"Raise a Glass to Yesteryear" 2023 August Auction

Rare mining deed between James Anderson, William T. Barboun, Philip W. Keyes (who purchased the claim from Sandy Bowers and James Rodgers) and the Sav

Lot of 2 Bank of California items. 1) Bank of California Note to pay Union Mill & Mining Co. $7500.00 dated May 9th, 1870 in Gold Coin. Signed b...

Bank of California promissory note for $100,000, issued to William Sharon by the Union Mill and Mining Company, Nov. 1st, 1871, San Francisco. Signed

Very rare. 1873 Annual report printed by "Stock Report" Print in San Francisco. JA Pritchard is president and AC Hamilton is superintenden...

Bank of California Note to pay Union Mill & Mining Co. $40,000.00 dated November 20th, 1876 in Gold Coin with interest to accrue at one % per mo...

Lot of 2 for Bonanza King mining millionaire and US Senator James G. Fair. 1) Letterbook copy of letter sent by Fair in the 1860s when he was superint

Lot of 3 different. 1) Very early 1861 blue form (Excelsior Print, SF). Issued to John Smith by RN Graves. At this time, Graves was supt. of the Empir

Lot of 10 different. Fantastic group! 1) Best is a Union Mill & Mining Company, Bank of California check issued to and signed by William Sharon ...

Lot of 7 different. 1) Union Mill & Mining Company. One of the great Comstock check rarities. Only 5 examples currently known. This check is iss...

Lot of 12. Includes: Ophir Mining Co. (rare James G. Fair, 1878, and WH Patton, 1879); Potosi Mining Company (1889); and Savage Mining Co. (numerous s

Lot of 4. 1) Mariposa Mill Company. Very rare RN-B16a imprinted revenue. Issued in 1870 to NN Humphrey. Signed by "Bonanza King" mining mi...

Lot of 2 different, both rare. The California and Con. Virginia were adjacent mines controlled by the Bonanza Firm and the site of the Big Bonanza dis

Lot of 2 different for this famous mine owned by the Bonanza Kings and the site of the Big Bonanza discovery. 1) Report Upon Proposed Exploration on t

Lot of 3 Wells Fargo & Co. Express bullion receipts for the Con. California & Virginia Mining Company, the mines that were the site of the B...

Excellent early view of the main street in Virginia City, with Gillig, Mott & Co. hardware building identified on the right (makers of the famou...

Very rare CDV by Lawrence & Houseworth showing the mill in full production, c.1864. "726. The Patio Process--Gould & Curry Mill." ...

Label on the back provides identification: "Northern part of Virginia City, from the Combination Shaft." Part of the Views of the Great We...

Noe's Views, No. 29 South C Street, Virginia, Nevada. Reverse has paper label identifying this as the Utah Mine Hoisting Works. The contrast is ...

Lot of two different from a series of Comstock photographs taken about c.1900 from an unidentified photographer. These two identify the mine in white

Mounted photograph of building with faint "Combination Shaft" visible on side (also matches earlier views of this structure). 5 x 8" ...