LIVE AUCTION #23

NEVADA

558. Nevada. Book A Report to the House of Representatives Regarding the Formation of the Territory of Nevada, 1858. A 5-page report by. William Smith, from the Committee on the Territories, to the House of Representatives, 1st Session of the 35th Congress. The report presents the request by petitioners for the formation of a new territory from the western portion of the Territory of Utah. Boards are not original. Measures 6 x 9.” “Never seen”(FH). Est. $500-1000

559. Nevada. Book. Ten Years in Nevada Or Life On The Pacific Coast, 1880, by Mrs. Mary McNair Mathews and published by Baker, Jones & Co, Buffalo. 343 pgs. Inscribed by Mrs. J.A. Staples. The Preface tells the purpose of the book: “I have been frequently request by my Eastern and Western friends to write up my life in Nevada, and tell them how I managed to sustain myself and child, carry on law, and lay up property. They wish to know something of Pacific life; the manners and customs of the people; all about the Chinamen, the Piute, and the mines of the Comstock…to know all I can tell them…after a ten years’ sojourn in California and Nevada.” This is a story of her life in Virginia City. A few (3-5) sketched portraits of individuals. Boards are warped and some pages are stained, presumably from water, and corners of boards are dinged and chipped, but in remarkably good condition. Paher 1249 (Nevada, An Annotated Bibliography). “ Here is a hardnosed, prejudiced, ascerbic account written in a narrow, authoritative style, noted Paher. Holabird notes he has never seen nor heard of this book in 25 years. Rare. Est. $500-1000

560. Nevada. Clark. El Dorado Canyon. Colorado Prospecting & Mining Co. Cert #143. Incorporated 1863. “Lode Certificate of the Colorado Prospecting and Mining Company for Pilot Lode” printed at the top. “Lode located in El Dorado Canon, Colorado District, Territory of Arizona.” Not issued to any specific person. Signed by Wilson president and David Borntragen secretary. Vignette at bottom center of a steam powered paddle ship. Black border with “Five Feet - Five Votes” printed within left edge and “Length of Lode, 1600 Feet” printed within right edge. “Place of Business, San Francisco” printed at bottom. 4 x 9” Uncancelled. Small creases affect most of the paper. Minor dark staining. Otherwise very fine. Est. $600-1200

561. Nevada. Clark. Las Vegas. Turf Exchange / Las Vegas / Nev. // GF / 12 1/2 / cents / IT. Sc (8), al., 28mm. Unlisted. XF. Est. $200-400

562. Nevada. Douglas. Tahoe. Lake Tahoe Area Snapshots, 1920’s. Lot of 10 photos. Eight black/white snapshots of Lake Tahoe scenes, various sizes, including one labeled Fallen Leaf Lake and one Old Road to Lake. One is a postcard with a 1-cent stamp. Two photos are of Washoe Lake and Slide Mtn., and one is of Pyramid Lake boulders. Est. $50-100

563. Nevada. Elko. Island Creek. Gold Creek, Nevada, Mining Co. Cert #00000. Specimen. Incorporated in Colorado. Unissued, unsigned. Specimen in red along signature lines. Fabulous vignette of a large scale hydraulic mining scene. Brown border. Cancelled by hole punches. Printer - ABN. 8 x 11”. Purple rubber stamp at upper right corner. Datelined 189x. Gold Creek was a small camp within the Island Creek district, located 75 miles north of Elko. Legend has it that “every sage hen in the region had gold in its craw from feeding on gravel in the stream.” The camp was most active in 1896-97 with a post office that remained open until 1929. (Carlson, Nevada Place Names, p.122). The date on this certificate matches with the boom era of Gold Creek. Extremely fine. Est. $150-300

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564. Nevada. Esmeralda. Divide District. Falcon Mining Co Metal Sign, c.1975. Painted white with black printing and black line border, sign reads: Falcon Mining Divide Mine. Measures 12 x 18.” Has holes in 4 corners for hanging and two additional holes, top and bottom. Falcon Mining attempted to rework the heap leach at the Divide mine in Esmeralda county, but was unsuccessful. Falcon’s office was next door to Cities Services at the time Fred was working there in the mid-1970’s. Est. $100-200

565. Nevada. Esmeralda. Divide. Divide District Stocks. Group of 7 different stock certificates on mines located in the Divide Mining District: 1) Bi-Metallic Divide MC, cert #21, issued 1919 for 1000 shares; 2) Tonopah Divide MC, cert. #20082, issued 1923 for 100 shares (cancelled); 3) Thomson Divide MC, cert. # 440, issued 1919 for 1000 shares (cancelled); 4) High Divide MC, cert. #1284, issued 1919 for 500 shares; 5) Divide City MC, cert. #478, issued 1919 for 500 shares; 6) Silverdyke Divide MC, cert. #465, unissued; 7) Silver Divide MC, cert. #1664, issued in 1919 for 500 shares. Various sizes, some vignettes. Several are scarcer, seldom-seen certificates. Est. $100-200

566. Nevada. Esmeralda. Divide. Keystone Divide Mining Co. Lot of 6 certificates. 5 of the 6 are of the same style. Issued between 1919-1931. Each is signed by different officers. Vignette at upper left of spread winged eagle, black border, bronze safety print and seal, all uncancelled. Each has assessment tags attached on reverse or obverse. All fine to very fine. The 6th is issued 1934, signed, brown border, eagle vignette at top, uncancelled. Extremely fine. Est. $75-150

567. Nevada. Esmeralda. Divide. Tonopah Divide Mining Co Ledgers, 1918-1923. Lot of 2 different ledgers. (1) Stock issuance ledger with entries from 1918 through 1925. Pages not numbered, about 800+pps. Every page has entries of stock purchases with names of buyers. 9 x 14 x 4”. Red leather accents on hard boards. Two pin style binding. (2) Voucher Record ledger with Tonopah Divide Mining Co in black lettering on from board. This ledger was used for keeping track of vouchers, or bills, that the company was paying. Entries are dated from 1920 through December 1925. 100pps used of the 102 pages. 17 x 22 x 1”. Red leather accents on boards. Spine and boards show some wear, nicks and scratches. Fine. Est. $300-600 (no illustration)

568. Nevada. Esmeralda. Gold Mountain. Oriental Gold Mining Co. Cert. #A3444. Incorporated in New York. Issued to Sam Swan for 50 shares in 1881. Signed by v. president Wm McCauley and secretary D. Yerdinal. Nice vignette of miner posed on hillside in upper left, and a vignette of a female allegorical figure in right border. Very nice certificate. Brown border, and black print on crème paper. 7” x 10 1/2”. Est. $100-200

569. Nevada. Esmeralda. Gold Mountain. State Line Gold Mining Company No. 3. Cert. #A4514. Incorporated in New York. Issued to G. Brownell in 1881 for 50 shares. Signed by Lee H. Shryock, vice president, and D. Yendenal, secretary. Vignette of miners prying boulders and drilling underground. Dark orange border with black print. “Location of Mine, Gold Mountain District, Esmeralda County, Nevada” printed on certificate. Uncancelled. Printer: ABN Co. 7 x 10. Many staple holes at upper left and a few at right.

In 1881 the State Line mine was reported by Burchard as the principal mine. Burchard, however, was unaware that a group of New Yorkers, headed by Shryver and Yerdenal floated at least five different public companies on the same properties—State Line No.’s 1-3 and Oriental No’s 1-3. The various companies’ data had been intertwined, giving the appearance of each doing well. [Ref: Burchard, Lincoln, Lida 1:125,000 1913 quad, Ball]. Scarce.

Est. $150-250

570. Nevada. Esmeralda. Goldfield. Black Butte Cons Mining Co Maps, c.1908. Lot of 2 maps. (1) Plan view of the underground workings, typical 1” = 20’ (this is the scale we still use today) on the South Quartzite Lode. About 20 x 25”. Shows four levels off the Quartzite shaft with a large store off the first level and two more small shafts in the upper left with few workings, clearly at prospect stage. Some holes, tape on the edge as reinforcement. Levels colored. No date, circa 1908. Colored blue line. (2) Section of line a-B of the underground workings at Black Butte by Arthur Philbrick, of Booker, Philbrick & Fenner, mining engineers at Goldfield. 1” = 20’. This map would accompany a larger plan view of the property. It is about 28 x 55”. Shows in cross section the Black Butte tunnel, probably running under Black Butte itself, though unlabeled, with a water tank on top. The tunnel runs on the Black Butte No. 2 claim and intersects an air shaft which connects with the No. 1 levels of the Quartzite and Black Butte No. 2 shafts. The four working levels are shown, but no stopes are shown. Crosscuts were developed systematically on the No. 2 level. Tears repaired by tape on the back side. Otherwise generally vf. Colored blue line.

Est. $100-200

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571. Nevada. Esmeralda. Goldfield. Diamondfield Black Butte Cons Mining Co. Lot of 2 similar pcs. Cert #2563 & #5993. Both issued, 1906 & 1908. Both signed. Vignette at upper left of miners underground and smaller vignettes at each corner of miners. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11”. Fine to very fine. Est. $50-100

572. Nevada. Esmeralda. Goldfield. Goldfield Combination Fraction Mining Co. Lot of 2 different pcs. (1) Cert #A2546. Issued to J. E. Dwyer for 100 shares in 1912. Signed by Geo. Wingfield president and H. H. Howe secretary. Vignette of miners working on the surface. Green border and background. Uncancelled. (2) Cert #3215. Unissued, signed only by W. E. Zoebel vice president. No vignette. Green border. Uncancelled. Both fine to very fine. Est. $75-150

573. Nevada. Esmeralda. Goldfield. Goldfield Cons Mines Co. Lot of 7. Certs. #5469, G13667, N.Y.024640, G01840, R152328, A38852, and 26980. Incorporated in Wyoming, 1906. Dates 1908-1961. #5469, signed by Geo. W. Wingfield, is a temporary certificate which may be exchanged for an engraved certificate. No vignette, black border and print. Cancelled. Printer by W.H. Kistler Stationery Co., Denver. Others signed by various officers and cancelled either with hand stamp and or holes through signatures. Five have vignette of underground miner with hydraulic drill and either green or brown border and seal. Greens are for 100 shares, browns under 100. One has eagle vignette. 8 1/2 x 12. Good condition. Est. $60-130

574. Nevada. Esmeralda. Goldfield. Goldfield Cons Mining Co’s Combination Mill Performance Sheet, 1907-1908. Blue line print showing mill performance sheet for the Combination Mill 11/1/07 through 10/31/08. This fantastic chart details the throughput and output of the Goldfield Consolidated’s Combination Mill just before the huge big mill was built. It shows a production of about 2500 tons per month through the stamps, about 1 ton per hour. The gross value of the rock averaged about $37 per ton, with about 28% recovery from the battery amalgam plates and another 15% from a tube mill placed next in the circuit, then about 23% recovered from concentration and 32% recovered from cyanidization, with a net recovery of about 94%. 20 x 26”. Comes with a blue line of a “typical bunk house.” Generally vf.

Est. $100-150

575. Nevada. Esmeralda. Goldfield. Goldfield Original Photographs, 1924. Group of 11 original Nevada photographs, mostly Goldfield Nevada, and six other western photos, June 1924. Choice street scenes and building fronts in this rapidly dilapidating ghost town. Also shot in front of crude early road signs for Tonopah and Ely. Views include the Toggery, Goldfield Hotel, Exchange Saloon, San Jose Hotel. Various sizes, about 3 x 5” loosely mounted on black album pages. Not adhered. Provenance: Kimball Family/Gunnell Mine, please Colorado Gilpin Blackhawk (this catalog) for the full story. Est. $75-150

576. Nevada. Esmeralda. Goldfield. Goldfield Oro Mining Co. Lot of 3 different certs. All are issued, only one is cancelled. Cert #8332, issued to F. Kraft for 500 shares in 1919, signed by Thomas Manning vice president and Ben Gill secretary. Orange border. (2) Cert #719, issued to F .S. Samuels for 1000 shares in 1906, cancelled, signed by Henry John president and W. Ash secretary, vignette of griffin, black border and green safety print. (3) Cert #3769, issued to Dr. George Hetrick for 2000 shares in 1914, vignette of a woman, green border, signed by Ben Gill secretary and Thos Manning president. Green border. All have small tears along fold creases. Fine condition. Est. $60-100

Nevada. Esmeralda. Goldfield. J. Gioga Jug. Please see Bottle Section, Nevada Esmeralda Goldfield

577. Nevada. Esmeralda. Goldfield. Jumbo Extension Mining Co. Lot of 4 pcs. Certs #5423, #69795, #42085 & #30991. All issued, all signed, all uncancelled. No vignette. Black borders. Issued 1911, 1923, 1915 and 1915. Fine.

Est. $60-120

578. Nevada. Esmeralda. Goldfield. Sandstorm Kendall Cons Mining Co. Lot of 4 pcs. Cert #6318. Issued in 1923. Signed by A. D’Arcy president and J. G. McMahon secretary. Vignette of spread winged eagle. Black border with green safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11”. Cert #5399. Same style as

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previously described. Unissued, unsigned. Cert #1268. Similar to previously described. Issued in 1911. Signed by Prosser 2nd vice president and secretary. Cert #8652. Similar to previous. Issued in 1954. Signed by Frank president and secretary. Cancelled by rubber stamp. Poor to very fine. Est. $50-100

579. Nevada. Esmeralda. Goldfield. Tonopah & Goldfield Railroad Co. Cert #B333. Unissued, unsigned. Incorporated in Nevada. Vignette of a train with several workers along the tracks. Brown border and underprint. Uncancelled. Printer - ABN. 7 x 11”. One of the great Nevada railroad companies. Extremely fine. Est. $150-300

580. Nevada. Eureka. Cortez. Cortez Mines Ltd Ledgers, 1888-1891. Lot of 2 ledgers. (1) 12 wide x 16 long x 2.5 thick. Leather accented hard boards, some wear to spine. Gilt lettering of Cortez Mines Limited, Journal. 599pps, 582pps used. The beginning of the ledger has alphabetical name listings. On page 10, the entries are titled “Store Mdse” starting on Oct 1, 1888. After this section, the entries are listed by account, such as: Sing Kong Woo, Antonio Caesar, John Sirra, Nick Arata, Raphael Bianchi, John Barrallo, etc. Many of the accounts have Chinese and Italian names. This account entries continue through page 581, which dates Sept 21, 1889. (2) The second ledger is very similar in size, style and format within the pages. All 600pps used. First entry Sept 1, 1891. The Cortez district was first discovered in 1860’s. One of the original locators, S. Wenban, sold half his interest to George Hearst. In 1867, he bought back that interest at a great profit to Hearst. Mining was continuous from 1869 to 1886 when a new mill was built. Cortez Mines Ltd took over management from 1889 to 1892, when the property again reverted to Wenban. The property continued production, though intermittently, through modern times. Production was estimated by Vandenburg at $10 million. Today the district is part of a major open pit gold mine. Very fine. Est. $600-1200 (no illustration)

581. Nevada. General. Byers Family Collection of Photos, Articles, and a Copy of Abraham Lincoln’s Proclamation Admitting Nevada to the Union. Lot of 40 pieces. The collection includes a facsimile letter dated 1864 on California State Telegraph Company letterhead, to the Governor of Nevada, James Nye, signed by William Seward, Secretary of State, on behalf of the President. Also included are: various newspaper and magazine articles on Goldfield, Tonopah, the Reno-Tahoe area, and Virginia City (published in the 1940’s); political memorabilia (a signed photograph of the Reagans, invitation to Governor Fred B. Balzar’s inaugural ball in 1927, photo of Lyndon Johnson on the campaign trail; a booklet of poems by Irene Bruce, widow of Harry Bruce, Virginia City pianist; 16 snapshots of Salt Lake City, and an old photo album with no photos. Provenance: Byers Family. Est. $50-100

582. Nevada. General. Goldfield and Las Vegas Souvenirs. Lot of 2. 1) Golden Nugget / Gambling Hall / Downtown, Las Vegas on both sides. Brass. 1 1/2” wide. 2) Souvenir / A M C (American Mining Congress) oblong copper medal in scrolled design with crossed shovels enclosing the “AMC.” Looks like it was attached to something else originally. 1.75” long. Est. $50-100

583. Nevada. General. Nevada Mining Related Documents, 1873-1926. Lot of 12 pcs. (1) Savage Mine Pay Stub, 1873. H. E. Wood worked 29 days in November at $4 per day for $116. (2-3) Agency of the Bank of California Checks, 1906 & 1912, datelined Virginia, Nevada. (4) United Comstock Pumping Association Check, 1913. (5) Washoe County Bank Check, datelined Reno, 1901. (6) Farmers Bank of California Check, datelined Minden, 1926. (7-8) Gould & Curry Mining Co Unissued Stock certificates, green border. (9-10) Savage Gold & Silver Mining Co Unissued Stock Certificates, blue border. (11-12) Yellow Aster Mining & Milling Co Checks, datelined Randsburg, Cal, 1900 & 1902, vignette of the mill at left. All very fine. Est. $60-120

584. Nevada. Lander. Battle Mountain. McCoy/Cove Mine 1995 Safety Award. Consists of five cameo proof one troy ounce silver medals, depicting gold (this one is gold-plated silver), copper, barite, turquoise and silver—all with 1995 McCoy / Cove design on reverse. Also within the Plexiglas case are five smaller plastic holderss containing gold, silver, copper, barite, and turquoise. The McCoy/Cove mine was owned by Echo Bay (note the EB logo on the case) and located near Battle Mountain, Nevada. It began production in 1986 and was estimated to have a life expectancy ending in 1997. Current status is unknown. 6 1/2 x 6 1/2.” The case was not designed well and the medals sick up slightly above the surface, which does not allow the front to secure solidly. Est. $150-200

585. Nevada. Lander. Battle Mountain. McCoy/Cover Mine 1997 Safety Award. Consists of five cameo proof one troy ounce silver medals, depicting European Explorers, Pony Express, Comstock Mining, Emigrant Trail, and the Nevada Central

Railroad—all with 1997 McCoy /Cove design on reverse. 6 1/2 x 6 1/2.” These medals are by themselves scarce, but to have all five in the original issue Plexiglas holder makes this piece downright rare. Est. $100-150

586. Nevada. Lander. Kimberly. Kimberley Cons Mines Co. Cert #1071. Incorporated in South Dakota. Issued to Francis Murphy Branks for 1000 shares in 1911. Signed by Frank Le Bar president and C. Ron Carver secretary. No vignette. Orange border. Uncancelled. Printer not noted. 9 x 11”.

This company is commonly attributed to White Pine County, but this is not so. The company was actually located in the Kimberly district which was later known as the Hilltop district. The company formed just after the peak, 1908, of the district in 1910. Extremely fine. Est. $50-100

587. Nevada. Lander. Reese River. Bunker Hill Silver Mining Co of Reese River. Cert. #125. Incorporated in New York. Issued to Daniel B. Christ for 100 shares in 1865. Signed by president Dan Larry and secretary A. Blevchran. Uncancelled. Vignette of three miners working underground. 25 cent revenue stamp tied to left, 5 and 25 cent revenues on reverse. Black border. Printed by J.O. Seymore & Co. 6 1/2” x 11”. Xf. 6” x 10”. Est. $150-300

588. Nevada. Lander. Reese River. Roman Brothers Silver Mining Co. Bond #13. $100 Bearer Bond. Incorporated in New York. Issued in 1866. Signed by James Taylor president and Wm S. Shardlow treasurer. Original 10 coupons attached at bottom. Vignette of American Eagle with goods and commodities surrounding. Black border and print on translucent onion skin paper. Uncancelled. Printer not noted. 13 x 13”. The Roman Brothers SMC does not show up as a producing mine in our references, though the mine may have had a different name than Roman Brothers. The company may have possibly worked property in the outlaying districts of Lander County. Very fine.

Est. $200-400

589. Nevada. Lincoln. Caliente. Cosmopolitan / Saloon / Caliente, Nev. // GF / A Drink or Cigar. Br., heart-shaped, 28 mm. XF. The Nevada Token Book census lists 1 known. Extremely rare. Est. $200-300

590. Nevada. Lincoln. Caliente. The Mint / Caliente, / Nevada // GF / 12 1/2 / cents / IT. Rd, al., 26mm. Clipped at 10:00. The Nevada Token Book census lists 3 known. Extremely Rare. Est. $100-200

591. Nevada. Lyon. Palmyra. Altamonte Gold & Silver Mining Co. Cert #68. Incorporated in 1863. Issued to F. L. Grosvner for 25 shares in 1863. Signed by Jno C. Egan president and Saml D. Young secretary. Vignette of a building with an adit at left background and horse drawn truck in front. Vignette is signed by artist - Loomis. Black border with green underprint. Uncancelled. Printer - Towne & Bacon’s Print, SF. 5.5 x 10”. Datelined Como (Nevada). “Location, Palmyra Mining District, Lyon County, N. T.” printed on certificate. 25 cent documentary stamp at left edge.

Palmyra district lies about 8 miles southeast of Dayton in the Pine Nut Mountains. The district was organized in 1862 and had the towns of Palmyra and Como. Palmyra was completely inactive from 1864 through the following decade, and was generally pooh-poohed by Stretch and J. Ross Browne. By 1880, there was only a single saloon and merchant. The Altamonte was listed as not very promising by Angel, but not many of the Palmyra claims were viewed well. Small tears along fold creases. Small chip along bottom edge. Fine to very fine. Est. $400-800

592. Nevada. Lyon. Silver City. Pioneer & Devil’s Gate Mills Stereocard, c.1895. “Peeps at Scenes in Washoe.” Photo No. 3414. Shows ten-mule hitch and wagon and mounted outrider on dirt road. To the left are two mills and on the right is a stone wall with balcony on top. Desert mountains in background. F.C. Scripture, Publisher, Big Trees, Cal. Measures 3 1/2 x 7,” card front is pink, back is orange. Est. $75-150

593. Nevada. Mineral. Basalt. Sheri’s Brothel Advertisement. Small 3 x 2.5” paper: “Girls - Girls - Girls / Sheri’s / Basalt, Nevada / Phone Basalt No. 1 / Fun! Fun! Fun!” Reverse looks like currency with “Ten” in each

corner, green print surrounding a center “frame” (blank inside), which is surmounted by “TA”. Sheri’s was housed in a trailer, which burned down c. 1965-70’s. “Old timers” traveling in the Mineral and Esmeralda county area remember the trailer. Basalt is located in extreme southeast Mineral county, close to the California border at the junction of highways 360 and 6, west of Coaldale. Creases, foxing. Est. $100-200

594. Nevada. Mineral. Rawhide. Nevada Silver Co Ingot. Nevada . (pic of eagle) / Silver Co. / 999 Fine / 5.40 OZS / VAL $6.96 // Silver / 999 / Fine. 2 x 1 x 0.75”.

The Nevada Silver Co was incorporated in Nevada on Jan 18, 1919 by C. E. Crowley, H. K. Linger and Ed Winn (lawyers and a constable), all directors and officers located and living in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Their resident agent in Nevada was W. H. Leonard in Rawhide, Nevada, whose office was listed as Room 1 of the Post Office building in Rawhide. Rawhide was a very active gold camp in west central Nevada that boomed late 1908-09.

After 1941, probably with only a resident or two hanging on until the Post Office was closed. W. H. Leonard was credited with finding the Nevada Scheelite deposit in 1930, five miles from Rawhide. It is difficult to speculate who was behind the Nevada Silver Co promotion, but it may have been Leonard backed by the Idaho lawyers, who may have been friends of Leonard’s from earlier Rawhide days.

The Nevada Silver Co’s charter was revoked in March, 1932, probably as a result of Leonard’s success at Nevada Scheelite. Ingots from this company do show from time to time in numismatic sales. Attributions range from Virginia City, Lida, Goldfield and Tonopah without any factual reference such as provided here. (Danner, Gabbs Valley, Nevada, 1992: Nevada Corporate Records). This exact same piece has been listed in prior sales and has never been picked up and paid for. Est. $500-800

595. Nevada. Mineral. Simon. Simon Contact Mines Co. Cert #1246. Incorporated in Nevada. Issued to A. L. Dromiack for 1000 shares in 1921. Signed by P. A. Simon president and H. A. Chamberland secretary. Vignette of spread winged eagle with two smaller vignettes. Green border and seal. Uncancelled. Printer - Mysell Rollins. 8 x 11”. Wear to fold creases.

This is signed by the founder of Simon, Nevada, and discoverer of the small Simon district. The district was first worked in 1879 with small quantities of lead being shipped. This district lay dormant until P.A. “Pops” Simon started the Simon Silver Lead Mines Co. with property on the west side of Little Pilot Peak. The district had a small rush that lasted until around 1923. The Simon Silver Lead Mines Co. was reorganized with the mill being enlarged to handle 250 tons per day. The camp declined by 1927, but minor production continued through the 1930’s. [Paher, p. 439]. Est. $75-150

596. Nevada. Mining. Lone Pine Copper Mining Co. Cert. #59. Incorporated in Nevada, 1906. Unissued, but signed by president Jno. Sparks. Eagle vignette clutching stars and stripes shield. Black border, green safety print and seal. Printer: Goes/Nevada Press, Carson City. 9 x 11. Excellent condition. John Sparks, 1843-1908, was born in Mississippi and came to Elko County in 1868, becoming one of the state’s most notable cattle ranchers. In 1890 he moved to the Reno area and purchased a ranch at Moana Springs on the Virginia/Truckee Railroad between Reno and Carson City. He called his 2500-acre ranch The Alamo, and maintained his registered Buffs (a strain of cattle he developed crossing Durhams and Herefords), as well as buffalo and elk.

He served as a county commissioner and in 1902 ran for governor as a “Silver Democrat,” was elected, and re-elected in 1906. It was at this time his nickname of “Honest John” became established. The city of Sparks, formerly known as East Reno, New Wadsworth, and Harriman, was incorporated in 1905 and Governor Sparks hosted a barbecue for the citizens at his Alamo Stock Farm in celebration of the honor. [Ref: www.sparkschamber.org] Est. $100-200

597. Nevada. Nye. Belmont. H. P. Stimler Photo of Inez Curler Bowler. Sunbeam Photograph Gallery studio in Belmont printed on reverse, as is C. W. Deady, Artist. Inez Curler Bowler is handwritten on back. Photographer is probably H. Stimler’s father, listed in Austin 1875. Harry Stimler is credited with the discovery of gold in Goldfield. Not at Belmont in Mautz. Deady is noted in Mautz. P. M. Bowler, Jr. was a Nevada lawyer.

Est. $50-100

598. Nevada. Nye. Bullfrog. Bullfrog Daisy Mining Co. Cert #395. Incorporated in Nevada. Issued to Wm Stausbury for 1000 shares in 1906. Signed by R. Davis president and H. C. Thaxter asst secretary. No vignette. Green border. Uncancelled. Printer - Dempsey & Carroll, NY. 7 x 11”. Datelined Reno, Nevada. This company is not referenced within our library. Also, this company does not show up within our listing of Bullfrog companies as found in our Filer II auction catalog. Extremely fine. Est. $100-200

599. Nevada. Nye. Bullfrog. Nevada Homestake Mines Co. Cert. #390. Incorporated in Arizona Territory, 1904. Issued to H. Hutchinson in 1906 for 1000 shares. Signed by C. P. Campbell as president and C. M. Weisenberger, asst.-secretary. Three vignettes

of miners and mill site above masthead. Black border, gilt safety print and seal. Uncancelled. Printer: Goes. 5 1/2 x 10 1/2. Rare.

Est. $100-200

600. Nevada. Nye. Bullfrog. Shoshone National Bank Mining Co. Cert. #962. Incorporated in 1905. Issued to Frank Newsbigle, 1906, for 200 shares. Signed by E. Marks, president, and F. W. Champion, asst. secretary. No vignette, fancy masthead, black border. Uncancelled. Printer: H.S. Crocker & Co., S. F. “Location of Mines, Bullfrog District,” printed above masthead. 6 x 9.

This company appears to be the same property as the Bullfrog National Bank, but we are unsure how they are related. They could be two different issues floated for the same property, which would be some unethical promoting. The other possibility is that the company was a rip-off of the real National Bank property. Small tear, bottom left corner, and fold creases, some wrinkling. VF. Est. $100-300

601. Nevada. Nye. Bullfrog. Tramp Cons Mining Co. Lot of 2. (1) Cert. #3484. Incorporated in South Dakota, 1906. Issued to A.E. Waters, 1910, for 100 shares. Signed by president J. H. Carslain and by secretary. Vignette of 3 men working hydraulic drill in underground mining scene. Brownish border on white paper. Printer: ABNC, Philadelphia. 8 x 11 1/2. (2) Cert. #3070. Issued in 1910 to Frenaye, Wright & Slade for 100 shares. Both very fine. Est. $100-200

602. Nevada. Nye. Hannapah. Hannapah Mining & Smelting Co. Cert. #1953. Incorporated in Utah. Issued to Charles Edason, 1906, for 100 shares. Signed by C.C. Parsens, president, and W.E. Block, secretary. Vignette of miners underground, top center. Gilt border, safety print and seal. Uncancelled. No printer noted. 8 x 10.

Hannapah was located 19 miles each of Tonopah. The Hannapah silver mine was discovered in 1902. Steps were taken toward founding a town early in 1906 after a townsite was platted and lots were placed on sale. A well-advertised campaign lured investors to buy a piece of the desert, but little mining actually took place, with the exception of 1908-09, and 1914. [Ref: Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps, pg. 341]. Scarce. Est. $50-100

603. Nevada. Nye. Hannapah. Silver Zone Extension Mines Co. Cert. #40. Incorporated in Nevada, 1919. Issued to G.W. Quigley in 1919 for 1000 shares. Signed by G. W. Quigley, president, and B.M. Robb, secretary. Three vignettes of mining scenes above masthead. Black border with gilt safety print and seal. Uncancelled. Printer: Goes. 5 x 10.

Consisted of 5 claims, covering 3000 ft. on a ledge or dike, said to assay at $13 to $147 per ton, mostly in silver. (Mines Handbook, 1920, p. 1106). VF. Est. $50-100

604. Nevada. Nye. Manhattan. L. L. Patrick Signed Manhattan District Mining Co Certificates. Lot of 2 different pcs. (1) Cert #48. Re Organized Manhattan Combination Mining Co. Issued to W. B. Robinson for 100 shares in 1908. Signed by L. L. Patrick president and Edward J. Patrick secretary. Vignette of Joshua tree. Uncancelled. Printed on white paper, no border. Printer - Union Litho. 7 x 10”. (2) Cert #821. Manhattan Combination Mining Co. Issued to Thos Fox for 100 shares in 1906. Signed by L. L. Patrick president and W. Cox secretary. Vignette of a mill next to a stream with smaller vignettes of miners underground. Black border with bronze safety print and gilt seal. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 6 x 9”. Very fine. Est. $100-200

605. Nevada. Nye. Manhattan. Manhattan Jackson Mining Co. Cert #577. Incorporated in South Dakota. Issued to Harry Adams for 25 shares in 1908. Signed by Henry Broadway president and H. H. Howe secretary. No vignette. Griffins at upper corners. Blue border. Uncancelled. Printer - Ashmead, Clark & Co, Phila. Datelined Tonopah, Nevada. 9 x 11”. Company was probably located in Manhattan district. Extremely fine. Est. $75-150

606. Nevada. Nye. Tonopah. Jim Butler Tonopah Mining Co. Lot of 6. Incorporated in Delaware 1924. Cert. #A5966, issued to Howard M. Ingham, 500 shares, in 1912. Signed by Clyde A. Heller, president, and H. J. Kitto, treasurer. Vignette of hydraulic drilling in underground mining scene. Printed by ABN Co., Philadelphia. 8 x 10”, brown border. Uncancelled; Cert. #30959, issued to T. Lundy, 1918. Same signature of president, and by asst. treasurer. Similar description as previous but with orange border

and underprint; Cert. #B828, issued to Emma L. Carwithen, 25 shares in 1925. Same signatures, size, printer, but with green border; Cert. #487, issued to F. Hayward, 100 shares, in 1933. Same descriptions as others but with orange border; Cert. # A2897, issued to Elizabeth S. Poultney, 130 shares in 1932. Same signature for president, and same description but with gray-green border; Cert. #A3358, issued to Jane S. Dixon, 250 shares in 1948. Different signatures, but otherwise same description, 7 1/2 x 11 1/2.” The Jim Butler companies produced over $6 million in gold and silver. Rich silver outcrops were first staked by Jim Butler and the Tonopah Mining Co. This company was first formed to explore property immediately south of the Tonopah MC ground. Butler was the president from 1903-1911. During the big producing years, the Jim Butler MC was managed by the Tonopah Belmont MC. A lawsuit over ownership of ore cost the shareholders their mine, and only leasing took place. [Ref: Carpenter et al.]

Est. $100-200

607. Nevada. Nye. Tonopah. Mizpah Extension Co. of Tonopah. Lot of 5. Two different styles. Cert. #497 and 493, issued to John F. Braun for 1000 shares in 1902; both signed by v. president J.H. Jenkins and noted figure Chas. E. Knox as treasurer; black border and green underprint, with a vignette at left of beehive. Other three certificates (14251, 6058, 10601) are issued to Emory Freed & Co for 7200 shares, J.W. Sparks & Co for 1000 shares and Raimond Guemsey for 100 shares from 1912-1924; each has a central vignette of road leading to mining camp, flanked by two vignettes of underground mining scenes, with gilt border and seal. Conditions vary from Vf, with folds and blemishes to Xf. 8” x 10” to 8 1/4” x 10 3/4”. Est. $100-200

608. Nevada. Nye. Tonopah. Monarch Tonopah Extension Mining Co Cash Ledger, 1912-1915. 150pps, 10 x 12”. All pages used. Note on first page, dated April 17, 1912, “This book started to car for all cash records and give a more detailed record. Transferred from page 16, of old C. B. (Signed) H. S. Griswold.” Monarch Pittsburg Ex Mng Co handwritten on top of every page. Glued on front inside leaf is a West End Consolidated Mining Co letterhead with “Status of Monarch Pittsburg Cash Account - May 14, 1914”. Red accents to corners of boards and spine. Boards are worn and show some warping. Good. Est. $75-150 (no illustration)

609. Nevada. Nye. Tonopah. Silver Glance Mining Co of Nevada. Cert. #421, incorporated in South Dakota, 1906. Issued to A. G. Genting, 1907, for 500 shares. Signed by president. W. Douglass and secretary H. Sheldon. Vignette of men in underground mining scene. Two smaller vignettes of men inspecting gold ore, and panner flanking central vignette. Black border and gilt seal and safety print. Printer: Goes & Nevada Press, Carson City. Silver glance is miners’ lingo for argentite or silver sulfide, a rich silver mineral found in Tonopah. 5.5 x 10”. Extremely fine. Est. $50-100

610. Nevada. Nye. Tonopah. Tonopah & Goldfield Railroad Co. Cert #B401. Unissued, unsigned. Incorporated in Nevada. Vignette of a train with several workers along the tracks. Orange border and underprint. Uncancelled. Printer - ABN. 7 x 11”. Datelined Philadelphia. One of Nevada’s great railroad companies. Extremely fine. Est. $150-300

611. Nevada. Nye. Tonopah. Tonopah Gold Coin, 1905. (beaded rim with stars inside of beads) / (pic of Miner with Pick) / 1905 // (beaded rim with wreath within beads) / Tonopah / Gold / Nevada. Rd, gold, 12mm. 0.35 grams. The Tonopah Nevada gold piece from 1905 is often considered as one of the Great Nevada Tokens.

When we published the Nevada Token Book about two decades ago, we did not include the piece because it was not a “good-for”. Nonetheless, it is a true rarity, and John Schilling had heard of the piece, but not seen one and did not have one logged in his extensive card catalog file. We purchased one form John Hamilton in the late 1980’s and subsequently sold it. This may be the same piece, but it is unknown. Perhaps with the publication of this piece, others will surface, but we know of no others at this time. The obverse has the date and a scene with a miner swinging a pick. The scene has some scratches, probably to test the coin for softness as gold. Rocks line the scene at the left, and a shovel sits on the right side. On the reverse is the notation “Tonopah/ Gold/ Nevada”. The obvious suggestion here is that the piece is made from actual Tonopah gold, which cannot be verified at this point. Over the years, we have never found a reference to this piece in our research, though much more is warranted, particularly in looking through 1905 Tonopah newspapers. In 1905 Tonopah was a booming Nevada mining camp. By 1907 there were two jewelers in Tonopah, Frank Golden and George F. Blakeslie. Frank Golden was a wealthy speculator who was also the president of the Nye & Ormsby County Bank in 1907, with offices in Reno, Tonopah, Manhattan and Goldfield. Golden would have been an obvious person to have these gold tokens made and sold through his Tonopah jewelry store. Golden’s banks went broke in the crash of 1907-8 after less than a year of operation, which may have also resulted in the closure of his Tonopah jewelry store, a possible reason that these tokens are so rare. Extremely fine. Est. $2000-4000

612. Nevada. Nye. Tonopah. Tonopah Gold Mountain Mining Co. Cert #463. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to John F. Rose for 100 shares in 1903. Signed by Key Pittman pres

ident and C. Runge secretary. Vignette of a mill next to a stream with two smaller vignettes of miners underground. Black border with bronze safety print and seal. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 6 x 9”. Datelined Tonopah, Nevada. Extremely fine. Est. $75-150

613. Nevada. Nye. Tonopah. Tonopah Gold Mountain Mining Co. Lot of 2 pcs. Cert #2001 & #2666. Both issued 1905 & 1906. Both signed by Geo Wingfield vice president. Vignette of woman with star in hat. Black border with bronze safety print and seal. Cancelled by hole punches through signature lines. 6 x 10”. Printer - Goes. Both very fine. Est. $100-200

614. Nevada. Nye. Tonopah. Tonopah Midway Extension Mining Co Expenditure Ledger, 1915-1922. 225pps, all used. 9 x 14 x 1.5”. Red leather accents on hard boards and spine. General ledger entries for royalties, advertising, depreciation, tool sharpening, office expenses, etc. Fine. Est. $100-200 (no illustration)

615. Nevada. Nye. Tonopah. Tonopah Midway Mining Co Stock Issuance Ledger, 1907-1914. 500pps, all used, 12 x 16 x 2”. Burgundy leather covered hard boards with gilt accents. Stock Ledger Tonopah Midway Mining Co in gilt lettering on spine. Wear and scratches affect boards and spine. The inside back leaf has complete listings of every stockholder for 1913 and 1914. The ledger is organized alphabetical for the stock purchasers. Fine.

Est. $200-400 (no illustration)

616. Nevada. Nye. Tonopah. Tonopah North Star Tunnel & Development Co. Lot of 4. Two different styles. Incorporated in Nevada in 1802. Certificates 20726 and 18665, with blue border and vignette of spread-winged bald eagle, issued to Mrs. Aagot Smith for 1000 shares in 1950 and Merrill Lynch for 500 shares in 1957. Certs. 15636 and 12243, with brown border and vignette of miners drilling underground, issued to C. W. Smith for 500 shares in 1914 and Jesse A. Raudenbush for 300 shares in 1920. The first two are signed by president C. W. Harvey and asst. secretary M. Grotyohn, and the second two are signed secretary Burdick (illegibly by president). All cancelled by hole punches. 7 1/2” x11 1/2” and 8” x 12”. Fine-Vf, folds, water damage. Est. $75-150

617. Nevada. Nye. Tonopah. Underground Geology of the Tonopah Mining District, Nevada, University of Nevada Bulletin. September 1, 1935 issue, No. 5, Vol. XXIX, published by Nevada State Bureau of Mines and Mackay School of Mines, and U.S.G.S. Written by Thomas B. Nolan. 49 pages in green paper cover. Contains 3 separate folded maps, two in color, fragile. 6 x 9.” Spine has been repaired with brown tape. Foxing on some page edges. Good. Est. $75-150

618. Nevada. Nye. Union. Union District Mining Deed, 1865. J. C. Johnston, William Angel and Joseph Bailey purchased the Caucasian and City View claims located in the Union mining district. Purchased from John E. Brophy of San Francisco. October, 1865. Joseph Stowe signs as the County Recorder. Two 25 cent documentary stamps on the top half. On bottom half is one 50 cent Nevada Revenue stamp. See lot below for more of the story. Wear to folds and minor tears along fold creases. Fine.

Est. $150-300

619. Nevada. Nye. Union (Ione). Union Mining Co. Cert #26. Incorporated in Pennsylvania. Issued to J. M. Smith for 20 shares in 1865. Signed by Strickland Kurass president and H. B. Leach treasurer. Vignette of a seated man holding a pick. Black border and print. Uncancelled. Printer not noted. 8 x 10”. Datelined Philadelphia, Pa. 25 cent revenue affixed at left edge. “For gold and silver mining in Nevada.” Nye. Union.

The only Union related company listed in the 1866 Report of the State Mineralogist is in Nye County in the Shoshone Mountains. There, a district known as the Union, was located in the summer of 1864 and the town of Ione laid out shortly afterward. The district became relatively inactive by late 1866, as reported in the Report of the State Mineralogist in 1871 for the years 1869-1870. Est. $300-500

620. Nevada. Ormsby. Carson City. Bank Signature Guarantee Collection, hand picked from the massive Bullion Exchange archive more than 25 years ago. Lot of 20 different pcs. Extremely rare, as these were only used among bank cashiers and were kept in the safe. These powers of attorney are signed by presidents, partners and bank cashiers, and give the signatory authorization to sign for letters of credit and general banking business. Both domestic and foreign banks are represented. New York Banks are: J. & W. Seligman & Co.; William Salomon & Co.; Landenburg, Thalmann & Co.; The Hanover National Bank; Knauth, Nachod & Kuhne (New York and Leipzig); Blaire & Co.; National Bank of Columbus (Georgia); and Brown

Brothers & Co. Foreign banks are: Den Danske Landmandsbank, Copenhauge, Danemark; Banque Imp. Roy. Priv., Succursale de Prague; Dresdner Bank, Berlin; Credit Lyonnais, Paris. Dates are from 1884-1902. All are legible, some tears and folds around edges. Est. $500-1000

621. Nevada. Ormsby. Carson City. Bullion & Exchange Bank Daily Balance Ledger, 1892-1893. Pages not numbered, about 500. 18 x 19 x 1”. Black leather accents at corners of boards and along spine. Gilt lettering on front board. Wear to spine and corners. This ledger has an alphabetical listing of accounts with the bank. Each account has shown the daily balance. Several well known families are represented. Good. Est. $100-200 (no illustration)

622. Nevada. Ormsby. Carson City. Carson City Savings Bank Check Collection. Lot of 40+ pcs. (1) 6 sheets of 2, all unused, check #1199-1210. Each has a vignette of an Indian Warrior standing at a cliff’s edge. Black border. No printer noted. 7 1/2” x 9” (sheet), 4” x 9” (check). (2) All are issued, ranging in date from 1876-78. “Currency” in underprint. Vignette of Indian Warrior standing with bow in right hand, and pointing to the masthead with his left. Tied 2 cent adhered revenue stamp partially over figure in vignette. Black border, printed by Kerbs Lithographing Co. Each is cancelled by manufactured slices in center. (3) Two “Bank Checks”, 1878-79 and check, 1875. 3” x 8” and 3” x 7 1/2”. (4) Two have RN-F style imprinted revenue stamps in the center; four are plain gray and white, without stamps; five have tied 2 cent revenue stamps adhered at left. 1877-81. (5) Two different styles: four are 4” x 8” deposit receipts, dated 1878; two are checks, both with red and blue 2 cent adhered revenue stamps at left. (6) Chk.#396, datelined Carson, NV, 1877. Tied 2 cent revenue stamp at left, partially over vignette of Indian Warrior. “Gold” in underprint. Black border and print. “Paid”, and cuts in center. (7) Both datelined Carson, NV, 1880. Plain design, with red print on brown paper. Cancelled by puncture through center. All fine to very fine. Est. $150-200

623. Nevada. Ormsby. Carson City. Carson City Mint Half Dollar Reverse Die, c.1870-78. Die embossing: United States Of America / (in banner) In God We Trust / (pic of eagle with stars and stripes shield on the chest; three arrows in one claw; branch in other claw) / CC / Half Dol. //. 1.2 lbs, 2.25” tall, 1 5/8” basal diameter. Die face is 31mm. Two short cancellation punches at either side on rim. Right side is 9mm, left side is 11mm. 5mm ding at left upper rim, does not affect beading. Other some dings around rim edge. A nearly perfect lightly cancelled fifty cent half dollar die from the Carson City Mint with the classic “CC” Mint mark. Only nine half dollars were ever made at the Carson City Mint (1870-1878.) It is only lightly cancelled at left and right, rather than the usual prominent “X” chiseled through the center of the die. This is the only Carson City die thus cancelled known. Others on display at both the Carson City Mint Museum and Mackay School of Mines (Keck) Museum collection are cancelled in the usual manner. The dies at Mackay also came from the family of an assayer who may have ended up at the Con-Virginia Mine, one of the two richest mines on the Comstock.

Half dollars were only made at the Carson City mint for a few years. The first year of operation in 1870, the mint produced 54,617 halves. It produced half dollars every year through 1878, with the largest mint run of 1.956 million in 1876. Only 62,000 were produced the last year, 1878. In 1873, the Mint changed the weight of the half dollar from 12.44 grams to 12.50 grams. The new coinage, while still bearing the 1873 date, had arrows added adjacent to the date on the obverse, while the reverse remained the same.

This die comes to us from a Virginia City family with a fabulous story of preservation. An assayer, not related to the mint, moved to Virginia City in the 1930’s. The house the family purchased had this die as a doorstop. Today, one of the daughters still lives in the same house and used the same doorstop, a c.1875 Half Dollar Reverse Die. Extremely rare and a particularly fine specimen. Est. $5000-10,000

624. Nevada. Ormsby. Carson City. Curler-Rosenthal Family Album, , c. 1870’s-1890’s. Contains 53 cabinet card photographs of the Curler, Rosenthal, Rice (he was a Carson City minister), Bowler, Murphy, and Nisen family members and various friends in the Reno and Carson City area. Various photographers in Reno, Carson City and San Francisco. An elaborate album covered on one side in blue flame-print velvet, worn on edges, and on the other a carved celluloid back with a painted mountain scene and two figures in Colonial costumes. The album fastens with a gold metal clasp. Some of the cardboard pages are coming away from binding, and the decorative paper “frames” for the photographs are quite torn and fragile. Meas. 9 x 12.” This is a fascinating pictorial history of some early Nevada families. Est. $275-400

James Nye, Nevada Territorial Governor Checks

More than 20 years ago a small batch of personal papers belonging to James Nye surfaced in Reno. Among them were a group of checks all drawn on the Wells Fargo Bank. These checks were kept by a collector, while the rare Territorial billheads were sold, some of which have since resurfaced in our sales. The checks are a wonderful record of early transactions in Nevada. They are, in fact, some of the earliest records of this sort extant. A significant

portion of the archive is presented here, including some of the very first checks. These are thought to be the first checks related to Nevada. Nye was commissioned March 22, 1861 as Governor of Nevada Territory. On July 11, he issued his proclamation organizing the Territory. Orion Clemens, Sam Clemens’ brother, acted as Territorial Secretary, commissioned March 22, 1861. These checks reflect his personal account which he started in October. Wells Fargo & Co. had established their Express office in Carson City in 1860.

625. Nevada. Ormsby. Carson City. James W. Nye Signed Check, 1861. Check #1. Issued to Mansble Rauna & Klarler for $36, Oct 28, 1861. Light purple paper, written on Wells, Fargo & Co. Printer - Excelsior Print, SF. 2.75 x 7”. Signed by James W. Nye. Cancellation slice at middle. Extremely fine. This is the earliest and first known check from Nevada. Est. $500-1000

626. Nevada. Ormsby. Carson City. James W. Nye Signed Check, 1861. Check #2. Issued to Warren Wapon for $170, November 5, 1861. Light purple paper, printed by Excelsior Print, SF. 2.75” x 7”. Signed by James W. Nye. Cancellation cuts at middle, some pieces missing from cuts. Very fine. Est. $400-600

627. Nevada. Ormsby. Carson City. James W. Nye Signed Check, 1861. Check #10. Issued to Strong for $50, December 2, 1861. Charles Strong was a superintendent at the Gould & Curry Mine. Light purple paper, printed by Excelsior Print, SF, 2.75” x 7”. Signed by James W. Nye. Blue oval cancellation “Paid Through” stamped at upper right. Cancellation cuts at middle. Extremely fine. Est. $200-300

628. Nevada. Ormsby. Carson City. James W. Nye Signed Check, 1861. Check #19. Issued to H. F. Rice for $150, December 13, 1861. H. F. Rice was the Wells, Fargo & Co Agent at Carson City. Light purple paper, printed by Excelsior Print, SF, 2.75” x 7”. Signed by James W. Nye. Blue stamped “Paid Through” at right middle. Cancellation cuts at middle. Extremely fine. Rice was the long-time Wells Fargo agent in Carson City who later committed suicide. Est. $200-400

629. Nevada. Ormsby. Carson City. James W. Nye Signed Check, 1862. Check #33. Issued to Sam Chinaman for $25, January 30, 1862. Sam Chinaman was probably not really the last name. Light purple paper, printed Excelsior Print, 2.75” x 7”. Blue stamped “Paid Through” at right center. Cancellation cuts at middle. Creases at upper corners. Very fine. Est. $200-400

630. Nevada. Ormsby. Carson City. James W. Nye Signed Check, 1862. Check #34. Issued to (Charles) Strong for $10, January 30, 1862. Strong was one of the superintendents at the Gould & Curry. Light purple paper, printed by Excelsior Print, SF. 2.75” x 7”. Written on Wells, Fargo & Co. Signed by James W. Nye. Blue stamp “Paid Through” at right center. Cancellation cuts at middle, with small crease. Very fine.

Est. $200-400

631. Nevada. Ormsby. Carson City. James W. Nye Signed Check, 1862. Check #XXXX (not filled in). Issued to A. H. Bailey for $40, August 21, 1862. Only check in the collection with manuscript dateline of Carson City after Wells, Fargo & Co. Light blue paper, cancelled by cuts at middle, some pin holes at left edge. 2.75” x 7”, printed by Excelsior Print, SF. Trimmed tight at top edge. Printing light. Very fine. Est. $300-600

632. Nevada. Ormsby. Carson City. James W. Nye Signed Check, 1862. Check #54. Issued to Wells, Fargo & Co for $41, November 5, 1862. Light purple paper, printed by Excelsior Print, SF, 2.75” x 7”. Cancellation cuts at middle. Written on Wells, Fargo & Cop. Signed boldly by James W. Nye. Extremely fine. Est. $200-400

633. Nevada. Ormsby. Carson City. Statutes of the State of Nevada. Lot of 9 volumes. Nine leather-covered volumes of statutes of the Nevada Legislature, dated 1879, 1881, 1883, 1885, 1891, 1893, 1895, 1897, and 1899. Fabulous shape. A beautiful collection. Each measures 5 3/4 x 9 1/4.” Two are stamped on front: State Property. To be turned over to your successor in office. Est. $250-500 (no illustration)

634. Nevada. Ormsby. Carson City. Wells, Fargo & Co’s Express, 1878. Received of C. C. Savings Bank a letter valued at $25.00 addressed to Latham & King in San Francisco. Signed by E.D. McKenley for the company. Three pin holes in left margin. 3 3/4 x 7 1/4”. Est. $40-80

635. Nevada. Pershing. Rosebud. Powhattan Rosebud Mining Co. Cert #A38. Incorporated in Delaware. Issued to C. A. Daniel for 10,000 shares in 1907. Signed by president and secretary. Vignette of miners underground. Blue border and underprint. Uncancelled. Printer - ABN. 7 x 11”. “Mines Situated in the Rosebud Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada” printed

under title. Rosebud sprang up in Pershing County after the discovery of silver in late 1906. It did not take long for the newly platted town of Rosebud to have paved streets and numerous buildings. The district never developed any sustainable ore deposits and was nearly abandoned by the fall of 1908. This company formed at the peak of the district and was probably gone before the town waned. (Paher, p.121-123). Staple holes at upper left. Very fine. Est. $75-150

636. Nevada. Revenue. Collection of Rare Nevada Liquor adhesive revenue stamps. This collection contains singles and plate blocks from the post-prohibition era, c1936-1944. It may be the finest collection of its type extant. It contains 17 different plate blocks that includes nearly every denomination, plus many singles and blocks of multiple stamps. It was at one time part of the Harvey’s Casino Nevada Collection.

Inventory:

Large size (102 x 26mm) horizontal format adhesive revenue stamps. Hubbard, in State Revenue Catalog, 1960, states that these were for beer.

15.5c Nevada Liquor, orange

31c Nevada Liquor, brown

6c, Nevada Liquor, green, illegible blue overprint

6c, Nevada Liquor, green, no overprint

6c, Nevada Liquor, green, “Carson City (date) blue overprint, fold

6c, Nevada Liquor, green, illegible (date) blue overprint, chip.

6c, Nevada Liquor, green, Carson City (date?) blue overprint

3c Nevada Liquor, deep purple

PLATE BLOCKS:

plate block, #2660, three 3c Nevada Liquor stamps, light purple, “void” written across face in light pen. Hubbard, B1.

plate block, #39118A, three 6c Nevada Liquor stamps, green, “void” written across face in light pen. Hubbard B2.

plate block, #36514A, four 6c Nevada Liquor stamps, green, “void” written across face in black ink. Hubbard B3

plate block, #1236, three 9c Nevada Liquor stamps, red, “void” written across face in light pen. Hubbard B2A

plate block, #3101, three 15.5c Nevada Liquor stamps, orange, “void” written across face in light pen. Hubbard B3a.

plate block, #14914, four 31c Nevada Liquor stamps, brown, “void” written across face in light pen. Hubbard B4

plate block, #559, three 62c Nevada Liquor stamps, carmine, “void” written across face in light pen. Hubbard B5

plate block, #516, two $2.50 Nevada Liquor stamps, lime green, “void” written across face in light pen. Hubbard B6

plate block, #211, two $5 Nevada Liquor stamps, orange, “void” written across face in light pen. Hubbard B7

plate block, #82, two $10 Nevada Liquor stamps, deep blue, “void” written across face in light pen. Hubbard B8

Note: These plate blocks may have been collected by a state employee or someone with direct access to the use of these stamps. They are very rare, in a format unlisted by Hubbard. The high denominations were unvalued by Hubbard.

Small Size: These were listed by Hubbard as Wine & Liquor stamps

1/4c. four stamps, plate # 16769A, Hubbard WL1. cancelled.

2.5c. Hubbard WL4 (attached uncancelled pair) and WL4a, cancelled.

Same, attached trio, horizontal, void.

5c. Hubbard WL5. Five fully different shades of red, 5pcs, 3 cancelled, 1 chipped.

10c. Hubbard, WL6, WL6a., cancelled

PLATE BLOCKS

Plate Block. 1c. six stamps, plate # 7948, Hubbard WL3. “void” written lightly in blue.

Plate Block. 2.5c. three stamps, plate # 79991, Hubbard WL4a. “void” written lightly in blue.

Plate Block. 5c. four stamps, plate # 99770, Hubbard WL5. “void” written lightly in blue.

Plate Block. 10c. eight stamps, plate # 16769A, Hubbard WL6. “void” written lightly in blue.

Plate Block. 10c. four stamps, plate # 16189A, Hubbard WL6. “void” written boldly in blue.

Plate Block. 20c.. six stamps, plate # 1858, Hubbard WL7a. “void” written lightly in blue.

Plate Block. 40c. six stamps, plate # 1154, Hubbard WL8. “void” written lightly in blue.

Cigarette Stamps

5c red, block of ten,

4c, block of ten, lime green

2c, two blocks of ten each, blue Extremely rare collection. Est. $1500-3000

637. Nevada. Storey. Comstock. Comstock Lode Map, 1911. By J.H.G. Wolfe, Member, Association Society Civil Engineers, San Francisco, Calif. Published by Edward Denney & Co., San Francisco, in 1911. Blue line. “This map is not a complete claim map; it was compiled to show the relation between the various vein systems of the Washoe Mining District, the positions of the stoped ore bodies, and the recorded bullion production (not value of ore produced) of the prominent mines. The patented claims are shown in heavy

lines.” “Production figures represent bullion output, 1859 to date….” Measures 35.75 x 31.5.” Edges have been reinforced with tape. Small tears at some folds. Est. $100-200

638. Nevada. Storey. Gold Hill. Gold Hill Front Lodes on the Comstock Range, N. T. Map. Surveyed July 1864. By N. Wescoatt, C. E. Located Sept & Oct 1859. Made to accompany Report of Dr. J. A. Veatch. From left to right are the following noted locations: Gold Cannon Co Tunnel, Independent, Justus Works, Pioneer Foundry, Biler Works, Clinton & Hubbs Co, Roksby’s Tunnel, Keystone Works, Quartz Mill, Proposed Shaft of Gold Canon Co, Uncle Sam Sr Works, Gold Canon Tunnel, Marysville Quartz Mill, Central House, Stuart & K Mill, McDonald Gold and Silver Co Works, Imperial Mill, US Tunnel Sr, Sapphire Mill, RJ Quartz Mill, Belcher Tunnel, Front Lode Properties of Crown Point Ledge, Front Lode Shaft, Crown Point Mill, Wells, Fargo & Co Office, Gold Hill, Yellow Jacket CRB, Maynard’s House, Yellow Jacket Hoisting Works, Stone Quartz Mill, Eclipse Co Office. Some of the ravines are named, with sketch topography. 14 x 23”. Small tears at left and right edge. Small tear through the word scale near bottom edge. Very fine. Fabulous map. Est. $750-1500

639. Nevada. Storey. Gold Hill. Uncle Sam Sr. & Gold Canon Silver Lodes Prospectus, 1865. Printed by Alfred Mudge & Son, NY, 1865. Pink cover with black print. 32pps, 5.5 x 9.5”. The report concerns two claims, the Uncle Sam Sr and the Gold Canon. The property was situated between the Yellow Jacket and Justus properties. This prospectus contains several testimonials from Virginia City residents as to the quality of the claims. The main part of the prospectus is a late addition report by Adelberg & Raymond, Mining Engineers, New York, who were hired by S. A. Chapin to inspect and evaluate the claims. Extremely fine condition. Est. $300-600

640. Nevada. Storey. Gold Hill. Uncle Sam Sr. & Gold Canon Silver Mines Prospectus, 1866. Prepared by Wm. C. Prescott. 7pps, 5.5 x 9”. No printer information. This prospectus is more similar to a market letter. The “report” of Wm Prescott outlines the potential of the Uncle Sam Senior and Gold Canon mines for riches equivalent to the known producers on the Comstock Lode. The mines were located near Gold Hill, near the Yellow Jacket and Justus (sic) properties. It was believed than when the existing 164 foot shaft was deepened to around 300 feet that rich ore would be found offering similar profits to that of the mines of the Comstock. These profits were projected at $1 million per year. Extremely fine, near mint condition. No cover. Est. $300-600

641. Nevada. Storey. Virginia. Carser Gold & Silver Mining Co Document, 1864. Notification from P.C. Huntley, 1864, that he is the owner of 50 feet of the location made by the company in 1859, and since conveyed in 1863 to him. The property was then re-conveyed to two other gentlemen at a later date. Mr. Huntley is forbidding the company to issue any stock to the two gentlemen without first issuing stock to him for the 50 feet. Handwritten, white lined paper. Small tears on folds on right edge, two punch holes at top which do not interfere with text. Est. $100-200

642. Nevada. Storey. Virginia. Consolidated Virginia Mining Co. Cert #71192. Incorporated in 1867. Issued to H. B. Parsons for 100 shares in 1880. Signed by Chas. Fish president and Parsons secretary. No vignette. Black border. Uncancelled. Printer - Britton Rey, SF. 4 x 9”. “Location: Virginia Mining Dist, Storey County, Nevada” printed on certificate. One the most famous and highest producing Comstock mines. To retain this certificate, you had to be dead or crazy. Very fine. Est. $300-600

643. Nevada. Storey. Virginia. H. F. Rice Cabinet Card, c.1875. Noted on photo that Rice was the father of Vesta Rice Rosenthal. He was the first Wells Fargo Agent appointed in Nevada Territory, and Superintendent of the Carson City Mint from September 1870-1873. “On the 27th instant, H.F. Rice, agent for Wells, Fargo & Co., at Carson City, Nevada, committed suicide by taking chloral hydrate at Stockton. He was demented.” [San Benito Advance (California), Dec. 1, 1877.] 4.25 x 6.5”. (No photographer noted). Est. $100-200

644. Nevada. Storey. Virginia. Mining Claim Lawsuits, 1875-76. Lot of 5pcs. Two claims brought by The 420 Mining Company, against the Bullion Mining Company, one being a mandate by the U.S. Supreme Court awarding costs to the Bullion Mining Company, 1875. Three pieces name the Mexican Gold and Silver MC and the Union Consolidated Silver MC defendants, 1875-6. All handwritten and in good shape. Est. $100-150

645. Nevada. Storey. Virginia. Nevada Mill Concentrates, c.1885. Two small medicine bottles of “high grade silver ore pulled from the stamps of the Nevada Mill”. The bottles are about 4” tall dating from about 1885 with original old corks emplaced. Neither is embossed. One is slightly purple. We have no assay of this material to ascertain the nature of the “high grade” comment on the label. These two bottles are from the large Crystal Bar collection in Virginia City.

Est. $200-400

646. Nevada. Storey. Virginia. Savage Mining Co Duplicate Payroll Vouchers, c.1884. Lot of 3 pcs. Three payroll vouchers, marked “duplicate:” 1) Voucher No. 1, May 1884 in the amount of $894 for 28 employees with names, occupations, wages, and amount paid. 2) Voucher No. 1, September 1885, in the amount of $613 for 9 employees. 3) Voucher No. 1, August 1886, in the amount of $3517 for 35 employees.

Est. $75-150

647. Nevada. Storey. Virginia. Sutro Tunnel Co Stock Purchase Receipt, 187x. Lot of 2 pcs. The receipt is unused, unissued and would have been for stock purchased in the Sutro Tunnel Co. 3.5 x 8”. Printer - D. Bitter-Balto. This lot includes a reproduction photo postcard of the mining crew coming out of the Sutro Tunnel on a horse drawn cart. The receipt is rare, the postcard is not. Both extremely fine. Est. $50-75

648. Nevada. Storey. Virginia. Sutro Tunnel Co, First Issue. Cert #49. Issued to Capt John Day for 70 shares in 1868. Signed by Adolph Sutro president. Vignette of miner holding pick in upper left. Black border and print. Cancelled by red and black pen through signature. Printer not noted. 6 x 10”. Datelined New York. One 25 cent revenue stamp affixed at left edge of certificate.

John Day was a surveyor from 1862 to 1868. An active miner, and at one time president of the Sullivan Mining district near the town named for him, Dayton, strangely Day is not listed in Kelley’s 1862, Nevada Territorial Directory. In 1860, Day suspended mining at Sullivan due to Indian trouble, during which time Major Ormsby and his volunteers were killed. Left edge a bit rough, with the upper left corner damaged. (Angel). Fine. Est. $1200-1800

649. Nevada. Storey. Virginia. Views of the Works of the Gould & Curry Silver Mining Co, Virginia City, N. T, c.1863. The title page indicates that the company was incorporated in 1860 with Capital Stock of $2,400,000. The listed officers were: John O. Earl, president; J. C. L. Wadsworth, secretary; W. C. Ralston, treasurer; and Chas. L. Strong, superintendent. Lithographed by Britton & Co, SF. 10 x 13.5”. Original hard boards, with gilt lettering. The book is comprised of 14 lithographs of the Gould & Curry Silver Mining Co Reduction Works. The first plate, which is not numbered, is an overview of the plant. Plate 1: Workmen in the Mine, scene of several miners working underground. Plate 2: Orehouse & Drying Furnaces, large building with several workers with piles of ore about. Plate 3: Engine Room, showing the engine workings. Plate 4: Battery Room, Front View, three workers monitoring the stamps. Plate 5: Battery Room, view of the extensive belt drive for the stamps. Plate 6: Screen Room. Plate 7: Distributing Room, worker monitoring an ore car. Plate 8: Primary Amalgamating Department, three workers in the upper portion of the mill. Plate 9: Secondary Amalgamating Department, several well dressed workers, two men in dress suits. Plate 10: Cleaning Up Department, several workers surrounded by settling vats. Plate 11: Retorting & Smelting Department, two workers pouring ingots. Plate 12: Office & Dwelling, view of the Gould & Curry office building. Plate 13: Showing the interior view & plan of working the mine, cross sectional view of the underground workings. The last plate, not numbered, is a fold out sketch of the 10 x 33”, captioned: Panoramic View, Showing the Relation of the Gould & Curry Works to the Mine and Virginia City, N. T. Wear to spine, some fading of the boards.

This book was given to the shareholders of the Gould & Curry in 1863 to commemorate the opening of the company’s new mill in Six Mile Canyon. The number printed would been a limited number since stock issuance was held tightly. The first print is one of the most important of the group, bird’s eye view of the Gould & Curry Mill at the junction of Six and Seven Mile Canyons, looking

north. This mill was built after the company had consigned its ore to many of the custom mills of the area with mixed recovery results. In 1863, first class ore was still being mined that was extremely rich. In order to cut costs and increase profits, as well as better control of the recovery of precious metals, a new mill was built. Unfortunately, by 1866 the company had nearly run out of near surface high grade ores. The Gould & Curry was one of the few mines on the Comstock that encountered high grade ore at the surface.

The second plate is painstakingly accurate. The timber sets are made in the old style, late to be revolutionized by Phillip Diedenshimer when he developed the square set timber process which interwove the stope, allowing for more mining in the high grade and reducing the need to leave ore in the rock pillars. The men shown are in period attire. Hard hats would not become commonplace until well within the 20th century.

Plate 11 shows the pouring of 1000 ounce ingot, standard size for the Comstock ingots, as witnessed by the many assay archives that survive today.

This is the finest pictorial work on the great Comstock Lode. There are no auction records of this work because of its rarity, nor is it listed in California on Stone. Paher sites it as an important work, and NUC locates only six copies. There are at least three in private hands, of which this is one and perhaps the finest.

Front board has a slight warp. Very fine with minor fraying to the bottom edge of the boards. Extremely rare. Est. $12,000-17,000

650. Nevada. Storey. Virginia. Virginia City Mine Map Plates, c.1880. Lot of 5 map plates. These large format maps are probably plates from a USGS publication. Each of the maps highlights the mines of the Comstock Lode. Includes Plates 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8. Each is hand colored. Extremely fragile along fold creases. Fine. Est. $300-400 (no illustration)

651. Nevada. Storey. Virginia. Virginia City Mining Related Documents, 1874 & 1916. Lot of 2 pcs. (1) Daily Independent Supplement, October 31, 1874. This supplement contains the lecture given by Adolph Sutro. Four pages with several printed pictures of the mines and mining scenes. This supplement was printed on the 10 year anniversary of the state, October 31, 1874. (2) Annual Report to the Stockholders of the Savage Gold & Silver MC, Hale & Norcross MC, Chollar MC and Potosi MC, 1916. 22pps, 7 x 10”, two fold out cross sections at middle. Three different photographs, one of the Combination Shaft (inside front cover), one captioned “Lowering a Modern Pump” (inside back cover) and a “modern reduction plant” on back cover. Both fine.

Est. $100-150

652. Nevada. Storey. Virginia. Virginia City Panorama Sketch, Mines of the Great Bonanza, c.1875. Black and white lithograph showing: “Nevada—The Source of Our Silver Wealth—Panoramic View of Virginia City, Showing The Great Bonanza Mines on The Comstock Lode, Including the Consolidated Virginia, the California, the Ophir, the Gould & Curry, the Hale & Norcross, the Savage, etc. From Photographs by Watkins, of San Francisco, Cal.” Captions beneath the litho delineate Gold Hill, Mount Davidson, Town Hall, Mound of Unproductive Quartz, and Principal Hotel. “Supplement Gratis with No. 1,170 of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper” printed lower right corner. Measures 48 x 18.75.” Folds tears on margin, tape repairs along folds, foxing. Beautiful detail. Est. $1000-2000

653. Nevada. Storey. Virginia. Virginia City Postcards. Lot of 14 pcs. Three are black/white cards, two are reproduction photo, one is printed. 9 of the cards are chromolithos. Mitchell #98 (2 pcs) showing Ward Shaft. Mitchell #106 (3 pcs) showing Ophir Mine, one postmarked 1908. Mitchell #98 (2 pcs) showing Consolidated Cal. & Virginia Shaft. Mitchell #846 showing State Orphan’s Home, Carson City. No attribution, showing Con. Virginia Mine. The last two cards are modern photocards. All fine to very fine. Est. $70-120

654. Nevada. Storey. Virginia. Virginia Land Survey, 1862. Survey of W. E. Biddleman of 9.0 acre parcel in Six Mile Canyon at the junction of Cedar Ravine. The survey includes a pen and ink drawing of the property showing a stone building and adjacent well, and the Six Mile Canyon Road. Signed by J. E. James, County Surveyor. 2pp. Very fine. Est. $150-300

655. Nevada. Storey. Virginia. Wells, Fargo & Co Express Receipt, 1869. Received of Savage Mining Company, $14,334.30 in bullion bars (8), weight 555 lbs. Dated 1869. Two cent revenue stamp affixed to top left. Stub of receipt still attached. Meas. 5 3/4 x 11 3/4.” Foxing and discoloration along right margin. Est. $75-150

656. Nevada. Washoe. Reno. Reno Area Photographs. Lot of 5 photos. One photo shows McKinley School about 1910, one a snowplow working on the Carson Road, two show buildings on the

Truckee River (one is labeled the Nixon Home and is taken across the Truckee River showing the house on the ridge above), and the fifth photo shows Reno Band musicians. Two musician names are penciled in on front, and reverse labels the as a “Journal” photograph, 5 column width. Est. $50-150

657. Nevada. Washoe. Reno. Reno Rodeo Photograph, 1942. Captioned “Harry Drackert Winning on ‘Sierra’ Reno Rodeo Sept. 6-7-1942”. Scratched, heavily stained, folds with one small tear at lower right. Fine.

Est. $50-100

658. Nevada. Washoe. Reno. Sierra Beer Reno Brewing Co Beer Labels. Lot of 7 pcs. Contains two different Sierra Beer labels from the Reno Brewing Company, Inc. All are 4 3/4” x 3 1/2”. Color scheme on both utilizes red, yellow, gilt gold and blue-black on an off-white base paper. Printed by Roesch Co. Lithograph, San Francisco. A couple have minor stains and folds. Condition runs the gamut from Mint to Fine. Est. $50-100

659. Nevada. Washoe. Reno. The Peoples’ Store Price List, 1882 Catalog, for Chas. A. Loomis, Importer of Dry and Fancy Goods, 28,30,32 Commercial Row, Reno, Nevada. Printed by Reno Gazette Print. “Spot Cash Store” stamped in black ink at top. Paper covered in pink with black print. Catalog includes “silks, satins, velvets, cloaks, ulters, dolmans, Gents’ Furnishing Goods, carpets, oil cloths, wall paper, window shades, sewing machine supplies, Yankee notions, etc.” 76 pgs. With prices, bound with string. Cover is stained and torn, pieces missing, inside is clean. On back in pencil, “ 1882 C A Loomis 26 years old” This is an awesome piece. Extremely rare. Est. $200-400

660. Nevada. Washoe. Reno. Washoe County Bank Painting, Photo Postcard and Check in Frame. Three items framed under glass on green background. Frame is cherry stained wood with beaded border. Large painting is matted on olive green (15 1/2 x 10 1/2”) and shows snow capped mountain and pine trees bordering a glassy lake in rosy light of dawn. A card embossed 1923 is attached to the mat at bottom and painting has “Washoe County Bank/Reno, Nevada” printed on top left. At bottom left in frame is a paid Washoe County Bank check for $73.12 payable to H. Friech and signed by Hintus, dated Sept. 19, 1904. At bottom right is a photo litho postcard showing “Reno, Nev. - Virginia and Second Streets” picturing Washoe County Bank on the corner with a group of men standing in front of the bank disembarking from a streetcar. Frame measures 20 1/2 x 21 1/4.” Extremely fine. Est. $100-200

661. Nevada. Washoe. Reno. William P. Lear Autographed “Check” to the IRS, 1970. One of the finest examples of unique autograph from one of America’s premier entrepreneurs and inventors, William “Bill” Lear. The Check is written in black indelible ink on a round (6” diameter) silver metal (aluminum?) disc with a fluted edge, a gear from one of his famous jets? Surrounding the center hole, from outside in, is: “First National Bank of Nevada Reno Main Office // Pay To Internal Revenue Service - $779,724.15 [signed] Wm. P. Lear // Seven Hundred Seventy Nine Thousand // Seven Hundred Twenty Four & 15/100ths Dollars // Sept. 25, 1970.” On the reverse is written: “For Deposit to the Account of // Internal Revenue Service // Ogden, Utah // N.P. 94-2 // Reno, Nevada // FNB // Paid // September 28, 1970.” The signature has been authenticated as that of Wm. P. Lear.

The bank honored the gear as a check in payment of his then past due taxes to the IRS. The gear was replaced with paper documents to provide a more conventional way of tracking such a transaction. The gear was stored away by the bank for some 20 years as additional support of the actual transaction. William Powell Lear, 1902-1978, was an inventor and industrialist. Born in Hannibal, Mo, he left home at age 16, entered the Navy and studied radio. He held over 150 patents on inventions such as the automatic pilot for planes, eight-track stereo cartridges, and the car radio. Until 1967 he was the owner of the Lear Jet Corporation, pioneers in the manufacturing of small corporate jets, and inventor of the Lear Fan..

Est. $500-1500

662. Nevada. White Pine. Ely. Charles D. Gallagher Photos of Indians. Lot of 4 photos. Three of the photos are glued to cardboard backings. 1) Two standing Indian women operating a wooden wash box. On the grass in front of them is a large Indian basket and a washboard. Clothesline with long johns and shirts is behind them. They are dressed in western skirts but each has a Pomo? Rounded basket hat. 4 x 5 2) “A Navajo Venus, Reno, Nev.” is

caption, of a woman standing the yard to side of a house. She wears a long skirt, long sleeved jacket and scarf on her head. On back of photo is written: “Charles D. Gallaher photo taken in Ely Nev. 1909.” 3 1/4 x 3 1/2.” 3) “Indians Gambling, Nev.” is caption. Shows a group of Indian people sitting in a circle at foot of a hill, other standing at a distance next to a large old building. Two women are seated on the hill in right foreground looking down at the gamblers. On reverse is: “Charles D. Gallagher photo taken in Ely 1909.” 3 1/4 x 3 1/2.” 4) A snapshot of 4 Indian women standing in front of an apple tree: one is older, two are young women and fourth is a girl about 9 or 10. Dressed in western clothes. No identification on this photograph. 4 x 5. Charles D. Gallagher, 1887-1977, was the youngest son of W.C. “Crane” Gallagher and Ella Sophia Rowe. He served as a Nevada State Senator from White Pine County for 7 terms. His is the first birth recorded in the White Pine County Courthouse in Ely. He never married, he was a teacher as well as photographer, and his studio was at 401 Murray St. in Ely. Est. $120-250

663. Nevada. White Pine. Ward City. Ward Miner, February 2, 1877. One of the rarest of the early Nevada newspapers. Only other copies known of are in the Bancroft Library and at the White Pine County Museum. 4pps, Mark W. Musgrove, editor, 8 x 11”.

The paper began publishing in November of 1876, lasting only 5 months, until March 1877. Ward was located 12 miles south of Ely, where today is the Charcoal Ovens State Monument. A rich silver strike was discovered accidentally by workers on Toana-Pioche freight run in March of 1872. The area did not experience a rush until the spring of 1876, but then took off in classic style. A school district was formed by fall of that year, and the Ward Miner began publication. Two smelters and the now famous coke charcoal ovens were built prior to 1877. The camp declined rather quickly by late in 1878, but mining continued, off and on, until 1960. (Paher, p.257-259). Three professional tape repairs hold together the two pages of the newspaper. Otherwise, the paper is in Very Fine condition. Extremely Rare. Est. $200-400