Rush to the Rockies Auction (August 2022)

Cloth Burke-Martin Mine ore bag. 24x14". Staining. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City: Montezuma Provenance: Gary Bracken...

Cloth ore bag from Marlin Mining Company. Elevation of 10636 feet. Marlin Mine is situated nearby to Minnehaha Reservoir, and close to Minnehaha Dam.

Real, original map of the Ouray Gold District, Ouray County, Colorado. Surveyed and Compiled by Wheeler & Hurlburt, F.L. Biddlecom and W.A Sherm...

Real, original Map of the Red Mountain Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado. Scale of 1000 ft. to 1 inch. W.A. Sherman M.E. Ouray, Colo. 1891. Prin

Cloth Elkhorn Gold and Silver Mining ore bag. 22x14". 2 top tears, about 2" each. Elkhorn Mine, Hahns Peak District (Columbine District), ...

Two blue line maps of the San Juan Triangle in Colorado. Scale 1 inch = 1200 feet. The San Juan Triangle includes the mining towns of Telluride, Silve

Cloth ore bag from Geyser Mining. "Silver Cliff was settled in the late 1870s after discovery of the Geyser mine. The deepest mine in Colorado ...

Framed map of the Blue River Gold Fields and Metal Mines, Summit County, Colorado. Slight center fold separation. 14.5x13". Date: Country (...

Cloth Ontario Mine ore bag with 2 wood top handles. Elevation of 8,901 feet, situated nearby to Maryland Mountain, and close to Bonanza Mine. 22x14....

Cloth Ontario Mine ore bag with wood handles. 23x14.5" .25" hole and staining. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City: Tw...

Cloth Ed E Koleberg Assayer ore bag. 14x 5.75" Heavy staining. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City: Victor Provenance: Gar...

Cloth ore bag , PB Van Dolah. 13.75x6.25". Staining. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City: Victor Provenance: Gary Bracken ...

Rare reprint of the 1883 Colorado Mining Directory: Containing an Accurate Description of the Mines, Mining Properties and Mills, and the Mining Milli

Department of the Interior, US Geological Survey, Professional Paper 138. Mining in Colorado: A History of Discovery, Development, and Production by C

Mineralogist's Pocket Reference, published by The Colorado Assaying Co. 5.75x3". Slight cover bleed thru on 3 pages. Date: Country (if n...

Colorado Geological Survey 1914, 493pp with index. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City: Provenance:

9 Colorado mining maps. Wellington, Elk Horn, Mineral Belt-torn, Congress, Placer Claim, Formation-torn and water stain, Mary Stuart, Elk Moose Ballar

Lot of five miscellaneous Colorado mining claim maps. A) Map of Red Mountain and the Mining Region of San Juan, Ouray, San Miguel, and Dolores Count

Photographs of several Colorado placer miners and their wives, perhaps at a picnic. This photograph was made by Luke & Wheeler's Rocky Mount...

35+ different Colorado mining checks. Stratton Cripple Creek Mining, Portland Gold Mining, Flora Bell Mining, Delmonico Mine and more. c. 1890's...

Rare JW Killinger Assayer, Lewiston, ID. Assay price list and assay process info. 5.75x8.25". Date: Country (if not USA): State: Idaho Ci...

The Hecla Consolidated Mining Company was involved in the mining, smelting, and reduction of gold, silver, copper, and lead in Beaverhead County, Mont

Otto Schulenburg was the president of the Leviathan Gold Mining Company in Montana. This collection contains a vast amount of correspondence and other

4 promo pieces from Boston and Seattle Mining for a mine in Montana. Shareholder report, unused subscription form, 1902 cover, 8 page promo paper with

Photograph of the Crown Point Mine in Gold Hill, Nevada. Taken by William Cann around 1900. Shows some kind of construction being done at the mine. Mo

Photograph of the Consolidated California & Virginia Mine in Virginia City, Nevada. Photograph taken by William Cann, c. 1900. This photograph s...

Photograph of the Hale & Norcross Mine in Virginia City, Nevada. This photograph was taken around 1900 by William Cann. The Hale & Norcross ...

Photograph of the Sierra Nevada Mine in Virginia City, Nevada. Taken by William Cann around 1900. Nice birds' eye view of the mine. Mounted phot...

Birds' eye photograph of Virginia City, Nevada, c. 1900. Taken by the photographer, William Cann. This photograph shows the whole town. St. Mary...

We have never seen this one before. Invitation for 45th anniversary of the Virginia City Miner's Union, July 4, 1912 at Piper's Opera House...

Three brass mining tags: Giroux Consolidated Mine, #827 (White Pine County); Smith Valley Mining Co. #220; Smith Valley Mining Co. #38. Date: Count

Key tag from the Santa Rita Mine in New Mexico. This mine was started by the Chino Copper Company in 1909. The key tag says, "716/ C.C. Co./ Sa...

4 Kettle-Curlew Mining contracts, 1900. A gold mine on the south side of the Kettle River west of Curlew. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Was

The Engineering and Mining Journal. Volume XXVIII. July to December 1879. Published by the Scientific Publishing Company, New York. Includes informati

1881 edition by Thomas Price. Title page is signed "? ? Davidson, Jan 3/88 from Thomas Price". We are unsure if Mr. Davidson is the San Fr...

Report of the Mint 1893. 260pp with index. Front fly page creased and torn. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Copper Manual. Copper Mines, Copper Statistics, Copper Shares and A Summary of Information on Copper, Etc. by D. Houston & Co. Metal Brokers, Ne...

Three different volumes of the Mining Reporter: A Weekly Mining Journal. These are Vol. XLVI, No. 24, Vol. XLV, No. 4, and Vol. XLIII, No. 16. Publish

The Economics of Mining by Rickard, 1905 First Edition. 421pp with index. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Exceptional mining publication called "The Mentor." Vol. 9, No. 12 issued January 1, 1922. Published monthly by the Crowell Publishing Com...

Really rare hardcover mining book with attractive binding. 1909 edition. 37 illustrations from photos. 381pp plus ads. Date: Country (if not USA):

The Production of Monazite and Zircon in 1911 by Sterrett. 36th Annual Report of the Mining Industry in Idaho 1934 with reports of accidents. Principl

US Dept. of Interior Level Book DI-3 stamped on flypage Ott F Heizer, 1956-57. Examination of Prospects by Gunther, embossed Ott F Heizer on front cov

2 rare mining checks with RN's. American Smelting and Refining, 1900's, unissued. Cons. Kansas City Smelting and Refining 1899. Date: Cou...

This is an early patent style mining candlestick holder from the 19th century. It would have been stuck into timber or hung from rocks in underground

Two different mining candlestick holders. The shorter one is listed on page 28 of Wilson-Bobrink. It is a "California style" holder and is...

Two unmarked miners' candlestick holders made of wrought iron. These candle holders would have been stuck into timber or hung from rocks in unde...

Lot of three unmarked mining candlestick holders. These would have been stuck into timber or hung from rocks in underground mines to provide miners wi

Lot of two rather unique miners' candlesticks. These are hand-made miners' candlesticks. The larger one has holders for three candlesticks. ...

Metal candlestick mold from the late 19th century. This mold could make two candlesticks at once. There is a handle on the backside, but it can also s