Holiday Treasures Auction- December 2019

I/U #55 Byron Diman 5 shares 1820. We could not find much info on this early insurer. Established in 1648 probably in Bristol England. Signed by Presi

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Four choice large specimens of crystalline borate minerals from Death Valley. These were on display in Mining Engineer John Heizer's Lovelock Ne...

2 x 3" x 1/4" thick. Leaf and crystalline gold in quartz. The gold is not only seen on the surface of tis specimen, but occurs throughout...

beautiful well formed crystalline gold typical of the Eagle's Nest gold specimens. nice white quartz martix, 2 x 2 x 1.5" with gold wire an...

This is a nice specimen of native copper crystals growing on a base of the rock in which it was discovered. The dendritic crystals are approximately 1

Massive native copper specimen weighing in at 155 grams, approx. 4 x 2 x 1-1/2 inches in size, attributed to the Ojibway Mine between Mohawk and Phoen

Large, mounted specimen of red-orange realgar and yellowish orpiment, both arsenic sulfide minerals but with different crystal structures. The paper l

Four specimens from the Pershing Quicksilver Mine in the Antelope Springs District east of Lovelock, Nevada, approx 45 x 35 mm to 65 x 45 mm. Each pie

Four separate specimens of mercury ore from the Pershing Quicksilver Mine east of Lovelock, Nevada, each approximately 30 x 30 mm, and each with deep

Dyplomystus Fossil Fish from the Eocene epoch Green River Formation in southwest Wyoming. Slab is 23 x 20 inches and about 3/4 inch thick. The fish fo

This is a delightful display specimen of midnight-blue azurite crystals growing on a heavily oxidized breccia substrate. These sparkling blue crystals

10.3 g cut sample with polished face, possibly Goldfield, Nevada. Very high grade native gold. about 1" diameter. State: City: Date:

A beautiful display piece of massive druzy quartz on copper oxide ore bearing the beautiful green and blue shadings of malachite, azurite, and chrysoc

Nice group of six semi-precious stones from the John Heizer estate, Nevada Mining Engineer. Beautiful jade sample with 2 cut, polished edges; two eu

Gold nugget from the Atlin District, right over the border in Yukon from Skagway. Nugget weighs that magic mathematical number, "Pi". 3.1...

4.51 troy ounce gold nugget from the Atlin mining district, just east of Skagway in Yukon. measures about 2.5 x 1.5". a beauty! State: Alaska C...

Nice gold nugget, unknown western US provenance, 1.75" long, 0.75" wide, 1.87 troy ozs. State: City: Date:

Very heavy silver-lead ore specimen from the Elmquist Prospect near Battle Mountain, Nevada, approx 105 x 90 x 80 mm. Massive black sulfide assemblage

High-grade gold ore specimen from the Hat Lease in Goldfield, Nevada, approx 125 x 100 x 70 mm. Highly brecciated, silica-filled specimen with abundan

High-grade gold-bismuth ore from the January Mine near Goldfield, Esmeralda County, Nevada, approx 75 x 85 x 45 mm. Massive quartzite piece with abund

High-grade gold-silver ore from the January Mine in Goldfield, Nye County, Nevada, approx 125 x 85 x 60 mm. Highly brecciated, quartz-filled, rhyolite

High-grade silver and gold ore specimen from the Jumbo Extension Mine in Goldfield, Nevada, approx 105 x 85 mm. Original collector identified argentit

High-grade fluorite-gold ore from the 200-foot level of the Thanksgiving Mine near Manhattan, Nye County, Nevada, approx 110 x 85 x 70 mm. Massive qua

This is a piece of refractory material coated with a thin layer of slag in which are incorporated small spherules of metallic gold and silver. The ori

Large, high-grade silver ore specimen from the Mizpah Vein, Mizpah Mine, Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada, approx 160 x 65 x 40 mm. Massive quartzite with

Nice sized hand specimen of ore from the Consolidated Virginia Mine in the heart of the Comstock, Virginia City, Nevada. This ore specimen is a 1-1/2-

Grey sign with black lettering: "WARNING / Dangerous Condition / Only Authorized Personnel / Shall enter This / Mining Operation / Unauthorized...

This large wooden and leather bellows came from one of more than 300 abandoned mining operations in the vicinity of Hawthorne, Mineral County, Nevada.

This beautiful piece of fire-fighting history is an original Foamite Fire Extinguisher, Model CA, approx. 24-inches tall and 7-inches in diameter. All

Underground Scene with Utah Mine Bell Signal Sign. Signed and dated by Utah artist, Jerry Gardner. Measures 25" x 37". State: Utah City...

Group of eight Exide glass batteries with embossed aqua glass and all contents, as removed by permission from a mine in Utah. These rare early batteri

This lot includes several items from the Geff Pollack Collection including a 23x20-inch black wooden frame with four 7.25x9-inch black and white photo

Eight items from a Montana Collection. Two "superintendant" size/style carbide lamps (Justrite and Dewar), very nice large granite ware co...

This antique ore bucket measures 13 in. diameter X 15 in. high. Rivet cunstruction. C. 1900. It is with a short line and chain. State: City: Date:

Bodie Street Map, by Brill, 1955. About 43” x 35”, framed. Murray J. Brill, June 1955, 1” = 5‘. Shows all existing houses, many labeled. This is a sur

18 x 24" black ink on linen. "The Gracie Mine, Nevada City, Calif., scale 100 ft to the inch. Edw. C. Uren, ME, 1932" with a cross se...

Three published geologic maps and one proprietary geologic map (1938) from the old Newmont files from the Grass Valley Office. The 1938 map was made t

Framed hand colored sketch of mine buildings and water pipe system. "Mineralization is a vein deposit hosted in diabase and granodiorite. The o...

14 x 23" black ink on linen, undated, no engineer shown. Four views of the W.Y.O.D. Mill and two views of the Penn Mill (Pennsylvania), 1"...

Four legal sized documents showing shipments, ores on hand, value of equipment, assay results from January 1, 1883 to January of 1884. Melrose good re

Lot of 8. 1) Four Bullion Assay memorandums, 1902. Bars were all over 400 ounces but only .79 fineness in gold. All signed by WH McCombs as assayer. 4

Impressive oak and glass shadow box displaying Rocklin Big Gun Quarry artifacts including 4 metal bits and chisels, 3 big chain links, Rocklin White a

Two beautiful posters from the San Francisco CALL. The first poster is of miners working near Angels Camp, 1840, reproduced from an old Daguerreotype.

Very rare. Selby took over for the Kellogg & Houston assay operation. Gold bullion deposit (grains) on June 29, 1882 by H. Severring. After melt...

Group of about three file folders containing documents related to the Kenebeck mine in Alpine County, 1917-1943. The Kenebeck Mine is located between

Preliminary Mineralogical and Geological Map of the State of California issued by the California State Mining Bureau, January 1st, 1891. This is a bea

3 postcards,(1 with note on back to person in Gardnerville, NV dated 1911); 1 Admission to 30th Anniversary of Society of California Pioneers program

CDV by Carl Meinerth of Thomas Lunt Hale who is not listed in Bancroft. Also, The Log of a Forty-Niner by Hale about his 1840's and 1850's j...