Mining, Minerals and Mayhem Auction

Lot of two, including: 1) Oro Mining Company, incorporated Oct. 11, 1878. Certificate No. 1581, issued to W.E. Norwood, Trustee, for 15 shares. Datel

Rare! Bodie Public School Currency. Measures 7”x 3”. Reads “R.L. McCarty Prin., Bodie Public School. Bodie, Ca. One Thousand.” Black print on the f

Lot of 2. 1) A musical sailor playing to the moon aboard the H.M.S. Pinafore. Fair Moon, To Thee I Sing! 2) For I Hold That on the Seas the Expression

Image of "Main St. Bodie Cal. June 23, '12." Looks down Main St., with signs for "Owl Chop House," and "General Deliver...

Lot of 4 rpcs showing downtown Bodie after two big snow storms—one card is postmarked March 29, 1911 and shows a tunnel entrance for the snow-covered

Lot of 2 cards, taken near Mono Lake. 1) Shows snow covering a car and a large piece of cement on top, surrounded by snow. The message reads: “Piece o

Incorporated Sept. 9, 1878. Certificate No. 1284, issued for 25 shares to W.H. Lent, Trustee, on March 1, 1879. "Bodie Mining Dist. Mono Co. Cali

Incorporated in 1878. Certificate No. 1293 issued to S. B. Wakefield & Co., Trs. On March 19, 1879 for 15 shares. Signatures illegible. Cancelled

Incorporated in February 1879. Certifiate No.214 issued June 24, 2879 to J.T. Geoghegan, Trustee for 200 shares; signed by the president of the com

Lot of 10 Items, including: 1) A Deed of Mining Claim from L.E. Bell to J.S. Cain, dated Nov 1st, 1926. Filed at the Mono County Records Office on Jun

Incorporated in 1878, Certificate No. 786. Issued to Edward & on October 31, 1879 for 25 shares. Signed by illegible secretary and Cli

Lot of 9 Bodie Bank related documents mounted and placed in a wood frame. Wood frame measures 21” x 17”. Within the lot are seven checks. The visible

Page from the Daily Free Press Supplement from Bodie, CA. Page features four columns of mining with information throughout on assessment notices, del

Although the corporation formed in New York, New York on 6 July. The mine was in Bodie, CA. Gray colored ornate bond with a black border. Bond No. 3

Fancy etched (in a flower motif) silver plated Bugle reportedly from “Bodie Bill Coller.” No name engraved. Stands 18” tall. It is 8” wide at the

Four Photo Views of Bodie. Three real photo cards and one real photo. A) A.A. Forbes view of mules arriving with wood “Packing wood Bodie, Cal.”, unus

Certificate No. 2402 issued May 30, 1879 to E.H. Grant, Trustee for 100 shares; signatures illegible; printed by Lith G.T. Brown & Co., S.F. U/V.

Eight post cards of Bodie. All white border RPG’s. The post cards are separated into two wood frames. Two show the Bodies Mutts, the mining town’s b

Lot contains letters and two assessment receipts. 1) Bodie Consolidated Mining Company letterhead addresses the enclosed receipt from The Bullion &a...

Great Register of the County Of Mono For the Year 1879. A.L. Bancroft & Co., Printers, San Francisco, 1879. Softcover, 37 pages plus 9 page supple