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

Lot of 4. Three are issued to Hiram Oyer, who had the exclusive contract to supply the Gould & Curry Mine with lumber. The last is issued to CW ...

Lot of 27. This group spans the mine's history from just 2 years after the Comstock was founded, thru the G&C bonanza period in the early 18...

Lot of 50 checks issued by the Gould & Curry, all to workers of the company's mill, all listed in the 1864 Collins directory (available onli...

Lot of 50 checks issued by the Gould & Curry, all to miners and workers of the company listed in the 1864 Collins directory (available online fo...

Rare. 1878 Nevada Bank of San Francisco (handwritten over Bank of California) check with RN-G imprinted revenue. Signed for James G. Fair by Patton. I

Lot of 4 different. Includes: 1876 to William Gill, RN-F imprinted revenue, signed by FF Osbiston as supt.; 1888 to Carson & Tahoe Wood & Lu...

Lot of 4 different. Includes: 1877 to Joint Shaft Chollar Norcross Savage Co., signed by Gillette, RN-G; 1876 to WB Hopkins, signed by Osbiston, RN-F

Gould & Curry check issued to Col. D.S. Turner for "Gold Hill & Va Dv M Co." Signed by Charles Strong as supt. Not endorsed. This ...

Lot of 2 different. 1) 1863 Wells Fargo, Empire Mill & Mining check to LB Frankel. Frankel is listed in Collins 1864 VC directory as a grocer. H...

Lot of 2 different territorial checks issued to the employee and proprietor of a daguerrean room (photo studio). 1864 Stateler & Arrington to Ro...

1865 Gould & Curry Mining check issued to Rev. HD Lathrop for $100. Signed by Louis Janin Jr. as supt. Signed on the back by Lathrop. US IR Stam...

Lot of 5 Gould & Curry checks. Four different superintendents: Bonner, Strong, Janin, and Batterman. Includes: 1864 Stateler & Arrington to ...

Lot of 3 different. Two Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company issued to Sunderland & Wood, 1871, with RN-C and orange Nevada adhesive revenue ...

Lot of 4 checks issued in 1864. All listed in Collins 1864 directory. All signed by Charles Bonner for the Gould & Curry Mine. All have the scar...

Lot of 7. Includes: 1864 Wells Fargo Empire Mine to AS Oslin (horse, carriages); 1865 Gould & Curry to Hanbridge & Pennison (plumbers); 1870...

Lot of 4 different. Includes: 1863 Stateler & Arrington to AB Thompson (who worked for the Sutro Tunnel and Hale & Norcross Mine); 1864 chec...

1) 1864 check issued to Willis Hunton for $60. Signed by Charles Strong. Hunton is listed in the 1864 Collins directory as a fireman for the Gould &...

Lot of 2 different. Both issued to men listed in the 1864 Collins directory as assayers for the Gould & Curry Mill: AW Oakley and Oliver Hawes. ...

Fantastic group of 18 checks issued to the assay employees of the Gould & Curry Mill in 1864. This mill was built at considerable cost in 1862 a...

Lot of 8, two each of 4 types. All are Gould & Curry. Includes: 1870 and 1872 with rare RN-B17b, signed by CC Batterman; two 1871 checks with ra...

Lot of 39. Includes: 25 Stateler & Arrington territorial checks issued for the Gould & Curry Mine in 1864, signed by Charles Bonner; 1864 We...

Lot of 3 different Gould & Curry checks on three different bank checks. Includes: Stateler & Arrington (1864) signed by Charles Bonner; Well...

Lot of 20 Bank of California checks for the Gould & Curry signed by Louis Janin as supt. All have a US IR stamp. Janin was a prominent mining en...

Lot of 30, ten each of 3 types. 1-10) Ten Bank of California 1870 checks with RN-B and printed green NV stamp, signed by CC Batterman as superintenden

Lot of 30 Bank of California Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company checks issued in 1869. These have RN-B imprinted revenue with green NV stamps p...

Lot of 50 Bank of California Gould & Curry checks, all with RN-C plus 2 cent orange Nevada adhesive revenue stamps. 17 have tied cancels on that...

Lot of 30, 10 for 3 different types. 1-10) Ten Bank of California 1865 checks signed by Louis Janin as supt. All have US IR stamps. 11-20) Ten Bank of

Lot of 2 different. Both are issued to Peter Savage, a miner for the Gould & Curry. Both have rare imprinted revenues. 1870 with RN-B17b and 187...

Lot of 39. Nice variety! Five mining superintendents. Includes: 25 Stateler & Arrington territorial checks, 1863-64, issued by the Gould & C...

Lot of 10 checks issued in 1871 and signed by CC Batterman as supt. These checks have RN-C imprinted revenue plus orange Nevada adhesive stamps (most

Lot of 10, issued 1865-1866. These are the green Bank of California checks that list WC Ralston as treasurer. Four are signed by Charles Bonner (1865)

Lot of 50 green style Bank of California checks issued by the Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company in 1866. Signed by Louis Janin as superintende...

Lot of 15 issued checks. 5 each of 3 different styles, 3 different superintendents. Great group for resale! Includes: five 1865 checks signed by Louis

Lot of 12: three different styles of check for this famous mine. Includes 1) Five 1866 checks with NV and US IR adhesive stamps signed by Louis Janin

Lot of 8 different. Excellent little collection! Includes four different territorial checks. Group has: super early 1861 Wells Fargo signed by Strong;

Lot of 13 different including territorial checks and rare RNs. Includes: 1861 Wells Fargo signed by Charles Strong, Gould & Curry; 1862 Stateler...

Lot of 11. Nice starter group to get your VC check collection going. Includes: 1864 Wells Fargo territorial check signed by Charles Bonner for the Gou

Lot of 50 Stateler & Arrington checks issued in 1864 by Charles Bonner for the Gould & Curry Mine. Bonner had taken over for Charles Strong ...

Lot of 50 Stateler & Arrington checks issued by the Gould & Curry Mine, likely to mine or mill workers (these were not listed in Collins dir...

Lot of 100 Stateler & Arrington checks issued in 1863-64 by the Gould & Curry Mine, likely to pay mill or mine workers. Signed by either Cha...

Prospectus for the Walker Lake Copper Mining & Smelting Company and the Thorne Copper Mining & Reduction Company. Lists production at the en...

Very rare! Certificate of incorporation for this company whose office was based in Virginia City, but its mining properties were in the Steamboat Mini

Report to stockholders of Savage hale & Norcross, Chollar and Potosi on the Comstock 1916.2 foldout maps with depths and a section of Hale &...

Lot of 20. Includes: 1956 report on Three Kids Manganese Deposit, Clark County; 1947 report of investigations of Sultan Zinc-Lead Mine, Clark County;

1877 Sutro Tunnel indenture. 1900 Gladiator Gold Mining & Milling indenture. 1882 Mountain Buck Mine, Eureka, NV indenture. 1880 indenture invol...

Black Hills Mines prospectus booklet from the Deadwood-Colorado Investment Company, of Deadwood S.D. This booklet illuminates "Pointers" f...

Report of the Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Session of The American Mining Congress held at Deadwood and Lead, South Dakota (site of the Homestake M

Group of approx. 6 specimens of the Poorman Formation at the surface at the Homestake Mine. These specimens were all collected by Shaddrick to illustr

Two specimens from two different lead-zinc mines from the Mississippi Valley, Tri-State. One is from Elmwood, TN, and the other is from the Young Mine

1975 reprint by Yale University Library of an 1868 work by EH Saltiel and George Barnett. #63 of 400 copies. 113pp. Hardcover. Excellent condition. Bu