"Marvels of the West" 2024 January Auction

A set of crucible tongs. They measure 19" in length and are made of brass. Please see photos for more details.

Probably down hole gamma ray logging probe lead. No instrument. No instructions, no extras. With original hard shell case. Probably 1970s.

Two reports by J.S. Diller, one on the Topography of the Pacific Coast, the other, which is signed by the author Sandstone Dikes. Please see photos f

5 California desert and prospecting books. 1925 Field Book of Common Rocks and Minerals by Loomis. Minerals for Atomic Energy by Nininger, Treasure Gu

Very rare. The Denver Fire Clay Co./Denver Salt Lake/Bacteriological Supplies. 3.25". This bottle probably held assay chemicals. 1896 pictorial...

6.5 x 8.5" mounted photo by an unknown photographer of a North Star Mine ore specimen. c1925, from the Nevada Photo Collection. Tonopah Nev...

Item # 1 of 16: Mottled crucible, 6 1/2" tall . Items # 2 & #3 of 16 : Graphite gray crucibles, 5" tall & 4 1/2" tall , respe...

Here are a really nice pair, of miners lunch boxes. Item # 1 of 2: Embossed on the lower 1/3 of the body in front is : " LISK". This is a ...

Here is a great pair of "Early" miners lunch boxes. Item # 1 of 2: Embossed on the front & rear shoulder is : " National" ....

Ten publications mostly related to gold mining and the Gold Rush. A) Christie's Gold Rush Treasures from the SS Central America auction catalog ...

3 key references on copper and mines with info on operations large and small. The Mines Handbook, 1926, 2129pp, cover wear. The Copper Handbook, 1910-

Old Bardstown Bourbon Surface Miner decanter without contents, 13" tall. Avon 1987 The Gold Rush Stein with panning miner and Western street s...

Contains a number of correspondence and covers from the Hermosillo Copper Company in Hermosillo, Mexico. This typed correspondence includes letters

Prospectus for a Mexican mine. 9pp, toning Mexico 1903 Mexico

1968 reprint of 1865 Arizona letter to the Editor of the New York Tribune by Hon. Richard C. McCormick. He outlines the advantage of the counties and

1891 Newtown Mining in Inyo county ledger page. 1889 Bullion and Exchange Bank check, small livestock letter in fair condition. Inyo California

c. 1908-09 ledger book of The Sierra Queen Gold Mining Co. Motions seconded by E T R Powell who was a soda bottler. From the Powell Estate, Nevada Cit

Various letters from Pacific Coast Gold Mines to Angels Iron Works regarding equipment. Company owned mines at Quartz, south of Jamestown in Tuolumne

2 Sacket's Gulch original mining photos. See photo on page 334 in Garvis book. 4.75x7.75" photo of miners with their tools-wrinkle, small c...

1899 National Bank of D O Mills check with imprinted RN stamp. Stocks-1932 River Placers, unissued 1860's Rio Vista Gold and Silver, 1923 Grizzl...