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Prospecting the West

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Welcome to our Prospecting the West Sale. This Two Day Sale is filled with over 2500 lots for you to choose from.

Day 1: The Allard Collection, and other Select Consignors and Estates
Jewelry (Gold, Navajo, Turquoise, Mexican)
Musical Instruments (Yamaha, Gibson, High Spirits)
Watches (Rolex, Cartier, Movado)
Bronzes and Paintings (Olaf Seltzer, Ace Powell, Gerard Curtis Delano, Josh Elliott, Cyrus Walker)
Indian Art (Artifacts, Beadwork, Baskets, Dolls, Rugs, Dresses, Pots, Trade Beads)
Eskimo Inuit Art (Baskets, Scrimshaw, Paintings and Drawings)

Day 2: The Paul Mogensen Collection
Rocks, Fossils, Minerals, Mining Artifacts, Hand Colored Mining Maps, Leica and Hasselblad Cameras, Mormon History Books, Mining and Western History Books, and an Extensive Firearm Collection.

Also featured is a complete collection of unpublished glass photo negatives documenting the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush by Wilhelm Hester. This collection is sold in its entirety with copyright privilege's going to the next owner.
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Cornish In America Linden Wisconsin951 - Cornish In America Linden Wisconsin
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Written by Jim Jewell. Soft cover, first edition, 1970.
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Mine in the Sky952 - Mine in the Sky
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Signed by author Joseph M. Kurtak. First edition, 1997.
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Rhodes and Rhodesia953 - Rhodes and Rhodesia
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Written by Arthur Keppel-Jones. Reprint, 1987.
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Placer Mining For Gold in California954 - Placer Mining For Gold in California
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By Charles Volney Averill, 1946
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Ruby Arizona Mining Mayhem and Murder955 - Ruby Arizona Mining Mayhem and Murder
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Bob Ring, Al Ring, Tallia Pfrimmer Calhoon. Signed by the authors. 2005
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The Geological Survey of Wyoming956 - The Geological Survey of Wyoming
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Memoir #1 By R. S. Houston, and others. Includes map book. 1978
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Goldfield Historic Mining Camps of Nevada.957 - Goldfield Historic Mining Camps of Nevada.
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Hugh A Shamberger. 1982
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DeBeers Consolidated Mines Limited958 - DeBeers Consolidated Mines Limited
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Association of Mine Managers of South Africa Visit, 1986 Technical Visits And General Information
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The Library of South Africa959 - The Library of South Africa
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Four Books In One Volume. By George Spiel, 1899
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Uranium in South Africa960 - Uranium in South Africa
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1985
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The Geology of the Northern Rhodesian Copperbelt961 - The Geology of the Northern Rhodesian Copperbelt
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Edited by F. Mendelsohn. 1961
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Forced Labor in the Gold & Copper Mines962 - Forced Labor in the Gold & Copper Mines
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A History of Congo under Belgian Rule, 1910-1945 Volume 1 2003 Jules Marchal
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Deep Enough A Working Stiff in Western Mine Camps963 - Deep Enough A Working Stiff in Western Mine Camps
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By Frank A. Crampton. 1956
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Last Rig to Battle Mountain964 - Last Rig to Battle Mountain
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A True Adventure of Traveling Through the American West at the Turn of the Century. By Walt Wilhelm. Foreword by Erle Stanley Garnder. 1970
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The Mining Industry of South Dakota965 - The Mining Industry of South Dakota
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School of Mines. 1937
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Growing Up In a Company Town966 - Growing Up In a Company Town
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Russell Elliott, 1990
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Highgrade The Mining Story of National Nevada967 - Highgrade The Mining Story of National Nevada
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Nancy Schreier. 1981
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Reconnaissance of Some Mining Camps in Elko Nevada968 - Reconnaissance of Some Mining Camps in Elko Nevada
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William Emmons, 1910.
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White Pine Lang Syne Nevada969 - White Pine Lang Syne Nevada
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Effie O Read, 1965
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Reminiscences of Senator William Stewart Nevada970 - Reminiscences of Senator William Stewart Nevada
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George Rothwell Brown. 1908
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Hardrock Gold A Miners Tale971 - Hardrock Gold A Miners Tale
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Tom Morrison. 1992
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Mining Engineers & The American West972 - Mining Engineers & The American West
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Clark C Spence. 1970
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Lucky Baldwin973 - Lucky Baldwin
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C.B. Glasscock. 1933 1st Edition.
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Washoe Rambles 100 Year Old Unpublished Book974 - Washoe Rambles 100 Year Old Unpublished Book
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Dan DeQuille. 1963
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Eldorado Canadas National Uranium Company975 - Eldorado Canadas National Uranium Company
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Robert Bothwell. 1984
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American Star Mining Company Utah976 - American Star Mining Company Utah
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Articles of Incorporation. A complete bound internal history of the operations of the American Star Mining Company from 1909 until 1945. This is a lar
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Ledger Books Silver City Water Company New Mexico977 - Ledger Books Silver City Water Company New Mexico
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Very nice set of books, Starting in 1899. Very nice early set of books from the mining town of Silver City.
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Brown and Brown Assayers Log Book Utah978 - Brown and Brown Assayers Log Book Utah
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Eureka Utah, Mine Assay Journal from December 20 1938 to December 30 1939.
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Little Chief Mining and Milling Ledger Books Utah979 - Little Chief Mining and Milling Ledger Books Utah
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Complete financial history of the company. Including: The Stock Share Sale Book, Ledger Book 1890-1906, Dividend Book, and the Stock Share Transfer Bo
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Ledger Books and Documents Mckinley Mining Company980 - Ledger Books and Documents Mckinley Mining Company
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Utah. Very nice grouping.
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Eagle Blue Bell Mining Company Utah Ledger Books981 - Eagle Blue Bell Mining Company Utah Ledger Books
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Very nice set of ledger books. Eagle and Blue Bell Mining Company.
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Grand Central Mining Company Ledger Books Utah982 - Grand Central Mining Company Ledger Books Utah
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Very nice set of ledger books.
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Gold Rush The Black Hills Story983 - Gold Rush The Black Hills Story
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John D. McDermott. 2001.
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Deadwood The Golden Years984 - Deadwood The Golden Years
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Watson Parker. 1981
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Mining in Chiles Norte Chico985 - Mining in Chiles Norte Chico
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Journal of Charles Lambert. 1998
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Colonial Placer Mining in Columbia986 - Colonial Placer Mining in Columbia
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Robert C West. Louisiana State University Studies, 1952
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Black Hills Mining Mens Association987 - Black Hills Mining Mens Association
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Papers Read before the black hills mining men's association at their regular monthly meeting son the mining and metallurgy of black hills ores t...
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Mad Rush for Gold in Frozen North988 - Mad Rush for Gold in Frozen North
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Arthur Arnold Dietz. 1914
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The Rocky Mountain Gold Regions989 - The Rocky Mountain Gold Regions
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S.W. Burt E.L. Berthound. Reproduced in facsimile 1962
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Gold Fields of the Klondike990 - Gold Fields of the Klondike
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M.J. Coghlan 1897
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Gold Hunting in Alaska991 - Gold Hunting in Alaska
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1901 David C Cook Publishing.
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An Alaskan Gold Mine Story of 9 Above992 - An Alaskan Gold Mine Story of 9 Above
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Leland Carlson, 1951
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Lemuel C Shattuck Little Mining Little Banking993 - Lemuel C Shattuck Little Mining Little Banking
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Isabel Shattuck Fathauer. 1991
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Some Talk About a Copper Mine994 - Some Talk About a Copper Mine
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Signed. Robert Bogart. A history of Bagdad Arizona. 1990
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Tombstone from a Womans Point of View995 - Tombstone from a Womans Point of View
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Lynn Bailey. Signed. 1998
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The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes996 - The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
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Robert F Griggs. 1922
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Anaconda Montanas Copper City997 - Anaconda Montanas Copper City
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Matt J Kelly. 1983
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Independence Mine Willow Creek Mining District998 - Independence Mine Willow Creek Mining District
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Kathryn Koutsky Cohen. 1982
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The Deseret Alphabet Primer Mormon Utah999 - The Deseret Alphabet Primer Mormon Utah
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1868. Very nice volume.
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Selections Book of Mormon Deseret Alphabet1000 - Selections Book of Mormon Deseret Alphabet
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Very nice volume.
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