddrick was a key Mine Geologist at America's most important underground ...

Sixteen small ore specimen pieces with visible gold from the Homestake Mine. Total weight of 55.3 grams; largest piece 3/4 of an inch. ^ Date: Count

Highgrade Homestake Ore with Native Gold. Large hand specimen of quartz in the Homestake Mine formation 6 x 3 x 3.5 inches. Native gold exposed in the

Two specimens of native gold in quartz. 1.5 x 1.5 x 1, 1 x 1 x 1.5. Crystalline gold in vuggy quartz. Shaddrick could not recall the location where he

Homestake Mine Ore, Large Specimen. 10 x 6 x 7 inches. One cut surface, no visible gold, but a nice specimen out of the gut of the ore deposit. About

Group of approx. 6 specimens of the Poorman Formation at the surface at the Homestake Mine. These specimens were all collected by Shaddrick to illustr

Homestake Formation slabs (2) & Poorman Formation specimen. Copy Homestake Patent. Homestake stereogram section. Homestake area stocks. Specimen...

Two specimens from two different lead-zinc mines from the Mississippi Valley, Tri-State. One is from Elmwood, TN, and the other is from the Young Mine

Polished Bookend, Lupin Mine, Northwest Territory. Polished single bookend, 2 cut surfaces, only one polished from the Lupin Mine. Pyrite with gold, a

About ten ore specimen pieces from classic Mexico mining regions. Most are typical hand specimens, about 2 x 4 x 6" or so. 1. La Reyna, Sonora...

A number of random ores specimens from Homestake Mine geologist Dave Shaddrick's office. 1. Iron ore, no location. 2, banded quartz, unknown gol...

Four little vials: three 24 karat gold, ( 10 grams; 26 grams; 36 grams); one pure silver (8 grams). ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City:

Framed mounted photograph taken by EA Sather of Dawson City, Alaska and Tacoma, Washington. Text at the bottom reads "The Miners Cradle. Berry ...

Rare. Late stage Yukon Gold Rush. Missing back cover. Issued by the Geological Survey, Ottawa, Canada, 1913. Guide Book No. 10. 179pp. with photos and

Mining related art printed on a newspaper, June 8th, 1878. Frame is in good condition with minor dents dotting an inch-long length of the left and rig

1903 Mining Prospectus for a Mexican mine "Playa de Oro". 9pp, toning Mexico ^ Date: Country (if not USA): Mexico State: City: Pr...

Alaska Juneau and Alaska Gastineau Records. Small file folder c. 1914-44 perhaps 10 sheets. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Alaska City:

A collection of five books on the Alaska mining industry, dating from the 1890s to the 1910s. Three books are reports on the U.S. Geological Survey by

Unknown Arizona mining location. Two photos matted and framed. Left shows three miners sticking up out of a pit. Right photo shows a small camp with t

Macaulay Foundry cast iron ingot, c1996. Disc shaped ingot commemorates the Berkeley, Calif., company's centennial, 1896-1996. Approximate 3&quo...

This document from the Densmore Consolidated Gold Mine Co. of California, has two ingots listed; one at 147 oz. the other at 150 oz. of gold. Finenes

Important collection! If you have ever driven from Reno to San Francisco, you passed right by this place. 1) American Scenery Stereoview #749 Hydrauli

Lot of 2 different. The first is a 4.5 x 7.75" photo (9 x 11" mount) by L. Reinhard showing a group of eight miners at the mine location, ...

Fabulous 60"w x 32"h linen map by WS Graham shows company holdings that include the Ohio, Back Action, Harrison & Gold Blossom Claims,...

El Dorado Placer Mining Co. Equipment Plans on linen. a group of about six original black ink on linen plans for large scale equipment, probably a dre

Post Offices and Postmasters of Inyo County, California 1866-1966 by Robert Palazzo, 52 pages. New condition. California Journal of Mines and Geology

Daily Exchange Stock Assessment Directory 1878 (2). Two very rare assessment directories about 24 x 19 inches with damage. These important assessment

These are three assays from Thomas Price of San Francisco dated 1879, 1883, and 1889. Thomas Price ingots are extremely rare: about four silver ingot

This pp.45 booklet offered by the John Taylor & Co. includes the tables for silver assay values. It is listed at their new (1894) Mission St. ad...

This receipt written by P.L.Parker for bullion deposited at the San Francisco Assaying and Refining Works on Jan. 7, 1867. Deposit #3874 for 27.03 oz.

File from Knight Foundry in Sutter Creek. Brochures, The Knight Club 2002 Noon Whistle with dupes, News letters, historical pamphlet etc. See photo. ^

This is a custom-made "Jimmy Sierra Trophy" won by the "Nugget Ace" (who we've sold so many gold nuggets from in 2025). This...

10th Annual Report State Mineralogist 1890 983 pages. Indexed. Missing back cover. Key reference for California Mines. ^ Date: Country (if n

Lot of 11. Nice group! Includes: 1875 Milton Mining & Water Co. billhead, French Corral, Nevada County, CA, for blasting contract; Pony Assay Of...

Fred notes that this is a key reference as mining was down in this time period due to inflation and the cap on gold and silver. Much was done for the