Best of The West - February 2014

These are 2 great high grader sticks from the Trinity-Klamath region on California. The first is a fancy model and has similar characteristics of a C.

This elegant folding stick is nickel-plated steel, and has "The Aetna Powder Co. Chicago" stamped on the thimble. The hook and thimble rot...

c1867 This is a stock certificate issued by the New York & Austin Silver Mining Company. It is issued to Clement Parsons for 43 shares. Rare. ...

c1890 Very rare carbide lamp from the Dewar Mfg. in New York. The top of the lamp reads "Dew-R-Lite," adjacent to the fuel cap and hangin...

This stick measures 7.5” long and has a patent date of June 17, 1890. This stick was made by Louis H. Sholder, and was patent #430,488. This stick fea

c1887 Ore car without base, 4 purple insulators, "Chute Closed" sign and miscellaneous artifacts. Located at the large boulder "mine ...

Camp Bird Mine gold and silver ore is extremely rare and almost unheard of. The few pieces known were recovered in the front of the mine by a metal de

This is an excellent specimen displaying unsusually complete fusion crust from the largest meteor impact to hit the earth in 100 years. The meteorite

c1908 Lot of 2. Both printed in their respective foreign languages, hard-cover, illustrated. 1) from the Czech Republic by Karel Kopecky, titled MALY

Lot of 3: 1.) Attractive Silver Leaf 1.5" tall complex crystal silver leaf with acanthite from the Capital Mine measures 1.5" x 1" x ...