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A must for anyone interested in the history of the Quincy Mine. This 1896 insurance paper from the Union Assurance Society lets you know everything th

A variety of artifacts documenting the Schirmer family from Minneapolis. 17 photographs. Most of them are identified. Two are unused post cards. Many

Lot of 3 items. 1) 1894 letter from Dupuyer. Measures 10.90” x 8.35” on white paper with purple ink. Some wear on the letter, there are creases and sm

Over 200 covers. Many with cc advertising: John J Foley of Butte, Holter Hardware of Helena, Jakways & Faust of Ovando, Drummond Bank of Drummo...

A Warrant of Arrest for Mike Newman for the crime of Petit Larceny from a Bailee. Signed by justice of the peace D Warner for arrest of Mike Newman co

Lot of 65. Sixty Bozeman Milling Company with two small pictures: Cretana Floura and Cretana Oats. Five Oliver Chilled Plow Works of Billings.

Lot of over 120. Postal cards from Merchants National Bank of Portland, Great Falls National Bank of Great Falls, First National Bank of Butte, and W.

Warrant / Bond lot (10) total. Water bond, sidewalk, refunding, special improvement, etc. Printed in green, orange and brown/detailed borders and moti

Measures 9.45”x 5.40” printed on white paper. There is very little wear, expect for minor creases. There is an image of a Native American man on the u

Lot of 5 Montana Territory treasurer's receipts signed by D H Webster. Lot of 25 stock certificates from various places dated 1914 to 1957. Stoc...

Lot of five. 1) Benton 'P' Line to all points in Montana. 1881 bill of lading. 2) Original Butte Mining Company stock # 291 for 100,000 shar...

14th Annual Report of The International Nickel Company for the fiscal year ending March 31,1916 City: Bayonne County:

A blue three ring notebook with letters and notes to Peter Payne. According to the letters, Payne and his committee (Members of the Fanwood Presbyteri

Measures 8.75” x 6” closed and 8.75” x 12” open. The menu is printed on white paper with yellow and maroon colors on the cover. There is some wear on

Cassidy & Harvey are Traders with the Navajos. January is missing. Picture of mother with baby. This is a rare New Mexico settlement. The histor...

Lot of nearly 50. Towns include Tenabo, Battle Mountain, Galena, Shoshone Wells, Ledlie, Boone Canyon, Lander Hill, Bannock, Kimberly, San Miguel, Val

Lot of over 100. A quick look produced a frame house at Mondoz Mine, Milton Brothers cabin, one horse, Ekman cabin, frame house for ninety-five cents

Lot of 11. Articles of Incorporation for non-mining companies. Include Standard Realty and Development, Nevada Angora Goat and Livestock, Golconda Cat

Lot of 4 pieces: 1) Mason Products Co., Elko, NV //GF 10cts on Return of Bottle. NSG # 1584883-018, MS60; 2) Commercial Hotel Café business car...

Lot of 2. 1) Proclamation of the President of the United States (Abraham Lincoln) providing for Nevada to become a state of the Union. Dated October 3

Lot of over 60. Lander County appointments for citizens to serve as deputy sheriffs. Appointments were for Austin and many small mining camps from 190

Lot of 9. Items include 1) 1906 Mrs. A. J. Spencer dealer in general merchandise, post office, Pioneer Hotel proprietor billhead. Signed by Mrs. Spenc

Lot of 25. Items include 1) Dictator Consolidated Mining Company stock certificate. Unused. 188_. Hawthorne Mining District, Esmeralda County. 2) 1919

Lot of 24. 1&2) Prize is the Palisade Fast Freight Line 1871 billhead. Attached is a Central Pacific Railroad Company Expense billhead. 3) Sterl...

4 Great Historical Maps showing the growth and perception of Nevada and the West: (1) Nevada Railroad 1910 (1) U.S. Territorial Growth 1776-1901. (1

The original sheet music for Nevada’s State Song, published by Bertha Raffetto of Reno, NV, and inscribed by her to Zoe Ann Bridges. Printed by Pacifi

Lot of 20. 1) Copy of Degree of Medicine for Barton Johnson. 2) Several sale for delinquent taxes: Battle Mountain Drug Company, Willits & Pater...

A large magazine format paper of about 14 pages, including map and photos. Most of the pages have tears of 1-3” from the margin inward at the fold cre

Lot of 7. 1) Slate pencils and marble found under the school house in Aurora, NV. They are contained in a 2 x 3” Chicago World’s Fair metal box depic

Lot of approximately 50 pieces. Included are billheads, letters, checks, receipts, a stock certificate for the Goldfield Cons. Mines, business cards,

Lot of 19. Includes 1) Day Silver Mining Co of Royal City unused check.2) West End Chemical Company of Las Vegas. 3) Telegraph from Arden Plaster Comp

Lot of 2 early county maps—one of Esmeralda County and the other of Nye County—folded into brochure form. Compiled by Harry Freese, State and County M

1) Clason's Nevada Green Guide and map. Includes map and booklet with mileage, population etc. Not sure how old, but both Ely and McGill are lar...

A 3-color map measuring 10.5 x 13” and clearly taken from an atlas as Northern California and part of Nevada is shown on the reverse. The map shows on

Lot of 20. Items include 1) 1888 Cloverdale letter by Currie asking for supplies to be sent by stage. 2) 1896 Fish Creek letter by Dougherty to Lamber

Lot of over 50. Appointments to official positions: judge, notary public, clerk, deputy sheriff, assistant district attorney, etc. Many letterheads of

This is a lot of 53 documents from a variety of sheriffs throughout Lander County. The documents relate to the selling of different real estate, many

For $1000 JA Brumsey, L Drexler, and JT Lamb can act as agents for Traveler Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut. Folded with rips on folds.

7 old mining newspapers from 1909 -1946, Tonopah, Goldfield, Oatman and Kingman. Good condition, save for small tears and fold creasing. City

One does not list Clark or Esmeralda counties and does list Roop County (pre-1885). The other map is 1925. City: County:

1) Tonopah Belmont Development Company 13th annual report (1916). Tasker Oddie formed the Tonopah Belmont Development Company with production between

Lot of 5 pieces. 1) Blank Thomas Bell & Co check imprinted Consolidated Esmeralda Limited. 2) Consolidated Esmeralda, Limited invoice (Consolida...

Lot of 6 pieces. Included are a 8.5 x 14” photo reproduction of the town, two 1902 checks on the Bank of Austin, one Austin Manhattan Consolidated Mi

Lot of 14. 1) Five 1903/4 envelopes with letters from AC Williams to cousin. First starts "Well I arrived in this berg OK and my how dull it is...

LOT OF 5:  unissued Erie Gold And Silver Mining, Nevada Territory stock, signed by E.S. Davis as president. 2) The Manhattan Silver Mining Comp...

Letter from Austin: 'High hopes,' 'Assays very rich,' 'Shows native silver,' 'The one that shows the native is causing i...

Lot of 5. 1) 1905 appointment of Henry Dyer as deputy county clerk. 2) 1921 appointment of H. W. Rast as deputy coroner (2 pieces). 3) 1911 appointmen

Great opportunity to own six Austin and Reese River area unused territorial documents. 1) Cambridge Silver Mining Company stock certificate, location

Sent to Allen A. Curtis, believed to be the assayer for letters No. 133@139 (24 silver bars in value of $30,136.41 and associated payments. Signed by

Lot of 13. This lot shows the decline in many of the districts in Lander County. Places include Bullion, Cortez, Shoshone Wells, Kingston, Dean, Frisb

Stokes was involved with Nevada mining and was a partner with John Mackay in the United Lines Telegraph Company. Sale is for Lot 7 of Marshall South i

Lot of 3. Includes a fancy script George Watt, sheriff and assessor, Lander county; L.A. Lemaire appointment as a notary public; and 1893 of sale of c

Lot of 4. 1)Goldhill-Bullfrog Mining Company unused stock certificate #438. Black ink on crème paper with three vignettes: upper left is three ...

Lot of 8 pieces. Included are: A Wells Fargo way bill (1888); a letter dated 1890 from the State Land Office in Carson City to J. Henry Strachan at th

Nevada Territorial deed granting Joseph Peabody feet in the Lancet, Fayet, Connolly, and Bay State ledges in the Reese River and Big Creek Mining Dist

Lot of 26 items from West Central Nevada. Items include 1) WWII mileage ration coupons from Silver City. 2) 1894 Agency of the Bank of California chec

Lot of 20 +/- pieces includes post cards and photos—some of the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight in Carson City in 1897, and also of Lake Tahoe, tourist guid

Lot of 2. 1) Gilbert C. Ross Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor information flier. He would win in 1908 despite Tasker Oddie, Republican, wi

Lot of 11. Pieces include 1) Grey & Collins Stationers billhead of 1888. 2) 1879 money order. Has octagonal Feb. 17, 1879 post office cancel. 3)...

Pre-printed, unused form with which the recorder for the Clear Creek Mining District of Utah Territory could acknowledge ownership in mines in this di

Dayton Toll Bridge Company receipt for earnings from July 1, 1865 to October 27, 1865. The amount? $4766.90. Attached Nevada green and US 5c revenue

Eleven page lawsuit attempting to reclaim $1,000 on promissory note. Interesting reading. A 10 cent Nevada Revenue stamp is attached. City:

Three Fallon newspapers. Two Churchill County Eagle. One September 5, 1925 advertising the Nevada State Fair and the other November 20, 1926 talking a

This set of properties was owned by W. G. Higbee. For $60 you can have assaying office and fixtures, 50 acres in the Reese River Valley, a barn, the P

One dozen assorted documents relating to business and trade in Goldfield, early 1900s and 1910s. Lot includes postcards, invoices and receipts, and ot

1) 1907 stock signed by George Wingfield. 2) Three stocks 1919. 3) Four stocks 1956. 4) Two unused voucher check books with loads of voucher unused vo

Over 75 lots. 1917 mining leases, sixteen papers associated with the Goldfield Consolidated Mines, injury reports, baggage tags, billheads, stocks, co

Three reports, two postcards, and one Receipt for Registered Article City: Goldfield County: State: NV

Filed on 16 September 1867. It states "I, D. C. McKenney County Auditor in and for the said County do solemnly swear that the foregoing statem...

Lot of 4 1) Mineral Hill Milling Company billhead. Signed by C. O. Engstrom. 2) Bank of California, San Francisco check. Signed by John Huber as agent

Auditor`s report for Nye County. Document is signed by M. B. Howard and Joseph Stowr. Document has a 5-cent green revenue stamp on bottom left side. O

Lot of 3. 1) invitation to a Grand Ball 12 March 1875 at Belmont; 2) 1870 Treasurer`s Office receipt for property taxes on the Clear Creek Ranch; 3) 1

Lot of 22 pieces. Included are: Scheeline Banking & Trust Co. of Reno check payable to Rawhide Press Times; 3 Nagel & Co. Beef, Mutton &...

An entire boxful containing a plethora of items covering nearly 100 years of Reno history. Everything from business cards, correspondence, maps, old c

1910 letter on Wingfield stationary signed by same. Addressed to Elder and assures him that Goldfield Consolidated Mining Company paid all taxes. Wing

Lot of 2. 1) Illustrated envelope of the Riverside Hotel. Reverse has H. J. Gosse as manager. Misprint "Riverside Hote [no 'l']. 2) Hot...

University of Nevada Reno homecoming program from 1936. Wolves Frolic to be performed at the Granada Theatre October 23. Parade and football game vs.

Lot of 2. 1) Lou Parker billhead. Freight receipt to W Fillmore of Cherry Creek. Signed by Samuel Jackson. 2) Receipt from Lou Parker & Co. Over...

Yes, a large 10 1/2" x 12" x 15" box full of mining assay receipts c1920. also many pages from ledgers used to keep track of stocks. ...

Great treasures within for those who take the time to look. Immense lot of ephemera centering on Tonopah, but there are surprises around every piece o

Lot of 20. 1) Tonopah North Star Tunnel and Development Company, 1913, #11279, 500 shares to Mark S Thompson. Vignette of two underground miners. 2) W

Lot of 52. 51 small pennant banners in yellow, orange, white and red for the celebration of Tonopah’s 50th anniversary May 19-21, 1950. The pennants h

75+ items including billheads such as Tonopah Lumber Company, Campbell & Kelly, Tonopah Chemical Silver Co., H.A. McKin, Tonopah-Liberty Mining...

Vol. VII No. 109-143 (a few issues missing between) evening issues May 6, 1881-June 15, 1881. The first issue in this lot is May 6, 1881 and has a lis

Two tickets. Artemus Ward (1834-1867) was a showman and humorist who played to audiences in early Nevada. He influenced Mark Twain when he performed

Lot of 9 ledgers owned by Conrad Brown and John Tassell of Virginia City. Conrad Brown and John Tassell arrived in Virginia City in late 1871 to capit

Lot of 3. 1) Castle Hall of Nevada, Lodge No.1. Pay to the order of S Michelson for ice for June and July. 2) Knights of Pithiest Lincoln Lodge #6 Off

Lot of over 20. Includes 1) Ten different adhesive labels from the Pioneer drug store ready to use: Cream of Tarter and Sulphur, Rose Water, Syrup Ipe

Five pieces: one real photo post card, one color post card, one 1879 stock certificate signed by president Charles Fish, 1884 president's report...

Two early covers; one territorial. Picture of three month old Katherine Lee Hardy taken at the Sutterley Brothers Photographers on B Street in Virgin

1) 1881 billhead from the Superintendent of Storey County Public Schools W W Booker to the county treasurer Mercer Otey. Otey was also the secretary f

1882 constitution, by-laws, and rules of order of the Eureka Lodge, No. 22. Excellent condition. City: Virginia City County:

Lot of 6. 1) County Auditor's Office, 1870 payment to McMilleu & Adams, signed by Charles Fish. 2) County Auditor's Office, 1887 payment...

Five stapled pages of inventory lists of furniture  in Hale & Norcross House Parlor. The first page consists of book cases, table cloths, a...

This letter is from APK Safford of the U. S. Surveyor General's Office and soon to be Arizona's third Governor. He is obviously answering a ...

Mining may have been the king of the Comstock, but lumbering was the queen. Without lumber there would be no mills, no deep mines, no building. This

Lot of 7 handwritten assignments on letter size, white, ruled paper, from Thomas Gracey to A. C. Hampton and Co.  Gracey did work for Chollar-N...

H.S. Homans, Notary Public and Commissioner of Deeds for Nevada Territory, Mining Secretary, Conveyancer, &c., No. 605 Montgomery Street, Betwee...

Lot of 2 including: 1) Assignment, on legal sized ruled paper, from George Gisin to C. M. Allen on 31 March 1872. Allen received of T. B. Shaup, the S

Early territorial document. Virginia City still in Carson County (remnant of old Utah Territory). Charles Seymour of Virginia City appoints John Birds