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CA - Randsburg,186_ -1898-1917 - Randsburg and Southern California Group

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
CA - Randsburg,186_ -1898-1917 - Randsburg and Southern California Group
Session D is a Mail-Bid Only Auction. Absentee bids will be accepted only. No live bidding will be allowed. All winners will be contacted after the auction. BIDDING ENDS MONDAY JUNE 27 AT 5PM PACIFIC TIME!!!
Includes: Two very rare Randsburg area billheads: 1) Bill of Sale from M. J. Colson Dr., Wholesale and Retail Dealer in All Kinds of Lumber, datelined Johannesburg, Kern County, Cal May 1st, 1899 to Yellow Aster M&M Co., (Well). Signed by Colson. ) 2) Bill of Payment datelined Randsburg, Cal., 6/30/1908. From Yellow Aster M. & M. Co. To C.H. Fry. "July 3, Received Payment, C.H. Fry" hand-written at bottom. 3) Bill of Payment datelined Randsburg, Cal., 6/30/1908. From Yellow Aster M & M. Co. To C.H. Fry. "July 3, Received Payment, C. H. Fry" handwritten at bottom 4) Business card from "Big Bear Lodge, Cabins," Big Bear Lake, Calif. H.G. Culberson and G.P. Hinchman, phone 2461. 5) Hancock Gold & Silver Mining Co., Silver Mountain. Incorporated in San Francisco, 1863. Gold and rush began about 1850. Originally a Scandinavian community known as Konigsburg, name changed to Silver Mountain c1862. 6) Letter from C.M. Crusoe to W.R. Hughes, datelined Hisperia, Feb 14, 1907. 7)Postal cover from the Red Mountain Mines Syndicate, Red Mountain, Calif. Initially named Osdick, later changed to Red Mountain, located in San Bernardino County. Found 32 miles south-southwest of Trona, in the Randsburg mining district, and Johannesburg, California. A post office opened in Osdick in 1922 and changed its name to Red Mountain in 1929. 8) Postal cover addressed from Beatty, NV, to Randsburg, postmarked Aug, 1928. 9) Bill of Payment from "Y A Mining" to A.W. Houser, Dr. Generak Blacksmithing, Shop on Staley Avenue." Datelined Randsburg, Cal., May , 1901. Two sets of notations written on reverse to Interstate Telegraph Co. 10)Two letters, each three pages in length, datelined Brawley, Calif., Mar. 27 and April 29, 1920. 11) Two letterheads from "F.O Schwedthelm & Jas. Mackie, Jr. Paint Contractors, Carriage House and Sign Painting, Tinting and Interior Decorating a Specialty," datelined Calexico, Cal., 191_. 12) Postal cover with Randsburg, CA postmark(no date visible). Letter dated November 20, 1917. 13) Letterhead from Tehachapi Board of Trade, Tehachapi, Kern Co. California. Dated June 24, 1915. 14) Payment slip to J.V. Larzalere, M.D., Dr. Datelined National City, with Escondido, Cal stamped over it, Sept. 10, 1898. 15) Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. Check no. 8608, datelined Randsburg, Cal. Nov. 30, 1903. Marked "PAID" with holepunch, great vignette of mine/mill with "YA M & M CO" noted on left edge. 16) Letter with "Business Office, Pomona College, Claremont, Cal." at upper left. Datelined Claremont, January 13, 1902. 17) White border RPC with caption of "Topoc and Santa Fe Railway Bridge Over Colorado River, Near Needles, Cal. 18) Business card, "Compliments of A.C. Rudolph, Fine Candies, Ice Cream and Ice Cream Soda, 466 Third St., San Bernardino, Cal. 19) RPC of "Ridge Route Elev. 4000," 1920, The Flag Studio, 26 East Colorado St. Pasadena, Calif. 20) White border RPC, colored, of the Santa Fe Station, Needles, Calif. 21) Waybill dated 11/3/1904 for Ludlow & Southern Ry. Co., datelined Camp Rochester, 11/4/1904. Built principally to haul gold ore the eight miles between the Bagdad Chase Mine and the town of Ludlow, where it was transferred to Santa Fe railcars [Ref: route66.com]. 22) Postal cover postmarked Oakland, Cal., and addressed to Shasta Cal. 23) "Idyllwild Dairy" bottle top liner. Colored, with pine tree symbol, from Idyllwild, California.