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2008 Online Catalog 2

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New Complete and Searchable Listing of All Lots. 8

Introduction. 8

Western Ephemera (Lots 1-13). 10

Gold Specimens (Lots14-26). 12

Treasure (Lots 27-37). 13

Alabama (Lots 38-41). 17

Alaska (Lots 42-45). 17

Arizona (Lots 46-69). 18

Arizona ~ Reference Books. 25

CALIFORNIA ~ Alphabetical listing by location or category (Lots 70-117) 25

California ~ Chinese Mining. 27

Gregory's Express Pocket Letter Books. 1851. 27

Folsom. Palmer & Day. 30

California ~ Gold Rush Photographs. 31

California ~ Gold Rush Coin & Currency Related Items. 32

Grass Valley (Lots 118-170). 36

Grass Valley. Alonzo Delano. 36

Inyo/Mono Region. 37

Indian Queen Mining Company. 37

End Inyo/Mono Region. 41

Fresno County. St. George Vineyard. 41

A Fabulous Harvey Harris Silver Ingot 42

California ~ Miscellaneous. 47

Nevada City (Lots 171-210). 49

Sacramento. Assayers Gorham Blake and W.R. Waters. 52

Sacramento ~ Pony Express & Overland Mail 53

Sacramento Cont’d. 55

San Francisco (Lots 211-276). 56

San Francisco. Adams & Company. 57

Adams & Co., (Curtis Perry & Ward/Kellogg & Richter) 60

San Francisco. Adams & Co. Express Stamps. 60

San Francisco. Bank of California. 62

San Francisco. Assay Office of G. W. Bell, No. 148 California Street 62

G.W. Bell Assay Office, 512 California Street, San Francisco, CA.. 63

San Francisco. Important Burgoyne & Company Documents. 64

San Francisco. Justinian Caire Company (Lots 277-321). 67

San Francisco. Duncan, Sherman & Co. 68

San Francisco. Hentsch & Berton. 70

James King of William.. 71

The Vigilance Committee. 73

San Francisco. Joseph Brothers Tokens c 1850. 75

San Francisco. Justh & Hunter Assay Office (Lots 322-369). 75

San Francisco. E. Justh. 76

San Francisco. Kellogg & Richter’s Assay Office. 77

San Francisco. J. G. Kellogg. 78

San Francisco. Kellogg & Humbert Bullion Receipts. 79

San Francisco. Kellogg, Hewston & Co. Assay Office. 82

San Francisco. Miner’s Bank of Savings of Alta California (Lots 370-430). 83

San Francisco. Stephen A. Wright 84

San Francisco. Moffat & Company. 85

San Francisco. Assay Office of S. Molitor & Co. 86

San Francisco. Northern Electric Company. 88

San Francisco. Page, Bacon & Co., Bankers. 90

San Francisco. Palmer, Cook & Co., Bankers. 92

Thomas Price, Assayer, San Francisco, CA, 1862-1912 (Lots 431-513). 92

San Francisco. Riehn, Hemme & Co., Assay Office, San Francisco. 95

San Francisco. Assay Office of Geo. E. Rogers. 96

San Francisco Assaying and Refining Works. 97

U.S. Branch Mint San Francisco. 98

San Francisco. United States Mint and Branch Mint Bullion Receipts. 99

San Francisco. Selby Smelting & Lead Co (Lots 514-562). 105

San Francisco. Adolph Sutro & The Sutro Tunnel 107

San Francisco. Wass, Molitor & Co. 109

Watkins, Carlton Photographs. 109

COLORADO (Lots 563-631).. 113

Denver. Colorado National Bank. 118

U.S. Branch Mint, Denver 119

Denver Mint 119

DAKOTA (Lots 632-635).. 123

FLORIDA (Lots 636-639).. 124

GEORGIA (Lots 640-641).. 124

IDAHO (Lots 642-649).. 124

Boise City. First National Bank of Idaho. 125

LOUISANA (Lots 650-660).. 125

MARYLAND (Lots 661-662).. 126

MASSACHUSETTES (Lot 663). 126

MISSISSIPPI (Lots 664-669). 126

MONTANA (Lots 670-683).. 127

NEBRASKA (Lots 684-685).. 129

NEVADA (Lots 686-717).. 129

First National Bank of Nevada, Austin. 131

Austin. David Lundbom, Assayer 132

Buena Vista (Unionville) 134

The Bateman Ingot By Fred N. Holabird. 134

Carson City (Lots 718-780). 136

U.S. Mint, Carson City. 136

Carson City Mint Bullion Receipts. 136

Rhyolite Clearing House Certificates. 143

Treasure Hill (Lots 781-873) 144

Bousfield, F. H. . 144

Unionville (Also see Buena Vista) 151

The Blake, Unionville Ingot, c1863-4. 151

Virginia City. 155

Virginia City. Chollar & Potosi 155

Gould and Curry. 157

Assay Office of Leopold Kuh. 158

Ruhling Assay Office. 160

Savage Mine. 161

Comstock Lode Assay Office, D. Balch, c1869-1878. 161

Theall & Company. 162

Van Wyck & Company Assay Office. 162

Conrad Wiegand (1830-1880) A Western Assayer of the Mark Twain Period. 164

End Virginia City Section. 171

NEW JERSEY (Lot 874).. 172

NEW MEXICO (Lots 875-877).. 172

NEW YORK (Lots 878-887).. 172

OHIO (Lot 888).. 174

OREGON (Lots 889-901).. 174

PENNSYLVANIA (Lots 902-905).. 176

SOUTH CAROLINA (Lots 906-907).. 176

TENNESSEE (Lots 908-911).. 177

UTAH (Lots 912-925).. 177

VIRGINIA GOLD RUSH (Lot 926).. 179

WYOMING (Lots 927-928).. 180

FOREIGN (Lots 929-934).. 180

AUSTRALIA.. 180

CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA.. 180

MISCELLANEOUS MINING (Lots 935-958).. 181