Best of The West - February 2014

Includes contents, has had some stuff removed from the front of the photo, and has new stuff added. Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66266

with tools & artifacts shown. Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66282

Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66261

Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66288

with yellow paint & tracks Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66280

Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66274

Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66251

c1912 This is a blank stock certificate from the Atlas Powder Company. There are a few cuts in the document. Rare. - HKA#65697

c1900 Lot of 4: they are "Baldwin" carbide headlamps of either metal (1) or brass construction (3). The sizes vary only slightly, and the...

big bug sign missing. roll flat barbed wire added. Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66262

Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66284

Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66281

*please note this lot has been changed and now includes an ORE CAR AND SLUSHER BUCKET. Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66307

This is a great candlestick collection starter! The 3 sticks range in size from 9.5” to 11” in length. The sticks have some wear, and there is evidenc

c1880 A large binder containing advertisements and descriptions of all types of carbide lamps, along with a few articles, from many publications. Som

(hoist w/gears) Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66295

c1890 This is a pack saddle tree, used back in the early 1900s and is donkey size. There is very little leather left with the piece that is made from

Wall of signs only plus the small blacksmith forge Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66290

about 6' chain missing Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66273

Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66275

c1900 Hand-made wood & metal model of a typical refining operation. This realistic rendition measures 33.5"Lx12"Wx14.5"H. The re...

While “Gold Rush” may make many people think of gold pans, sluice boxes, and other methods of using water to separate rock from gold, water was unavai

hoist and headframe all included. Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66294

This is an unissued stock certificate from the Hercules Powder Company. The piece is in very fine condition. Rare. - HKA#65698

Geras, picks, artifacts Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66301

about 10' the shieve wheel is 4 feet in diameter Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66253

1890 Gorgeous antique microscope and wooden storage case. Includes 7 Bausch & Lomb objective lenses in 5 brass screw-top cases: 8mm 0.50, 16mm ...

Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66292

c1880 Lot of 3: Varney style sticks, 2 of which are stamped "Royal," and near identical. The third is a blacksmith stick, similar in size...

c1875 Large antique brass measuring reel tape with carrying handle, and winding handle with ratcheting locking mechanism. Measures 12" long, w...

Tractor is Cletrac. Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66259

includes artifacts in back (not front) Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66265

Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66252

windlass, chrysocolla, sign. includes 4 purple insulators. pond not included. Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66303

Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66283

includes hoist gears set Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66289

Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66286

ore car, shieve wheel and artifacts. Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66287

includes roll of barbed wire. Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66276

includes track & chrysocolla Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66254

no trucks, chrysocolla Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66257

Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66279

Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66278

building, 3 picks, pan. Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66247

Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66258

with rusty artifacts & barnwood Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66260

and tracks, appx 4 feet Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66249

Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66300

Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66293

Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66277

Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66263

and monitor nozzles Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66250

wagon wheel , fancy ore bucket, pick handle collection, stove parts Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66248

Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66264

Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#66256

HKA#66305

1919 This is a rare Justrite cast aluminum 6 hour. hand lamp with steel bail and hook with spiral feed, marked COPPER QUEEN on left side top with nic

c1900 This is a carbide mining lamp from the Copper Queen Mine in Cochise County, Arizona. There are some minor parts missing from this 6” tall sampl

1926 Lot of 3. 1) Rose Tool & Supply Company Catalog No. 5 from Pittsburg, PA. The cover indicates "Mill-Mine Machinists Contractors Tools...

c1878 Andrew Smith Hallidie is credited for introducing California to wire rope, thus changing mining and engineering forever. Hallidie was born in E

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 ...

Lot of 2: This is a lot of a brilliant wulfenite crystal formation, and a deep blue/ purple azurite crystals formation. Both of these pieces display u

Lot of 2: In the year 2011 the worlds finest discovery of cuprite octahedrons, in association with native copper and native silver, was made at the Ru

Lot of 3: 1.) Crystal and silver with crystallin and polybasite. A very unusual specimen with a rare asssociation from a little producing mine, some o

Lot of 3: 1.) A rich specimen consisting of quarter inch grains of bright native silver with 8" grains of polybasite scattered throughout the m...

Unique collection of high quality lab-created gem stones. Ther are 45 separate viles containing various faceted stones such as rubies, topaz, saphire,

1910 Lot of 5 German and English books. 1) THE WORLD’S MINERALS by Leonard J. Spencer. New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers. Little wear,

Lot of 2: spectacilar rose and pale white crystal formations. Many of the crystals measure over 2" long, and feature the classic multi-faceted ...

Measures 6.5 x 5.25 x .33. A very well defined breccia ore slab consisting of rich native silver grains to .25" embedded among host rock clasts...

Lot of eight different gold specimens from Round Mountain, Mojave, Weepah and other areas of Cal. and NV. - HKA#65934

“This lot consists of two California gold quartz slabs. One measures 1” x .5”, the other 1.5” x .75”. The total combined weight of both pieces is .40

This specimen weighs 8.69 troy oz. and is about 70% gold by weight. Measures: 3" x 1.25" x 2.5". Nice gold in quartz specimen profess...

This is a lot of 13 slabs of gold quartz of various shapes and sizes, from 0.5" to 3". It’s all California gold and there are flecks and v...

This collection includes 12 silver ore specimens from the Fred Willoughby Collection. Willoughby was the manager of the Midnight Mine at Aspen, which

A large-mass copper showing glacial striations, showing natural malachite-green patina, and illustrated vivid anthropomorphic form of a growling wolf`

c1965 Lot of three pieces: 1) Engraving copper sheet measuring 8 x 11” made from fire-refined ore. Taken from the White Pine Copper Mine, White Pine,

1959 A large chunk of native copper, crystalline with calcite and gray wall rock, measuring 12.5” in length and 5” at widest part. Crystals are gener

c1965 Another crystalline copper specimen. This one was also taken from the Nonesuch Formation at the White Pine Mine, Upper Peninsula of Michigan by

This is a lot of five ore specimens from Nye County. Included in this exceptional lot is a 2.56 troy oz. silver piece from the Bullfrog District. The

Lot of four gold specimens from Round Mountain - HKA#65893

c Native gold from Virfinia City in quartz bracia. - HKA#65895

Lot of seven gold specimens from The North Bonanza Mine on the Flowery Lode on the Comstock. - HKA#65935

Measures 3 x 3.5 x 3. The Zapot mine is located near Hawthorne and was mined by Harvey Gordon from the early 80s to the mid 90s. During that time he u

lot of 2. Two very rich, old time specimens showing many visable grains of gold and silver bearing minerals, in a brecciated matrix of chrysocolla, am

This lot consist of 33 paper pieces from the Central Express Co. , United States Express Co., American Merchants Union Express Co., American Express C

c1861 Large group of period insurance certificates and policies from different states, many with 1c, 2c, 5c, 10c and 25c revenue stamps. Some of the

c1860 Original engraved plate for producing masthead stock certificates for the Adams Express Company. This spectacular heavy plate measures 12.5&q...

A 17.5" x 13" blue and white enameled sign, with flange, to advertise: "American Express Co./ Money Orders/ Sold Here." Double-s...

c 8 Real photo postcards, 3 adv covers (1908), 5 misc postcards. Lynn Langdon Collection - HKA#65686

Lot of 36. Printed on parchment. Six revenue stamps each. Due 1918. 100 pounds each. Richard Evands & Co. Lynn Langdon Collection - HKA#65679

c1910 Lot of 24 advertising covers from the years 1910-1922. While 9 are from Edward Wagner of Wheeling, West Virginia, ther are 15 others, mostly fr