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

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...