"Fall Frontier Fortunes" Numismatics & Americana Timed Auction (2025 September)

c. 1910s-40s Canyon Mines in Baxter, CA ephemera including 2 lode claims, 2 daily mill reports, letterheads etc. Original photos-2x 8x10". 6x 5...

Lot of 4. Three are Bullion & Exchange Bank receipts for sales of Bodie mining stocks, 1883-91, for the Bodie, Bodie Consolidated, and Bulwer Mi...

Geology and Ore Deposits of the Bodie Mining District, Mono County, California. Bulletin 206. California Division of Mines and Geology. Chesterman, Ch

Cerro Gordo mine specimen, nice Smithsonite , zinc ore sample. From the Inyo mountains of Calif. Mine operated from 1860-1957. 3 x 2.25" ^ Da...

1853 Corlis Andrews, Gold Rush, lumber receipt letterhead for lots of wood! What were there building? Maybe sluice boxes or houses? Wrinkles and light

Lot of 5 different framed Grass Valley mining photographs. It is unclear if any are reproductions. 1) Photo showing 14 miners of the Idaho Maryland Mi

Lot of 2 different. 1) Framed cabinet card by Taber (SF) of Glasson, who was part of the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad, the Coleman Clothing Sto

A dozen receipts of bullion deposits from the Manhattan Mine in Knoxville, California. Owned by San Francisco businessman, R.B. Knox. it was involved

New Standard Concentrator and the Dimmick Tangential Sizing Launder, purports Up-to-Date Concentration, Clean Separation and Perfect Stratification. A

Framed sketches and photos showing a miner's life Nevada County, California. Frames measure from 12"x 14" down to 8"x 10". ...

Lot of 3 different showing miners. 1) Mounted photograph labelled "Mining Blue Canyon, Cal" on bottom in pencil. Shows 25 or so miners on ...

A large (over 2' wide) framed antique photograph, likely a reproduction, depicting an unidentified mine in Nevada County on a hill slope. The lo...

Western Federation of Miners. Booklet is 27pp. Rare, but heavily damaged (pieces missing, heavy stains). 3.25 x 5.75" Citizens Print Shop, LA. ...

224pp. General offices at Oakland, California. No date or catalog number. Perhaps 1940s or 50s. Company owned 1300 acres near Fontana, California and

American Smelting & Refining Company / Selby Smelting Works San Francisco. Catalog No. 25. 1925. "This book is published to aid mainly buye...

This is a very interesting catalog by Mining and Scientific Press on their technical publications. Undated but mentions that the Mining Magazine estab

Lot of 2 different. 1) Stockton Iron Works, Dredge Manufacturers. Catalog No. 13A. 1913. 92pp. with many B&W photos of dredges and testimonials....

Lot of 2 different. 1) Gold Dredging in California. California State Mining Bureau. Lewis E. Aubury, State Mineralogist. 1910. With fold-out relief ma

Rare 1918 catalog No. 12. Manufacturers and Contractors of Cyanide Plant Equipment, Mining Mill Supplies, & Wood Pipe. Factories in Oakland and ...

This is a custom-made "Jimmy Sierra Trophy" won by the "Nugget Ace" (who we've sold so many gold nuggets from in 2025). This...

Fred notes that this is a key reference as mining was down in this time period due to inflation and the cap on gold and silver. Much was done for the

A reprint copy of 'The Emigrant's Guide to the Gold Mines' by Henry I. Simpson, an 1848 book on the California Gold Rush. This copy was ...

Promotional brochure and document for the Smuggler Mining Company, 1926 (discusses assay results from fall 1925). Has photos of the mine property, his

A framed ad mounted advertising piece from Hendrie & Bolthoff MFG & Supply Company. It measures 14"x 38" and has a small damage ...

Lot of 18. Includes seven real photo postcards and 11 early printed cards, 8 in color. Views include: miners working a stope, using drills at Cripple

Lot of 23 early printed postcards; no RPPCs. Birds-eye views of mines, mills, and mining towns. Includes: Silver Plume, Leadville (multiple), Silverto

Private publication, inscribed by the author to Noel Kirshenbaum in 2014. This was reprinted from the California Historical Society Quarterly, Volume

Idaho's Coeur d'Alene mining district postcards, group of 26. Good condition. Includes Burke (7), Kellogg (4), Mullan (3), Wallace (9), Othe...

126g. About 3" long. Comes with brochure for Bunker Hill Smelter, a famous silver lead mining company. Kirshenbaum collected this ingot becaus...

This is a fantastic view of the destroyed Bunker and Sullivan Mill, "wrecked by two tons of dynamite, April 29, 1899, Wardner, Idaho." Tex...

No. 197 issued in 1872 to M. Herman for $50. Signed by the supt. RN-C imprinted revenue. The Owyhee Mining Company (previously the New York Gold and S

Lot of 4. 1) Little Eight Mile Mining Dist., Lemhi Co., Idaho, 1930. 20 x 14" 2) Mullan & Vicinity, Shoshone Co., Idaho, 1939. 7.5 minute s...

c. 1900 Homestake MC of Thunder Mt. prospectus. 1902 Thunder Mt. Gold District map. Fabulous Coeur d'Alene Mining District by Ojala 1972. 1926 C...

A copy of "Economic Appraisal & Evaluation of the Thorium Deposits in the Lemhi Pass Area of Idaho and Montana", a booklet published c...

Rare assay report from MIT for A(lexander) Agassiz, son of famous 19th century geologist Louis Agassiz. This assay was for a sample of gravel weighing

Lot of 13. Includes: 1874 Iron Cliffs Company pictorial check; three different stereoviews of copper ingots; five different postcards incl. one RPPC;

7 c. 1961 Anaconda Copper equipment mechanical drawings. 4x Copper concentrator, 2x Vacseal pump. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Montana C

Rare! Established in 1862. Here are two assay reports about values of a 13.31-ounce gold bar and a 90.99-ounce gold bar. Both were supplied by J. C. R

2 2x4" Helena brass plaques. Caird Engineering Works and Kroll Electric Amalgamator. Nice condition. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: ...

1871 Placer gold claim plat in Kelly's mining district. Hand drawn on cloth. Scale 20 chains to 1". Upper water stains with some red ink bl...

Deposited on Sept. 20th, 1875 by the Kountze Bros. on behalf of Henry Elling (Virginia City, Montana banker). Description of bullion lists "Mon...

1915 Svenska Tribune and 1915 Germania, both sent to miners at Southern Cross Mine near Deer Creek, MT. Envelopes shows mine address. Folded. ^ Date:

A group of documents pertaining to several mines in the Madison County region of Montana. There are several Annual Representation documents, as well

This item is a pamphlet by Eugene Stebinger titled "The Montana Group of Northwestern Montana," which was published in Professional Paper ...

Blue print maps-2x Speculator plus 1 unidentified, near Butte-several tears and stains,1925 small Lamonta, Poser Shaft, drill bit extractor and top s

2x 1930 Butte checks, Old Settlers 11th annual reunion ribbon, 2x Gallatin Valley Milling price lists, 2x East Pacific Mining reports, MacDonald'...

Lot of about 30 billheads issued in 1868. Some are ore assay result billheads. All list Allen A. Curtis as agent. In 1865, the Manhattan Silver Mining

Lot of 3 different. 1868 issued to David Lundbom, assayer. 1868 issued to BF Sanborn, sheriff. And 1869 to John B. Jones. ^ Date: 1868-69 Country (if

Lot of 5 checks issued 1872-1879. Four have RN-D imprinted revenue, one has RN-G. All signed by Allen A. Curtis as agent. To be drawn on Paxton &...

Two page letter on company letterheads, 1907, to William Weaver in Los Angeles. Message is from Daniel W. Raymond, who discusses the sale of four mini

Plate on the inside cover signed by Shamberger. Also signed on the title page. From a bound set of 10 volumes, of which only 70 sets were produced. 19

Major mine in Ely. This prospectus includes a typed letter from mining brokers in Chicago, 1910. 7pp. with mining maps and descriptions. Property is a

Steptoe Valley Smelter / (view of smelter buildings) / Ely, Nevada. Reverse only has a maker's mark: "Jos. Mayer & Bros. / Makers / Sea...

Six inch x 4 x 1.5" specimen of banded iron-oxidation along fracture surfaces, commonly called picture rock. Dave Shaddrick picked this up whil...

Bank of California certificate of deposit for Robert Presho for $490. Signed by WH Blauvelt for the bank. Green 5 cent Nevada adhesive stamp attached

Lot of 4. 1) Yellow Jacket Silver Mining Company check, 1893, to paint dealer Joseph Fredericks. Signed by Blauvelt and Eckley. The Yellow Jacket Mine

Lot of 11; all but one are real photo. 1) Gold Hill: 9 postcards, 8 RPPC. Includes: Comstock Mill; pump machinery at New Yellow Jacket Mill; two diffe

Lot of 3. Includes: Gold Hill Assay Office, 1891, bullion deposited by the Justice Mine; and two Bank of California deposit slips, 1869 & 1870, ...

De Witt Clinton Commandery No. 1, Virginia. Wm. S. James. Gold Hill, Nev. James ran the Gold Hill Assay Office. The Gold Hill Assay office was founded

Lot of 30+ items. March 20, 1907 newspaper, Goldfield Daily Tribune, with article about Teddy Roosevelt; 12 maps of claims from the Patrick Investment

Lot of 28. Includes 8 real photo postcards and the rest are early printed cards (incl. amber). Views include: Goldfield Hotel, Consolidated Mill, Gold

Lot of 9 different. From an unknown publication. Published by Clark Eng. & Ptg. Co., Milwaukee. Printed photos are 4.5 x 6.5" on 8 x 10&quo...

Extra Rare! Unused. Photograph pictorial of sacks of ore being loaded for shipment from the Sunrise Mine. Part of Interstate Consolidated Mines Compan

Letterheads from Lander county mine camps. 5x 1895-86 Reese River letters for supplies and 1902 Spencer request for supplies from Mary Spencer. ^ Da

Printing plate, probably for company letterhead. 1.5 x 6.75" Lists Tonopah on the plate, likely their main office. Mine at Manhattan, Manhattan...

Handwritten letter from one Charles G. Aldridge of Schurz, Nevada to M.H. Poehlman, requesting help in securing a grubstake of $500 from George Wingfi

Very rare! Cover sent to J. Strachan, supt. of the TMB Co. (Teel's Marsh Borax Company) via Belleville. 1889 Candelaria cancel. No contents. The...

Approximately 100 blank checks from Tonopah Fraction Mining Company, in perforated sheets. Each check measures 9.5"x3.3". In good conditio...

Tonopah mining district maps, modern reprints. This once bustling mining town is now largely defunct, serving mainly as a current day historical site.

Lot of 9. Includes: Virginia & Truckee Railroad Pay Roll, 1899; Central Pacific Railroad Company, 1877, Browns Station, A. Kleupfer; Gould &...

Lot of 3. 1) RPPC of the Sutro Tunnel entrance, c.1880s. 2) Savage Mine paycheck, 1866, Virginia City Nevada. Charles Bonner, supt. 3) Nevada Centenni

Lot of 12. 1883-1891. Sales of stock for nearly all of the key Comstock mines incl. Con. Imperial, Chollar, Yellow Jacket, Overman, Gould & Curr...

Lot of 2 different. 1) Memorandum of Bullion from the Savage Mining Co. Assayed at the Gould & Curry Assay Office, 1867. Deposits from four mill...

Rare. Shows nearly 60 miners working the week of June 8, 1888, plus numerous other workers. Talks about work on the El Dorado Level and Drain Tunnel L

Rare. 1866 assessment receipt for CF Nolte on behalf of DM Geiger for $50 on 50 shares of stock. Signed by secretary AB Elliott. Orange NV adhesive st

Scarce receipt for this short-lived express company. 1869 shipment of 5 packages from James G. Fair, as supt of the Hale & Norcross Mining Compa...

Rarer than the Gould & Curry receipts. Oct. 1866 shipment of 9 bars of silver bullion from Virginia City to the Savage Mining company office in ...

Lot of 9. Includes: Sutro Tunnel Co. letterhead, 1870s, unused; 1870s unused receipt; 1870s partial cross-section; and six copies of a rare 1869 newsp

Rare unused stationery for the Sutro Tunnel Company. Dateline Sutro, Lyon Co., Nevada, 187-. 8.5 x 5.5" Folds, toning. The Sutro Tunnel, comple...

Lot of 2 different. 1) Assay Office of Van Wyck & Co. receipt for a deposit of 3,500 ounces of bullion from the Savage Mine, Bassett Mill (locat...

Lot of 30. Some duplication. Many pictorial. One Gold Hill, the rest are Virginia City. 1860s-90s. This is a great group! Includes: Gillig, Mott &am...

Lot of 19. Includes: Savage Mine 1868 paycheck and sheet of two unused; 1876 court document for case between RB Breashears and PF Kelly, mentions the

This is a partial cover (most of back missing) addressed from the Bank of California in San Francisco to Stateler & Arrington, Bankers, Virginia...

Lot of 10 different. This is a fantastic collection! The Bank of California Virginia City branch opened in September 1864 with William Sharon installe

Rare unused (as is normal for these) check for the Young America Engine Co. No. 2, dateline Virginia, Nev. 187- with vignette of horse-drawn fire wago

Lot of 2 different. Mackay and Fair were half of the "Bonanza King" Firm along with Flood and O'Brien, who worked mostly out of San Fr...

This is a rarer Mackay autograph. 1876 check issued to Mackay, signed by him as supt. Endorsed by Taylor on the reverse. RN-G. The Best & Belche...

Lot of 2. Both are Bank of California with RN-G. 1) 1874 check issued to the Virginia & Truckee Railroad, signed by "Bonanza King" Jam...

Lot of 10 Wells Fargo territorial checks issued in 1864 by the Empire Mill & Mining Company, signed by RN Graves as supt. All have a US IR stamp...

Lot of 4 Wells Faro & Co. territorial checks issued by the Empire Mine in Gold Hill to Comstock merchants. All signed by RN Graves as supt. Merc...

Lot of 5 Wells Fargo checks issued in 1863 by the Empire Mill & Mining Company. All signed by RN Graves as superintendent. Each has a US IR stam...

Lot of 4: two each for two mines, incl. a territorial for each. 1-2) Empire Mill and Mining Company. 1864 Wells Fargo issued to J. Wilson, signed by R

The most sought-after Comstock autograph. Bank of California check with green print, RN-B imprinted revenue (center) and green 2 cent NV stamp in bord

Lot of 3 different. 1) Best is an 1874 check signed by Bonanza King James G. Fair, and issued to the Con. Virginia Mining Company, which was under Fai

Lot of 5. These are the second generation Wells Fargo 1861 checks with green print. Earliest are the blue version. This group of five was issued by Ch

Stateler & Arrington territorial check issued by the Gould & Curry Mine to A. Hanak, who at this time was listed as a baker, but would event...

A rare find in the Comstock check archive we have been processing. This 1872 Gould & Curry check is issued to "M. Ming" for $35. Signe...

Lot of 5 Stateler & Arrington issued in 1864 for the Gould & Curry. People include: David Bowie (G&C supt.); AB Thompson (assoc. with Ha...

1871 Gould & Curry Silver Mining Co. check issued to TD Parkinson for $100. Signed by CC Batterman as supt. Signed on the back by Parkinson. RN-...

Lot of 3 Gould & Curry checks issued in 1866 and signed by Louis Janin as supt. Two are to OHP Culbertson and one to John Tailleur. Culbertson w...