Montana Big Sky & Western Americana

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Montana 'Big Sky' and Holiday Auction is a four day feast for the collector. This sale begins with a one day Montana only auction focusing on tokens and postal history. The next three days run the wide range of a traditional Holabird Auction: minerals, numismatics, Native Americana, railroadianna, mining, photographs, stock certificates, express, saloon, exposition, assay, tokens, badges, Gold Rush, etc. Heavy emphasis is placed on Colorado, California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah and the Western States.
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The Mine & Smelter Supply Co. Catalog No. 764681 - The Mine & Smelter Supply Co. Catalog No. 76
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Distributors of Electrical Supplies and Equipment. Blue cover. The Electrical Jobbers Catalog Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Publishers. 560 pages.
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Start Price : 35.00 | Estimate : 70.00 - 120.00
 
 
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The Perkins Cons. Gold Mining Company Stock Certificate4682 - The Perkins Cons. Gold Mining Company Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Cert. #162, issued in Paris in 1902. Printed half in english and half in french (on the right side). Issued for 10 shares. Principal office: Denver, C
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Estimate : 30.00 - 150.00
Sold to t*******d for (15.00 + 3.00BP) = 18.00
 
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Colorado Mining Stock Certificates Group4683 - Colorado Mining Stock Certificates Group
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 4: "The Colorado Gold and Platinum Placer Mining Co." The (2) certificates from 1916 are different from the later (2), featuring co...
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Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
 
 
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Colorado Mining Stock Group 14684 - Colorado Mining Stock Group 1
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of six different. Includes: Union Exploration Co. (1933, not cxl), Belknap Mining Co. (1896, stamp cxl), Gold Exploration Co. (1900, cut and pen c
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Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Colorado Mining Stock Group 24685 - Colorado Mining Stock Group 2
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of eight. Includes: Rilla Mining Company (1916, not cxl), North Star Sultan Mining Co. (1936, not cxl), Rawley Mining Co. (1917, not cxl), Stem-Wi
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Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Colorado Mining Stock Group 34686 - Colorado Mining Stock Group 3
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of six different. Includes: Seven Metals Mining Co. (1919, not cxl), Bonnie Girl Mining & Milling Co. (1908, not cxl), North Star Sultan Min...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Colorado Mining Stock Group 44687 - Colorado Mining Stock Group 4
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of four different. Two bonds: The Mono-Baltic Mining & Smelting Company ($100, 1909, not cancelled, 17 coupons, pictorial) and London Mining...
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Colorado Mining Stock Group 54688 - Colorado Mining Stock Group 5
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Five different. Includes: The Marquette Mining Co. (1929, not cxl), The Hoosac Tunnel and Mining Co. (1906, not cxl), The Lewis Mountain Mining &...
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Start Price : 55.00 | Estimate : 110.00 - 180.00
 
 
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Colorado Mining Stock Group 64689 - Colorado Mining Stock Group 6
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Lot of six different. Includes: The Inter-Mountain Mining & Industrial Assoc. (1910, not cxl), The Hoosac Tunnel & Mining Co. (1908, not cxl...
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Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 180.00
 
 
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Colorado Mining Stocks (Silver Cliff, Durango, Salida, Alma)4690 - Colorado Mining Stocks (Silver Cliff, Durango, Salida, Alma)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of nine. Includes: The Boston-Colorado Copper Company (Salida, 1906, not cancelled, 3 mining vignettes), The Valley Mining Company (Silver Cliff,
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Start Price : 65.00 | Estimate : 130.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Unissued Colorado Mining Stock Collection4691 - Unissued Colorado Mining Stock Collection
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Lot of 29 certificates. Silver Cliff, Cripple Creek, Salida, Turret, Colorado City, and more. Many pictorial. Includes: Bradbury G&SMC, Wisconsi...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to w******o for (80.00 + 18.40BP) = 98.40
 
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Unissued Colorado Mining Stock Collection 24692 - Unissued Colorado Mining Stock Collection 2
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Lot of 18 certificates. Most pictorial. Black Hawk and Central City (c.1860s), Georgetown (c.1870s), and Golden (c.1880s). Includes: Consolidated Repu
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Estimate : 160.00 - 300.00
Sold to s**********r for (90.00 + 20.70BP) = 110.70
 
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Unissued Colorado Mining Stock Collection 34693 - Unissued Colorado Mining Stock Collection 3
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 13. Most have great vignettes. Includes: Bradbury G&S MC, The Transcontinental Transportation & Mining Co., The Terre Haute & Big...
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Estimate : 130.00 - 200.00
Sold to w******o for (70.00 + 16.10BP) = 86.10
 
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Waddingham Gold & Silver Mining Company Bond4694 - Waddingham Gold & Silver Mining Company Bond
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Mortgage Bond for $100.00 for John . P. Newkirk. No. 180 issued by Waddingham Gold & Silver Mining Company. Located in South Boise District, B...
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Two Idaho Mining Stock Certificates4695 - Two Idaho Mining Stock Certificates
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Two pictorial issued certificates. 1) Stewart Mining Co. Issued to John Henry Bogt for 100 shares on April 18, 1916. Blue border and vignette of miner
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Two Mining Jacket Patches4696 - Two Mining Jacket Patches
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1) Hecla Lucky Friday Silver Shaft. J.S. Redpath Corporation. 1980. 4.5" diameter. Location: Mullan, Idaho. 2) Carr Fork/ J.S. Redpath. Anacond...
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1921 United Mine Workers of America Delegate Badge4697 - 1921 United Mine Workers of America Delegate Badge
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UNW was an important labor organization fighting for miners rights. City: Indianapolis State: Indiana Date: hwac# 3779
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Lake Superior Mining Certificates4698 - Lake Superior Mining Certificates
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Two Mining Certificates from: The Consolidated Lake Superior Company, 1903, No. 16430, issued to Frederick Butler. Uncancelled. Lake Superior Iron ...
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Alta Montana Company Stock Certificate4699 - Alta Montana Company Stock Certificate
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Inc. in Montana Territory. No. 1967. Not cancelled. Issued for 100 shares to H.R. Swift on April 13th, 1881. Signed by Snow (president) and Brooke (se
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Estimate : 70.00 - 200.00
Sold to h*******2 for (35.00 + 8.05BP) = 43.05
 
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Four Different Montana Mining Stocks4700 - Four Different Montana Mining Stocks
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four issued stocks. Includes: The Bonanza Chief Gold Mining Co. (1894 with vignette), Butte Ramsdell Copper Mining Co. (1919 with vignette), Eastern M
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Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to s**********r for (10.00 + 2.00BP) = 12.00
 
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Four Montana Mining Stock Certificates4701 - Four Montana Mining Stock Certificates
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Four different issued stocks. Includes: Legal Tender Cons. Mines Co. (1920), Davis-Daly Copper Co. (1923 with stunning vignette), Montana Cons. Copper
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Estimate : 40.00 - 100.00
Sold to s**********r for (10.00 + 2.00BP) = 12.00
 
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Four Montana Mining Stock Certificates 24702 - Four Montana Mining Stock Certificates 2
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Four issued stocks. 1) Eastern Montana Mining and Smelting Co., 1877, Bozeman, vignette of miners hoisting ore bucket. 2) National Boston Montana Mine
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Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 120.00
 
 
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Montana Gold Mining Stock Certificates4703 - Montana Gold Mining Stock Certificates
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Three Montana gold mining certificates: High Ore Gold and Copper Mining Co., 1896, No. 80, issued by M. L. Hewitt, Vice-President. Adhesive Revenue St
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Estimate : 40.00 - 110.00
Sold to c*********p for (20.00 + 4.60BP) = 24.60
 
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Montana Gold Related Stocks4704 - Montana Gold Related Stocks
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Gold Creek 1930, Original Bannack 1916 with unique background for title, Damours Gold 1905, Montana Consolidated 1934, Basin Gold and Silver 1919 earl
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Montana Mining Certificates4705 - Montana Mining Certificates
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Six Montana mining certificates: Montana Mineral Land Development Co., 1907, No. 2493, Issued by Alfred Taber, President. Uncancelled. Montana Metals
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Two Numismatic-Themed Montana Mining Stocks4706 - Two Numismatic-Themed Montana Mining Stocks
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1) Legal Tender Mining Co. Inc. in Territory of Montana. Signed by corporate officers. No vignette. Not cancelled. Folds, but crisp. 2) Penn Yan Minin
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Estimate : 70.00 - 200.00
Sold to a****y for (35.00 + 8.05BP) = 43.05
 
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Bullfrog Mining Ephemera4707 - Bullfrog Mining Ephemera
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Three pieces. 1) Rare Report of Con O'Donnell, General Manager of Homstake King Consolidated Bullfrog Mining and Milling Co. of Rhyolite, Nevada...
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Carson City Area Mining Stocks4708 - Carson City Area Mining Stocks
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1) The Longfellow Gold Mining and Milling Company, 1908, cancelled; 2) Jumbo Extension Mining Company, 1934; 3) Ajax-Nevada Gold Mining Company, 1912,
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Delmar Ephemera4709 - Delmar Ephemera
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Lot of 10. 1-3) Blue Label Double Countered Fuse labels. Manufactured by Coast MFG. & Supply Co. Blue on white. Noted to have been found in a mi...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 250.00
Sold to c*********p for (25.00 + 5.75BP) = 30.75
 
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Ruth/McGill Mining Postcards4710 - Ruth/McGill Mining Postcards
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Three items from the Prag collection, including: Great Copper Pit at Ruth, Nevada; Copper Pit - Ruth, Nev.; and Trestle and Concentrator, Smelter Stac
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Start Price : 15.00 | Estimate : 30.00 - 70.00
 
 
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Gold Hill and American Flat Mining Postcards4711 - Gold Hill and American Flat Mining Postcards
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Group of four from the Prag collection, including: Two from "Merger Mine Mill, Gold Hill, Nevada. 69."; "Belcher Mine, Gold Hill, Nev...
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Estimate : 70.00 - 250.00
Sold to b*******n for (45.00 + 10.35BP) = 55.35
 
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Yellow Jacket Silver Mining Co. Stock Ledger Sheets4712 - Yellow Jacket Silver Mining Co. Stock Ledger Sheets
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Lot of 3. 1). Two ledger sheets from the San Francisco Transfer Office of the Yellow Jacket Silver Mining Co. listing all stocks sold between Sept. 1
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Estimate : 50.00 - 300.00
Sold to j***d for (55.00 + 12.65BP) = 67.65
 
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3 Goldfield/Bullfrog Mining Brochures4713 - 3 Goldfield/Bullfrog Mining Brochures
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Lot of 3, two are prospectuses. 1) Goldfield Mascot Mining Co. prospectus. 2) “Facts” About Goldfield, Nevada, brochure compiled by the Forward Mining
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Goldfield Ephemera4714 - Goldfield Ephemera
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1) Two prospectuses: The Forward Mining Development Co. and The Goldfield Mascot Co. 2) "Facts" About Goldfield booklet created by The For...
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Goldfield Stock Collection: from the Center of the Mining District4715 - Goldfield Stock Collection: from the Center of the Mining District
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Lot of 8. Red Top Extension, Goldfield Kewanas, Nevada-Goldfield Lease 1908, Sandstrom-Kendall with seven assessment stamps, Goldfield Combination Fra
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Estimate : 70.00 - 140.00
Sold to h*******2 for (120.00 + 27.60BP) = 147.60
 
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Jumbo/Goldfield Ephemera4716 - Jumbo/Goldfield Ephemera
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Four items. 1) 1916 stock holder letter. 2) 1916 envelope for letter. Cancelled Goldfield with a Jumbo Extension Mining Co. cover advertising. 3-4) Tw
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Estimate : 20.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8*****l for (10.00 + 2.30BP) = 12.30
 
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Nevada Mining Investment Ephemera4717 - Nevada Mining Investment Ephemera
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Lot of three. 1) Market Review for Patrick, Elliot & Camp, Inc, Bankers and Brokers in Goldfield, Nevada. Vol. II. April 17, 1906. Four pages of...
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Estimate : 30.00 - 100.00
Sold to c****o for (20.00 + 4.00BP) = 24.00
 
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Map of Durham Stella Mine4718 - Map of Durham Stella Mine
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Lone Mountain, Esmeralda County, by F.W. Racey, 1926. 18 x 32", black ink on blue linen. Scale 1" =200'. Shows underground workings, r...
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McGill Mining Postcards4719 - McGill Mining Postcards
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Group of 7 postcards from the Prag collection, including: 3 from Nevada Con. Mill; Nev. Con. Smelter; Reverbatory Furnace, N.C.C. Co.; Concentrator at
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Mountain City Mining Company Stock Certificate Sheet4720 - Mountain City Mining Company Stock Certificate Sheet
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One sheet of four attached unissued stock certificates- Mountain City Mining Co., Cope District. This piece would look nice framed! Incorporated April
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Matted illustration and map of Santa Fe Mining District4721 - Matted illustration and map of Santa Fe Mining District
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Matted map and illustration of the Santé Fe Mining District in Esmeralda County (now in Mineral County). Mines include the Badger, Reno, London...
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Silver City Mining Postcards4722 - Silver City Mining Postcards
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Lyon County. Group of 4 from the Prag collection, includes: Dayton Mine, Silver City, Nevada; "New York Mine," near Silver City, Nev.; &qu...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to D****7 for (25.00 + 5.75BP) = 30.75
 
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Nine Tonopah Belmont Development Company Stock Certificates4724 - Nine Tonopah Belmont Development Company Stock Certificates
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Five green series 'B' certificates One brown series 'A' certificate Three orange certificates. Signed by a variety of people. Condit...
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Rare Tonopah Prospectors Development Company Stock Certificate4725 - Rare Tonopah Prospectors Development Company Stock Certificate
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Early number - 36 and early year - 1904. 5,500 shares to George Stineman on June 13th. Signed by Signed by president J.R. Gillespie and secretary Wm.
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Tonopah, Goldfield, and Blair Mining Postcards4726 - Tonopah, Goldfield, and Blair Mining Postcards
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Group of 23 postcards from the Prag collection, including: 17 from Tonopah; 2 from Blair stamp mills; and 4 from Goldfield. City: Tonopah State: N
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Estimate : 90.00 - 360.00
Sold to b*******n for (45.00 + 10.35BP) = 55.35
 
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Comstock Group Mining Postcards4727 - Comstock Group Mining Postcards
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A group of 11 postcards from the Prag collection, including: two from the Union Mine, two from the Consolidated Virginia Mine, James G. Fair Mansion,
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Estimate : 60.00 - 200.00
Sold to b*******n for (50.00 + 11.50BP) = 61.50
 
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Dayton Gravel Mining Co. Stock Certificate (Virginia City, Nevada)4728 - Dayton Gravel Mining Co. Stock Certificate (Virginia City, Nevada)
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Dateline Virginia, Nev., July 12, 1880. Location: Lyon County, Nevada. Patriotic eagle vignette. Issued to H.D. Grop for 500 shares. Signed by J.J. Co
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Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to D******a for (30.00 + 6.00BP) = 36.00
 
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Sutro Tunnel Postcards4729 - Sutro Tunnel Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A group of six postcrds from the Prag collection, including: 1) "Main Tunnel 4 1/2 Miles Long Drains Mines of Comstock lode to 1750 Foot Level....
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Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to d******0 for (45.00 + 10.35BP) = 55.35
 
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Wells Fargo Express Receipts for Savage Mine Bullion4730 - Wells Fargo Express Receipts for Savage Mine Bullion
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Five receipts from the Virginia City office of Wells, Fargo $ Co.'s Express for the transport of bars of bullion to San Francisco. All bars were...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to d******0 for (30.00 + 6.90BP) = 36.90
 
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The New California-Tonopah Mining Company Stocks4731 - The New California-Tonopah Mining Company Stocks
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Twelve stock certificates: nos. 80, 89, 97, 99, 100, 101, 104, 105, 502, 503, 505, 506 all signed by Frank W. Stall, Vice-President and Wm. Knight, Se
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
 
 
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