Summer 2020 Extravaganza Auction, Part I

Number 1079 for 500 shares to George Grant, Trustee in 1885. Signed by Aug. Waterman and RN Tollis. Printed by Britton & Rey of San Francisco. V...

Number 92 for 600 shares to TW Belcham. Signed by president P Whitmer and secretary JC McFarland. Incorporated in Illinois with headquarters in Bloomi

Number 86 for 100 shares to Walter A Hamlin trustee. Dateline New York 1880. Signed by Hamlin and president HH Honore. Incorporated 1880. Printed by A

Choice, rare! Named for Teddy Roosevelt's, "Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick." Number 443 for 200 shares to Frederick E Hoyt Sr. Si...

# 222 for 100 shares to JB McClure. Signed by president and incorporator Lemuel C Stanley and secretary JB McClure. Dateline Chippewas Falls, Wisconsi

# 2025 for 500 shares to JC McNaughten. Signed by William Maybaum and Adam Wauchman(?) Dateline 1884 Camden. Incorporated May of 1880. Not cancelled.S

1) Green. Certs are for exactly 100 shares. Number C394 for 100 shares to Albert H Collier. Signed by Brockett and Douglas. Rare vignette fo the actua

Lot of 2 different. 1) Big Stick Gold Mining Company. Named for Teddy Roosevelt's, "Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick." Number 439 fo...

# 28 for 50 shares to Enoch Freeland trustee. Signed by secretary Freeland and president Robert M Fryer. Dateline San Francisco 1877. Incorporated in

1) Crocker Mining Company Stock- # 3003 for 50 shares to Cullmann & Company trustees. Signed by Aug. Waterman and WS Lyle president. Dateline Sa...

Nice lot includes Quartz King Mining Co. 1905, Location of Works: Yuma, Arizona printed at top left. At top right, printed, Location: Quartz King Mine

Includes a signed Halifax Tonopah Mining Company stock issued in 1920 with a nice clear signature. The other three certificates are all connected and

Incorporated December 1863 and capitalized at $500,000; 100,000 shares at $5. Monitor Mining District, Alpine County. Certificate No. 1366, made out t

Fantastic unissued stock with President Leland Stanford signature. Vignette shows mountain with shaft depths superimposed: Cumberland 600', Bunk...

Incorp. July, 1879, located Bodie, Mono County, Calif. #17, I/U, 3635 shares @ $100 par issued Sept, 4,1879. Signed by the secretary. Black, no

Incorp. Jan 1879.Located in Bodie, Calif. #210, I/U, dated March 13, 1879 and is made out to the secretary of the company, Ellis Edwards who also sig

Bodie Mining District. Incorporated in New York in 1880. Cert. #146, issued to HA Dickenson in 1881 for 100 shares. Signed by Nat B. Freeman as presid

Incorp. August 1879 Calif. #1, I/U, 5 shares @ $100 ea issued F.M Adams August 1879, signed Ellis Edwards secretary. Black, no seal, vignette left

Number 2558 for 10 shares to G.B Bayley, trustee. Signed by secretary FE Luty and vice president CN Atkinson. Printed by Britton & Rey, SF. 4&qu...

Porter Gold &Silver Mining Co., incorporated 1863, issued Dec 9, 1863 to J.G. Porter, signed by Victor B. Masson as president, cancelled with r...

Never seen by us. This company operated on Poor Man's Ledge near Spanishtown (now Yankee Hill) in Butte County in 1857. A July 31, 1857 Daily Al...

Cert. #155, issued in 1895 at Oakland for 100 shares to E.C. Douglas. Signed by vice-president A.M. Burham and H.R. Thomas as secretary. The company w

Location: Cherokee Flat (printed at upper right). Inc. Aug. 1875. No. 98, issued for 103 shares to Mary Howard on Sept. 18th, 1876. Signed by presiden

# 8 - VERY EARLY. 20 shares to William Keith. Datelined San Francisco July 11, 1865 (one week after incorporation) . Signed by secretary WL Kirby and

Very rare stock certificate from the Vigorit Powder Company issued in 1878 at San Francisco. Cert. #75, issued to W.W. Hobart for 100 shares. The comp

Very nice looking cert. Black on off white with large red underprint "Capital Stock $660,000. Early # 38 for 50 shares to MW Smith on July 9, 1...

Cert. #67, issued in 1903 and cert. #81, issued in 1905. The 1903 certificate is signed by president Stephen Roberts, while the 1905 certificate is si

Very attractive mining certificate #263 issued in 1905 for 2500 preferred shares. The Landecker Gold Mining Company was one of the largest producers i

# 155 for 100 shares to DH Hogins. Signed by FS Munford and president W Wootson. Dateline Folsom 1863. Incorporated May 1863. Not cancelled. 25c Prote

Incorp. New York. The company that had a the right to over 700 square miles of water rights on the Georgetown Divide in Eldorado County, Ca, .also

Number 1 for 10 shares to John A Gwin. Signed by Silas B Smith and William Henson. Daterline 1863 Placerville. Incorporated October 15, 1863. A notice

Rare. $500 bond. Low number 4, issued to the Banking House of B.F. Hastings & Co. of Sacramento City on December 24th, 1860. Signed by president...

Cancelled $4,000 (@ $100 ea) American River Water & Mining Co. cert. # 471, dated Sept. 7, 1859. Assigned. Signed C.T.H. Palmer, secy, a 49&...

Location: Fresno County, Cal. (printed at top center). Inc. Jan. 1880. Stock number one, issued to company president W.F. Myers on Feb. 11th, 1880. Si

Eureka Quartz Mining Company stock certificate, No. 97, for five shares of capital stock. Issued to William Jenkins of Baltimore. Dateline 24 January

Extremely rare Gold Rush era; 2-3 known. Grass Valley, Nevada Co., Cal (printed under title). Dateline Grass Valley, Nevada Co., Cal., July 24th, 1855

Cert. #A1423, issued to Oswald Kirkby for 100 shares. Signed by Donald B. Gillis as president. Tasker Oddie was one of the company directors. Greenwat

Cert. #1435, issued in 1916 to F.H. Howorth for 600 shares.This company took over the operations of the Four Metals Mining Company which included the

Very rare stock certificate #186 issued in 1888 to the company president, F.R. Fast and signed by Fast and C. Walcutt as secretary. Incorporated in Ne

We have not seen this one before. Cert. #218, issued for 10 shares to Adolor Octave Belmore and signed by Fred Field as vice-president and Frank J. Ba

Cert. #439, issued for 20 shares to Jacob Hardy in 1876, and signed by the president Preston. Cerro Gordo, Inyo County, Cal. printed below the company

A great story in Lingenfelter's "Death Valley and the Amargosa", Lingenfelter tells the tale of Chester R. Bunker, extreme mining prom...

Group of 24 stock certificates, issued by various California Mother Lode mine operations. Company issued certs include Murray Creek Mining, Transierra

Cert. #99, signed by president G.P. Drew, issued for 8,000 shares to Francisca A. Jesurum. R.E. Doan was the superintendant at the mine. The company w

Certificate #71, issued in 1890 to J. Asher and signed by B.M. Denison as secretary. Location of Works: Kern County, California printed at the top. Wh

Location: Lake County, Cal. (printed under title). Inc. in 1872. No. 737, issued for 100 shares to LH Palache on April 12th, 1895 in San Francisco. Si

# 8(?) for 25 shares to Josiah C Huch(?). Datelined Dutch Flat 1867. Signed by secretary Charles F (?) and president (?). Incorporated June 26, 1867.

5 i/u stocks. Undated but Gold Rush era. According to the company's description detailed on the reverse of each stock, this London based associa...

Blue version! Certificate for the Ave Maria Gold Quartz Mining Association. According to the company's description detailed on the reverse of ea...

"Mariposa is where explorers John C. Fremont and Kit Carson found the rich Mariposa Vein and opened the first mill to crush ore and extract gol...