NEW MEXICO

New Mexico. General. Please see the Maps and Atlases section

702. Grant. Faywood. Faywood Hot Springs Embossed Bottle & Broadside, c.1910-30. Bottle is clear, 4.5 inch diam and 11 inches tall with narrow spout. Embossed with “The McDermott Co Bottlers, Faywood Hot Springs, N. Mex.” Clean and in extremely fine condition. Broadside from Faywood Hot Springs Resort, 11 x 14”, with black print on card stock thickness paper. &#x201CFaywood Hot Springs. 900 Feet Broad Veranda. First Class Accommodations for 100 Guests. Overworked Nervous People Find Immediate Relief. Stomach Troubles, Rheumatism, Kidney and Liver Troubles are Readily Cured. Open All Year Round. Special Attention Given the Bath. These Waters Cure When Others Fail to Benefit. Faywood Hot Springs, Grant County, New Mexico. T. C. McDermott, Manager.” printed on broadside. The name Faywood comes from two investors who bought the property around 1890, J. C. Fay and William Lockwood. These men built a lavish hotel that essentially failed to attract visitors that the earlier adobe hotel had through the 1870-80’s, when it burned down. With the lackluster performance of the hotel, the different owners tried their hands eventually with T. C. McDermott coming into ownership. He ran the hotel until his death in 1946. Today, the property is owned by the State of New Mexico and is open to the public. A short history of the Faywood Hot Springs is offered in this lot with a reprint of an article in New Mexico Magazine, 1982. Chips at left and top edges. Several surface tears. Three inch tear at bottom center edge and broken piece (included) from top right corner. Fine. Est. $200-500

703. Grant. Lordsburg. North American Copper Co. Cert #A643. Incorporated in Arizona 1906. Issued to Charles W. Opp for 100 shares in 1909. Signed by J. W. Washington president and K. E. Jackson secretary (neither of which are listed as officers of the company in the 1910 Copper Handbook). Vignette of several miners working underground. Bold green border and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Security Bank Note Co. 8.5 x 11.5”. &#x201CMines Located At Lordsburg, N.M.” printed at top of certificate. The company owned two major mines, the Nellie Bly, in the Virginia district, and the Cobre Negra, located in the Pyramid district. The Nellie Bly had several shafts with ore that ran at 5.8% copper and 5.5 ounces of silver running as high as 18%, 15 ounces silver and $10 gold per ton. The Cobre Negra mine was idle since 1906. In 1907, the company shipped about 95 carloads of ore, worth around $45,000. (Copper Handbook, 1910, p.1303). Very fine. Est. $50-100

704. Otero. Brice. Turquoise Copper Co. Cert #216. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to George S. Spence for 100 shares in 1909. Signed by W. Bright president and M. E. Thayer secretary. No vignette. Brown border and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - ABN. 8 x 11”. Owned an “old” turquoise mine that also had copper ore. Hand sorted samples had reported assays of 11-18% copper (Copper Handbook, 1908, p.1344). Extremely fine. Est. $75-150

705. Otero. Cloudcroft. Cloudcroft Real Photo Postcard, 1922. Real Photo postcard of “Pavillion Burning at Cloudcroft, NM” August 3, 1922. View is taken at night with silhouettes of onlookers against the building engulfed in flames. Est. $75-150

706. Santa Fe. San Ysidro. Mammoth Cons Mining, Milling & Smelting Co. Cert. #1767. Incorporated in New Mexico. Issued to Mancelini Garcia for 25 shares in 1881. Signed by Juan Delgado as president and Thomas Johnson as secretary. Uncancelled. Vignette of men working in underground mining scene. Navy blue border and print. Printed by Sam’l. L.C. Rhodes. 8” x 11”. The Mammoth was one of several high grade silver prospects in the San Ysidro range. Burchard, 1882, mentioned that this was a good silver prospect. Xf, folds. Est. $200-400

707. Sierra. Hillsboro. Las Animas Mining & Milling Co. Cert. #141. Incorporated in Maine in 1905. Issued to Gaylord Wilshire for 100 shares in 1908. Signed by president E. Herltsee and secretary James Oncutting. Uncacnelled. The Las Animas gold placer district was mined as far back as at least the 1860’s, and possibly even earlier, in places, by the Spanish. The district had placer gold deposits that sat on top of and in between thick layers of caliche (soil cement). We mined a significant deposit there in the early 1980’s, where euhedral crystals of oxidized pyrite (goethite) were notable. Vignette of two men flanking Maine shield. Green border, printed by Cooke Bank Note. 7 3/4” x 11 1/4”. Xf. Est. $75-150 (no illustration)

708. Sierra. Lake Valley. Lake Valley Documents and Correspondence. Lot of 9. First piece is letterhead of “Miller & Knight, successors to Keller, Miller & Co. Merchants and Jobbers to the Trade” dated June 20, 1919. Letter to the Illinois Brewing Co. requesting “2 Bbl’s (?) Soda”. Folded with a couple of small tears at bottom, missing lower right corner, some fading and dirt, 8 1/2” x 11”, VF. Second piece is a 1931 Continental Oil Company License. Whole sale/dealer yearly license for Continental cost $21.00 in 1931. License is signed by Abel C. Chavez, Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners. 11 1/2” x 9 3/4”. Liquid staining affects top of piece, has been folded, some dirt and fading, has several small nicks at top edge, VF. Third and fourth items are First National Bank of Las Vegas checks. One check is counterstamped and the other has handwritten “Lake Valley” over Las Vegas as point of origin. Both are from the Silver Mining Company. #187 was issued June 28, 1894 and #277 was issued January 11, 1895. Some dirt, one has spike tear in middle,VF. Fifth, sixth and seventh pieces are Lake Valley Mines receipts #270, #271 and # 276 from 1905. These are in poor condition with tears, staining, rough edges and dirt. Eighth piece is a freight receipt for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Co. from 1886. Poor condition with heavy stains, holes, tears and chunks missing along left edge. Signed by C.A. Thurston— no damage to signnature. 8 1/4” x 4 1/2”. Last piece is a Wells Fargo & Co. Express receipt from 1887 also signed by C.A. Thurston. Fair condition, nicks to edges, major tear with non-archival tape repair on reverse— does NOT affect signature, possible water damage, fadingg and staining. 8 1/4” x 3 1/4”. Est. $100-200

709. Taos. Copper Mountain. Champion Copper Co. Cert #4482. Incorporated in Maine, 1907. Issued to Adelbert L. Chamberlain for 200 shares in 1910. Signed by Samuel Littlefield president and Thomas Maloney treasurer. Vignette of a mill next to a stream with two smaller vignettes of miners working. Green border and seal. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11”. Company owned 5 claims on Copper Hill in the Copper Mountain district of Taos County, 9 miles east of Embudo, the nearest rail station, and 25 miles northeast of Taos. The property was said to have 8 parallel veins carrying cuprite, malachite and chrysacolla, succeeded at depth by chalcocite and gray copper ore all argentifirous and auriferous. A total of about 1800 feet of workings with the deepest shaft at 125 feet in the Oxide mine and a 300 foot tunnel. &#x201CMore steam has been put behind the company’s advertising than back of the mining work.” (Copper Handbook, 1910, p.591). 2 inch tears along fold creases. Otherwise very fine. Est. $50-100

OREGON

710. Baker. Baker City. Oregon Gold Mining Co of Louisville, KY. Cert #118. Incorporated in Kentucky. $1000 Bond. Signed by Geo Dilty president and Bohman secretary. Vignette of three miners working on the surface. Dark blue border, printed on blue paper with blue print. Foil seal. Printer - Geo. H. Dietz & Co, Louisville, KY. 13 x 15”. 6 coupons still attached at right edge. The coupons were payable from the FNB in Baker City, Oregon. Signed on reverse by A. L. Schmidt. Initially issued in 1888. Extremely fine. Est. $50-150

711. Baker. Cracker Creek. Cracker Summit Mines Co. Cert #19. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to P. E. Stafford for 5000 shares in 1903. Signed by H. Smith vice president and A. A. Scoutt secretary. Vignette of robed woman holding up shield seated atop rocks near stormy ocean. Black border with bronze seal and safety print. Attractive floral pattern around masthead. Uncancelled. Printer -Goes, distributed by American Print, Sumpter, Oregon. 8 x 11”. Datelined Sumpter, Oregon. Very fine. Est. $ 75-150

712. Baker. Sumpter. Dental Supplies, c.1900. Dental items that were used by A. C. Greenlee in Sumpter, Oregon. There are 2 boxes of “High Grade Linen Finishing Strips, Oiled” distributed by John Welch Dental Depot, Portland, Oregon. These boxes are 7 inches long and are full. Another box contains 7 pieces of Bite Wax for Impressions. The top wax square has two bites. The squares measure 3 x 3”. The last box is marked Tru Wax, Dentsply Baseplate Wax, Half Pound, Pink, mfg by Dentists’ Supply Co, NY. Box is 3 x 6” and has about 6 slabs of the pink wax. Also within the box are several teeth, either real or false, didn’t investigate too closely (vp). The consignor is a relative of Reverend Byers, who spent time in Sumper around 1898-1901, until he went to Goldfield and Tonopah, this establishes the provenance of these items. Fine. Est. $100-300

713. Baker. Sumpter. Stice’s Gulch Placer Mines Co. Cert #77. Incorporated in Oregon. Issued to P. E. Stafford for 1000 shares in 1902. Signed by McLaughlin vice president and Killiam secretary. Vignette of a placer operation with two smaller vignettes of miners on the surface. Black border, bronze seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes, distributed by Sumpter American Print. 8 x 11”. Est. 75-150

714. Baker. Sumpter. Sumpter Sunday School Picnic Original Photograph, 1896. A wonderful view of two different style wagons, one loaded up with children and the other loaded up with adults, all wearing their Sunday best. The Sunday best clothes is literal. On the back, the photo is identified as Reverend Byers leading a Sunday School picnic, preparing to go into the mountains. Byers is the far right. The road in Sumpter is wood planked. Photo is 8 x 10”, gray matte is 9.5 x 12”. Some dings to corners of matte, pin holes at corners. Image has minor processing flaws near left edge. Excellent clarity. Provenance: Byers Collection (Please see Auction #13 catalog for a detailed story of Reverend Byers). Very fine. Est. $150-300

715. General. Comer Mines Co. Cert #331. Incorporated in Oregon. Issued to P. E. Stafford for 110 shares in 1908. Signed by C. P. Riley vice president and Wasley secretary. Vignette at upper left of miners undergroun. Brown border, bronze seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11”. Very fine. Est. $50-100

716. Jackson. Medford. Three Pines Timber Co. Cert. #2. Incorporated in Oregon in 1903. Issued to G.E. Howland for 150,000 shares in 1904. Datelined Medford, OR. President A. R. Rames’ stamped signature, and signed by secretary Jefferson D. Cook. Cancelled by stamp across center. Vignette of lumber mil to left of masthead. Green border, printed by Crocker Co. Datelined Medford, Oregon. Medford and nearby Roseburg, became the lumber capitals of Oregon, and the Northwest for the next 80 years. Unique early Oregon timber piece. 8” x 11”. Xf. Est. $75-150

717. Linn. Santiam. Santiam Gold & Silver Mining Co. Cert. #334. Incorporated in Salem, OR in 1864. Issued to E.N. Cooke for 5 shares in 1864. Signed by president Geo. A. Edes and secretary Rufus Mallory. Uncancelled. Vignette at left of bucks and doe in forest setting. Black border, and black maroon print with green underprint. 20 cent and 5 cent adhered rev. stamps at lower left. Printed by ** Statesman Job Press. 5 1/2” x 10 1/4”. Vf, folds. Est. $150-300

718. Linn. Santiam. Santiam Gold & Silver Mining Co. Cert. #745. Incorporated in Salem, OR in 1864. Issued to E.N. Cooke for 3 shares in 1865. Signed by president Geo. Edes and secretary Rufus Mallory. Uncancelled. Vignette at left of female allegorical figure. 25 cent adhered rev. stamp at left. Black border and print. 5 3/4” x 10”. Xf, folds. Est. $150-300 5534 21

719. Marion. Hubbard. Hubbard Band Association. Cert. #4. Incorporated in Oregon in 1914. Issued to J. Charles Crittenden for 1 share in 1914. Datelined Hubbard, OR. Signed by president A. D. Wolfer and secretary A. H. de Lespinasse. Uncancelled. Vignette of seated female allegorical figure, holding up wreath. Orange border. Printed by the Irwin-Hodsoin Co. 8” x 11”. Vf, dark at left edge, folds. Est. $50-100

720. Port Orford. Heroes of Battle Rock or The Miners’ Reward… Edited by Orvil Dodge, 1904. Tells a story about “A desperate encounter of nine white men with three hundred Indians. Miraculous Escape After Untold Hardships.” A first person account of the 1851 Port Orford expedition, and the terrific fight with the Siwash Indians which led to the naming of Battle Rock. Also includes the discovery and reprot of the Salmon Mountain Mine. 21 pages, softbound with green cover. 5 1/2” x 8 3/4”. Xf, some foxing on cover. Est. $50-100 (no illustration)

721. Union. Blue Mtns. Laclede Cons Gold & Copper Mining Co. Cert #744. Incorporated in Oregon, 1902. Issued to P. E. Stafford for 1000 shares in 1903. Signed by president and Curtis secretary. Vignette of miners underground with two smaller vignettes of miners inspecting ore. Black border with gilt seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes, distributed by Weed Parsons, Albany, NY. 5.5 x 10”. We offered the prospectus for this company in Auction #16. The company formed around 1900 and began sinking shallow shafts and drifts. Ore was reported to run at $30-60 per ton. Very fine. Est. $75-150

722. Wasco. The Dalles. Columbia River Original Photographs & Photo Postcards, c.1925-30. Lot of 12 different pieces. Three of the items are original photo postcards showing the Klickitat Indians fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls, Columbia River, near The Dalles Oregon. The falls shown in these pictures no longer exist due to the construction of the The Dalles Dam around 1940. Three of the items are original photographs, probably taken by LaVerne Lane, of a Klickitat Indian fishing the Klickitat River(?). The images are misaligned due to a poor processing. Four original photographs of different scenes of Native Americans fishing near The Dalles. Two miscellaneous items. An original photograph of a Santa Claus holding a papoose with child and several around. One original photo postcards of a Roman library, sent from Roma, Italy. All photographs were probably taken by LaVerne Lane. All very fine. Est. $100-200

UTAH

723. General. Empire Mining Co of Utah. Cert #2051. Incorporated in Utah Territory. Issued to Sigmund Newstadt for 100 shares in 1880. Signed by Cornwell president and H. A. Vautraag secretary. Vignette of miners underground. Black border and print. Uncancelled. Printer - ABN. 7 x 10”. Datelined Salt Lake City, U.T. Four assessment stamps on reverse. Extremely fine. Est. $100-200

724. General. Utah Gold Mountain Mining Co. Cert #701. Incorporated in Arizona, 1906. Issued to Frances S. Payson for 2000 shares in 1906. Signed by Homer president and Lippincott secretary. Vignette at top center of a mill next to a stream with two smaller vignettes at each corner of miners underground. Black border with bronze seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Datelined Philadelphia, PA. Printer - Goes. 5.5 x 10”. Includes a Letter to Stockholders informing them that stock is available for purchase of the Gold Development Co, which is the financial backer of the Utah Gold Mountain MC, dated 1908. The letterhead indicates that C. W. Bigelow is one of the directors. This Bigelow is probably related to the infamous promotion house Bigelow & Co that was always involved in stock jobbing schemes (please see Auction #16 for several companies promoted by Bigelow). Both very fine. Est. $75-150 (no illustration)

725. Salt Lake. Bingham. Live Pine Cons Mining Co. Cert. #1002. Incorporated in Utah Terr. in 1880. Issued to Samuel Huckel Jr. for 25 shares in 1894. Signed by president John Turnan and secretary A.C. Hall. Datelined Salt Lake City, Utah Terr. Tiny vignette of dog’s head at bottom center. Gilt and black border and print, printed by Salt Lake Tribune Print. We could find no reference to this company in any of our resources. One of the many gold, silver and copper mines in Bingham Canyon, later to become part of the world’s largest open pit copper mine. 5” x 9 3/4”. Xf. Est. $100-300