December 2018 Auction- A Sale to "Die" for.

The most intriguing thing about this certificate is the dateline: Nevada. We believe it is an unusual Nevada City dateline for an early Nevada stock!

This is a WOW cert with both the good and the bad. The good is the vignette. It is entitled, "Discovery Tunnel of the Phila. Sil. Min. Co. of N...

#37 for 10 shares to C Haas. Numbers 779 to 788 (very European). Signed by president and secretary. Dateline Aurora 1863. Incorporated April 4, 1863.

# 39 for 10 shares to C Hackle(?). Signed by JH Livermore (?) and Samuel Young(?) Dateline Aurora 1863. Incorporated April 6, 1863. Located in the Esm

One of the earliest of all Aurora stocks, issued july 15, 1861 to Issac Kirkpatrick for 5 shares on cert 88 signed by Alex Gamble as president. i/uc.

Early number 14 for 50 shares to JG Knapp. Signed by AG French and president John H Hill. Endorsed on back. Dateline 1863 San Francisco. Incorporated

Location: Last Chance Hill, Aurora, Mono County. Early certificate No. 21 for 6 shares, issued to R. G. Surdam on April 23, 1863. Signed by Secretary

# 58 for 10 shares to William Morton. Signed by Thomas Letson(?) and president Zenas Wheeler. Dateline San Francisco 1864. Incorporated May 14, 1863.

VERY EARLY # 6 for 5 shares to A Steiner. Signed by MM Gaige and president N Steiner. Dateline Aurora, Esmeralda 1863. Incorporated February 28, 1863.

# 132 for 50 shares to William Feast.Signed by William Tyler and D Statz. Dateline 1864 Aurora. Incorporated December 22, 1862. Location Esmeralda Dis

Lot of 4. Included: 1) Hider Nevada Copper Company (Lander County). No. 61, issued for 3,000 shares in 1907. Punch cancelled. Three mining vignettes.

On the next page is an early 1867 assay receipt from the assay office of D. Lundbom dated July 22, 1867. This is the assay receipt from a submitted pu

This document illustrates how intertwined all of the various businesses of the period were with mining. Fairchild, the publisher of this assay receipt

This is stock CERTIFICATE #1. Very, Very rare cert. Number 1 makes it unique! For 1,770 shares to OP James. Signed by George Lear and OP James as pres

# 56 for 350 shares to OP James. Signed by George Lear and OP James as president. Dateline Doylestown, Bucks Co. August 10, 1867. Vignette of undergro

# 111 for 66 shares to Charles Watkins. SIgned by SC Galla--- and president William H Strong. Dateline San Francisco Oct. 15, 1863. Incorporated May 8

Lot of 4 different. 1) Four Aces Mining Company. Mines located at Bullfrog Mining District, Nevada. Issued in 1906 for 1,00 shares. Great vignette of

Cert. #3115 issued for 100 shares to Harry Cram in 1906. Signed by E. Mead and D. Perry. Mines located at Bullfrog, Nevada printed at the top. Incorpo

Number 419 for 1000 shares to Peter Neeson in 1906. Signed by JT Holmshaw and Nescool(?). Two heavy folds and slight bend on bottom right corner. Pri

1) Montgomery Shoshone Consolidated. Number 946 for 200 shares to George A Black in 1906. Signed by secretary (?) and 2nd vice president McDonald. Cou