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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Also featured is a complete collection of unpublished glass photo negatives documenting the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush by Wilhelm Hester.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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Mining & General Telegraphic Code1101 - Mining & General Telegraphic Code
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Bedford Mcneill.
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The Early History of Gold in India1102 - The Early History of Gold in India
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Written by Rajni Nanda, 1992
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The Geology and Mining Industries of Ulu Pahang1103 - The Geology and Mining Industries of Ulu Pahang
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With a Sketch Map Showing the Geological Structure of the Country. By: J.B. Scrivner
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Metallic Wealth of the United States1104 - Metallic Wealth of the United States
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Described and Compared With That of Other Countries. By: J.D. Whitney, 1854
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The Nature of Ore Deposits1105 - The Nature of Ore Deposits
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By: Dr. Richard Beck. Translated and Revised by: Walter Harvey Weed, E.M. First Edition - Third Impression, 1905
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Papers from the Notes of an Engineer1106 - Papers from the Notes of an Engineer
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Frederick Gleason Corning. 1889
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Mexico's Treasure House (Guanajuato)1107 - Mexico's Treasure House (Guanajuato)
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By: Percy F. Martin, F.R.G.S. 1906
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Prehistoric Copper Mining Lake Superior Region1108 - Prehistoric Copper Mining Lake Superior Region
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Drier & DuTemple 1965
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The Copper Mines of Lake Superior1109 - The Copper Mines of Lake Superior
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By: T. A. Rickard First Edition - First Thousand. 1905
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Boom Towns of the Great Basin1110 - Boom Towns of the Great Basin
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By: Frank C. Robertson & Beth Kay Harris. 1962 Torn Dust Jacket
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Memoirs Of Charles J. Stakel1111 - Memoirs Of Charles J. Stakel
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Cleveland-Cliffs Mining Engineer Mine Superintendent and Mining Manager Frances (Stakel) Nelson, Bruce K. Nelson, Robert W. Williams (editors) 1994
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Travels and Adventures of Raphael Pumpelly1112 - Travels and Adventures of Raphael Pumpelly
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Mining Engineer, Geologist, Archaeologist and Explorer By: Raphael Pumpelly. 1920
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The Peaks of Lyell1113 - The Peaks of Lyell
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By: Geoffrey Blainey 1959
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Digging Gold Among the Rockies1114 - Digging Gold Among the Rockies
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Exciting Adventures of Wild Camp Life In Leadville, Black Hills and the Gunnison Country By: G. Thomas Ingham, Esq. 1852
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Beyond the Hundredth Meridian1115 - Beyond the Hundredth Meridian
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John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West. By: Wallace Stegner 1954
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Nigeria And Its Tin Fields1116 - Nigeria And Its Tin Fields
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By: Albert F. Calvert. 1910
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Greenside, A Tale of Lakeland Miners1117 - Greenside, A Tale of Lakeland Miners
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By: Ian Tyler 1992
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Bergwerk = und Probierbuchlein1118 - Bergwerk = und Probierbuchlein
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A translation from the German of the Bergbuchlein, a sixteenth-century book on mining geology, by Anneliese Grunhaldt Sisco and Cyril Stanley Smith 19
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Scenery Science and Art1119 - Scenery Science and Art
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Being Extracts From The Note-Book of a Geologist and Mining Engineer. By Professor D.T. Ansted, M.A., F.R.S.,
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Treatise On Ore Deposits1120 - Treatise On Ore Deposits
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By: Frederick Prime, Jr 1870
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The Imperial Quicksilver Works at Idria Krain1121 - The Imperial Quicksilver Works at Idria Krain
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Translated by: Samuel B. Christy 1884
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The Mining Districts Idaho Basin Boise Ridge Idaho1122 - The Mining Districts Idaho Basin Boise Ridge Idaho
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By: Waldemar Lindgren With: A Report on the Fossil Plants of the Payette Formation by Frank Hall Knowlton.
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Ore-Deposits1123 - Ore-Deposits
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By Samuel Franklin Emmons. 1913
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Bitterroot Range Clearwater Mountains Montana1124 - Bitterroot Range Clearwater Mountains Montana
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A Geological Reconnaissance across the Bitterroot Range and Clearwater Mountains in Montana and Idaho. Waldemar Lindgren 1904
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Gold Fields of Siam1125 - Gold Fields of Siam
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Monsieur Jean Marc Bel. 1894. Archivally repaired.
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The Story of the Monster Mine1126 - The Story of the Monster Mine
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Ian Auhl, 1986
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Lovozero Massif History Pegmatites Minerals1127 - Lovozero Massif History Pegmatites Minerals
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Igor V. Pekof. 2000
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Langban Mines Minerals Geology Explorers1128 - Langban Mines Minerals Geology Explorers
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Dan Holtstam, Jorgen Langhof.
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In the Kirghiz Steppes Copper for Tsars1129 - In the Kirghiz Steppes Copper for Tsars
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J.W. Wardell. 1961
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Big Game Hunting and Adventure 1897-19361130 - Big Game Hunting and Adventure 1897-1936
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Marcus Daly.
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Saltair1131 - Saltair
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Nancy D McCormick. 1985
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The Case of Alfred Packer The Man Eater1132 - The Case of Alfred Packer The Man Eater
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Paul H. Gantt. 1952
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Blasted Beloved Breckenridge1133 - Blasted Beloved Breckenridge
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Mark Fiester. 1973
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Among the Tailings Guide to Leadville Mines1134 - Among the Tailings Guide to Leadville Mines
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George and Ruth Gilgillan. 1964 Signed.
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Silver San Juan The Rio Grande Southern1135 - Silver San Juan The Rio Grande Southern
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Mallory Hope Ferrell. 1973
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Once A Coal Miner Colorados Northern Coal Fields1136 - Once A Coal Miner Colorados Northern Coal Fields
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Phyllis Smith. 1989
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Bronze Age Goldwork of the British Isles1137 - Bronze Age Goldwork of the British Isles
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Joan J Taylor. 1980
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The Gold Mines of Merioneth1138 - The Gold Mines of Merioneth
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G.W. Hall.
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The Stannaries English Tin Miner1139 - The Stannaries English Tin Miner
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George Randall Lewis. 1908
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The Uranium and Fluorescent Minerals1140 - The Uranium and Fluorescent Minerals
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H.C. Drake. 1953
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US Geological Survey The Territories Montana1141 - US Geological Survey The Territories Montana
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Montana Idaho and Wyoming 1872. F.V. Hayden. 1873
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Recent Cyanide Practice1142 - Recent Cyanide Practice
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T.A. Rickard. 1907
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Geochemistry in Mineral Exploration1143 - Geochemistry in Mineral Exploration
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H.E. Hawkes, J.S. Webb. 1962
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My Home at Present Boarding House in Colorado1144 - My Home at Present Boarding House in Colorado
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Vendl and Smith. 2013
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Historic Leadville Photographs and Drawings1145 - Historic Leadville Photographs and Drawings
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Christian J. Buys. Signed. 2007
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The St. Ives Mining District1146 - The St. Ives Mining District
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Cyril Noall. 2 Volume Set.
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Sagebrush Dentist Old Wyoming1147 - Sagebrush Dentist Old Wyoming
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Will Frackelton and Herman Seely. 1947
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Incident at Bitter Creek Rock Springs Massacre1148 - Incident at Bitter Creek Rock Springs Massacre
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Craog Storti. 1991.
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All Veins Lodes and Ledges Utah Mines1149 - All Veins Lodes and Ledges Utah Mines
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William T. Parry. 2004
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Cass Hite Life of an Old Prospector1150 - Cass Hite Life of an Old Prospector
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James H. Knipmeyer. 2016
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