We are pleased to offer an array of Western Americana in this fixed price catalog. Please remember that all items are sold on a first come, first served basis (please see terms of sale on prior page). Within the Miscellaneous Section, there are several Railroadiana lots offered. These are not the only Railroad items, please see Arizona, California, Colorado and Nevada Sections for more geographically specific pieces, such as V & T RR lock and C & C RR Lock Keys. We will have the majority of the items offered in this catalog on display at our booth at the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show, Feb. 13-16, Booth located in Aisle 1 West. We hope that you will be able to attend this fabulous show. Contact us with specific questions about any of these lots (775) 852-8822. WESTERN STATES ALASKA 100. Alaska. Seward Peninsula. Nome. Nome & Sinook Co. Stock certificate #82 issued to P.D. Winter for 2400 shares in 1908. Signed by Spring as president and Kellerman as treasurer. Incorporated in Maine. Cancelled with purple cancelled stamp through center. White paper with black underprint, border and vignette with gold seal. Printed by Goes. This was most likely a placer gold mining company. Gold was surprisingly found in the beach sands at Nome in 1897 which sparked a mad rush of folks who believed they could set up rockers and shovels in the sand and make their fortunes. This was in fact, true for a short while. The gold ran out in two years. Folded, XF. 10 3/4" x 8". $45 ARIZONA 101. Arizona. Cochise. California. Hill Top Mines of the Chiricahuas, 1913. 48pp illustrated prospectus, 6 x 9.5". Some water damage. Tape repairs to title page. Contents vg-fine, damage is only to margins generally. Owned thirty unpatented mining claims and parts of others. Very different prospectus with numerous photos of business men in suits with picks, not the usual sort of "miners" one would expect in a prospectus. It has more of a feel "look what we found". They had numerous buildings on site and discovered lead-zinc-silver ore. This company reorganized as Hilltop Metals just after this prospectus was published. [Tenney] $100 102. Arizona. Cochise. Cochise. Dragoon Mountain Copper Co. Cert #257. Incorporated in Arizona 1917. Issued to A. T. Hornell for 50 shares in 1918. Signed by C. Coy Wells secretary and Ralph R. Wilson president. Vignette of a spread winged eagle atop crag. Black border with green underprint and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11. This is a reorganization of the Arizona & Michigan Dev Co. Property included 9 claims located in the Cochise district. The primary property was the Copper Chief mine which had a two compartment shaft 430' deep and a 400' incline. The company also owned a rail spur that connected with the Southern Pacific at Dragoon. The Copper Chief was leased in 1917 to the Mines Development Co and in 1923, leased to the Arizona United Dev. Co. (Mines Handbook, 1925, p.302). Extremely fine. $60 103. Arizona. Cochise. Dos Cabezas. Central Copper Company of Arizona. Cert #17389. Incorporated in AZ, 1919. Certificate, letter to the stockholders and certificate of cancellation of $1 million indebtedness. Issued to Dorothy Swartz for 185 shares in 1927. Signed by President T. N. McCauley and Asst Secretary M. Kirby. Printed by Goes. Seven vignettes: top left-center of 5 miners working underground, filling ore bucket; at each corner of a miner swing a pick and at side centers of miner holding a pick and an ore sample. Uncancelled. Folds and tears along folds at edges. Black print and border with gold seal and underprint on white paper. 8.5 x 11. The company was formed acquire the Elma mine and to assume Mascot Copper's holdings when the lease that company had with American Smelting and Refining Co was surrendered. They operated copper mines on the southwest slopes of the Dos Cabezas Mountains. A rail line from the mine to the main rail line at Wilcox was completed in 1915 and ore was shipped to El Paso for smelting. The Mascot continued to operate under a lease, and the two mines operated until 1930. Total production, chiefly copper, amounted to about $800,000 (Tenney, 1929, p. 224-226). Very fine. $25 104. Arizona. Cochise. Hartford. Hartford Mining Corp. Cert. #49. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to Mary W. Titus for 10 shares in 1904. Signed by president Henry J. Wilkins and secretary F. Vergnies Learoyd. Uncancelled. Vignette of bald eagle atop rocky peak. Black border, orange underprint. Goes-printer. 8" x 10 1/2". This company may have had their operations around the Hartford district, Huachuca Mountains. The other possibility is that the company had ties to Hartford, Connecticut. Not listed in the Copper or Mines Handbooks. Vf, minor tears at folds. $40 105. Arizona. Cochise. Johnson. Empire Copper & Gold Mining Co. Cert. #92. Incorporated in Arizona in 1905. Issued to Mrs. Eva Vaughn for 400 shares in 1905. Signed by V. president M. J. Gress and secretary H. H. Morrow. Uncancelled. Vignette of men using pickaxes in underground mining scene. Gilt border and seal. Printed by Goes. Vf, small tears at folds. 7 3/4" x 10 1/2". The company owned the Empire and Cowboy claims groups located in the Little Dragoon Mountains 2 miles from Johnson. The ore was of copper-silver-gold with the best assays at 30% copper, 4 ounce silver and $2.80 gold per ton. There was a 400 foot shaft and about 500 feet of drifts. (Copper Handbook, 1908, p.666). $75 106. Arizona. Cochise. Lancha. Connecticut-Southwestern Copper Co. Prospectus. Circa 1905. Black print on blue paper. 6 x 13.5. Four panel pamphlet with a three panel sketch map of the claims, smelter, railroad, and mountain setting. The company had plans to construct a reduction plant and smelter near the Southern Pacific RR siding of Lancha in Cochise County to process ore from the copper districts there and in Pima County. Rickard (in Canty, ed., 1987, p. 191) makes no mention of this company, so it seems unlikely it ever got off the ground. $75 107. Arizona. Cochise. Mascot. Gold Prince Mining & Milling Corp. Cert. #186. Incorporated in Arizona in 1919. Issued to Mrs. R.W. Aldrich for 500 shares in 1919. Signed by president Frank Rollman and secretary A.J. Welty. Uncancelled. Ran a group of 17 claims, including the Basin mine, at Dos Cabezos, Cochise County, reported, in 1922, under development and shipping in 1919-20. But in 1921, Herbert A. Lowdermilk, on belhalf of the Central Bank of Wilcox, filed suit against the company. Reasons unknown (Ref: Mines Hdbk, 1922, p.281, Mine Index..., Welty et al, 1985, p.10). Vignette of eagle atop dome. Black border, gilt seal. Printed by Goes. Fine, damage at folds. 8" x 11". $50 108. Arizona. Cochise. Middle Pass. Gordon Mining Co. Cert #90. Incorporated in Illinois in 1888. Issued to Cornelia B. Sudborough for 100 shares in 1888. Signed by F. M. Paltee as president and Wm. Johnson as secretary. Very fancy masthead with underground mining scene vignette at right. Underprint of gold chain pattern with "shares $10 each" in center. Uncancelled. Printed by Skinner, St. Louis. Datelined St. Louis. "Issued in payment for property in Arizona." 9 x 11.5". The Gordon Mining Company took over the San Juan Mine located at the south end of the Dragoon Mountains, about 8 miles west of Pearce. The district seems to have an active period about 1890. Production is unknown. This period was a general depression in Arizona, particularly for the silver mines. [ref: Keith, Index of Mining Properties in Cochise Co., Arizona; Ariz. Bu. Of Min. Tech. Bulletin No. 187, 1985]. Wear along folds. $500 109. Arizona. Cochise. Tombstone. Bank of Helldorado / Tombstone / Arizona / 1879-1929 // 1. Al, rd with hole in center, 35mm. Fine to VF with toning and wear to high points. $75 110. Arizona. Cochise. Tombstone. Boston & Arizona Development Co., Inc. Cert. #400. Incorporated in Delaware in 1926. Issued to A.W. Robinson for 1000 shares in 1926. Signed by president R.A. Carleton and secretary A. Maloney. Uncancelled. Vignette of spread-winged bald eagle atop stars and stripes shield. Green border. Printed by Goes. Xf. 8 1/2" x 10 3/4". This company is only listed in the Obsolete Company listing in the 1946 Mines Register. This listing does not offer where the company had its operation. There was a Boston & Arizona Smelting & Reduction Co operating the Oregon and Prompter properties. $35 111. Arizona. Cochise. Tombstone. Cincinnati Mining Co. Cert #85. Incorporated in California 1890. Issued to N. B. Lazard for 50 shares in 1890. Signed by President A. F. McGrew and Secretary J. J. Scoville. No vignette. Black border. Uncancelled. Printed by A. H. Waugaman & Co., S.F. Datelined San Francisco. Folds. "Mines, Tombstone, Arizona." 5 x 9.5. This company was probably a reorganization of the Cincinnati Gold and Silver Mining Co. which was incorporated in 1880. $275 112. Arizona. Cochise. Tombstone. Girard Gold and Silver Mining Co. Cert #1953. incorporated 1879. Issued to Wm. J. Jenks for 100 shares in 1882. Signed by Wm. H. Whipple as president and Wilson Loyd as treasurer. Large vignette of Girard and another of an underground mining scene. Black border and print. Uncancelled. Printed by Lehman & Bolton, Philadelphia. 9 x 11.5". "Location Pima County Arizona Territory" in fancy print below mining vignette. Please note that the treasurer Loyd is also the treasurer at the same time for several Tombstone companies based in Camden, New Jersey, including the Cincinnati and Intervener. Whipple is also the same president as the Cincinnati. The Girard mine became notable in Tombstone's history as the first mine to build their own mill in camp. Mines had gone deeper in their search for silver gold ores. Once they hit the 500 foot level or so, the water table was encountered, and pumps had to be installed to rid the mines of water. The Girard was the first company to build a mill using their own water, but in the aftermath, was unable to locate economic quantities of paying ore. The company milled ores from the Contention and Tranquility to help pay for the mill. Then in 1884 they were successful in finding some good ores for themselves, which lasted about a year. The company sold the mill to the Tombstone M&MC in 1886, who moved their facilities there from Charleston. The company invested in other mines around Arizona without much success. [ref: Tenney. Burchard 1881 also gave it quite a write-up]. Scarce. $500 113. Arizona. Cochise. Tombstone. Girard Mining Co. Cert. #161. Incorporated in Arizona 1904. Issued to P.W. Snyders for 500 shares in 1905. Signed by president A. Pleasonton and secretary J.M. Havard. Uncancelled. Vignette of road leading to mining camp, flanked by two vignettes of underground mining scenes. Gilt border and seal. Printed by Goes. 8" x 11". Xf, folds. We found a Girard MC that owned the Della claim and W. R. Hearst claim in the Silver Creek district. But this company was not incorporated and had no stock issuance. (Mines Handbook, 1918, p.483). Girard MC first developed the Girard mine in 1881, but lost its property due to a sheriff's sale. In the mid 1890's, Girard MC, organized to develop properties at Lost Gulch, near Globe, was promotion of Girard and Kasser. This company was reincorporated in 1897 as the Lost Gulch MC. We have decided to place this company near Tombstone, for that is the only location with a Girard mine. (Tenney, History of Mining in Arizona, 1929). $75 114. Arizona. Cochise. Tombstone. Mellgren Mines Corp. Cert. #35. Incorporated in Arizona in 1934. Issued to W.W. Grace for 25000 shares in 1934. Signed by president V.G. Mellgren and secretary B.E. Grace. Uncancelled. Vignette of track leading to mine and mill operations. Four small vignettes throughout border. Black border, gilt seal. Printed by Goes. 8 1/4" x 10 1/2". This company was owned and operated by Mellgren and sons for 25 years. Property included 56 claims, 1050 acres, in the Tombstone. In fact, these properties took up most of the eastern half of the Tombstone district that had had a historic production of $85 million. There was a reported ore reserve of 630,000 tons with ore shipments of high-grade silver-gold-lead that generated millions of dollars. The company planned on enlarging the operation in the late 1920's. (Mines Handbook, 1931, p.368-69). Extremely fine. $50 115. Arizona. Cochise. Tombstone. North Sulphuret Mining Co. Cert #36. Incorporated in New Jersey 1881. Issued to Thomas C. Else for 150 shares in 1881. Signed by Hamilton Disston as president, J. H. Deal as treasurer and H. B. Ring as secretary. Underground mining vignette at top. Uncancelled. Black border with gold safety print and "$1" in gold underprint. 7.5 x 11". "Tombstone District, Pima County, Arizona" printed on certificate. Printed by Wm F. Murphy's sons, Philadelphia. The Sulphuret claim was next to the famous Contention claim, one of the first staked in Tombstone. In 1882, when the Western Mining Company absorbed other claims, they were only able to get a portion of the Sulphuret, and the rest was split up into several parts, each of which tried to strike it rich in the stock market by incorporating separately. The play was unsuccessful. This "mine" had no production that I was able to discern. It is another of the many Camden, New Jersey companies that were basically worthless. None of these "mines" are listed in any of the classic references (fh). Hamilton Disston was the son of millionaire saw manufacturer Henry Disston. Hamilton went on to build his own fortune as a Philadelphia toolmaker and developer. Among his most aggressive real estate developments was a purchase of 4 million acres in Florida for 25 cents per acre. Here he turned swamp into buildable acreage. Today a private school and separate foundation bear his name. [ref: Disston Internet sites]. Rare. $425 116. Arizona. Cochise. Tombstone. Tombstone Cons Gold & Silver Mining Co. Cert #251. Incorporated in San Francisco 1881. Issued to F. E. Weston for 151,820 shares in 1882, about 38% of the company! Signed by Weston as secretary and the president (illegible). Printed by LeCount Bros, SF. Black print. No vignette. Cancelled in red ink written twice over the face. "Tombstone Mining District, Cochise Co., A.T." printed on certificate. Weston was not a San Francisco resident in 1881. This company is a complete fake. It takes its name all-too liberally from the great Tombstone Mining & Milling Co., the largest producer in Tombstone. This company is not listed anywhere, adding to my suspicion that it was a complete fraud. I always keep a little window open in case they leased a paying claim, but remained anonymous. $500 117. Arizona. Cochise. Tombstone. Tombstone Utility Receipts, c. 1928. Lot of 48 pieces. City Light & Power Plant makes up 16 pieces of this lot, mostly dated 1928. These are printed on pink paper are about 4 x 6. Huachuca Water Co makes up 32 pieces, mostly dated from 1928. These are printed on yellow paper and are about 3 x 5. All very fine. $50 118. Arizona. Cochise. Tombstone. Washington Mining Co. Cert #58. Incorporated in New York 1881. Issued to E. Barnes, trustee for 100 shares in 1881. Signed by president and E. Barnes secretary. Blue print, no vignette. Uncancelled. Printed by Gildersleeve, New York. 7.5 x 10.5". "Location, Tombstone Mining District, Arizona Territory" printed on certificate. When the Washington property was patented, it was owned by the Bradshaw Mining Co., according to the patent papers. But within just a couple of months, the Bradshaw Company had split their properties, incorporating a mining company on each patented mining claim. This practice was a clever, yet potentially unethical practice. Investors in the east would never know the difference, but the savvy western investors would know from their title work. The only way the investors could make money was if a separate mine was begun on each property that made money. Ultimately, though, the properties would have to be combined if the mine(s) were successful. The property to the north is the Martha, and the property to the south is the Bradshaw, which has a nearly identical certificate issued for it at the same time signed by the same set of officers. The certificate states that the mines were in the Tombstone district, otherwise this would be a nearly impossible certificate to research with such a common name. There were more than ten producing mines with this name in the west at the time. This property never produced under this name, and is absent from Burchard's reports of Tombstone as well as Butler's report. [ref: Burchard; patent papers]. $450 119. Arizona. Cochise. Tombstone. Woronoco Gold & Silver Mining Co. Cert #921. Incorporated in Maine 1883. Issued to E. Collins of Westfield Mass for 1500 shares in 1884. Signed by E. Collins as president and Wm. H. Foote as secretary. "Mines at Tombstone, Arizona." Black border, crème paper, underground mining scene at top and bottom center. Printed by Spaulding, Cotton & Co., Boston. 7 x 11". Uncancelled. The Woronoco mine is 1.5 to 2 miles east of Tombstone. They owned the San Diego and La Grande mines. The company built a mill and smelter in 1883 probably with the funds generated from the offering of this stock. Their ore was high grade, reported as 75 ounces per ton silver and 20% lead. The mine was idle after 1883, but the company's mill and smelter were still used by others for at least another year. [ref: Tenney, Butler et al.]. Ex rare. Extremely fine. $600 120. Arizona. Cochise. Warren. Arizona & Southeastern Railroad Co. First Mortgage Bond $1000. Specimen. Would have been issued 1888. Fancy green border, brown in masthead, vignette of train at top. No. 000. 10 coupons attached at right.15 x 15", folds. Printed by the Homer Lee Bank Note Co. The Arizona & Southeastern RR was incorporated in 1888, with all the stock owned and held by the famous Copper Queen Mining Co. that used the rail to haul ore to the smelter. This specimen may be the only remaining copy of this tightly held company. [ref: Poor's]. Extremely fine. Rare. $550 121. Arizona. Cochise. Warren. Arizona State Code of Mine Bell Signals Sign. The metal sign has white lettering on a blue background. This sign is from the Copper Queen mine at Bisbee from the 1100 level as I recall { fh} . The sign is circa 1910 to 1920. Size 18" x 3' 10 1/2". Some blue paint missing around edges, very minor, else very fine. The sign has all the bell call signals used by hoist operators when raising or lowering cages in the shaft. This bell signal system was an audible code. By using a series of bell rings, the hoistman knew to stop the cage at specific levels. The Copper Queen was the most important mine at Bisbee, operated by Phelps Dodge into the 1990's, an operation of more than 100 years. Copper Queen ephemera are among the most collectible of the Arizona mines. $1400 122. Arizona. Cochise. Warren. Cons Gold Mines Co, Ltd. Cert. #1718. Incorporated in Arizona in 1930. Datelined Bisbee, AZ. Issued to Estelle Provo for 16 shares in 1935. Signed by president Frank E. Thomas. Uncancelled. Vignette of spread-winged bald eagle atop globe. Brown border and seal. Printed by Goes. We could find no reference to this company in any of our sources. Datelined Bisbee, Arizona, which is where we have placed the company. 8 x 11". Very fine, tears at top edge. $40 123. Arizona. Cochise. Warren. Copper Glance Mining Co. Cert #3055. Incorporated in Territory of Arizona 1901. Issued to Jabuz Burgan for 100 shares in 1902. Signed by G. E. Towlinson secretary and S. W. Clawson president. Vignette at upper left of several miners working underground with smaller vignettes at each corner of a miner. Black border with bronze seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11. Owned 24 claims in the Warren district about 7 miles southeast of Bisbee. There were four shafts, the deepest at 570'. Idle since 1904. (Copper Handbook, 1906, p.407). Wear to folds with small tears. Very fine. $75 124. Arizona. Cochise. Warren. Eureka Mining Co. Cert #13. Incorporated in Territory of Arizona 1905. Issued to A. H. Pinyaw for 62,050 shares in 1909. Signed by G. M. Porter vice president and A. H. Pinyaw secretary. Vignette of several miners working underground. Orange border, seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11. This company sold its property to the Bisbee Coalition Mining Co in 1909. It did own 13 claims in Tombstone Canyon. It is odd that the cert number is so low and for a lot of shares issued in the same year the company sold its property. (Copper Handbook, 1910, p.797). Extremely fine. $75 125. Arizona. Cochise. Warren. Miners and Merchants Bank Check for $100 issued to O. W. Brandon in 1907. Signed for Jos. M. Muheim by J. B. Anderson. Stamped and hole punched "Paid". 3 x 8. $20 126. Arizona. Cochise. Warren. Modern Copper Mining Co. Cert #453. Inc. in Terr. of AZ, 1901. Issued to U. J. Umberhorn for 100 shares in 1902. Signed by M. A. Centers president and F. Conard secretary. Vignette of a robed woman standing with a bear and sailing ship behind. Green border and underprint with gilt seal. Uncancelled. Printer - L. A. Litho. 8x 11. Owned 28 claims in Tombstone Canyon in the Warren district. Assayed at 7% copper, 10% lead, 14 ounce silver and 1 ounce gold per ton. There were four shafts and steam power. (Copper Handbook, 1905, p.567). 2 inch piece missing from lower left corner. Tears along fold creases. Tape repair to reverse along folds. Very fine. Small tears along fold creases. $75 127. Arizona. Cochise. Warren. North Extension Atlanta Mining Co. Cert #57. Incorporated in New Jersey 1881. Issued to E. G. Springer, Agt. for 500 shares in 1881. Signed by Silas A. George president and Q. H. Brown treasurer. Vignette below masthead of allegorical woman and two underground miners at work. Black border and print, green underprint. Uncancelled. Printed by National Bureau of Engraving, Phila . 7 x 10". Probably located near the Atlanta Mine at Bisbee in what is now Cochise County. $400 128. Arizona. Cochise. Warren. U. S. Collateral Bank Promissory Note, 1911. This note uses 543 shares of Heffern Mining and Development Company stock, certificate number 1667 as collateral. The rate is 10 per cent. Signed by E. M. Morring. Folds with small tears at the left fold. 7 1/4 X 8 1/2. Vf. $40 129. Arizona. Cochise. Whetstone. International Mines & Land Co. Cert. #181. Incorporated in Arizona 1907. Issued to Charles A. Miller for 5000 shares in 1910. Signed by J. V. Butler president and secretary . Uncancelled. Attractive vignette of rancher, cattle and horses on ranch. Black border and gilt seal. No printer noted. 8" x 9.5". Datelined Denver, Colo. This company probably had property that spanned the border with Mexico and most likely had its office in the Cochise County. Garbani indicates that the company had an operation in the Whetstone Mountains. $60 130. Arizona. Cochise. Woodruff. Bisbee & Woodruff Checks, 1888 & 1903. Lot of 2 pieces. The first piece is a check from the Arizona Co-op Mercantile Institution, Woodruff. A. T. Dec, 13, 1888. Black print on yellow paper. Drawn on the First National Bank of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Printer Levison & Blythe Staty Co. St Louis. Purple paid stamp on front. Very fine Size 3 1/4 X 8". The second piece is a check from the Bank of Bisbee, Bisbee, Arizona, dated Feb. 23, 1903. Black print on light green paper. Very Fine. Size 3 X 7". Schweikart (1982, various pages) notes that the Bank of Bisbee was one of the strongest banks in Arizona. The bank was started, as many were, in a mercantile establishment by J. S. Douglas and William H. Brophy. J. S. Douglas and William H. Brophy were pioneers in Arizona finance. Brophy came to Arizona from San Francisco in 1881. During his visit he met Dr. James Douglas, who was in the process of forming the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Co., Douglas needed someone to run a "modest little commissary" for the mining operation, and gave the job to Brophy. This Commissary started assuming many banking duties, far before the bank was formed. In 1900 Brophy, J. S. Douglas (Dr. Douglas' son), and M. J. Cunningham founded the Bank of Bisbee. In 1902, The three men plus Charles O. Ellis, opened a semi-branch bank called the Bank of Douglas. The Banks were very progressive and started extending there hours to get new accounts. This was very successful. The Bank of Bisbee was still in business in 1980. At one time the Bank of Bisbee stock was worth $400 per share. The Bank of Douglas was acquired by the Arizona Bancorporation around 1962. $50 131. Arizona. Coconino. Cataract Canyon. Northern Arizona Mining & Electric Power Co Prospectus, c.1917. Was said to show a chamber deposit in limestone, containing both lead and silver ore. Development was done mainly by tunnels, total workings of 1000'. The company claimed to have valuable water rights and 20,000 tons of ore blocked out, all of which remained to be seen (Ref: Weed, 1920, pp.190-91). A manuscript note is included from the president of the company, W. I. Johnson, stating that there had been some success with the Vanadium ore samples and at selling stock. 8 pages with two images of water falls on the first page. 4 x 8.5". $75 132. Arizona. Coconino. Francis. Val Verde Copper Co, Ltd. Cert #411. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to H. W. Hoops for 250 shares in 1899. Signed by president and secretary. Vignette of three miners inspecting ore underground. Black border. Uncancelled. Printer - Wm M. L. McAdams, Boston. 8 x 12. The Val Verde Copper Co was formed to build a smelter at Copper Basin to treat the ore of the Blue Bell mine which was owned by a subsidiary company. The mill operated until 1904, when the mill was sold to the Bradshaw Mountain Copper Co. (Tenney, History of Mining in Arizona, 1929, p.188-189). The company also owned property in the Francis district, Coconino County. This mine had four shafts, over 1000 feet in workings and employed 50 men. The company also owned the townsite of Val Verde, a short railroad, the water works, electric light, lodging house and boarding house, but excludesd the saloon. Production in 1903 was 379,639 pounds. Management was reorganized in 1902. (Copper Handbook, 1904, p.706-707). Very fine. $85 133. Arizona. Coconino. Grand Canyon. Golden Bell Mining Co, c.1903. 4pp Prospectus, 3.5 x 6" Illinois promotion. Arizona incorporation. Located 7 miles northwest of Williams. These folks claimed to be the first in the district, and assured that a rush would commence making "all other booms insignificant." A neighboring mine, the Last Chance, owned by the Aetna M&SC. Had shipped ore at "$350-$400 a car" profit. Fine-vf. $50 134. Arizona. General. Anglo Mexican Land & Mining Bureau Assoc. Cert #60. Incorporated in California 1877. Issued to J. Mosheimer for 25 shares in 1877. Signed by president Jos. Mosheimer and secretary S. N. Dugbee. Vignette, top center of eagle perched on prickly pear cactus clutching snake in its talons and beak; at left of two allegorical women. "For the States and Territories of Arizona, Lower California and Western States of Mexico." Uncancelled. White paper with gilt border and black print. 5 x 9. This is probably a mining bureau formed to promote mining in the US and Mexico. The date would indicate an association to promote land and mining in American states along the border, including Arizona and northern Mexico, since this was only about 10 years after territorial boundary disputes had been settled. (Please see El Dorado Canyon in Mohave County for more info.) Normally this type of company would have a significant exhibition associated with it. To facilitate the Bureau, stock corporations were created bringing investors in the venture into a formal relationship. The only exhibition that got off the ground around this time was the Paris Exposition of 1878. In October, 1877, President Hayes recommended Americans participate in the exhibition. The Paris venture may have undercut the Anglo-Mexican effort. It was open 194 days, exhibiting to more than 16 million guests, netting more than $11 million to the French. The chairman of the California section was none other than Almarin B. Paul, one of the Comstock millionaires. Many mining bureaus were formed over the nineteenth century including the London Mining Bureau, Colorado Mining Bureau and others, all with the intent of having an exhibition to promote their specific regions. [Hanks, Report of the California State Mineralogist, 1885, pp25-30] Rare. $450 135. Arizona. General. Arizona Corporate Seal Stamps. Lot of 2 different pcs. Louise A. Brown/ Notary/Public/Coconino County, Arizona. Rd, br, 42mm. Bill Luke Chrysler, Inc. / Corporate / Seal / 1982 / Arizona. Rd, br, 44mm. Extremely fine. $65 136. Arizona. General. Arizona Reduction Co, Ltd. Cert #364. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to A. J. Lutz for 200 shares in 1904. Signed by president S. Bingham and secretary Jas. Manning. Datelined Minneapolis, Minn. Uncancelled. Vignette of bald eagle on globe, clutching shield and arrows. Black print, orange border and safety print on white paper. Printer not noted. 8 x 11. Minor smudge at right margin, slight yellowing. We were unable to find any information on this company among our resources. $45 137. Arizona. General. Arizona Territorial Centennial Medal, 1863-1963. Features the "Great Seal of the State of Arizona" on reverse. Rd, br, 36mm. BU. $10 138. Arizona. General. Arizona Water Storage Co. Cert #24. Incorporated in the Territory of Arizona. Issued to Buchman Barr for 10,000 shares in 1895. Signed by president Richanen Run and secretary M. P. Scrymsez. No printer. Vignette in the upper left corner of three miners at the bottom of a shaft working; vignette of a miner using a pick over his head like in a tunnel at each corner and there is a vignette of a miner standing with a pick in the middle of each side. Uncancelled. Folds. Gilt foil seal with green safety print. 8.5 x 10.5". There is no mention of this company in our references. $150 139. Arizona. General. Arizona: Its Resources and Prospectus by Hon. Richard C. McCormick, Secretary of the Territory. 1865. 22 pages. With 10 X 12 folded map of Arizona Territory. McCormick was secretary of the Arizona Territory. In 1865 he was requested by the Tribune to describe Arizona to the New York readers. Horace Greely was probably assigned the job, but may have turned it down because of the brutal, rough, nature of the early 1860's. McCormick gives a county by county report of the mineral resources and other potential for settlement in Arizona. Front cover detached, also has small chips missing from right edge. The map alone makes this a great piece. Very fine. 6 X 9". $400 140. Arizona. General. Highland Land & Water Co First Mortgage 7% Bond. Cert #000. Specimen proof. Incorporated in the Arizona Territory. Was to be issued in 1889. Not signed. Printer Lith. of Peter Hall & Co. N.Y. Vignette in the upper middle of the bond showing a man on a horse that is drinking from a watering trough, with a woman also getting water from the same watering trough. There is a house in the background. These are two small vignettes on each side on the upper part of the bond. The one on the left has a diamond shape with "No." in it with saguaro cactus in the background. The one on the right is diamond shaped with a steam train with deer and saguaro cactus on the left. Attached to the bond are 20 coupons. Green border and underprint. Black print on white paper. There is green underprint of 1000. Folds. Cancelled by hole punches. 3 x 5". $350 141. Arizona. General. International Exploration Co. Cert. #271. Incorporated in Arizona in 1910. Issued to L. Bremer for 100 shares in 1910. Signed by president Jerry Culbertson and secretary A.M. Wieman. No vignette, but very nice, with fancy print. Vf, folds, slight foxing at bottom edge. 9" x 11". We could find no information regarding this company. The company probably had operations across the border into Mexico. $25 142. Arizona. General. North American Iron Co of Arizona. Cert. #384. Incorporated in the Territory of Arizona 1908. Issued to L. M. Smith for 2000 shares in 1906. Signed by president H. M. Ralston and secretary Jno. Ralston. Vignette of spread-winged bald eagle atop stars and stripes shield. Black border and green seal and underprint. Printed by Goes. Vf, minor tearing at folds. We could find no information on this company. $30 143. Arizona. General. Red Hill Mining Co. Cert #21. Incorporated in Arizona 1906. Issued to Jno. K. Edler for 1000 shares in 1906. Signed by president R. L. Job and asst secretary M. V. Williams. Cancelled with hole punches through signatures and "CANCELLED" in rubber stamp across face. Vignette of bust of a woman wearing cap with shining star. Black print and border with green underprint and gold seal. Printed by Goes. 5.5 x 10. Folds with wear along fold at left center. We were unable to locate any information on this company among our resources. Red Hill is a common name, Garbani lists eight mines and companies by that name in as many districts. $30 144. Arizona. General. United States Citizenship Association in Arizona. "Santa Rita Land Grants." No incorporation data. Issued to A. D. S. Bell for 2,370 shares signed by William Faxon, Jr., Trustee in 1892. Printer Mills, Knight & Co. Boston. No vignette. Uncancelled. Folds. Very fancy black border with black print on pink paper. Size 7 X 11". This was probably a commune of sorts. Faxon and associates bought a tract of land in Pima County with the probable intent of starting a community. Ex. Rare. $200 145. Arizona. Gila. Banner. London-Arizona Copper Co Prospectus, 1907. 37 pp plus a cross-section of "Well Known Copper Deposits" and a map of the London-Arizona Copper Mines, by Edward W. Brooks, Walter G. Swart, William B. Potter, R.D.O. Johnson and S.F. Parrish, each of whom authored a report on the company. The first report describes the geology and ore occurrences of the deposit. The second discusses the logistics and costs of mining and smelting the ore. The third and fourth and fifth, again discuss the geology, mining and transportation of ore. The brochure was obviously for promotional purposes and undoubtedly was provided to anyone who expressed an interest in purchasing an interest in the company. Printer - J.C. & W.E. Powers, NY. $75 146. Arizona. Gila. Banner. London-Arizona Copper Co. Cert #13. Incorporated in Arizona 1907. $1000 Bond. Signed by president C. E. Finney and Asst. Secretary John M. Ross. Printer not noted. No vignette. Green border and safety print with black print on white paper. 10 x 15 "Territory of Arizona, County of Yavapai." The company owned 68 claims known as the Dripping Springs or O'Carroll group located on London Mountain, near Winkleman. The ore consisted of copper bearing veins in limestone averaging 5% copper. The property had about 4000 ft of old workings and was operated by 3 gasoline hoist engines and 2 air compressors. In 1913, the company merged with several others under the name London-Arizona Consolidated Copper Co. (Weed, 1913, p. 536; 1916, pp. 705-6). $65 147. Arizona. Gila. Banner. Saddle Mountain Mining Co Correspondence, 1907 & 1908. Lot of 3 pieces. All pieces have the Saddle Mountain Mining Company letter head. The first piece is a letter stating that the signer (Goodwin), is going to the Republican Convention as a delegate from Gila County. The second piece is a letter signed by J. W. Meyers. The third piece is letter signed by Nat. 8.5 x 11". Fine. $65 148. Arizona. Gila. General. Western Exploration Cons. Co. Cert #220. Incorporated in Arizona 1907. Issued to Alfred Tilghman for 150 shares in 1907. Signed by C. F. Cesinger president and George F. Hensel treasurer. No vignette. Green border and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - ABN. 8 x 11. Interesting corporate seal stamp with an antlered buck at center. Not listed in Copper Handbooks. Garbani places it in Gila County (Garbani, 2001). Very fine. $25 149. Arizona. Gila. Globe. Arizona & Michigan Mining Co. Cert #1702. Incorporated in the Territory of Arizona 1908. Issued to Ed. C. Des Rochers for 40 shares in 1909. Signed by James Chynoweth president and S. C. Chynoweth secretary. No vignette. Black border with green safety print. Uncancelled. Datelined Calumet, Michigan. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11. The company controlled 34 claims, or about 640 acres, known as the Trojanovich group. The property was adjacent to the Superior & Boston on the northeast and the Arizona Commercial's Black Hawk mine on the southwest. There were two shafts, the 368' Blackbird and the 519' Telfair. The shafts intersected the Dewet and Old Dominion veins, but no show of copper. The Black Hawk vein is claimed to cut the property, but has yet to be found. All work at the mine was suspended 1910, but "diamond drilling was planned for 1911. Company is practically out of cash." (Mines Handbook, 1910, p.304-305). Fold creases. Extremely fine. $75 150. Arizona. Gila. Globe. Arizona Commercial Mining Co Prospectus, 1921. This annual report is 6 pages, which are partially, and in a couple cases wholly, detached from staples at center. Fine. Daniels Printing Co., Boston. According to this report, the Company had not mined any ore from either Copper Hill or Eureka mines during the year, that the total production from ores on hand at the beginning of the year was 572,616 lbs of refined copper, 3,001 oz. Silver and 162 oz. Gold. The surface plant and underground workings were well maintained so they could continue mining as soon as the directors advised it. The company organized in 1912 to take over the property of the Arizona Commercial Copper Co which included the Black Hawk and Copper Hill claim groups. The company was able to boost production from 3.5 million pounds of copper in 1916 to exceed 7.5 million pounds of copper in 1919. These production numbers allowed for handsome dividends to paid to be shareholders. In 1919, these dividends amounted to $4.10 per share. The Mines Handbook (1920, p.199-201) offers a very favorable rating to the company stating that $2-3 dividends per share were envisioned for the near future. $50 151. Arizona. Gila. Globe. Consolidated Mines & Development Co. Cert #178. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to W. W. Bookman for 26,477 shares in 1906. Signed by D. S. Heron president and W. W. Bookman secretary. No vignette. Green border, red seal and purple title. Uncancelled. Printer - H. H. McNeil Co, Phoenix, Arizona. 7 x 11. The company controlled 8 claims at the head of the Arkansas Gulch located 7 miles west of Globe. Drill samples assayed at 6% copper and there was a 45' shaft that was claimed to bottom in rich sulphide ore. Idle in 1908 (Copper Handbook, 1908, p.556). Fold creases. Very fine. $50 152. Arizona. Gila. Globe. Cordova Copper Co. Lot of 2 pcs. Cert #1565 & #2124. Incorporated in Territory of Arizona 1909. One is issued to S. R. Kaufman for 100 shares in 1909. Brown border and seal. Second is issued to Sarah E. Stinchfield for 100 shares in 1909. Green border and seal. Both signed by H. B. Hovland president and Harvey P. Smith secretary. No vignettes. Uncancelled. Printer not noted. 7 x 11. The company owned 1100 acres that were located north of the Old Dominion and west of the Arizona Commercial and also the Eureka group in the Miami district. The property near Globe had a 1225 foot shaft that had no commercially viable ore. The Eureka mine had a 125 foot shaft that had produced nearly 500,000 pounds of copper, but never saw production under the present company. The company was broke and idle by 1910 (Copper Handbook, 1910, p.701). Both extremely fine. $75 153. Arizona. Gila. Globe. Globe-Miami Copper Zinc Corp. Incorporated in Delaware 1917. Unissued, unsigned. Vignette of a mining camp on a hillside with two smaller vignettes in the upper corners of miners working underground. Gold border, safety print and seal (unstamped). This company is not listed in the Copper Handbooks nor in the Mines Handbooks. There is a Globe Miami Copper Co listed, but the information listed does not exactly match this certificate. The company was most likely located in the Globe-Miami district. No folds. Mint Condition. $12 154. Arizona. Gila. Globe. National Mining Exploration Co. Cert #3703. Incorporated in Maine 1905. Issued to M. H. Durkee for 25 shares in 1907. Signed by Charles Bruce president and James Otis treasurer. Vignette of spread winged eagle. Black border and green safety print. To Be Exchanged for Engraved Certificate in red rubber stamp. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11. See lot above for the story. Minor foxing along right edge. Very fine. See lot below for story. $50 155. Arizona. Gila. Globe. National Mining Exploration Co. Cert #9750. Incorporated in Maine 1905. Issued to Paine, Webber & Co for 100 shares in 1909. Signed by Charles Bruce president and Philip Highley treasurer. Vignette at top center of a large mill with people and carts about. Red-brown border and underprint. Uncancelled. Printer - New York Bank Note. 8 x 11. The company began with three different groups of claims. The Iron Cap at Globe, Gila County, the Fumarole group at Safford, Graham County and the Copper Ridge group at Kelvin, Pinal County. Development concentrated on the Iron Cap properties. The directors offered bonds to the stockholders in an attempt to raise $250,000 in capital. The stockholders withheld purchases and a $100,000 note was called in by promoters. The company paid all debts and reorganized as the Iron Cap Copper Co which continued to develop and mine the Iron Cap group at Globe and the Fumarole group at Safford. (Copper Handbook, 1908, p.1011; 1910, p.1255; 1912; p.479). Wrinkled at center from top to bottom. Very fine. $50 156. Arizona. Gila. Globe. New Dominion Copper Co. Cert #N12267. Incorporated in Arizona 1917. Issued to Frank W. Medosch for 100 hundred shares in 1925. Signed by president and no secretary. Vignette of a miner dumping an ore cart underground. Red border. Cancelled by rubber stamp and by star and "B" shaped punches. Printer - New York Bank Note. 8 x 12. One 2 cent red revenue and one 2 cent Massachusetts revenue stamp on reverse. Minor smudges on edges. Very fine. The property adjoins the Old Dominion mine on the north and the Iron Cap and Big Johnnie to the south and east. In 1870-80, several small shafts were sunk and considerable silver ore was taken out. The New Dominion mines are on the northeast side of Big Johnnie Gulch, 2.5 miles north of Globe. The shaft was deepened to 1200'. The ore consisted of cuprite with chrysocolla and some silver minerals. (Mines Handbook, 1925, p.399). $35 157. Arizona. Gila. Globe. Old Dominion Mining Co Annual Reports 1918 & 1923. 1918 is 16pp, printed by Daniels of Boston with soft green cover, 6 x 9". They mined and processed 230,000 tons of ore in 1918 yielding 4.52% copper (33.3 million pounds), 185,000 oz of silver, and 5000 ounces of gold. They drove 22,163 feet of drifts and shafts. The mine was waterlogged, pumping 3.73 million gallons every 24 hours. James Douglas, the great mining engineer and president of the company since 1904 died in 1919. His son (?) Walter was vice president. In 1918 just under $1 million in dividends were paid out. Since the company's inception in 1904, $14.4 million were paid in dividends. In 1923 they produced 26.8 million pounds of copper, 190,000 ounces of silver and 5137 ounces of gold from 290,000 tons of ore and roughly 27,000 feet of drifting and sinking. No dividends were paid that year. In fact, 1918 was the last year of dividends through 1923. VF. $125 158. Arizona. Gila. Globe. Old Dominion Mining Co. Cert #224. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to Willis Dalliver for 26 shares in 1911. Signed by president and J. Mayer secretary. No vignette. Blue border and underprint. Uncancelled. Printer - Union Bank Note, Mo. 9 x 12. Fold creases. Extremely fine. Although the name is similar, probably with intent, this Company is not the same company as the Old Dominion Copper Mining & Smelting Co., incorporated in New Jersey in 1895, nor the Old Dominion Co., incorporated in Maine in 1904 as a securities-holding corporation, organized to promote the operation of the mines of the Old Dominion Copper Mining & Sm Co. and United Globe Mines. $60 159. Arizona. Gila. Globe. Superior & Boston Copper Co Prospectus, 1915. This 9th Annual Report is 6 pages and has been folded. Lists the capital stock as "six million five hundred thousand dollars in six hundred fifty thousand shares of $10 each." Office at Houghton, Michigan with mines at Globe. This report, as with all annual reports, touts the successes and future development of the company. The report compares the history of the Superior & Boston to the earlier development of the Old Dominion mine and the Arizona Commercial mines, which were located on the same vein system. The report provides the financials for the year, and concludes with the Superintendent's report which says, "It is rarely that such strong mineralized ledges as those found on the Superior and Boston property fail to make good, and this fact coupled with the success at depth of the neighboring mines, namely, the Old Dominion and Arizona Commercial, should be sufficient to warrant unusual efforts to follow their experience in a well founded faith of developing commercial sulphide ores, that will place the Superior & Boston among the permanent copper producing mines in the Globe district." $75 160. Arizona. Gila. Globe. Sycamore Spring Water Co. Cert #1755. Incorporated in Connecticut, 1880. Issued to Geo. C. Stautial for 100 shares in 1882. Signed by pres. John C. Watson and Stoddard W. Pollard. Printed by Page, Spaulding & Co., Boston. Vignette of rugged mountain cascade. Uncancelled. Folds. Datelined Hartford, Conn. Green print, border and vignette on white paper. 8.5 x 11. Sycamore is a common name applied to watercourses in Arizona because these trees grow well along their banks. Barnes lists a dozen creeks and localities with the name, in six counties, but does not mention a Sycamore Spring. It was reported to us as an early water company of Globe. $400 161. Arizona. Gila. Globe. Warrior Copper Co. Cert #5. Incorporated in Delaware 1905. Issued to John F. Rose for 5 shares in 1906. Stamp signature J. D. Wright, president and signed by Harry S. Hopper, treasurer. Green border, vignette of underground stope mining scene upper center, uncancelled, 9 x 12, VF condition, with folds, and up to 1 inch tears at folds. Company succeeded the Black Warrior Copper Co., Amalgamated, which came to grief financially. The company held 3 groups of claims, known as the Gold Gulch, Diamond H. and Montgomery. The Montgomery included the Montana and Dadeville mines, opened by tunnels 1,000 and 1,200 ft with about 3,000 ft. of underground workings. Copper mineralization occurred in a vein, 20 to 60 ft. wide with siliceous material assaying up to 6% copper. The property contained a 100 ton per day mill, a 50 ton per day matting furnace, and 300 ton per day leaching plant. In 1906, the company was shipping 60 tons of ore per day to the Old Dominion smelter at Globe. [Ref: 1906, p.1043]. $90 162. Arizona. Gila. Miami. Copper Springs Mining Co. Cert #381. Incorporated in Arizona 1913. Issued to Temple H. Fay & Co for 100 shares in 1916. Signed by George J. Davis president and Edward F. Hiatt secretary. Vignette of a globe showing North and South American Continents with a large arrow pointing at Arizona with the word Globe highlighted within North America. Brown border. Uncancelled. Printer not noted. 9 x 12. The company had 25 claims on Mt. Madera within the Schultz Ranch section of the Pinal Mountains 6 miles from Miami. It had about 1400' of tunnel workings accessed by a 450' shaft. Ore was reported on nearly every level but with only 1-4% copper per ton. The company was aggressively promoted by Temple H. Fay & Co of Boston, the same as the issuee of these two certificates. The Copper and Mines Handbooks lists this company with only a 1,000,000 share capital stock. The certificates indicate that the stock offering was for 5,000,000 shares. Also, the Handbooks list the incorporation as 1916, but the corporate seals on the certificates indicate a 1913 incorporation. Further, there is no listing for George J. Davis as president. The Handbooks list Capt. E. Storer Tice as the president. Typically, these discrepancies lead us to believe that these are two different companies. However, the secretary is listed on the certificates and in the Copper Handbooks. (Copper Handbook, 1918, p.440). Not folded. Small red stains on certificate. Small brown stains at right edge. Very fine. $50 163. Arizona. Gila. Miami. Miami Cons Mines Co. Incorporated in Arizona. Certificate #14765 issued to Morgan Livermore & Co. for 100 shares in 1918. Signed by president Robert L. Pruyan (?) and assistant secretary C. H. Weeks. Printed by Goes. Uncancelled. The company owned claims on 200 acres that adjoined the Inspiration Needles Co. Prior to this company it was said that the property had 19 owners who were able to ship 272 tons of ore assaying at 2.6% to 5% copper in 1915. Drilling in 1918 indicated that the first hole hit ore at 420'. The second hole hit ore at 585' and the third hit rich chalcocite. There was never any production under the Miami Cons. MC and it was idle and presumed moribund by 1931. Promoter Harry Lefkovitz ended up in jail on stock fraud charges in 1919 (Mines Handbook, 1925, p.37). White paper with green underprint, border and seal and black lettering and vignettes of which there are three. Middle vignette is of an operational milling company alongside a river in a valley between mountains. Two smaller vignettes on either side depict miners at work underground. Top and bottom corners on left side are missing. Some dirt and fading, folded. Fine.10 3/4" x 8 1/4" $65 164. Arizona. Gila. Miami. Miami Merger Copper Co. Cert #2232. Incorporated in Arizona 1916. Issued to G. F. Weiss for 100 shares in 1917. Signed by Bradley Randall vice president and Wallace asst secretary. Vignette of spread winged eagle atop crag. Brown border and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer not noted. 8 x 11. Signed on reverse by Harry Lefkovitz. This company was an undeniable scam that reported controlling 1350 acres near Miami. Weed's report is too good not to quote directly. "So far as we know, no work of any consequence was ever done on this property, promoters' efforts being confined to selling worthless stock at high prices to the innocent speculator or investor. The market created through the manipulations of Harry Lefkovitz, who also handled Miami Cons Mines Co (which see) and Inspiration Needles (which see). Mr. Lefkovitz changed his name to Lefko, was arrested in Los Angeles, Dec. 1918, by the Federal Authorities, put on trial in New York and convicted Dec. 1919. This company was a rank fraud from start to finish." (Mines Handbook, 1925, p.382). Minor foxing along edges. Extremely fine. $50 165. Arizona. Gila. Pioneer. White Metal Mining Co. Cert #B543. Incorporated in Arizona 1917. Issued to Bessie Pardee, McKee for 5000 shares in 1919. Signed by J. C. Devine vice president and C. T. Carpenter secretary. No vignette. Purple border and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - ABN. 8 x 11. This company got a slow start after incorporating. The first ore shipment from the over 3000 feet of workings was in 1926. The property consisted of 15 claims located on the south side of the Pinal Range in the Pioneer district 16 miles south of Globe. The ore was said to show 20 ounces silver with minor gold and lead per ton (Mines Handbook, 1931, p.467). Minor foxing along edges. Staple holes at top edge. Very fine. $25 166. Arizona. Gila. Sierra Ancha. Ancient Gold Mining & Milling Co. Two pieces, a stock and a bond. 1) Incorp in Arizona circa 1909, issued 1910 to Ida Coates for 8 shares, signed by Geo. H. Prudden as president and John H. Conway as secretary. Gold seal, mining vignette at upper right, gold safety pattern, printed by the Pioneer press, St. Paul 8 x 10", uncancelled. 2) bond issued 1909 to bearer, first mortgage 7% gold bond. Brown border and safety pattern, eagle vignette, six coupons attached at left. 17 x 16". Damage to right edge of margin, easily trimable. (Ref: Garbani 2001) $150 167. Arizona. Graham. Black Hawk. Inspiration Central Mining Co. Cert #854. Incorporated in Arizona 1916. Issued to R. H. Dymon for 500 shares in 1919. Signed by M. E. Tester president and Chas. B. Yett secretary. Vignette at upper left of several miners underground with smaller vignettes at each corner of a miner. Black border with green seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11. This company owned 43 claims 14 miles west of Geronimo in the Turnbull and the Santa Theresa Mountains within the Black Rock district. (Mines Handbook, 1920, p.230-31). We believe that the Mines Handbook made a transposition error with Black Rock. We believe that it should be the Black Hawk district. We found this same mistake with the Advance Mining Co (see A#12 Catalog). Welty et al (Mine Index for Metallic Mineral Districts of Arizona, 1985) offers more specific information. Small tears along fold creases. Very fine. $25 168. Arizona. Graham. Clifton. Arizona Copper Co Ltd Documents. Lot of 3 pcs. (1.) receipt from the Arizona Copper Co, Ltd for taxes paid for a woman who owned shares in the company and was from Edinburgh, England with an implied date in 1910. (2.) unused check with receipt stub attached. Blue ink on blue paper. Stub has Spanish and English. (3.) letterhead dated 1910. All very fine. $50 169. Arizona. Graham. Fort Apache and Fort Thomas. Fort Apache Letter. Datelined August 10, 1883. Eighteen page letter written by a young woman traveling with her child on a trip from Fort Grant to Fort Apache to deliver a $5,000 cash payroll at Fort Apache. This incredibly descriptive text is well written and shows what it was like on a payroll delivery in remote Arizona. The entourage consisted of 7 soldiers, an ambulance, baggage wagon, 3 drivers, 16 mules, 2 saddle horses and 2 dogs. She describes Major Vail at Fort Thomas as "a bachelor of about 40, a magnificent looking soldier, and a well bred gentleman - I think rather the finest specimen of a man I have met in Arizona." ... "The man is a bourbon democrat after my own heart." She describes stopping at an "ill-smelling hole" the next day during a pouring rainstorm. "The open air life which I had read about and heard about as so charming was not..." ..."for my own part I should prefer less freedom and less open air in mine." "Cactus, Cactus, cactus - giant, ranting, gnarled and straight - often ten different varieties within a few dozen yards." On the camping life she said: "The horrid old canned things taste wonderfully good under these circumstances, and let him who thinks he knows how good broiled bacon is, taste it in the field from the grid iron." "Major Clayton (the author's husband) will not allow the men to waste their ammunition on game, thinking it may be needed to protect us and the cash before all this is over." They were carrying a $5,000 payroll. "The cash box is always carried at once to our tent, and his pistol lies always within easy grip." ... "We have seen no sign of human habitation since we left Fort Thomas." Marvelous descriptive diary-like letter written at a time of Indian unrest. $1100 170. Arizona. Graham. Morenci. Mining Claim Map and Notice of Good Standing, 1901. Lot of two pieces. The claim map shows the location of the mining claims in relation to the San Francisco River, and the mill site. There are pencil lines possibly showing the vein locations. The map is in color. There are folds and some light stains. Size 15 X 16 1/2". Notice of good standing lists the owner's name. The names of the claims, where the mines are located, the size of the claims, and states that the assessment work is completed. This notice was notarized in Vernon County. Missouri, in 1901. Lindgren in The Copper Deposits of the Clifton-Morenci district, Arizona; USGS Paper No. 43, 1905, states that the Weaver claims are prospects located high up on the slope of Copper King Mountain, between the summit and the San Francisco River. The elevation of these claims is 5,200 feet. At this time there were only two claims listed; the Gray Cliff and the Good Luck, which are developed by two tunnels. The vein of ore occurs as black sulphide and green stain in the mass of the porphyry. $50 171. Arizona. Graham. Morenci. Phelps Dodge Corp. Lot of 3 different pcs. Incorporated in New York in 1885. Certificate nos. A95286, CO35462, and U3593, issued to Clark Dodge & Co. for 100 shares in 1954, to Carson & Co. for 100 shares in 1956, to A.G. Becker & Co. Incorporated for 40 shares in 1966, and to Baker Weeks & Co. for 1,000 shares in 1966, respectively. Signed by Robert G. Page, president and John E. Master, secretary. First with blue border, second with green border, third with brown border, all with vignette of panorama of Morenci pit, mill, and smelter with seated statue of man with map and pencil, cancelled, 8 x 11, Excellent to VF condition with cancellation punches, and minor folds and creases. $45 172. Arizona. Graham. Morenci. Phelps Dodge Corp. Lot of 3 different certificates: Incorporated in New York in 1885. Certificate nos. B035718, C84261, and D1499, issued to Granger & Co. for 5 shares in 1960, to Eastman Dillon Union Securities & Co. for 100 shares in 1966, and to Thomas J. Jones for 100 shares in 1967, respectively. Signed by Robert G. Page, president and John E. Master, secretary. First with green border, second and third with blue borders, all with vignette of panorama of Morenci pit, mill, and smelter with seated statue of man with map and pencil, cancelled, 8 x 11, Excellent to VF condition with cancellation punches. $45 173. Arizona. Graham. Pima. Union Copper Smelter Co. Bond #407. Incorporated in Territory of Arizona. $100 Bond. Signed by W. H. Brothers president and A. T. Van Vlackenburgh secretary. Vignette of four miners working underground. Uncancelled. Printer - Heincke-Feigel Litho, St. Louis. 11 x 14. Two of the original 40 coupons cashed in. A third coupon is included but detached. The listing for this company is short but very poignant. "Property was an imaginary smelter, devised to reduce ores from imaginary mines." This company was devised by Wm F. Wernse of St. Louis. He also ran a fraud at the same time with a company named Union Copper Smelting Co. Both of these companies were supposedly located at Pima, Graham County. (Copper Handbook, 1910, p.1719). One 5 cent documentary stamp affixed on corporate seal. Extremely fine. $100 174. Arizona. Maricopa. Blue Tank. Sahuraro Mining Inc. Cert. #36. Inc. in AZ, 1952. Issued to Glenn D. Baubaker for 5 shares in 1952. Printed signature of president Roy A. Bonita and original signature by secretary Travis Herwausen. Vignette of road leading to mining camp on hilltop, flanked by two smaller vignettes of underground mining scenes. Gilt border and seal. Printed by Goes. The certificate appears to have been crudely mounted by way of tape at each side. As a result, the top layer was removed at each of these points. 1/2" tear at left edge, otherwise, fine. 8 1/4" x 10 1/2". Not listed in any of our sources. $25 175. Arizona. Maricopa. Cram Mountain. Bornite Copper & Gold Mining Co. Cert. #224. Inc. in Territory of Arizona 1903. Issued to Gary M. Longbrey for 7000 shares in 1904. Signed by president F. Rickwood Hall and treasurer George D. Coleman. Uncancelled. Vignette of spread-winged bald eagle. Black border. Printed by The Broun-Green Co. 8" x 10 1/4". Located on Cram Mountain. At the time of this certificate's issuance, the lands were already idle, and the company had apparently ceased paying its bills (Ref: Stevens, 1904, p.231). Vf, folds, paper clip imprint at top-center. $45 176. Arizona. Maricopa. Cram Mountain. Sierra Alto Copper Mining Co Documents, 1910. Lot of 2 different pcs. The first piece is a map of the property that probably went with a prospectus. It shows the claims and how they are situated along Cave Creek in the Cram Mountain Area. It also shows the cross section of the vein, which includes the location of the tunnels and shafts. Also shown are the outcrops and ore dumps. Black border with black and red print on white paper. Folds with tears along the center fold. Size 14 X 17. The second piece is a two page paper dated Oct, 24, 1910, part hand written and part typed, that covers the properties, ore, assay results, tunnels and shafts, and general information which was sent to a prospective buyer or joint venture company. Hand written piece is 6 X 8 1/2" written in black pen on white paper. The second piece is typed in purple ink on legal white paper. Size 8 1/2 X 13". Pieces are pinned together and have some folds and tearing. $50 177. Arizona. Maricopa. General. Atkinson Concentrating & Smelting Co. Cert. #147. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to Dr. J.R. Blair for 1000 shares in 1906. Singed by Atkinson as president and R.H. Weyman for secretary. Uncancelled. Vignette of spread-winged bald eagle, atop stars and stripes shield. Black border, with lime green seal and underprint. Printed by Goes. 7 3/4" x 10 3/4". Vf, staple holes at top, 3/4" tear at top edge, and minor tears due to folds. Atkinson named this company after himself. Garbani places the company in Maricopa County. $25 178. Arizona. Maricopa. General. Buckeye Canal Co. Cert #42. Location of Canal, North Side Gila River, Maricopa Co., Arizona. Incorporated in Territory of Arizona 1885. Issued to Wendell McLaughlin. Signed by president Wm. O. ("Buckey") O'Neill and secretary J. L. B. Alexander. Printed by A. L. Bancroft & Co. Vignette at center is the Seal of the Territory of Arizona. Uncancelled. Folds. Fancy black border with black print on white paper. Size 5 x 10" The place of business was Phoenix, Maricopa Co., Arizona. In a note included with the stock certificate, McLaughlin sold one share of the stock to Jacob E. Price, of Buckeye, Arizona. Walker (Rough Rider Buckey O'Neill of Arizona, 1975) notes the following: William (Buckey) Owen O'Neill was born on February 2, 1860 in St Louis. In 1880 The U.S. Census lists William's profession as a "lawyer", but there is no proof that he every got a law degree. At the age of nineteen, William (Buckey) O'Neill left Washington D.C. and went to the Arizona Territory. Buckey worked for the Tombstone Epitaph during the time of the Earp Brothers confrontation with the Clanton Gang. Buckey was a journalist as well as a gambler and saloon man. In 1885, Buckey started a specialized journal for the cattlemen called the "Hoof and Horn". Buckey was elected a Judge in 1886 by eight votes, and he was also a captain in the Prescott Grays, a militia. In 1888 Buckey became the Sheriff of Yavapai County. In 1894, Buckey became a congressional candidate for the Populist Party but lost to his Republican challenger. In 1896 Buckey again ran for a congressional seat with the Populist Party and was defeated. In 1897 Buckey became mayor of Prescott, Arizona. In 1898, while Mayor of Prescott, Buckey started planning for war after the Maine was sunk. He put together a force of 1,056 men to be Arizona's contribution to the war effort. Only 170 men were needed at the time by the government, and Buckey became one of the troop captains for the Arizona unit. On April 27, 1898, Buckey traveled to Phoenix to receive his captain's bars, and had the honor of being Volunteer Number One from Prescott. Buckey was killed July 1, 1898 at Kettle Hill by a sniper bullet while Buckey was having a conference with Captain Robert Howze. He left his wife Pauline and son Maurice, who both died in January 1961. In another note included with the stock certificate, the following was noted. J.(Joseph) Alexander (secretary of the company), was born in 1857 in Los Angeles, California and moved to Yuma Arizona around 1874 or 1879. Joseph was appointed a Clerk of the County Court in Yuma in 1881. He later moved to Phoenix and became a Clerk of the State Supreme Count in 1895. Joseph was a captain with the Rough Riders (Troop C). President Roosevelt appointed him the U.S. District Attorney for Arizona. Joseph also practiced law with the firm Alexander, Christy & Baxter in Phoenix. During World War I, he was the district head of the draft board. His only political campaign was for Attorney General on the Bull Moose Ticket. There is no record if he won or lost. He died in San Francisco in 1931, leaving a wife and two daughters. Important Arizona autograph piece. Ex. Rare. $1400 179. Arizona. Maricopa. General. Cox & Norcross Canal & Land Co. Cert #88. Shares, $50 each, Capital Stock, $500,000. Organized under laws of Arizona Territory. Incorporated in Arizona Territory in 1885. Issued to M. L. Wicks for 500 shares in 1886. Signed by President R.(Rufus) E. Farrington and secretary O. F. Thornton. Printed by Collins & Sesnon, NY. No Vignette. Uncancelled. Folds. Fancy black border with black print, on white paper. A paper written by Blanche Farrington Chapman (Rufus's daughter) for the Arizona Pioneer's Historical Society at Tucson, Arizona in 1952 states that Rufus E. Farrington (who was the president of the Cox & Norcross Canal and Land Co.) was a rancher, surveyor, engineer, and businessman who was a member of the second expedition to leave Santa Fe for the new gold discoveries in northern Arizona in 1863. One of Rufus's accomplishments along with Capt. Wm. H. Hardy, was engineering and constructing the first toll-road ever built in the Arizona Territory in 1862-1863. The toll road was from Prescott to Mohave through rugged country where the Apaches often roamed in hunts to massacre the white man if they were sufficiently armed to do so. Rufus purchased a lot of fine large American mules in California to use for work on the road. One night the Indians stole every mule in the corral, and killed the man at the camp, looted the place of everything they could carry away and what they could not take with them they burned - cabins and all. As soon as the loss was discovered, Rufus assembled all of his men and followed the Indians. In the meantime he had notified the Army Post, asking that military troops follow him and his men to help regain the mules. After a three day journey in pursuit of the Apaches, the troops from Ft. Whipple met Rufus and his men. After quick greetings and assurances that they were close on the heels of the Indians, the Capt. told Rufus "I am afraid I have bad news for you Mr. Harrington-the Government does not want to have any trouble with the Indians and I have orders to bring you and your men back." The Captain assured Rufus that the Government would reimburse him for his loss of property. However, the U.S. troops and civilians did follow the Indians and overtook them for a parlay, to get the Indians to return the mules. This was not granted, so the U.S. troops and civilians went back to their starting points. Rufus was very discouraged at the thought of what a handicap he now faced with no animals to help finish the road. As it is recorded, the chief of the Tribe who stole the mules refused to allow his warriors to harm the men and troops who had overtaken them. The chief, after talking to his tribe, who were wanting to liquidate the white men, made sure the men and troops safely got back to Prescott by traveling back with them on the three day journey. The Government never paid for the animals the Indians had taken. $550 180. Arizona. Maricopa. General. Penn Mining & Milling Company. Cert #307. Incorporated in Arizona 1907. Issued to H. R. Collins in 1909 for 1000 shares. Signed by President M. H. Clarke and Edmond Anderson, Secretary. Datelined Phoenix, Arizona. Vignette in green at top center, of six miners working underground, over background vignette of mill building and steam locomotive with loaded ore cars. Black print with green border, seal and safety print. Printer not noted. 8 x 10. Folds, torn at edges. We were unable to locate any reference to this company among our resources. Because of the dateline and the principal office being located in Phoenix, we placed this company in Maricopa County. $50 181. Arizona. Maricopa. General. Roland Mining Co. Cert. #343. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to Elizabeth Whitehead for 500 shares in 1904. Signed by president W.E. Botsford and secretary H. Kennedy. Uncancelled. Vignette of Elk on hillside. Black border and gilt seal. Printed by Goes. Coin-sized burn marks near center and left edge, and small tears throughout. 8" x 10". Garbani places this company in Maricopa without any further specifics. $25 182. Arizona. Maricopa. Morristown. Picacho Blanco Mining Co of Arizona. Cert. #184. Incorporated in Arizona in 1901. Issued to Davis Proskey for 100 shares in 1902. Signed by president Martin E. Waldstein, secretary T.O. Otis. Uncancelled. Was a consolidation of the San Domingo G&CC and Exposition MC, in 1901. The lands consisted of 31 claims, lying in Yavapai and Maricopa Counties. It had a 400' main shaft, with free-milling ores averaging about $22 per ton. Also on site was a 15-stamp mill and cyanide plant. Dead by 1908 (Ref: Stevens, 1904, p.585; 1908, 1120). Vignette of five men working in underground mine. Orange border and seal. Printed by E.F. Weeks. 8" x 11 1/4". Xf. $90 183. Arizona. Maricopa. Morristown. San Domingo Cons Mining Co. Cert. #78. Incorporated in Arizona in 1906. Issued to Arthur E. Coe for 200 shares in 1906. Signed by president Gabler and secretary Melvin Stephens. Uncancelled. May have been part of the post-merger of San Domingo Gold & Copper Co. and Picacho Blanco MC. Picacho absorbed San Domingo, but by 1908, Picacho had been idle for several years and was apparently moribund. We were unable to directly link these companies with the San Domingo Consol., but the possibility led us to believe it to be located in Maricopa (Ref: Stevens, 1906, pp.887, 815; 1908, p.1120). Vignette of men in underground mine, with two smaller vignettes in top corners. Printed by The Broun-Green Co. Maroon border and seal. 9" x 11". Vf, slight discoloration at folds. $75 184. Arizona. Maricopa. Painted Rock. Queen Buttes Mining Co of Arizona Report c.1905-10. Mineralogy of the district was proclaimed unusual, consisting of faults, caused by periods of uplift. Fissure veins carrying lead, copper, silver and gold, some of which the assay values are $110 per ton, mostly in lead and copper. This company ins not listed in the Copper Handbooks. Fine, right edge quite damaged. 11" x 9". $50 185. Arizona. Maricopa. Phoenix. Phoenix National Bank. Lot of three pieces, two different stocks and a bond. A) stock for the Phoenix National Bank of Phoenix, Arizona, incorporated in 1892, issued 1912 to M. P. McDougall for 5 shares, signed by H. D. Marshall Jr. as cashier. and M. C. McDougall as vice president Cancelled written across face with blue rubber stamp over the issuee. Gold seal, no holes. Folds. 8 x 10", printed by Hall Litho, Topeka. Datelined Phoenix. Eagle vignette in the masthead. B) certificate similar to A above but eagle is above the masthead and capitalization increased from $150,000 to $500,000. Issued to Chas Woolf for 70 shares, Signed by vice president and cashier, both illegible. Cancelled stamped across face with blue rubber stamp. Stub attached. 8 x 10" C) Letter of credit for J. E. Geare for $200 dated 1918. 2pp, 7 x 10", center fold. Brown underprint and border. Black print. Signed by cashier and payee. Cancelled holes punched in the face throughout. Page 2 has the withdrawal payments, page 3 the corresponding banks. Printed by Republic Bank Note Co. Philadelphia. The Phoenix National Bank was created in 1892. It became a US Government depository in 1905, probably greatly increasing their local standing. The shareholders also owned the Phoenix Savings Bank and Trust, though they were separate entities. Hugh Marshall, cashier, got his start at the Phoenix National Bank in New York, an unrelated venture. His father was president of that bank. He earned his reputation in Globe, taking care of the Globe National Bank during the financial panic of 1907. McDougall came to Arizona in 1897 after working at numerous places throughout the US over an approximate 15 year period. He ran a clothing store in Phoenix. In 1911 he became vice president of both above mentioned banks in Phoenix. Scarce. [ref: Who's Who in Arizona, pp227-230] McClintock (1916, p. 383) states that Charles C. Woolf graduated from law school in 1896 and began practicing law in Phoenix. He opened an office in Tempe a year later and specialized in litigation connected with irrigation cases and represents the interests of the Tempe Canal Company. Mr. Woolf also served as city attorney of Tempe. In 1912 he was admitted to practice in the supreme court of the US. $250 186. Arizona. Maricopa. Phoenix/Prescott. Arizona Ribbons, 1909-1940. Lot of 5 different pcs. The oldest is a small blue ribbon with "Prescott, Arizona, 1909", 0.5 x 3". Arizona State Fair, 1919, gold ribbon with brown lettering, 2 x 4". "7th Annual Northern Arizona State Fair, Prescott, 1919, First Premium, Horticulture" ribbon, blue with gilt lettering, 2 x 9". "Member, Arizona Pioneers' Association, 1938, Reunion" light blue ribbon with black lettering, 1.5 x 5". "Member, Arizona Pioneers' Association, 1940, Reunion" yellow ribbon, 2 x 5". All fine. $50 187. Arizona. Maricopa. Santos Domingo. Orion Gold & Copper Co, c.1910. Prospectus. 4pp. 9 x 13", pictorial. Some splitting along folds. Held seven claims. Phoenix promotion. Located three miles from Hot Springs Junction. Contains claim descriptions with notes on geology and assays. They were in a fairly advanced stage of prospecting. I would expect a few of these prospects to look identical today. Not in Tenney. $75 188. Arizona. Maricopa. Superstition. Goldfield Somerset Mining Co. Cert. #1279. Incorporated in Arizona in 1906. Unissued, uncancelled. Signed by president Nat P. Brown and secretary H. J. McKellog. Vignette of men working in underground mining scene. Black border, and pink underprint. No printer noted. 8" x 10 1/2". Garbani lists this company as being located in the Superstition district (Arizona Mines & MC, Garbani, 1993). Extremely fine. $50 189. Arizona. Maricopa. Vulture. Angel Cons Mining Co. Bond #93. Incorporated in Arizona 1902. $20 Bond. Signed by President A. W. Colvin and Secretary J. G. Stanton. Vignette of deer or elk with monolith, pine trees and mountains in background with "Ditat Deus", Arizona's state motto below. Green border with black print on white paper. Printed by Baker Printing, Newark & New York. 11 x 14. Wear and small tears along fold creases. The Angel mine and claim group is located in the Vulture district of Maricopa County. (Welty et, Mines Index, 1985). This company was probably operating there. 3 coupons cashed in of original 6. Very fine. $75 190. Arizona. Maricopa. Vulture. Angel Cons Mining Co. Cert #1180. Incorporated in Arizona 1902. Issued to H. C. Lewis for 250 shares in 1903. Signed by vice president J. G. Diffenderfer and asst. secretary Jas. T. Haviland. No printer noted. No Vignette. Uncancelled. Black print, no border, red seal on white paper. 8 x 10. The Angel mine and claim group is located in the Vulture district of Maricopa County. (Welty et, Mines Index, 1985). This company was probably operating there. Very fine. $75 191. Arizona. Maricopa. Vulture. Olentangy Mining & Milling Co. Cert. #335. Incorporated in Arizona 1904. Issued to W. F. Clymer for 5000 shares in 1907. Signed by Henry D. Yates as president and Frank L. Grove as secretary. Uncancelled. Vignette of spread-winged bald eagle atop stars and stripes shield. Green border and underprint. Printed by Thornton Levey Co. Vf, folds. Garbani lists list company as being located in the Vulture district. (Arizona Mines & MC, Garbani, 1993). $75 192. Arizona. Maricopa. Vulture. Riverside Copper Co. Cert. #244. Incorporated in Arizona 1901. Issued to John T. Crawford for 115 shares in 1902. Signed by president J. M. Graybill and secretary C. H. Thompson. Uncancelled. Property consisted of 2 patented claims and 6 unpatented claims, showing self-fluxing carbonate ores. And although idle, the property was well regarded (Ref: Stevens, 1904, p.621). Vignette of spread-winged bald eagle atop peak. Black border and gilt seal. Printed by Grimes-Stassforth Stationary Co. 7 3/4" x 9 1/2". Vf, folds. $75 193. Arizona. Maricopa. Webb. Buckeye Copper Co. Cert. #2508. Incorporated in Delaware in 1922. Issued to Edward Moore for 400 shares in 1927. Signed by asst. treasurer C. Finney and treasurer Geo. Boynton. Uncancelled. The Buckeye was a subsidiary of Copper Exploration Co., which, according to Weed, seemed to be a conglomeration of several corporations, which have "failed to make good," attempting to merge with other companies that showed more promise. It seems that Weed didn't altogether trust the company, whose goal it was to buy interest in other mining corporations in order to make money and get out. The Buckeye appears to have been one of the company's investment interests, consisting of 53 claims, in the Gila Bend Mountains. As of 1931, now reincorporated and operating independently, the property had begun diamond drilling, scheduled since 1924. Further development of the property was hampered by financial hardship. (Ref: Weed, 1920, p.192; 1924, p.265; 1925, p.265; 1931, p.276). No vignette, green border and underprint. 7 1/2" x 10 3/4". Xf, tiny dark spots in upper left margin. $30 194. Arizona. Mohave. Bentley. Grand Gulch Mining Co. Lot of four pieces. All are receipts from the Grand Gulch Mining Company 1909. Signed by S. R. Callaway, superintendent. 7 x 8.5". Very fine. The company had 9 claims located in the Bentley district of Mohave County. The property is only accessible from southern Nevada due to the barrier imposed by the Grand Canyon. The copper ore is hosted by sandstone and limestone showing cuprite, melaconite, malachite, azurite and chalcocite. The bulk of mineralization is along bedding planes. The ore is said to have run 35% copper with 4 ounce silver per ton. There was a 500' shaft. The mine was located 45 miles from St. Thomas and employed 70 men. Ore was being shipped that was returning values of 10-39% copper in 1916. (Mines Handbook, 1918, p.369). The Grand Gulch MC installed the second telegraph line in Arizona around 1871. The line ran from the mine to Pipe Spring and onto Kanab. $25 195. Arizona. Mohave. Cedar Valley. Arnold Gold & Silver Mining Co. Incorporated in California in 1877. Certificate number 147 issued to Philip L. Horn for 130 shares in 1881. Signed by President Edward P. Bates and Secretary A. Gordon. Printed by Britton & Rey, SF. No vignette. Uncancelled. "Location Cedar Valley Mining District, Mohave Co., Arizona Terr." Black border and print on white paper. 4 x 9. Includes assessment receipt from Horn for $255. Cedar Valley camp was located about 60 miles east of the Colorado River and about the same distance south of Mineral Park. Hamilton (1884, p. 225) reported the ore as a sulphuret of silver in veins in granite. A 10-stamp mill was operating in the district and many of the mines had shown a large amount of development. The camp had produced over $60,000 with only "crude appliances for ore reduction", and held great promise for continuous and steady shipment of bullion. The Arnold, Hibernia, Hope, Silver Queen and Bunker Hill were the principal mines operating at the time. Horn and Gordon were stevedores in San Francisco. [1875, 1879 SF dir]. $450 196. Arizona. Mohave. Cedar. Leviathan Mines Co Prospectus 1915. The prospectus contains 35 pages and is 4 x 6. There are a few black and white photos, a cross-section of the mine, claim maps for the area and a generalized map of the major copper mines of Arizona. Property included the Whale & Copper mines in Copper Canyon within the Cedar district. The ore was reported to assay at 2-4.5% molybdenum, 2-3% copper, 2-6 ounces silver and $1 gold per ton. There was a concentrating plant that had a 50-70 ton daily capacity. (Mines Handbook, 1918, p.371-72). Pages 17-20 are detached from stapled binding. Very fine. $65 197. Arizona. Mohave. Cedar. Leviathan Mines Co. Cert #2824. Incorporated in Arizona 1914. Issued to M. W. Lee for 1000 shares in 1918. Signed by Theo Hollister president and C. S. Tremelling asst. secretary. Vignette at left of spread winged eagle atop domed building. Black border with gilt seal and bronze safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11. Property included the Whale & Copper mines in Copper Canyon within the Cedar district. The ore was reported to assay at 2-4.5% molybdenum, 2-3% copper, 2-6 ounces silver and $1 gold per ton. There was a concentrating plant that had a 50-70 ton daily capacity. (Mines Handbook, 1918, p.371-72). Blue rubber stamp at right edge. Trimmed tight but appears to be from the printer in this fashion. Very fine. $25 198. Arizona. Mohave. Chloride. Chloride Arizona Copper Co. Cert #71. Incorporated in Arizona 1916. Gold 8% Convertible Note, dated on reverse as 1917. Signed by M. Taylor Uler president and I. J. Whitney treasurer. No vignette. Gold border with swastikas at corner. Title in gold print, with black and red print. Uncancelled. Printer not noted. With the attached stub, the piece measures 8 x 13. Signed on reverse by Ross H. Blakely, Notary Public, Mohave County with embossed seal by him. Property included the Hidden Treasure, Revenue, Chenango and Oro Fino claims located 2.5 miles south of Chloride. There were several tunnels that were attempting to access the Treasure Hill and Oro Fino veins. This company is not listed in the Mines Handbooks. The company may have had operations in the Chloride area or the company may have been just a scam. Mint Condition. $40 199. Arizona. Mohave. Chloride. Aztec Turquoise Co. Cert #217. Incorporated in West Virginia 1900. Issued to Jane B. Graw for 100 shares in 1904. Signed by John Elsey president an E. Graw secretary. No vignette. Blue border and print. Uncancelled. Printer - W. E. Badeau, NY. 6 x 10. Datelined New York. Not listed in the Copper or Mines Handbooks. The company employed 15 men and was located in the Chloride district. (Pacific Coast Mines Directory, 1906, p.52). Garbani indicates the company may have had their operations at Mineral Park. Fold crease at upper right corner. Turquoise district stocks are extremely rare. Extremely fine. $75 200. Arizona. Mohave. Chloride. Gold Bug and Gold Center Mining Groups Prospectuses. These papers report on the geology of the area, description of the ore bodies, assay values, and mill installation costs. 10 pages. 8 1/2 x 11". Very fine. $50 201. Arizona. Mohave. Chloride. Rainbow Mountain Mining Co Correspondence, c.1914. Incorporated in Arizona 1907. Letter collection of 42 pages from files of D. D. Demarest Company, a mine supplier in San Francisco, California, 8 1/2 x 11, mostly carbon copies, one original of correspondence dated 1914, between the mine at Chloride, Arizona and Demarest. The mine was ordering mining parts from Demarest, and in particular, a pump to handle the water. An original letter signed by H.L. McCarn, general manager and treasurer, inquired of Demarest "Have pumps and equipment been shipped, if not when?" The letter ended with "An early reply will be appreciated, and for God's sake get that stuff on the cars". The Rainbow Mountain mine at Chloride was developed by a 440 ft. deep shaft in 1915, with much water encountered at the bottom. The mine had 4,000 ft. of workings including 780 ft. of tunnels. Company had blocked out 1,500 tons of ore averaging $20 in gold (1 ounce per ton), 10 ounces silver per ton, and 6% lead. The mine also had a 2-mile aerial tram. The mine made shipments to the Needles smelter at different times. Five of the letters were to Tom Reed Gold Mines Co., a gold-silver mine in the Oatman district, Arizona. One of the letters was to Ran Consolidated Copper Co. [1916CH, p.958]. $50 202. Arizona. Mohave. Colorado. Nelson Gulch Mining Co. Cert #631. Incorporated in Arizona 1906. Issued Mrs. K. Kilman for 100 shares in 1908. Signed by Frank P. Blair president and treasurer. Vignette of water flumes in an elaborate placer operation with two smaller vignettes of miners inspecting ore. Black border with brown seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11. This company was probably located in the El Dorado district of Mohave County. For an in depth story of Colorado and El Dorado districts, please see A#12 Catalog. One inch square piece missing from upper left corner. 1 x 3 inch piece missing from lower left. Foxing and wrinkling prevalent. Poor. $50 203. Arizona. Mohave. Frisco. Frisco Mines Co. Cert #147. Incorporated in Arizona 1906. Issued to Mary W. Todd for 2000 shares in 1908. Signed by Geo. Glas president and A. W. Geduey treasurer. Vignette of an Indian with headdress. Black border with silver colored seal. Uncancelled. Printer - Broun-Green Co. 8 x 11. Not listed in the Copper Handbooks. There is a small mining camp and a mountain named Frisco that are located within Mohave County. (Barnes, Arizona Place Names, 1988, p.170). Two staple holes on bottom edge. Fabulous Vignette. Extremely fine. $75 204. Arizona. Mohave. General. Mohave County Map, c. 1929. "Arizona's Entrance to Boulder Dam" compiled for Mohave County Miner by E. Ross Housholder of Kingman. This map shows the locations of roads, railroads, towns and ranches, mines, boundaries of mining districts and main drainages. The scale is approximately 12 miles to the inch and covers only the portion of the county south of the Colorado River. An inset shows the remainder of the county north of the river, but lacks detail. The towns of Kingman, the County Seat, Hackberry, Chloride, Oatman, Mineral Park, Yucca, White Hills, Topock and others are shown, as is the Boulder Dam Site. Only two crossings of the Colorado are indicated, one at Topock where the railroad crosses and the other a little upstream from the site of Boulder Dam. The Boulder Dam Reclamation Act was passed by Congress in 1928, and in 1930, President Hoover put the plan in motion. Work on the dam was begun in 1931 and it was completed in 1935. This map gives some interesting insights to the economy, cultural features and infrastructure of the time. E. Ross Housholder was a mining engineer who was active in the industry and its history in the 1930's. In 1932 he leased the Roadside Mine in the Katherine District near Kingman (ABM Bull. 137, p. 104) Hole-punched at top margin with one tear at this edge mended with tape. 10.5 x 15". $150 205. Arizona. Mohave. General. Mohave Mining Company Letterheads. Lot of five different items. (1) Walkover Mining Company, Hackberry, Arizona, Dated 1918. List of Stockholders for the month beginning Jan. 24 to Feb 24, 1918, one page. (2) Arizona Venture Corporation, Notice of Stockholders Meeting, 1917, (3) Arizona Venture Corporation, Bulletin No. 9, 1917, (4) Arizona Venture Corporation, Proxy mailing, and (5) Gold Reed Mining & Milling Co., Mines at Oatman, Statement, 3 pages, 9 x 6, folded. All in VF condition with folds and staple holes. $75 206. Arizona. Mohave. Hualapai (Cerbat). Flores Cons Gold Mining Co. Cert #760. Incorporated in New Jersey 1887. Issued to John Donnelly for 500 shares in 1892. Signed by Walter F. Smith president and R. M. Smith treasurer. Datelined Camden, N.J. Underground mining vignette, green underprint safety pattern. Uncancelled. Printed by Breuker & Kessier, NY. The Flores was a prospect through about 1883, when a contract was let to sink a 100-foot shaft. Based on that work, this company was incorporated, and additional work done, which probably included sending some ore to a custom mill in Cerbat. [ref: Burchard 1885]. Extremely fine. $250 207. Arizona. Mohave. Kingman. Santa Ana Mining Co. Cert #6904. Incorporated in Territory of Arizona 1898. Issued to Lucile Dahaynin for one ordinary share in 1900. Signed by Howard Kemper vice president and Chas Metcalf secretary. Gold seal. Printed by Crocker, SF. Blue border. American Flag, Arizona flag and coat of arms as a vignette in full color. Red underprint of "one ordinary share" Uncancelled. Datelined Kingman. Not found in any of the traditional references. We previously wrote this up as in Cochise County because of a similarity in names to the Santa Ana Arizona Mining Co. but now believe that attribution to be in error. Several of these were found on the east coast two years ago. The Santa Ana Mining Co. also registered with the Nevada Secretary of State's office on April 21, 1898, indicated the company also had properties across the border in Nevada. There were at least three different corporations with the exact same name, but only this one was incorporated in Arizona in 1898 (another in Goldfield, Nevada in 1907 and Mexico.) Needs more research. $225 208. Arizona. Mohave. Oatman. Captivity of the Oatman Girls. Being an Interesting Narrative of Life among The Apache and Mohave Indians. By R. B. Stratton. Published 1857. This is the second addition. 231 pages. Hinton, in his Handbook to Arizona, 1878, states that it is "one of the most historic places in Arizona, Here, an immigrant family, the Royse Oatman family from Texas, met their fate when they had been savagely attacked by Apaches. They killed both parents and four children, and carried off two girls. Another son, "Lorenzo, (publisher) was left for dead". His sister Olive was released after "four years of horrible captivity". Mowry in his late 1864 work on Arizona and Sonora, makes no mention of the Oatman family. J. Ross Browne, just a few years later (1868) in his work Apache Country, devotes a 12 page chapter to the tragedy. Browne states that Poston (who traveled with Mowry) "gathered up the bones and buried them in the wagon." This book contains numerous edits in pencil, probably in preparation for a 3rd edition, thus it may be argued that it was one of the Stratton' books. It is weakly inscribed on the front fly leaf "Presented by a friend of Lezzie". Glued to the fly leaf is a printed statement that "of the original 5,000 copies printed, only three remain." Dark green cover boards, gold gilt lettering. Spine is well worn with tears along extremities. Some water damage to edge, foxing of first plate of Olive Oatman, and the blank fly cover to the Olive Oatman Plate is gone. Size 5 X 7 1/2". Extremely rare. $2500 209. Arizona. Mohave. Oatman. Mohave Gold Mining Co of Arizona. Cert. #576. Incorporated in Delaware in 1902. Issued to Abel Taylor for 100 shares in 1902. Signed by president A. Turner and secretary Geo. Woodside. No vignette, black border. No printer noted. Uncancelled. Fine-Vf, repair along folds. 9" x 10". Listed in the 1906 Pacific Coast Mines Dir. as suspended (Ref: p.56). The vignette of a different certificate for this company shows "N.W. Side of Mohave Mountain, showing developing veins and tunnel #3" as printed under vignette. $60 210. Arizona. Mohave. Oatman. Oatman Bonanza Gold Mines Co. Cert. #346. Inc. in AZ, 1916. Datelined Oatman, AZ. Issued to James E. Evans for 1000 shares in 1916. Signed by president H.D. Lore and secretary J.I. McKenna. Uncancelled. Arizona state seal above masthead, and Oatman company logo of claim map in horseshoe in lower left. Black and peach border. No printer noted. 2¢ document stamp in upper left. 9" x 12". Xf, small staple punctures in upper left. This company probably owned the Bonanza mine in the Oatman district. The owners of this company also owned the Oatman Apex MC. $60 211. Arizona. Mohave. Oatman. United Eastern Mines Corp. Cert. #L2339. Incorporated in Delaware in 1929. Issued to Mrs. Ida Thorelius for 30 shares in 1929. Signed by secretary L.M. Hayrs, president's signature illegible. Uncancelled. United Eastern Mines Corp. took over U.E. MC operations in 1929. As of 1931, the company had plans to develop and operate properties in addition to those represented in the U.E. MC holdings: Big Jim, Forest Allegheny MC, and Butters Copala (Ref: Weed, 1931, p.443-44). Blue border, no vignette. Printed by Goes. Vf, folds. $25 212. Arizona. Mohave. San Francisco. Record Lode Mining Co. Certificate and Market Letter. Incorporated in Arizona in 1916. Cert #628 issued to Walter Robbins for 1000 shares in 1920. Signed by President Chas. A. L. Gehrmann and Secretary Lewis L. Wallace. Printed by Chipron & Co., L.A. Vignette top center of a spread-winged bald eagle. Uncancelled. Folds with minor tears at edges. Black border and print on white paper. 7 x 10. The company acquired the Midnight group of claims previously mined by the Mohave Gold Mining Company and located near the original discovery at the north end of the San Francisco district. The Mohave GMC had made moderate production from the property from about 1900 up until the time of Schrader's visit in 1909 (Schrader, 1909, p. 194). According to a write-up in a 1919 issue of a Kingman mining publication, possibly the Mohave County Miner (an original copy of which is included), work by the Record Company was begun on the property in 1917 and by 1919 a 500-ft shaft and several drifts were completed. The average grade of the ore ran nearly $7.00 in gold per ton. The company reportedly was run by competent management and was glowingly touted as being "...destined to become one of the large producers of the district." However, Ransome (1923, p. 50) visited the property in 1921 and reported that it had been idle for years and the workings were not accessible. No mention of the company is made in Tenney (1929) nor Wilson, et al, 1967. $25 213. Arizona. Mohave. San Francisco. Tom Reed Gold Mines Co. Cert. #18558. Incorporated in Arizona in 1906. Issued to Leo. G. MacLaughlin for 200 shares in 1929. Signed by president S.S. Wold and asst. secretary L.E. Pinkerton. Cancelled by cancellation stamps. Discovered in 1900, early development proved unsuccessful, resulting in the sale of the company in 1904. Subsequent buyers failed to meet financial obligations, forcing the Title Insurance & Title Co. to act on behalf of creditors owed $45,000. The present company was formed as a result. Production yielded an average of $9 per ton of gold ore, much of which was opened at the 1400' level, at this rate primarily because of low milling costs. According to Weed, "perpetual turnover in management caused tight-lippedness, a severe disease afflicting the formerly loose-lipped." As of 1926, the company had surrendered its operations to lessees, due to the exhaustion of ore reserves, but after a short retirement, had decided to resume operations on its own account (Ref: Weed, 1920, p.277-79; 1926, p.387-88; 1931, p.437-39). Vignette of sluice, flanked by two vignettes of miners examining ore. Brown border. Printed by Goes. 8" x 11". Vf, four small tears at right edge. Includes a claim indentified as Tom Reed district, no company name or information on map. $25 214. Arizona. Mohave. San Francisco. Tom Reed Junior Mining Co Prospectus, 1910. Incorporated in Arizona in 1909. Prospectus on the company's property in the San Francisco District. 7 pages. The Tom Reed Junior owned 6 claims on a 4' to 12' fissure vein in andesite that reportedly carried $4 to $ 15 per ton gold. The company did not reply to 1918 inquiries by Weed and was presumed idle (Weed, 1916, p. 1111-1112; Weed, 1920, p. 279). $25 215. Arizona. Mohave. Wallapai. Emerald Isle Copper Co Prospectus, 1922. This prospectus is a different company than the one listed below but probably owned the same property. This company had 12 claims situated at the foot of the Cerbat Range in the Wallapai district located 3.5 miles south of Chloride. The prospectus is 4 pages long and contains promotional write-ups of the geology and property. There are two black and white photos. The Mines Handbook (1925, p.305-06) states that the mine closed down in 1919. This promotional prospectus was probably put together to raise funds to reopen. 7 x 7. Fold crease at middle. Extremely fine. $50 216. Arizona. Mohave. Wallapai. Emerald Isle Copper Co. Cert #962. Incorporated in Nevada 1939. Issued to Emil Mack for 250 shares in 1940. Signed by Ogden C. Chase president and C. S. Chase secretary. Vignette at top of a woman wearing a helmet with a bear at her side and other scenes behind her. Green border. Uncancelled. Printer - Western Litho Co, LA. Datelined Las Vegas, Nevada. 8 x 11. Property included 9 claims and a 300 ton leaching plant located 15 miles north of Kingman. (Mines Register, 1946, p.110). Staple holes at top left. Extremely fine. $25 217. Arizona. Mohave. Wauba Yuma. Philadelphia & Arizona Mining Co. Cert #53. Incorporated in Pennsylvania 1866. Issued to Joseph S. Lovering in 1867 for 1000 shares. Signed by president T. Morris Perot and treasurer Samuel Townsend. Printed by J. Haehnlan, Phila. Vignette top center of state seal of Pennsylvania. Uncancelled. Black border and print on white paper. 7.5 x 11. "Wauba Yuma District, Arizona." Wauba Yuma was an Indian chief. The Wauba Yuma district is located on the old road to Prescott, about 60 miles from the Colorado River. The geology of this district was distinctly different from most others in Arizona, since it was composed of quartz veins cutting metamorphic rocks. Some of the quartz was gold bearing, sometimes carrying copper and iron. Numerous prospects were located in Wauba Yuma by a writer corresponding with J. Ross Browne in 1867 for print in 1868. Among them were the Pride of the Pines, which was a 10' wide quartz vein with a 36' deep shaft, the Ben Franklin, the El Bonito and other lodes developed by a New York Company (related to this one?). The district is not listed in Garbani, nor is it listed nearly anywhere else that we could find, except Barnes, who places the district about 20 miles east of Hardyville. It was located at the head of the Bill Williams Fork. The district disappeared shortly after the only initial prospecting was done in the mid 1860's. None of the mines there produced any reasonable or substantial ore, and fell out of existence nearly immediately. The mines at Wauba Yuma were reportedly of quartz in gneiss. Inn the American southwest, many of the gneiss regions are pre-Cambrian rocks, among the oldest rocks exposed on the earth's surface. Typically the quartz veins in these rocks are formed in listric faults. This type of fault is formed from an extension crack in the earth's surface. The cracks start out at a high vertical angle with some width, and then taper to narrow zones as they curve and begin to flatten with depth. Rare. $650 218. Arizona. Navajo. Holbrook. Arizona Co-Operative Mercantile Institution. Lot of 2 pcs. Cert #895 & #917. Inc in Territory of Arizona. Both issued to Charles F. Hulet in 1897 and 1898. Both datelined Holbrook, Arizona. Green seal in lower left corner on certificate 917. Signed by president Jesse N. Smith and secretary Jno (John) R. Hulet. Printer Gast Staty Co. St. Louis. Vignette of the Arizona State Seal. Both certificates were cancelled in 1901. Folds and ripped at the left of center to show cancellation. Very fancy black border with black writing on white paper. Size 7 X 10". John R. Hulet was secretary of the Arizona Co-op for quite some time. He had a son, Ernest Hulet, born at Snowflake, Arizona in 1900 that went on to run the company's business. Jesse Smith was Hulet's brother in law - his sister married John Hulet. [Arizona Biography, v4, 1930] This was a company store with Mormon ties and branches in several places. It had its beginnings when the Mormon Church purchased the company from Brigham Young's son John Young, opening their doors in 1881. The store moved back and forth from Woodruff until 1888 when it permanently stayed in Holbrook. $400 219. Arizona. Pima. Ajo. Cornelia Cons Copper Co. Cert #975. Incorporated in Delaware 1916. Issued to Minor E. Chamberlain for 500 shares in 1922. Signed by J.A. Hunter as president and William Nickel as treasurer. Property consisted of 29 claims, making a contiguous group with combined area of about 500 acres, on the southern slope of the Ajo Mountains, adjoining the New Cornelia Company's holdings at Ajo. Monzonite domes appeared in the main holdings, as well as dipping southwest under the rhyolite. The company expected this to be a trend throughout the area. New development was begun in 1919, where by the end of 1919, was a 350' hole in "favorable ground", in which was found ore containing gold and silver (Ref: Weed, 1920, p.285-86; 1922, p.260). Nice vignette of allegorical figure holding wreath, with mining in background. Green border and underprint. Printed by Security BNC. 9" x 12". Xf. $35 220. Arizona. Pima. Ajo. Exploring, Mining, Leaching, and Concentrating of Copper Ores as related to the Development of Ajo, Arizona, to Mid-Year 1942. By Forrest R. Rickard. Copyright 1996. 347 pages. This is a paperback book covering the processes that were developed and/or used to mine and mill the Coppers Ores of the Ajo District. There are black and white pictures of mills and buildings. White cover with black print. There is a black and white picture of General John Campbell Greenway on the cover. Cover has two small folds at the corners. Inside pages are white with black print. Like new condition. Size 8 1/2 X 11". $25 221. Arizona. Pima. Arivaca. Enriguetta Gold Company of Arizona. Cert. #56. Incorporated in New York. Issued to M. Davidson for 200 shares in 1864. Signed by president Geo. Forrester, secretary Randol and M. Davidson as trustee. Datelined New York. M. O. Davidson was in charge of the company's workings, which were located southwest of the Cerro Colorado near Arivaca. He had been a supervisor of the Cumberland coal mines in Maryland and a chief engineer of the Havana Railroad in Cuba. Bringing with him about 30 men, Davidson arrived in Arizona in 1863 and took charge of the Cerro Colorado, aka "Sam Colt's Mine, clearing the mine of water and obstructions. In 1864 Davidson was appointed special agent with the Papago agency, pulling in $100 a year in salary. In the same year he became director of the Arizona Mining Co., which operated the Heintzelman mine. Browne (1868, p.445) reports that some expensive machinery had been erected on the Enriguetta, "...several years since, but like that upon the Heintzelman mine it is now idle. These lodes are probably too small to be profitably worked until mining can be conducted at less expense." According to Arizona Surveyor General, John Clark, Davidson erected the first telephone line in Arizona over the 13 mile stretch from the Cerro Colorado to the Enriguetta in about 1864. For more information on the Arivaca and Arizona Mining Companies, see Auction #12 catalog. 6 1/4" x 9". Vf, folds. $1200 222. Arizona. Pima. Arivaca. New Deal Gold Mining & Milling Co. Cert. #1763. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to Jacob Horn for 40 shares in 1935. Signed by W. F. Crowley, president, and W. Frank Crowley, secretary. Printed by Goes. Black border with gold safety print and seal, uncancelled, 6 x 10. We could find no reference to this company among our resources. The company obviously took its name from Roosevelt's "New Deal" that described the political, social and economic policies of his administration from 1933 to 1945. District from Garbani 2001. Very fine with folds. $25 A12 P4 newdeal.tif 893 223. Arizona. Pima. Aztec (Tyndall). Montezuma Mine & Milling Co of Arizona. Cert #23. Incorporated in New Jersey 1881. Issued to E. W. Matthews for 14,990 shares in 1881. Signed by Ephiram Young as president and E. Wallace Matthews as secretary. Uncancelled. Silver underprint, black print and border. 9.5 x 13", folds, some crinkling. Datelined Camden, NJ. Printed by Leonhardt & Sons, Phila. The name of this company is very common and represents a challenge in historical research. The Montezuma Mining & Milling Co held two patented claims, one with 5 mines and the other for milling purposes. The mines were discovered by the Spanish prior to 1800 and worked intermittently until the time of issuance of this certificate because of severe Apache trouble. The mine is located near the famous Salero Mine, and was worked by the Aztec Mining Co of New York in 1860. In 1880, the properties were patented. Burchard noted that it was still a prospect at that time (1880). The patent papers show an old fort at the eastern edge of the claim, typical of the old Spanish mines in this area. Though a new company was incorporated, no significant new work was done on the property until about 1900. [ref: Schrader, Burchard 1881] Rare. $450 224. Arizona. Pima. Brownell. United Mining Co. Cert #225. Certificate of Participation in the United Mining Co. This is a receipt for $6.50 from the American Financial Agency Co dated 1909. This company reported having property in Pima County, Arizona, Leadville, Colorado, Saltese, Montana, Bland, New Mexico, Sinaloa, Mexico and Halifax, Nova Scotia. This may have sounded impressive to the unwitting investor, but the company was just a promotion of Albert Freeman and considered a "bad egg" by 1910 (CH, 1908, p.1360-61). Tears along fold creases. Fine. $35 225. Arizona. Pima. General. Continental Exploration Co. Cert #453. Incorporated in Arizona 1905. Issued to T. E. Roff for 3,000 shares in 1906. Datelined Denver, Colorado. Signed by K. Whistler, president, and O. P. Lehman, secretary. Black border with gold inner border and safety print, vignettee of bald eagle at top center, uncancelled, 9 x 11. Very fine with folds and slight nicks at folds. Garbani places this company in Pima County. $35 226. Arizona. Pima. Gunsight. Gunsight Mining Co. Cert #638. Incorporated in New York, 1883. Issued to S. A. Hendrickson for 500 shares in 1883. Signed by J. B. Baker president and Geo Matthurst secretary. Vignette at upper right of several miners working. Ornate black border with ornate yellow safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Theo Leonhardt & Sons, Philadelphia. Datelined Camden, N.J. Black ink stain at right edge. Located at the north end of the Ajo Mountains, the district lies in what is now the Papago Indian Reservation. The district was first prospected in the late 1860's and early 1870's, but the bulk of production came in the early 1880's in the form of high grade silver ore. Hamilton (1884, p.235-6) reported the Gunsight was the primary mine in the district on which work had been done. At the time of his visit, a 380 foot shaft had been sunk to the water table on a large, but low-grade, ore body. The district produced intermittently through 1965, yielding a total of about $176,000 from the metals produced (ABM, Bulletin 189, p.28-29). Very fine. $600 227. Arizona. Pima. Helvetia. Iowa Mining & Leasing Co. Cert #50. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to W. H. Miller for 50 shares in 1909. Signed by pres, illegible and G. W. Gilbert, sec. Black border, gold safety print, underprint of "common", 3 vignettes, upper left and right of underground miners, top center of mountain, river landscape with mill and smelter, uncancelled, 6 x 10, Excellent condition with folds. Company may be same as Iowa Mining and Development Co. which held the Blue Jay and Good Friday mines in the in Helvetia district. There the mines consisted of tabular replacement deposits of argentite, silver-bearing galena, with cerargyrite and some free gold in the oxidized, near-surface material. The mine was worked sporadically from 1881 to 1939. [AZ Bull 189, p.72, 124]. $35 228. Arizona. Pima. Myers. Mineral Bed Cons Mining Co of Arizona. Cert #45. Incorporated in New Jersey in 1880. Issued to B. F. Bivins, Trustee for 1000 shares in 1880. Signed by President Jacob J. Hitchler and Wm. J. Turner, Treasurer. No printer noted. Vignette of several miners working underground. Uncancelled. Folds. "Myers District, Pima Co., Arizona". Datelined Philadelphia. Black border and print with red underprint on white paper. 8 x 12. Balch (1882, p. 1182) reports the company owned the Mineral Bed and Esperanza mines. The shaft on the principal mine is 100 feet, and additional 100 feet was under contract. $225 229. Arizona. Pima. Oro Blanco. Orion Silver Mining Co of Arizona. Cert #194. Incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1878. Issued to Hannah Harper for 250 shares in 1881. This is a temporary certificate until the official engraved certificates were available. Signed Hamilton Lisston president and B. F. Hart secretary. No vignette. Black print with fancy masthead. Uncancelled. 7 x 10". Very fine. Minor tears at fold ends. This company controlled the Montana G&SMC of Arizona (A#12 Catalog). $300 230. Arizona. Pima. Papago. Lincoln Cons Mining Co. $100 Bond. Issued 1910. Signed by President C. A. Wightman and Secretary George E. Ferrald. Printed by Goes. No vignette. Folds. Eight of ten coupons still attached. Black print with orange border on white paper. 9.5 x 15". This company had property at Garcia, with ore in a replacement type ore deposit. Had production, but unknown specifics. (Copper Hndbk, 1912, p530) $130 231. Arizona. Pima. Pima. Victor Cons Mining Co. Cert #67. Incorporated in Arizona 1928. Issued to Thos. W. Daily for 1,000 shares in 1929. Signed by R. J. Monahan, president, and E. J. Buckley, secretary. Orange border and seal, vignette of bald eagle top center, uncancelled, 8 x 11, Fine condition with folds and 1 inch tears at several of the folds, one set of staple holes upper left. Company reopened a mine in the Manganese Hill area developed by a 125 ft-deep shaft. Company inactive in 1946. [Ref: 1931CH, p. 462]. $25 232. Arizona. Pima. Quijotoa. Bondurant Mining & Dev Corp. Cert #29. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to James Robson for 37,666 shares in 1902. Signed by W. J. Hegel, president and secretary, name illegible. Black border, gold safety print, three vignettes underground mining scenes upper left and right, mountain scene with mills, smelter upper center, uncancelled, 6 x 10, Fine condition with folds and slight nicks and fold on right. Garbani places this in the Quijotoa district. $60 233. Arizona. Pima. Santo Domingo. Southern Arizona Mining & Milling Co. Cert #45. Incorporated in New York 1880. Issued to M. L. Earle, Trustee for 100 shares in 1881. Signed by president Wm. F. Turner and secretary M. L. Earle. Printed by Hosford & Sons, N. Y. Vignette at center of four miners working underground. Uncancelled. Datelined New York. "Santo Domingo Mining District, Pima County Arizona." Black border and print on white paper. 5.5 x 10. William F. Turner was the Chief Justice of the Third Judicial District in Arizona from 1864 to 1870 (Wagoner, p. 504). Hill, in Mining Districts of the Western United States, cites the district as "location unknown". Hinton discusses the district briefly. $250 234. Arizona. Pima. Sheridan. Montizona Copper Co Book of Corporate Records, 1918-1929. Directors minutes, minutes of annual meeting, M.W. Bacon, president and W.M. Montgomery, secretary, covering dates 1918 to 1929, bound in H & M Loose Leaf Typewriter Book, leather covers, pages stamped nos. 1 to 156, and 8 additional pages, 9 x 11, x 1 1/4 inch thick, VF condition with some splits at front cover binding, some foxing of page edges. Company held 69 mining claims in the Sheridan and Brownell districts, 33 miles south of Casa Grande. The company reported copper-gold-silver mineralization in up to 44 fissure veins in granodiorite cut by dikes of aplite, monzonite porphyry, trachyte and andesite . The fissures ranged from 1 to 10 ft. wide, and a composite sample of 200 samples from 12 veins assayed 6% copper, 2.5 ounces silver per ton and 60 cents gold per ton (0.03 ounces per ton), with 10.5% iron, 2.4% alumina, 63.77% silica, 1.2% lime, and 0.2% sulfur. The property was developed by tunnels and shafts to a depth of 1,300 ft on 5 veins. As of 1931 the property was still in the development stage after 10 years of intermittent operations. [Ref: 1931CH, p. 379] $350 235. Arizona. Pima. Tucson. Arizona Hydraulic Power Co. Cert #36. Incorporated in Arizona 1914. Issued to James Elder for 36 shares in 1915. Signed by E. H. Meek president and E. J. Clark secretary. Vignette of river in canyon. Orange seal, border, and underprint. 8 x 10". Uncancelled. No printer noted. Strip of Four five cent red documentary stamps attached at top center. Two file holes at left, 1.5 inch tear at center. E. H. Meek was also president of Verde Hot Springs. $45 236. Arizona. Pima. Twin Buttes. Chesterfield Copper Co. Cert #1615. Incorporated in Arizona 1907. Issued to Mary A. Laird in 1909 for 1000 shares. Signed by President H. M. Brown and Treasurer C. E. Harvey. Printed by Goes. "Incorporated under the laws of Arizona". Vignette top center of sluices along river; at upper left of 3 miners inspecting rock sample; at top right of miner panning for gold streamside. Uncancelled. Folds. Black border and print with gold seal and safety print. 8.5 x 11. Also includes $50 first mortgage bond, signed by same officers. Printed by Wm. F. Murphy's & Sons, Phila. Black print with orange border, safety and underprint on white paper. 8 of 10 coupons remaining. Mines included the Tiger and Crown King mines, 5 miles from Twin Buttes County (?) and produced silver-lead ore. Copper Handbook, 1910-11, p. 596). $250 237. Arizona. Pima. Twin Buttes. Twin Buttes Mining & Smelting Co Articles of Incorporation, Printed Version and Original Handwritten Version, 1906. The original handwritten Articles of Incorporatio is 5 page document, legal size, folded, labeled "original", (blue carbon type) founded and signed by John G. Baxter, John Ellis, and Michael Irish and notarized. Recorded with Pima county recorder by David S. Rose. The second item is the Revised Articles of Organization and By-laws booklet, Twin Buttes Mining and Smelting Co., dated 1906, 24 pages, 4 x 6. The company held 61 claims, some of which dated to 1880. Mines on the property included the Senator Morgan mine. The Copper Glance mine, and the Copper King mine. Overall, the underground workings were reported to total about one mile, with 50,000 tons of ore blocked out for mining and 10,000 tons on the dumps averaging 7% copper and 1.85 oz. per ton silver, with traces of gold. The Senator Morgan mine was developed by a 200 ft shaft with 550 ft of workings to mine a vein deposit averaging 25 ft wide by 300 ft long, to a depth of 95 ft. carrying sulfide copper values that averaged 10% copper. By 1931, the Senator Morgan had been developed to 900 ft. The Copper Glance was developed by a 415 ft shaft, and 450 ft of drifts. The shaft cut 30 ft of iron gossan and 200 ft of carbonate ore. The Copper King mine had a 250 ft shaft with 250 ft of drifts with sulfides at the lower levels. The company had a private rail line named the Twin Buttes Railroad, completed in 1906 from Tucson to Twin Buttes, a distance of 27 miles. This is the best possible certificate from this major mine. [Ref: 1906CH, p.993, 1931CH, p.441]. Both are in extremely fine condition. $75 238. Arizona. Pinal. Bunker Hill. Superior-North Queen Copper Co. Cert. #389 and stock guarantee letter. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to Alice Evans for 1000 shares in 1917. Signed by president J.A. Carlson and asst. secretary W. Gehlers. Uncancelled. Their offices were probably in Superior, however, we could find no reference to this company in any of our sources. Probably was located in Pinal, due to name, but unknown. No vignette. Orange border. Printed by ABNC. 8" x 10". Xf, folds. Letter is on A.L. Emberson Co., Brokers letterhead, accompanied by a cash order for the same company. All Xf. $55 239. Arizona. Pinal. Copper Creek. Calumet & Copper Creek Mining Co. Bond #427. Incorporated in Territory of Arizona. 6% $500 Bond. Signed by Frank J. Sibley president and A. MacLaughlin asst secretary. Vignette of a seated woman and a fancy masthead. Ornate green border and 500 in green underprint. 6 coupons cashed in of original 20. Uncancelled. Printer - New York Bank Note. 11 x 14. In 1903, Frank and his brother R. R. Sibley organized the Copper Creek Mining Company to develop some claims located in the Copper Creek area in the 1880's. At the time, the area was quite remote, and little work was done until 1905 when completion of the Arizona Eastern Railroad from Phoenix to Winkelman reduced the haul distance from 70 miles to 35. At that time, this railroad company and two others planned to construct a line down the San Pedro Valley that would have reduced the haul distance to only 12 miles. Word of these plans sparked action by the Copper Creek Mining Co. and other property owners in the area who began developing their claims. Copper Creek MC began ore shipments in October 1905, but ceased the first of the following year and put its efforts into the construction of an elaborate concentration works and smelter at the mine. The Sibleys continued development of their other properties until 1908 when "stock manipulation of a questionable character commenced." They organized the Minnesota-Arizona Copper Co. to acquire additional claims and obtained financial aid from Martin Tew. They then organized the Calumet and Copper Creek Mining Co. as a holding company for the Copper Creek and Minnesota-Arizona. At this time, the company's promotional claims were highly suspect with reports of large tonnages of high-grade ore and extremely low estimates for operating costs. The railroad companies scrapped their plans for the rail line down the San Pedro Valley in 1909, severely hampering further development in the district. Operations eventually ceased, and in 1915, the Calumet and Copper Creek Mining Company went into voluntary bankruptcy. A reorganization, under the name Copper State Mining Co., with Martin Tew at the helm, was realized and operations recommenced in 1916 but ceased finally at the end of 1917. Total production amounted to about 700,000 lbs copper with minor silver and gold worth a total of about $137,000. (Tenney, 1919, pp. 330-333). Very fine. $125 240. Arizona. Pinal. Copper Creek. Calumet & Copper Creek Mining Co Prospectus, 1910. 4 page prospectus, with enclosed 2-page carbon copy summary of smelter returns. Prospectus is for six per cent gold bonds of the company. Summary of smelter returns describes settlement for one carload of high grade ore, including itemized costs of hauling ores by team from mines to Winkelman. See lot above for the story. 11 x 8 1/2. Very fine. $75 241. Arizona. Pinal. Copper Creek. Southwest Inspiration Prospectus, 1917. 13 pps. Many black and white photos of the property. Text on why one should buy stock in this company. Most pages are detached. However, the pages themselves are in very fine condition. This lot includes an advertisement cut out for the company in 1917. Owned 69 claims that adjoined the Calumet & Arizona and the Copper State property in the Bunker Hill district. There was a 1500 foot tunnel and a 400 foot shaft. Idle and presumed dead by 1925. (Mines Handbook, 1925, p.450-51). $75 242. Arizona. Pinal. Mammoth. Mammoth Gold Mines, Limited. Four original bonds. Incorporated in England in 1886. Issued to Hamilton Stuart, Esq. In 1889. Signed by Directors James Hastings and P. W. Duffied and Secretary Chas. Goodyear. Printer not noted. No vignette. Black print and border with red seal on white paper. The mine was located in the Mammoth District on the San Pedro River. The company issued L100,000 worth of debentures carrying interest at the rate of 10 percent per annum. Condition No. 9 states that the registered holders of Debentures will be entitled to the benefit of and indenture dated the 10th day of September 1889, made between the Company of the one part and Lord Francis George Godolphin Osborne and James Hastings of the other part, whereby the freehold and leasehold properties, fixed plants, and machinery and property of the Company therein described were expressed to be conveyed to Trustees upon trust for securing the principal moneys and interest to be secured by the said Debenture. The Debenture was issued to raise money for the operation of the mine. (Creasy, 1965, pp. 30-31; MinRec, 1980, pp; 155-181; Barnes, 1960, p. 298.) $550 243. Arizona. Pinal. Mineral Creek. Copper Butte Mines. Cert #1754. Incorporated in Territory of Arizona. Issued to William T. Smith for 100 shares in 1907. Signed by Harry Roberts president and A. G. Krypton secretary. No vignette. Fancy masthead. Black border with gilt seal. Uncancelled. Printer - Monarch Litho, Minn. 8 x 12. The company was first organization as the Copper Mountain MC which changed its name to the present one in 1904. Owned lands east of Florence Valley in mountainous terrain that resembled copper deposits of the Montezuma Copper Co of Sonora, Mexico. The lands were within the Mineral Creek district. Assays performed by "disinterested parties" gave 1.5% copper from breccia and 13.6% copper from the dumps at the Black Oxide pit. There were 15 pits and 3 shallow shafts of less than 30 feet. Ore was near surface and was mined cheaply. In 1907, production included 42 cars that assayed up to 19% copper with minor silver and gold averaging 5% copper. Idle since 1907. (Copper Handbook, 1910, p.659-660). This listing in the Copper Handbook offers a rather detailed description of the geology of the property. Right 1/6 of the certificate is detached along a tear. Otherwise very fine. $60 244. Arizona. Pinal. Mineral Creek. Ray Cons Copper Co, 1907. Market Letters. Group of five pieces. A) 1907 discussion of a bond issue soliciting sale by the Baruch Bros of New York. Here the Baruchs were offering a bond sale to raise $3 million for Ray. The directors were among the who's who of the mining industry. Sherwood Aldrich of Colorado Springs, one of the Cripple Creek millionaires; Seeley Mudd, engineer from Los Angeles. Spence Penrose of Colorado Springs, a Cripple Creek millionaire and important early mining enginee and D. Jackling, often considered the father of open pit mining. The company held 1000 acres, a 250 ton concentrating mill, and a full scale copper mine. The bond offering was to increase the mill's capacity to 3,000-4,000 tons per day. Tucked inside is a copy of a letter by Jackling regarding his thoughts on the property and several others, including one from the Baruch Bros. To A. E. Carleton, one of the Cripple Creek millionaires, asking consideration of the purchase of bonds. 9pp. B) May 1909, 4pp property report by Jackling. In this rare report, the company had placed 150 drill holes (please note that this method of testing is absent from nearly all other prospectuses of the period) developing 21 million tons of 2.30% copper. This was a great mine. C) Dec. 1909 Hayden & Stone (New York) 4pp report on Ray and Chino companies. These guys tout 40 million tons of reserves for Ray and 7.5 million tons for Chino. Report is a solicitation of the sale of stock. D)Same, another copy. E)1926 shareholder's letter notifying the shareholder of the sale of the company to Nevada Consolidated Copper Co. for $46.157 million. Bernard Baruch was a smart, quiet mining investor in New York known for his success in all the mines he loaned money to which included Goldfield Consolidated, Getchell, the Treadwell mine in Alaska, and many other world class mines. $150 245. Arizona. Pinal. Mineral Creek. Specie Basis Mining Co $100 Bond. #369. Incorporated in Pennsylvania 1866. Issued there in 1866. Signed by Gitts as president and Wm. R. Allen as secretary, Uncancelled. Black print on white paper. Vignette of mill next to a river at top. Blue underprint "One Hundred Dollars" Printed by J. M. Guigan, Philadelphia. 2 coupons attached. 10 x 12", folds. The title on this certificate is among the best in western American mines. Specie basis refers to an antiquated monetary payment methodology revolving around gold and silver, which were called specie. The term specie basis refers to payment "in kind" as we say today, or payment in gold or silver. The stock certificate states "Gold, Silver, and Copper Mines in Arizona". We were unable to find specific reference to the company in J. Ross Brown's 50pp section on Arizona mines published in 1868. There is a strong possibility, however, that this company is directly related to the Specie Pay mine. Burchard in 1882 reported that the Specie Pay mine was driving a new tunnel in 1881 in ore that averaged $42 per ton. It had apparently been reactivated after some time of dormancy. Hamilton, in 1884 cited this mine as the key mine in the district along with the Alice mine. The ore was reported to run $30 per ton, and a mill was erected on the Alice about 1882, producing pay ore on a regular basis. Burchard had noted that the district was in desperate need of a custom mill, and the Alice mill must have been a welcome addition after years of prospecting with no local reduction works. The vignette depicts a mill on a river, which may have been the company's goal at one time. The district is about 15 miles northeast of Florence in central Arizona. The chances of the Specie Basis Mining Company and a Specie Pay mine being related are extremely high. These are uncommon terms not used haphazardly. Very rare. This Gitts may be related to the Gitts of the Casa Grande scam (see A12 Catalog). $800 246. Arizona. Pinal. Mineral Creek. Specie Basis Mining Co. Cert #474. Incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1866 and issued there in 1869 to Otto Eichelberger for 14,000 shares. Signed by R. B. Gitts as president and Wm. R. Allen as secretary, Uncancelled. Black print on white paper. Vignette of underground mining scene at top center. No Printer shown. 25-cent Insurance revenue stamp attached at left, tied by corporate seal embossing. 8 x 11", folds with some wear at fold ends. "Gold Silver, and Copper mines in Arizona". Please see the above explanation of the company. This is a very rare stock for the company. At present, we have only record of three of these over the past 20 years. $800 247. Arizona. Pinal. Mineral Creek. Tarantula Gold Mining Co. Cert #449. Incorporated in Territory of Arizona. Issued to Jno A. Hudson for 85 shares in 1900. Signed by R. F. Phillips president and L. N. Van Hook secretary. Datelined St. Louis. Vignette of four miners working underground. Fancy masthead. Brown border, underprint and safety print with gilt seal. Uncancelled. Printer - Skinner. 9 x 12. Wear to folds. Chip at top of left edge. This company is not listed in the Copper Handbooks; Garbani (2001) locates the company in the Mineral Creek District. Very fine. $600 248. Arizona. Pinal. Pioneer. United Magma Copper Co. Cert #522. Incorporated in Delaware 1922. Issued to F. L. Crawford for 535.5 shares in 1927. Signed by Chas. Lamberton president and W. E. Barrow secretary. Vignette of a mill with two smaller vignettes at lower corners of miners underground. Green border. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 9x 12. This company formed to take over the property of the Grand Pacific Copper Co which included 35 claims in the Pioneer district, 2 miles south of Superior. The shipped oxide ore returned 17% copper per ton. There were two shafts and 3 tunnels. The company also purchased the property of the Belmont Copper MC and leased the ground of the Cons. Holding & Trust Co. (Mines Handbook, 1931, p.445-46). Extremely fine. $75 249. Arizona. Pinal. Ray. Ray Hercules Mines, Inc. Two different certificates. Cert. #3290, 693. Incorporated in Delaware in 1922. Issued to Peter M. Colivas for 50 shares in 1922, and Franklin C. Woody for 150 shares in 1922. First is signed by president J. McNally and secretary G. Ferguson. The second is a capital stock certificate, signed by several different officers. Both uncancelled. Formerly owned by Arizona Hercules Copper Co. Consisted of 270 acres surrounded by the holdings of the Ray Consol. Copper Co. Developed by a vertical main hoisting shaft, 862' deep, and a second shaft at 543' deep. Both connect with the mine haulage level, 472' below collar of main shaft. Also developed by churn drilling. Weed foresaw ease in production for the new company, 1,000,000 pounds per month, no problem. But by 1925, the company faced the problem of a sinking copper market, unable to sustain mine operations (Ref: Mines Hdbk, 1922, pp.379-80; 1925, pp.430-31). No vignette on either. Green and brown borders. 7" x 11" and 8" x 12". Vf-Xf, folds. $50 250. Arizona. Pinal. Riverside. Ray Southern Copper Co Property Report, 1910. Incorporated in Arizona in 1909. W.E. Sharpe, president, and Chas. W. Geort, secretary. Consisted of 42 Claims, sitting on 780 acres, situated on the Ray-Kelvin Copper deposit. Ore is copper-carrying iron in granite and granitic country rock. Submitted by P.T. McGrath, general manager. Ribbon at binding, the ends of which are held under company seal on the cover. 8" x 11". Vf, minor damage to staple binding. $75 251. Arizona. Pinal. San Pedro. Ferre Mining Co. Cert #64. Incorporated in Illinois in 1881. Issued to Mrs. E. McGregor for 10 shares in 1881. Signed by president P. Whitmer and secretary J. C. McFarland. Printed by Pantagraph Printing & Lith., Bloomington, Ill. Vignette top center of three miners working underground. Uncancelled. Folds. Datelined Bloomington, Ill. "Mines located in San Pedro District, Pinal County, Arizona" Black border and print with green safety print on white paper. 7 x 11. The San Pedro district was originally in Pima County until its redistribution over a period of about 15 years. It was a copper and gold district discovered in the early 1860's and extensively reported by Browne in 1868. The Maricopa lode was one of the better deposits reported then. [p450] $450 252. Arizona. Pinal. Superior. Newmont Mining Corp Annual Report, 1934. The new company was both a holding and operating mining company, with direct interest in copper, gold, diamond, tin and coal mines, and actively mining on its own account. It had proven to be an outstanding success among specialized investment trusts. Surrounded by talents of many fields, including geology, financial and engineering, the company flourished, participating and succeeding in various mining and business ventures spanning the globe, from South Africa, Venezuela, Mexico and Newfoundland. Operated many different mining companies, including Majuba Hill Group; participated in the financing of the Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Co.; organized the South African Copper Co, Ltd; and held controlling interest in the Empire Star Mines Co., Ltd. (Ref: Weed, 1931, pp.149-152). Soon after the Depression, the Newmont company acquired property at Superior and grew into the world class mining company still in operation today. Vf, tear down binding. 9" x 11". This is one of the first years of the company's operations $25 253. Arizona. Pinal. Superior. United Magma Mining Co. Cert. #1015. Incorporated in Arizona 1913. Issued to Samuel A. Solomon for 200 shares in 1917. Signed by vice-president B. Randall. Uncancelled. Consisted of 34 claims over 680 acres. No information was available concerning development, but Weed quotes known author Harry Lefkovits as saying, "Property has been favorably reported upon by engineers of standing. It is believed to contain an extension of the Magma vein," the property was believed to have some relation to Magma Copper Co. But we can't take Lefkovits word, as at last accounts, he had broken his pledge and bond to remain in New York until trial, convicted in 1920 for using the mails to defraud the public. The mine at this point was out of existence (Ref: Weed, 1918, p.541; 1920, p.318). Brown border, with a vignette of bald eagle atop crag. No printer noted. 9" x 12". Vf, wrinkles, discoloration at top edge. $75 254. Arizona. Pinal. Winkleman. Central Mining & Dev Co. Cert #421. Incorporated in Arizona 1906. Issued to E. Kay Buchanan for 200 shares in 1906. Signed by S. H. Snider president and N. B. Johnson secretary. Vignette at upper left of several miners working underground with smaller vignettes at each corner of a miner. Black border with bronze seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11. Owned 9 claims including the Two Queens mine. There were 5 shafts and one tunnel. Despite marvelous assays, 3 small smelter shipments, 1907, gave returns of only $36.53. The property was purchased for $6000, and capitalized at $10 million. Frank H. Horn, Raymond P. May and S. H. Snyder were sentenced, June 2, 1909, to one year imprisonment each, at Leavenworth, and $500 fine, for fraud in connection with the promotion of this company. John E. Horn was fined $500 and Elisha S. Horn was also convicted of fraud. (Copper Handbook, 1910, p.579-580). Tears along fold creases. Chips along edges. Tape repair to left fold crease on reverse. Fine. $45 255. Arizona. Santa Cruz. Amadoville. New State Mining & Reduction Co, 1913. First Annual Stockholders Meeting. 1913. 4 x 9", cover detached, 20pp plus cover. Dirty finger marks along page edges. Contains Minutes, Auditor's Report, treasurer's Report, Engineer's Report, GM's report. Good read of the reports because they were operating without much aid of geoscience. Had no proven reserves, and were basically doing expensive prospecting by driving drift. Today, we would drill the area first after detailed geologic mapping. Copper-silver-gold property. No indication given for the location except the town name of Amadoville. Located 37 miles south of Tucson. Post Office opened 1919, then in 1920 changed the name to Amado. Not in Tenney. [Barnes]. $75 256. Arizona. Santa Cruz. General. Prudential Mining Co. Cert #302. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to G. E. Burkner for 500 shares in 1909. Signed by E.F. Attemose, vice-President, and G. E. Stone, Secretary. Black border with green safety print and seal, small vignettes of miner in corner borders, vignette of underground miners top center, uncancelled, 8 x 11, VF condition with folds, 1 inch or less tears at folds. No references found, Garbani places company in Santa Cruz county. $45 257. Arizona. Santa Cruz. Mowry. Morning Glory Mine, c.1915-16. One page "fact" sheet. History of the mine with notes on geology, copper-silver content, and shipment particulars. Back side is strictly a promotional page promoting Cochise County Copper mines. 8 x 11.5", ragged top. The mine was located 2 miles northwest of Mowry, first discovered in the 1880's. [Tenney]. $25 258. Arizona. Santa Cruz. Nogales. Austerlitz Gold Copper Mining Co. Cert #300. Inc. in Arizona 1917. Unissued, unsigned. Green border, vignette of underground blast hole drilling at top center, uncancelled, 9 x 12, VF condition with one fold with clear tape on back, one inch chip upper right, slight chips left edge. Company is probably related to the Austerlitz group of mines owned by A. H. Noon of Nogales and under lease and option to Camphius & Ries of El Paso, Texas. The mine was developed by a 150 ft. shaft and 2 tunnels, 600 ft. and 300 ft. long. Copper, gold and silver mineralization assaying from $4 to $40 per ton occurs in a quartz fissure vein in porphyry. Ore shipments totaling over $200,000 reported through 1919. (Mines Handbook, 1920, p.329). $25 259. Arizona. Santa Cruz. Patagonia. Morning Glory Mining Co Prospectus, 1921. H. W. Reichard president, and W. L. Houck secretary. Engineers' summary reports on the Morning Glory property listed the company as consisting of 12 claims, only two of which were in primary operation: the Morning Glory and the Evening Glory. Exploration in upper levels produced over 50,000 tons, mined and shipped, at a depth of about 256', with cross drifts every 50'. Ore netted about $10 per ton, 2.75% copper, and about 3 oz. of silver. Centerfold gives a cross section of the main vein and tunnel. 9" x 12". Vf, foxing around edges. $75 260. Arizona. Santa Cruz. Patagonia. Santa Cruz Mines & Smelter Co. Bond #A593. Incorporated in 1906 in Arizona. $1000 Bond. Signed by President George A. Braton and Secretary Charles E. Prior. No vignette. Green border and underprint with gold seal on white paper. Fifteen of fifteen coupons attached. 10 x 16. Printer not listed. This company was formed as a reorganization of the Alto Consolidated Mines, Smelting and Transportation Co., which operated the Alto Mine in the Salero District in the Santa Rita Mountains and the Mowry Mines Co. which operated the Mowry Mine in the Patagonia Mountains. A rail line between Patagonia and Mowry was being considered allowing Alto ore to be treated at the Mowry smelter, however, the panic of 1907 put an end to those plans in July of that year and the Alto mine reverted to the original company the same year. The Mowry was the first major deposit that was rediscovered and located by Americans after this region was acquired through the Gadsden Purchase. A number of U.S. Army officers were the original owners in 1858 of what was at that time called the Patagonia Mine. The early operations of the property were a failure and it was sold in 1860 to Lieutenant Sylvester Mowry, who renamed it after himself. Mowry operated the mine during the early part of the Civil War, and eventually lost ownership of the property owing to accusations that lead from his mine was supplied to the Confederates. During the War, the mine was operated by an agent of Mowry's accuser. After the war, the mine was returned to Mowry, having been gutted both in ore and infrastructure. He tried, unsuccessfully, to raise the capital needed to reopen the mine, but was unable to do so before his death in 1871. Over the subsequent years, the mine was operated intermittently, including the short period of time it was under the ownership of this company. The main shaft caved in 1928 and no further work has likely been done on the property since then. (Tenney, 1929, pp 289-293, 315-316). $125 261. Arizona. Santa Cruz. Tyndall. Onyx King Mining Co Prospectus, c.1905-10. Tells of the purity of Onyx marble, essentially claiming onyx investment to be more valuable than gold, silver, copper, lead or zinc. Shows pictures of onyx formations on mountainsides and in caves. Blue cover with several stains. Printer - Columbus Blank Book Mfg, Col. O. 15 pages of which 6 pages have printed photographs of a cave containing the onyx. 4 x 8.5". Minor staining on front cover. The prospectus mentions location of the property in the Santa Rita Range. Schrader (1915, p. 361) notes that several claims had been located in the Greaterville district to develop "onyx" deposits, but it was thought they were too calcareous to be of commercial value. This company turned out to be a little shady as the onyx, or what the company claimed to be onyx, was not. $110 262. Arizona. Santa Cruz. Tyndall. Rosario Silver Mining Co. Bond #82. $100 Bond, payable in silver coin. Coupons attached. Incorporated in New York in 1867 or 1868, issued 1870 to bearer, signed by R. A. Sinclair as president and I. G. Forman as secretary. Black border and print. No vignette. Corporate seal had a crossed pick & shovel with "AZ" (Arizona) Uncancelled. 13 x 10.5". See the below lot for the story. Extremely Rare. $750 263. Arizona. Santa Cruz. Tyndall. Rosario Silver Mining Co. Cert #417. Incorporated in New York in 1867 or 1868, issued 1868 to Wm. D. Sinclair for 20 shares, signed by R. A. Sinclair as president and S. R. Selden as secretary. Datelined New York. Black border and print. Underground mining vignette. 25-cent certificate stamp attached at left. Corporate seal had a crossed pick & shovel with "AZ" (Arizona). Uncancelled. 6.5 x 11". This company operated a mine 1.5 miles northwest of the famous Salero mine in the old Aztec district, which later became known as the Tyndall district. It is about 7 miles west of Patagonia. The mine was worked by Mexicans or Spaniards in the early days (1700's - 1800's) and is one of the early mines discussed by Lenon and others in their papers in Canty's Mining History of Arizona in three volumes. It was financed by some of Heintzelman's and Colt's associates in New York. Here, northwest quartz veins cutting diorite were mined (mostly prospected) for gold and silver for decades, even though by 1900 there were still less than 1000 feet of underground workings. The ore was reported to average about $25 per ton, which might be why it was merely in an advanced stage of prospecting, when Schrader wrote Mineral Deposits of the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains for the USGS in 1915. If you collect certificates, documents, or ore specimens from the old Spanish mines in Arizona, this mine should be on your list. This company is not to be confused with Rosario, Mexico. Very Rare. $1200 264. Arizona. Santa Cruz. Tyndall. Santa Rita Copper Mining & Smelting Co. Cert #2236. Incorporated in Arizona in 1901. Issued to R.W. Wiley for 500 shares in 1906. Signed by Geo. P. Myers president and M. Wilson secretary. Green border, three vignettes with underground miners upper left and right, mountain scene with mill and smelter upper center, uncancelled, 8 x 11. Very fine. One inch tear at lower left fold, overprint stamped in red of "purchasers assume no liability", ten-cent tax revenue stamp affixed upper left corner. The company held claims in the Tyndall district, Santa Rita Mountains 38 miles south of Tucson. The property contained 10 veins in granite porphyry. Four of the veins were being developed and averaged 8 to 30 ft. wide with assays of 18% copper, 6 to7% lead, 1 to 3% zinc, 40 oz. silver per ton, and $2 to $8 gold (0.1 to 0.4 oz. per ton). The property was developed by 5 shafts of 20 ft to 110 ft deep with about 1,000 ft. of underground development. In 1906 it was reported that the company's offices had closed, the company had changed officers repeatedly, and that it was a mere stock-jobbing scheme. [Ref: 1904CH, p.635, 1905CH, p. 712]. $65 265. Arizona. Yavapai. Agua Fria. Baumann Copper Co. Cert. #561. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to W. McClelland for 400 shares in 1905. Signed by president George. W. Johnson and secretary C.H. Dooley. Uncancelled. Vignette of underground mining scene, at left, and several vignettes throughout border. Black border, gilt seal. Printed by Goes. 8" x 11". Consisting of 25 shafts and pits, Baumann's central fissure vein proved productive, showing pay out wherever opened (Copper Handbk, 1904, p.212). The company was highly regarded by Stevens, as being honest and businesslike. But by 1908, the mine, although considered promising, was idle. Xf, folds. $40 266. Arizona. Yavapai. Agua Fria. Franco-American Copper Co. Cert #678. Incorporated in Arizona 1916. Issued to Fred Bowlen for 1000 shares in 1920. Signed by Fred Bowlen president and J. E. Russell secretary. Vignette of a mill on a hillside with two smaller vignettes at lower corner of miners underground. Green border and gilt seal. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 9 x 12. The company had 15 claims in the Agua Fria district 8 miles southeast of Humboldt. The ore showed gold, silver and copper. There was a 250 foot deep shaft and over 900 feet of workings. Production resumed in 1923 after a 3 year suspension of activity. (Mines Handbook, 1925, p.309). Small tears along fold creases. Very fine. $25 267. Arizona. Yavapai. Agua Fria. Lion Copper Mining Co. Cert. #681. Incorporated in Arizona in 1903. Issued to H.C. Stilwell for 10,000 shares in 1913. Signed by president Charles Matthew and O.A. Cox as secretary. Green underprint of a lion. Not much information is given about this company. We know that it consisted of 13 claims in Stoddard, stretched over 260 acres. Main ore existed in veins within country rock, limestone. They were opened by shafts of 50', 100' and 300'. As of 1905, the company had purchased a diamond drill for probing at 300' levels There is little regarding the company's success, which would apparently have been in vain, because by 1908, the company was dead. What's interesting is the date of this certificate's issuance, 1913. I could find no trace of the company, not even a death listing, after 1911. Perhaps this was a final attempt to get financing, just before Weed's 1912-13 publication. (Ref: Stevens, 1905, p.519; 1908, p.881). Uncancelled. Vignette of road leading to mining camp, flanked by two vignettes of underground mining scenes. Gilt border and seal. 8 1/4" x 11". Vf, small tears at folds. $50 268. Arizona. Yavapai. Big Bug. Big Reef Copper Co Prospectus, 1917. 11 pages, no images. Consisted of 19 claims over 380 acres. Copper ore was chiefly found in quartz veinlets. Regarded as a promising prospect in 1918. Work was of a prospecting nature as of 1915, but seemed to be worthy of exploration (Mines Handbook, 1920, p.343). Vf, foxing. $50 269. Arizona. Yavapai. Big Bug. Fortune Mining Co Prospectus, c.1916. 4 pages, no images. Offers a short history of the Big Bug district, location of property and ore. Printed by Journal Miner Print. Owned the Wizard mine which was reported to have around 10,000 tons of ore on the dumps. The property was purchased at mortgage sale in 1920 by the Boone County Bank. Called "a rich Arizona gold mine" prior. It was a gold mine, on which high grade copper ore was found. (Mines Handbook, 1920, p.350). Vf, folds. $50 270. Arizona. Yavapai. Big Bug. Logos Mines Co. Cert #43. Incorporated in Arizona 1906. Issued to Mary L. Wheeler for 1000 shares in 1906. Signed by Dr. Sara Thacker president and W. H. Thacker secretary. Vignette of spread winged eagle at upper left. Black border with brown seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11. Owns 46 claims in the Big Bug district 8 miles southeast of Mayer. There was a 180' shaft and 2000 feet of workings. "The president wrote, 1908, stating that the company was still in infant's clothes, but expected to put on big trousers in 1909. Apparently the trousers are still missing, and presumably the company is walking around in a barrel." (Copper Handbook, 1910, p.1084-85). Pin hole at upper left and right corner. This is one of very few companies run by a woman. Very fine. $50 271. Arizona. Yavapai. Big Bug. Ohio Mines Company. Cert #1073. Incorporated in Arizona 1909. Issued to Thomas Murphy in 1915 for 1000 shares. Signed by president H. W. Whitaker and secretary J. F. Rogers. Vignette of spread-winged eagle top center. Uncancelled. Black border and print with gold inner border, safety and underprint and seal on white paper. Printed by Ruggles-Gale Co., Columbus, O. on Goes form. Folds with tears at edges. The company owned 14 claims in the Big Bug District, "...bought of the Jesse Mines Co., whose promoters managed to escape jail." The property was developed by 3 shafts with 7,000' of underground workings. Reportedly produced $750,000 in gold prior to Jesse Mines Co. ownership. (Weed, 1916, p. 877) $50 272. Arizona. Yavapai. Big Bug. Poland Mining Co. Bond #1456. Incorporated in Arizona 1901. $50 Special Contract Bond issued in 1902. Signed by H. W. Robinson president and J. P. Leake secretary. No vignette. Green border with orange underprint. Uncancelled. Printer - Broun Lent & Pett. 11 x 12 doubling when unfolded. All twenty coupons attached. One 5 cent documentary stamp affixed on embossed seal. Frank M. Murphy moved to Prescott from Maine in 1878 and promoted numerous small gold mines in the Bradshaw Mountains for several years with limited success. In 1887 he optioned the Congress Mine that operated successfully until 1910. At the turn of the century, Murphy and his associates decided to enter the copper mining business which had improved markedly by that time. They optioned the Christmas and Silverbell mines as well as mines at the old silver camp at Tombstone. Murphy organized the Development Company of America (DCA) to finance these and numerous other ventures. DCA served as a holding company for the Congress Consolidated Mines Company which operated the Congress mine; the Imperial Copper Company which operated the Silverbell Mine; the Southern Arizona Smelting Company which operated the SASCO smelter; the Arizona Southern Railroad Company; the Tombstone Consolidated Mines Company, The Gila Copper Sulphide Company which operated the Christmas Mine; the Poland Mining Company; and the Lookout Copper Company which operated the Crown King property. The company (DCA) operated successfully for a number of years, even surviving the financial panic of 1907. However, the unexpected high costs of pumping at the Tombstone mines drained the company's resources and caused its collapse at the end of 1910, dragging down all the subsidiary companies with it. Murphy lost most of his fortune in the failure and died in Prescott in 1917 (Tenney, 1929, pp 21-24). Murphy and associates bought the Poland Mine in 1900 and did extensive development work there to bring it and other nearby mines in which they had interests, into production. Between 1900 and 1912, the Poland Mine produced over $750,000 in gold, silver and lead. Wear and small tears along fold creases. Very fine. $100 273. Arizona. Yavapai. Casa Grande. Greenback Mining Co. Cert #300. Incorporated in Arizona 1922. Issued to E. H. McMurray for 100 shares in 1923. Signed by H. G. Humphrey president and H. J. Wilkens secretary. Vignette of spread winged eagle. Black border with gold seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 5 x 7. Owned 12 claims located 41 miles southwest of Casa Grande. The ore was said to assay at $12 gold per ton. There were several tunnels extending from the 125 foot deep Greenback shaft. Property was considered promising. All property and assets were sold to the Iron Silver MC in 1923. (Mines Handbook, 1925, p.325). Tears along fold creases. Chip to lower right corner. Staining along bottom edge. Fine to very fine. $40 274. Arizona. Yavapai. Castle Creek. Empress Mining & Milling Co. Cert #A3682. Incorporated in Arizona 1904. Issued to D. B. Gray for 10 shares in 1905. Signed by Edward Wolcott president and Stephen A. Pernell secretary. No vignette. Brown border, seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer not noted. 8 x 11. 2 cent documentary of New York State on reverse. This company is not listed within our references. We did find the Empress Mining Co which was merged with the Great Belcher MC and had offices in Yavapai. There is no apparent relation between these two companies. District from Garbani 2001. Tears along fold creases. Very fine. $25 275. Arizona. Yavapai. Chino Valley. Amalgamated Mining & Oil Co. Two pieces, a stock and bond. Incorporated in Arizona in 1907, issued 1907 to W. P. Peterson for 800 shares, signed by T. H. Goodman as president and H. H. Fraser as secretary. The stock is signed by an assistant secty, which is illegible. Stock is 8 x 12", and uncancelled. Mining and oil vignettes, printed by Britton & Rey, SF. Bond is 15 x 10", uncancelled, first mortgage 6% gold bond, with 2pp of coupons attached. Also has two vignettes of mining and oil, but different from the stock. Both are datelined San Francisco, 1907. believed to be from the Chino Valley area north of Prescott. $100 276. Arizona. Yavapai. Copper Creek. Lucky Strike Copper Company Prospectus, c.1922. Offices in Prescott, Arizona. Permission to sell stock was granted in 1922. In 1925 the company owned 23 claims including the Lucky Strike mine in the Hassayampa district. The ore contained gold, silver and lead. Developed by a 700' tunnel and was being operated in 1923 with a 500' shaft proposed for the following year. (Weed, 1925, p. 367). In 1930 the company reportedly optioned the property to the Arizona-Oregon Development Co. (Weed, 1931, p. 360) $75 277. Arizona. Yavapai. General. Arizona Diamond Drill Mining Development Co. Cert #286. Incorporated in Arizona in 1905. Issued to Jos. B. Haywood for 1000 shares in 1906 at Los Angeles. Signed by vice president William Dodge and secretary J.S. Van Doren. Uncancelled. It seems that this company operated out of Southern California, owning an abundance of diamond drilling equipment, with which to operate a general drilling business. However, in the 1906 Copper Handbook, Stevens calls their advertising tactics "exceedingly vague and unbusinesslike, " seeming to be corroborated by the lack of information given regarding this company. We could find no trace after 1908, nor could we place it in Yavapai. However, Garbani believes this to be its location. (Copper Hdbk, 1908, p.330). Vignette of allegorical figure seated next to stars and stripes shield, holding a wreath. Orange border and seal. Vignette of drill operations in blue underprint. Printed by Goes. Xf. 8 1/2" x 11 1/4". $200 278. Arizona. Yavapai. General. Chaparral Hill Gold Mining Co. Cert #982. Incorporated in Maine. Temporary Certificate. Issued to Griffith & McWain for 100 shares in 1922. W. J. Davis president and treasurer. No vignette. Orange border and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - John A. Lowell Bank Note. 8 x 12. We could find no reference to this company within our library. There was a Chaparral MC that leased the Jessie mine from 1909-1916 but then ran out of money. There was also a Chaparral lode in the Big Bug district of Yavapai. This was a placer gold claim. We chose to place this company in Yavapai because there is also mining camp of Chaparral. (Barnes, Arizona Place Names, 1988). Very fine. $25 279. Arizona. Yavapai. General. Gold Dredging Co of America. Cert #159. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to Homer Franklin Clark for 100 shares in 1907. Signed by Harvey Bailey president and J. H. Clark secretary. Vignette of a mining flume operation with two smaller vignettes of miners inspecting ore on the surface. Black border with bronze seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11. We could find record of this company within our library. Garbani placed it in Yavapai maybe with operations in the Hassayampa area south of Prescott where many placer operations once operated. Extremely fine. $40 280. Arizona. Yavapai. General. Gold Hill Mining & Milling Co. Cert. #122. Incorporated in Arizona in 1902. Issued to Peter W. French for 1000 shares in 1903. Signed by president Oliveo C. Bryant and secretary A.L. Stewart. Uncancelled. Vignette of road leading to mining camp, flanked by two vignettes of underground mining scene. Gilt border, letterhead and seal. Fantastic letterhead. Printed by Goes. 8" x 10 1/4". We could find no information on this company, however, Garbani believes it to be located in Yavapai. Xf. $40 281. Arizona. Yavapai. General. Trapshooter Reilly Gold Mines Co. Cert #2276. Incorporated in Oklahoma. Issued to Louis Caron for 75.80 shares in 1933. Rubber stamp signature. No vignette. Brown border, seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer not noted. 7 x 7. This company is listed as dead in the Mines Register, 1946, and was listed as being in Arizona. Garbani places this company in Yavapai. There was a Reilly Mines Co that run the Old Yuma Mine in the Tucson Mountains of Pima County (1910's) but it would be a long stretch to relate these two companies. (Tenney, History of Mining in Arizona, 1929, p.280). We think there was a printing error and the company should have been named "Crapshooter" since that is the nature of the business anyway. Small tears along fold creases. Small chip missing at bottom edge. Very fine. $55 282. Arizona. Yavapai. Groom Creek. Montezuma Gold & Silver Mining Co Property Transfer, 1889. Manuscript transfer of the Gazelle, Nevada, Surprise, Lone Liar and First North Extension Lone Liar claims to Wm Kelly, Varna A. Stephens and John Hutche representing the Montezuma Gold & Silver MC. The Nevada and Surprise mines were located at Groom Creek in Yavapai County (Welty, 1985). Two pages handwritten in blue ink. Fragile along fold creases. Very fine. $75 283. Arizona. Yavapai. Hassayampa. Dosoris Mine Stereocard, c.1880. Along the bottom front edge is the mine name. On the reverse is "Views of Arizona Scenery. Photographed by J. C. Burge." Image size 3.3 x 3.5" on orange colored card 3.9 x 7" Photo has high quality contrast. Right photo has nick to upper right corner, no harm. Excellent condition. The Dosoris Mine is located between the Mark Twain and Davis mines at Hassayampa. Near surface ores here were reported to be free gold in quartz, changing to sulfides a little deeper, and a marked increase in silver content with depth. The Dosoris was discovered in 1880, according to Burchard [1881] and Hamilton in Resources of Arizona, third edition, 1884. Work began quickly at the Dosoris on the 5 foot wide vein. By late 1880 they had a 40 foot tunnel and 60 foot deep shaft with three crews of men working on $200 per ton ore. Surface ores here were reported at $1000 per ton. By 1883, they were mining $800 plus per ton ore, mostly in silver. The shaft was over 400 feet deep by then, with more rich ores reported in the $1000 to $1500 per ton range, according to Burchard in 1883. Ores were reduced locally at several different custom mills. In 1884 they sent 36 tons of high grade to Colorado for reduction. [Burchard 1885] In a rare move by mine owners, Hamilton was denied entrance to the mine upon his visit, casting doubt on the long-term validity of the mine, in my opinion (fh). Both Hamilton and Burchard [1882] said the mine was one of the best producing gold mines of the county. This photograph is an outstanding representation of an early Arizona desert mine. It was taken early in the life of the mine, perhaps 1880, as evidenced by the lack of development of and around the portal. A single ore car is outside the mine entrance, flanked by three burros packing supplies, including short wood stulls (wood used for ground support in narrow stopes.) Three men are at left, one with wheelbarrow. Hamilton reported that they shipped some of their ore "east." J. C. Burge worked as a photographer all over Arizona. In 1881-2 he worked out of Prescott primarily for the Atlantic & Pacific RR. He moved to Globe in 1883, then to the Grand Canyon in 1884 and later Flagstaff. In 1885 he was in Kingman, moving sometime later to New Mexico, according to Jeremy Rowe in Photographers in Arizona, 1997, p79. $450 284. Arizona. Yavapai. Humboldt. Arizona Central Copper Co. Cert #2216. Incorporated in Territory of Arizona 1902. Issued to Richard H. Hunt for 8000 shares in 1911. Signed by John W. Norton president and J. M. Elder secretary. No vignette. Orange border and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Republic Bank Note. 8 x 12. The company owned 20 claims that was known as the Shylock mine located 6 miles northeast of Dewey, 10 miles from Humboldt and 8 miles from Jerome. The mine was situated on the western slope of the Black Hills. The Shylock shaft was 1050' deep with over 2100' of workings. The ore was carrying copper minerals, silver and minor gold. There were several small pits on the property as well. (Copper Handbook, 1910, p.352). Very fine. $50 285. Arizona. Yavapai. Humboldt. Humboldt King Mining Co. Lot of 2 certificates. Incorporated in Arizona 1908. First is issued to Wm. Y. Venable for 20 shares, cert 251, in 1908. This is an Interim Certificate. Signed only by Jno. L. Makeson secretary. Vignette of a mountain with a cross (Mount of the Holy Cross, Colorado?). Black border with red seal. Uncancelled. Printer not noted. 8 x 11. Second is issued to H. S. Young for 300 shares, cert #125, in 1910. Signed by Makeson president and Jno. L. Makeson secretary. No vignette. Brown border with red seal. Uncancelled. Printer - George J. Bealley, NY. 8 x 11. This is the official issued certificate. This company is not listed in the Copper Handbooks. There were several companies with Humboldt in their name located near Humboldt in Yavapai County. By, it is odd that the earlier certificate has a vignette of what we believe to be the Mount of the Holy Cross located in Colorado. Humboldt was the center for mills and smelters for Yavapai County. Both very fine. $75 286. Arizona. Yavapai. Jerome. Great Verde Extension Copper Co. Newspaper Ad. This ad has a map and mountain relief of the Great Verde Extension Copper Co., and shows the surrounding mining companies. The ad describes the Great Verde Extension Copper Co. operation and gives instructions for the purchase of stock. The ad is from the Arizona Republican dated Sunday Morning, January 7, 1917. Printed on brown paper in black print. The add is glued to foam core. Cut out is irregular. Newspaper size 14 1/4 X 21". Overall size 16 1/4 X 22 3/4". $40 287. Arizona. Yavapai. Jerome. Queen Creek Copper Co. Newspaper Ad. The ad is from the Nogales Daily Herald, dated Tuesday, November 14, 1916. The ad describes the properties, lists the officers and has a statement by F. L. Ransome, a U. S. Government Geologist. Printed on brown paper in black ink. There are some black smudges on the newspaper of ink. Cut out is irregular. Glued to foam core. Size 16 X 21 1/4" Overall size 20 X 25". $40 288. Arizona. Yavapai. Mayer. Arizona Copper & Mining Corp. Cert #2400. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to Mr. L. Saltstein for 200 shares in 1919. Signed by F. H. Nelson vice president and C. L. Wilson secretary. No vignette. Brown border and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Grimes-Stassporth, LA. 3 x 6. The company owned property near Mayer. The ore was of copper and silver which assayed between 2% and 40% copper. The shaft was to be deepened from 300' to 200' in 1919. (Mines Handbook, 1920, p.338). Very fine. $25 289. Arizona. Yavapai. Mayer. United Arizona Copper Mining & Smelting Co & Letterhead. Cert #2037. Incorporated in Arizona 1916. Issued to H. Fern Stevenson for 50 shares in 1917. Signed by C. H. Dunlap president and W. Stott secretary. No vignette. Green border and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - ABN. 8 x 11. Owned 22 claims 26 miles east of Mayer on Copper Creek in Yavapai County. There was a 835 foot shaft accessing ore of copper, gold and silver. (Mines Handbook, 1920, p.367). The company was bankrupt and the property sold at sheriff's sale in 1923 to Geo. R. K. Kork. In 1921, this company merged with the United Arizona Extension Mining Corp. The shaft was deepened to 1020 in the early 1920's but the shaft was filling with water. The remoteness of the property and the lack of commercial grade ore were the greatest disadvantages. The claims next to the Swastika, "on which this company spent $14,000, in the winter of 1922-23, were relinquished, after striking rich silver ore, and...transferred to the Breslin MC which began mining bonanza ore". The United Arizona Copper company almost made it big. (Mines Handbook, 1925, p.474-75). This lot includes a letterhead sheet with a typed list of the names of stock purchasers and amount of shares dated 1918. Charles H. Dunlap owned the People's Ice & Fuel Co in Phoenix which was doing a brisk business as that town was being settled at the turn of the century. Both very fine. $50 290. Arizona. Yavapai. McCabe. Redman Stockholders Corp. Cert #470. Incorporated in Arizona 1912. Issued to Netta C. Brooks for 638 shares in 1912. Signed by E. F. Krantz president and W. B. Wilson treasurer. Vignette of a spread winged eagle with American flag in talons. Green border and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Benson & Son, NY. 8 x 11. The company reportedly took over the property of the Redman Mining, Milling and Smelting Co. The property was located near McCabe. (Copper Handbook, 1912, p.752). Minor foxing along bottom edge. Slight tears along fold creases. Very fine. $30 291. Arizona. Yavapai. Planet. Flambeau Hastings Co. Cert #48. Incorporated in Terr. of Arizona. Issued to F. H. Coburn for 250 shares in 1906. Signed by F. E. Ryan president and Wm. E. Mainlath secretary. Vignette of a placer mining operation with two smaller vignettes of miners inspecting ore. Black border with gold seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11". This company may have had placer properties in the Yavapai districts, but we are not sure. Garbani places this company in the Planet district. Wear to folds and a chip is upper right corner. Very fine. $40 292. No Lot. Arizona. Yavapai. Prescott. Hartmann, George (Henry George August Hartmann), was one of Prescott's finest pioneer citizens. He was born in a little town near Hamburg Germany. He was twelve years old when he rode into Prescott, which was having a bread famine, on horseback, in charge of a small ox train loaded with flour ground on the stone mills of New Mexico. Levi Bashford of G-G. Co. had learned of the coming wagon train and sent out a rider to buy all the flour at eight cents a pound and then sold it for three times the price. The young Hartman was headed for Los Angeles, but stayed in Prescott, being a clerk for Bashford (letter offering Hartman the job is in the Hartmann papers). Hartmann then painted some early homes. George was always interested in mining and did prospecting in the hills. He used his earning to open the "Zelida" mine, which contained a large quantity of rich silver ore which he never sold. A mining engineer by profession, he was also active in the Poland, Harbury, and other mines in the area for over 20 years. George also was a very good friend of "Buckey" O'Neill, and published a book in 1907, which was dedicated to him. George took up painting and went to an art school in San Francisco. He found, however, that to support his family he had to paint houses, as his pictures did not bring in enough money to do so. George did not make a lot of money at mining either. He had a wife named Ottilia, and they had two children, Henrietta and Caroline. George died sitting in a chair at his home, December 22, 1934, at the age of 82. Mr. Hartmann was known for being honest, upright, gentle, kind, unselfish and thoughtful of others. He was a true personality. 293. Arizona. Yavapai. Prescott. Hartmann Advertisement, 1889, sent to George Hartman from Hamburg, Germany. Lot of two pieces, 1889. The first piece is an advertisement from C. Wilh. Stein, advertising Hydraulic Manometers. The advertisement is in German and four pages long. One page has diagrams of the Manometers. Black print on white paper. Folds with tears in the center of the folds. Size 9 X 12". Hartman may have requested this information for possible use at one of his mines or mills near Hackberry or Poland. The second piece is the envelope, which is addressed to "George Hartmann in Prescott Arizona, United States of A." On the front of the envelope is the stamp of the Stein Company, and Yavapai Co. is written in pencil. The back of the envelope is stamped "9 20 1889 New York. N. Y. Reg'y Div." , and has two partial company red wax seals. Heavy fabric envelop with tears on the sides. Size 5 X 8". $100 294. Arizona. Yavapai. Prescott. Hartmann Certificate. Knights Templar Order of Red Cross Membership. This is a hand written document in black ink with red border and underlining dated 1898. The gold seal of the Ivanhoe Commandery N0. 2. K.T. is in the left hand corner. Signed by Eminent Commander T. G. Brecht and T. E. Bright recorder. Folds with tears along the folds. Size 10 1/2 X 16". $50 295. Arizona. Yavapai. Prescott. Hartmann Children Photograph. This is a photograph of Caroline, age 7, and Henrietta, age 5, Hartmann. Photograph taken by Erwin Baer, Cortez St. Prescott, Arizona. The back of the cabinet photo is a large ad for Baer. Circa 1883. Baer was a long time Arizona photographer, first coming to Prescott in 1883, according to Mautz in Biographies of Western Photographers (1997). $50 296. Arizona. Yavapai. Prescott. Hartmann Evangeline Autographs. This is an autograph book of Henrietta Hartmann containing autographs of Prescott people with dates of 1892 through 1900. Cloth bound with raised pine branches and pine cones done in green and brown. The verbage is in raised gold lettering. Wearing on the edges and back. Interior pages are fine. Size 5 X 7". $100 297. Arizona. Yavapai. Prescott. Hartmann Miscellaneous papers. Lot of seven pieces. The first is a Certificate of Award of Old Age Pension that certificate that Mr. Hartmann is 82 years old and is awarded $ 20, dated 1934. Signed by Henry George August Hartmann, the Old Age Pension Commission of Yavapai County and the clerk. Black print of white paper. Seal of Yavapai County. Folded. Very good condition. Size 7 X 8 1/2". The second piece is a Certificate of Award of Old Age Pension that certificate that Mr. Hartmann is 81 years old and is awarded $ 20. Dated 1933. Signed by Henry George August Hartmann, the Old Age Pension Commission of Yavapai County and the clerk. Black print of white paper. Seal of Yavapai County. Folded. Very good condition. Size 7 X 8 1/2". The third piece is a letter from the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions showing George Hartman a Corporal in Co. F, 1st Arizona Militia. Dated 1918. Maroon letterhead, black print on white paper. Folds with tears along the folds. Size 8 X 101/2". The fourth piece is a Warranty Deed from George Hartmann and his wife Ottilia, to George Harbauer (George's son-in-law), and Henrietta Harbauer (George's daughter) selling him his property. Dated 1912. Red border, black print on ivory paper. Folds with tears along the folds. Tape on some of the folds. Size 8 1/2 X 21". The fifth piece is a letter from George Hartmann making it a record that he was in the Militia because Buckey O'Neill had been killed at the storming of San Juan Hill in 1898 and that the papers showing George was in the Militia were burned in a fire in 1900. George's commission expired in 1924. Black print on white paper. Folds with rears along the folds. Size 8 1/2 X 13". The sixth piece is a letter from Bashford & co to George Hartmann, dated 1878, offering George a job. The envelope is also there. The letter is folded with tears along the folds. Handwritten black on white lined paper. Size 7 1/2 X 10". The envelope is torn in half. It does have a 3 cent green postage stamp in the right corner. Size 3 1/2 X 5 1/2". The seventh piece is a Quit-Claim deed between Thomas Nelson and Georgia Nelson. The relation to Hartmann is not known Dated 1945. Red border, black print on ivory paper. Folds with tears along the folds. Size 8 x 14". $150 298. Arizona. Yavapai. Prescott. Hartmann Papers. Miscellaneous papers of Henrietta and Carrie Hartmann, George Hartmann's daughters. Lot of 9 pieces. The first piece is a Baptismal Certificate which is written in German, dated 1895. Vignettes of different Christian figures. Very fancy. Brown and red print on white paper. Printer Verlag Von Ernst Kaufmann, New York. Folds with tears along the folds. Size 12 1/2 X 16 1/2". The second piece is a Happy New Year card sent by Henrietta to her son or daughter from Hamburg Germany. No date. Face of card is a color picture of a girl getting water from a lake with a house and field in the back ground. The picture is framed in a boat. Very good condition. Oval size 4 X 6 1/2" The third piece is a four page Commencement Program from Prescott High School dated 1900. On the third page under class exercises Henrietta Hartmann have the Treasurer's Report. Black print on ivory paper. Folded. Nice condition. Folded size 5 1/2 X 7". The fourth piece is an article from the newspaper listing a High School program where Carrie Hartmann played a piano solo. Dated 1896. The clipping is glued to black paper. There are other glue marks on the right side. Size 3 X 8 1/2". The fifth piece is a Satisfaction of Mortgage document for property owned by Henrietta and her husband dated 1918. Red border with black print on white paper. Gold seal on bottom left corner. Folds. Size 8 1/2 X 14". The sixth piece is a picture of Henrietta with a unknown man in front of a tree with a corrugated tin building in the background. Tear on the right bottom corner. Stick tabs on the back. Size 4 1/'2 X 5 1/2". The seventh piece is a picture of two women looking at the Grand Canyon, probably the Hartmann daughters. Size 3 x 5 1/2". Good condition. The eighth piece is a picture of two women standing in the Colorado River at the Grand Canyon, probably the Hartmann daughters. Fair condition. Size 3 X 5 1/2". The last piece is a picture of a group of men and women sitting on a bank of the Colorado River having lunch. Probably the Hartmann daughters. Nice condition. Size 3 X 5 1/2". $1507 299. Arizona. Yavapai. Prescott. Hartmann Papers. Prescott High School Territory of Arizona Diploma of Henrietta Johan?? Hartmann . Beautiful engraved diploma dated 1900 which has a vignette in the upper left hand corner of a woman holding an American flag which is on a staff and flanked by two other American flags. Under the word "Prescott" there are roses. This diploma shows the courses that Henrietta completed with the associated grade. Black print on white paper. Printed by Oval & Roster, Indiana. Signed by A J. Matthews, superintendent, along with the members of the board of education. Folds with small tears at the end of some of the folds. Size 16 X 20 1/2". $150 300. Arizona. Yavapai. Prescott. Hartmann Publications. Books written by George Hartmann and Related Material. Lot of six pieces. The first piece is a book written in 1907 by George Hartmann titled "Wooed by a Sphinx of Aztlan" . This book contains incidents in the life of the author as well as references to William (Buckey) O'Neill, the Rough Rider. The book was given by the author to his daughter Carrie and is so written in the book. There is wear on the edges of the book, and the picture of Buckey O'Neill is worn and has a tear in the lower left corner. The inside pages are in very good condition. Brown cover with gold writing. Size 5 X 7 1/2". The second piece is the revised version of the book "Wooed by a Sphinx of Aztlan" now titled "Tales of Aztlan", copyrighted in 1908. This book was the authorpersonal copy. This book may be the only copy, as there is no copyright information, the paper used for the pages is the porous type, and the pages are not cut to the same size. There are also notes by the author on the pages. The cover of the book is red with gold print, with a picture of the Rough Rider Monument. The edges of the covers are worn as is the picture. Size 5 X 7 1/2". The third piece is typewritten additions initialed by the author in 1918 to be inserted in the book. Size 8 1/2 X 13". The fourth piece is the certificate from the Library of Congress, wherethe book was deposited in 1907. Black print on white paper. Size 8 1/2 X 11 1/2". The fifth piece is the Library of Congress certificate of copyright registration to 1916. Rosario Brena was founder, president and manager of the Brena Commercial Company for almost thirty years. The company was the first wholesale store of its kind in Arizona. The sixth piece is an agreement contract between Caroline Allison (George Hartmann's Daughter) and Marshall Walton to have the latter promote the sale of the 1907 book's contents to moving picture companies, television, or any of the arts incident to this book. She sold this right for one dollar which is included in the piece. The letterhead is from the "Italian Grocery & Store". Date 1964. Black print on white paper. Size 8" x 11". $475 301. Arizona. Yavapai. Prescott. Hunker Ledge Mining Co. Incorporated in Arizona 1909. Certificate number 24 issued to Jacob Hanny for 800 shares in 1910. Signed by President J. M. Hunker and Secretary John E. Schilling. Uncancelled. "Phoenix, Arizona" in corporate seal suggests offices there. Vignette upper left corner of several miners working underground and six small vignettes at each corner and side-center margin of individual miners. Black border and print with gold safety print and seal on white paper. Printed by Goes. 8 x 11. Several folds with tears, one fold completely torn and mended with cellophane tape on reverse side. We were unable to find any information on this company among our resources. Garbani places its operations in Prescott. $40 302. Arizona. Yavapai. Prescott. NC4 Silver Mining Co. Newspaper ad for purchasing Stock. This ad is from the Prescott Journal Miner, dated Sunday Morning, September 7, 1919, page three. The main theme of the ad is comparing Copper to Silver, and what is needed by the NC4 Silver Mining Company. Printed of brown paper in black ink. The ad is glued to foam core. Cut out is irregular. Newspaper size 16 1/2 X 20 1/4". Overall size 20 1/4 x 24 1/4". $25 303. Arizona. Yavapai. Prescott. O'Neill Memorabilia. Book with pictures. Lot of four pieces. The first piece is a sepia picture of Buckey O'Neill sitting next to a tree in uniform. On the back is written "W. B. O'Neill, Captain U. S. V. Mayor of Prescott, Ariz." Fold damage in the upper left hand corner. Size 5 X 7". The second piece is a black and white photo copied from a book, showing Buckey O'Neill, Captain Valentine, and Jake Henkle. Size 51/2 X 8". The Third piece is a color painted picture of Buckey O'Neill sitting by a tree in uniform. This picture was cut from multiple photos of all three men, glued together, then painted. The initials in the picture in the lower left corner are G. H. The picture is pasted on a light brown card. Size 5% X 8". The fourth piece is a book by Dale L. Walker titled "Death was the Black Horse The Story of Rough Rider Buckey O'Neill". The foreword is by Barry Goldwater. 200 pages. Has a illustrated cover. Very fine condition. Size 6 X 9". $125 304. Arizona. Yavapai. Senator. Aztec Mines Co. Cert. #34. Incorporated in Arizona in 1908. Issued to Wm. H. Arrott for 1000 shares in 1909. Signed by pooling committee, Perry L. Turner, Frank Thompson and chairman E. Rankinan. The Aztec lands consisted of 7 claims, including Peacock, Mountain View and Iron Duke Claims, spread over 13 miles, just south of Prescott and west of Poland, near the Hassayampa River. The main development lied in a 15' fissure vein, producing copper ore of low average grade. The 1910-11 Copper Handbook asserts that the company assured future success for its stockholders, with "property destined to excel..." However, after quoting L.D. Finn, who guaranteed company profits of exceeding amounts, the author doubts any such onerous boasting, calling him a "fool or a faker." Needless to say, this publication did not regard this company, nor Mr. Finn favorably (p.384). Uncancelled. Vignette of capped female, turned to profile. Black border. Printed by US Engraving Co. 5 1/2" x 10". Xf. $40 305. Arizona. Yavapai. Squaw Creek. Brooklyn-Arizona Mining Co Stockholders' Report, 1914. Incorporated in 1907. Consisted of 82 claims, developed by 750' main shaft and 2500' tunnel. In 1911, Stevens berates the company for false claims and promises in company prospectuses, claiming that the geology of the property is of remarkable character, belonging to the Tercerean (sic-Tertiary) Age, thoroughly examined by European engineers. Stevens wants names, and the company can't produce them. By 1912, the company is equally, if not more so, attacked for "promoting a fraud." Rightfully so, officers were indicted and arrested for using the mail to defraud prospective investors and stockholders. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Small, who Stevens so coldly attacls in the preceding volume, was put under investigation and subsequently arrested for the same reasons stated above. Property was shut down as a result. In 1916, the company had changed hands and had reportedly planned to resume operations. All in all, the company made claims it couldn't support with "facts", assuring false security for stockholders using dishonest assertions (Ref: Copper Hdbk, 1910-11, pp.476-77; 1912-13, pp.153-54; 1916, p.258). In this report, issued by Small, the company is asking for help to save the property, refuting reports of a non-existent mine. 8" x 11". Ttear at bottom left edge and at right. Vf. $50 306. Arizona. Yavapai. Squaw Creek. White Horse Mining Co. Cert #2566. Incorporated in Arizona 1900. Issued to E. L. Barnes for 125 shares in 1907. Signed by Henry A. Frost president and L. D. C. Ferguson secretary. Vignette of a elaborate flume setup for dredging with two smaller vignettes of miners inspecting ore. Black border with bronze seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11. The company owned 200 acres, known as the Fuller group located at Squaw Creek in Yavapai County, and was attempting to sell stock to resume work. Clearly the stock promotion was a success by the certificate number. (Copper Handbook, 1905, p.824). The company acquired another group of claims in the Walker district. Unfortunately, the stock sales were not enough to save this company, as it was idle by 1910. (Copper Handbook, 1910, p.1818). Minor staining along bottom edge. Very fine. $50 307. Arizona. Yavapai. Stoddard. Stoddard Copper Co. Cert. #320. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to Cromwell G. Macy for 100 shares in 1909. Signed by president William H. Reynold and vice president Isaac T. Stoddard. Uncancelled. No vignette. Printed by Broun-Green Co. 7 1/2" x 11 1/2". The Stoddard Co. had its operation at Stoddard Camp, named after the president of this company, Issac Taft Stoddard. He built a mine and smelter there, active through 1884, which closed at the time due to failing copper prices. He stoked up the operation again about 1900. The company showed promise, with bodies of sulphide ore at great depths in 1902. It had been in operation for several years at this point, and had secured $100,000 worth of copper and other precious metals, planning for greater depths in future development. This very endeavor was secured by 1904 (p.656). Its production was considered promising for many years , but was idle by 1906 (p.942). In this same year, the company was reorganized as Stoddard Mines Co. This revamp wouldn't last longer than 10 years, because by 1916, the Arizona Binghamton Copper Co. seized, or, rather absorbed Stoddard, for reasons I could not find (p.1068). There claims to be a complete description in Vol. XII of the Mines Handbook, but I have failed to learn of other than the absorption. As it stands, the company operations were known as the Binghamton mine, per Vol. XII, which may mark the turning point from Stoddard to Binghamton. Very fine, with several blemishes throughout, appearing to be adhesive-like. $150 308. Arizona. Yavapai. Tiger. Oversight Silver & Gold Mining Co Prospectus, c.1919. Folds out to 8 pages, with text on each side. 3 x 6". Printer - Western Printing Co, Phoenix. Consisted of 6 claims, from which free milling ore, with a net value of $68.90 per ton, was developed. Xf, minor paperclip marking at top left. This company is not listed in the Mines Handbooks. Garbani lists the incorporation date as 1919. Very fine. $50 309. Arizona. Yavapai. Tip Top. Arizona Tip Top Reorganization Syndicate. Cert. #260. Incorporated in 1922. Issued to J.S. Coupal for 25,000 shares in 1922. Datelined Boston, MA. Signed by president A.E. Coupal and secretary Charles Wakeling. Uncancelled. Although this syndication is not listed, it is presumably part of the Arizona Tip Top Mines Co. The company was the successor to Tip Top Consol. MC, which was incorporated in order to take over the Tip Top silver mine, credited with a production of several million dollars . New work under the current company, at the 350' level, was reported to have opened up high grade silver ore. (Ref: Weed, 1924, p.245-46). No vignette, green border. Printed by ABNC. 7 3/4" x 11". Extremely fine. $25 310. Arizona. Yavapai. Tip Top. Kay Copper Corp. Set of five different color certificates. Cert. #01540, B1514, B4489, C13486, M3519. Incorporated in Delaware in 1923. Issued to Mary R. Fetterman for 100 shares in 1925; James O. David for 500 shares in 1926 and 1000 shares in 1929; Roscoe B. Smith for 800 shares in 1927. Signed by presidents, or vice presidents Shepherd, J.G. Neubauer, Wendell Hogan, James Momny(?), and an unknown. Signed by secretaries W. Downey, Fred Magnin, and Harold Frankling. Uncancelled. Kay Copper Corporation was a reorganization of the Kay Copper Co. The former company got into financial difficulties in mid-1922, where for feiture satisfied accrued debt. Crew stayed on as management of the mines site. Under new organization the company seemed to thrive well through 1926, at which time legal suit was brought against the company for alleged fraudulent stock sales, forcing the mines to close. As of 1930, plans for reorganization were in the wings. As one of the larger mining companies of its time, the Kay consisted of 153 claims, stretching over 3,182 acres, including mill acreage of 590. It seems that Kay officials couldn, or chose not to live up to the original share-for-share trade agreement made upon incorporation in 1923. (Ref: Neal, 1926, pp.294-296; 1931, pp.350-352). Vignette of Abraham Lincoln, above masthead. Green, brown, black and blue borders. Printed by Security BNC. Vf-Xf. 8" x 11 1/2". $35 311. Arizona. Yavapai. Tip Top. St. Louis & Yavapai Milling & Mining Co. Cert #2293. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued 1887 to Otto Homberg for 100 shares, signed by C. B. Burnham as president and A. W. Taussig as secretary. Mining vignette at left. Brown (or oxidized) paper, black border and print. Printed by Buxton & Skinner, St. Louis. 4x9". Uncancelled. "Mines and Mills Located in Yavapai County, Arizona." Datelined Minnetonka, Arizona. Minnetonka is a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is not listed in Barnes' Arizona Place Names. The only thing even close in Yavapai is the Minnehaha district and Minnetata mine in the Groom Creek District, as listed by Hamilton. This could easily be a transcription error by the printer. All this aside, the Engineering & Mining Journal reported on Jan 22, 1887 that the St. Louis and Yavapai M&MC shipped "five bars valued at $6500." In March, the paper reported that they would further develop the Mervin (also spelled Merwin) mine, which apparently was near the prior producing property. They had a ten stamp mill which they were hoping in 1887 to increase to 20 stamps. By mid-May, they had raised the money ($30,000) and were de-watering the Tip-Top. They had acquired the old Humbug Mill and were going to move it to the Tip-Top mill site with the new set of 20 stamps. Clearly the company was working a number of mines over a period of several years. Since the Tip Top district is somewhat near the Minnehaha district, we might suggest that the Minnetonka printed reference on the certificate really should have been Minnehaha. [E&MJ, Hodge] Rare. $450 312. Arizona. Yavapai. Tip Top. Tip Top Mines, Inc. Cert #486. Incorporated in Arizona in 1930. Issued to Martha Parks for 2,500 shares in 1936. Signed by president, name illegible and Henry F. Webster, secretary. Brown border, with partial brown safety print, uncancelled, 8 x 11, VF condition with folds. Lot also includes letter to fellow stockholder, dated 1936, from Claude C. Findley, Attorney at Law, St. Louis, Mo. with return address Phoenix, Arizona. Letter reported a visit to the Tip Top mine, tunnel, and that the mill had started producing a "nice concentrate". Lot also includes a receipt to Martha E. Parks for $1,000 for these very shares of stock in Tip Top Mines, Inc. This company differs from the Arizona Tip Top Company. Company reported inactive in 1946 [Ref: 1946CH, p. 487]. $25 313. Arizona. Yavapai. Verde. Monster Chief Mining Co. Cert #C414. Incorporated in Delaware 1916. Issued to Dr. Jas. V. Gralrek for 500 shares in 1916. Signed by W. B. Ridgely president and secretary. Vignette of spread winged eagle. Orange border and vignette. Uncancelled. Printer - Franklin Lee Division-ABN. 8 x 12. The company owned 22 claims adjoining the Green Monster mine. The property was completely undeveloped and had no equipment. All information regarding the company came from the office of George Graham Rice, notorious mining stock swindler. Rice was the treasurer of this company. This lot includes a typed letter from the Office of the Secretary of State of Delaware indicating that the Monster Chief MC lost its charter for not paying taxes in 1920. (Mines Handbook, 1920, p. 387). Very fine. $25 314. Arizona. Yavapai. Verde. Pittsburgh Jerome Copper Co. Cert #A903. Incorporated in Arizona 1904. Issued to J. Norman Henry for 1000 shares in 1906. Signed by Thos. Houlette president and C. S. Cochran treasurer. No vignette. Green border and background. Uncancelled. Printer - Republic Bank Note. 8 x 12. In 1912, the company owned 26 claims located between the United Verde and the Equator mines. The Pittsburgh shaft was planned to be deepened to 1000 feet. The company had been idle since 1907 when it ran out of funds. (Copper Handbook, 1912, p.718). Minor foxing creates slight brownish hue to document. Very fine. $50 315. Arizona. Yavapai. Verde. Pittsburgh Jerome Copper Co. Cert #A9906. Incorporated in Arizona 1904. Issued to Mabel C. Shoninger for 100 shares in 1916. Signed by Wm. M. McJunkins president and treasurer. No vignette. Green border. Uncancelled. Printer _ Republic Bank Note. 8 x 12. In the mid 1910's, the company resumed operations, with a subsequent officer change (or several), and had deepened the shaft to at least 900 feet. At this level, the company reported ore assaying at 6-30% copper, 75 cents silver and $2.50 gold per ton. Unfortunately, this was not of commercial grade and the company once again shut down operations which never resumed. No ore was ever produced or shipped. (Mines Handbook, 1920, p.382). Some staining. Very fine. $35 316. Arizona. Yavapai. Verde. Shea Copper Co. Cert. #7883. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to Mellen & Hall for 100 shares in 1925. Signed by vice president Connelly and secretary O.Y. Eugelder. Cancellation stamp over president's signature. Vignette of men working in underground mining scene. Brown border. Printed by Mysell Rollins. 8 1/2" x 11 1/2". Fine, small tear at fold, bottom left corner damaged. Company owned 18 claims in the Verde district. Included in these claims, are those acquired during take over of the Grand Island MC. Ore was reported to carry gold and silver in tetrahedrite, pyrite, chalcopyrite and arsenopyrite in a quartz vein in altered dioritic rock. Extensive workings with $50 ore being shipped in 1923. Company was idle by 1924. (Mines Handbook, 1931, p.418). $35 317. Arizona. Yavapai. Verde. Standard Smelting Refining Co. Cert. #1023. Incorporated in W. VA in 1901. Issued to James E. Graham for 625 shares in 1901. Signed by president A. J. Brockett. Uncancelled. Vignette of man shoveling coal, above a vignette of refinery panorama. Orange border. Printed by N.Y. BNC. 8" x 11 1/4". Vf, edges a bit rough. This company was located within the Verde district. (Garbani, 2001). $50 318. Arizona. Yavapai. Weaver. Beehive Gold Company Newspaper Clipping, c. 1916. This is an informational, one page article about the Beehive gold Company. The article covers the claims, geology, ores, assay results, development and equipment used by the company. There are three pictures of the mine, blacksmith shop, and assay office. Printed on brown paper in black print. No newspaper name is on the page. The newspaper page is glued to white foam core. Newspaper size 12 3/4 X 16 3/4". Overall size 16 1/2 X 20 1/2". $40 319. Arizona. Yavapai. Weaver. Mildred Cons Mining Co. Cert. #3174. Incorporated in Arizona in 1923. Issued to Col. A.C. Macomb for 50 shares in 1924. Signed by president Henry M. Conover and F.C. Simons as secretary. The company consisted of 14 claims, developed by 4000' shafts. A 1,150' tunnel had been driven from mill level to connect with the main vein and incline shaft. Production was milled through a 10-stamp mill up through early 1922. The company had since expanded its equipment bounty by erecting a 50 ton mill and installed compressors (Ref: Weed, 1924, p.384; Neale, 1926, p.318-19). The mine had major production. In the late 1980's, it was reactivated. The dump and tailings were reprocessed in a small heap leach operation. It was inactive when visited for a property inspection by me (Fred Holabird) around 1992. No vignette, blue border and gilt seal. Hamilton BNC-printers. 8" x 12". Xf, folds. $50 320. Arizona. Yavapai. Weaver. Mildred Gold Mining Co. Certificate and company letterhead. Cert. #425. Incorporated in Arizona in 1905. Issued to Henry M. Lovering for 100 shares in 1908. Signed by president Henry Conover and secretary Frederick C. Simons. Uncancelled. Vignette of two men pushing ore car and one using a pick axe. Black border and green seal. Printed by Goes. Letterhead is datelined Congress Junction, AZ, and is addressing a Prof. C. F. Willis, regarding taking samples from oil-tainted water. Certificate is Xf, with minor folds, and letterhead is vf, with staple damage to upper left corner. The company was located at Congress. Daniel B. Genung was the supt. The company was mining gold and silver through a series of shafts and employed 15 men. The mine was probably located in the Weaver district. (Pacific Coast Mines Directory, 1906). Both 8 1/2" x 11". $50 321. Arizona. Yavapai. Weaver. Octave Mining & Milling Co. Cert #30. Incorporated in Delaware 1922. Issued to Louis D. Webber for 1000 shares in 1923. Signed by D. S. Leas treasurer and N. C. Gibbs president. No vignette. Brown border and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11. Owned the Octave gold mine in the Weaver district near Wickenburg. This company is not listed in the Mines Handbooks, but the Octave Mines Co is listed with the same officers. There was a 2000 foot deep shaft and was chasing a vein that assayed at $26 per ton for nearly 2000 feet. There was a mill on site that had not operated for 15 years, in 1925. (Mines Handbook, 1925, p.407-408). Clear tape repairs along fold creases on reverse. Very fine. $90 322. Arizona. Yuma. Buckskin Mountains. Clara Cons Gold & Copper Mining Co. Bond #5438. Incorporated in California in 1908. Six per cent, First Year Mortgage fifteen Year Gold Bond number 5438. Signed by 2nd Vice-President O. W. Strodthoff and Secretary E. D. Elson. Printed by Western Banknote & Eng. Co, Chicago. Vignette top center of bald eagle clutching arrows and shield. Folds. 29 of 30 coupons attached. Black print with green border and safety print on white paper. 10 x 16. The mines of this company were located six miles from the Planet Mine, 12 miles east of the mouth of the Bill Williams River. The Copper Prince mine was discovered in the early days, but little work had been done on it until around 1905 when the Signal Copper Company was organized to work on it. At about the same time, the Clara Gold and Copper Mining Company was organized and held ground contiguous with that of the Signal. These companies were organized during the building of the Arizona and California Railroad (the Parker cut-off) by the Santa Fe Railroad. This line greatly shortened the haulage distance for ore shipments from mines in this district. The Clara Consolidated Gold and Copper Mining Co. was organized by George Mitchell of Los Angeles as a consolidation of the Clara Gold and Copper Mining Co., the Signal Copper Co. and three other smaller groups after the completion of the railroad in 1908. The principal mine was the Copper Prince, which had a 150 ft shaft. Financing for the company came mainly from France and Belgium and most of the money raised was spent in building a 21-mile railroad from Bouse to the property; in erecting a 750 ton smelter and in other costly equipment. A small amount of exploration and development work in the way of drilling and driving of tunnels and shafts was done. After construction, the smelter had to be rebuilt and was finally operational in 1910. It ran intermittently for a year, but the company sank deeply into debt and declared bankruptcy in 1912. It was reorganized as the Swansea Consolidated Gold and Copper Mining Company the same year and tried to operate the mine and smelter the next two years, but again was forced into bankruptcy in 1914. The property was intermittently active under various companies for a number of years and was finally closed in 1930 (Tenney, 1929, pp.383-389). $100 323. Arizona. Yuma. Chrystoval. South Gila Canal Co. Bond #812. Signed by President O. F. Thornton and Secretary C. L. Montgomery about 1892. Printed by Franklin Bank Note Co., N.Y. Vignette top center of large expanse of orchards with irrigation canal. Uncancelled. Folds. Black print with green border, safety print and underprint on white paper. 10 x 15. Includes a letter dated 1892 from O. F. Thornton to Thomas Cordis offering him a position as company secretary, bookkeeper and general assistant. Thornton offered $100 per month plus board initially but with expected increases as the workload and responsibility of the position increased. Cordis came to Arizona from Boston in 1867 as an Internal Revenue Collector, a job he held until 1882. On August 17, 1885, he married Clara Luastique. At the time, he was described as an "under-sheriff" by George Hand in his diary. From 1889 - 1890, he was the school superintendent of Pima Co. In 1890, he applied as a Collector of Customs at Nogales, AZ, and it is assumed he obtained this position but we could find no verification. He also did some private legal work, was later a judge in Pima County and served as a delegate to the Republican National Conventions. He died in 1916. It is unknown if he accepted the position offered by Thornton, but he evidently did purchase 100 shares of capital stock in the South Gila Canal Co. $300 324. Arizona. Yuma. Ellsworth. Lime Crown Gold Mining & Milling Co Prospectus, c.1918. 4 pages, 3 x 6". The company's 13 claims resided in the famous gold belt from the Harqua Hala to the Old Vulture Mine, both of which had been successful producers. 4000' of work had been done, by tunnel, but need for further funding was eminent for development. Very fine. $50 325. Arizona. Yuma. Ellsworth. Ranier Mines Corp. Cert #4999. Incorporated in Arizona in 1917. Issued to Frank A. Hines for 45 shares in 1921. Signed by 2nd Vice President Angus MacEachern and Secretary W. A. Dean. Uncancelled. No vignette. Black print with green border and safety print on white paper. Printed by ABN. 8 x 11. Folds. Minor foxing and tears at edges. The company was a holding company for Ranier Development Co and for Harqua Hala Ridge M & M. Co. Properties of both companies were located near Wenden. The Mines Handbook for 1925 (p. 424) quoted some of the boisterous claims from the company's 45 page prospectus that claimed the company, "...will soon rank as one of the biggest and richest copper-gold mines in the State of Arizona". The company had been idle since 1921. The 1931 issue of the Mines Handbook noted the company had gone bankrupt. Copper and Mines Handbook, 1920, pp.403-404; 1925, pp. 423-424; 1931, p. 404). $25 326. Arizona. Yuma. General. Department of the Interior United States Geological Survey, George Otis Smith, Director, Bulletin 451, Reconnaissance of the Ore Deposits in Northern Yuma County, Arizona, by Howland Bancroft, 1911. 130 pages. Covers the geology, mineral deposits, and mines in the Northern Yuma County. Several illustrations of mines and ore samples. There are drawings showing claims, ore deposits, and underground workings. Paperback with gray cover. Geological Society of New Jersey is stamped in purple on the front cover. Binding repaired where previously detached. Some torn pages.. Fine to very fine. 6 x 9". $25-75 327. Arizona. Yuma. General. Yuma Copper & Silver Mining Co. Incorporated in Illinois 1886. Issued to Louise M. Weicher for 100 shares in 1889. Datelined St. Louis. Signed by J. B. W(illegible) president and H. C. Gerke Jr. secretary. Green border and underprint, red safety pattern, black print and vignettes. Green seal. Vignette of mine and mill/ smelter in Sonora Desert setting, probably the properties of the Yuma C&SMC. Uncancelled. 11 x 13". The vignette would lead one to think the company had significant reduction works (mill and smelter) but in 1886, we were unable to find reference to any company by this name with such a mill complex. Yuma County was one of the leading counties in Arizona for gold, silver in 1887, but as Kimball, the Director of the Mint noted in his Annual Report, "Many difficulties have been encountered in the collection of statistics, caused by the backwardness of producers to satisfy inquiries as to the output of precious metals..." The reporting process is further hampered in Arizona because the only bullion transportation company to report values shipped was the Wells Fargo Co. Thus bullion loaded at Yuma for other smelters such as Selby, which got most of the work, went unrecorded. The stock of this company was not quoted in the first half of 1889 on any of the exchanges shown in the Engineering and Mining Journal. This company is probably not related to the Yuma mine in the Ellsworth District based on comparison of the vignette and the physical description as found in Bancroft's Ore deposits of Northern Yuma County, 1911. We were unable to find specific info on this company, but it does appear to be a Yuma related mining firm, based on the spectacular vignette. This is one of the very ornate and artistic of the Arizona certificates. Extremely Rare. $1450 328. Arizona. Yuma. Plomosa. Arizona Giant Copper Mining Co. Cert #33. Incorporated in Arizona 1902. Issued to W. P. Durham for 5000 shares in 1906. Signed by W. P. Durham president and E. G. Thomas secretary. Vignette of a bear with his tongue sticking out. Green border. Uncancelled. Printer - Union Litho. 9 x 12. Datelined Los Angeles, Cal. Mines on Mineral Creek, Pinal County, Arizona printed on certificate. The company had a mine address at Ehrenburg and controlled 320 acres. It is not clear where the property was located, probably the Plomosa district. The original management was ousted in 1903 after selling a sizable amount of stock at high prices. The new management requested the company books but was denied. The company was idle and dead by 1912 (Copper Handbook, 1905, p.203). Minor foxing on reverse of right fold. Very fine. $225 329. Arizona. Yuma. Plomosa. Arizona Giant Copper Mining Co. Cert #260. Incorporated in Arizona 1902. Issued to W. P Durham for 5 shares in 1902. Signed by W. P. Durham president and E. G. Thomas secretary. Vignette of a young girl looking at her hands seated on a table. Green border. Cancelled by red ink at center. Printer - Denver Litho. 8 x 12. Datelined Denver, Colorado. Mines Located In Pinal County, Arizona printed on certificate. See lot above for the story. Minor foxing along right edge. Very fine. $225 330. Arizona. Yuma. Plomosa. Quartz King Mining Co. Cert #33455. Incorporated in 1904. Issued to Mr. Ernest Bourdeux for 100 shares in 1911. Signed by Theodore A. Bell president and J. E. Herold secretary. Vignette at upper left of spread winged eagle. Black border with gilt seal and gold safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - H. S. Crocker. 8 x 11 The company controlled 4000 acres north of Parker and employed 35 men in 1908. Financing was mainly from the late King Oscar of Sweden who expended about 500,000 kroner by 1910 (Copper Handbooks, 1910, p. 1438). Tears along fold creases. Very fine. $40 331. Arizona. Yuma. Plomosa. United Mines of Arizona. Cert #C2935. Incorporated in Arizona 1916. Issued to Ellsworth T. Carrington for 100 shares in 1916. Signed by L. M. Hart vice president and secretary. Vignette at top of a miner emptying an ore car into an elevator shaft. Brown border and underprint. Uncancelled. Printer - New York Bank Note. 8 x 11. This company owned 30 claims that comprised the Little Butte group, Arizona Pride group and the Bullion group. The mine at Little Butte hit water at 200 feet, but the bottom of the oxidized zone was not reached. (Oxidized zones are typically where more favorable copper ore is found typically in the form of chalcocite.) The property had excellent potential with the proper management (Mines Handbook, 1918, p.361-62). In 1925, the property was taken over by the Little Butte Amalgamated Mines Co (Mines Handbook, 1925, p.362). No fold creases. Minor foxing along edges. Extremely fine. $60 332. Arizona. Yuma. Silver. Red Cloud Cons Mines Co. Cert #A137. Incorporated in Arizona 1917. Issued to R. L. Giffen for 2500 shares in 1918. Signed by B. Santes president and Louis Albert treasurer. Vignette of spread winged eagle clutching American flag. Brown border, underprint and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Security Bank Note. 9 x 11". The Red Cloud mine was located about 40 miles north of Yuma. It was being operated through a 500 foot shaft and had a 300 ton mill. Last reported production was in 1918 and the company was defunct by 1925. The high grade ore had been exhausted and a new company from Salt Lake was looking into mining the pillars and dumps. The Red Cloud mine is well known to mineral collectors for its famous brilliant red wulfemite crystals. (Mines Handbook, 1925). Extremely fine. $300 333. Arizona. Yuma. Williams. Red Metal Copper Co Report, 1918. At this point the property consisted of 16 full mining claims, developed by sinking shafts, the main one sunk to a depth of 225'. Future development was to entail sinking the shaft to a deeper level in order to get further down the porphyritic dyke. The engineer gives a conclusive statement which supports investment in a growing company. Apparently, the company was still trying to finance the property. Property adjoins the Western Arizona Copper Co. holdings, and is said to show a contact deposit of porphyry with an iron gossan carrying gold and copper. In 1919, still trying to finance property (Ref: Weed, 1920, p.404). 11" x 8". Extremely fine. $85 CALIFORNIA 334. California. Alpine. Silver Mountain. Crinoline Gold & Silver Mining Co. Cert #89. Incorporated in 1863. Issued to James M. Connell for 25 shares in 1863. Uncancelled. Signed by J.B. Purdy as president and Thos. J. Owens as secretary. Vignette of man on hillside looking over mill in valley. Black border and print. 5 X 9. Printer - Wallace Brothers & Co. Silver Mountain was a silver camp discovered probably in the late 1850's, but not really heavily prospected until about 1863. A number of companies were formed at about the time of this certificate, but few produced gold and silver profitably. The Crinoline Co. patented its property, which had a shaft and unspecified underground workings. Quite worn, with upper left corner missing. Adhesive Revenue stamp at left margin. Poor to fine. $300 335. California. Alpine. Silver Mountain. "The Pearl" Gold & Silver Mining Co. Cert #114. Incorporated in 1863. Issued to Mary F. Owens for 5 shares in 1864. Uncancelled. Signed by president J. O. Eldridge and secretary James C. Dagby. White paper with black underprint artwork and border. Vignette of a young girl at a desk with books. She appears to be shading her eyes with her left hand. Two revenue stamps adhered to left side. Printed by Water Brothers & Co., 9 1/4" x 5 1/2". The Silver Mountain camp was probably discovered in the late 1850's but saw no intense activity until 1863. VF. $450 336. California. Amador. Jackson. Amador Dispatch Book & Job Printing Office, Billhead, 1874. The billhead has a legal paper attached. It appears that the person for whom the bill was for passed on prior to payment. W. M. Penry, of the Amador Dispatch, filed to recover his money. Both pieces dated 1874. The legal paper as a stamp seal for the County of Amador featuring a tree within the seal. Extremely fine. $40 337. California. Amador. Jackson. Gold Specimen. Identical mounting as the one below. About 2.7oz with box. 2" tall x 1.5" wide 1" deep. Visible gold in white quartz. These specimens are from the same collection as those we offered in Auction #17, where there are color photographs. We have 3 similar pieces of this size and quality. $285/each 338. California. Amador. Jackson. Gold Specimen. Mounted on foam within plastic case. Similar in size to above but less visible gold. These specimens are from the same collection as those we offered in Auction #17, where there are color photographs. We have 2 specimens of similar quality. $175 and $200 339. California. Calaveras. Melones. Horse Shoe Bend Gold Mining Co, c.1902. Prospectus. 8pp, with "statement". 8 x 11", blue paper. Rough along outer right edge. Boston promotion. Owned the Wisconsin quartz claim, located one mile from the Melones Mine on the county border. The prospectus contains no valuable or resourceful information. In it, Horace Heath discusses six quartz veins with only scattered assay data and a paragraph on old placer production. Also includes a large orange one page ad on the back of the front cover of United States Journal for Investors, 1902. $75 340. California. Calaveras. Smith's Flat. Belmont-Osborn Mining Co. Cert.#382. Incorporated in Nevada in 1929. Issued to Bertha Warren for 500 shares in 1929. Signed by president J.C. (?) and secretary Auger. Two vignettes of female allegorical figures flanking masthead. Brown border. Printed by Mysell Rollins Co. 9" x 11 1/2". Vf, some minor tears. Smith's Flat was located two miles west of Angel's Camp. The district was very active in the 1890's. However, this company's production remains unknown. (Ref: Rand Sturgis, 1931, p.498). $30 341. California. Contra Costa. Alhambra. Dr. F. B. Elwood Medicine Bottle, c.1895. Dr. F. B. Elwood / Druggist / Alhambra, Cal. Some staining. Scratches on back. No chips. Purple tint. 4" tall. Rare. $40 342. California. Contra Costa. Contra Costa Basin Map. Map #4, Salt Marsh & Tide Lands Situate in the City of Alameda, 1882, by G.F. Allardt. Scale is 1" = 66'. Shows depth of water, topographic features, all domestic features, all domestic features and property ownership. Has four tables showing the "meander of sloughs", etc. Blue line map on cloth, with wood roller at the bottom. Browned. Top is rough with chips, cracks, etc., but the cloth backing is competent and whole. The map shoreline extends from section 27 and the town of Oakland at the bottom of the map, to the San Pablo Ranch in the north. 40 x 51. $250 343. California. Contra Costa. Suisun. Lewis Pierce Steamer Billheads, 1863-64. Lot of 2 different pcs. Both pieces have a vignette of a schooner at left edge with Lewis Pierce printed above. Datelined at Suisun with freight shipped from the Port of Suisun. Printed on blue paper and 5 x 11. Very fine. $100 344. California. Contra Costa. Suisun. Lewis Pierce Steamer Billheads, 1864-65. Lot of 3 different pcs. All three pieces are for freight shipped from the Port of San Francisco and are datelined at Suisun. Lewis Pierce is printed above the vignette. All three also have a vignette at the left of a schooner. Printed by Towne & Bacon and 5 x 11. All have a fold crease to the right of the vignette. Minor foxing. Very fine. $150 345. California. El Dorado. Slippery Ford & Tallac. El Dorado Multiple Postmarked Cover, 1894. The front of the cover has a moderate black strike cancel from "Slippery Ford, Cal, 1894." The reverse has a postmark cancel from Tallac, Cal, 1894 and a weak strike cancellation from Tahoe. The fourth cancellation is from Vacaville, where the letter was sent. Adhesive 2 cent stamp at upper right. Opened at left edge. No letter. Very fine. $75 346. California. Fresno. Big Creek. Big Creek Real Photo Postcards & Photographs, c.1925. Lot of approximately 80 pcs. Among beautiful mountain and rushing river scenes are mining and railroad images. Most have white borders,2 3/4" x 4 1/2", 3" x 5", and some 3 1/4" x 4 1/2". Images of "Hospital Camp", other various camps, "wildflowers" and others. There are several geographic features with the name of Big Creek throughout the entire state of California. The only town or locality we found was located in Fresno County. The location was named after the Big Creek project of Southern Cal Edison, which was begin in 1911. One of the cards is marked as Carlson, Cal. Carlson Station was a rail depot near Big Creek (California's Geographic Place Names, Durham, 1998). Previously, we had incorrectly identified this location as being in Inyo County. All Vf, some with dark spotting. $400 347. California. General. California and its Wonders by Rev. John Todd, D.D., 1880. "Carefully revised and brought down to the present time." Contains 17 illustrations of various geographic areas such as Bridal Veil Falls, Calaveras Grove, a map of Yosemite, Sentinel Rock, Vernal Falls, San Francisco Bay and more. Wonderfully written! Hardbound, 4 1/2" x 6 3/4", 208 pages, dings to corners and spine, some dirt, otherwise VF. $140 348. California. General. California Cattle & Land Co Bond. $100 Bond #12 issued July 25, 1903. Signed by president E. D. Baker and M. A. French as secretary. Distinctive caricature-type vignette of horses and cowboys with cattle at center top. White paper with green underprint, black vignette and lettering and gold seal. 14 four dollar coupons attached at bottom. 14 3/4" x 16 3/4". Attached to foam core with shrink wrap. Folds, fading. VF. $600 349. California. General. California in the Fifties by John Howell, 1936. Contains "fifty views of cities and mining towns in California and the west, originally drawn on stone by Kuchel & Dresel and other early San Francisco lithographers". Lithos are terrific! Comparisons drawn between California towns in the 1850's with the same geographical location today show that not much seems to have changed. Los Angeles of 1857 was described by Major Horace Bell as "the wildest frontier town of the time where hardly a day passed without its murder, its street brawl or the resulting funeral..." Spanish was heard almost as frequently on the streets as was English." Both copies are hardbound, 18 1/2" x 12 1/2", faded with a couple of small folds to pages otherwise XF. We have two of these. $550/each 350. California. General. Early California Counters by L.B. Fauver, 1991. Includes history, origin and evolution of counters. Soft cover, 112 pages, spiral bound, 8 1/2" x 11". Mint. We have several. $15/each 351. California. General. Historical and Descriptive Sketch Book of Napa, Sonoma, Lake and Mendocino, 1873. Most important, by far, reference on Napa and Sonoma mining districts with particular emphasis on the silver and mercury mines. Illustrations throughout. Contents include an "Ode to Napa", general descriptions with information on climate, Indian tribes, historical and biographical background, towns and watering places, agricultural resources, the future, sources of wealth and general miscellany. Wonderful historical piece. Hardbound, 356 pages, 5 3/4" x 8 1/2" Spine is chipped and coming loose, small amount of water damage to inside front page and along edges of page corners. Fading and a couple of small tears otherwise VF. $450 352. California. Glenn. Pocket Map. Road Districts Nos. 2 & 3, Glenn Co, Cal. Map, c.1945-50. No date and no publication information. About 60 pages. This is a pocket map that shows property ownership, lot numbers, roads, rivers, etc. R. L. Miller with an address is hand written on the front page. There is also a check stub for the Miller Construction Co, which brackets the dates that Miller owned the pocket map to 1955-1960, as the stub is dated 1957. Miller probably used this map extensively for his business as there are several notes and calculations found throughout. Cover has creases and wear from daily use. Fine. $100 353. California. Gold Rush. Coast Survey Maps, 1851. This hardbound book contains 58 plates of the coastal areas of western, eastern and southern US. The US Coastal Survey performed the field work and published these coastal maps in response to the California Gold Rush. The maps were generated to prove routes and safe navigation within the inter-coastal waterways and bays. Front cover title "Maps, Coast Survey" in gold gilt lettering. Detailed contents page lists all maps. This atlas accompanied the annual report of the Supt of the US Coast Survey, 32nd Congress, 2nd Session, 2nd Session. Ex. Doc. 3, Senate. Inscribed on the front leaf is "George Wadleigh." Brown boards and gilt print. Exterior is dirty with minor wear to corners. Edges of plates are foxed. Extremely fine condition. $1100 354. California. Gold Rush. Phelp's Travelers Guide, 1849, published by Ensigns & Thayer, NY. Bright red boards with gilt, generally in excellent condition with map, 20 x 25". This drawn and engraved map by J. M. Atwood, NY, is spectacular, lined completely around the edges with engravings of the presidents and prominent men of US history along with all the state seals up to that time. The outlines of the each state are hand colored. The west is inset (roughly 6 x 5.5") at the lower right corner. The map data predates the California Gold Rush, showing Sutter's Fort, the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and the quicksilver mines at New Almaden. Pyramid Lake and the Humboldt River occupy the Nevada section which shows Fremont's trail. Tahoe is not shown. Most of Nevada is blank. The New Mexico and Colorado areas are similar. Wheat listed this map in his "Maps of the California Gold Region, 1942, No. 111, p.59." Wheat cited only one example of this Guide as being in the Unger collection. The condition of the map is outstanding. The cover has a St. Louis Steamer all in gilt on handsome red leather and an early train with the title "Phelp's Travelers Guide through the United States." Custom made slip cover. $2100 355. California. Mining. Report of the Secretary of War, 1850, by Tyson, Gold Rush Era Scientific Report of California, giving information in relation to the geology and topography of California, 1850. Executive Doc. No. 47. Contains detailed discussions of gold formation and of the discovery of crystalline gold in quartz veins verified by Col. Fremont in hand specimen form to the author. This is the first official scientific report of the California Gold Rush. It was later (1851) published by Tyson privately. This 1850 edition is the rarest of the two published reports. Has chapters on the geology of part of the Sierra Nevada and the coastal ranges, geological structure of the Sacramento Valley, geological changes in California, metal bearing and gold regions, mercury mines, mineral resources in general, vegetable products, indigenous animals, climate, agriculture and public lands. Includes geological sections from Bodega Bay to the Sierra Nevada, the gold regions of the Sierra Nevada, Yuba to Coloma, Cosumnes to Calaveras, Bodega Point and more. Also contains a geological reconnaissance map in California. All in all has 10 fold outs. Handsomely rebound in marbled boards with brown cloth spine. Hardbound, 164 pages, 6" x 9 1/4", some fading, minor folds and foxing, VF. $850 356. California. Humboldt. Mattole. Fonner Farm Oil Co. Cert #89. Incorporated in 1865. Issued to A. Heesen for 5 shares in 1866. Signed by F. Stansberry president and A. Heesen secretary. Vignette of a building with an oil derrick, rail line and train and stacks of oil barrels. Black border. Uncancelled. Printer - Lith Geo H. Baker, SF. 5 x 9". "Area 160 Acres, Humboldt County, Cal" printed below title. Datelined Mattole. This is an interesting dateline since Gudde (1949, p.208) states that this is a submarine canyon located in Humboldt County. Perhaps, at one time there was a small settlement, but it did not last long enough to make any maps. A very early Northern California oil stock and company. Extremely Rare. Extremely fine. $600 357. California. Imperial. Imperial Valley & County Promotional Pamphlets, 1920-60. Lot of 6 different pcs. A) Imperial Valley Excursion. Used an Auto stage coach. 12 panel folding brochure in red, black, white. Circa 1920. B) and C) Two similar pamphlets on Imperial County. 1934. 12 panel folding, blue and black on white, color cover. D) Gems and Minerals, c 1955. Six panel with map E) and F) Circa 1955-1960 pamphlets on the Imperial Valley, one pamphlet style, other folding 12 panel. All fine or better. $75 California. Inyo. Carson & Colorado Railroad Key, please see Nevada. Ormsby. Carson City 358. California. Inyo. Coso. Coso Mineral Hot Springs Inc, Ltd. Cert #14. Incorporated in Nevada, 1931. Unissued, unsigned. No vignette. Attractive masthead. Green border. No corporate seal. Printer - Goes. 8.5 x 11". The company was based out of Reno, Nevada, as printed on the certificate. Extremely fine. No folds. $25 359. California. Inyo. Death Valley. Death Valley & Ryan Real Photo Postcards, c.1920-40. Lot of 14 different cards. Eight different views of the Borax mine and the Baby Gage RR, all by Frashers; four different views of Ryan and the Death Valley View Hotel; and two miscellaneous views, one featuring wagon wheels at Stove Pipe Wells, the other of a mule train and train drivers. Eight are by Frashers Fotos, four are by Willard, and the remaining two are unmarked. All have white borders, 3" x 5". Very fine. $175 360. California. Inyo. Death Valley. Death Valley Landscape Real Photo Postcards, c.1920. Lot of 8 different cards showing different views of Dante's View, Volcanic Drive, Zabriskie Point, and Golden Canyon. 5 by Frashers, circa 1930's and 3 by Willard, all with white borders. One used, postmarked Venice, CA, 1935. $50 361. California. Inyo. Death Valley. Furnace Creek Camp Real Photo Postcards, c.1940. Lot of 4 cards, 3 are duplicates. Two different views of the entry to Furnace Creek Camp. All Frashers, all with white borders. $50 362. California. Inyo. Death Valley. Furnace Creek Real Photo Postcards, c.1940. Lot of 6, two duplicated. Shows different views of Furnace Creek Inn, Borax wagons and swimming pool at the Inn. One by Willard, the remainder Frashers, all with white borders. $60 363. California. Inyo. Death Valley. Scotty's Castle Interior Real Postcards, c.1930. Lot of 19 different cards. 17 real photo postcards showing different views of the interior of Scotty's Castle; all with white borders, all Frashers photos. $130 364. California. Inyo. Ryan. Ryan Mining Scenes Real Photo Postcards, c.1920-40. Lot of 4 different postcards of Death Valley National Monument, Borax Mines, and tours of the mine on the Baby Gauge Railway. All have white borders. One postmarked 1952. All 3"x 5", all Xf. $655 365. California. Inyo. Tecopa. Tecopa Cons Mining Co. Cert #1608. Incorporated in South Dakota. Issued to Charles & Krautez for 500 shares in 1910. Signed by Fred Graves president and Sloan secretary. Vignette of "Chief Tecopa" at top center. Attractive brown border. Printer - Union Litho, LA. 9 x 12" Uncancelled. Datelined Rhyolite, Nevada. This was the largest silver-lead producer in California from 1917-1920. The Rhyolite dateline is the rarer form of this certificate. Very fine. $175 366. California. Inyo/Mono. Inyo and Mono County Commemorative Silver Souvenir Medal, 1961. Easter Sierra California Souvenir Coin/ (pic-covered wagon crossing through mountains) Mt Whitney/ Death Valley/ Settled/ Inyo * 1861 * County// Easter Sierra California Centennial/ Mono County Courthouse (and pic)/ Ghost Town Bodie (and pic)/ Mono 1861 County. Rd, Silver, Brilliant Unc. It is believed that only 600 were struck, this one #505. Coins were sponsored by the now defunct Southeastern Sierra Coin Club and distributed by the Centennial Coin Committee. In original packet. Kept in original booklet and packaging. 40mm. $10 367. California. Kern. Inyokern. Inyokern Milk Bottle. One Quart/ John McNeal/ Inyokern/ Dairy Farm. 9 1/2" tall, "92" and 92 in circle on bottom. Clear, Min, extremely rare. $150-300 368. California. Los Angeles. Downey. Hull's Pharmacy Embossed Medicine Bottle. Hull's Pharmacy / Prescriptions Our Specialty / Downey. Some iridescent inside stain. No chips. 3" wide x 6.25" tall. Approx 8 ozs. Rare town. $65 369. California. Los Angeles. Hollywood. Hollywood Doll Manufacturing. Cert #30. Incorporated in Nevada. Unissued, unsigned. Vignette of spread winged eagle. Green border. 6 x 10". Printer not noted. Extremely fine. $25 370. California. Los Angeles. Los Angeles. Horne & Abel Medicine Bottle, c.1875-80. Horne & Abel / Los Angeles. Some staining. Approx 4 oz. 5.5" tall. Near mint. Rare. $30 371. California. Los Angeles. Los Angeles. Vistas de Los Angeles, c,1902. This 4 x 6" folded pamphlet unfolds into 9 panels 36" by 6". The fold out has several "vistas" of Los Angeles in various sizes. The largest is 20' long and shows a panorama of downtown LA. Other views include ostriches, palm trees, and other buildings and street scenes. All of the images are annotated. The large panorama is dated 1901. Original cover. Fold out images are not attached to cover. Extremely fine. $120 372. California. Los Angeles. Norwalk. Geo L. Smith Medicine Bottle. Geo L. Smith / Prescription Druggist / Norwalk, Cal. 3iv bottle, approx 4 oz. Blue Ribbon graduated oval. Clear. Some inside stain. No chips. Rare. $50 373. California. Los Angeles. Venice. Venice Beach Scene Real Photo Postcard, c.1920. Image of men, women and children in the water and sun bathing. Unused, 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". Extremely fine. $25 374. California. Madera. Minarets. Minarets Mining Co. Cert.#74. Incorporated in California in 1916. Issued to Leonard Harris for 500 share sin 1917. Signed by President F. J. Eddy and Secretary A. Whitson. Cancelled by rubber stamp through Presidents signature. Vignette of man atop prominent outcrop among conifer trees. Black border with gold underprint and seal. 8-1/2 x10-1/2 No printer noted. The property consisted of 485 acres and was developed by a main working tunnel. The ore consisted of veins of silver, lead and zinc minerals. In 1930 the company was dormant but reportedly applying for a patent on its property. (ref. Weed, 1925; Rand & Sturgis, 1931). The name was given to the area by the famous California geologist J. D. Whitney in the early 1860's while studying Yosemite. Portion of torn receipt adhering to left edge, tears at folds, minor yellowing at edges. Very fine. $25 375. California. Mariposa. Mariposa. Philadelphia & California Mining Co. Cert. #2242. Issued to T. W. Neill for 400 shares in 1859. Signed by Pearson Serville president and Bettle Paul secretary. Vignette of miners working an outcrop with a log cabin, a bear and a horseman in background. Small vignette at bottom center of a dog guarding a key laying next to a safe. Ornate black border and print. Uncancelled. Printer - E. Grattan, Printer, Third & Walnut Sts. 7.5 x 9.5. Signed on reverse by T. W. Neill and witnessed by C. E. Buck. None of the people on this certificate are listed in Bancroft or DAB. They are all probably men of Philadelphia where this issued was sold by J. C. Fremont's attorneys. It is Fremont's first public company based in America that had procured a lease on part of the Mariposa Estate. Minor foxing at edges. Extremely fine. $400 376. California. Medal. NSGW 1975 Centennial Medal. Lot of 2 similar pcs. Both have the same obverse and reverse. Round, brass, star border / picture of crossed US and California flags, bear beneath, and capitol building behind / NATIVE SONS / OF THE / GOLDEN WEST // (star) FRIENDSHIP (star) LOYALTY (star) CHARITY / 1875 / CENTENNIAL / 1975 / 100 YEARS. 38 mm. BU & Unc. $20 377. California. Mining. Diltz Mining Co. Cert #96. Incorporated in Nevada, 1928. Unissued, unsigned. Vignette of a mill with flat bed train cars loaded down with ore sacks. Brown border and seal. 6 x 10. Printer not noted. The Diltz mine is famous for the wonderful gold specimens that came from there. Mint condition, no folds. $25 378. California. Mining. Golden Shower Mining Co. Cert #101. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to H. S. Beaver for 325 share in 1907. Signed by J. E. Knopps president Uriah Thomas asst secretary. Vignette of miners working underground, smaller vignettes at left and right within border. Brown border, seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes, distributed by F. B. Kitts Press, Los Angeles. "Los Angeles" is within the embossed corporate seal. 8 x 11". We have not been able to locate this company within our records. The fact that Los Angeles is the corporate seal suggests that the operations were in California. Very fine. $50 379. California. Mining. Report of the State Mineralogist by William Irelan, Jr., 1892. 610 pages. The report offers a county by county description of the mining activities over a two year period. There are several black and white sketches of placer mining, presumably sketched from photos. Indexed. Excellent reference. Front and rear cover missing. Chips and wear along edges. Fine. $175 (no illustration) 380. California. Mining. Report of the State Mineralogist, 1890. Wm Irelan edited this 10th Annual Report of the State Mineralogist. The report describes each county in detail with maps, geologic cross sections, stratigraphic columns and tables of pertinent information. Mines are discussed and production offered. 982 pages, indexed. Original hard bound cover with gilt lettering on binding. Wear to inside binding resulting in care required for thumbing through the pages. Very fine. $200 (no illustration) 381. California. Mono. Bennettville. Tioga Mining District Advertising Cover with Lundy, Cal Postmark, 1887. At upper left is a circular purple stamp with "Bennettville, Mono County, Cal, Tioga Mining District" with manuscript "W. P. Onksl". At upper right top is a bold black strike cancel of "Lundy, Cal, 1887". Adhesive, brown 2 cent stamp. Addressed to "The Bennetts, New Bedford, Mass", probably Bennett family related to Bennettville, Cal. Reverse has bold strike cancel from New Bedford, Mass indicating that it took nearly 1 month for the letter to cross the country. Clean edges. Lundy was named for William O. Lundy who set up a timber operation in 1880 (Gudde, 1949, p.197). Fabulous piece. Extremely fine. $150 382. California. Mono. Bodie. Account of the Important Revival of Mining Districts in Bodie and Esmeralda Districts, 1878, Reprint, 1963. The original work was published in 1878 by Jos. Wasson, San Francisco. The paragraph on the front cover sums up the book's contents: "An account of the revival of affairs in two singularly interesting and important mining districts, including something of their past history and the gist of the reports of progs Benh. Silliman and Wm P. Blake, the late J. Ross Browne, and state mineralogists, R. H. Stretch and H. R. Whitehill. Also, detailed description of mines most developed, tunnels, mills, etc. Also, general resources of Mono and Esmeralda Counties with maps and illustrations." 60 pps. The soft bound booklet has a cover slip. Reprinted by Wendell Hammon and Theron Fox in 1963. Extremely fine. $55 383. California. Mono. Bodie. Dudley Mining Co. Cert #2346. Incorporated Sept. 6, 1878. Issued to W. A. King, Jr. for 100 shares on Nov. 10, 1886. Signed by president A. J. Ralston and secretary J. Studtfelt, Jr. No vignette. Attractive masthead at middle. Black border. Uncancelled. Printer - Lith Britton & Rey, SF. "Bodie Ming Dist, Mono Co, Cal" printed below company title. We didn't have time to conduct our usual thorough research on this piece and we've never carried this particular certificate before. Uncancelled. White paper with black underprint and artwork, 8 3/4" x 4". Very fine. $225 384. California. Mono. Mammoth Lakes. Mammoth Lakes Area Postcards, c.1920. Lot of 20 different cards. An assortment of b/w, modern color and chromolitho cards. There are 10 b/w cards, mostly taken by Willard, showing the more well known sites such as: Twin Falls, Twin Lakes, Shadow Lake, Devil's Postpile and others. 3 chromolithograph cards and 7 modern color cards. All extremely fine. $150 385. California. Monterey. Benito. Benito Mining District Mill Site Claim Announcement, 1873. This appears to be a duplicate copy of an announcement for the acquisition of a mill site within the Benito Mining District by Roscoe G. Norton in 1873. The announcement is a one page manuscript legal document with two accompanying pages showing a general map of the property discussed. The Benito district is best known for the discovery of a barite based mineral that resembles sapphire named in honor of the district - Benitoite. Extremely fine. $165 386. California. Napa. Napa. Knox Granatelli Crown Top Soda Aqua, c.1905. Knox Granatelli / Napa, Cal set in rectangular slug plate. Clean. 7" tall. Near mint. Some scratches on back. $25 387. California. Nevada. Desolation Valley. Desolation Valley Real Photo Postcard. White bordered real photo postcard of wintry view of Aloha Lake in what is now the Desolation Wilderness, just west of Lake Tahoe. Photographer/publisher not noted. $30 388. California. Nevada. Grass Valley. Grand Gift Concert Lottery Ticket, 1871. This lottery ticket, #91830, was for the Grand Gift Concert by the Grass Valley Benevolent Association at Hamilton Hall, Grass Valley, January 2, 1871. There was an expected 100,000 tickets to be sold with the grand prize of $20,000 and a total cash disbursement of $150,000 over 1578 prizes. The ticket cost $2.50. An attractive brown design background. Water damage affects the reverse. The front has a light staining along edges. Very fine. $250 389. California. Nevada. Grass Valley. North Star Gold Mining Co. Cert #655. Incorporated in 1867. Unissued, unsigned. Vignette of a star shining through a cloudy sky. Black border. Printer - Lith Britton & Rey, SF. 5 x 10". The North Star and Empire mines are the most famous of all the Grass Valley and Nevada County mines. Extremely rare. Extremely fine. $300 390. California. Nevada. Grass Valley. Physician's Visiting Record Books of Dr. E. Jamieson, 1894-1909. 15 pocket sized notebooks provided by various vendors. Each contains names of patients, dates of visits, conditions under treatment and additional notations. $300 391. California. Nevada. Independence Lake. Independence Lake Real Photo Postcards. Lot of 2 different cards. 2 b/w scenes of Independence Lake. Neither card indicates photographers, but apparently they were from two different photographers. Extremely fine. $50 392. California. Nevada. Meadow Lake. Cisco Cons Gold Mining Co. Cert. #C335. Issued to Francis C. Harmstad for 100 shares in 1880. Signed by Wm. M. Reynolds president and Oliver Chavlick secretary. Vignette of the California State Seal flanked by a mining scene and train scene. Black border. Uncancelled. Printer - ABN. 7 x 11". Prospecting at Meadow Lake began with the advent of the California Gold Rush, and intensified with the discovery of the Comstock. In 1865, the Excelsior Co announced a rich discover and dubbed the new district with their name. Since Meadow Lake is near Truckee, and the Comstock Lode, miners madly rushed to the area to find their fortunes. Over the next year, enumerable towns seemed to spring up out of the ground, including Hudsonville, Excellsior, Atlanta and Summit City. Furious trading of stock took place over the next year, as bullion was produced and reported in the newspapers. The years spanning 1867-1874 saw a realization that the mines were not as bountiful as anticipated. People fled as quickly as they had arrived. At the time this certificate was issued, several small mills were still processing ore, and in 1881, the Cisco announced plans to open another mill to be staffed by six men. The local papers continued to tout the region. One of the notables who went to Meadow Lake in 1865-66 was Orion Clemens, the secretary of the Nevada Territory and brother of author Sam Clemens. He lost everything he owned and retreated a beaten man. (Fatout, 1969). Extremely fine. $2507 393. California. Nevada. Meadow Lake. Girard Mining Co, c.1902. 8pp folding single sheet prospectus. Arizona incorporation, Sacramento promotion. They built an 8 stamp mill in 1901, claiming to crush 8 tons per day of $40-$50 rock (though the assays on the back page are far less). They must have been short of ore, because they were offering to do custom milling. Black on yellow. This is a classic mining promotion, potentially worthless, with the prospectus not written by mining men. Meadow Lake was at the height of activity well before 1900, and there was a flurry of activity parallel to the Tonopah-Goldfield rush of 1900-1908. Not listed in Meadow Lake Gold Town by Fatout. $75 394. California. Nevada. Nevada City. Vigilance Gold Mining Co. Cert #11. Incorporated in California 1867. Issued to Wm E. Ingersoll for 100 shares in 1868. Signed by president, name illegible and A. P. Gatlin, secretary. Black border, vignette at left of seated woman, 25 cent tax stamp affixed to vignette, small vignette of dog at bottom margin. Printer Crocker's, uncancelled 4 x 9. Neither the mine nor the principals are listed by Bean, 1867, Crocker, 1871, or MacBoyle, 1919. Probably all of the principals are from Sacramento, as indicated by the printer. The Company is also unlisted in Browne, 1868, or Raymond, 1870. Extremely Rare. Extremely fine. Slight folds. $500 395. California. Nevada. Tahoe Area. Marlette & Folsom Manuscript Letters, 1887, & Wells Fargo Receipt, 1875. Lot of 3 different pcs. Marlette & Folsom, of Incline, Nevada dated 1887, wrote letters to the cashier of the Bullion & Exchange Bank in Carson City. A Wells Fargo & Co.'s Express receipt is also included from Truckee, signed by D. H. Gray, 1875. Extremely rare. Xf. $60 396. California. Nevada. Tahoe. Lake Tahoe Railway & Transportation Co. Pass No. 209, 1906. Issued to F. W. Thompson, wife & son, C.R.I. & P.R. R. "Good until December 31, 1906 unless otherwise noted". Signed on front by president D. L. Bliss. Signed on reverse by "F. W. Thompson wife & son". In 1906, the company had 16 miles of track that ran from Truckee to Tahoe which opened in 1900. There were only 2 locomotives, 3 passengers cars and 4 freight cars. The company also operated 4 steamers on Lake Tahoe (Poor's Manual of Railroads, 1906, p649). VF. 4" x 1/12". $275 397. California. Nevada. Tahoe. Wert Tong / (pic - five stars) / Tahoe Inn // GF / 10 / IT. Rd, br, 24mm. Strike worn by usage. Vf. $375 398. California. Nevada. Truckee. Wells, Fargo & Co Advertising Cover, 1874. Moderate strike "Truckee" cancel. Imprinted green 3 cent stamp. Opened at left. No letter. Mailed to G. L. Kingsley & Co, Red Bluff, Cal. Very fine. Est. $200 399. California. Orange. Newport Beach. Geo. C. Hiner Trade Token. Good For/ One Bait/ (pic fish)/ Geo. C. Hiner/ Newport Beach, California//GF 5c/IT. Paper, 33x51mm. VF. Black print on lavender Rare, listed in Kappan as 4 known, but this is a different color. K20.c1940. $75 400. California. Orange. Santa Ana. Grumbach & Schumacher Embossed Hutchinson Soda, c.1900-1905. Grumbach & Schumacher / Santa Ana / Cal. Minor inside stain (never cleaned), but generally very clean. No chips. Possible broken air bubble near surface on right side. 7" tall. Original stopper. Rare. $100 401. California. Placer. Auburn & Rock Creek Gold Mining Co. Cert.#49. Incorporated in New York. Issued to John Permingham for 100 shares in 1880. Signed by president P.W. Bowen and secretary Charles L. Burmham. Uncancelled. Black border on crème paper. 6 1/4" x 10 1/2". Xf, tips of corners folded. California mill was constructed in 1880, probably with funds from this offering. In late 1880 they reported a "chute of exceedingly rich ore." (Burchard 1881). By 1881 the mine had become idle, reported that J. W. Foulkes & Co. owned it, thus the A&RC GMC probably lost their lease, and the investors their money. (Burchard 1882). $150 402. California. Placer. Auburn. Auburn & Rock Creek Gold Mining Co. Cert. #52. Incorporated in New York 1880. Issued to John Burnham for 100 shares in 1880. Signed by P. N. Bowen president and Charles L. Burnham secretary. No vignette. Black border and print. Uncancelled. Printer - N. Y. Lith & Engr Co. 6 x 10. Placer County, California printed on certificate. Datelined New York. There was an Auburn and Rock Creek mine located near Auburn that was a quartz lode vein. A mill was built to process gold in quartz ore after this underwriting took place. They reported a chute of rich ore, but it must have been small, because they were idle within a year. In 1882 the mine was sold to J. W. Foulkes & Co and remained idle. Burchard never identified the district. None of the people on this certificate are listed in the Placer County History or in SF Directories. (Burchard, 1881, 1882). Extremely fine. $170 403. California. Plumas. La Porte. Wells, Fargo & Co Advertising Cover, c.1864. Bold "La Porte" cancel in blue. Imprinted red 3 cent stamp. Opened at left. No letter. Very fine. $175 404. California. Plumas. Round Valley. Plumas Mining Co, 1902. Prospectus with 2 different informational flyers. Prospectus is 4pp, 8 x 11", non-illustrated. Folds, some wear. The info flyers are completely different with folds and wear. 9.5 x 16". The flyers give many names to this mine, including Pacific, West Pacific, Drury and Pacific, McGill and Standard. Located 2 miles west of Greenville. Apparently the former is the entire succession of owners up to the time of the prospectus in 1902. This shows how tough it is to look up info on a mine when the name of the controlling company changes constantly. The flyers give the hope of some success but the entire package lacks cohesive data. The property is not on the Mother Lode as described. This is a classic case of eastern promoters getting a property after it has been extensively worked by western miners. $100 405. California. Sacramento. Folsom. Grand Gift Concert Lottery Ticket, 1871. This lottery ticket, #11115, was for a Grand Gift Concert to be held at the Fireman's Hall in Folsom, Cal., July 4th, 1871. The ticket it indicates that there were to be 667 gifts and 30,000 tickets to be sold. The cost of the ticket was $2.50. At the left there is a chart of the prize amounts. Grand prize was $10,000 and there were 500 prizes of $20. At the right is another table that shows that the total cash disbursement was to be $45,000. Vignette of a variation of the California State Seal. Attractive green background design ticket. 3.5 x 6. Minor water damage on reverse that barely affects the front. Very fine. $250 406. California. Sacramento. Folsom. Natomas Co Annual Report, 1953. Incorporated in California in 1914. The company operated gold dredges and between 1914 and 1935 produced about $38 million. The company also had operations in Nevada and South America operating well into the 1950's. Annual capacity was as much as 30 million yards per year. (Mines Handbook, Mines Register and Company Annual Report) Off-white cover with black print, 9 pages, 8 1/4" x 10 3/4", minor fading with one big fold on back, VF. $25 407. California. Sacramento. New Helvetia. New Helvetia Diary, 1939. "A record of events kept by John A. Sutter and his clerks at New Helvetia, California from September 9, 1845 to May 25, 1848." This more modern reprint was published in arrangement with the Society of California Pioneers in 1939. Includes introduction by the Society of Pioneers which gives some history on Sutter himself and the people who surrounded him: "I had a man in my employ named James Wilson Marshall, a good mechanic who had made me looms, ploughs, spinning-wheels and all such kindred material. In discussing a saw-mill with him, he said he thought he could build it. I was dubious about trusting him out of my sight with all his craziness, but the tools which one finds on a raw frontier are never stable enough to a builder's liking. I had no one else, so I must needs gamble on the man." Sutter's worries were for naught because "Marshall did build the saw-mill at Coloma...and in so doing found gold on January 24, 1848 thus precipitating the 'rush' to California in 1849." A fascinating read. Hardbound, 8" x 12 1/4", extremely clean deckled edges, gorgeous! XF. $400 408. California. Sacramento. Sacramento Pioneer & Library Assoc Grand Concert Lottery Ticket, 1871. The lottery ticket reads "Grand Concert by the Sacramento Pioneer and Library Associations at the Metropolitan Theatre, Sacramento, Cal, May 1st, 1871. Ticket #14696. At left is a vignette of the Sacramento Library Assoc Seal and at right of the Sacramento Society of California Pioneers Seal. The tickets cost $2.50. The background of the ticket has a green design with "$75,000" in dark green underprint. "This ticket entitles the holder to Admission, and whatever Gift may be awarded to the number." 3.5 x 6. Water damage affects the reverse with minor spotting showing through to the front. Very fine. $250 409. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. $500 Bond of the State of California, 1858. Bears the signature of the first governor of California, Peter Burnett, on reverse. Burnett, a native of Tennessee, initially moved west and settled in Oregon where he helped set up the territorial government. When the Gold Rush hit, Burnett was quoted as saying that "2/3 of the Oregon population that could bear arms went to California", including him. He was elected Governor of California in 1849 and resigned in 1851 because California was going to be admitted to the Union as a "free" state rather than a slave state. He served on the California Supreme Court until his retirement. There are 33 $17.50 coupons attached, 17" x 18 3/4" at longest portion. White paper with black and red underprint and vignettes. Embossed seal. Eight vignettes in all. The largest depicts two allegorical female figures one with a spear, helmet and body armor and one with a sheaf of wheat. There is also a prospector, a bear, an Indian, an eagle, lakes, valleys and steamships on the ocean. The other 7 vignettes depict variously: Poseidon with his trident, cows, a woman who appears to be posing for a portrait, a steamship on the open sea, George Washington, a blacksmith and a prospector and a sailor in deep conversation. $850 410. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. Central Pacific Railroad Advertising Cover, c.1880. Moderate strike "Sacramento, Cal" cancel. Central Pacific advertisement at upper left. Adhesive green 3 cent stamp. Mailed to H. M. Yerington, Supt V & T RR, Carson City, Nev. Opened along top edge. No letter. Very fine. Est. $100 411. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. Owen Casey Cobalt Blob Top Soda, c.1875-85. Owen Casey / Eagle Soda / Works. "Sac City" on back. A wonderful dark cobalt soda. Potstone surfaced just left of "Eagle", otherwise clean and mint. 7.25" tall. A Beauty. $180 412. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. Spread Eagle Copper Mining Co. Cert. #58. Incorporated in 1863. Issued to Richard Leland for 10 shares in 1863. Signed by F. A. Park president and W. E. Chambers secretary. Vignette of a spread winged eagle with shield. Vignette at left edge of woman holding the American Flag. Black border and print. Uncanceled. Printer - H. S. Crocker & Co's Print, Sacramento. 5 x 10. 25 cent adhesive revenue stamp affixed at left. Chip near upper left corner and upper right corner. "Saginaw District, Sacramento" printed at top. Datelined Sacramento. Very fine. $550 413. California. San Bernardino. Escondido & Barstow Promotional Pamphlets, c.1960. Lot of 4 different pcs. Beacon Tavern, Barstow c 1935; Wonder Palms Hotel, Four Seasons, La Quinta Hotel. $50 414. California. San Bernardino. Medals. San Bernardino County Coin Club/ (pic-Arrowhead)/ Founded 1948/ Incorporated 1971// Lady Liberty Centennial/ (pic-Statue of Liberty)/ F.A. Barthold, Sculptor/ San Bernardino County Coin Club/ 22nd Annual Coin Show/ January5, 1986/ San Bernardino, California/ 1886/ I Lift My Lamp Beside the Golden Door By E. Lazarus/ 1986. Rd, br (gilt), 39mm. BU. $10 415. California. San Bernardino. Palm Springs Area Promotional Pamphlets, 1930-60. Lot of 7 different pamphlets all circa 1930-1960. generally vf. $50 416. California. San Bernardino. Redlands. Redlands Bottling Works Crown Top Aqua Soda, c.1905. Redlands Bottling / Works/ J. T. Allen, Prop. Mint clean, no wear. "A" embossed on bottom. 8" tall. Scarce. $35 417. California. San Bernardino. Salton Sea, Banning, Indio & El Centro Promotional Pamphlets, c.1940-50. Lot of 21 different pcs. A) Banning, c 1940 B) Salton Sea-2; Desert Beach Story, Salton City, c 1940-50. C) El Centro-4. 2- Lettuce Festival c 1950ish, Barbara Worth Hotel-2 different c 1920-35. D) Indio-12. Westward Ho Gold Club c 1960. Coachella Valley Date Grower's Assn c 1916, 16pp plus color cover (2 copies). Sun Gold Date Gardens (2 copies) c 1950. Indio Hub of California Desert Playground c 1950. Three different Date Festival pieces circa 1970's. 3 copies Views of Sniff Gardens, Indio. C 1950. $200 418. California. San Bernardino. San Bernardino. Owl Drug Store Medicine Bottle. The Owl Drug Store / Prescription Druggist / San Bernardino, Cal. 3iv bottle, approx 4 oz. Blue Ribbon graduated oval. Some iridescence, no chips. Rare. $75 419. California. San Diego. Palomar Mountains. Palomar Mountains Photocards, c.1940. Lot of 4 different cards. All are Frasher's b/w photocards of the Palomar Mountains in San Diego County. F7938 (2 of the same card), F7937 & F8055. All are captioned Highway to the Stars showing different shots of the mountains. Very fine. $40 420. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Business Diary Pocket Notebook, 1848. The front cover has "Register, 1848" in gold gilt lettering. 100pp with cloth binding. Title page has "Leroux English Almanack (sic) for 1848 or Daily Register for the use of private families and persons of business..." printed in English and Spanish. Originally contained an 1847 map of the "Valley of Mexico", now missing. Contains pencil entries from April 21, 1848 to about July, 1848. Only 32 pages used of the 100. The book was used as an accounting and appointment book for a supplier engaged in lumber related trade with the shipping industry in the San Francisco-Sutterville area. Text mentions dealings with numerous individuals who were pioneers in the early development of California, including: Robert King, one of at least 36 "foreigners" that came to Monterey in 1834 who were arrested in 1840 as companions of Isaac Graham: Graham was believed to be the lead conspirator in a perceived plan to overthrow Governor Alvarado. Another merchant in the Register is William Blackburn. A Virginia cabinetmaker who immigrated overland in the Swasey-Todd party and became a lumberman in Santa Cruz. He also served in the Fauntleroy's Dragoons, the California Battalion and served as accolade by the Governor's appointment (Bancroft's Works, II, p721). Thomas Kittleman, son of John, married Angeline Lovett in San Francisco, 1847, and became constable in that same year (B.W., IV, p701). Charles Bennett of Sutter's Fort (Sacramento) is listed. Bennett was at Coloma Mill when gold was discovered in 1848 and was reported to have leaked the news of the discovery (B.W., VI, p.43-44). Wright & Owen who were liquor merchants in San Francisco. Wright may have been Stephen A. Wright who was also of Wright & Dickerson, lumber dealers. Ross is mentioned in the Register, probably Charles L. Ross, a prominent San Francisco merchant and landowner. Egleson, who was probably George Eggleston, who had a market in San Francisco in 1848 (B.W., II, p789). Purchases at Davises are listed which probably referred to William Heath Davis, Jr., a prominent merchant at that time. Ross and Benson, which probably referred to Ross and Benton, a firm business located in San Francisco, 1848. Woodworth and Morris are mentioned. Woodworth was Lieutenant Selim Woodworth, commander of the 2nd Donner Relief Party (B.W., V, p539). The owner of the Register had dealings in Sutterville as indicated by the notations "Landed in Sutterville (sic)" and "See to renting house at Sutterville." 4 x 6". Wear to edges. Very fine. Extremely Rare Gold Rush. $2000 421. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. California Exposition Medal, HK 258. California Midwinter International Exposition/ Administration Building (picture)/ 1894// Malleable/ Ductile/ Tasteless/ Sonorous/ Untarnishable/ Strong/ ALUMINUM/ Cubic Foot of Gold 1204 LBS./ Aluminum 179... "This" is the Lightest/ Metal the World/ Has Produced/ Noble Chicago. Rd, al, 43mm, AU. $50 422. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. California Miners' Association Annual, 1900. Proceedings of the ninth annual convention of the California Miners' Association in San Francisco. Hardbound, 6 " x 9", 255 pages not including index and advertisements. Contains photos of people and places. Limited index. Cover is slightly sprung and has liquid spots, a couple of pages have small tears- interior is otherwise in excellent shape. Overall VF. $130 423. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. California Street Cable Railroad Co Check, 1890. Vignette of a cable car at top center. Black print on orange tinted paper. Check issued and cashed in 1890. Signed by James B. Stetson president and Albert Stetson treasurer. These are sons of Stetson of the hat fame. We have 2 checks. $35/each 424. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. European & American Steam Shipping Company, Ltd. Incorporated in 1857. Cert #9212 issued to John Lewis Mallet of Hampshead, Esquire, for the amount of nine pounds in 1857. Signed by Chas. Teryiharson(?) and J. Cline, directors and general superintendent, signature illegible. Black print on white paper with company watermark. Printer - Batho & Co., Sherborbe Lane, London. Uncancelled, 8 1/2 x 9 1/2. This company was a steamship company to take people to the California Gold Rush area. In 1850, 93 ships left Britain for Only ten ships left France. Adolph Sutro would have taken a ship like this from Prussia to Britain to New York, where they would connect with an American ship to Panama or There was also a European and American agency in London that was set up to work mines in America, and this may have been a related company. (J. Delgado, To California by Sea, 1990; C, Spence, British Investments & the American Mining Frontier, 1995). Extremely fine with minor wrinkles. $300 425. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Geary Street Park & Ocean Railroad Co Bond. $1000 Bond, 1915. Signed by president Charles F. Crocker, the son of the Central Pacific magnate, Crocker. Charles F. was also the first vice president of the Southern Pacific System. White paper with brown underprint and border. Bond title and vignette in black. Vignette is of an open passenger rail car with three men in front of it, two standing and one sitting on a rock. Allegorical female figures adorn left and right sides of central portion of vignette. 10" x 14 3/4", staples along top edge, one minor fold and some fading VF. $600 426. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Gift Concert Lottery Ticket, c. 1870. "Mercantile Library Association, Gift Concert" There are five attached tickets which all have the same number, 67974. Each ticket was worth one fifth of the prize awarded that number. To ensure that you would receive all the prize money, you have to buy all five of the tickets. There are three printed signatures at the bottom of each ticket. Tho. T. Hays secretary, R. B. Swain president and W. C. Ralston. William Chapman Ralston was the president of the Bank of California. Ralston was one of many that was duped by the diamond hoax and invested heavily in the formation of company to mine a non existent diamond field. The diamond hoax was foiled by Wheeler on his survey in Nevada, 1874. The outcome was the near collapse of the Bank of California and Ralston committing suicide in 1875. Printed by Bancroft, SF. The edges are cut slightly uneven. The top ticket has a small piece of paper stuck on the front side near the edge. The reverse has several blue rubber stamps that are nearly illegible. Very fine. $300 427. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Golden Gate Expo, 1939, HK 481. . Lot of 3 different pcs. Only one of the pieces in this lot is listed in HK, the other two are unlisted. Golden Gate International Exposition. Rd, br, 33mm, holed at top for suspension, Xf. Golden Jubilee, Eastern-Columbia, rd, br, 37mm, vf; California Mission Bicentennial, 1769-1969, rd, br, gilt, 40mm, Unc. $40 428. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Golden Gate Expo, 1939, HK 481. Lot of 3 similar pcs. Golden Gate International/1939/(pic of Golden Gate Bridge)//Treasure Island/(pic of an airplane flying over Treasure Island). Rd, br, gilt, 31mm. All extremely fine. $40 429. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. I. O. O. F. 57th Annual Session Ribbon, 1909. Portrait pendant of Representative John E. Raker, G.M. from hangers at top. Red, with gilt tassels at bottom. Very fine. $60 430. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Louisiana Exposition Fund, 1915, HK 406. . Panama Pacific International Exposition / (image of building) / Louisiana Building/San Francisco 1915 // For Louisiana Exposition Fund/(image of building) / Union Justice Confidence. Rd, bronze, 39mm. Rim nick. Oxidized. Unc. $30 431. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited at the Branch Mint, San Francisco, 1861. The receipt is printed in red on a light purple paper. The description of bullion is printed as "Grains, California". The designation of "grains" was typically only used at the Philadelphia mint. The term "California" referred to placer gold. A total of 44 ounces of gold were deposited by Banks & Davies in 1861. Signed by J. Walton, treasurer. Extremely early San Francisco mint deposit form. Minor chip at bottom left. Fine to very fine. $500 432. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Panama Canal Completion Expo, 1915, HK 415A. Panama Canal Completion Exposition/1915/(image of a ship in the canal)/San Francisco//California The Exposition State/Tower of Jewels/(image of tower building)/San Francisco 1915. Rd, brass, 34mm. Minor spotting. Very fine. $30 433. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Peoples Ice Co. Cert #133. Incorporated in 1875. Issued to J. S. Thompson for 75 shares in 1877. Signed by John Caslin president and Jno. S. Sinceuy secretary. Vignette at upper left of a plant next to a lake with a train leaving. Black border. Cancelled by star shaped punches in signature lines. Printer - Lith G. F. Brown & Co, SF. Brown was the first California African-American lithographer. Staining along left edge from stub and along top and right edges. Fold creases. Very fine. $150 434. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Phoenix Iron Works, Rix & Firth Brass Sign & Papers, 1897-1901. Lot of 6 pcs. 5" x 11 brass placard, with four holes at each corner for mounting. The brass placard is extremely attractive and rare. Mostly likely pre 1900. Five letter heads from Rix Compressed Air & Drill Co, one shipping list that were sent to various mines. Vf, folds, hole punches at top for binder. $300 435. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. San Francisco Assay Office Medal, c.1950-70. (pic-assay office)/ U.S./ Assay Office/ San Francisco/ California/ S// The Department of the Treasury/ (pic-coat of arms)/ 1789. Rd, br, gilt, 33mm, Au. $35 436. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. San Francisco Mint Medals, 1937. Lot of 3 similar pcs. San Francisco Mint/ (pic-building)/ 1874-1937// Treasury Department/ (pic-U.S. Map over bald eagle)/ United States of America. SJW, artist. Rd, br (gilt), 37mm, The coins have 3 apparent different metals. All Gem BU. $55 437. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. San Francisco Mint Medals, 1937. Lot of 7 similar pcs. San Francisco Mint/ (pic-building)/ 1874-1937// Treasury Department/ (pic-U.S. Map over bald eagle)/ United States of America. SJW, artist. Rd, br (gilt), 37mm. These are all Unc, but not as nice as other lots listed above. $100 438. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. San Francisco Mint Medal, 1937. San Francisco Mint/ (pic-building)/ 1874-1937// Treasury Department/ (pic-U.S. Map over bald eagle)/ United States of America. SJW, artist. Rd, br (gilt), 37mm. Gem BU. $25 439. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Small Sized Bottle Collection. Lot of 8 different pcs. Includes 2 medicine bottles, one from SF and the other from Sheboygen. One original corked with original contents "Eye Balm" bottle. 5 misc small bottles. Size ranges from 2.5" to 6" tall. Fine. $15 440. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. United States Mint San Francisco Branch Gold Bullion Receipt, 1870. Receipt #9384, issued in the amount of $412.12 in Gold Coins, to Kinse & name illegible, dated April 16, 1870. Signed by Ed. S. Gavin for the Superintendent, and F. Litsch. For bullion describe0d as grains nuggets, and amalgam of gold. Signed by Ed. S. Gavin, for Treasurer of the Branch Mint, and W.G. Young. Red print on white paper, 4 1/2 x 11, Excellent condition with folds. $130 441. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Western Jeweler Annual Catalog, 1914. Hardbound, red cover, 448 pages, 9 1/4" x 12". Front cover is slightly sprung and has tear which affects inside, a couple of pages towards the rear are severely folded, otherwise VF. Catalog includes drawings and prices for watch cases, cuff links, rings, colored spectacles, picture frames, handbags, vanity boxes, corkscrews, cigarette cases, pins, necklaces, umbrellas and much, much more. Outstanding! $375 442. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Yerba Beuna Bitters Coffin Bottle. Embossed along the sides. One side has "Yerba Beuna", other has "Bitters, S.F., Cal.". Dark brown. 8.5" tall, neck is 2" tall. Dirt inside. Mint condition. $100 443. California. San Joaquin. Stockton. Wells, Fargo & Co Full Face Advertising Cover with Manuscript Letter, 1869. At the center top is an advertisement for Weil & Co, importers of Havana and Domestic Cigars, Tobacco, etc. Weil & Co went on to be prominent whiskey merchants in San Francisco. Weak strike cancel with Stockton visible. Imprinted red 3 cent stamp. Rag right edge. Enclosed letter is from Weil & Co and regards an order sent to French Camp. Cover is stained. Fine. $75 444. California. San Joaquin. Tracy. Tracy Manuscript Postmark, 1879. Handwritten cancellation at top center of "Tracy, 7-3-79" with a 1 cent and 2 cent adhesive stamps at right edge with manuscript cancels on stamps. Sent to Jamestown, Cal. Opened at right and top edge. Small tear at left edge. No letter. Overall poor condition. $65 445. California. Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara Postmarked Cover, c.1860's. Early Santa Barbara postmark. Moderate strike cancel with Santa Barbara. Imprinted 3 cent stamp at right and adhesive 3 cent stamp at left. Sent to Thomas B. Dibblee, Los Angeles. Rag top edge. Postmark at left center. Very fine. $45 446. California. Santa Clara. San Jose. California Bicentennial Medals. Lot of 4. California Bicentennial/ (pic-man behind man on horse)/ Portola Expedition/ 1769-1969/ (pic-rose)/ La Fiesta De Las Rosas/ San Jose First State Capital/ This Coin Contains Copper.../ (map of San Jose)/ Santa Clara County. Rd, two br, two wm, 31mm. Unc. $20 447. California. Santa Clara. Santa Clara. Santa Clara County Promotional Book, 1915, by Leigh Irvine, 64pp plus soft color cover. 6.5 x 9.5". Cover shows wear and was beginning to detach at top, now with old tape repair on inside. Does not bleed through. Printed under the Direction of the Board of Supervisors. Printed by V. Hillis Co., San Jose. Highly pictorial promotional book covering all aspects of the county. Includes a folding map 22 x 8" "Bird's Eye View of the Santa Clara Valley". Wonderful book promoting an important region of California, home to Stanford University, and containing many large towns. Generally fine. $75 448. California. Shasta. Shasta County Geology Publications. Geology & Base-Metal Deposits of West Shasta Copper-Zinc District Shasta County, CA. Prof. Paper 285, by A.R. Kinkel et al, 1956. 156 pages. Maps included at back, in separate envelope. Very fine, some minor wear to edges. Geology & Ore Deposits of East Shasta Copper-Zinc District, Shasta County, CA. Prof. Paper 338, and separate hard bound cover for maps and plates. By John Albers, 1961. 107 pages, with illustrations and tables. Extremely fine. $50 (no illustration) 449. California. Shasta. Igo. Geo K. Williard Corner Advertising Cover & Manuscript Letter, 1873. In the upper left corner is an advertisement for Geo K. Willard, dealer in Groceries & General Merchandise, Igo, Shasta County, Cal. Postmark at top center, but the strike is weak and the town is not legible. Adhesive, green 3 cent stamp. The manuscript letter is from Willard to Geo L. Kingsley & Co in Red Bluff. The Igo post office opened in 1873. There are a few folk stories as to the name Igo. One is that it is from a miners child who would say "Daddy, I go, I go" when his father would leave for the mines. Another story is that a Chinaman's response to being run off his claims was "Igo, Igo". This same Chinaman was report to have staked a new claim, and when he was to be run off again, his reply was "Ono, Ono" for which a town nearby to Igo was named Ono (Gudde, 1949). Rag left edge. Fine. $75 450. California. Shasta. McCloud. I.O.O.F. Ribbons & Pin, c.1900-10. Lot of 3 items. Two In Memoriam ribbons, featuring the order's symbol in the center, one on hangar with symbolic two hands shaking, Nebraska and Minnesota; McCloud, CA order pint, with two hands at top hangar, and order in center. Bottom hangar is missing faceplate. Fine. $60 451. California. Shasta. Shasta. San Francisco Assaying & Refining Works Bullion Deposit Receipts, 1868-69. Lot of 5 pcs. These bullion deposits were by Kruse & Euler on behalf of the C. C. Bush & Co, Shasta, which is written in the lower left of each receipt. Louis Garnett, manager and John Hewston, Jr., assayer, at San Francisco Assaying & Refining Works were later successors of the US Assay Office. Three of the receipts have a vignette at left of their building located at 416 Montgomery St, SF. The other two have no vignettes. Some staining along folds, one receipt has a tear at bottom edge. Very fine. $490 452. California. Shasta. Shasta. Wells, Fargo & Co Framed Receipt for one $500 bag of gold dust to be sent to the US Mint at SF. Sent by F. Litsch. Includes a red Well, Fargo & Co label from "Shasta, Cal." Frame is professional with black matting. Extremely fine. $150 453. California. Sierra. Downieville. Downieville Fourth of July Lottery Ticket, c. 1875. This lottery ticket, #8628, was a lottery ticket (raffle) that is undated but is probably around 1875. There were 75 prizes and 1250 tickets to be sold. The grand prize was for $250, with other prizes including gold and silver, American watches, gold chains and California jewelry. Tickets cost $2. TWO DOLLARS in green underprint with green background design (safety print). 2.5 x 6. Documentary tape attached along right fold crease. Reverse has water stains. The front has minor staining. Left fold crease is torn about 0.5 inch in from the top and bottom. Fine. $250 454. California. Sierra. Downieville. Gold Rush Period Downieville Postmarked Cover, 1858. Bold, clear strike cancel at left top center. Imprinted red 3 cent stamp. Opened at right, no letter. Vf. $60 455. California. Siskiyou. Quartz Valley Mining Co. Cert.#17. Incorporated in Nevada in 1926. Issued to Fletcher Hamilton for 2500 shares in 1927. Signed by vice-president Ray Stoddard and secretary A.A. Asylen. Vignette of spread-winged bald eagle. Black border with gilt underprint and seal. 5 3/4" x 10". Xf. At the left edge is "Principal Place of Business, Reno, Nevada. However, this is no Quartz Valley in Nevada. There is a Quartz Valley located in Siskiyou County, Cal, located about 5 miles west of Ft. Jones. $25 456. California. Sonoma. Santa Rosa. Santa Rosa Bottling Co. Hutch Soda. Santa Rosa Bottling Co./ SRBCo (intertwined in center)/ Santa Rosa, Cal. "Registered" across bottom, near base. PCGW embossed in base. Sparkling Mint. Aqua. Rare. $80 457. California. Southern California. Southern California Mining & Western Photographs, c.1926. Lot of 11 different photos. A collection of photographs that show mining scene, road trip destinations and other shots. 3 unidentified photos show a packed car for camping, a man on top of a cliff and another man with rifle looking of a hillside. 3 of the photos were taken at Big Rock Canyon in the winter of 1925. 2 are identified as being of the Hearst Mine, 1926. 1 taken at Salt Wells, about 10 miles southwest of Trona, 1926. 1 of unidentified Charcoal Kilns, 1926. $100 458. California. Tehama. Red Bluff. H. C. Brooks Medicine Bottle. H.C. Brooks/ Druggist/ &/ Apothecary/ Red Bluff/ Cala (1888), aqua. Very Rare. $80 459. California. Tuolumne. Yosemite. American Legion Yosemite Annual Meeting Badge, 1921. The top of the badge has 3rd Annual Convention Yosemite Valley, 1921 with a scene of trees and mountains. This is attached by red, white and blue ribbon to a hanging badge. This badge has Department of California with the California Bear below and a circle of American Legion on blue inlay. Slight tear to ribbon. Pinback in excellent condition. Attractive piece. Very fine. $65 460. California. Ventura. Matilija. Matilija Postcards, c.1910-20. Lot of 2 different postcards. Two black and white chromolithographs, both of the same image of four men seated on "Overhanging Rock." Unused, 3" x 5". Xf. $35 COLORADO 461. Colorado. U.S. Geological Survey of Colorado and New Mexico, by F.V. Hayden, 1869. This report covers Hayden's trip from Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory through Colorado and New Mexico. The first part of this book, by Hayden, discusses mainly the geology he encountered in his travels. The second part of the book is a report of Persifor Frazier, Jr. regarding Mines and Minerals of Colorado. Frazier reports: "Many knotty questions have presented themselves to the miners and smelters, among which, perhaps, the knottiest is the dressing of second-class ores and the proper form to which to bring the tailings before they are ready for the amalgamator or smelter. It is believed by many able miners, and the complaint is frequently made, that by the use of wet stamps and careless feeding, the mill-men waste unnecessarily a great deal of gold, and from this it is argued frequently, with less justice, that the use of wet stamps is pernicious and wasteful." The third section of this book is a report of Cyrus Thomas on the Agriculture of Colorado. 155 pp, hardbound cover, green with gilt lettering. The cover is worn and there are some holes along the side of the spine. There is much foxing throughout, but the binding is good and overall condition is fine. $300 462. Colorado. Arapahoe. Denver. Denver & Rio Grande Express Manuscript Letter, 1892. Addressed to Rev. A, Turnbull of Denver from E.A. Hale of Colo., and is a response to Turnbull's request for late payment leniency. Hale's response is short of religious compassion, using guilt tactics to persuade the good Reverend to pay up. Very fine condition. 11 x 8". $50 463. Colorado. Arapahoe. Denver. Colorado Manufacturers Assn. Token, 1906. COLORADO MANUFACTURERS ASSN. / DENVER / picture of Colorado State seal / (star) 1906 (star) // COMPLIMENTS OF DENVER MANUFACTURERS AND MERCHANTS / wreath border / KEEP / YOUR / MONEY / IN / COLORADO. Rd., br, b/b, 30mm. $45 464. Colorado. Arapahoe. Denver. Denver Fire Clay Co. Assay Catalog, 1898. Contains reference tables, illustrations and prices for chemists' and assayers' lab supplies, chemical apparatus, physical apparatus, outfits, school sets, mineral collections, models, charts, scientific books, fire brick and clay, chemicals and more. Fabulous! Softbound, 280 pages inclusive of index, 6 1/2" x 10 1/4". Cover is worn, torn, stained, faded and folded. Chips from spine and rear cover. Fine. $550 465. Colorado. Arapahoe. Denver. Denver Real Photo Postcards, c.1940. Lot of 3 different cards. All taken by Sanborn. One shows a "Scenic View", one shows Post Chapel #1 and the last shows the "West Gate, Fitzsimons (sic) General Hospital". Very fine. $45 466. Colorado. Arapahoe. Denver. Jackling Telegraph to Mudd, 1911. Telegram from D. C. Jackling, the father of open pit mining,, to Seeley Mudd regarding some proposition with the Bagdad, Arizona project that Mudd was looking for a partner with. Tear from upper left corner, file hole at center. Western Union Night Letter from Denver to Mudd in Los Angeles. "Bagdad" written in Mudd's hand at bottom. This telegram involves the famous Bagdad, Arizona copper deposit, which developed into a world-class mine. $50 467. Colorado. Arapahoe. Denver. Omaha & Grant Smelting & Refining Co Lettersheet, 1891. At upper left is a vignette of the smelter at Omaha, Nebraska. At upper right is a vignette of the smelter at Denver. A typed note to the Hecla Cons MC in Montana. Very attractive. Very fine. $30 468. Colorado. Arapahoe. Denver. One of the great classic mining spoons! This has a windlass at the top of the spoon as a moving part with silver chain mimicking a rope wrapped around the handle and connected to an ore bucket at top left of bowl. Artificial nugget at top right of bowl. Pick and shovel under windlass. The crank on the windlass works. "State Capitol, Denver, Colo" with picture of the capitol building engraved in bowl. Extremely rare. XF. 6". $300 469. Colorado. Bent. Las Animas. Wilkie, Bartlett Farm Loan & Mortgage Co. Cert #2. Incorporated in Colorado. Issued to Joseph Bartlett for 10 shares in 1923. Signed by Joseph Bartlett president and Iris C. Marshall secretary. Vignette of a farm worker in an irrigated field. Dark brown border and underprint. Uncancelled. 8 x 11. Printer - RMBN Co. The company was located in Las Animas which is located in Bent County. Folds. Very fine. $65 470. Colorado. Boulder. Gold Hill. Copper Rock Gold Mining & Milling Co, c.1900-1905. Prospectus, Colorado incorporation, Missouri promotion. 6.5 x 6", yellow cover, green print. Tear to front cover. Vertical center fold. 16pp. Center double truck photo of property. Pictorial with many photos by Smith-Hassel Co. of Denver. The property was in advanced prospecting stage with many good assays. $100 471. Colorado. Boulder. Grand Island. Cons Copper Mining, Milling & Smelting Co, 1901. Prospectus. 8pp, 5.5 x 8", soft green cover, blue pencil on cover. "Operating the Fourth of July Mines". These folks were in the advanced prospecting stage only. There are few assays and no trial shipments, only testimonials. They compare themselves to Anaconda and Calumet & Hecla. Pure promotion, seemingly without merit. Colorado corporation. Surprisingly, Stevens, in the Copper Handbook 1905, gave them a good write-up. By then (1905), they actually had a mine, employing 20 men working in the mine that had 2500 feet of underground workings. This is why one must be careful not to call a company a scam unless charges were made and convictions obtained. When this prospectus was printed, it had all the appearances of a scam, but they were in the hopeful prospecting stage and got lucky. $75 472. Colorado. Boulder. Unknown. Great Eastern Gold Mining Co. of Colorado, c.1900. Crude prospectus. Consisted of more than 1 1/2 miles of underground workings, with "more than one million of gold" having been removed from the 400' long vein. 2 page prospectus, not giving much more than a brief description of underground workings, vague assay information and some stock information. 8" x 11". Fine/Vf, foxing, some chipping and tearing along edges. Maine corporation. $50 473. Colorado. Clear Creek. Berthoud Pass. Berthoud Pass Original Photographs, c.1940. Lot of 8 different photos. All were taken by Sanborn. All of the photos are views along the road over Berthoud Pass, including a shot of the summit and a shot of a ski run with skiers. These were probably test photos for future postcards. Extremely fine. $25 474. Colorado. Clear Creek. Empire. Empire Tunnel & Gold Mining Co, 1901. 1pp flyer Colorado corporation, 5 x 7", printed in blue. Held 33 claims on Covode Mountain and ten acres of placer. About 1000 feet of drifts. They intended to drive the main drift one mile, hoping to develop ores along the way. Some blue pencil underlining. Appears to have been attached to a second page, now gone. F-vf. $50 475. Colorado. Clear Creek. Freeland. Xenia Mining Co, 1900. Propsectus. Owned the Falu mine that a hoist servicing the 250 foot shaft with gold and silver ore worth $2-4 per ton, a true low grade ore deposit. Based on the assays, the company should have been pushing the copper values, which ran as high as 8% with values less than 4% not even mentioned. 3 pages, with a letterhead to Vigouroux dated 1900. Very fine. $75 476. Colorado. Clear Creek. Georgetown. Georgetown & Ophir Assay Receipts, 1888 & 1897. Lot of 2 different pcs. One is from the "Assay Office of Robert Neuman, Georgetown, Colo, 1887". The receipt is for E. G. Stiles indicating a sample had 13 ounces silver with 15% lead. The second is from the "Assay Office of H.G. Gilkerson, Ophir, Colorado, 1897." The receipt is for Iron Springs Mining Co indicating a sample had minimal gold and silver, worth only 83 cents. This receipt was printed by San Miguel Democrat, Telluride, Colorado. Water stain on the Georgetown piece. Ophir receipt is very fine. $45 477. Colorado. Clear Creek. Gold Dirt. Gold Chord Mining & Smelting Co, c.1903. 2 Broadsides. 11 x 17", pictorial, with photo of "Our new mill". Held properties at Kokomo and Idaho Springs, including the Lexington mine. Very good. Wear to edges. Second broadside is 9 x 12.5" with a claim map of the Lexington group on Lexington Canyon. $75 478. Colorado. Clear Creek. Idaho Springs (Gilson Gulch). Belman Mining Co, c.1902. Prospectus. Colorado promotion. 4.5 x 2.75", blue cover, 8pp, dead mint. The cover states that they were on e of "the Big Five" but they are not mentioned in the Big Five prospectus. They owned the Belman and German mines. Very speculative prospect. Not much info here except on the key players. Located near Gilson Gulch. $75 479. Colorado. Clear Creek. Idaho Springs. Cons Franklin Mines Co, c.1902. Incorporated in Colorado, promoted from Davenport, Iowa. This is an advertising mailer printed on both sides of one 8 x 11" sheet. Property was located on Seaton Mountain, 2 miles from Idaho Springs and directly over the Newhouse Tunnel. There is claim that a 3000 foot tunnel exists already with 1300 feet of the tunnel was in paying ore. On the reverse side is a photograph, presumably of the Newhouse Tunnel, since there is a paragraph about the tunnel just below. Dings to edges. Very fine. $50 480. Colorado. Custer or Saguache (not sure). Crestone. Boston-Cleveland Mining & Milling Co, 1902. Prospectus, 4pp, 8.5 x 14", New York promotion, Colorado incorporation. They owned three claims. A mining engineer's report is part of the 4pp. No tonnage outlined. Purely a prospect at this point. F-vf. $75 481. Colorado. Dolores. Rico. United Rico Mines Co, c.1903. Prospectus. An in depth discussion of the organization of the United Rico Mines company who had rather well known Colorado financiers, including D. H. Moffat, Denver railroad magnate. The company was formed after 10 years of litigation that surrounded the properties at Rico, which were claimed to carry gold, silver, lead, zinc, copper and even uranium. The consolidation of over 200 claims took place in 1903. The parent company took control of machinery, buildings and any other property assets for a aggregate of over $3 million. 8 pages of text, and 2 pages listing the properties and machinery included in the consolidation. Prospectus is in a legal document format, 8.5 x 13". Very fine. $50 482. Colorado. El Paso. Colorado Springs. City of Colorado Springs Bonds. Lot of 4. Public Improvement Bond, cert #1, issued 1903. Vignette of Indian woman with Colorado State Seal. All original coupons attached. Green border and underprint. Paving and Improvement Bond, cert #2, issued in 1911. 3 coupons cashed in of original 20. Green border Public Improvement Bond, cert #11, issued 1918. 1 coupon cashed in of original 20. Brown border. Public Improvement Bond, cert #18, issued 1916. 5 coupons cashed in of original 20. Brown border and underprint. All are signed by the Mayor. All are cancelled by hole punches. All or 11 X 14. Fine. $100 483. Colorado. El Paso. Colorado Springs. City of Colorado Springs Bonds, 1011 & 1921. Lot of 2 pcs. Storm Sewer Bond, cert #33, issued 1921. 12 coupons cashed in of original 20. Brown border and underprint. Sanitary Sewer Bond, cert #11, issued in 1911. Vignette of a capitol building (Colorado Springs?). Green border. 26 coupons cashed in of original 30. Both are cancelled by hole punches. Signed by Mayor. Wear to folds. Fine. $100 484. Colorado. El Paso. Colorado Springs. City of Colorado Springs Bonds, 1901 & 1903. Lot of 2 pcs. City Hall Bond, cert #2, issued in 1903. Vignette at upper right of allegorical woman in clouds. Green border. 22 coupons cashed in of original 30. Cancelled by hole punches of same. Signed by Harris Mayor. City Hall Bond, cert #11, issued in 1901. Vignette of Indian woman with Colorado State Seal. Red border and underprint. 20 coupons cashed in of original 30. Cancelled by hole punches of same. Signed by Robinson Mayor. Wear to folds. Fine. $100 485. Colorado. El Paso. Colorado Springs. Colorado Springs Area Real Photo Postcards, c.1940. Lot of 6 different cards. All taken by Sanborn, all with numbers. Various views of Colorado Springs sites. Very fine. $50 486. Colorado. El Paso. Colorado Springs. Will Roger's Castle Photo Postcard, c.1940. Photo by Sanborn. Card captioned "Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun, Broadmoor, Cheyenne Mt Highway". S-958. Very fine. $17 487. Colorado. El Paso. Manitou Springs. Bank of Manitou. Lot of 3 certificates. Incorporated in Colorado in 1907. Issued to C.H. Austin for 4 shares in 1914, cert #9, issued to H. M. Ogilbee for 10 shares in 1934, cert #4 and issued to Reconstruction Finance Corp. for 10 shares in 1934, cert #21. All signed. One has orange border, second has brown border and third has green border with vignette at upper left of antlered elk. All cancelled. 8 x 11. Printer - Goes. Stubs attached at left. Very fine. $100 488. Colorado. El Paso. Manitou. J. J. Conway $5 Gold Restrike. Pikes Peak / 5 / from orig. obv. Die // J.J. Conway / & Co (stars) / Bankers. B, rd,t/t, 21mm, unc. Second coin in "goldine", also unc. The third coin is missing. The missing coin would have been the silver restrike. Both in original Conway restrike Lucite holder. $200 489. Colorado. Fremont. Canon City. Hunter Palmer Medicine Bottle. Hunter Palmer / City Drug Store / Canon City, Colo. 3ii bottle, approx 2 oz. Clear, no chips. Canon City is located about 35 miles southwest of Colorado Springs. It is considered a resort town in a mining district. 4.5" tall. $60 490. Colorado. Fremont. Florence. James A. McCandless Investment Co. Cert #9. Incorporated in Colorado. Issued to Joan Elizabeth Sutton for 234 shares in 1923. Florence, Colo. in corporate seal. Signed by Victor McCandless President and A. J. Kirk Secretary. Photo-vignette of James McCandless. Black border, gold seal and safety print. Uncancelled. 8 X 11. Printer - Goes/W. H. Kistler. James A. McCandless was an early settler who laid out this town site in 1872 after the Denver and Rio Grande Railway established Labran, a few miles distant. McCandless named the town Florence after his daughter. The town eventually outgrew Labran and became an important oil refining and ore reduction center (Benson, p. 70) Very fine. $50 491. Colorado. Garfield(?). Rifle. Rifle Mountain Real Photo Postcards, c.1940. Lot of 2 different cards. Both taken by Sanborn, W-1372 and W-1301. Each shows a nice landscape shot near Rifle Mountain. $12 492. Colorado. General. Colorado Gold Mining & Smelting Co. Bond #3592. Incorporated in Colorado. First Mortgage Bond, issued 1902. Signed by C. C. Wendall president and Chas. Pecking secretary. Vignette of spread winged eagle clutching globe. Brown border and underprint. 9 coupons cashed-in of original 20 or 30?. 12 X 17. Printer - Denver Lith. No information found within our library concerning this company. Folds. Very fine. $75 493. Colorado. General. Colorado Mountain Real Photo Postcards, c.1940. Lot of 6 different cards. Views include a burro, a pack train in the mountains, peach orchids, Ela Natural bridge and other shots. Photographers include Sanborn, Smith and an unknown artist. Very fine. $15 494. Colorado. General. Colorado National Monument Real Photo Postcards, c.1940. Lot of 19 different cards. All taken by Sanborn. A collection of wonderful shots of the Colorado National Monument. Fabulous geologic and topographic features abound, like rock spires and mesas. My favorite is a shot of the Devil's Kitchen. Very fine. $65 495. Colorado. General. Million Dollar Highway Real Photo Postcards, c.1940. Lot of 4 different cards. All taken by Sanborn. All show different views of the Million Dollar Highway. Very fine. $20 496. Colorado. General. Misc. Postcards of Colorado. Lot of 6 pcs. The cards shows scenes of Almont, Ward, Loveland, Gilman & Eagle River Canon from Battle Mt. Highway, a miner's cabin in Boulder and a miner working a stope with a pneumatic drill. Very fine. $45 497. Colorado. General. Scenic Real Photo Postcards, c.1940. Lot of 7 different cards. Shots include: Rio Grande River near Wagon Wheel Gap, Sangre de Cristo Range from the San Luis Valley, Lizard Head Peak and Lone Cone near Dolores. All taken by Sanborn. Very fine. $22 498. Colorado. General. Western Bronze Sculpture by Dan Garrett, 1990, #8/50. Coyote skull and eagle feathers mounted on black marble, resting on an oak base. Mr. Garrett is a well-known, accomplished Colorado artist, having recently received attention in a feature article in "The Art of the West" magazine. Our search of Garrett's work on the internet led to a failed search for any of the pieces from this series, those among his earliest works. But we did find a number of other pieces at the $3000-5500 range, the bulk of which were in the $5000-5500 range. It is our understanding that it is possible that all 50 pieces were actually poured. $1500 499. Colorado. General. Wildlife Real Photo Postcards, c.1940. Lot of 5 different cards. 4 of the 5 have Sanborn as photographs. K-778 shows "Friendly Deer". K-506 shows "Bull Elk". K-541 shows "Deer with Locked Antlers". A-17 shows big horn sheep. Unmarked card shows a bull elk. All very fine. $20 500. Colorado. General. Winter in Colorado Real Photo Postcards, c.1940. Lot of 9 different cards. All taken by Sanborn and numbered individually. My favorite is card #X-905 that shows a very healthy coyote with the sun being filtered out by overcast sky. All attractive. $60 501. Colorado. Gilpin. Russell. Luciana Transportation, Tunnel, Mining and Drainage Co, c.1902. Prospectus. Mines in the Virginia and Lower Fall River districts as well, which creep over the county line into Clear Creek. 7 x 10.25" 51pps, missing the 2 standard maps that this piece should have. Printed by Gowdy-Simons Press. Beautiful cover with sketch of the Luciana, the "Greatest ship of the Cunard Line." Original thin red wax paper wraps also in excellent condition. String bound. The Luciana Tunnel was located about 0.5 miles up Fall River from Clear Creek on the west face of Bellevue Mountain. One of the full page photos is of the Luciana Tunnel, another of the town of Russell Gulch. Very fine. $100 502. Colorado. Grand. Red Gorge. Radium Copper Mining Co, 1907. Prospectus. Incorporated in Colorado. Owned 13 claims in the Red Gorge district, Grand County. The Copper Handbook, 1910, p.1451, lists this company has having 5%-45% copper, with minor silver and gold. Promoted by Charles F. Potter & Co, Minneapolis. 4 pages, 8.5 x 11". Very fine. $50 503. Colorado. Gunnison. Rocky Creek. Cripple Creek Gold Temple Mining Co, c.1901. Prospectus. 12 pp. 4.5 x 6.5" New York promotion. Colorado incorporation. They held no property in Cripple Creek but intended to buy some. They claim reserves of 23,500 tons that should profit $10 per ton. Claim map on the back cover. VF. $75 504. Colorado. Hinsdale. Galena. Hancock Silver Mining Co. Incorporated in New Jersey 1881. Unissued, 18xx, no cert #. Vignette of John Hancock. Mines located in Hinsdale County, Colorado printed on certificate. Black border and print. Hole punch on signature line. 7 X 11. Printer - Wolf & Co. Owned the Hancock lode on Engineer Mountain in the Galena district. Assays ran 28 oz/ton silver. There was one 50' shaft. (Corregan & Lingane, p.377) Very fine. $40 505. Colorado. La Plata. Durango. Durango Real Photo Postcards, c.1940. Lot of 2 different cards. Both by Sanborn, #W-1835 and #W-1406. First card captioned "Durango and Animas River Valley, Colo." The other is "Electra Lake and Engineer Mt on the Million Dollar Highway between Silverton and Durango, Colo." Very fine. $20 506. Colorado. La Plata. Needle Mountain. Bullion Mountain Mining Co, c.1904. Prospectus. New York promotion, Colorado incorporation. 8.5 x 14", 4pp. 14 miles south of Silverton.. Prospect with many veins that had some good assays. VF. $75 507. Colorado. Lake. Leadville. Canterbury Mining Co, c.1900. Prospectus. 4pp, cover with gold leaf (gilt). Wyoming corporation, Leadville promotion. Some pencil underlining to contents. Promoted by Chas Saunders of Leadville. The prospectus is without significant content. Last page has a vignette of Saunders' business card. 6 x 9", f-vf. $75 508. Colorado. Lake. Leadville. Carl Nollenberger Billhead 1903. Carl Nollenberger, Wines, Liquors and Cigars of Leadville. Sole Agent for Anheuser-Busch Brewing. Vignette of Anheuser-Busch Company logo. Very fine. $25 509. Colorado. Lake. Leadville. Davis Drug Co Medicine Bottle Set. Lot of 6 different bottles. Each bottle is different. All are embossed with "Davis Drug Company. The Rexall Store. Leadville, Colo." The style of embossing is different on each. Are all rectangular. Sizes: 3", 3.75", 3.75", 4.25", 5", 5.5" tall. All clear with minor dirt within some. Extremely fine. $120 510. Colorado. Lake. Leadville. Fryer Hill Mines Co, 1902. Colorado corporation. Report of J. W. Newell and "Memoranda". New York Promotion. 4pp, 8 x 11". Newell's report of Dec. 26, 1902, states that the dewatering was complete. They then had to remove 20,000 tons of sand and silt to free the drifts and make ready for exploration. They laid 25,000 feet of track and had about the same to go. This mine was a connection of several different mines, including the Bancock, Shamus O'Brien, Jamie Lee and Duncan. It did not involve the Double Decker mine. Please note the similarity and thus confusion in company names, and see a similarly named company at Nevadaville in Gilpin County. The Memo is 4 x 9", 7pp, stapled at top. It gives the history of the Company. Generally vf. $100 511. Colorado. Lake. Leadville. Fryer Hill Mines Co. of Colorado, c.1903. Prospectus and separate fact sheet. 3.5 x 6", 12pp, printed on yellow paper. Spot on front cover. New York promotion. They claim this company's mines have produced $17 million. Same as the Fryer Hill Mines Co, but slightly different name and same officers. F-vf. The "fact sheet" is 8 x 14" official typed copy, 18pp, mostly a report by Newell. Portions of this report were used in the prospectus, word for word. No maps or diagrams. No illustrations. $150 512. Colorado. Lake. Leadville. Garbutt Mining Co, c.1900-1905. Prospectus. Incorporated in Colorado. Had a 5 year lease on the Garbutt, St. Cripsen and Maud Hicks claims located on Breece Hill, Leadville. There was a 445 foot shaft with a 5 ton ore shipment assaying at 9% copper, 41 ounces silver and 4 ounces gold. Single sheet 6 x 9" tri-folded making 3 pages. Very fine. $50 513. Colorado. Lake. Leadville. Hummer Mining Co, c.1900-1905. Prospectus. Incorporated in Wyoming. The company was working the Iszard lode on ground that adjoined the Little Ellen Hill. Limited information regarding production or ore values. 4 pages, 3.5 x 6". Very fine. $50 514. Colorado. Lake. Leadville. Leadville Certificate of Election, 1919. Issued to Mrs. Maybelle McMahon for winning the 1919 election for City Clerk. Does not indicate which city! Signed by John J. Bohen city clerk. Vignette of Colorado State Seal. Blue border and print with gilt seal. 8 X 11. Slight wear to folds. Very fine. $40 515. Colorado. Lake. Leadville. Leadville Medicine Bottle Set. Lot of 4 different bottles. All embossed. (1) Robt H. McKenzie/Pharmacist/Leadville, Colo. Clear, 4.5" tall. (2) Nicolai/ Leadville, Colo. Clear, 4.25" tall. (3) Druggists / Cor. W 6th St And/ Harrison St./ McArthur And Davis/ Leadville,/ Colorado. Clear, 3.5" tall. (4) S. C. Canfield/ Druggist/ Leadville, Colo. Clear, 3" tall. Some dirt on inside. Xf. $80 516. Colorado. Lake. Leadville. Leadville Stereocard. Burro Pack Train, on the Way to Leadville, Colo., U.S.A. Stereo card view of pack burros in the foreground, with miners and other burros heading up the trail. Photographed and published by the Kilburn Bros., c.1890. $60 517. Colorado. Lake. Leadville. Little Jonnie Extension Mining Co, c.1900. Prospectus. Incorporated in South Dakota, promoted from Leadville and New York. Company owned only 1/5th interest in the Silver Nugget Claim, with the other 4/5ths for sale "at a very low price." There are no assays offered for the property, only from producing properties that are nearby, and appears that no development work had been initiated at all. Printed by New Reporter Job Print. Photograph on front page of the Litty Jonny mine, which was not owned by this company. 4 pages, printed on tan paper, 8.5 x 11". Discoloration band at top edge. Very fine. $75 518. Colorado. Lake. Leadville. Matchless Mine Real Photo Postcard, c.1940. Photo by Sanborn, W-1205. Captioned "Ruins of the Famous (Tabor) Matchless Mine". The Matchless was located in the Leadville mining district. Extremely fine. $25 519. Colorado. Lake. Leadville. McKenzie Bros Medicine Bottle, c.1890. McKenzie Bros / Pharmacists / Leadville, Colo. Approx 4 oz. "Pat May 15, 88, D. F. & Co." embossed on bottom. Some inside staining. No chips. $28 520. Colorado. Lake. Leadville. McKenzie Bros Medicine Bottles, c.1890-95. Lot of 3 embossed bottles. Two of the bottles are identical, about 3 oz, one has dirt inside, other mint. Third bottle is about 1 oz, mint. $65 521. Colorado. Lake. Leadville. Oro City IOOF Lodge No. 16 Silver Commemorative Coin, 1972. CALIFORNIA GULCH, 1860 IOOF, 1872-1972 / (pic of IOOF lodge in beautiful valley with mining scene in background) / CENTENNIAL // INSTITUTED AS ORO CITY NO. 16 / CHLORIDE/NO. 31 11/25/78 / CARBONATE LODGE/NO. 16 APRIL 27, 1903 /LEADVILLE, COLORADO / CARBONATE NO. 35 7 / 3/80 / SEPTEMBER 28, 1872. $20 522. Colorado. Lake. Leadville. Robt H. McKenzie Medicine Bottle, c.1900. Robt H. McKenzie / Pharmacist / Leadville, Colo. 4.25" tall. About 3 oz. Clean. No chips. $28 523. Colorado. Larimer. Big Creek. Grant Copper Mining Co, c.1901. Property was located just across the border from Encampment, Wyoming and consisted of the Grant claim group. No assay values are given and there was no development work on the property. The company was issuing 100,000 shares at 10 cents per share. The company was assumed dead by 1906 (Copper Handbook, p.530). Original cover with black and red print. 6 pages, 6 x 9". Wear to a fold crease that runs from top to bottom. Very fine. $50 524. Colorado. Larimer. Estes Park. Estes Park Real Photo Postcard, c.1940. Photo by Sanborn, #R-1364. "Village of Estes Park Looking East". The town is very busy with cars, shot probably taken during the peak of summer tourist travel. Very fine. $17 525. Colorado. Larimer. Howes Gulch. Boston Colorado Copper Mining Co, 1902. Prospectus. 4pp, 6 x 9", no fancy cover. Colorado incorporation. Copper-iron sulfide deposit in prospect stage. No indication of the location. Certificates with this exact same name have indicated property at Salida. Stevens in the 1905 Copper Handbook said they had 7% copper ores. $75 526. Colorado. Larimer. Fort Collins. Laramie-Poudre Reservoirs & Irrigation Co. Cert #123. Incorporated in Colorado. Issued to S. H Shields for 57 shares in 1901. Signed by D. A. Camfield president and L. M. Purcell secretary. Vignette of farm worker in irrigated field. Black border with copper seal and safety print. "Principal offices, Fort Collins, Colo." printed on certificate. Uncancelled. 8 x 11. The company undoubtedly supplied water for irrigation to the agricultural interests in the area. Extremely fine. $50 527. Colorado. Las Animas(?). Red River Land & Water Co. First Mortgage Bond, issued 1907, cert #266. Vignette of farm land with farm workers looking over fields. Brown border and underprint. 5 coupons cashed in of original 20. The Red River has its head waters in the high country of northeastern New Mexico. This company probably tapped the water resource supplying it to the arid and thirsty ranching farming country of Las Animas or Baca Counties. Extremely fine. $50 528. Colorado. Las Animas. Two Buttes Irrigation & Reservoir Co. Cert #48. Incorporated in Colorado. Issued to Chicago Title & Trust Co for 6320 shares in 1918. Signed by A. N. Parrish president and F. L. Harris secretary. Vignette of farm worker in irrigated field. Black border with gold seal and underprint. Uncancelled. 8 x 11. Printer - W. H. Kistler Staty, Denver. Two Buttes is a branch of the Arkansas River that flows through Baca and Las Animas counties. Agriculture is the main source of income in these counties. This company probably provided water for crop irrigation. Very fine. $50 529. Colorado. Mesa Verde. Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellings Real Photo Postcards, c.1940. Lot of 2 different cards. Both by Sanborn, one is #W-1616, other has no number. Nice shots. Very fine. $30 530. Colorado. Mesa. Grand Junction. Grand Junction Real Photo Postcards, c.1940. Lot of 3 different cards. Both taken by Sanborn, #W-1883, W-2014 and W-1082. All fine. $30 531. Colorado. Mesa. Grand Mesa. Grand Mesa Area Real Photo Postcards, c.1940. Lot of 21 different cards. 10 cards by Sanborn. 3 cards by Dean. 8 cards without photographer noted. All shows landscape views of mountains and lakes around Grand Mesa. Very fine. $85 532. Colorado. Mineral. Creede. Colorado Mine Lithographs. Lot of 2 different pcs. One image of the Commodore Workings on the Amethyst Vein , and one of West Willow Creek, both by artist Chris Smith, 1984, signed. Limited prints by Alan Carr, lithographer. Each has a "Certificate of Limited Edition". 14" x 11". Extremely fine. $50 533. Colorado. Mining. Last Stake Gold Mining & Leasing Co. Cert #102. Incorporated in Colorado. Issued to Lemuel Robbins Jr. for 100 shares in 1903. Signed by Henry J. Wilkens president and F. Vergnies Leacoyd secretary. No vignette. Attractive black border with rose colored safety print and underprint. Uncancelled. Printer not noted. 8 x 11". We are not sure where this company had its operations. Very fine. Attractive. $45 534. Colorado. Mining. Mines of Colorado Reprint, by Ovando Hollister. Originally published in 1867, reprinted by the Promontory Press in 1973. Covers the "geography, geology, mineralogy, climate and agriculture of the region..." This is the classic 1860's work that we routinely cite in our catalogs. 450 pages, with image of miners in sluice. Extremely fine. $25 535. Colorado. Movie Posters. Colorado Territory, 1949. Movie poster features gun wielding stars Joel McCrea and Virginia Mayo on a hillside overlooking a band of men on horses approaching from below. "A Mighty New Warner Bros. Adventure." Also a vibrant poster, with mesa setting in purples and yellows. Red and blue print. A bit worn around the edges, and heavy creases crosswise, but in very good condition. 14 x 36". $150 536. Colorado. Movie Posters. Colorado Territory, 1949. This poster features gun wielding stars Joel McCrea and Virginia Mayo on a hillside overlooking a band of men on horses approaching from below. "A Mighty New Warner Bros. Adventure." Also a vibrant poster, with mesa setting in purples and yellows. Red and blue print. A bit worn around the edges, and heavy creases crosswise, but in very good condition. 22 x 28". $150 537. Colorado. Movie Posters. Cripple Creek Movie Posters, 1952. Lot of 2 different posters. Color movie poster for the Columbia Pictures "Cripple Creek". The movie starred George Montgomery, Karin Booth, Jerome Courtland and William Bishop. Several images from the movie. Printed in 1952. 14 x 36". Small tear in the movie title at middle. Rare. $150 538. Colorado. Movie Posters. Cripple Creek, 1952. Another George Montgomery picture, also starring Karin Booth. The featured scene in the poster is of Montgomery cold-cocking the bad guy. This same scene is also featured in its actual black and white clip, backdropped behind the color version. In very good condition, only minor crumpling at the top edge, and has since been mounted on cardboard, and preserved behind plastic. 22 x 28". $150 539. Colorado. Movie Posters. Denver & Rio Grande, 1952. Lot of 2 identical pcs. This action-packed poster not only features stars Edmond O'Brien and Laura Elliot, among others, but scenes from the movie are also present. A train wreck, gun-wielding men, fighting and romance are all portrayed. Very colorful. Red bold print. Very fine, mounted on cardboard support, and preserved behind plastic. 14.5 x 36" (vertical presentation). $150 540. Colorado. Movie Posters. Gun Duel in Durango, 1957. George Montgomery stars, along with co-stars Ann Robinson and Steve Brodie in this western flick. "...When Dawn Came Up Like Gunfire Over Durango!..." and "The Never-to-die saga of Will Sabre- and the day he had to shoot it out with the killers of his outlaw past!" These dramatic quotes seem to fit the air of the poster: gun-slingin' Sabre, with the beautiful damsel on a rearing horse to his left, and the banded killers coming up the range to his right. Vf. 22 x 28". $150 541. Colorado. Movie Posters. Lust For Gold, 1949. "Love...Violence...Murder...for $20,000,000 in gold!" sits at the top in red type. Directly below we get the stars' names in on bold red print, Glenn Ford, and Ida Lupino. The central scene takes place on a fabricated cliff's edge, where two men are grappling for a gun, and in which the movie title is carved. The two stars sit regally at the bottom. Very fine, preserved. 14.5 x 36" (vertical). $150 542. Colorado. Movie Posters. The Road to Denver, 1955, starring John Payne and Mona Freeman. "Bullet Blazing Showdown Between Gunfighter Brothers" it reads in the caption at the top. Directly below is the physical representation of the caption. At the very bottom is an illustration of a stagecoach robbery. Very fine, preserved. 22 x 28". $150 543. Colorado. Movie Posters. The Road to Denver, 1955, starring John Payne and Mona Freeman. "Brother Against Brother...Bullet for Bullet...and the honey-haired blonde was the prize" it reads in the caption at the top. Directly below is the physical representation of the caption. At the very bottom is an illustration of a stagecoach robbery. Very fine, preserved. 14.5 x 36". $150 (no illustration) 544. Colorado. Oil. Apex Refining Co. Cert #9905. Incorporated in Colorado in 1920. Issued to Allison J. Closson for 60 shares in 1921. Stamped signature of president C.W. Savery and signed by D.C. Stratton. No vignette. Orange border. Uncancelled. 8 x 11. Printer - Goes. The company was probably active within the state of Colorado, but we are not sure. Stain at top of right fold. Semi-professional tape repairs to folds which appear to have been detached. Poor to fine. $20 545. Colorado. Oil. Hub Wyoming Oil Co. Incorporated in Colorado. Cert #2014. Incorporated in Colorado. Issued to Frank Carson for 1000 shares in 1917. Signed by David President and John Mauro secretary. Vignette of oil field with derricks and a building. Two smaller vignettes of derricks with gushers at each edge. Green border. Uncancelled. 8 x 11. Printer - Goes. The company either had its operation in Colorado or Wyoming. Very fine. $15 546. Colorado. Oil. IXL Oil & Ref Co. Cert #176. Incorporated in Colorado. Issued to Frank Carson for 1000 shares in 1918. Signed by W. S. Tarbell secretary and president. Vignette of oil field with derricks and a building. Two vignettes of derricks with gushers at each edge. Uncancelled. 8 x 11. Printer - Goes. Wear to folds. $15 547. Colorado. Oil. Kansas Colorado Oil & Ref Co. Cert #336. Incorporated in Colorado. Issued to Peter Keller for 200 shares in 1917. Signed by O. L. Young president and Louis G. Baghott secretary. Vignette at upper left of oilfield with derricks and horse drawn oil car. Smaller vignettes at each corner of oil related scenes. Black border with gold seal and background design. Uncancelled. 8 x 11. Printer - Goes/W. H. Kistler, Denver. Very fine. $15 548. Colorado. Ouray. Camp Bird. Rescue Party Real Photo Postcard, c.1940. The shot shows several men prodding deep snow with a long line of burros on the road. Captioned "Rescue Party on the Camp Bird Road". No photographer noted. Very fine. $25 549. Colorado. Ouray. Lower San Miguel. Elk Creek Mining Co. Cert #35. Incorporated in New York. Issued to Charles E. Hoffman for 100 shares in 1881. Signed by E. W. Rapallo president and C. E. Hoffman secretary. Vignette of the New York State Seal. Black border and print with "Issued for Property Purchased"in red at left edge. Uncancelled. Printer not noted. 5 x 9". All the people involved with this company were from New York. We were able to locate the operation from the photocopy we have of the Articles of Incorporation. Extremely fine. We have a few of these. $175/each 550. Colorado. Ouray. Ouray. Ouray Area Real Photo Postcards, c.1940. Lot of 7 different cards. Four are by Sanborn with views that include: Birdseye view of Ouray, Swimming Pool and Gold Fish Ponds at Ouray, Cascade Falls and Overview of Ouray. Two of the cards have no photographer, showing Sneffles Creek and an overview of Ouray. The last card is by Smith, with a fabulous shot of a miner's cabin with two big horn sheep standing on the front porch, my favorite view in the lot. Vf. $70 551. Colorado. Park. Red Ruth (Alhambra). Andesite Gold Mining and Town Co. Prospectus (2). 1902. Preliminary prospectus and regular prospectus. Preliminary is 8 x 11", purple and green on buff. Some underlining on cover. 4pp includes only the briefest of descriptions of the property and management. Colorado incorporation. Ohio promotion. Located 15 miles west of Cripple Creek. Included 85 acres of patented ground and 160 acres of placer gold ground. The regular prospectus is 3.5 x 6". The properties were patented in June, 1901. They contained 1800 feet of underground workings and had assays of about one ounce per ton gold. $100 552. Colorado. Pikes Peak. Pikes Peak National Encampment Medal, c.1905. Relief of Pikes Peak Rail and building atop a mountain of rock and gravel. Great depth perception and artistry. "Pike's Peak" engraved on one of the rocks at the bottom of the pile. The reverse says, "In honor of the Brave Men who...Defended the Union...1861-1865." Denver, 1905. Rd, Br, 70mm. Toned, but Xf. $65 553. Colorado. Pitkin. Aspen. E. T. McElvain & Co Medicine Bottle, c.1885. E. T. McElvain & Co / Druggists / Aspen, Colo. 3ii bottle, about 2 oz. Some staining. 4.5" tall. No chips. $40 554. Colorado. Railroad. Among the Rockies, c. 1905. W. H. Jackson Photographer, published by H. H. Tammen, Denver, Colorado. 10" X 12". 32 B & W photos of scenic places along the rail line of Colorado. A list of railroad mileages between cities is offered at front. The title page is singed by A. Clark, Feby. 4, 07 with "On the Train to NY up Caldwell Sta" handwritten below signing. Front cover is deep burgundy in color and has sustained some water damage with one of the results of bleeding of color to title page. Photographs are in excellent condition. $150 555. Colorado. Railroad. The Colorado Road History, Motive Power, & Equipment of the Colorado & Southern & Fort Worth & Denver Railways, by F. Hol Wagner, Jr. Dust jacket a little worn around perimeter, and cracked at tops of spine Copyright 1970. Published by The Intermountain Chapter National Railway Society, Inc. 415 pp, including title page, and index. The long title emphasizes the wide contents that it covers. For instance, the author not only covers the railways in writing, illustrates them with advertisements, illustrations, and photographs. Very good condition. $100 556. Colorado. San Juan. Ophir. Ophir King Mining Co, 1900. This lot is different from the typical prospectuses offered in this sale. Titled "Copies of Correspondence Between the President and Stockholders of The Ophir King Mining Company." Contains copies of 22 pages of letters mostly to George Slater from various people. The company appears to have owned the Silver King mine located near Ophir in San Juan County. Most of the letters are datelined Cripple Creek, 1900. The letters are within a blue cover. Very fine. $75 557. Colorado. San Juan. Silverton. San Juan Smelting Refining Co, 1903 & 1908. Market letters. The story of this company is offered under the Kendrick & Gelder Smelting Co (see above) as this was a consolidation of Kendrick & Gelder, Paradox and Oliver Reduction Co in 1903. This is a concise 4 page informational letter to the stockholders announcing a delay in the consolidation process. Promoted by the Mines Securities Corp, NY. As will be found in the story under Kendrick & Gelder, this company was a scam. Tears along fold creases. Trimmed tight along bottom. Fine. The second item is dated 1908 and is a letter to stockholders regarding the stockholder who brought suit against the company and for them not to listen to a Mr. Drew. The letter was sent out just a few months before the collapse of the company in the early part of 1909. 8 pages, extremely fine. $75 558. Colorado. San Juan. Silverton. Silverton Real Photo Postcards, c.1940. Lot of 2 different cards. Both by Sanborn. One is of the Mayflower Mill, card #W-1592. The other is shot at the top of Red Mt Pass, card #W-1362. Very fine. $20 559. Colorado. San Juan. Sultan. Notaway Gold & Copper Mining Co, c.1900-03. Prospectus. Colorado corporation and promotion. 12pp with self-cover plus 2pp introductory letter signed by the company president, A. J. Vivian. Pictorial. They held three claims near Central City, including the Notaway and Aurora mines, which were leased out. 9 x 12, folds, trimmed at right edge. $75 560. Colorado. San Miguel. Iron Springs. Ophir King Gold Mining Co, c.1900-1905. Prospectus. Owned property on Yellow Mountain, near Ophir, in the Iron Springs district. Two ore samples were sent to the assayer after the printing of this prospectus. The samples were "selected these two samples - one as the poorest, the other as the best. The worst came back at $265.40 and the best was $519.80. 4 pages, 5.5 x 8.5". Very fine. $75 561. Colorado. San Miguel. Ophir. Butterfly Terrible Gold Mining Co, c.1902. Market Letter. 4pp, 9.5 x 12", folds, some discoloration and splits along folds. Ten claims, six of which were patented. Rail siding present at the mine. Two miles of underground workings. 1300 foot aireal tram. Large cross section in center. Located along Lake Fork Creek. They claim that one stope produced $225,000. Fine. 4 x 9". $75 562. Colorado. San Miguel. Telluride. Telluride Area Real Photo Postcards, c.1940. Lot of 3 different cards. One is by Sanborn, W-1617 showing Trout Lake between Rico and Telluride. The other two cards are by an unknown photographer and are of a different style than Sanborn. One shows Bridal Veil Falls near Telluride and another shows an old outhouse. Very fine. $20 563. Colorado. San Miguel. Telluride. W. R. Samson Medicine Bottle, c.1900. W. R. Samson / Druggist / Telluride, Colo. 3iii bottle. 5" tall. Clean. Slight purple tint. No chips. $28 564. Colorado. Scenic. O'er Canon and Crag, To the Land of Gold, 1904. Published by Williamson-Haffner Eng Co, Colo. There are 24 colored photographs all place on the right with a caption for each on the opposing page. Distributed by the Railroad View Publishing Co and is described as "The one day trip that bankrupts the English Language." Cover is faded and detached. The soft cover is purple. 9 x 11". Fine. $100 565. Colorado. Summit. Breckenridge. New York & Colorado Mining Co, c.1900-1905. Prospectus. Promoted by Western Securities, New York. Owned the Sunbeam claims located just 20 minutes walk from Breckenridge. The Colorado & Southern Ry crossed the property twice as it ascended the mountain. There were 3 incline tunnels, 125, 130 & 160 feet. Ore was ran between $26 to $110 with gold, silver and lead. On the inside is a small map showing the claims. 4 pages, 3.5 x 9". Small crease at top edge. Very fine. $50 566. Colorado. Summit. Summit: A Gold Rush History of Summit County, CO, by Mary Gilliland. Published by Alpenrose Press, 1980. A "lively look at Summit County's colorful goldrush past." Soft cover echoes that sentiment with a cartoon of characters, good and bad guys, damsel in distress, cowboys and Indians, all atop a mountain. Nice book. 336 pages, with illustrations. $25 567. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. "Morning Glory versus Mary McKinney" Map, c.1910-1920. Large map of the Republic lode claim #7499, pen and ink, hand colored. Plan view showing claim boundaries, mine shafts and workings, etc. Fancy. The neighbor property is the Aileen patent with two shafts within ten feet of the Republic/Aileen boundary. The Aileen shaft was driven on angle onto the Republic property. 3' x 9', paper on canvas, slightly dirty but overall very fine. This is an important record of the underground workings of the Republic showing five different levels. No assays shown. $200 568. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Ajax Mine Group Title Abstracts & Document, c.1895-1935. Approximately 300pp. The Ajax mine was located on Battle Mountain, next to the Portland mine. The property changed hands several times between 1900 and 1925. Ajax GMC initially owned the property, then the Colburn Ajax MC and finally the Tonopah Ajax MC was successfully working the property in 1925. The property was said to have had a historical production of nearly $5 million. (Mines Handbook, 1925, p.812). $90 569. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Bernard Creek Map, near Mt. Hallett, probably west of Cripple Creek, 1892. Ink on linen, by Harer & Lowry. Shows prominent geographic features such as Mt. Hallett, Spring Creek (changed to Bernard Creek), but no survey numbers, etc. Scale is 1" = 400'. 30 x 48". Folded and rolled, with stains along folded edges. Very fine. $150 570. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Big Twenty Cons Gold Mining Co, c.1901. Prospectus, 4pp, 8 x 11" Boston promotion, printed on yellow paper. Attached to a similar prospectus for the Mountain Boy GMC, also of Cripple Creek. No meaningful info given for either, though less for the Big Twenty. Some blue pencil underlining. Folds, wear, some discoloration. $75 571. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Cameron Township Map, c.1935. Cameron was located within the Cripple Creek district. On vellum. 24 x 30". This map shows claim boundaries and town plat, by Hills & Willis, Mine Engineers, Cripple Creek. Very fine. $50 572. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Collectable table top souvenir trays. Lot of 2 different pcs. (For candy or cigarettes?) One is 4 x 6" with hand painted blue columbine and "Cripple Creek" in gilt. (TK, Vienna, Austria) on back. Ceramic, ornate edges, no chips. The other is copper plate on raised white metal with picture of the National Hotel and Teller Co. Courthouse. Fancy, ornate. Copper plate worn off about half of the tray. May have had light gold plate. Both near mint. $85 573. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Colorado Souvenir Cups, c.1900-20. Lot of 3 different souvenir cups that were collected in the Cripple Creek area. All are 3" tall and 2.25" wide at top. 1). A. S. Syndicate/ P.O. Box 1529/ Denver on bottom. Light silver plate. Scenes embossed on the cup include Mount of Holy Cross, Mining Exchange, Garden of Gods, Globe S & M Co., Denver club, and the State Capitol. Near mint. 2). Daniels & Fisher Stores Co./ Denver on bottom. Brass plate, but may have been silvered. Embossed on the cup are the Denver Club, State Capitol, Holy Cross, Garden of Gods, Mining Exchange, Globe Smelting & Refining Co. Very fine, except for some dark spots. Fine. 3). H. W. Wyman, Colorado Springs, Colo. Made in Germany on bottom. Scenes include, Garden of Gods, Indian Camp, Burro & Pikes Peak, Seven Falls. Darkened, but near mint. $65 574. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Columbia Gold Mining Co, c.1900. Prospectus. Six panel folding pamphlet, 4 x 9", New York promotion. 2 panels blank with hand written notes by Vigouroux. Very little info on the claims and no notes on production. Blue print. $75 575. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Cripple Creek Cabinet Card Photograph, c.1900. Photo of two children, one seated in a chair, the other standing. The children are wearing rather flamboyant clothes. The photographer was Schnedina Lehman, 412 E. Bennett Ave, Opp. National Hotel, Cripple Creek, Colo. The photo has scribbles from what appears to be a child's mischief. Photo is 4 x 6", matte is slightly larger. Wear to corners with minor dings. Fine. $25 576. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Cripple Creek Cabinet Card, c.1891-1899. Photo is a portrait of an unidentified man and woman. The photographer was Sours, 321 Bennett Ave, Cripple Creek, Colo. It is not indicated whether the photographer was Robert or William Sours. 4 x 6.5". Extremely fine. $25 577. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Cripple Creek Cabinet Card, c.1895. Photo is a portrait of a family with mother and father with the three children. Photo is laid out landscape style. Photographer - T. J. Gillen, bet Car and Bennett near 4th St. The reverse has penciled "Ma, George, Pa, Frank, Gylda." 4 x 6.5". Lower left corner is bent with a top piece of cardboard gone. Ding at top edge near left corner. Very fine. $25 578. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Cripple Creek City Hall Original Pen and Ink Drawing or Rendering of the Front of the Proposed Building, 1896, by John J. Muddart, Architect, 3/4" scale. 36" x 36". Shows blocks of building stone, etc. Three pieces of linen, attached by adhesive. Stains, discoloration along glued sections. Repaired along old adhesive attachments. $300 579. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Cripple Creek Collectible Ephemera, 1910-1955. 1) Blinky's souvenir miniature circus flag, featuring polar bear in circus wagon; C.C./Victor souvenir flag, black and white. 2). Souvenir miner statues, brass and plaster. 3). Victor drug store complimentary backgammon game. 4). Seashell with compass attached at top and Cripple Creek printed on side. 5). Pike's Peak sterling souvenir spoon, c.1900. 6). Cripple Creek Museum Opening, 1953 crucible. 7). Gold Camp Credit Bureau desk not box madeof wood with gilt lettering. 8). Cripple Creek and Victor souvenir felt flat with image of a miner with his mule at left edge. $90 580. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Cripple Creek Collectibles. Lot of 4 different items. Bottle opener / ice pick, "Miners Ice & Fuel Co. / Phone 398 // same. 8" long, 1.75" wide at largest end. Wood on wire spindle for "The Boston Department Store / 212-14 East Bennett / Cripple Creek / Colo.", reportedly a school book carrier. 4". Small red whistle for "Blue Front Grocery. Writing in poor condition - not very legible at this point. 2". Small medal-type piece for "Poll-Parrot Solid Leather Shoes" with a picture of a parrot. Enamel (?), convex 0.7" piece on wm fob, top broken. $65 581. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Cripple Creek Drug Store Documents, 1897-1939. Lot of 23 various receipts from Cripple Creek drug stores, such as City Drug Store, 1897, Central Drug Store/Co., 1898, and the palace Drug Store among others. Receipts date from 1897-1939. All are in very fine condition. Some folds. $100 582. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Cripple Creek Gold Milling Co. Lot of 2 certificates. Incorporated in Colorado. Unissued, unsigned, and uncancelled. Vignette of the Gold & Globe Mill. Gold leaf border and black print. Very fine. 9 x 12". $20 583. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Cripple Creek High School Football Megaphone, 1940. Schedule printed on the megaphone, red with black writing. "C.C." painted on it. Sealright Sport Megaphone by Sealright Co., Fulton, NY USA. A few creases, fine. 10 1/2 x 4". $25 584. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Cripple Creek Mine Supply & Hardware Co Bilheads, 1897-1920. Lot of 43 billheads from various Cripple Creek businesses, such as "Cripple Creek Mine & Supply Co.", "J. H. Wilber Mining Machinery", "Teller Lumber Co.", "A. L. Davis Building Materials" and others. Many of the invoices are for charges made by the city of Cripple Creek. 1897-1920. $125 585. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Cripple Creek Mining District Map, Southwest Portion of Gold Hill, c.1908, by Hills & Willis. Scale is 1" = 300', 22 x 30". Reverse blue line. Shows patents on Gold Hill. Some water stains. Four inch tear at top center, but otherwise fine. $75 586. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Cripple Creek Pamphlets & Magazines, 1970-90. 6 pieces, including the Denver Westerners Roundup, 1971, and the C.C., Colo. Commemorative Centennial Program from 1992. All very fine. $25 587. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Cripple Creek Souvenir Badge 4th of July, 1899. "Souvenir" in gilt lettering in red, white and blue banner. Hanging below is a fancy five-point gilt medal. "1899 / Fourth July / (pic miners) / Cripple Creek, Colo / Teller / County // Schwaab. 2" x 1.5". Near mint medal. Pinback detached and missing. $75 588. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Cripple Creek Trading & Mining Co Title Reports, c.1895-1935. Owned the Canary Bird, Pearl, Dolphin and other claims. About 30 pp, $90 (no illustration) 589. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Dameral Gold Mining Co, c.1900. Prospectus. 8 x 14", 4pp, undated. Held 14 claims south of Battle Mountain. They reported assays from $2 to $9 per ton. Located along the Florence & CC RR. Boston promotion. Folds, but XF. $75 590. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Express Receipts, 1910-20. Lot of 10 pcs. Two are from the Adams Express Co, 1911 & 1919. One from American Railway Express Co, 1919. United States Express Co, 1911. Six pieces from Wells Fargo & Co Express, 1911. $90 591. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Golden Cycle & Theresa Mining Cos and the F.G. Logan Tract at the Goldfield Townsite, Map of the Holdings, c.1895. Map by Davis & Bylar, Mining Eng., Victor, Colo. 36" x 43", 1" = 100', no date, circa 1895. Blueprint on canvas, rolled. Bottom is frayed but only two chips missing into border. Shows all patents, surveyed claims, town lots, underground workings, railroad routes, streets, etc. Generally fine. $250 592. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Golden Cycle Mining & Reduction Co. Cert. #923. Incorporated in West VA. Issued to L. G. Carlton for 10,000 shares in 1915. Signed by A.E Carlton as president. Vignette of "Largest Cyanide Mill in the U.S." Cancelled by hole punches over signatures. The story of the Golden Cycle has been written up several times in our previous catalogs. L. G. Carlton was Albert's brother who was an active participant in the building of the Carlton empire. Very fine. $85 593. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Golden Cycle Mining & Reduction Co. Cert. #3371. Incorporated in West VA. Issued to O. H. Shoup for 500 shares in 1916. Signed by A. E. Carlton as president. Cancelled by hole punches over signatures. Vignette of "The Largest Cyanide Mill in the U.S." Signed on reverse by Shoup. Oliver H. Shoup moved to Colorado Springs at age 13. He got involved in mining with Velmer Reed and was secretary of the Rose Nicol GMC and the Moon Anchor MC. Shoup and Reed organized the Midwest Oil Co, Midwest Refining Co and the Westland Securities Co. (Hills, p.413; Levine, p.65-67). Very fine. $65 594. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Golden Cycle Mining & Reduction Co. Cert. #6850. Incorporated in West VA in 1895. Issued to Chas. L. Tutt for 500 shares in 1918. Cancelled by hole punches over signatures. Signed by president A. E. Carlton. Vignette of "Largest Cyanide Mill in the U.S." Brown border. Vf, smudge at right margin. Printed by Smith Brooks Co. Vignette of "Largest Cyanide Mill in the U.S." Brown border. Signed on reverse by Tutt. Tutt was Spencer Penrose's business partner. Tutt made a name for himself when he staked the C. O. D. claim that was a bonanza mine by 1893. Soon after Penrose and Tutt were buying properties, almost all of which made them both very wealthy. Very fine, soiled at top edge. $180 595. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Golden Cycle Mining & Reduction Co. Cert. #2194. Incorporated in West VA. Issued to A.E. Carlton for 500 shares in 1916. Signed by Carlton as president. Vignette of "Largest Cyanide Mill in the U.S." Cancelled by hole punches over signatures. Signed on reverse by Carlton. Carlton and his brother, Leslie, were adept business men who used their influence with the First National Bank to access information on mining properties. They bought up several overlooked claims and under the umbrella of the Golden Cycle MC, consolidation a mass of properties. In 1911, after long legal battles, Carlton's hard fought battle to consolidate properties was won, forming a property asset of over $240 million. Very fine. $65 596. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Gould Mining & Milling Co, Kittie Lane and N. L. Desperandum Companies Title Report with Backup Documents, 1934. About 200 pp detailing the title progression, ownership and company name changes from 1892-1934. The Gould Mining and Milling Co. began with the property in 1892. From there the progression was Gould Consol. MC (1901), The Gould MC (1904), Kittie Lane GMC (1912), N.L. Desperandum (1932). The lot contains title summaries, deeds, agreements, correspondence, directories, minutes, shares subscription forms, mine superintendent reports, shareholder records etc. of the companies. There are no Jay Gould documents in this file. See similar lots in the Titles and Abstracts section. $150 (no illustration) 597. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Hallett Family Correspondence, 1895-1899. In 1895, Henry W. Hallet was a mine promoter in Cripple Creek. Another one of the Halletts was a funeral director in Colorado Springs in the 1890's. The Halletts were early prospectors in Cripple Creek, who subsequently had a mountain named after them. They staked, bought, traded and sold mining claims with regularity. This group contains correspondence (9 letters) from various people, reflecting many deals , geologic reports, grubstaking, etc. One reproduction photo shows the Hallett and Hamburg Mine, possibly with the Hallett family in the view. J. L. Hallett had Wm. Trevorrow, supt. of the Pharmacist and Victor Properties. The group contains 21 letters & 1 reproduction photo. $300 598. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Harvey Moulton/ Mfg. Co./ Cripple Creek/ Colo. Aqua, crown top beer or soda bottle. 1 pint. Plain base. Company embossed in circular slug plate. Broken top, some milky discoloration. Fine. $10 599. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Improved Order of Redmen Lodge Uniform. Complete with accoutrements. Full length navy blue coat with crème colored lapel and cuffs, and unmarked brass buttons. Made by Pettibone Mfg. Co., Cincinnati. 6" wide red velvet shoulder sash with "C.C.C. Tuscarora 39" at bottom (multi-colored rhinestones woven throughout). Gilt tassels & borders. Crème colored vest and matching pants. Red plaid wool shirt, and shoulder sash with leather pouch marked "RML". 12" tomahawk with "Tote" embossed in an eagle on the blade (nickel plated brass). Three gorgeous breast badges: a) gilt eagle with "tote" in red enamel in eagle carrying ribbon with "IMPD O.R.M.". Suspended gilt banner engraved "Tuscarora 39". Beneath that is suspended the classic reedmen emblem of tomahawk, sword, peace pipe, etc., with banner engraved "W.J. Whitefield"(5" long) in original case. b) Similar medal, but perhaps lapel pin, 3". Eagle with "F&FC" in banner, suspended from which is an ornate enamel shield P/S- Improved order of Redmen/ Tote, with symbols of lodge suspended underneath. All gilt, and in original leather holder. c) Member badge with ribbon. Gild hanger with "member". Two ribbons: top is embroidered Indian on white; underlying ribbon is red, blue , green with "Annual Session/ Imp'd. O.R.M. of Colorado/ Idaho Springs,/ June 7-9 1915. This ornate uniform was used for this fraternal group in Cripple Creek in about 1903. The owner, Whitefield, may have been the group commandant. These groups were formed for community charity. Different groups had different themes. This is not the usual Redman uniform, we were told. Very rare to have this complete uniform with associated accoutrements and badges. Everything is in very fine condition. The uniform is for a small person. Unfortunately, we were unable to find anything on Whitefield. Mint. $750 600. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. James Wild Portrait Matted Photograph, c.1900. The reverse identifies the man as "James Wild, Teller County, Cripple Creek, Commissioner." The photographer was Webster, Cor. 3rd & Carr Ave., Cripple Creek, Studio. Photo is 4 x 5.5:", matte is 5 x 7". Extremely fine. $35 601. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Map Plates from USGS Professional Paper No.54, 1905. Lot of 6 different pcs. Two plates feature the Portland Mine, one shows a cross sectional view and the other is a general geology map of the property. One of the plates shows a sectional view of the major shafts from the Abe Lincoln mine to the Stratton Independence mine. A nice map of the Battle Mountain mines. The last two are maps of the geology of the Cripple Creek district including a section view of ore shoots and plat of ore shoots. $40 602. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Midget-Bonanaza King Original Pen & Ink Map, c.1920. 36" x 42". For use by the mining engineer (Farragow?), unfinished, probably for in-house use only. Shows the Bonanza King claim and underground workings. Shows the claim broken into several segments that were leased to other miners. Most the leases had shafts (shown) but contain no other underground information other than for the main workings. In pencil are written "Burke Lease," "Donnelley Lease," Claybull Lease," "Morris Lease," "Worchester Lease." Scale 1" = 40'. This was probably a map from the Midget Cons GMC which owned the Midget and Bonanza King Mines through the 1940's (Mines Handbook & Mines Register). Paper on canvas. No title block. $100 603. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Mining Company Letterheads, 1901. Lot of 3 pcs. Pharmacist GMC, Cripple Creek, unused; Stratton's Independence, Victor, 1901, signed by H. A. Shipman, Manager; Mary McKinney, Colorado Springs, 1901 with fancy masthead at top. Very fine. $35 604. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Moon Anchor Level Maps, 1935. Group of eight level maps for the Moon Anchor Mine for the 3rd through the 6th levels, as described below. 1) "3"- 1" = 20', 20 x 24" blue line. Third level underground workings. Shows proposed drifts, etc. 2) "3"- 1' = 40', 24 x 40" ink on linen. Shows third level underground workings. Very fine. 3) "4"- 1" = 20', 20 x 24", blue line, 2 copies. Shows geology and engineer's notes. 4) "5"- 1" = 20', 24 x 40", ink on linen. Shows underground workings, shafts, etc. for the 5th level. 5) "5"- 1" = 20', 20 x 24", blue line. Underground workings for the 5th level, showing faults and miscellaneous geologic notes. 6) "6", 1" = 40', 24 x 40". Underground workings for the 6th level, with some geology notes. 7) "6". 1" = 40', 24 x 40", ink on linen. Similar to the "5" level map above, at the same scale. Shows new underground drifts, etc. All are in very fine condition. $500 605. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Nighthawk Mining Co, c.1900-1905. Incorporated in Colorado, promoted from Denver. Property included the Little Oney and Defender, located on Straub Mountain just outside of Victor, Rosina F., on Rosebud Hill, Walker, on Beacon Hill, all located in the Cripple Creek district. No assays offered in this prospectus and there was limited development work indicated. 4 pages, 6 x 9.5". Printed by Whitaker Printing. The last page has claim plats of the properties. Very fine. $50 606. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Occidental Development Co, 1900. Lot of 3 different prospectuses. Promoted from Boston. The company owned 6 different sets of property in different counties in Colorado and of different mineral wealth. Some of the descriptions do not offer specific locations. Owned the Harrisburg group, adjoining the Freeland. Owned the Fraction group near the Stanley mine. Owned coal lands in Huerfano County. Owned the X-10-X-8 mine near Victor. Uranium lands in Rock Creek district, Montrose County. And finally owned copper claims also located in Montrose County, but these properties were undeveloped. Since only a few of the lands were located, we chose to place this company at Cripple Creek for convenience. 4 pages, 6 x 9.5". Very fine. A second prospectus is promoted the sale of bonds in the Occidental Dev Co with the use of collateral from the Duplex Gold & Copper MC and the Climax MC. The Duplex company is listed in the Copper Handbook, 1908, with "location of lands, if any, unknown." The Climax MC is listed as having property in Chaffee County. 3 pages, 8.5 x 11". The last prospectus is 3.5 x 6 which unfolds to make 8 pages and only discusses the property located near the Freeland, at Idaho Springs. All very fine. $100 607. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Progress Gold Mining Co, c.1900-1905. Prospectus. Owned the Gold King on Gold Hill, Becky Sharp & Dauntless of Raven Hill, Spider & Trinidad on Beacon Hill, Gold & Tin Cup on Rhyolite Mtn and M.W.S. on Bull Hill. Promoted by John McManus & Son, Seattle. 1 page, 3.5 x 6". Very fine. $50 608. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Rocky Mountain Directory & Colorado Gazetteer. Published in 1871. This is the first major mining directory for Colorado, and cited by us in our research. It is a rare and important work. Approximately 500 pages. Green hardbound, with gilt embossing on cover. One of the indispensable research tools we have used in the past. Although the condition of the directory is moderate, the information contained makes this lot an extremely fine book to own. Binding broken. $775 609. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Rose Nicol Gold Mining Co. Cert. #3170. Incorporated in Colorado. Issued to A. E. Carlton for 1 share in 1926. Signed by Carlton on reverse. Signed by Aitken as secretary. Fancy masthead, no vignette. Pink border and seal. Gowdy Printing & Engraving. 6 x 9" Datelined Colorado Springs, Colo. Mines included the Rose and Gurley on Battle Mountain and Bull Hill. Very fine. $65 610. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Taylor Lode Property Documents, 1895. The items include: Location Certificate, Copy of Deed agreement Letter, and Mining Deed. Deed signed by George Taylor, 16 x 10.5"; location certificate gives the property area and location, 14 x 8"; letter is a copy, with forged signatures of all parties, sort of a proof of the real document, 14 x 8". All 3 documents are very fine. $75 611. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Title Abstracts and Worksheets, c.1895-1910. Documents for a large group of properties. Also includes some preliminary reports. Includes some of the big mines: Gold Coin, Independence, Smuggler, Little May, Mt. Rosa Placer, Burlington, Doctor Lode, Forlorn Hope etc. About 300 pp. $150 (no illustration) 612. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Title Abstracts, c.1891-1949. Property owned by A. E. Fry. They include at least 50 patented claims involving numerous companies. Claim names include: Sure Thing, Small Hopes, Alice, Mint, and many others. This is a large file of about 400 pp by the Colorado Map, Abstract & Title Co. $200 (no illustration) 613. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Title Study Regarding a right of way issue for a highway in Cripple Creek, c.1895-1935. Includes maps, reports and documents. About 100pp. $100 (no illustration) 614. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Toy Banks. Lot of 2 different items. Collected from Cripple Creek area. The first is a toy Davy Crocket Bank, 1895-1910. Original paint on white metal. Lock and door missing. The second item is a nickel plated cast iron toy safe with combination lock door. Star patterns embossed throughout. No maker shown. Beginning to show rust, particularly at right side door. 3.25 x 3.5 x 5" high. Both items fine. $120 615. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Victor High School Archive, c.1920. Lot of about 100 pcs. Ranging from correspondence between Francis Clark and "Nancy", a high school memory book, and photographs, to over 30 newspaper clippings, and a county fair program. Some of the correspondence between Francis and Nancy describes the "scandal" at Victor High. A matinee program features an acting company and show, "the Honeymoon". All are circa 1920 and in varying condition. $75 616. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Vindicator Mine Level Maps. Lot of 6 maps. Sheets 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 20. Sheet 1 is the first level, 10,152 feet. Shows only the near surface underground workings. Sheet 2 is the 3rd level, elevation 10,015 feet. Sheet 3 is the 200 level, elevation 9909 feet. Sheet 4 is the 6th level, elevation 9855 feet. Sheet 6 is the 400 level, elevation 9715 feet. Sheet 20 is the 100 level, 10,094 feet. The maps are 12 x 42", undated, blue lines. All have a stamp of "Feb 46". This may indicate that these are from 1946, but not sure. Tattered in places, but are working copies. $150 617. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Walter Lode Title Abstract & Maps, c.1896. The abstract dates from 1895-1896, 8.5 x 17". The two maps are c.1895, and are drawn on waxed cloth. Maps are discolored from water damage, but still in excellent condition. 12.5 x 16.5". $100 618. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Wandry's Old Fashioned Country Circus Posters, c.1930-40. Lot of 5 posters. One is a site specific poster for Cripple Creek, advertising the circus in Red. Two (copies) full color litho posters of monkeys on high wire; (2 copies) color litho poster of lady with dogs doing tricks. Printed by Globe Poster Co., Chicago. Crisp color. Minor edge wear. $450 619. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Wilson Creek Cons Mining & Milling Co Maps, c.1900. Composite Plats Illustrative of the Condition and Title of the Property of the Wilson Creek Cons Mining & Milling Co. Formal, bound Map Set. Preparer's name and date is no longer visible. Cloth cover sheet with ornate border. 50 pp. 16 x 18", bound by leather strips at left. There are pages listing/indexing the mining patents, with hand colored maps of patents showing Wilson ownership. In Hills, 1900, the Wilson Creek Cons GMC owned property next to, and within, the town of Independence. The company was in litigation with the Independence Town & Mining Co which probably led to the name change. Some water stains, cover poor, but otherwise fine. $250 620. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Woods Investment Co Victor Claim Map, c.1900 by Charles Shop, M.E. 40" x 60", reverse blueline. The map shows the surveyed mining claims and the holdings of the Woods Co. Has fold horizontally at center, and prominent tear, vertically, from fold to top of map, in center. Needs repair. Also a few tears at the top edge, in the margin. $100 621. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Zanesville Gold Mining Co, 1901. Prospectus. Incorporated in Colorado. Property was located 1 mile from the southwest corner of the town of Cripple Creek, on Gold Quartz Hill, just a 15 minutes walk from the post office. The company even claims, that as the town grows, the surface ground will be valuable. An advertisement prospectus with limited information. Minor dings at left edge, 6 x 9". Very fine. $50 622. Colorado. Teller. Goldfield. Goldfield Lodge A.O.U.W Medal. Ancient Order of United Workmen Medal, "Instituted June 14, 1899." 51mm, Fine/Vf, 15mm chip at left. $75 623. Colorado. Teller. Victor. Mrs. Victor C. Adams Calling Cards, c.1895. Four calling cards. Black script print on white card stock. 2 x 3. Victor C. Adams was the original homesteader of property that was platted for the Lawrence townsite by M. S. Raynolds on January 4, 1892. J. R. McKinnie, who owned the Mount Rosa Placer group of claims up-slope from the homestead, took note of this activity and seeing potential for profit, shifted the location of his claim group down-slope, abutting the Lawrence, to take advantage of ground more favorable for development. Like dominoes, owners of adjacent claims upslope from the Mount Rosa also perceived an opportunity and shifted their locations, covering former Mount Rosa ground. In so doing, they inadvertently opened a fraction of ground that was soon staked by J. Burns and J. Doyle and named the Portland. The Portland mine came to be the largest producer at Cripple Creek, grossing more than $60 million. In 1893 McKinnie sold the Mount Rosa to Frank and Harry Woods who subdivided the property for a townsite they named Victor after Mr. Adams (see biographical sketches on McKinnie and the Woods family at the beginning of the Cripple Creek section) (Sprague, pp. 117, 118, 165). Very fine. $80 624. Colorado. Teller. Victor. S. A. Worcester, Consulting Mechanical Engineers. Label: Complements of S. A. Worcester Consulting Mechanical Engineers. Designer & Constructor of Mining Plants and Reduction Works. Appears to be on blueprint paper and was probably affixed to plans and documents and complementary items provided by the company. Has illustration of hoisting works in blueprint form. 3 x 6. This company had offices in Victor and provided technical expertise for mining companies needing engineering services during the development of their properties. (Ives, p. 348, 420). Fine. $15 625. Colorado. Teller. Victor. Scholtz & McClellan Medicine Bottle, c.1900. Scholtz & McClellan / Druggists / Cor 4th St & Victor Ave / Victor, Colo. About 3 oz. 5" tall. Some staining. No chips. $28 626. Colorado. Teller/Fremont. Bare Hills. Colorado Mica Mining & Milling Co of Colorado, c.1900-1905. Prospectus. 8pp plus green cover, 3 x 6", Colorado incorporation. Duluth, Minn. Promotion. They held three claims. With reports of mica selling for $600 to $32,000 per ton, it isn't a wonder that someone began prospecting for mica. XF. $75 DAKOTA 627. Dakota. Custer. Custer City. Willow Creek Mining Co, 1902. Lot of 2 different prospectuses Incorporated in South Dakota, promoted from Iowa. Company owned the Lizzie claim group outside of Custer City that had ore values from $1.50 to $44 gold per ton and of course in free milling form perfect for concentrating and treating with cyanide. The company was being promoted from Le Mars, Iowa. 4 photographs of the different claim developments, which was just getting underway, with the most productive only 9 feet deep. 12 pages, original purple cover, 4 x 8". The second item is the Articles of Incorporation, 1902, for the Willow Creek MC. 12 pages, original pink cover, 4 x 6". Both items printed by Globe-Post Print, Le Mars. Both extremely fine to near mint condition. $100 628. Dakota. Lawrence. Castle Rock. Castle Rock Gold Mining & Milling Co, c.1902. Prospectus. Incorporated in South Dakota. Owned property 8 miles from Spearfish in the Castle Rock district. Ore was gold running at around $5 per ton. A mill was planned and ore to be treated with cyanide. The company incorporated in South Dakota, 1901. Printed by Queen City Mail Print. 8 pages, original green cover with dark green print, 3.5 x 6". Extremely fine. $75 629. Dakota. Lawrence. Deadwood(?). Gold Magnet & Mining Co, c.1900-1905. This prospectus is outlining the new Green Reduction Process that Charles Greene invented. The text pages do an excellent job outlining the basic innovations and process of ore extraction using the Greene process. Being that I am not a metallurgist, I am not able to validate or refute is the process would have worked, or was even accepted. There were 2 locations offered where the Greene mills were emplaced, Black Hills and at Boulder, Colorado. 6 photographs of what Greene's mills looked like. 18 pages, original blue cover, 4 x 8". Very fine. $75 630. Dakota. Lawrence. Deadwood. Crown Hill Cons Mining Co, c.1905. Prospectus. Incorporated in South Dakota, promoted from Chicago. This company is a reorganization of the Crown Hill Mining Co due to the need to increase capitalization. The company owned the Crown Hill gold mine located about 6 miles from Deadwood with ore that assayed from $10-20 gold per ton and had shipped about 300 tons. The company acquired the Spokane Lead and Silver mine in Custer County, located about 5 miles from Keystone. Ore carried 30-50% lead, 15-30 silver ounces with occasional gold at $5-$17 per ton. Over 500 car loads of ore had been shipped from a 200 foot shaft and able to work the ore on site. The last property acquired was 20 acres, located in Deadwood Gulch about 3.5 miles from Deadwood. Carried gold ore without any further specifics offered. 6 pages, original tan cover with black print, 7 x 9.5". Printed by Brown & Saenger, Sioux Falls. Fold crease at middle from top to bottom edge. Extremely fine. $75 631. Dakota. Lawrence. Deadwood. Magnolia Mining & Milling Co, c.1900. Prospectus. The company does not specify where its property is located and only has plans of building a cyanide plant to treat its $4 to $27.50 gold per ton ore and custom ore. 4 pages, 4 x 8.5". Printed on blue paper. Fred Gantz was the president. There was a Gantz mine in the Deadwood area (I read it in one of these Dakota prospectuses - vp). Extremely fine. $75 632. Dakota. Lawrence. Deadwood. Manila Gold Mining & Milling Co, 1904. Prospectus. According to the prospectus, the management of this company changed hands around 1902. The original company had 80 acres, adding another 500 acres by 1904, located 7 miles southwest of Deadwood. Ore values were listed at around $2.50 gold per ton and the company wanted to build a mill and cyanide plant. 5 photographs showing the property. On the last page is a diagrammatic cross section of the tunnel, and drift, with ore speculated ore shown. 8 pages, original drab green cover with dark green print. 6.5 x 9.5". Minor discoloration around the edges. Very fine. $75 633. Dakota. Lawrence. Deadwood. Rex Gold Mining Co, c.1902. Prospectus. The company had property that it claimed was an ground with extensions of the Homestake and Hidden Fortune. Developed by a 300 foot tunnel and a 70 foot shaft. No ore assays offered. 4 pages, 3.5 x 6", printed on green paper. Extremely fine. $75 634. Dakota. Lawrence. Deadwood. Rio Tinto Copper Mining Co, 1900. Prospectus. Incorporated in New Jersey, promoted from New York. No, this is not the famous Rio Tinto. But whether this company has any relation to the Rio Tinto Copper Co that was out of business located at Encampment, Wyoming is not clear. The company was pushing $10 per share stock, discounted in this prospectus to $5, very expensive compared to other companies selling stock between 5 and 25 cents. Property was located about 30 miles southeast Deadwood and only four miles from Nemo. In the middle of the claim group was a 90 foot shaft. Ore was reported to run between 9% & 20% copper with $4 gold (sounds to good to be true - vp). 8 pages, original tan cover with dark blue print, 5 x 8". Small dirt smudge at center of top edge. Very fine. $75 635. Dakota. Lawrence(?). Iron Mountain. Niagara Tin Smelting Co, c.1900. Lot of 2 different prospectuses. Incorporated in South Dakota, with the major smelter to be located at Niagara Falls, NY, utilizing the water power. The company did own property that was located 7 miles from Iron Mountain Station with ore that ran 2% tin. The 2 prospectuses are identical on the inside but have different styles of covers. One is yellow with 3 torches. The other has a red cover with a coat of arms design. 12 pages, 4.5 x 6". Extremely fine. $100 636. Dakota. Lawrence. Lead. Columbus Cons Gold Mining Co, c.1905. Prospectus and market letters. The company owned 600 acres that adjoined the property of the Homestake mine. Ore ran at about $4 per ton gold with a reported 80 million tons in sight. Very few other details are offered in this 4 page prospectus, 8.5 x 11", that has 2 photographs on the front page and one on the back page. Promoted by Herbert Shaw of Denver. Tear along fold creases. Discoloration along the bottom edge. Includes a stock subscription blank and a 1 page letter to the stockholders dated 1905. VF. $100 637. Dakota. Lawrence. Lead. Gladiator Gold Mining & Milling Co, c.1905. Lot of 2 different prospectuses. Incorporated in South Dakota, promoted from Iowa. The earlier prospectus appears to be published right after incorporation around 1900. The property consisted of the Murray group, but no ore values are offered and there seems to be very limited development. The 2nd prospectus announces the consolidation of 3 companies, Gladiator GM&MC, Red Cloud MC & Gold Fish MC, under the same Gladiator company name in 1902, and the election of new officers. The properties are discussed in detail, but still lacks much information about ore values or assays. It is also interesting to note that the consolidation of the 3 companies did not alter the name. We have seen stock certificates for the Gladiator Consolidated GM&MC, but these were issued around 1925. 11 x 13.5". 8 pages. Apparently the front cover sheet is missing, but the reverse sheet is present and printed on glossy paper. Both very fine to extremely fine. $100 638. Dakota. Lawrence. Lead. Glover Gold Mining Co, 1902. Prospectus. Incorporated in South Dakota, promoted from Iowa. Owned 56 acres located 1 mile west of Lead. 10 pages, original royal blue cover with gilt lettering, 3.5 x 5.5". There is no specifics regarding ore values other than having free milling gold. One testimonial from the Mayor of Lead. Printed by Rees Printing Co, Omaha. Extremely fine to near mint condition. $100 639. Dakota. Lawrence. Ruby Basin. Ruby Bell Gold & Silver Mining Co. Cert #189. Incorporated in Dakota. Issued to John Gray for 2500 shares in 1888. Signed by Seth Bullock president and M. O. Shields secretary. Vignette in blue underprint of a miner with a pickaxe. Blue and brown border with blue underprint. Location of mines: Ruby Basin, Dakota. Place of Business, Deadwood, Dakota. Cancelled by red pen of same written over signatures. Printer - Times Steam Printing House, Deadwood. 6 x 9. Seth Bullock (1847-1919) was first sheriff of Deadwood, having been appointed by the governor. When he ceased being sheriff in 1878, he became involved in mining ventures. In 1884, when President Roosevelt visited the Dakotas, Bullock established a life-long friendship with him (Thrapp, 1988). Trimmed tight at left edge. Fold creases. Very fine. $190 640. Dakota. Lawrence. Whitewood. Shawmut Cons Gold Mining Co, c.1903-04. Prospectus. Company organized as a consolidation of the Esmeralda, Fairview and Great Western mines located in the Whitewood district, Blacktail Gulch, Deadwood. There was a 100 ton crusher and 50 ton cyanide plant with a total historical production of $18,000. The prospectus does not offer any assays. A property examination indicates there are 5 tunnels that were probably pre-existing. A Boston promotion. 2 photographs, one at the front showing the mill building and another at the end showing the Esmeralda workings. 12 pages, original burgundy cover, 5 x 6.5". 2 orthogonal fold creases. Extremely fine. $75 641. Dakota. Pennington(?). Black Hills. Cheyenne Cons Mining Co. Cert. #294. Incorporated in New York, 1880. Issued to F. V. Welling for 100 shares in 1881. Signed by G. M. Jetten president and R. M. Wright secretary. Vignette of two men operating a hand crank hoist over a shaft. Black border. Uncancelled. Printer - John S. Hudin, NY. 7 x 11. Two pin holes near left edge. Very fine. $200 642. Dakota. Pennington. Hill City. Gertie Mining & Milling Co, c.1900-1905. Prospectus. Incorporated in South Dakota, promoted from Chicago. The company owned the Gertie mine located almost within the town of Hill City. There were 2 ore types: gold, $8, and tin, $18. Much of the prospectus contains write-ups on the advantages of investing in mining rather than other industries. On the front cover is a photograph of "Typical Mining Prospector, G. R. Medbury." On the inside back cover is a small photographs showing Hill City. The 2nd page has a map of claims around Hill City. 16 pages, original orange cover, 8 x 9". Fold crease at middle from top to bottom. Very fine. $100 643. Dakota. Pennington. Keystone. Elmendorf Gold Mining Co, 1902. Prospectus, cabinet card and blank subscription. Incorporated in South Dakota, promoted in Indianapolis. Owned several acres located about 12 miles northeast of Hill City, 13 miles southwest of Rapid City and 7 miles north of Keystone, on the banks of Spring Creek. Ore was claimed to run at $20 per ton with gold and copper minerals. 20 pages, original cover, 3 x 6". Cover is in poor condition with tape repairs along left and top edge. Included is a cabinet card photograph that is identified as Mr. Elmendorf, photographed by H. F. Quiggle, Rapid City. The note on the reverse states "Mr. Elmendorf of Elmendorf MC, 15 miles up in the Black Hills from Rapid city. He and Mr. Balser lived together there on Spring creek in the house we took down and replaced by our cabin which we named Elmendorf several years after his farm had been abandoned. Mr. Balser said Mr. E. had been 3 times sheriff of Know County, Indiana." Photo and matte board has water damage, but not severe. Fine to very fine. $150 644. Dakota. Pennington. Keystone. Tykoon Mining Co of Keystone, South Dakota. Cert.#526. Incorporated in South Dakota. Issued to Miss Lucia Holuces for 325 shares in 1902. Signed by president E. J. Bealer. Vignette of Abraham Lincoln in masthead. Green border and underprint. This company was so obscure that it is not listed in any of our classic references. The Keystone district is on Battle Creek, 23 miles southwest of Rapid City. In more modern times it has been the site of fantastic mineral collecting in the pegmatites. The district was discovered in 1875, around the time of the Homestake. Gold and tin were mined there through the 1880's, however, the Tykoon was most active around the turn of the century. In 1902, Sanford stated "The Tykoon mine is rapidly being developed under wise management." It had a ten stamp mill that was "soon to be greatly enlarged." The mine may have been purchased by the Homestake. (Ref: Sanford, Connolly & O'Harra). Xf, folds. $200 645. Dakota. Pennington. Tigerville. Redfern Gold Mining & Milling Co, 1903. Prospectus. Incorporated in South Dakota. Owned and leased several claims in the Tigerville district located 2 miles south of Redfern and 5 miles from Hill City. Only 3 claims were had an substantial development work. The King Solomon claim had 2 shafts, 220 feet and 60 feet, both of which were sunk in 1877. The other claims had minor open cuts and shallow shafts, but all had assays from $4 to $10 free milling gold ore. One always has to be leery of a "Guarantee" on an investment which this company offers. There is a paragraph outlining how the company has a $100,000 bond with the Pacific Underwriting Co guaranteeing the stock and is redeemable at any time through this company for the amount of investment (sounds to good to be true). 4 photographs of the property, none of the actual workings. The mill had not yet been built. Attached on the last page is a plat map of the property. 12 pages, original gray cover, 6 x 9". Discoloration on front cover. Center 2 pages are detached from the staples. Very fine. $75 IDAHO 646. Idaho. Ada. Black Hornet. Victory Mining Co., 1902. Prospectus. Property was known as the Ironsides Group, consisting of 11 claims located in the Black Hornet district, about 12 miles east of Boise. Development work at this point was done on the Ironsides claim, with 2200 lineal feet of underground work. Ore values were carried in free gold ore, averaging more than $20 per ton. Maroon print on gray paper. 5 1/4" x 7". Vf, light folds. $100 647. Idaho. Ada. Boise Basin. Theodore Placer Gold Mining Co, 1901. Prospectus. Property consisted of 3 claims over 60 acres, located near the Boise River. Claims were discovered in 1899, with gravel-bearing beds, enabling a hydraulic process of retrieving gold. Claimed they would make $500 per day. 8 1/2 x 14". Folding, 8 panel. Vf. $75 648. Idaho. Elmore. Bear Creek. Idaho-Richmond Gold Mining Co, 1902. Prospectus. Located in the Bear-Creek mining district, the Idaho-Richmond consisted of 2 full claims and 2 claim fractions, on which three ledges existed. Free milling gold-bearing ore, with values from $100 to $300 per ton. Blue paper cover, with gilt print. Printed by the Press of Shaw & Borden Co., Spokane. Not illustrated, 8 pages. 4" x 9 1/4". Xf. $100 649. Idaho. Elmore. Bear River. Rocky Bar Gold Mining Co., Ltd., 1902. Prospectus. Speaks of the "well-known" Bonaparte mine, which contains a "true fissure vein", showing quartz. 16 pages of a well illustrated prospectus. Blue print on gray paper, printed by the Morris Press. 4" x 9 1/4". Xf, minor foxing. $75 650. Idaho. Geology. Idaho Geologic Publications. Lot of 4 Volumes. Anorthosite and Associated Rocks in the Boehls Butte Quadrangle and Vicinity, Idaho. Prof. Paper 344-B, by Anna Hietanen, 1963. 78 pages, with maps. Metamorphism in the Riggins Region Western Idaho. Prof. Paper 436, by Warren Hamilton, 1963. 95 pages, with maps. Tectonic Events at the Intersection Between the Hope Fault and the Purcell Trench, Northern Idaho. Prof. Paper 719, by Jack E. Harrison et al, 1972. 24 pages, with maps. Precambrian and Lower Ordovician Rocks in East-Central Idaho. Prof. Paper 889, by Edward T. Ruppel et al, 1975. 34 pages, no maps. All soft bound, and in very fine condition. $25 (no illustration) 651. Idaho. Idaho. Big Creek. Blackfoot Gold Mining & Development Co, Ltd., 1903. Lot of 2 different pcs. Prospectus and "Special Extra Announcement." Known as the Silent Friend Group of Quartz Mines, the company consisted of eight claims, "located two claims long and four claims wide, making a block of ground 3,000 feet in length by 2,400 feet in width." Each claim was reported to have a 12' shaft sunk, running as high as $200 in gold ore. Investment insert included. The cover has an illustration of Mr. Martin H. Jacobs, Vice-president and Gen'l manager of the company, with an image inside captioned, "Starting the main working tunnel on "Silent Friend" Group. Red and black print. 8" x 11". Fine, bottom right corner missing, folds, foxing. $100 652. Idaho. Idaho. Clearwater Basin. Montana-Idaho Mining & Commercial Co., 1901 & 1902. Lot of 2 different prospectuses. The first prospectus is entitled, Gem of the Mountains, 14 pages, which spends the first 9 pages convincing the reader of the rich resources in Idaho. The latter half is dedicated to the Montana-Idaho, which consisted of 14 "partially developed placer claims, a number of promising quartz locations and an extensive tract of the best timber land in Idaho." It talks of "Colossal Fortunes in Sight". Several images of Idaho and mining in Idaho. Map of Clearwater Basin attached to back page. 6" x 9 1/4". The second piece is a smaller version, more dedicated to the company, claiming the ownership of 320 acres, "now perfecting title to the Chickadee Quartz Mine." White glossy cover with mineral image on cover, the other yellow with black print, 5" x 7 1/2". Vf, ink and pencil writing on covers, folds. $100 653. Idaho. Idaho. Florence. Ozark Gold Mining & Milling Co., c.1902. Prospectus. Development occurred by 1000' tunnels on upper and lower levels, and a 110' deep working shaft, exposing a 24' wide ledge bearing granite and quartz. 14pp. 6 1/4" x 5 1/2". Vf, vertical fold down center, soiling. $75 654. Idaho. Idaho. Florence. Rand Gold Mining Co., 1902. Prospectus, promotional clipping, and letter. Consisted of 6 claims, each 1500 x 600 feet, and just over 20 acres each. Claimed to contain ore in coal and stone bodies, rather than in veins. Includes images of mine and operations. Clearly named after the famous Rand mine in South Africa. Gilt print on blue cover, 6" x 3 1/2", 12 pages. Vf, minor tears, folds. $100