May 2018 Americana, Railroad, Mining, & More Auction

Very rare! Number 182 for 1,000 shares to IK Wing in 1871. Signed by Secretary DL Perry, treasurer DL Perry and president DM Graham. Vignette of place

Number 166. Unissued. Excellent condition. 11/5 x 8.25". Three mining vignettes: all revolving on major sluicing operations. This company's...

This is number 367 for 100 shares issued to TL Clingman in 1861. Signed by secretary Machman and president JM McKinney. Hydraulic mining scene is the

This is number 368 for 100 shares issued to TL Clingman in 1861. Signed by secretary Margie C Machman and president JM McKinney. A California style hy

This is number 366 for 100 shares issued to TL Clingman in 1861. Signed by secretary Machman and president JM McKinney (signature faded). A California

This is stock certificate #14 for 150 shares in 1892. It is a transfer from certificate #5. Sold to B. M. Hypes. (All told we know that Mr. Hypes had

Numbers 607 issued to WI Rush (Board of Directors) for 100 shares. Signed by secretary Simon P Shope and president Robert S Disney. Shopes name is smu

Number 7 issued to B. M. Murray for 100 shares in 1889. Gold Seal. Some very light foxing (by issuers name and top left of vignette) otherwise a very

EARLY number 3689 for 100 shares issued to CJ Donance in 1880. Signed by president Loring L Lombard and secretary Charles A Trowbridge. No pinholes, e

Number 3700 for 100 shares issued to CJ Donance in 1880. Signed by president Loring L Lombard and secretary Charles A Trowbridge. Originally cut at an

Number 3314 for 100 shares issued to CJ Donance in 1880. Signed by president Loring L Lombard and secretary Charles A Trowbridge. Some minor foxing on

#3111 for 100 shares to Howell Gilbertson in 18879. Signed by secretary George Peabody and president DA Boody. Fine condition. What seems to be origin

Unissued, but stock number 4 signed by president DeBevoise. It customary for the first three stock certificates to go to the company's founders....

Unissued and pristine! Vignette of five underground miners. Small vignette at lower right of three pillars, soldier and Constitution across the top. T

M. Lu Mining Company early stock certificate #9 (? - faded and difficult to read). To George W. Kirk for 1,000 shares in 1884. Green on white with an

Number 400 for 25 shares to N. F. Howard. This is the nicer of the two stocks. Corners have slight issues and taper residue is on the back of the cert

Very early number 82. For 25 shares in 1867 to WIlliam Slade. Considerable issues. Was in three pieces but taped back together. Two panels are darker

This December 11, 1852 receipt is an early Georgia Gold Rush Piece. It says received of George Macraw fifteen hundred pennyweight of gold dust, Sent b

Number 124 for 10 shares to George L Church in 1892. Signed by president Walter L Emery and treasurer Fletcher. The outdoors hard rock mining vignett

Issued to Caleb B. Starbuck in1888. Number 3266 for 30 shares. Signed by JH Summer, et al (not Spencer). Mining Vignette. Condition: A few pinholes. N

Initial 5pp typed prospectus for the Southwestern Brokerage and Investment Co., 1907. The company was composed og mostly Georgia men, who put assets i

Three $100 ten year 7 1/2 % gold bonds issued by the Idaho-Nevada Consolidated Gold Mines Co. of Elk City Idaho, including coupons. HWAC# 40528 D

7.5" x 13". 2 vignettes with two deer in wilderness and two men in the seal of cert. Incorporated in the State of Maine. Signed by Preside...

Extremely rare billhead. Dateline Silver City, I.T., May 31st, 1872. For assay of bullion deposited by the Owyhee Mining Company. 5.75 x 7.5" H...

1) Rockwood Gold Mining Company. Number 1 for 1 share to William T Rockwood. This is a very special certificate: number 1 for the president and namesa

11 pages. Mentions a huge increase in domestic demand in copper beginning in the second half of 1928. Stock was acquired in Chile Copper Co., Andes Co

6 drawings of mine pumps, shafts and supply car. Stapled 20 page summary of shaft elevations in the Butte district. Possibly photocopied. Approx 16

Twelve 6.25" x 9.5" drawings of Kelley Mine blocks. Approx 50 8.5" x 11" mechanical drawings of Kelley mine on paper and six 5....

Approx 25 blueprint type documents from the Kelley Mine. HWAC# 50279 Date: Location: Montana

This lot includes Notice of Location and Declaratory Statement of Discovery and of Claim to Quartz Lode Mining Claim. Silver Bow County, State of Mont

5 letters from Office of Sec'y Salmon River Mining and Smelting Co. dated 1896-1897 pertaining to assessments due from certificate holders, 2 le...

Mining report on the Lynchburg and John Emmit Lodes near Butte Montana. Describes the layout of the mine and vein locations in one and a half pages an

1 RPC taken at Shannon Mine, Marysville, Montana; 1 RPC, Columbia Gardens, Butte Montana, very large building at the base of mountain; 1 cover with co

c.1907 prospectus with map of claims (map detached). "The Pilot is remarkably well located within the strongest mineralized zone of Butte...and...

Ranging in size from 11.25" x 9" to 11.75" to 16.25". Black and white and 1 color photos of Butte mining headframes. One of th...

Two pages with color map of claims. 1905 certified copies of an 1880 Plat for Robert S. Kelley and company's claims in Deer Lodge County. 13&quo...

5 Different House Bills with duplicates from the Montana state legislature. Contains bills relating and originating from mining along with other unrel

Lot of 2 rare pieces of Montana mining history. 1) No. 12. Wednesday, May 6, 1891. Front pages articles call for miners to act in protecting valuable

Two letters (Sept. 22, 1923 and Oct. 19, 1923) addressed to Irma Mines in Gardner, Montana. Goodall is soliciting his services to "look after&q...

The Golconda Gold Mines, Lewis and Clark County, Montana. A blue print style map of several mines including Jay Gould. Additional info about the mines

37" x 28.25" blue print of various lodes on the property. c. 1940. There is edge damage on the left and right sides. HWAC# 50351 Dat...

1) Boston & Montana Smelter Souvenir Plate. Nice dark green color of the "...largest smokestack in the world." It stood 506 feet high....

This is a most striking stock certificate!!! 1900. Number 1241 for 100 shares to George F King of Newark. Signed by Maurice Willis and William Oscar R

6.5 x 8.5" photograph on 8 x 10" mount. Shows large group of miners posing outside of a building. Reverse has writing identifying it as th...

Pictorial mining claim receipt. Territory of Montana, Madison County Recorder's Office. Virginia City, June 10, 1865. Martin Holter (related to ...

Early Montana Gold Rush mining pieces! 1) Jefferson County Recorders Office, 1865. Anton M. Holter (future Montana hardware mega-businessman) is clai

Assay Certificate, Pony Assay Office and Chemical Laboratory, dated 1904. Receipt from Washoe Copper Co. Sampling Works, Butte, dated 1906. Montana L

Mining prospectus from North Star and Salisbury Mining Company. Stockholder letter from Black Pine Mining Company dated Nov, 23, 1887 and Annual Repor

Stored in a 27" x 5" Valuable Papers binder. Includes letters to Arthur Loiselle c. 1930's regarding mine tailings, mine restart feas...

5 different documents from big Indian Mine in Montana. A bullion returns form US Assay(torn bottom), 1904 letter seeking a $10000 loan, a 1900 letter