Best of The West - February 2014

1865 No. 3727 Stock certificate. Incorporated June 27, 1860. Issued to R. Morganstern, Trustee for 20 shares in 1865. Signed by Thomas Bell President

c1919 This is a lot that contains a big selection of mining stock from our neighbors to the south, Mexico. Some of the many mines represented in the

1871 An Expense Report for $59.60, for such items as "1 bbl whiskey, 1 net oysters, 8 balls tea, 1 bolt silk," and so on. This is address...

c1876 Lot of 8: reports from the various mills in the Pacific Mill & Mining Company`s arsenal. These reports indicate production accounting fro...

c1877 Lot of 4: 2 Expense Vouchers, 1 invoice from Union Iron Works to Tyrrell & Reese (for the Rhode Island Mill), and 1 Pay Roll Ledger for t...

c1877 Lot of 13: various vouchers, expense reports and billings from numerous suppliers. There is 1 report from the Morgan Mill to the Omega Mill for

c1874 Lot of 5: payrolls from the various mills on the Pacific Mill & Mining Company. These reports indicate payroll accounting from the Trench...

1860 Unusual and rare document. This hand-written and signed Deed dictates the sale of "10` in the Sucker Company`s Claims, Gold Hill Mining D...

c1864 Lot of 25 early telegrams about the acquisition of the Savage, Gould & Curry mines, etc., by William Lent and Robert Morrow, two powerful...

c1871 This is a large collection of Virginia City's newspaper, The Territorial Enterprise. The issues are from January 1, 1871. The count of sh...