"Fred Holabird's Grand Finale": Mining, Americana, & Numismatics Live Auction (2025 October)

Published under the direction of Edward H. Benjamin, secretary, for the California Meeting of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, San Francisc

Group of 6 volumes of the "California Miners' Association Annual", books documenting the minutes of the California Miners' Associa...

Edited by William J. Tenney aided by Stephen P. Leeds, Geologist and Chemist. May & June 1855. Over 100pp. Includes articles about the Canadian ...

Eldorado Adventures In The Path of An Empire, By Hayward Taylor. 1850 Vol 1, 2nd Ed., 251 pages. Four plates : San Francisco 1848, Monterey, The Volca

Recollections of California Mining Life, Henry DeGroot, 1884. Primitive Placers and First Important Discovery of Gold. The Pioneers of the Pioneers, T

Group of 4 annual reports of the California State Mineralogist, published by the California State Mining Bureau, published 1885 to 1894. Reports inclu

Five key mining references from the Fred Holabird Collection. Includes: 1) California Journal of Mines and Geology Vol 49 Nos. 1 & 2, San Bern...

Lot of 2 different. 1) Joshua Hendy Machine Works, San Francisco, 1900. Illustrated Catalogue. Missing front cover. 72pp. Illustrations include hydrau

Over 35 items. Affidavits of Publication, Attorney letters of contracts, equipment. Registered mail receipts, headframe blueprints for Bunker Hill

Lapel pin, 1 1/2". Crossed shovels over wreath with Calif. bear between shovel heads. "'94" is on the shovel heads. "49&qu...

These are gold country trading cards printed in the 1880's depicting mining life in California. Several are printed by the Donaldson Bros. and n...

Lot of 16.. 12x15" framed poster "Survey's and Assay's L.B. Spencer & Co. Mina, Nevada". Nine mine maps I.E.; Rainbow E...

Geology of the Aspen dist. of Colorado by Spur. excellent condition 30 sheets. rarely found in this condition. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State

Geology of the Aspen dist. of Colorado by Spur. excellent condition 30 sheets. rarely found in this condition. Aspen was an important mining district

Ichabod Rowe and Norris West have located 1400 feet on the Tecumseh Lode situated in the Lower Union Mining District, about 400 feet north of the disc

A booklet listing the bylaws of the Federal Union Gold Mining Company of Clear Creek County, Colorado, dated 1866. 11 pages, printed by the Franklin J

Catalogue No. 3 for this Denver based company. 1906. 48pp. with some illustrations, description of what sets their product apart (with their Hug bucke

Pair of Mining reference books, both aligned to minerals and mining west of the Rockies. Book one is titled "Mineral Resources West of the Rock...

Hardcover Book, complete with maps, tables, illustrations, fold-out vellum maps, and a multi-pronged approach to the State of Colorado. There is a tri

A nearly pristine copy! Colorado Directory of Mines. Thomas Corbett. 440pp. Rare directory of mines in Colorado containing a description of the mines

Gold rush pioneer's guidebooks for traveling, including a packing list, terrain descriptions, game of the area, distances from camp to camp, ge...

Colorado Mining Town Books by R. L. Brown (5) #1. 1) "Ghost Towns of the Colorado Rockies". Published by Caxton Printers, 1973. Illus....

More Colorado Mining Books (3) #3. 1) "Rocky Mountain Boom Town", a History of Durango, by Duane A. Smith, published by University of ...

Lot of 32. All but 1 are real photo. Includes photos of mines, mills, and buildings/landmarks in Colorado mining towns: Aspen, Central City, Cripple C

Lot of 28. No duplicates. Mine, mill, and town views. Includes 4 real photo postcards, rest are early sepia or B&W cards. A choice collection! I...

Promotional deck of playing cards with a miner vignette on one side and scenes of well-known Colorado places on the money side. There are a few UT mix

Lot of 2 choice views. 1) View of the Independence and Portland Mines in Cripple Creek. Photo by Mazterz Photo, CC. Mount is 7 x 10" Stratton&#...

Gold Deposits of Georgia, Bulletin No. 4-A, by Geological Survey of Georgia, 1896, 542 pages. Hardcover. Must have reference key for Georgia gold. Di

Idaho's Coeur d'Alene mining district postcards, group of 36. All are real photos. Good condition. Includes Burke (6), Kellogg (10), Mullan ...

RARE: "Sectional and Geological Map of Iowa", by N. H. Parker, with colored fold-out map, approximately 18 folds, measures about 46x16&quo...

Double-sided sheet with record of wages for mines, all dated March 15, 1856. Five entries each side. Blue paper, black print. 13 x 7.75" Listed...

Lot of 45 early printed color postcards; no RPPC. Includes 10 different underground views: setting charges, miners with ore cars at 1400, 200, and 300

One Montanan said this was Cable, Montana, but the consignor was unsure. This is still an unusual view of the back of mills, with several women posed

Seven different mounted photos, identified, showing the mine, workers, and auxiliary buildings for the Beatrice Mine. The Beatrice Mine was located 13

Original Josephine Copper Mining and Smelting Co. corporate seal, incorporated in Arizona in 1904. We've had stocks for this company over the ye...

Lot of 4. 1) EE Burlingame Assay Office receipt, Denver, Colorado, 1879. Unknown mine location. 2) East Helena Works, United Smelting & Refining...

Lot of 10. E.I. du Pont, De Nemours Powder Company of Helena, Montana and Denver, Colorado, including letterheads, covers, a brochure for Red Cross Lo

This is a lot of 4 mining booklets from Butte and Virginia City, Montana. These booklets contain insight into the Butte- Virginia Gold Mining Company

December 28th, 1861 deed between Wm. B. Forster of Marysville and James W. Nye of Carson City (governor) for 25 feet in the first Extension North on t

Various letters between Austin and San Francisco, hand-written and most dated. Mining interests in Nevada being courted by San Francisco merchants, ve

Rare Nevada mining location. Sept. 1861 deed between WB King and James Thompson of Carson County, NT for feet in the Rally Company, Rally Ledge, Perki

Lot of 2 different. 1) Official printed letterhead for deposit by the Savage Mine. Cashier Elrod is sending $10,000 by Wells Fargo stage to the Nevada

Original publication from Nevada State Mineralogist, dated 1866. The "Annual Report of the State Mineralogist of the State of Nevada for 1866&q...

Atlas to accompany the monograph on the geology of eureka NV by Hague 1883. 13 sheets edge chips. loose marbled cover. The Eureka District was one of

14.5 x 23" Surveyed July 1864 by N. Wescoatt, C.E. made to accompany Report of Dr. J.A. Neatch. By Oakley and Thomson Boston. Map all the minin...

Lot of 3. 1-2) Two rare checks for the Goldfield Mohawk Mining Company issued in 1907. One is signed by George Nixon. The other by George Wingfield. G

Lot of two Humboldt County, Nevada Territory, Mining Deeds, 1862-1864. 1) 1864 deed transfers three feet in the Sophia Butler Ledge of the Mary Ann Mi

Original desktop sealer for the Victorine at Kingston Nevada, in the Smoky Valley. This may be the single only district recorder seal for any Nevada m

Comstock Claim Map with Panorama 1876 framed overall 41" x 29" Paper mounted on cloth framed on back Herman Davis in pencil, he was a majo...

Group of 21 folded plates including maps, cross-sections, and detailed geological illustrations that comprised the Atlas to Accompany the Geology of t