January 2018 Treasures Galore Auction Catalog

DAY 3 Saturday, January 26 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 3540 Bodie, California 1881 Union Lot# 3544 Calaveras Consolidated Mining Company of County, California 1863 New York Stock Bodie Mining District. Mosquito Quartz Mining Incorporated in ew York in 1880. Cert. Company Stock # 73 for #146, issued to HA Dickenson in 1881 1 share to Durbin Van for 100 shares. Signed by Nat B. Freeman Vleck (the San Francisco as president and by Chas. Chapman wood block artist). Signed as secretary. Black on cream with by William Finard and embossed seal. U C. Printer: Henry Koch, ew York. Unusually large at president A Dubois. .5” x 11. 5” and in fine condition. (Hole at stamp and dog ear bottom Dateline San Francisco right.) Extremely rare Prag Collection Est. $300-600 HWAC# 86776 1863. Incorporated June 24th, 1863. Not cancelled. Native American vignette. L. Albin printer. Lot# 3541 Butte Co., California 1864 Folds and interesting cuts at right corners. This was another mining Porter Gold&Silver Mining Co. Stock, company with lots of assessments, but apparently no production. Prag 1864. Choice Porter G&S MC stock, Collection Est. $400-600 HWAC# 86054 issued and uncancelled #67 for 200 shares to the company itself, Jan 25, 1864. Lot# 3545 Calaveras County, California Lithography by Drouaillet, SF. Choice, 186- Rio Vista Gold and Silver Mining unfolded and site specific vignette. Company Stock Unissued. Location The mines in Butte County were generally centered around Table Austrian Hill, Stanislaus River, Calaveras Mountain, which has a basalt layer that covers an important gold County. Two outdoor mining vignettes bearing Tertiary gravel. Important companies of the period included including an meiner holding an the Oregon Gulch, Cherokee Blue Gravel. Other mines were located at American flag. rancis, alentine Co. Forbestown, Wyandotte, Bangor and a few other locales. Raymond’s printer. Excellent condition. Est. $50-80 1867 treatise does not mention the Porter, even though it discusses the HWAC# 86050 active mines of the 1864 period. Est. $360-700 HWAC# 59504 Lot# 3546 Calaveras County, California Two Rare Calaveras Mining Stocks El Lot# 3542 Butte County, Forbestown, California 1875 Forbestown Encino Consolidate Blue Gravel mining Consolidated Quartz Mill and Mining Co, issued 1895 to FA Leach for 200 shares, signed by Benham as VP. Datelined Oakland, but states location of mine in CAlaveras County. i/ Company # 424 for 50 shares to JS Allen trustee. Signed by EBC uc. Yellow Metal MC, 189 , sample. Prag Collection. Est. $120-200 Clement and DeWitt C Story president. Dateline San Francisco 1875. HWAC# 88858 Incorporated June 20, 1874. Location: Forbestown, Butte County. List of mills {mines} includes Mexican # 3 (600’), Mexican # 2 (2,000’), Lot# 3547 Carbon Hill District, Calaveras Excelsior (,1600’), Vail Claim (1,000’), Fifty Eight (1,000’), Varieties County, California 1866 Chaparral Hill (2,400’), Sagamore (1,100’), and Honeycomb (1,000’). That is 10,700’ Gold and Silver Mining Company all together. California seal vignette. Francis & Valentine printer. Stock # 60 for 69 shares to Gabriel Black on brown safety paper. Green underprint ‘Unassessable.’ Nicks Stevenot. Signed by Ovide Senuilhac(?) bottom and right border. Light discoloration right border. Very nice. president. Dateline San Francisco 1866. Original trustees were Story, Benj. F Howland, John P Price, Nathaniel Incorporated July 1863. Location Albany Dunbar. “Our little mountain is quite lively owing to the Forbestown Flat and Carson Hill District, Calaveras Consolidated Quartz Mill and Mining Company are running their little County, Cal. 25c Life Insurance revenue stamp. Not cancelled. Signed mill on very rich quartz from the Honeycomb and Sagamore ledges. on back by Gabriel’s son Emily K Stevenot. Gabriel K Stevenot arrived in The mill is running day and night.” [Marysville Daily Appeal, August 27, 1874] Prag Collection Est. $150-250 HWAC# 88104 California in August of 1849. He located and developed mining claims on Carson Hill. His most famous mine is probably the Melons Mining Company. This is a historically important Calaveras County family. [The Lot# 3543 Calaveras County, California 1853 Anglo-Californian Gold Mining Bay of San rancisco: The Metropolis of the Pacific Coast and ..., olume Co. Stock Certificate, old ush No. 1] Prag Collection Est. $300-500 HWAC# 86166 6798, issued for one share to Louisa Lot# 3548 Carson Hill, California Maria May of Eldon Terrace, Leeds, California Gold Mining Stocks (4 England on April 1, 1853. Signed by count) Columbia Hill Gold Mining #67 two directors and the secretary. Not i/c JA Kelly 1918, 40 shares. Carson Hill cancelled. 7.5 x 8.25” Staple holes upper Gold Mining #1302 i/c Henry Swanson left. Uneven cut on left. Otherwise every 1933 500 shares, North Banner Con. nice!. According to Filer (Holabird), Tunnel #211 i/c Novitzky 1885. this was the largest foreign issue of a Hammon Consolidated Gold Fields California Gold Rush venture that we 1 0 i u Yuba Consolidated old ields 19 500 shares. Est. $100- know of. The company literally sold thousands of shares. The company 180 HWAC# 61708 began as the Anglo California Gold Mining & Dredging Co. in 1849., owned by Luke Williams. It was the last of Williams “gold bubble Lot# 3549 Cherokee Flat, Calaveras company promotions.” Williams sent Henry Vere Huntley to Calaveras County, California 1877 Spring Valley River in 1849. Huntely was unsuccessful, so he hired miners of the Mining and Irrigating Company Stock Quartz Rock Mariposa Gold Co. and arranged a deal with them. While # 232 for 300 shares to Mary Howard. he was in America, the name of the company had changed. The lack Signed by L Glass and president Richard of progress and name changing made the directors of the company Abbey. Dateline San Francisco 1877. very suspicious, and they forced Williams out in April 1851. The new Incorporated August 16, 1875. Hydraulic directors decided to crush and process ore mined by others, and sent mountain vignette. No printer. No edge, corner or discoloration issues. two steam engines and crushing mills on the Augusta that year. [Ref: Pin holes. Cherokee Flat is now called Altaville and is a suburb of Angels Filer and “Money Pits: British Mining Companies in the Californian Camp. The company owned a series of mines, but also conducted mining and Australian Gold Rushes of the 1850s, pg 76-77, Woodward] Prag operations. Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 86149 Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86053 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 199

DAY 3 Saturday, January 26 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 3550 Cima, California Standard ines Co. Stock Certificate, Cima, Cal 1908 Cert. #1090, issued for 1000 shares to Gertrude H. Woodward and signed by John W. Kemp as president and Frank S. Adams as secretary. The company held 11 claims, ten miles north of Cima, with a 356’ shaft and 2000 feet of workings. Carbonate ores showed near the surface, with melaconite and sulphide copper ores one the 100’ level. This is a beautiful, Southern California desert mining certificate. arge millsite vignette with flowers below the company name. Issued at os Angeles. EF. Uncancelled. Est. $50-150 HWAC# 51218 Lot# 3551 Coloma District, El Dorado County, California 1863 Perkey Mining Company Stock # 200 for 10 shares to Frank Chapman. Signed by George Lot# 3554 Coso District, Tulare County, California 1878 Coso Silver Warner and president Robert Robinson. Mining Company Stock # 1432 for 5 shares to the Arnold Brothers. Original trustees included Robinson, Signed by DO Chambers and vice president Jerome Rice. Dateline San RE Goggings, FA Park, EO Beebe and Francisco 1876. Incorporated August 2, 1860. Not cancelled. Mountain DW Othick. Dateline Sacramento 1863. farming and mining vignette. Britton & Co printer. Location: Coso Incorporated July 24, 1863. Location was Bebee Ledge, Coloma District, District, Tulare County. Large stains bottom left and top left. Bottom has El Dorado County. 25c protest revenue stamp. Not Cancelled. Loomis issues. Corners rounded. Very good condition. From the San Francisco mining vignette. HS Crocker printer. [We believe this is the Beebe could Evening Bulletin October 17, 1861 we get; The Coso Silver Mining be the area of Georgetown.] Prag Collection Est. $400-600 HWAC# Co. is the pioneer company of this section. It has been “quietly but 86047 effectively prospecting” its 7 lodes. The company has arranged to build a 35-horsepower, 1 -stamp quart mill, the first in the district. The Lot# 3552 Coos, California 1897 Argus plant has arrived on the eastern slope. In the 1870’s there was a revival Mining & Milling Company Stock # 20 in the district. ur certificate shows this was the company incorporated for 1000 shares to Gay Brown. Signed in 1860, but is more closely related to the revival in the 1870’s. Prag by IN Inskeep and president Frank Rush. Collection Est. $400-900 HWAC# 86711 Dateline Los Angeles 1897. Incorporated March 22, 1897. Not cancelled. A myriad of small mining vignettes. Grimes- Lot# 3555 Stassforth Stationary printer. Gold seal Death Valley, intact and easily read. Small nicks at fold C ali f o r ni a edges are all that mar this cert. John and 1892 (1887) ennis Searles came from ew York in the 1849 California gold rush Desert Borax and settled near Oroville. In the spring of 1860, Dennis Searles left with C ompan y a party led by Dr. Darwin French to try to locate the Lost Gunsight Mine Stock # 10 near eath alley. eedless to say, they did not find the lost mine, but for 1 share to they did explore a lot of desert, and aroused the interest of the mining WB Kellogg. public. [Mining History: Desert Fever, mojavehistory.net., The Story of Signed by Inyo by Chalfant] Prag Collection Est. $50-100 HWAC# 86173 New t on McBeel and president HN Bissell. Dateline San Francisco May 25, 1892. n uly 15, 189 papers were filed for the dissolution of the company! Incorporated July 19, 1887. Prag Collection Est. $300-500 HWAC# 86774 Lot# 3556 Del Norte County, California Antelope Copper Mining Co. Stock Certificate, el orte Co., Low Divide District, Del Norte Co. (printed upper and lower left). Inc. July 1863. Dateline San Francisco, Sept. 11, 1863. No. 93, issued for 50 shares to L. Sawyer. Signed by president Wm. H. Sharp and secretary John Hunt Jr. Not cancelled. Elk and mountain vignette, as Lot# 3553 Copperopolis area, California 1865 Eclipse Gold, Silver well as floral pattern on the left border. ith. by rouaillet, S . Stamped “Bancroft Library” upper right corner. Folds, toning. The Low Divide and Copper Mining Company Stock Number 288 for 15 shares to District is in the Smith River basin at the head of Copper Creek. It is Thomas E Thomas. Reverse has a note that Thomas sold this stock in the oldest copper mining camp in Del Norte County. Between 1860 and 1871. Signed by NE Green and Charles Johnson president. Location: 1870, there was a prosperous mining camp located in the district. FH Salt Spring Valley. Dateline Stockton 1865. Incorporated August 1863. notes this may have been mining a massive sulfide deposit. This company Steam train vignette. 25c Power of Att’y revenue stamp. Not cancelled. is not mentioned by Lowell in his Mines and Mineral Resources of Del Location: Salt Spring Valley. Salt Spring Valley is in the Copperopolis area. Copper was first discovered in this area in 18 0. ne tear at fold Norte County, Humboldt County, Mendocino County, but the district is described. William H. Sharp is listed as US District Attorney in Langley intersection. Some writing from back is visible. Nice! Prag Collection Est. $400-600 HWAC# 86052 18 3. ohn Hunt r. is listed as a clerk with the district attorney’s office. L. Sawyer may refer to Lorenzo Sawyer who is listed as a Judge for 12th District Court. Est. $280-600 HWAC# 62919 200 January 2019

DAY 3 Saturday, January 26 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 3557 Del Norte County, California Lot# 3561 El Dorado County, California 1878 Armand Gold and Silver Mining 1878, 1873 Two El Dorado County Company Stock # 51 for 100 shares Stocks 1) Empire Mill and Mining to BC Jackson. Signed by CC Emery Company.Location: Amador & El and president AW Mann. Dateline San Dorado Counties. Cert. #121 issued Francisco 1878. Incorporated March 25, to C. D. Morrison, Trustee in 1878 for 1878. Not cancelled. Black on yellow. 100 shares. Signed by Wm. R. Drake Stag vignette. Cubery & Co printer. as Secretary and by Alfred Lyon as Shares $100 each. Location: Del Norte County. Large fold upper right. president. Incorporated in San Francisco Tape residue on back does not affect stock. Very nice looking. The on April 23, 1877 and capitalized at company had 440 acres. [United States Annual Mining Review and $500,000; 50,000 shares at $10 per. Stock Ledger, 1878] Prag Collection Est. $150-300 HWAC# 86165 Uncancelled. Printed on white paper by A.L. Bancroft & Co., SF. 4” x 9 1/4”. Excellent looking stock with the fancy title scrip. 2) Eddy Gold and Silver Lot# 3558 El Dorado Mining Company. Location of works: Mud Springs. # 25 for 25 shares to County, California Jackson trustee. Signed by G Jackson and president L Levine(?). Dateline 1872 Cederberg First San Francisco 1873. Edward Bosqui & Co. printer. Incorporated April 8, Northerly Extension 1873. Slight discoloration on folds. Endorsed on back. Very nice! Prag Gold Mining Company Collection Est. $150-300 HWAC# 86772 Stock - Lithograph by GT Brown # 77 for Lot# 3562 El Dorado County, California 5 shares to AJ Morrell 1896 Uncle Sam Gold Gravel Mining trustee. Signed by George Company Stock # 191 for 250 shares to Gunper(?) and president AJ Morrell. Dateline San Francisco 1872. Bernard Shwale. Signed by WD Lawton Incorporated May 11th, 1872. Shares $100 each. Blue on white. Not and president Haggon(?). Dateline cancelled. GT Brown printed. San Francisco’s famous African American Sacramento 1896. Incorporated Feb. lithographer. Some age ear and light staining. Same vignette, miners 8, 1896. Business: Sacramento. Mines: with picks, as other Cederberg stock certificate. ocation: Spanish ry El Dorado Co., Cal. Light staining top left. One pin hole. At least ten Diggings, Greenwood District, Northwest Segment Mother Lode, Mother assessments were levied by 1899. Prag Collection Est. $100-200 Lode Belt, El Dorado Co., California. SSW of Spanish Dry Diggings, E of HWAC# 86150 American Canyon and S of Hoboken Canyon (2 miles NE of Penobscot Farm and 2 miles NNW of Greenwood). [mindat.org] Prag Collection Lot# 3563 Eldorado County, California Est. $200-400 HWAC# 86162 1881 Central Star Gold Mining Company This is a spectacular Lot# 3559 El Dorado certificate. Purple on white. A star County, California vignette with “C S G M Co” between the 1872 Cederberg Gold points. Nothing common about the scrip Mining Company - boxes for Number and share, etc. Slight Lithograph by GT discoloration at upper left fold and Brown # 70 for 10 bottom left. therwise magnificent. shares to Mrs. Lydia for 100 shares to Benjamin Smith. Signed by EH Osborn and president V Elliot. Signed by PF Thomas avis. ateline ew York 1881. Incorporated March 1881. ot Mohrhards and Job M cancelled. Watermark says ‘1880.’ FC Plulbrick printer. Prag Collection Seamans as president. Est. $150-300 HWAC# 86176 Dateline San Francisco 1872. Incorporated April 25, 1872. 25c blue Revenue stamp. Shares Lot# 3564 Empire Ranch, Nevada $100 each. Black on Brown. Not cancelled. GT Brown printed. San County, California 1866 Eureka Francisco’s famous African American lithographer. Some age ear Consolidated Mining Company Stock and light staining.Folds. Same vignette, miners with picks, as other # 278 for 15 shares to John Ferrell. Cederberg stock certificate. Cederberg uart specimens were being Signed by Thomas Mooney president sold on June 1, 1872 by Job M Seamans, president of the Cederberg Gold and George Eaton. Dateline Empire Mining Company. SEALED [Daily Alta California] Prag Collection Est. Ranch, Yuba County 18 . Incorporated $200-400 HWAC# 86163 July 1863. 25c US Revenue Stamp. Rare and hard to find stock certificate. William Harris and ohn arrell were in the clothing business and the two were instrumental in forming Lot# 3560 El Dorado County, California Grass Valley’s famous Cornish Choir. Prag Collection Est. $400-600 1881 Georgetown Eureka Mining HWAC# 86043 Company Stock Ultra rare. Location printed on the bottom of the stock as Lot# 3565 Feather River, Butte County, El Dorado County, California. Inc. in California 1888 Big Bend Tunnel & ew York. o. 170, issued for 1,000 Mining Company Stock reat certificate shares to company president W.C. Baird with a map showing where this company on March 26, 1883. Signed by Baird is located. Names that appear on the and the company secretary SS Beard. map include Latimar Bar, Berry Creek Not cancelled. Underground mining vignette. Printed by ABN. Folds, Bar, Wold Yankee Bar, Stone House Bar, pinholes, light wear. Fine. 7 x 10.5” Not in Filer. The Eureka mine at Hamilton Bar, etc. All on the Feather Georgetown dates back to the Gold Rush days but was only active up to River. #5191 for 100 shares to Alva S 1888. Three parallel veins of gold bearing quartz, six to ten feet wide, Taber. Signed by C (?) and president Philo W Dorris. Dateline Buffalo, were developed by a 240-foot inclined shaft and 500 feet of drifts. [Ref: ew York, 1888. old Seal with a old Pan inside. ot cancelled. Two Mines of El Dorado County by Noble] Prag Collection Est. $150-250 mining vignettes, including one attached to the name. American Bank HWAC# 87905 Note printer. No edge, corner, pinhole or discoloration issues! Very nice indeed. Est. $120-200 HWAC# 86771 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 201

DAY 3 Saturday, January 26 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 3566 Fresno Co., Lot# 3571 Grass Valley, California 1870, 1875 California 1850 Rocky Two Quicksilver Mines Bar Mining Company 1) Fresno Quicksilver Stock, History and Mining Company. # 40 1850 Prospectus for 60 shares to Aug Facsimile # 994 for deBerthe. Dateline San 2 shares to Thomas Francisco 1870. Not Houstin(?). Signed cancelled. Three shares by James Delamar to a foot. Location: Fresno and president Philo County. Heavy folds with D Mickles. Dateline rips at edges. See photo. ew York 1850. our 2) El Madre Quicksilver vignettes: allegorical, Mining Company. # 211 pastoral, law and George Washington. Nanforth, Bald & Co. printer. Not for 100 shares to SD cancelled. Cut poorly on left. Wrinkled on right. Very nice. The Rocky- Brown trustee. Signed Bar Mining Company was organized in July 1849 as an association of by Abraham Halsey and forty miners digging for gold on the Big-Bar on the middle fork of the president (?). Dateline American River, some seventy miles from Sacramento. Comes with San Francisco 1875. Incorporated 1874. California seal vignette. Alta facsimile 1850 prospectus: “The Rocky and the Big Bars are considered Printing House. Not cancelled. No edge, corner, pinhole or discoloration by the old miners as the richest, or to say the least, among the very issues. Est. $150-250 HWAC# 85275 richest portions of the gold region in California...It is in the first place freely admitted, that all calculations heretofore made on this subject, Lot# 3567 Georgetown, California 1880 are wholly speculative. It is however not impossible that the wildest Argonaut Mill & Mining Company estimates may be fully realized.” Secretary Delavan, was part of an 1849 expedition as part of the Feather River Party. The band of 40 was Stock This company went to great reduced to 25 who could survive the hardships, but were rewarded lengths to connect the logo to the name. with 100 pounds of gold in three weeks. [Eberstadt]. Comes with 1934 It is a row and sail ship vignette. Looks Carl I Wheat historical 12 page work. Wheat referred to the Rocky-Bar just like the one Jason would have used. Mining Company as “the first organi ed project for mining quart in Pleasing black on purple with an extra California.” Prag Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86041 fancy ‘A’ in “Argonaut.’ # 146 for 100 shares to John Sproston trustee. Signed by JS Fields and president WB Davenport. Dateline 1880 San Francisco. Incorporated June 18, 1879. Britton & Rey printer. This mine Lot# 3572 Grass Valley Mining District, was activer through 1888. The property had a 10 stamp mill which California 1887 (1880) Maryland Gold which they could make a reasonable amount of production to pay for Quartz Mining Company Stock # 81 for the costs of mining and overhead. The ore ran out in 1888. The mill 95 shares to the S Dorsey estate. Signed burned the same year spelling their death. Prag Collection Est. $150- by Theodore Dorsey and president 300 HWAC# 86177 EM Taylor. Dateline Grass Valley 1887. Incorporated May 14, 1880. Location: Lot# 3568 Grass Valley, California 1881 adjoining the Idaho Mine to the east, Alpha Gold Mining Company Stock # Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County. Not cancelled. No vignette 188 for 200 shares to JW Kelly. Signed or printer. Light staining. Dog ear lower right. The Idaho and Maryland by president Charles Mitchell and were joined to form one of the most productive and best known gold secretary (?). Dateline Grass Valley 1881. mines in the United States. Prag Collection. Est. $80-150 HWAC# 87901 Incorporated April 30, 1877. Location of works, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California. Not Lot# 3573 Greenville, Plumas County, cancelled. Allegorical vignette. No discernable issues to mar this cert. California 1882 Green Mountain Gold Prag Collection Est. $120-200 HWAC# 88079 Mining Company Stock Lot of two. 1) # 4958 for 100 shares to CL Parker. Signed Lot# 3569 Grass Valley, California 1873 by HS Bradford and EC Hill. Dateline New East Idaho Mining Company # 16 York 1883. Incorporated in ew York. for 100 shares to AJ McDonald. Signed Underground mining vignette. Eagle and by William Harvey president and PH Painter secretary. Dateline San shield vignette. Dennison & Brown printer. Francisco 1873. Incorporated April 7, 1873. Object of the company was Location of mine: Greenville, Plumas County. to mine in the County of Nevada, Cal. MIlling and St. Bernard vignettes. Mine was actually closer to Mocassin and Not cancelled. One small stain upper center. Excellent. Incorporated Crescent Mills. “The Green Mountain Gold to mine the East Idaho Ledge at Grass Valley. Original trustees were Mining Company, a new York company, Paynter, Harvey, James G James, HC Eggert and William Pollard. Prag owns the Green Mountain, Cherokee, and Collection Est. $150-250 HWAC# 88108 Gold Stripe locations, near Crescent Mills. The Green Mountain is the principal ledge, and was discovered in 1862 by J. B. Batchelder, who Lot# 3570 Grass Valley, California 1891 worked it occasionally for ten years. In 1876 it was purchased by Green Mohegan Gold and Silver Mining & Brewster, who worked it until 1879. At that time H. C. Bidwell went Company Stock This company was to ew York and organi ed the above company, of which he became incorporated in 1883. #0,000 shares president, and was succeeded, upon his decease in the fall of 1880, at $20 each. In 1891 John S Keves(?) by R. E. Brewster.” [Illustrated History Of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra purchased 21,625 shares. This stock is Counties] At the Green Mountain Mine, they produced 100,000 ounces a take-over certificate. ateline 1891 of lode gold by 1890. [goldcalifornia.net] It was the largest producer Grass Valley. Cancelled on front per William Campbell president. . Mill of this district. 2) Unissued 18--. Nice interior mill vignette. William F vignette. HS Crocker printer. Mines located at Grass Valley. Reverse Murphy, Philadelphia, printer. Black on yellow. Some miner edge issues, says cancelled in red ink and shares of stock issued to # 13 to Coleman otherwise near perfect. Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86703 Glass(?) & Company. Light staining. uice. Prag Collection Est. $50-100 HWAC# 86178 202 January 2019

DAY 3 Saturday, January 26 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 3574 Greenwater, California Greenwater Mining stock stock certificates for reenwater Mining: 1) 500 shares on temporary certificate to be exchanged for engraved certificate when ready. Greenwater Copper Mines and Smelter Co cert #11131. Raised company seal. Issued to Barnes Bros, dated and countersigned on Jan 8, 1910. rey border. ) Unissued certificate #225 of Greenwater Consolidated Mining Co. Gold seal and brown border . 4 vignettes: 2 with miners working, 1 women in oval and 1 rolling mountains. Printed: Gut West Co. L.A. Discovery of cooper credited to Fred Birney and Phil Creasor who sent samples to Patsy Clark in Spokane who was Lot# 3577 Inyo County, Darwin, California 1876 Loretto Mining impressed enough to buy the claims. Located in Greenwater Valley on Company Stock Certificate a . T. Brown ithograph Another nice eastern section of Black Mountains close to Greenwater and Furnace. Coso Mining istrict Stock Certificate. umber 7 (early) for 100 shares Biggest boom in Death Valley mining occurred here. Fast start of mining. to NG Hughes trustee. Signed by NG Hughes secretary and GH Willard Within 1-1/2 years there were over 2,000 people moving into 4 towns president. This is the same secretary and president of the efiance and 73 mining companies. Mining area also had fast end. Within 1 year Mining Company. Incorporated on December 13, 1875. Located out all but 5 mining companies gone and Greenwater almost a ghost town. of Darwin in the heat of Death Valley. Pat Reddy, famed lawman and Prag collection. Est. $70-100 HWAC# 88408 gunslinger, incorporated the Loretto Mining Company which he sold in January 1876. A few months prior to the incorporation, with the help of Inyo County Sheriff Elder, the Reddy brothers wrestled control of the main arwin mines from Raphael Cuervo, their first proprietor (“ arwin, California” by Robert Pala o). This is a very fine specimen for this mine. No vertical folds, pin holes, discoloring, dog ears rips, or tears.One small nick bottom center. Of great importance to this certificate it was a lithograph of . T. Brown: the San rancisco African- American lithographer. Prag Collection Est. $300-900 HWAC# 86708 Lot# 3578 Inyo County, Furnace Creek, California 1892 (1883) Harmony Mining Company Stock # 29 for 2 shares to William T Coleman. Signed by Newton Bell and president Ching(?). Dateline Lot# 3575 Inyo, California 1863 Jefferson Gold and Silver Mining San Francisco 1892. Incorporated March of 1883. AF Leary printer. No vignette. Company Stock # 34 for 10 shares to William Fischl. Signed by Not cancelled. Brown circular spot above president’s name. Light foxing Frank Miller and president Isaac S Josephi. Dateline San Francisco upper right. Crisp and bright. Very nice overall. The San Francisco 1863. Incorporated April 29, 1863. One foot to each share. Bold red Call reported that on July 16, 1892 this company, along with 5 others, underprint ‘Slate Range’. Not cancelled. Location Slate Range District. have applied for voluntary dissolution. All had William T Coleman as Native American vignette. Towne & Bacon printer. 25c Warehouse president. otice when this certificate was issued! Prag Collection Est. Recpt revenue stamp. Two pinholes upper left. Otherwise in fantastic $100-200 HWAC# 86712 condition. Works in the Slate Range District in eastern Tulare County, later to become Inyo County. [American Revenuer, January-February Lot# 3579 Inyo County, Furnace Creek, 2006, article by Mahler] Prag Collection Est. $400-600 HWAC# 86058 California 1892 (1884) Meridian Borax Company # 21 for 7 shares to William T Coleman. Signed by Cartelle Coleman and Lot# 3576 Inyo County, California c1870’s Inyo president William T Coleman. Dateline County: Two Mining Certs San Francisco 1892. Incorporated November 10, 1884. AF Leary printer. No 1) Union Consolidated vignette. Not cancelled. Crisp and bright and in excellent condition. The Mining Company. Location: San Francisco Call reported that on July 16, 1892 this company, along Cerro Gordo Mining with 5 others, have applied for voluntary dissolution. All had William District, Inyo County, T Coleman as president. otice when this certificate was issued! Prag Cal. 187-. Miner’s tools Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86714 vignetted. Incorporated January 14, 1876. Near Lot# 3580 Inyo County, Furnace Creek, perfect condition. 2) California 1892 (1883) Meridian Gladstone Mining Company Mining Company # 21 for 1 share to with a vignette of Gladstone. WB Kellogg. Endorsed by Kellogg on Britton & Rey printer. reverse. Signed by Newton Bell and Number 352, Signed by president William B Roberton. Dateline Frank Thompson and president John S Thompson. Incorporated June San Francisco 1892. Incorporated March 12, 1879. Location: Inyo County. One horizontal fold. Bottom left corner of 1883. AF Leary printer. No vignette. Not cancelled. Brown circular cut irregularly with small hole. Very nice. Prag Collection Est. $100- spot above president’s name. Cut unevenly upper left. Excellent 150 HWAC# 86056 condition. The San Francisco Call reported that on July 16, 1892 this company, along with 5 others, have applied for voluntary dissolution. All had William T Coleman as president. otice when this certificate was issued! Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86713 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 203

DAY 3 Saturday, January 26 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 3583 Inyo County, Wild Rose District, California 1876 Garibaldi Mining Company - G. T. Brown lithographer Very rare. Wild Rose Spring District, Inyo County, California. No. 126, issued for 100 shares to William Willis, Trustee on March 10th, 1876. Signed by N.B. Stone as Lot# 3581 Inyo County, Panamint District, California 1875 Panamint President and William Willis as Secretary. Not cancelled. Vignette at left of Garibaldi. Lith. by African-American lithographer Grafton T. Brown. Consolidated Mining Company # 28 (very early) for 100 shares to trustee Some light soiling, but overall very nice condition. The Garibaldi was JF Greeman. Signed by Daniel Buck and president Harris. Dateline San discovered by a group of Italian men--Joe and Zeff Nossano, Joe Lanji, Francisco 1875. Incorporated Feb. 12, 1875. Not cancelled. No vignette. and Charles Andrietta--shortly after the discovery of Panamint City. The Britton & Rey printer. Pin holes throughout. Bottom cut roughly. Still nice. group located 8 silver mines, including the Garibaldi, North Star, Star of The Panamint Consolidated Mining Company was established in the the West, Maria, and Polar Star all located in the northeast portion of early 1870’s by two Nevada senators, J. P. Jones and William Stewart, the district, five miles east of Emigrant Spring, and overlooking eath who were heavy investors in Virginia City, Nevada mines. It was located Valley. The Inyo Independent published the following account: “Among outside of Panamint City, which is now a ghost town. The following is them is the ‘Garibaldi’ mine, a very large lode, showing on the surface an excerpt from the Saturday, January 9, 1875 “Napa Register” quoted hundreds of tons of rich ore. An average sample of the ores of this (http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/ca/panamintcity.html) “In this mine, assayed by J. L. Porter, of Cerro Gordo, yielded $238.18 per ton district [the Panamint Mines] are noted for the immense richness in silver. This remarkable discovery has been visited by a number of and width of the ledges on the surface. How they will hold out at a mining men from Panamint, Cerro Gordo and elsewhere, all of whom considerable depth is problematic, none of the mines being developed pronounce it as showing on the surface a larger amount of rich ore than to a depth of more than fifty or sixty feet, at which depth they hold they have ever seen before.” Two months later, a second mention by the good. It is the opinion, however, of many mining experts that they will Panamint News: “Their principal mine, the Garibaldi, has an outcrop be permanent to a great depth. Among the principal mines are Jacob’s of an average width of sixty feet; with metalic ore assaying from $400 Wonder, now being worked, the company employing some twenty- to $1,800 per ton, the greater portion of which is free milling ore; a five or thirty men in the mine and around their mill. They have a small large percentage of the ore can be sorted and worked by smelting.” In five-stamp mill for concentrating the metals, which will be sent to 1875, the Garibaldi, North Star, Polar Star, Star of the West, and Maria San Francisco or some other point to be reduced. The mill is expected mines were sold by the Nossano brothers to a San Francisco syndicate to commence running in a short time. Stewart’s Wonder is another for $70,000 and the new company was incorporated under the name promising mine, but not worked at present. The Wyoming, Venus, Garibaldi Mining Company. William Irwin--future superintendent of and Great Sunrise are being worked. The Mountain View, Esperanza, the Standard Mine in Bodie--took over as superintendent and work Hemlock, Panamint, and Hudson River are among the prominent claims continued, including a 100-foot incline run down on the hanging wall which are lying idle at present. There are numerous other mines in this and an 18-foot tunnel that had been started to tap the rich ledge. district of great promise, but being held by men of small means are not developed sufficiently to attract much attention”. Prag Collection Est. Irwin, who was better acquainted with Oregon mining geology than $400-900 HWAC# 86710 California, misread the rocks and thought that the ledge had tapped out. This caused production to cease and Irwin went to Bodie. Later reports indicate the mine changed names to the Blue Bell in 1883. More Lot# 3582 Inyo detailed history is included and can be found at https://www.nps.gov/ County, Slate parkhistory/online_books/deva/section3b2r.htm. Cut a little ragged on Range, California bottom and three pin holes. Very nice. Prag Collection Est. $200-400 1863 Rambler HWAC# 86707 Gold and Silver Mining Company Lot# 3584 Jacksonville District, Stock # 70 for Tuolumne County, California 1872 34 shares to RW Atlas Gold Mining Company Stock Collins. Signed by ERY EAR Y 4. or 1500 shares to William V Garvey EA Richardson trustee. Not signed!!! and Thomas Dateline San Francisco March 4, 1872. Onslow. Dateline San Francisco 1863. Incorporated May 2d, 1863. Not Incorproated February 10, 1872. Not cancelled. 25c protest revenue stamp. Location: Slate Range Mining cacnelled. Vignette of Atlas holding up the world. SE Dutton printer. District, California. Allegorical woman vignette. Towne & Bacon Jacksonville MIning District in Tuolumne County. The Atlas Gold Mining printers. Torn upper left corner. Tear bottom right. The Slate Range Company is a a half mile or so from Tuttletown, formerly the Waters district, in northwestern San Bernardino and southern Inyo Counties, mine, now owned but not operated by a company of San Francisco has sometimes been known as the Arondo district. Gold occurs in speculators. Owing to the extent of the deposit, the mine would be several places in the Slate Mountains, the principal source apparently valuable if the vein matter had an average richness of two dollars and having been the Hafford Mine. Prag Collection Est. $400-600 HWAC# a half ; but this it does not seem to have. The Atlas people had neither 86057 mine, experience nor skill, consequently they failed. They have, however, a beautiful mill, ornamental, if not useful, containing 10 stamps driven by steam, and having concentrators and other apparatus, making it the best mill in the county.[“A history of Tuolumne County, California...”, 1882] Prag Collection Est. $200-300 HWAC# 86171 204 January 2019

DAY 3 Saturday, January 26 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 3585 Kelsey Lot# 3589 Maiposa, California 1880 Mining District, Rarer Variety of South Hite Gold Eldorado County, Mining Company Stock Location of California 1882 Works: Hites Cove, California, which Ch appar al is in Mariposa County near Yosemite. Gold Mining Inc. in California, January 6th, 1881. Company Stock No. 504, issued for 100 shares to WH # 1676 for 100 Dike on Feb. 4th, 1881. Signed by S.D. shares to Louis Osborne as vice-president and George J Falk. Signed by Hilliard secretary. Not cancelled. Black border and underground mining Edward Hughes vignette. Engraved by Maverick Wissinger, Y. Pin holes. olds, arge and Bernard fold bottom right. 6.25” x 10” From the 1881 Report of the Director of Laude. Dateline the Mint: “Improvements are reported in the Hite Mine. The South Hite ew York 188 . Mining Company are making developments on their 500-foot level, Not cancelled. Underground mining vignette. Collins and Sesnon which shows a continuous chute of ore from the croppings down to that printer. Corners slightly bent, but paper not broken. Not other edge, point. They are now sinking the Gergin Shaft and are running several corner, pin hole or discoloration issues. Extra fine! WH Aldenly ws the levels and cross-cuts” (pg.37). Prag Collection Est. $120-200 HWAC# local California agent. The site of the mines is lasted as Kelsey Mining 86777 District, County of Eldorado.’ This is also known as Kelsey’s Diggins. The Kelsey district is in northwestern El Dorado County. It is that Lot# 3590 Mariposa, portion of the Mother Lode gold belt that extends from the vicinity of California 1869 the town of Kelsey northwest to Garden Valley. This area was placer- Mariposa Company: mined soon after James Marshall’s gold discovery in 1848 at Coloma, Early 1866 Fremont a few miles to the west. The camp was first settled by and named for Related Stock Benjamin Kelsey. Marshall spent his last days at Kelsey, and a building Certificate Certificate on his property once housed a pioneer museum. There was much lode No. 4765 for 100 shares mining from the 1860s through the early 1900s and again in the 1930s. made out to Josiah [westernmininghistory,org] Prag Collection Est. $100-300 HWAC# Blackwell Jr. dated Nov. 86167 22, 1869. Incorporated in ew York on une Lot# 3586 Lake County, California 1877 25th, 1863 and signed Coast Range Mining Company Stock by president, Mark XXXX and secretary, James H Ferdow. Vignette of miners feeding ore # 20 for 100 shares to WA Hutchinson. to a stamp mill. JO Seymour printer Two 25c revenue stamps: both Signed by CB Weide and president RA certificate. A few tears and pin holes. ice. remont spent six years Robinson. Dateline San Francisco 1877. after California statehood attempting to have his Mexican Land Grant Incorporated May 22, 1877. Location: validated under American Law. Finally, in 1856, the Supreme Court Lake County, California and elsewhere restructured and approved of his original claim. Known as the Rancho (interesting?). Harrison printer. Rounded corner bottom left and Las Mariposas Grant this included the mineral rights not previously staining along edge. After incorporation information, we could find no reference to this mine. Prag Collection Est. $200-300 HWAC# 86152 obtained over a property area of over 70 square miles. Fremont then reclaimed the property which had been illegally claimed and developed Lot# 3587 Lake County, California 1879 by others. He tried to obtain financing to continue to develop the mines Great Western Quicksilver Mining on the property. However, the Civil War had started and in January 1863, Fremont, then a Major-General in the Union Army, sold Rancho Company Stock # 865 for 330 shares to Las Mariposas with its mines and infrastructure to Morris Ketchum, a JH Palache. Signed by Abraham Halsey ew York City banker, who formed a public corporation, the Mariposa and president G Palache. Dateline San Company incorporated in 1863, and sold stock. Later that year, Francisco 1879. Incorporated August rederick aw lmsted, noted ew York architect, came to Mariposa as 8, 1872. Not cancelled. California seal superintendent for the Mariposa Company. Olmstead was not a mining vignette. Alta Printing House. Some expert however, he administered investments in stamp mills, tunnels, discoloration on right. Still nice! This was no fly-by-night operation The shafts, and the other infrastructure related to nearby mining towns. Daily Alta California on January 25, 1874 reported that the company The Mariposa Company was incorporated in 1863 and by the next had declared dividend #21. On June 25, 1874 the Russian River Flag year had five mines and five mills operating. The richest gold quart reported that the company, three miles outside of Middleton, was worth $2,250,000. Prag Collection Est. $150-300 HWAC# 86700 ore came from the Princeton Mine. (Ref. ew York Times 8-3-18 4) By 1865, the Mariposa Company was bankrupt, Olmsted returned Lot# 3588 Lincoln, Placer County, to ew York, and mines were sold at a sheriff’s sale. The mines were California 1882 Clipper Coal Mining restarted as The Mariposa Land & Mining Company in (Ref. Newell and Manufacturing Company Stock D. Chamberlain, 1936, The Call of Gold: True Tales on the Gold Road to ERY EAR Y 3 for 100 shares to PH Yosemite, a ette Press, Mariposa, California and The Mariposa Estate: Hickman. Signed by John Landis and C its past, present and future. Comprising the official report of . Ross Holland president. Dateline Sacramento Browne (U.S. commissioner) upon its mineral resources, transmitted 1882. Incorporated March 16, 1882. to Congress on the 5th of March, 1868). (Ref. 5-4-66 ABN VI-330 P375) Location Lincoln, Placer Co., Cal. Miner and pick stock vignette. Includes a copy of the 52 page pamphlet “Mariposa Company, 1863. Crocker’s Print. No edge, corner, pinhole or discoloration issues! Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 86036 Excellent condition. Principal works to be located within two miles of the city of Lincoln. original directors included C Holland, John Landis, P Figg, PL Hickman, George D Aldrich, James S Landis, and AS Hopkins. It was reported that the Sacramento Water Works was being powered by Clipper Coal in April of 1882 [Sacramento Daily Union] Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86156 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 205

DAY 3 Saturday, January 26 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 3591 Mariposa, California 18-- Lot# 3596 Mariposa County, California Philadelphia and California Mining 1889 Coulterville, Virginia, Mining Company Stock Looks like a printer’s Company Stock Very early number 5 proof. Unissed, bot notes on cert say for 1 share to Cyril Williams. Signed “1851 Feb.” and “500 copies 1/2 lbs(?). by Cyril Williams and president Jeff Certainly directions to the printer. Chandler. Dateline East St. Louis 1889. Printer is an unusual John C. Clark, Mines located at Mariposa County. Gold 68 Dock Street. Native American / border and printed seal. Gold underprint American families vignette. Tears at ‘10’ representing the cost of each share. corners. Some light discoloration. Very Dark underground mining vignette. Gold and black on pink. Striking! early 1851 mining company. This appears to be the first in a series of No edge, corner, pin hole or discoloration issues. Prag Collection Est. mining investments made by Philadelphia parties. This is one of only $100-200 HWAC# 88102 three mining ventures of the 1850’s that was ‘hands on’ for Fremont. Prag Collection Est. $50-75 HWAC# 86037 Lot# 3597 Meadow Lake, California 1866 California Consolidated Mill and Lot# 3592 Mariposa, California c1852 Mining Company Stock - WiTH VERY Quartz Rock Mariposa Gold Mining RARE DATELINE Datelined Meadow Company Stock #76 in ink on top. One Lake in pencil. # 415 for 4 shares to share (50876). Signed by secretary J James B Safford. Signed by president E Waddell and directors Thomas Kelley Chamberlain and (?). Incorporated in and John Carter. Incorporated in London. 1866 (again hand written) and sold on “Fully paid up Scrip for one share.” J. August 6, 1866. Vignette of Allegorical child and one of a mountainous and F. Biden, Printers, 97, Cheapside. mill scene. HS Crocker & Co. printer. 25c Power of Att’y revenue stamp. This is one of the original Fremont- Not cancelled. One curved vertical fold an some small border stains Hoffman companies. Dog ear lower left and upper right. Very nice! Prag right. Very nice! Meadow Lake is 14 miles southeast of Woodfords. A Collection Est. $150-300 HWAC# 86039 few towns sprung-up including Meadow Lake, Excelsior, Summit City, and Atlanta. Meadow Lakes’s heyday occurred during the period of Lot# 3593 Mariposa, California 1852 1865 to 1868. In 1866, Meadow Lake was founded as the county’s ninth Quartz Rock Mariposa Gold Mining township. Orion Clemens, older brother of the author Samuel Clemens Company Stock Early version. Date (Mark Twain), resided in Meadow Lake for a time after 1866. He lost is confirmed on reverse. 7 in ink everything and retreated broke. Prag Collection Est. $300-600 HWAC# on top. Five shares (9631 to 9635). 86042 Signed by secretary J Waddell and directors Thomas Kelley and Erskine. Incorporated in London. “Fully paid up Scrip for five shares.” . and . Biden, Printers, 97, Cheapside. This is one of the original Fremont-Hoffman companies. Dog ear lower left. Stain top center and upper right. Still nice! Prag Collection Est. $150-300 HWAC# 86040 Lot# 3594 Mariposa, California 1851 West Mariposa Gold Quartz Mine Company Stock Another very early Mariposa stock. #502 for ten shares (10011 to 10020) to Victor K Munley. Signed by purser Stewart and committee members Edward Belcher and A Moore. Lot# 3598 Mono County, California 1870 Munckton Gold & Silver Color issues. 7.5 x 7.5” cloth stock Mining Company Stock Rare and hard to find in issued condition. certificate. Printed by incolns-in-fields ocation printed on certificate: underberg ode, Mono County, (England) on cloth. A British financed California. No. 55, issued for 20 shares to James Fraser on Dec. 9, 1870 venture on the Santa Maria mine located in Carson City, Nevada. Signed by George Munckton as president and on the Mariposa Estate. Controlled by T.J. Edwards as secretary. Not cancelled. Vignette upper right corner of John C Fremont. Leased through an arrangement made b y Fremont’s large building, probably the Mono County courthouse. Black border and lawyers in England David Hoffman and RIchard Robert. Prag Collection orange underprint. 5 x 9.75”. Printer - Britton Rey, S. . olds. ery fine Est. $300-600 HWAC# 86038 condition. The Dunderberg was considered one of the most important mines of Mono County by Raymond (Mineral Resources West of the Lot# 3595 Mariposa County, California Rocky Mountains) in 1873. Located on Castle Peak in the headwaters 1875 Bandereta Mill & Mining of the East Walker River, the mine was discovered in the 1860’s and Company stock # 119 for 500 shares purchased by Dr. George Munckton and others of Carson City, Nevada. to CN Hunt. Signed by JW Tripp and Their enterprise was named after him, but the mine name remained the president LH Taylor. Dateline San underberg. The ore was first shipped to Aurora, where they were paid Francisco 1875. Incorporated July 17, $50 per ton, which was about 75% gold and 25% silver. The company 1873. Not cancelled. Semblance of the ran over 1000 feet if drifting intersecting the lode at various points. A California shield inside a shield. Geo. H Baker printer. Two stain son small mill was built on the property. It apparently remained active on bottom right. Otherwise no other issues. Very nice. Location of Works: and off until 1902, when the property became idle. Actual production Coulterville Mining District. “Pursuant to a Call, the Quartz Miners of is more than 100 tons, but unknown. George Munckton was a druggist Coulterville and vicinity met in convention at the Saloon of Capt Aiken (pharmacist) in Carson City and Virginia City in the early 1860’s. He Coulterville for the purpose of taking action in Regard to the mining may have been the first druggist in evada (Carson City). He was so interests of this district, Township No. ,4 Mariposa County. JW Fuqua successful that at one time he had three stores under his name. [ref: was elected Chairman and SA Scott secretary.” [The United States FH; Raymond, 1873] No mention of the Dunderberg lode nor Munckton Mining Laws and Regulations, March 5, 1864] Prag Collection Est. G & S MC could be found in earlier volumes of the California State $100-300 HWAC# 86168 Mineralogist’s reports. Prag Collection Est. $500-1000 HWAC# 86060 206 January 2019

DAY 3 Saturday, January 26 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 3599 Mono County, Cornucopia Lot# 3603 Monolith, California District, California 1866 Cornucopia 19331952 Stocks for Monolith Silver Mining Company Stock The top Portland Cement Company (infamous of this certificate says Colorado Territory. in Owens Valley) Two stocks. 1) 1952 Cornucopia stock certificates from to Sutro & Co. 2) 1933 to Benjamin Colorado ar form the 1887’s and have a Williams. Both have a mountain vignette completely different design. The stamp with a large ‘M’ imprinted on the mountain. Monolith, California doesn’t says this company was incorporated appear on most contemporary maps. It lies in the hilly southwestern in 1866. It is datelined 1866. Doing part of California, some 50 miles east of Bakersfield. The nearest city, a search the only Cornucopia Silver Tehachapi (famous for its women’s prison), is about four miles away. Mining Company we found was from the Cornucopia Mining District in The story of Monolith Portland Cement begins around the turn of Mono County, California. There is reference to this company on July 17, the century when the Los Angeles Board of Public Works set out to 1867 “C. C. Bruckman today received from Cornucopia SIlver MIning supplement its water supply from beyond the Los Angeles basin. By Company, Mono county, 4,469 pounds silver matte, valued at $5.000” 1906 the City had secured a deed to water from the Owens Valley on [Daily Evening Herald, Stockton, California]. In 1866 the Sacramento the eastern side of the Sierras and begun development of a facility to Daily Union reported on the mines of Mono County and mention convey the water to L.A. The construction of a cement plant at Monolith, the Cornucopia. # 14 for 1000 shares to Jacob Reigel. Signed by HS California was one of the first aspects of the project undertaken by the Blanchard(?) and president Charles RIchardson. Dateline Philadelphia City. (Prag collection) Est. $30-100 HWAC# 23773 1866. Incorporated 1866 (per company stamp). Not cancelled. 25c Power of Att’y revenue stamp. No vignette. Small corner issues and light Lot# 3604 Monterey, California 1874 staining, but the actual certificate is extremely nice. Prag Collection Est. Catarena Coal Mining Company Stock $400-1000 HWAC# 87938 A rare 1870’s California coal mining stock certificate. 398 issued to AC arni Lot# 3600 Mono County, Keyes in 1874 for 10 shares. Incorporated District, California 1863 Rubicon 1873. Signed by Tiddall and Garrett(?). No. 2 Consolidated # 321 for 75 Native American vignette on left side. shares to Richard Young. Signed by Cut close on left. Slightly rounded corner bottom left. Folds. Excellent JT Van Hagan and president Daniel H looking cert with red vignette and red underprint. This is a rare stock Mitchell. Dateline San Francisco 1863. with little known about it. (Prag collection) Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86155 Incorporated October 5, 1863. Small 5c and 20c revenue stamps. Not cancelled. Lot# 3605 Mud Springs District, Mill vignette. Sterett printer. Location of Mines Keyes Mining District. El Dorado County, California 1873 The Keyes district was centered mostly around Keyesville, the first Lamoille Mill and Mining Company settlement in what would eventually become Kern county. The gold Stock # 17 for 50 shares to John S helped the area flourish, but when the gold boom ended, the town died Hunt Trustee. Dateline San Francisco off. n anuary 7, 18 4 a petition was filed with the California Senate to November , 1873. Incorporated October make Rubicon City the county seat of Mono County. Rubicon Numbers 31, 1873. Not cancelled. Location: Mud 1, 2, 3 and 4 were all incorporated on the same day with the same Springs Mining District, El Dorado, Co., Cal. Harrison of Sacramento trustees: Daniel H Mitchell, Joseph Lelong, Wheeler Martin, Thomas printer. Three vertical folds. Slight dog ears. The Lamoille was one of Porter, and JW Spencer. Some very minor discoloration on the left side, several mines and mills operating in Logtown Canyon in El Dorado otherwise the certificate is in very fine condition. Prag Collection Est. County. These operations were most productive in the late 1850’s. This $400-900 HWAC# 86705 company was attempting to revive the district in 1873. Prag Collection Est. $200-300 HWAC# 86048 Lot# 3601 Mono County, Keyes District, California 1864 Rubicon No. Lot# 3606 Napa County, Tine Flat, California 1899 4 Consolidated # 796 for 12 shares to Boston Quicksilver Mining Company Stock This N Poland. Signed by JT Van Hagan and is a most interesting looking certificate with a nice president James B Johnson. Dateline San story. ertical certificate. 474 for 100 shares to Francisco 1864. Incorporated October 5, William Banks. Signed by president Jacob Pfaff and 1863. 25c Power of Att’y revenue stamp. treasurer HC Buckminster. Dateline Boston June 5, Not cancelled. Mill vignette. Sterett 1899, Location: Napa Co., California. Not cancelled. printer. Location of Mines: Keyes Mining District. The Keyes district was No vignette. Boston Banknote & Litho Co. Pinholes. centered mostly around Keyesville, the first settlement in what would One heavy fold. OVerall very nice. “Dr. O. C. Bubblier eventually become Kern county. The gold helped the area flourish, but came down Saturday from the Boston quicksilver when the gold boom ended, the town died off. On January 7, 1864 a mine, located near Tine Flat. He brought some petition was filed with the California Senate to make Rubicon City the samples of ore recently developed in the mine. The county seat of Mono County. Rubicon Numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 were all samples are very fair indeed, and a good indication incorporated on the same day with the same trustees: Daniel H Mitchell, of what the owners are hoping for, and have so steadily been in pursuit Joseph Lelong, Wheeler Martin, Thomas Porter, and JW Spencer. Some of for the past years. The indications shown in the samples themselves wrinkling and bottom border nicks otherwise in fine condition. Prag are most excellent, being a combination of cinnabar, copper and iron, Collection Est. $400-900 HWAC# 86706 minerals which in a vaporized form came up and deposited themselves. The strike was made on the apex of the body of ore. As the mass widens Lot# 3602 Mono County, Lake Mining as depth is reached, the chances are that the cinnabar ore will grow District, California 1879 Crescent Gold richer. We hope for them all the success they deserve, for their faith and and Silver Mining Company stock # work on the lode. The Boston is owned by O. C. Huebner, W. F. O’Leary 126 for 500 shares to George S Carrier and James Conran. The latter is an experienced quicksilver miner.” trustee. Endorsed on back. Signed by Healdsburg Tribune, February 23, 1899 Prag Collection Est. $200-400 CW Ham andpresdient JD Thompson. HWAC# 87908 Dateline San Francisco 1879. Not cancelled. Location: Lake District, Mono County. Incorporated Sept. 12, 1878. Crocker & Co. printer. Wrinkled. Bottom right corner slightly rounded. No other issues. Prag Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC# 87900 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 207

DAY 3 Saturday, January 26 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 3607 evada and Yuba Counties, Lot# 3611 Nevada County, California California 1877 Excelsior Water & 1888 Enterprise Quartz Mining Mining Company Stock Works in Yuba Company Stock # 25 for 1000 shares to evada Counties. Inc. March 1877 in Y. o. 8. ot cancelled. Emma Bigelow. Signed by CS Paine and Issued for 100 shares to J.W. Mason on March 13. 1879. Signed by Jas. president JS McBride. Dateline Columbia Price (president) and Geo. Thurston (secretary). Vignette of Native (and written) 1888. Incorporated April American on horse. ABN. 7’ x 10” Three assessment stamps on reverse. 6, 1888. Not cancelled. Small miner Folds, otherwise clean. This mine was one of the leading hydraulic vignette. No printer. Location: Nevada County. Vertical folds. No edge, mining companies companies in the state in the 1870’s. They produced corner or discoloration issues! Prag Collection Est. $120-160 HWAC# about $300,000 in gold a year. [Burchard] Prag Collection Est. $150- 86764 250 HWAC# 88109 Lot# 3612 Nevada County, Nevada Lot# 3608 Nevada City, California 1907 District, California 1877 Deer Creek Amalgamated Mining & Oil Company Gold Mining Company # 64 for 50 shares Bond Number 14121. $25. All 80 coupons to BC Waite. Signed by AW Robinson and vice president George K attached. Signed by W Fraser(?) secretary and Phillips. Dateline 1877 San Francisco. Incorporated October 5, 1877. Goodman president. Two vignettes: ore cart Deer vignette. Bacon & Co. printer. Not cancelled. No edge, corner or at mine entrance and oil rig. Some small tears discoloration issues. Two small pin holes where stamp was applied to at edges. Three pages total. Each page is 14.5 x heavily. Excellent! Original directors were Augustus Robinson, Phillips, 10”. In 1911 the Amalgamated Mining and Oil George Cranston, Waite, and Hagadorn. IKn 1881 it was reported they Company was mentioned by name as part of were doing nominal work. This was a placer mining operation that a $2,000,000 stock fraud according to the Los dates back to the early Gold Rush days. “... in early 1850, the discovery Angeles Herald! Est. $50-80 HWAC# 55063 of rich gold-bearing gravels led to the establishment of many mining companies, both big and small, hoping to prosper from the glimmering resource. Much of the activity centered on Deer Creek. Hydraulic mines Lot# 3609 Nevada City, California 1866 Big Tunnel Gold and Silver sprang to life and the hills were pockmarked with “coyote holes” – small, crude mines burrowed into the slopes with the dirt and gravel Mining Company Stock # 34 (early) deposited in heaps at the entrances. So common were these mines that for 1 share to John D Jenkins. Signed Nevada City was jokingly referred to as “Coyoteville” in its formative by AH Otherman and president S years. Hope sprang eternal in the hills of Nevada County. But it was the Charomund. Dateline Nevada [City] 1866. Incorporated November 1864. 1850 discovery of rich gold veins in quartz outcroppings that elevated 25c Life Insurance revenue stamp. Not cancelled. Native American the dreams to fever pitch.”[The Union, “Quartz Fever” by Noy] Prag vignette. Cooke & Co. printers of San Francisco. Cut cancelled. Still Collection Est. $150-250 HWAC# 88105 quite nice! Not listed in Bean’s Directory of 1867, California Digital Lot# 3613 Oroville, California 1879 Newspaper Collection or newspapers.com. It is probably a take off of California Dredging & Mining the Gold Tunnel Mining Company. It was a successful venture owned by Company Stock Certificate Inc. 1877. William Ralston and Lloyd Tevis in 1865. Overman was a professional mining secretary living in Nevada City. Prag Collection Est. $400-600 No. 320, issued for 200 shares to HWAC# 86044 O.S. Buckingham, company assistant secretary, on May 21st, 1879 in San Lot# 3610 Nevada City, California 1907 Murchie, Francisco. Also signed by president Amalgamated, Empire, California & New York Charles H. Swain. Not cancelled. Green background with gold gilt text and small prospector vignette. Folds, no perforations. Early dredging Oil, etc. Letter and Amalgamated Oil Stock 1) The letter acknowledges the new bondholders of these operation on the Feather River near Oroville using a boat with suction mines (and others) and gives a quick history where pipes (according to the History of Butte County). Est. $70-200 HWAC# things are. Dated November 1, 1909. “The holdings 60142 of these accounts are believed to be of great value Lot# 3614 Owens but on account of improper management, they River Valley, have failed to return to the bondholders the profits California 1864 they might reasonably expect. For example the Mitchell and Amalgamated Mining and Oil has been looking for a British investor, but Owens Mining found none. This company has been in default since January 1, 1908. Company Mines Then there is the Murchie Consolidated of Nevada City. In 1906 the located in Owens United States Investor devoted a column to this mine. Original investors River Valley, paid 20 cents a share and now the stock is at $1.00 a share. The mine is California! # 27 being extensively developed until a mill can be found to work the ore. for 170 shares to In 1906 the Murchie was consolidated with the Banner, Deadwood, Le Thomas A Scott. Compion, etc. to form the Murchie Consolidated. All I can say is good Signed by JP Davis luck to Frank B Adams publisher, Charles Auel physician, John McComb and treasurer civil engineer, et al. 2) Amalgamated Mining and Oil Company Stock Walter E (?). 25c Certificate. umber 3091 issued to ET Williamson for 40 shares on Entry of Goods revenue stamp Not cancelled. No vignette. No printer. One April 1, 1907. (Purchased after the company quit paying debt!). Signed share = $100. Top right corner torn. Holes top left. From the American by Goodman and Hellop(?). Two vignettes: Underground mining and Mining Gazette and Geological Magazine, Volume 1, 1864, “We call the oil. Two vertical folds. No pin holes, dog ears, rips or tears. Fabulous attention of our readers to the organization of this new Gold Mining condition! In 1911 the Murchie and the Amalgamated Mining and Oil Company which has recently been incorporated under the Laws of the were mentioned by name as part of a $2,000,000 stock fraud in the Los State of ew York Capital $ 00,000 in 0,000 shares of $100 each. The Angeles Herald! 2) Number 6429. $200. All 80 coupons attached. Signed mines comprise 23,400 feet on the following lodes viz Isadore, Iveletta, by W Fraser(?) secretary and Goodman president. Two vignettes: ore Tamarack, IXL, Vernon, Virgin Queen, Simon Pure, Crescent, Consort, cart at mine entrance and oil rig. Some small tears at edges. Three pages Antone, Owens and Tansey situated on Owens River Valley, Mono Co., total. Each page is 14.5 x 10”. In 1911 the Amalgamated Mining and Oil California.” Prag Collection Est. $500-900 HWAC# 86704 Company was mentioned by name as part of a $2,000,000 stock fraud according to the Los Angeles Herald! Est. $60-150 HWAC# 55046 208 January 2019

DAY 3 Saturday, January 26 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 3615 Owens River Valley, California Lot# 3620 Quincy, California 1883, 1898 Two 1885 Owens River Mining and Smelting English California Mining Stock 1) Claremont Company Stock # 106 for 10 shares to Peak Gravel Gold Mine limited. 1883. # 406. AH Truman. Signed by Daniel Buck and Claremont Peak is east of Quincy. Possibly on vice president DM Seaton. Dateline San Hooligan Hill, one of the oldest palcer and hydraulic Francisco 1885. Incorporated June 18, camps in the county. 2) Consolidated Gold Mines of 1883. Not cancelled. Fancy title, but no California limited. 1898. # 819. Overall condition is vignette. Britton & Rey pritner. (Britton very good. Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# Rey designed some of the fanciest certificates of its day.) ocation: 86701 Inyo County, Cal. Cut unevenly on bottom right. “About ten days ago, a new body of ore, measuring many tons, was opened on the Montezuma mine. It is of fine grade and gives promise of being as extensive...The new find is situated about 300 feet below the present dump, and dips Lot# 3621 Rolling Hill District, El into the hill as if it ran into and formed a part of the deposit from Dorado County, California 1863 Jane which the old body of ore Is an output. It is exceedingly suggestive in and Gilbert Copper Mining Company that it indicates the presence of a very extensive deposit throughout Stock - Singed by Governor John the hill. The mine and furnace are owned by the Owens River Mining Bigler! # 301 for 10 shares to AK and Smelting Company. The station and grounds have been named Guin(?). Signed by PJ Hopper and John Elma, in honor of the daughter of Mr. W. P. Miller, superintendent of Bigler. Dateline Folsom April 21, 1863. the company.” [Engineering and Mining Journal, August 4, 1883] Prag Incorporated March 31, 1863. This must have been a popular company Collection Est. $200-500 HWAC# 86702 to sell 301 certificates in less than a month. Hydraulic and quart mining vignette. Also an allegorical vignette. Location: Rolling Hills Lot# 3616 Placer County, California District, El Dorado County, California. HS Crocker & Company printer. 1880 Cope Gold Mining Company # 39 Underprint ‘Jane and Gilbert Copper Co.” 25c Warehouse Recpt revenue for 1000 shares to AJ Hinds. Signed by stamp. A few small, stains that do not seem to interfere with cert. Very Hinds and president NP Ingalls. Dateline nice! Bigler was the third Governor of California. He was a southern Santa Cruz 1880. Incorporated October sympathiser and Lake Bigler was eventually renamed Lake Tahoe. Her 1879. Not cancelled. No vignette. invested in California and Nevada mining companies. According to the LeCount Bros. printers. Location of Sacramento Daily Union at least seven assessments were levied. Prag mines: Placer County. Prag Collection Est. $100-160 HWAC# 87903 Collection Est. $400-800 HWAC# 86046 Lot# 3617 Placer County, California Lot# 3622 Rolling Hill District, El 1896 Pioneer Gold Mining Company # 1863 Dorado County, California 1598 for 5 shares to WIllis L Mendum. Waukesha Copper Mining Company Signed by EA Effie( ), Charles Howard # 47 for 5 shares to CH Grimm. Signed and president AP Jacques. Dateline by Foote as secretary and MH Turrill as Boston 1896. Not cancelled. Printer president. Dateline Sacramento 1863. American Bank Note. Folds, blue check Incorporated April 3, 1863. Five feet to mark, pin holes, etc. Good. Not listed in the share. 5c Certificate revenue stamp. Filer. According to California Mines & Minerals (1899), the mine was Not cancelled. Two miner and one3 steamship vignette. HS Crocker & located 8 miles south of Towle and had the deepest quartz mining Co. printer. Small rips at vertical fold edges. The object of this company operations in the county. JJ Sullivan is supt. Ledge located on the north was to work two veins or lodes known as the Monitor and Pulaski lodes, fork of the American River. Tunnel No. 4 cuts the vein at the 1,000 ft. in Rolling Hill District in El Dorado County. Original trustees were MH level. They have a 20 stamp mill driven by water horsepower. Prag Turrill, Ezra Wooson, RC Clark, CH Grimm, F McComber, JW Spear and Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 87973 A Post. Incorporated on April 3 and the first assessment was levied on April 16 for $10 per share. In October an assessment of $12,50 was Lot# 3618 Placerville District, Eldorado levied. [Sacramento Daily Union] Prag Collection Est. $400-600 HWAC# County, California 1882 Cedar Spring 86049 Gold Mining Company Stock # 191 for 50 shares to George Hobson. Signed Lot# 3623 Saco, California by WIlliam Jewett and president J Miley 1881 East Orleans Gold Kimball. Principal place of business Mining Company Bond Saco, Maine. Incorporated 1881. Not We believe this mine is in cancelled. Mill vignette. Location of mines: Placerville, Eldorado County. Kern County near Saco and Edge issues, Heavy folds. Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86175 Bakersfield. umber for $500 to Henry Wadsworth. Lot# 3619 Placerville District, Eldorado County, California 1864 Harmon Gold Signed by Ambrose Eastman and Silver Mining Company Stock and president M Rand. Underground mining vignette. # 435 for 5 shares to Benjamin Hall. Rand, Avery & Co. printers Signed by secretary Benjamin Hall and Boston. Not only is this bond president George W Paget. Dateline San more pleasant to look at than Francisco 1864. Incorporated May 15, 1863. Allegorical vignette. 1400 most, Condition wise it is shares at $500 each - quite steep! Paper is dark, but easily read. Small 5c rather spectacular. Folds, but no edge, corner, pinhole or discoloration and 20c revenue stamp. Heavily faded. Green revenue imprint type art issues! Brown on white. 16 x 13”. Prag Collection Est. $200-500 HWAC# work on reverse. Torn in half and taped. Rips and heavy discoloration 86775 throughout. Paget was heavily involved in politics - especially for the Union! In 1870 he was held to answer before the Grand Jury on three charges of Grand Larceny. In August of 1864 Hall was listed as being delinquent on paying assessment on a certificate for this company. This is another mining company that seemed to collect assessment and not deliver a paying product. Prag Collection Est. $300-600 HWAC# 86045 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 209

DAY 3 Saturday, January 26 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 3624 Sacramento, California 1863 Lot# 3629 Sierra County, California Spread Eagle Copper Mining Co. Stock 1881 Uncas Mining Company Stock Certificate, Saginaw istrict, The Uncus Mining Co. located in Sierra Saginaw District, Sacramento Co. (printed County, California features a vignette under logo). Inc. July 17, 1863. Dateline of a Native American with a mohawk Sacramento, August 3, 1863. No. 53, issued and bow looking at his domain. This for 20 shares to Richard Ireland. Signed by the president, FA Park, certificate is dated 1881. 30 for 500 and secretary Chambers. Not cancelled. Patriotic vignettes of an eagle shares to CE Gillett trustee. Signed by Gillett and president JM Walker. and a flag-draped woman. Printed by H.S. Crocker Co., Sacramento. Printer WT Galloway. Location: Sierra County, California. Incorporated Folds, creases corner, heavy toning. Not in Filer. We could not easily May 29, 1880. Minor and light staining on side borders. Over all very locate more information about this company or the Saginaw District of nice! Prag Collection Est. $120-160 HWAC# 86769 Sacramento County. We could find reference to a Spread Eagle copper mine in Shasta County: “Twenty-two unpatented claims in Sec. 13, T. Lot# 3630 Sierra County, Alleghany, 33, N., R. 6 W ; owned by W. C. Onn & Sons, of Copley. About 1500 feet California 1871 Alleghany of tunnels, mainly driven by the Scottish American Syndicate, of Denver, Consolidated Gold Mining COmpany # Col., under bond, show considerable bodies of ore, including some of 58 for 35 shares to eorge Trea( ). Signed by Buffington and president excellent grade. The country rock is heavily charged with sulphides.” AM Crane. Dateline San Francisco 1871. Incorporated April 25, 1868. [Ref: The Copper Resources of California, Aubury, 1902] Est. $250-600 Not cancelled. 25c Power of Att’y revenue stamp. Small miner with pick HWAC# 62923 vignette. Tears and rips bottom border. Otherwise excellent. Sterett printer. In 1869 the Maryville Daily Appeal reported the Alleghany Lot# 3625 San Bernardino County, Clark was working the Blue Lead and had struck considerable pay dirt 780’ District, California 1876 Tecopah Silver from the mouth of the tunnel. The tunnel was 7’ high and 6’ wide, “large Mining Company Stock Stock no. 18 enough to use mules for drawing the car.” Alleghany is home to the issued to William Mills Trustee on May 11, famous 16:1 Mine. Prag Collection Est. $140-250 HWAC# 88103 1876 for 90 shares. It was incorporated on February 12, 1875 and located in the Lot# 3631 Silver Mountain, California Clark Mining District. There is no printer 1863 Eureka Gold & Silver Mining identified. The stock features a vignette of a ative American on the left Company Stock # 44 for 10 shares to side. The Clark Mining District was a fairly new venture in the mining Frank Cooper. Signed by JW Clark and FJ world, having only been created a few years earlier. Little information Owens(?). Dateline San Francisco 1863. could be found on this particular mining company, although there is Incorporated August 3, 1863. California mention of a “Tecopa” Mining Company in the Jul 11, 1908 issue of the seal vignette. No printer. 25c Protest Engineering and Mining Journal, Vol. 8. Pin holes. No edge, corner or revenue stamp. Location of mine; Silver Mountain District, Amador discoloration issues. Extremely nice and bright. (Prag collection) Est. County, Cal. Not cancelled. No pin hole, edge, corner or discoloration $300-700 HWAC# 86709 issues. A claim identified as being in the Silver Mountain Mining istrict in 1864 [per Calif. Division of Mines & Geology listing in “Mines and Lot# 3626 San Domingo District, Mineral Resources of Alpine County” by William B. Clark]. Frank Cooper Calaveras County, California 1878 was one of the original Commissioners charged with designating the Shawmut Gold Quartz Mining election precincts in newly-formed Alpine Co. (1864 “Alpine County Company Stock # 34 for 50 shares Bill”; see 1864 Aug 11; see also Board of Supervisors Minutes, Book “A”, to JS Bacon trustee. Signed by Bacon page 1; and see text of “Alpine County Bill” printed in 1864 July 30 MG). and president SP Putnam. Dateline San [Thank you to Karen Dustman, local historian and author of the book Francisco 1879. Incorporated July 26, “Silver Mountain City” (Clairitage Press) for background information on 1878. Not cancelled. Transfer on back the mine and signatures.] Prag Collection Est. $400-600 HWAC# 80312 from Bacon to Beal. Ore wagon on mountain road vignette. AL Bancroft printer. Stamped pink ‘W’ lower left. Pin holes and folds. Original Lot# 3632 Silver Mountain, California directors included Putnam and Bacon. Prag Collection Est. $200-400 1863 Telegraph Gold & Silver Mining HWAC# 86148 Company Stock # 71 for 20 shares to Mrs. H N Garwood. Signed by Thomas J Lot# 3627 San Francisco, California Owens and LC Sanderson. Dateline San San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose Francisco 1863. Incorporated May 14, Cons. Railway Stock, 1911 Issued to the 1863. Underprint reddish pink “Silver Realty Syndicate for 5 shares, the entity Mountain.” Very unique vignette. The controlled by Borax Smith. Signed by Dennis building of the transcontinental telegraph with od-like figures on fire Searles as president. The Realty Syndicate breathing horses in the clouds. 25c Power of Att’y revenue stamp. Not controlled many of the rail lines in the cancelled. 1875 shares for $100 each. There was a different Telegraph east bay. Nice harborscene vignette with G&S MC. (“Ledlie Ledge”) was incorporated October 3, 1863, in the tall ships and large steam vessels. American Bank Note Company, Webster District of “Amador” County, at Markleeville. Does that mean .Y. printer. Hole and stamp cancels. Est. $80-200 HWAC# 51206 our mining company was defunct already? Thomas J Owens was See Day 2 for more Railroadiana items! secretary to other local mining companies. Not all of his companies turned out to be profitable as he was listed as a delinquent shareholder Lot# 3628 Shasta County, California in the I SM Co. in 18 8 (18 8 an 5 Mining Scientific Press). He 1880 Chicago Consolidated Silver did acquire a half-lot adjoining Betchmann’s stables Dec 2, 1863 from Mining Company Stock # 15 (Early) “P.A. Owens” and then conveyed it to Mary Frances Owens (N ½ of Lot 4, for 100 shares to EG Freeland, director. Block 3)(per Book B, page 16 of Deeds, Alpine County ). [Thank you to Signed by ES Freeland and president Karen Dustman, local historian and author of the book “Silver Mountain FH Wells. Dateline San Francisco City” (Clairitage Press) for background information on the mine and 1880. Incorporated June 6, 1880. Not signatures.] Prag Collection Est. $400-600 HWAC# 80308 cancelled. Allegorial lady liberty. LeCount Bros. printer. Location of mines: South Fork Mining District. Original directors were FH Wells, EG Freeland, Wm. Irelan, John Nuttall and PE Bowles. Light discoloration. Nice. Praq Collection Est. $150-300 HWAC# 86179 210 January 2019

DAY 3 Saturday, January 26 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 3633 Silver Lot# 3635 Mountain, Alpine Silver Mountain, District, California Alpine District, 1864 Elgin Gold C alif ornia and Silver Mining 1864 Petibeau Company stock Gold and # 75 for 20 shares Silver Mining to Frank Cooper. Company Stock Signed by R # 16 for 10 Thompson and OC shares to Frank Johnson. Dateline Silver Mountain 1864. Incorporated Sept., 16th, 1863. Cooper. Signed Location; Galena Lode. Small 20cx and 5c revenue stamps. Not cancelled. by John E Hall president and John T (?). Dateline 1864 Silver Mountain. Hydraulic mining vignette. Different. Towne & Bacon printers. No edge, Incorporated May 14, 1864. Location Alpine District. 1750 shares at corner, pinhole or discoloration issues. Frank Cooper was one of the $100 each. Unusual Calaveras Chronicle Print, Mok, Hill printer. Addison original Commissioners charged with designating the election precincts Curtiss was present at the election of John Hall, David Aaron & Steve in newly-formed Alpine Co. (1864 “Alpine County Bill”; see 1864 Aug Mead as trustees, and worked on the claim. Curtiss got a contract to sink 11; see also Board of Supervisors Minutes, Book “A”, page 1; and see 10 feet of shaft for $7.50/foot (May 23 & 24, 1864). Curtiss said, “from text of “Alpine County Bill” printed in 1864 July 30 MG). Thompson our camp we have a beautiful prospect – the Carson Valley in Nevada was born September 20, 1822 in Montville, Maine. At 6’4” tall he was Territory lies to the North West and snow capped mountains lie all a tall California Pioneer, He settled on Whit’s Bar on the Mokelumne, around us. Our camp [is] under the edge of a shelving rock which hangs with a house on Prospect Hill, and won two terms as a justice of the twenty feet over the creek.” (Curtiss diary, May 30, 1864). Frank Cooper peace (without being a lawyer originally) and so was known as “Judge” was one of the original Commissioners charged with designating the Thompson moved his family moved to Alpine County in June, 1864 and election precincts in newly-formed Alpine Co. (1864 “Alpine County his investments included an interest in the Blue Goose mine. He also Bill”; see 1864 Aug 11; see also Board of Supervisors Minutes, Book “A”, had an investment in “a quarry which provided stone for building the page 1; and see text of “Alpine County Bill” printed in 1864 July 30 MG). town jail”. He built a house; practiced law; served as a notary; and acted [Thank you to Karen Dustman, local historian and author of the book as secretary for several mining companies. Thompson commented “Silver Mountain City” (Clairitage Press) for background information on that none other than Snowshoe Thompson gave him snowshoeing the mine and signatures.] Prag Collection Est. $400-600 HWAC# 80325 (skiing) lessons. [Thank you to Karen Dustman, local historian and author of the book “Silver Mountain City” (Clairitage Press) for background information on the mine and signatures.] Prag Collection Lot# 3636 Silver Est. $400-600 HWAC# 80311 Mountain, El Dorado Lode, California 1863 El Dorado Lot# 3634 Silver Mountain, Alpine Gold and Silver District, California 1863 Figaro Gold Mining Company and SIlver Mining Company Stock # Stock - NUMBER 1 49 for 20 shares to Nehemiah Haskell. NUMBER 1. 5 Shares Signed by Alex Horr and president JF to Frank Cooper. Cookes. Dateline San Francisco 1863. Signed by J Warren Incorporated July 14, 1863. Here is a Clark and RH Ford. Dateline 1863. Incorporated July 1863. Allegorical, unique vignette! A large Figaro holding a cornucopia vignette. Towne & Bacon printer. 25c Protest Revenue sign “Capital Stock $260,000.” Robbins & Co. printer. ‘AE signature? Not stamp. Lower right is cut to border, but not into border. Otherwise cancelled. Alpine District, Amador County. 25c Protest Revenue stamp. crisp, clear and sharp. The El Dorado Gold and Silver is one of the Underscore $260,000. No edge, corner, pinhole or discoloration issues. most active claims near Silver Mountain, circa August, 1863 (Jackson, Doing a quick search of our resources, we found no information on this p. 50). It was a lode at Silver Mountain; the Consolidated Tunnel company. [Thank you to Karen Dustman, local historian and author was designed to cut multiple ledges (Wisconsin ew York apa El of the book “Silver Mountain City” (Clairitage Press) for background Dorado; Sierra Nevada; and Coast Range); the tunnel was to commence information on the mine and signatures.] Prag Collection Est. $400- “in the rear and above Fisk’s hotel” (1865 Jan 14 MG). Cooper was a 600 HWAC# 80309 partner in Stroebel, Fleig & Co. a meat market and pork packer at 1129 Folsom. (See directory reference below p. 130 & 418.) He was one of the original Commissioners charged with designating the election precincts in newly-formed Alpine Co. (1864 “Alpine County Bill”; see 1864 Aug 11; see also Board of Supervisors Minutes, Book “A”, page 1; and see text of “Alpine County Bill” printed in 1864 July 30 MG). J. Warren Clark was also secretary of the Whitton Gold & Silver Mining See the Dealer & Bargains Co., Mammoth G&SM, Napa G&SM Co., George Washington G&S M Co., etc. Reverend RH Ford is something of a Silver Mountain icon. Reverend Section on Day 5 too Ford was an early settler from New Hampshire. The Ford Hotel (aka Silver Mountain Hotel or Alpine House) was a landmark. This hotel for great deals in was also a restaurant boarding house, stage stop and post office. ord was a Justice of the Peace, and superintendent of schools. Ford had all collecting categories! no problem dabbling in mining stocks. When his hotel burned down in 188 he finally left. Thank you to Karen ustman, local historian and author of the book “Silver Mountain City” (Clairitage Press) for background information on the mine and signatures.] Prag Collection Est. $400-600 HWAC# 80314 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 211

DAY 3 Saturday, January 26 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 3637 Silver Lot# 3640 Silver Mountain, Silver Mountain, Monitor Mountain District, California 1863 District, California Mountain Belle Gold and Silver 1863 Foundling Mining Company Stock Early number 5 Gold & Silver Mining for 50 sharest o W Yarble( ). Signed by Company Stock # 12 (?). Dateline Folsom 1863. Incorporated - EAR Y, 0 shares to October 1863. One foot a share. 1000 CM Gregory. Signed by shares at $100 each. Location at Mountain Belle Ledge, Silver Mountain William Moody and CA District, Amador County. Gentleman with his mountain belle vignette. McMurty(?) president. HS Crocker Co., printer. 5c Certificate revenue stamp. ot cancelled. oundling Tunnel, in Monitor district, is mentioned in 18 3 field notes Staining left, tear right. Fair condition. We found no information on for survey of G. G. Payne, to what would become the townsite (Bancroft this mine. [Thank you to Karen Dustman, local historian and author Scraps, p. 55). It was located by “Dr. Hughes” of San Francisco; they were of the book “Silver Mountain City” (Clairitage Press) for background running a tunnel and were in about 40 feet, under superintendence of information on the mine and signatures.] Prag Collection Est. $400- John Hemsley (1864 June 18 MG). [Thank you to Karen Dustman, local 600 HWAC# 80327 historian and author of the book “Silver Mountain City” (Clairitage Press) for background information on the mine and signatures.] Prag Lot# 3641 Silver Mountain, Woodfords District, California 1864 Collection Est. $400-600 HWAC# 80313 Good Hope Gold and Silver Mining Company Rare dateline of Fredricksburg! # 29 fro 10 shares to Ole Lot# 3638 Silver Mountain, Monitor Christianson. Signed District, California 1865 People’s by Rod Welunke and Gold and Silver MIning Company president A Derrick. Stock Number 2128 for two shares to 1864. Incorporated John Strohm. Datelined San Francisco February 1864. 1864. Signed by secretary HJ Read and Location: Good Hope president James M Pattee, Incorporated Lode, Woodford in December of 1863. Not cancelled. 25c Mining District, El Certificate Revenue Stamp. ignette of Dorado, Cal. One foot large milling operation. Location at “Monitor District, Alpine County, to the share. Eagle flag vignette. Towne Bacon printer. ot cancelled. Kate Amador, California.” No printer. Assessment stamp in red on cert. Signed by Christianson on reverse. Silver Mountain was noted for their Some taping on back - seems to be museum quality tape. Nice looking large Scandinavian population - rare in western mining camp. Good in front. This would be a re-organi ation of WIlliam Heffley’s rather Hope was located on West bank of Carson River. An the article in 1864 notorious sue of the mine and its stock. M Pattee of ew York wrote reports that a 30’ shaft had been commenced “some time since” but a glowing report about the mines in California and Nevada in a New abandoned when they hit a “superabundance of water”; sup’t. Henry York newspaper. bviously he was drumming up business. He said the Morris started a new tunnel and was now in 170 feet, heavily timbered, present appearance of the People’ Gold and Silver Mines, are equal to and expected to strike the ledge about 150’ from the shaft; favorable the most celebrated mines in California and Nevada. He goes on to say comparisons made at Thornton’s office to ore from old Hill and Reese that it is on the same mountain as Gold Hill and Virginia City mines. River (1864 Sept 17 MG). Thank you to Karen Dustman, local historian But this is a California mine. Is he just carrying on the scam started by and author of the book “Silver Mountain City (Clairitage Press) for Heffley Were their two seperate mines with the same name and the background information on the mine and signatures.] Prag Collection same president Sounds fishy to us. Thank you to Karen ustman, Est. $400-900 HWAC# 86169 local historian and author of the book “Silver Mountain City” (Clairitage Press) for background information on the mine and signatures.] Prag Collection Est. $400-600 HWAC# 80315 Lot# 3642 Silver Moutain, California Lot# 3639 Silver c1864 Alabama Gold Mountain, Raymond and Silver Mining District, California Company Stock 1864 General Grant Alabama # 1 located Consolidated Gold on the Alabama and Silver Mining Lode, Alpine District, Company Stock # 66 Amador County. for 5 shares to John One foot to the share. # 86 for 10 shares to Joseph W Vernon. Signed Helgeson. Signed by by D Davidson and president R Thompson. Datelined San Francisco Charles Brown and AJG 1864. Incorporated Aug. 21, 1863. 25c Power of Att’y Revenue Ingraham. Dateline Stamp. Allegorical woman holding the American flag. WB Cooke 1864 Silver Mountain. Co. printer. Not cancelled. No discoloration, edge, corner or pinhole Incorporated October 24, 1863. Not cancelled. 25c Power of Att’y issues. Mentioned by Addison Curtiss in May, 1864 (see Addison Revenue stamp. Location: Sacramento, Franklin and St. Lawrence Lodes Curtiss Diaries, May 3, 1864). Donald Davidson was a San Franciscan in the Raymond District, AMador County, California. Two vignettes: financier. Chalmers called him a mine speculator. He went on to say he general on horse and shooting cannon in front of American flag. Waters is a swindler and the biggest liar out there. Most likely our secretary. Brothers printers. 1/2” rip top center. Other rips and wrinkled paper. However, there is also a Daniel Davidson who ran a meat market in Apparently in the Alpine (or Raymond?) District according to Addison 1870 and donated the lot for the jail. With Silver Mountain City on the Curtiss in May, 1864 (see Addison Curtiss Diaries, May 3, 1864) (entry downswing and Monitor on the upswing, he bought 50 head of sheep for May 22, 1864). [Thank you to Karen Dustman, local historian and opened a meat market in the promising new town. He ran the and author of the book “Silver Mountain City” (Clairitage Press) for Davidson Mill at Silver Creek near his house. Both would later be owned background information on the mine and signatures.] Prag Collection by Chalmers! The mill would be renamed the Exchequer. [Thank you to Est. $400-600 HWAC# 80310 Karen Dustman, local historian and author of the book “Silver Mountain City” (Clairitage Press) for background information on the mine and signatures.] Historic Prag Collection. Est. $400-600 HWAC# 80304 212 January 2019

DAY 3 Saturday, January 26 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 3643 Silverado, California 1878 Lot# 3648 Yuba County, California Blue Light Mining Company Stock # uba oldfields Stock Collection 203 for 5 shares to Thomas J Hanagan. Nine different stocks concerning the Signed by JD Dunlap (discoverer of Yuba Consolidated and related companies doing gold dredging in the the mine) and WIlliam T Lambie(?) massive Yuba old ields, c1905-195 . There were actually several as president. Dateline Los Angeles different companies operating there with nearly the exact same name. September 25, 1878. Incorporated This group contains three exceptionally rare pieces- 1905, 1908, 1913. Sept. 5, 1878. Not cancelled. No vignette. No location, but see below Ken Prag Collection. This is unarguably one of the most important of to provide authenticity. Mirror Print. One slightly rounded corner is the twentieth century gold companies. Their massive huge dragline all that mars this wonderful specimen. Elsie McClelland [“Silverado dredges changed the way low grade gold bearing gravels were mined Canyon Sketches--1853-1953,”] credited U.S. Marshal J. D. Dunlap with all over the world. Est. $150-250 HWAC# 88846 stumbling upon an old Mexican silver mine here in 1874 while chasing a murderer in the Santa Ana Mountains. McClelland said unlap filed a Lot# 3649 , California 3 Death Valley claim to that old Mexican mine. It was at first called the unlap Mine, area Mining Stocks Three mining stock then renamed the Blue Light Mine. Whatever its origin, the Blue Light certificates ( final, 1 temporary certificate) Mine endured. It became the largest silver producer of the boom town from Death Valley area. 1) 333 shares of of Silverado. Mining at the Blue Light continued, off and on, until the Furnace Creek Copper Co., cert. # 20483 late 1950s, with zinc being the principal mineral taken out during the issued to William St. Crocker signed June 1940s. Prag Collection Est. $200-300 HWAC# 86172 28, 1910 signed by W. C. Meyer, pres., and J.J. Steuart, secy. Raised green company Lot# 3644 Sonoma County, Pine Flat, seal. Assigned signatures on back. Furnace Creek Copper Mine California 1874 Fleetwood Quicksilver located on National Park Service wilderness land in Death Valley. In Mining Company # 37 for 250 sharest early 1900’s Patrick Patsy Clark of Spokane notified. He visited and to RR Craig trustee. Signed by C Buckingham and president RR Craig. purchased the claim in May, 1905. Became a mining camp by next year, Dateline San Francisco 1874. Incorporated July 23, 1874. Not cancelled. without copper being found. Beginning of Greenwater rush. Names California seal and mill vignettes. Blue and red markings on left. Rip Furnace Creek Copper Co in March. Stock sold within three hours. Best bottom right border. Nice. Prag Collection Est. $150-250 HWAC# 88106 known and earlies mine in district as rush started. 2) 100 shares of Greenwater Copper Mines and Smelter Co. issued to A. H. Geuting cert. Lot# 3645 Tulare County, Mineral 19 9. Raised company seal. Uncancelled temporary certificate to be King District, California 1881 Crystal exchanged when engraved certificate is ready. reenwater alley was Consolidated Mining Company the site of the most spectacular boom in the history of Death Valley Stock # 80 for 10,000 shares to Peter mining. Within 1-1/2 years of the start of the rush it became home Malloch. Signed by A Beattie and LA to over two thousand inhabitants. It also experienced the shortest Johnson president. Dateline Visalia life ever recorded for a boom camp of its size. Within 3 years it was 1881. Incorporated December 13, practically deserted. On December 15, Charles Schwab, John Brock, 1879. Location: Mineral King Mining District, Tulare, County, Cal. Not and some financiers from Philadelphia formed the reenwater eath cancelled. Visalia Delta Print. Staining. Prag Collection Est. $140-250 Valley Copper Mines & Smelting Company. Ash Meadows became HWAC# 87906 the smelter site. It was close to a water supply and the railroads. In 1907, the Nevada Smelting & Mines Corporation’ which owned the Lot# 3646 Tuolumne County, California control of the United Greenwater Copper Company, has exchanged its 1885 Dead Horse Mining Company stock for the stock of the new Greenwater Copper Mines & Smelter Co. Stock Early number 5 for 10 shares 3) 100 shares of Mojave Tungsten Co. cert. # B1551 issued to G.W. Field to DC Bates. Signed by Charles Bridge & Co, dated April 17, 1917. Mines located in San Bernardino County, and president WS Hobart. Hobart is CA. Assigned on back. Printed: Security Bank Note Com. Phila. Prag closely identified with evada and the collection. Est. $100-150 HWAC# 86562 great Comstock Lode. he was one of the biggest supplies of wood for the mills and the mines with the Sierra Lot# 3650 , California 1876 Asbestine Nevada Wood and Lumber Company. Dateline San Francisco 1885. Stone Manufacturing Company Stock Incorporated May 26, 1884. Directors were John Skae, DC Bates, Joseph ERY EAR Y 7 (written out) for 0 Clark, George Hobart and John A Davis. Not cancelled. ANo edge, corner, pin hole or discoloration issues. Great! Prag Collection Est. $100-200 shares to JH McElroy. Signed by GG HWAC# 88100 Bouchard and president H Hazard. Dateline Los Angeles 1876. Incorporated Lot# 3647 Willow Creek, California July 28m 1876. Mirror Pint. Reverse Willow Creek Gold Mining Co. Stock, has transfer note. The April 27, 1876 Los Angeles Herald reported, the Asbestine Stone Company in East Los Angeles demonstrates that Yuba County, Cal. 1882 Cert. #203, the enterprise to the city. The stone made by this process is of similar issued for 250 shares at Jersey City, N.J. Character with the Fearstone. Among them the curbs and posts around in 188 . ocation Yuba Co., Cal. printed the cathedral and the carriage step n front of Governor Downey’s on the masthead. Willows Creek, at just residence, etc. Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86157 over 3,000 feet elevation, joins the north fork of the Yuba River at Bullards Bar. In Lot# 3651 , California 1874 Chance Silver une, 1849, a r. Bullard of Brooklyn, .Y. and three partners dammed Mining Company Stock # 152 for 1874 up the river and netted $15,000 of gold in two months (Gudde). The shares to WS Marks trustee. Signed by Joseph Willow Creek Gold Mining Company was likely a hydraulic mining marks as secretary. No president’s signature. operation. In 1908, there was a small revival of hydraulic mining, Not cancelled. Very clever vignette inside the including at Willow Creek and the Depot Hill mine (E.M.J. Dec. 5, 1908). ‘C” in ‘Chance.’ Incorporated Feb. 2, 1874. VF. Uncancelled. Est. $120-250 HWAC# 51217 Dateline San Francisco 1874. Printer Britton & Rey. Small stain upper left. Nick bottom right. Fabulous condition. Located in the Cherry Creek District in White Pine County. Milled at the Exchequer. The company did have a small two stamp mill to test their ore. Considered a major producer of the district. Prg Collection Est. $200-300 HWAC# 86174 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 213

DAY 3 Saturday, January 26 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 3652 , California Death Valley- Lot# 3657 Black Hawk District, Gilpin Arcalvada Consolidated Mines Co. County, Colorado 1864 Denver Mining Uncancelled scarce 750 shares of Death Company Stock Early 1864 stock # Valley - Arcalvada Consolidated Mines 89 for 100 shares to John H Watson. Co. stock Cert. # 1474 issued to C. P. Signed by Hobart Ford president and Meskimen dated November 8, 1907. ames ( ). ateline ew York 18 4, ot Orange company seal and border. cancelled. Two 25c Revenue Stamps January, 1907 Death Valley Co. made its (Certificate and Power of Att’y). Hatch first ore shipment. uring September & Co. printer. Signed on bottom by WH 1907, Death Valley and Arcalvada companies merged to form the Death Phipps and John H Watson. The Denver Valley Arcalvada Consolidated Mining Company. In 1907 they produced Mining Company had 400 feet on the Forks Lode, but it was sold by the 75,000 ounces of silver, then operated intermittently through 1930. sheriff in 1866. Located in Nevada Gulch. Prag Collection Est. $300- Prag collection. Est. $50-80 HWAC# 86561 600 HWAC# 86031 Lot# 3653 , California Hydraulic and Lot# 3658 Black Hawk District, Gilpin Dredge Mining Certificates count County, Colorado 1864 New England California Dredging and Mining # 53 Mining Company of Colorado stock # i/u Hedge 1874 1000 shares, nice gold 364 for 50 shares to RP Smith. Signed ink on green, has paper clip rust and by Wetherlea and president AW Potter. creases. Hammon Consolidated Fields Dateline Boston 1864. Incorporated in #240 i/u Benjamin Hyde 1000 shares, 18 3. 5c Certificate Revenue stamp. Coarse Gold Gulch Mining @151 u/i, Big Printer George C Rand and Avery. No Channel Mining # 159 i/u Philip Good edge, pinhole or discoloration issues. Light dog ear bottom left. Two 1928 1000 shares, 2 Syndicate Hydraulic vertical folds. Very nice indeed! “The New England Mining Company Mines u/i, Est. $130-250 HWAC# 61758 of Colorado have 900 feet on the Running Lode, a strong vein about half a mile south-east of the Bobtail. There are several shafts on the Lot# 3654 , California Rock Quarried property, varying in depth from 20 to 120 feet. In the bottom of the (Marble & Granite) stocks 7 bond One latter shaft is a vein of ore two feet wide. There are 150 tons out On the bond and five shares of stock from U.S. mine is an engine-house, with engine and hoisting rig complete. The rock quarries with marble and granite. 1) ,070 shares of Pacific Rock Company has a mill in Black Hawk, containing eight stamps, two pans, Co, cert B19 issued to Pacific Coast Aggregates, Inc on April 8, 1930. ) and a small engine. They are represented by Com. Rodney French,-of 15 shares of Pacific Coast Aggregates, Inc on une 7, 1930 cert. A90 New Bedford, and have been principally engaged during the last two issued to Pacific Coast Aggregates, Inc. on une 7, 1930. Both printed: years in experimenting with their ores with a view to adopting the best Schwabacher-Frey Stationery Co. SF. 3) 55 shares of Reading Quarry treatment known. The former owners claim to have taken $75,000 from Co, cert #62 issued to Mahlon G. Taylor on March 23, 1907. printed: the mine.” [Mines of Colorado by Raymond] Prag Collection Est. $300- Nat’l Seal Wes., Rich’d, VA.4) 100 shares of Consolidated Granite Co 600 HWAC# 86034 cert #A222 issued to Thomas F. Deegam dated Feb 24, 1991. 1 share of Monmouth Stone Co., cert #183 issued to A.S. McDonald issued May 16, Lot# 3659 Central City, Colorado 1868 1931 with raised co. brown seal. One First Mortgage Sinking Fund Gold Brown Silver Mining Company of bond, 30 year at for Springfield uarrying, Mining and Construction Colorado Stock # 199 for 2 shares Company. Principal due 1923. All 60 coupons there. Prag collection to Reverend JK Loose. Signed by Est. $100-150 HWAC# 87227 Thomas Seale and president George H Christian. Dateline Philadelphia 1868. Lot# 3655 , California Southern Three vignettes; Underground, miner Motherlode Stocks (4 count) Columbia looking for gold with dog and eagle. Hill Gold Mining #58 i/u C Hunt 1904? 5c Certificate Revenue stamp. ot 313 shares, Minarets Mining # 93 i/c cancelled. Small rips and tears at edges. Stain on outside of the eagle Mrs. O Sutton 1917 1000 shares, Murray vignette. J Haehnlen printer. Good condition. Brown Silver Mining Creek Mining i/c #20 William Miller Company of Colorado was a mining company headquartered in 1895 100 shares(Calaveras County Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that owned three lodes of silver ore near mine), Carson Hill Gold Mining #1301 Central City, Colorado. The Brown owned two productive mines: the i/c Anglo American Mining 1933 20000 Brown and the Coin. They also built a mill c1867 which lasted on year. shares. Est. $60-100 HWAC# 61723 [History of Nevada, Colorado and Wyoming by Bancroft] Prag Collection Est. $300-600 HWAC# 86032 Lot# 3656 , California 1887, 1899 Three California Oil Stocks - Including one Lot# 3660 Clear Creek, Colorado 1880 killer vignette 1) Cholame Valley Oil. Lucerne Mining Co. Stock #1234 I/U to ## 9 for 500 shares. Location: Monterey Chas Roper 100 shares in 1880. Signed by County. Very busy and clear oil well and secretary Roper and President Albertus. transportation vignette. 2) Arroyo Oil. “The company produced gold and silver Magnificent strong green underprint from properties in Clear Creek and oil well vignette. # 24 for 1000 shares. Gilpin Counties. Property included the ateline: Bakersfield, 1899. 3) Blue Lucerne claim in Robinson Gulch, Idaho Goose Oil. 189 Dateline Selma, Cal. Springs, Clear Creek Count; the Schiller (Fresno County). Overall, these three Lode on Mammoth Hill at Gregory, near stocks are in great condition. Est. $100- Black Hawk; and claims in Elk Horn Gulch, Pleasant Valley, 3 miles from 300 HWAC# 86154 Central City.” (Corregan & Lingane, 1883). Est. $120-200 HWAC# 79337 214 January 2019

DAY 3 Saturday, January 26 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 3661 Colorado & New England Mining Lot# 3666 Denver, Colorado 1899 Company, Colorado 1882 Georgetown Very Whale Mining Company Stock - with unusual stock certificate. Common small si e, but Outline of a Whale Underprint! You printed vertically! No. 52, issued for 5,000 shares won’t find this every day! 8 for 1 7 shares to K Carleton. Signed to BW Robinson on Sept. 11th, 1882. Incorporated by president (?). No secretaries signature. Dateline Denver 1899. Not June 1882. Signed Charles A White (president) and cancelled. Underground mining vignette with ore cart. No pin hole, George H. Drew (secretary). Not cancelled. Vignette edge, corner or discoloration issues. Cancelled. Also unissued Argonaut of three workers and an ore cart. Spaulding, Cotton Gold Mining Company, Cripple Creek, 190-. Excellent condition. Prag & Co. printer Boston. Soiling upper right. 9.25” x Collection Est. $100-250 HWAC# 88035 5.5” Est. $100-300 HWAC# 86738 Lot# 3667 Dorchester, Colorado 1879 Bull-Domingo Consolidated Mining Lot# 3662 Cripple Creek, Colorado Cripple Company of Colorado Stock #429 for 100 shares to RM Streeter. Signed Creek Stocks The Gould Consolidated by PP Minor and vice president EM (?). Mining Co. (1901, not cxl), The LeClair Not cancelled. Underground mining Mines Co. (1928, pencil cxl), two $100 vignette. Small bull mining vignette. bonds for The Freeport & Cripple Creek American Bank Note Company printer. Gold Mining Co. (1901, not cancelled), The Important mine in the Italian Mountain Empire Lee Mining Co. (1962, punched), at Dorchester. Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86723 and The Elkton Co. (1966, not cxl). The Merrimac Consolidated Mines Company Lot# 3668 Eagle County, Colorado (1900, stamp and punch cancelled, mining 1880 Buckeye Mining Company of vignettes), The Old Gold Mining Company Colorado Stock # 107 for 5 shares to (1896, pen cancelled, mining vignette), The Mark H Barnum. Signed by Hugo Reyes Old Gold Mines Company (1909, punch and and MM Pomeroy president. Dateline stamp cancelled, gilt title), and the Homestake-Le Roi Mining Company Denver 1880. Pomeroy was a midwest (1946, not cancelled, eagle vignette). (Prag Collection) Est. $150-350 newspaperman. He started as an editor HWAC# 571606 in Milwaukee. He was editor for Boss Tweed’s ew York emocrat. He moved to Colorado c1880 (about the time this stock was signed). He Lot# 3663 Cripple Creek, Colorado 1887 Russell Gold Mining Company engaged in mining and organi ed the Atlantic-Pacific Tunnel Company. [Wisconsin Historical Society online] Poor condition. Rips at folds, torn Issue of Debenture Debenture #329 for corner, faded. (Prag Collection) Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86741 L 10 Sterling, issued to Thomas George Nicholson (London) on March 24. Lot# 3669 Eureka District, Gilpin Three coupons attached. Red print on Gunnell County, Colorado 1864 parchment paper. It has a red, embossed, Gold Company Early Colorado Stock one-shilling revenue stamp. Signed Certificate. 904 for 300 shares to E by two directors and the secretary. Mack. Signed by W Davis and Frederick The property was a British-financed ( ). ateline ew York 18 4. 5c gold mining company that operated a Certificate Revenue stamp and a 5c 40-stamp mill and cyanide plant. It later reorganized as the New Russell Protest Revenue stamp. Although there Gold & Exploration, Ltd., and acquired holdings in Colorado. Like other is a large stamp, it is for the cancelation early British mining certificates, it has neither a vignette nor a border. of a previous cert. This certificate is not cancelled. Comes with a copy 1 x 1 .” ebenture is very fine. our remaining coupons are bent and of the “Mines of Colorado” in the Gunnell mine. This mine has yielded folded. This is a very important mining location. Est. $200-500 HWAC# 55066 500 ounces of gold a month for the past year according to Hollister. The main shaft is 438 feet deep and sinking. They have just purchased the parts of a 100 stamp mill! Prag Collection Est. $300-600 HWAC# 86030 Lot# 3664 Custer County, Colorado 1884 Cosmos Mining Company Stock Lot# 3670 Georegetown, Rare. Inc. in Colorado. No. 111, issued Colorado 1866 Veritas for 500 shares to Lizzie Tufts on Feb. 23, Mining Company 1884 in Denver. Signed by Carl Walsted, of Colorado Stock - vice president, and the company NUMBER 1 # 1 for 20 secretary. Not cancelled. Dog ears on shares to CJ Goss. Signed left. Properties and location printed on by president Goss and M the stock below the logo: The Cosmos, Anker. Dateline Denver Bonanza, Engineer, Carbonate, Prospector, Philadelphia, and Trachyte 1866. Incorporated Mines and the Prospector, Philadelphia and Trachyte Mille Sites at February 20, 1866. Not Querida and Rosita, Custer County, Colorado. Location: Querida & cancelled. Location of Rosita, Colorado. Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86731 mine: Argentine Mining Lot# 3665 Denver, Colorado 1887 District, Clear Creek Chicago & Denver Reduction Company County. Dog protecting bars of gold vignette. Stock # 22 (early) for 5 shares to fficers: C oss, M Anker and eorge T Clark. irectors Cogg, Anker, William H Mardock (Mandock). Signed Clark, LM Koons and TS Clayton. Unusual (unique?) for a stock by secretary Edward F Hartley and certificate, there are excerpts from two articles on the cert. iscoloration Mardock. Dateline Chicago 1887. Nice remaining from tape or holder on corners. Rips and nicks at fold edges. stamped seal. No vignette. Printed by A simple, yet pleasing look. Not in Hollister. Prag Collection Est. $300- JMW Jones Stationary. No edge, corner, 500 HWAC# 87934 pin hole or discoloration issues. Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86732 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 215

DAY 3 Saturday, January 26 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 3671 Georgetown, Colorado 1870 Lot# 3676 Georgetown, Clear Creek County, Crescent Silver Co. of Cincinnati Stock Colorado 1885 The Colorado & New England I/C #134 4 shares. Green seal. Mine ining Company Stock Certificate No. 49, issued located in Colorado. Est. $100-150 for 2,500 shares to BW Robinson on Sept. 11th, 1882. HWAC# 79357 Signed Charles A White (president) and George H. Drew (secretary). Not cancelled. Unusual vertically oriented stock with vignette of three workers and an ore cart. Edge issues (small rips, folds, bends). 9.25” x 5.5” Est. $120-300 HWAC# 60668 Lot# 3672 Georgetown, Colorado 1879 Dunderberg Mining Company Stock # 988 for 100 shares to Charles Hughes. Lot# 3677 Gilpin, Colorado 1864 Kip Signed by HL Bradford and president and Buell Gold Mining and Tunneling Charles enison( ). ateline ew York Company Stock #1017 for 100 shares 1879. Mining winze vignette. Green to James Stringen(?). Signed by Silar P print on green paper. Not Cancelled. Dog Woods and Henry S (?) vice president. ear lower left. Very nice looking cert. 25c Power of Att’y revenue stamp. Location of mine was at Georgetown, Cancelled. ateline ew York 18 4. Clear Creek County, Colorado. Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# Location: Pewabic Lode, Golpin County. 86727 Dog ear lower right. Vertical folds. Nice. The Kip & Buell Gold Mining and Tunnel Lot# 3673 Georgetown, Colorado 1875 Company have 600 feet on the Kip Lode, crossing Gregory Gulch just Simpson Mining, Milling and Tunnel above Mountain City ; one shaft 235 feet deep. Two hundred feet from Company Stock Early number 14 for the surface a level is run east and west 100 feet long ; the crevice 100 shares to G Parkhurst. Signed by between the walls is eight feet, with twenty inches of tolerably clear JG Parkhurst and president Leonard G ore. From the level downward, the vein will probably pay for taking Calkins. Dateline Coldwater, Michigan out. An engine-house, containing a 10-horse engine, is on the shaft. 1875. “Consisting of the Simpson Lode, This Company also have 350 feet on the Leavitt, crossing Gregory the Chicago Tunnel and the Calkin’s Mill Gulch, parallel with and not far from the Kip....The Company have Property.” riffith district. Clear Creek County. Underground mining a log 12-stamp mill, built in 1860....John Kip, of Central, is agent and vignette and unusual mill vignette. Calvert Litho of Detroit printer. Not also a considerable owner. Coincidentally, there is a Kip and Buell cancelled. Small tear bottom Otherwise excellent. Prag Collection Est. Mining Company in the Nevada Territory at this sem time period? Prag $150-250 HWAC# 87948 Collection Est. $300-600 HWAC# 87935 Lot# 3674 Georgetown, Colorado 1873 Lot# 3678 Gilpin, Colorado 1865 Rocky Snowdrift Silver Mining and Reduction Mountain Gold Mining Company Bond Company Stock Certificate We have not Another interesting western mining seen this stock certificate in 40 years. English bond! Incorporated in 1864. Issued on Mortgage Debenture. To Frederick Connon of January 1, 1865 (the ‘four’ has been Scarsdale Villas, Kensington. The Snowdrift overwritten by a five’). Signed by Beach seems to be one of the earliest mines sold and Bolles. Reddish-brown print and to an English company from Colorado. John border. 11 x 17”. Trimmed tight at left Collom and the British and Colorado Bureau edge. Vertical and horizontal folds with arranged this in 1871. Ernest Le Neve Foster very small holes at some intersections. Fine. Located on the Gregory and Captain Bennett seemed to be in charge lode next to the Benton, the principal lode of the Black Hawk district. of this mine and the Silver Plume during this In 1867 they had 2 shafts, one of which was more than 200’ deep. Both time. [British Investments in the American shafts were run on narrow gold quartz veins. The mine and mill were Mining Frontier, by Spence] Est. $100-200 HWAC# 25761 inactive in 1863-6 with no local agent when Hollister reported them. Lot# 3675 Georgetown, Colorado 1888, 1896 Not reported in Wallihan, 1871. These folks sold stock on a dormant mine. Very rare and attractive. Est. $200-500 HWAC# 55035 Two Crescent Mining Company Stocks (with J. P. Whitney Signature) 1) Crescent Mining Lot# 3679 Gilpin County, Colorado Company. # 2028 for 100 shares to Wilson Fay 1864 Gold Mining Co. of Colorado & Co. Signed by HW Wesson and president WP Stock - Goddess of Gold Vignette Large Whitney. Not cancelled. Vignette of miners left side vignette shows the Goddess shoveling ore into cart. Very light soiling. Nice of Gold showering gold upon a few certificate! oel Parker Whitney was a millionaire lucky miners. Very early! # 458 for 100 and very important figure in Colorado (and shares to George Hennigues. Signed by Wyoming, New Mexico and California) history. Edward Latham and president Theodore He made a fortune in the California Gold Rush as Nyal(?). Not cancelled. Location: Gilpin a merchant before heading to Colorado Territory County. Two vignettes: Goddess of Gold in the 1860s. He authored an 1865 book on and mining camp scene. Sarony, Major & Knapp printers. Rips and Colorado silver mining that many believe helped establish statehood. discoloration issues. Please see photo online. The Black Hawk Gold He continued to make money in the mining and railroad industries, as Mining Company have 500 feet on the Gregory [Lode], being No’s 1, 2, well as real estate in California and ranches in New Mexico. 2) Crescent 3, 16 and 17 west ; 200 on the Foot & Simmons, 250 on the Gregory Mining & Milling Company. # 803 for 5,000 shares to George Reyser. Extension, 76 on the Bobtail, and a great deal of less developed mining Signed by Frank R Goudy and president JK Goudy. Dateline Colorado property....On No. 1 there is also a shaft, now 330 feet deep, opening Springs 1896. Rips at top of folds. Nice. JK Goudy was a prominent on the surface in a 20-stamp mill. The hoisting and pumping are done lawyer and would pass away in 1 1/2 years. (Prag Collection) Est. by a 1 so-horse engine, which also furnishes motive power for the $100-200 HWAC# 86730 mill. [Mines of Colorado by Hollister] Prag Collection Est. $500-1000 HWAC# 87933 216 January 2019

DAY 3 Saturday, January 26 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 3680 Gilpin County, Colorado 1867 Lot# 3684 Gunnison County, Colorado Reliance Gold and Silver Mining Company 1881 Crown Mining Company Stock One of Colorado Bond This $100 bond was issued of the most striking stock certificates in 1867 and signed by secretary Armitage and you will find. Bright Pink underprint, president Tucker. Early number 93. 18 x 16”. oversized, great vignette, and very clean! Excellent condition! Includes blue company Located on Crystal Mountain, Gunnison seal. 16 coupons still attached. Gilpin County. County. Inactive by 1885. Inc. in New Small mining/railroad vignette titled “All Jersey. No. 93, issued for 500 shares for our Country.” Colorado Territory! Prag to James L Grieb, on April 28, 1881. Collection Est. $200-500 HWAC# 86035 Incorporated March 22, 1881. Signed by the president J Spogle(?) and Joseph L Fryer. Not cancelled. Two vignettes: miners underground and a rare mining community on the surface. No edge, corner, pinhole or discoloration issues. Onion paper, Lot# 3681 Golden City, Colorado 9.25” x 12” (Prag Collection) Est. $150-300 HWAC# 86743 1878 Trenton Dressing and Lot# 3685 Gunnison County, Colorado Smelt i ng 1880 St. Louis Gunnison Mining C ompan y Company Stock # 23 for 25 shares to Stock # 60A William Morrison. Signed by George Oatman and Richard Holmes president. (handwritten) Dateline Denver 1880. Not cancelled. for 200 shares to Colorado seal vignette. Dog ear upper Edmund Roebling. left and small tear lower right. Very nice! Signed by Horace We found no reference to this company. Prag Collection Est. $150-300 H umphr e y HWAC# 87945 president and Peter W Crozer. Lot# 3686 Kokomo, Summit COunty, Dateline Trenton Colorado 1886 Consolidated Ten Mile (and Golden MIning and Reduction Company City, Colorado Stock # 72 for 3,851 shares to Charles as principal office) 1878. ne 50c five 10c ew York stock transfer H Smith Jr. Signed by AD Churchill and stamps. One 50c, one 2c and two 1c United States stock transfer stamps vice president B thuham(?). Dateline on reverse. Not cancelled. Large vignette of the smelting building with 188 ew York. Allegorical vignette. a steam locomotive. UNIQUE! One left on underground mining scene. Speth Co. printer ew York. ot John L Murphy of Trenton printer. Tears (taped) at folds. Discoloration cancelled. Two small holes top center. at folds and where stamps were applied. Fair, but quite a nice piece. Slight discoloration bottom right. Very Nice. The Ten Mile company was Daniel Peters was the manager of this plant. Incorporated September 13, a large mining concern out of ew York. In 1885 they purchased mines 1877. Works are situated in Golden, on the Colorado Central Railroad, known as the Lee Mountain and Latham group. Altogether consisting of at the entrance to Clear Creek canon. The works are constructed of 13 leads. They also purchased the old Capital Mining Company mill site. stone and brick and are substantial. THey can treat 20 tons of ore per The mine was a minor silver producer until after 1900, when lead-zinc day. [The Colorado Directory of Mines by Corbett] Prag Collection Est. $500-1000 HWAC# 87950 production became important” [Ref: Holabird, The Alexandra Tillson Filer Collection, Part II: Colorado, Nevada, Montana and the Hauser Collection of Anaconda Corporate Seals, p. 139, 2000]. (Prag Collection) Lot# 3682 oldfield, Colorado Gold Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86729 Knob Mining and Town Site Co 1000 shares of Gold Knob Mining and Town Lot# 3687 Lake County, Colorado 1875 Site Co, #487, Issued, registered and Philadelphia and Boston Gold and countersigned to Joy Clark on Jan 27, Silver Mining Company Bond NUMBER 1900, signed by James F. Burn, pres & F W 2 of $500 to Eleazar C Isand(?). Signed Linha, sec’y raised company seal, green by Henry Paul and president Jonathan border. “Gold Knob” is a past producer Paul. Underground mining vignette. deposit site in the Rocky Mountain Secured by gold mines, stamp mill, mill System of Co. ot considered to be of world-class significance. Prag site and buildings. The Paul’s were active collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 88406 with other Colorado mining companies. Prag Collection Est. $150-300 HWAC# 87943 Lot# 3683 Gunnell Lode, Gilpin County, Colorado 1866 Kip & Buell Gold Mining Lot# 3688 Leadville, Colorado 1879 and Tunneling Company Stock # 628 Carbonate Hill Consolidated Mining for 25 shares to George J Hamilton. Company Inc. in Colorado. No. 486, Signed by James Harriott and president issued for 10 shares to Charles Aiken onathan Stanton. ateline ew York on JNov. 10, 1879. Signed by CH White 1866. 25c Power of Att’y Revenue (president) and D Irwin (secretary). Not stamp. Not cancelled. Mossford & cancelled. Vignette of group of miners Ketchum printers. Large rips and tears. working underground. Printed by Collier Fair condition. The Kip & Buell had 600 & Cleveland, Denver. Very clean. The feet on the Kip Lode, crossing Gregory Carbonate Hill Consolidated owns three claims on the northwest end of Gulch just above Mountain City, with a 235 foot shaft. An engine house, the Carbonate. The workings have been conducted on the Pocahontas containing a 10-horse power engine, was on the shaft. They also had a claim. The shaft is 240 feet deep and at 180 feet contact was cut and log 12-stamp mill, built in 1860 and a stone mill-building (45 x 100 feet) drifts are being run southeast and east. The prospects of the mine are containing two 75-horse power engines, a five inch pump and hoisting very good at present.” [Engineering and Mining Journal, Volume 35, gear. This mill was built at a cost of $15,000. John Kip of Central City was 1883] Prag Collection Est. $100-300 HWAC# 86728 the agent and a owner. (Information came with cert.) Prag Collection Est. $300-600 HWAC# 86033 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 217

DAY 3 Saturday, January 26 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 3689 Leadville, Colorado 1880 Lot# 3693 Leadville, Colorado 1890 Central Colorado Prospecting and Dunkin Mining Company of Leadville, Mine Developing Company Stock No. Lake County, State of Colorado Stock 475, issued for 25 shares to NC(W?) # 2342 for 50 shares to James N Ham. Weedles on February 12, 1880. Signed Signed by William Faxon Jr. for James by Weedles as president and Am Loomis Elms and president Emery. Dateline as secretary. Not cancelled. Vignette ew York 1890. Underground mining of three miners with headlamps. Gray vignette. American Bank Note printer. background with imprint of company Black on pink. Two pin holes. Otherwise name. Dateline Leadville, October 1, 1880. Near perfect - crisp, clean, excellent. Nice. The mine was on Fryer Hill. This was a long lasting bright. No edge, corner, pinhole or discoloration issues. 7” x 11” In the Leadville mining company. In 1889 they reported that they had 1887 Leadville directory, a William Loomis is listed as a bar keeper for expanded and just purchased 35 acres on Nigger Hill near Breckenridge C. Visscher & Company. (Prag Collection) Est. $150-300 HWAC# 86742 and plan to vigorously develop it. Veins of good ore are already showing. Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86726 Lot# 3690 Leadville, Colorado 1888 Chrysolite Silver Mining Co. Stock Lot# 3694 Leadville, Colorado 1883 Certificate, ead ille Location of Eagle Mining & Milling Company of Mines: Fryer Hill, Leadville, Colorado. Colorado Stock # 106 for 500 shares to rgani ed in ew York. o. 8753, JS Wegend. Signed by John J McGowan issued for 100 shares to Charles Vores and president William Tremble. Large on August 8, 1888. Signed by president eagle vignette. Empire Lith & Eng R.W. Raymond and secretary Henry printer. Not cancelled. Discoloration Cooper. Not cancelled. Green border and center left. Corner fold bottom right. underground mining vignette. Printed by ABN. Folds, pinholes. Nice. Dateline Leadville, 1883. Prag Collection Winfield Scott Keyes was the general manager of the company. Two Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86724 notable names from the Board of Trustees are Horace A.W. Tabor, Lt. ov. of Colorado, and Ulysses S. rant, r. of ew York. The company Lot# 3695 Leadville, Colorado owned 66 acres on Fryer Hill, one mile from Leadville. Over 5000’ of 1885 Iron Hill Consolidated shafts and 28,000’+ of drifts with numerous other workings. The ore ining Company Stock Certificate was of lead carbonates and argentiferous iron. Production prior to Incorporated in Colorado, 1882. No. 333, 1882 totaled 60,000 tons yielding 2.2 million ounces of silver worth issued for 2,500 shares to JK Hamilton $1.6 million after cost of mining. There were 16 buildings on site to on April 6, 1885. Signed by Bat George accommodate their mining needs [Corregan & Lingane, p. 404; Dunbar, Fcholder (president) and George Keeler p.277]. Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86736 (secretary). Pen cancelled. Vignette showing seven miners at work. Printed Lot# 3691 Leadville, Colorado 1881 by Henry Korf Lith., Chicago. Folds. 7.25” x 10” Handwritten across left Chrysolite Silver Mining Co. Stock “Twenty-five hundred shares.” Uncancelled. Cut close on left. o rips, Certificate, ead ille Location of tears, edge issues or discoloration. Two vertical folds. Est. $120-300 Mines: Fryer Hill, Leadville, Colorado. HWAC# 60667 rgani ed in ew York. o. A158 , issued for 10 shares to TW Foster on July 28, 1881. Signed by president and secretary Henry Cooper. Not cancelled. Brown border and underground mining vignette. Printed by AB . Heavy folds, pinholes. 7 x 10.75” Winfield Scott Keyes was the general manager of the company. Two notable names from the Board of Trustees are Horace A.W. Tabor, Lt. Gov. of Colorado, and Ulysses S. rant, r. of ew York. The company owned acres on Fryer Hill, one mile from Leadville. Over 5000’ of shafts and 28,000’+ of drifts with numerous other workings. The ore was of lead carbonates and argentiferous iron. Production prior to 1882 totaled 60,000 tons yielding 2.2 million ounces of silver worth $1.6 million after cost of mining. There were 16 buildings on site to accommodate their mining needs [Corregan & Lingane, p. 404; Dunbar, p.277]. Prag Collection Est. $150-300 HWAC# 86737 Lot# 3692 Leadville, Colorado 1887 Dunkin Mining Company of Leadville, Zoom in close and Lake County, State of Colorado Stock # A5851 for 100 shares to James N Ham. get a better view! Signed by James Elms and president Emery. ateline ew York 1887. High Resolution Underground Mining vignette. American Bank Note printer. Black on green. Cut Images of ALL LOTS close on left. One pin hole. Nice. The mine was on Fryer Hill. This was a long lasting Leadville mining company. available online at In 1889 they reported that they had expanded and just purchased 35 acres on Nigger Hill near Breckenridge and plan to vigorously develop it. Veins of good ore are already showing. Prag Collection Est. $100- FHWAC.com 200 HWAC# 86725 218 January 2019

DAY 3 Saturday, January 26 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 3698 Ouray, Colorado Montrose ining Co. Stock Certificate, uray, Colorado 1887 Cert. #46, issued in 1887. Incorporated in CA. For years, we have been trying to identify with certainty, the location of this company’s operations, and we finally have. rom the E.M.J., May 7, 1887, pg. 339, “Another Colorado property will shortly appear on the market. During the week, the entire capital stock (200,000 shares) of the Montrose Mining Company was taken up in Wall Street by strong people inside of 48 hours, it is said. The company’s mine is in the Uncompahgre district, near Ouray, Colorado. Insiders were expecting large returns from the property. Our Lot# 3696 Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado 1866 Corydon Mining certificate shows the authori ed stock as 00,000 shares at $1 each, matching this report. Nice vignette of miners working underground Company Stock We have seen two Nevadaville stocks in 40 years. This wearing their hard hats with glowing candles. Signed by Edward H. is one of them. # 784 for 100 shares to William C Caikle(?). Signed Bunker as vice president and E.R. Grant as secretary (issued to Grant as by SH Whitney and president Hiram A ohnson. ateline ew York a trustee). VF. Uncancelled. Est. $120-250 HWAC# 51257 City 1866. Used for the purchase of mining properties. Incorporated 1863. Location: Nevada District. Outdoor mountain mining scene and Lot# 3699 Ouray, Colorado underground mining by bucket. The latter has a 25c Power of Att’y 1878 Norfolk and Ouray revenue stamp. ot cancelled. Wm. H Arthur printer. 5c Certificate Mining Company Stock # revenue stamp on reverse. Pinholes throughout. Nicks at fold edges. 89 for 50 shares to George M Light aging. Very good. The Corydon Gold Mining Company have 600 Bain Jr. Signed by RD Parrot feet on the Corydon, lower part of Nevada Gulch ; discovery shaft, near and president John L Roper. the east end of the mine, 275 feet deep, three feet of ore in the bottom. Dateline Norfolk, Virginia ne hundred feet from the surface is a drift west 140 feet, with fifteen 1878. Incorporated January to forty inches of ore in the floor 50 feet from the surface is another 10, 1878. Not cancelled. drift 40 feet long, on an average 30-inch ore vein ; in the shaft below is Underprint ‘Shares $100 the same si ed vein. ne hundred and fifty feet west is a shaft 99 feet each’ in red. Seal vignette. deep, which has been in cap, but now has a fair crevice of ore. There Wrinkle upper center and are 1500 tons of ore out. [Mines of Colorado by Hollister] Nevadaville small marks right top. Nice! Situated in the Red Mountain District. By was a gold-mining town in Gilpin County, Colorado, United States. It was 1884 it had not been developed at all. Prag Collection Est. $200-400 also known in the 18 0s and 1870s as evada City. The post office at HWAC# 87924 evadaville was called the Bald Mountain post office, to avoid confusion with other Nevadas and Nevadavilles. Nevadaville started in 1859, soon after ohn H. regory found the first lode gold in what is now Colorado. Lot# 3700 Ouray County, Colorado 1881 At the time, the townsite was in western Kansas Territory. The town The Fidelity Gold and Silver Mining grew to house the miners working the Burroughs lode and the Kansas Company stock certificate Number lode. The population was predominantly Irish. The town was one of the 130 for 500 shares to JH Bowyer in 1881. most important mining settlements in the area. The community is now Signed by C. C. Hughes and M. B Dalton. largely a ghost town, although not completely deserted. [wikipedia] The Excellent condition with a vignette of Nevada district centered around Nevada Gulch, a tributary of North three underground miners. Printed by Clear Creek; near Gregory Gulch SW of Central City. [Colorado Mining Theo. Leonhardt & Son in Philadelphia. Districts by Dunn] Prag Collection Est. $500-1000 HWAC# 87936 Signed on reverse by Bower on 26 November 1888 and witnessed by JW Thompson. Not listed in any early Lot# 3697 Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado Mining Directory. Foxing bottom right. Bottom left corner has Colorado 1868 Quartz Hill Gold Mining bend. Nice condition. Est. $80-200 HWAC# 60669 Company We have seen two Nevadaville stocks in 40 years. This is one of them. # Lot# 3701 Ouray, Red Mountain, Colorado 1909 3094 for 100 shares to James H Barre. Mono-Baltic Mining and Smelting Company Signed by J Frank Bernard and president Gold Bond Number 421 for $100. Underground Charles K Randall. Not cancelled. Stamp mining vignette. Signed by president Edward and signature in middle of stock is Averill(?) and two secretaries.Some toning at a counter signature. 5c Certificate vertical folds and edges. Nice condition. 19 of the revenue stamp. Two mining and one 21 coupons still attached. 25 x 10”. The Mining eagle vignette. C Seymour Co or ew York printer. ateline ew York Science Journal of 1910 reports “The property 1868. Location: Nevada District, Colorado Territory. A few small holes of the Mono-Baltic Mining and Smelting Co. in and weka spots. Some light staining. Good condition. The Quartz Hill the Ironton district has received another large Gold Mining Company own 90 feet, upon which is a shaft something portion of the 50 tons of furnace parts and more than 200 feet deep, well timbered, having two bucket ways, and fixtures, wire accessories, stacks, flumes, etc. a fair ore-vein in the bottom. Thirty or forty feet above the bottom of With all of the huge steel works for the new the shaft a level has been run the whole length of the mine and the smelter already at the Mono-Baltic and with this 50 ton shipment back mostly taken out, paying in stamp mill, $35 a ton, average three delivered the company will have on the ground practically all the feet of crevice crushed. The hoisting is done by whim. The Company necessary equipment for the new smelter. A recent strike of rich ore at have a compact 12-stamp, steam mill in the gulch near the mill, which the Torpedo mine has caused considerable excitement in local mining commenced running in December 1864, and did well, producing in circles. The ore encountered assays from $150 to $900 per ton...” Est. three months 480 ounces of gold. It was subsequently stopped together $50-100 HWAC# 55050 with work on the mine, because the whole institution was on too small a scale to work to advantage. [The Mines of Colorado by Hollister] Prag Collection Est. $400-800 HWAC# 87937 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 219

DAY 3 Saturday, January 26 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 3702 Ouray, Windham, Colorado Lot# 3706 San Juan, 1879 Windham Silver Mining and Colorado 1880 San Juan Smelting Company Stock Fancy Terrible Mining Company old English, multi-colored scrip for of Colorado Stock - certificate holder! umber 4 for 5 NUMBER 1 Number 1 shares to Anette P WInchester. Signed for 600 shares. Rare Pool by Richard W Woodward and president Certificate assigned to P PH Woodward. Preferred in REd type. Simonds. Note on bottom Dateline Ouray 1879. News Steam reads ‘And subject to the Printing of Denver. Folds, dog ears upper corners. Very nice! “The Pool agreement for sale properties of the company are located in the Uncompahgre mining of stock.’ Signed by HK district of Ouray County in southwestern Colorado. The nearest railroad Spaulding and trustees JB stations are Poncho Springs on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad and Reynolds and A Peckham. Alpine Station on the Denver & South Park Railroad. There is daily ateline ew York 1880. Black on green safety print. Three small communication with these points over good wagon roads by Barlow & vignettes - two mining. Cornwell printer. Underprint green eagle. Very Sanderson’s stages. The distance is 150 miles Both railroads are being attractive with no corner, edge, discoloration issues. What a terrible extended and the distance will be reduced to 90 miles.” [Prospectus of name for a terrible company as we found no reference to it. Est. $300- the Windham Mining and Smelting Co.] Prag Collection Est. $200-400 500 HWAC# 87942 HWAC# 87940 Lot# 3707 Silver Cliff, Colorado Lot# 3703 Rio Grande, Summitville, Chicago & Silver Cliff Gold & Silver Colorado 1875 San Juan Consolidated Mining Company Stock Incorporated Mining Company Stock # 43 for September 15, 1879. Dateline October 100 shares ($10,000) to Charles W 1, 1879. EAR Y UMBER 3 for 1 share Tankersly. Signed by Thomas M Bowen to AB Pullman. Signed by secretary CN and president Tankersly. Dateline Del Pratt and president FE Morse. Gold Seal. Norte 1875. Cancelled on transfer. Small Not cancelled. Underground mining Goddess of Gold vignette. J McKittrick of vignette. Western B. N. & Engraving St. Louis printer. Owned the Little Ida printer Chicago. Underprint ‘NONASSESSABLE.’ Discoloration by mine near Summitville, 27 miles from secretary’s name. Other light spotting. Very nice. Their mines included Del Norte. In 1870 gold was discovered in the area by John Esmund, a the Castle, Mammoth, Myrtle, Jim Crow and Sheridan all located at rancher. A rich vein of gold ore was discovered int he Little Ida which Silver Cliff. Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86734 assayed at $1500 to $2500 a ton. Four months later the mine had produced $250,000. Thomas Meade Brown was admitted to the bar at Lot# 3708 Silver Cliff, Colorado 1879 18. He fought in the Civil War and became a Arkansas State Supreme Silver Cliff and Gold Rock Mining Court Justice. He was governor of Idaho in 1871. He was said to be lucky Company # 511 for 1000 shares to in poker, which is where he won the ownership of this mine. [Holabird AB Kinman. Signed by HH Child and Western Americana, Auction #11] Prag Collection Est. $150-250 president B oble. ateline ew York, HWAC# 87946 1879. “Location, Custer Co., Colorado. 28 mining claims. 39,600 feet feet length Lot# 3704 Rosita, Colorado 1884 and 600 feet in width.” Underground Chieftain Consolidated Mining mining vignette. . Y. itho. Border rips Company of Colorado Stock Certificate and tears. Prag Collection Est. $150- ffices in Rosita, C and Union City, 250 HWAC# 87947 IN. No. 195 for 300 shares on May 2nd, 1884. Signed by the president JC (Ailley) Lot# 3709 Silver Cliff, Colorado 1879, and secretary William Harris. Not 1880 Two Different Buckeye Mining cancelled. Very strong gold seal. Vignette & Tunneling Co. of Colorado Stock of miners with ore car. Brown on white. Certificates Two different. Inc. in Underprint ‘$10.’ Not listed in Corregan Colorado, 1876. 1) No. 941, issued for and Lingane. 7” x 9.75”. Slight soiling upper corners. Prag Collection 100 shares to JA Bowers on Feb. 4, 1879 Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86735 in Denver. Signed by Alex. M Cassidy, president, and FA White, secretary. Small Lot# 3705 Rosita, Colorado 1987 (5 x 8.5”) certificate with the Colorado Rocky Mountain Prospecting and state seal surrounded by an eagle and Mining Company Stock Lucky number miners. Pinholes, cut close left. 2) 1880 13 for 1 share to Burne. Signed by LDC issued stock No. 107 for 5 shares to Gaskill secretary. Stag vignette. Not Mark H Barnum. Signed by Cassidy as cancelled. Miner Job Print. No corner, president and George Keep, Secretary. Not cancelled. Green border with edge, pin hole or discoloration issues. red and black print and a mining vignette. No edge, corner, pinhole or Some dotting along center fold. Dateline discoloration issues. Excellent! Owned the Silver Cliff mine with assays Georgetown 1876. In 1878 WH Holmes $20-75/ton. Large masses of ceragyrite (75% silver chloride) of this of Hayden’s survey was prospector and ore were mined near the surface works which yielded 30-50 oz/ton. At EA Egglestone is the superintendent. Prag Collection Est. $150-300 the time of these certificates, Silver Cliff had a population of 5,000. Alex HWAC# 87944 M. Cassidy lived in Colorado for some time before becoming president of this company. In 1862, he purchased oil claims at Oil Springs, Fremont County from Gabriel Bowen. Cassidy sunk six wells that were moderately profitable. The timing of these certificates matches the boom period for the Silver Cliff Mining District. [Ref: Dallas, p174-177; Balch p.1153; Eckel, p.94; Stone, 1918, p.287] Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 86739 220 January 2019

DAY 3 Saturday, January 26 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 3710 Teller, Colorado 1881 Lot# 3715 , Colorado c1860’s Three Chicago and North Park Mining unissued Colorado Stocks 1) Futon Company Stock # 125 for 10 shares Gold MIning Company. 186-. Two mining to Theodore Cimiotti. Signed by WA vignettes. 2) Quartz Hill Mining and Stanton and president HH Belding. Tunnelling Company, 187-. Central City ateline Chicago 1881. Principal offices: dateline. 3) Colorado Coal Company. Teller City, Colorado and Chicago, 18 -. ateline Binghamton, ew York. Ill. Quartz mining vignette. Red seal. Underground mining vignette. These are Underprint in form of a revenue imprint. in excellent condition. Prag Collection ‘TEN DOLLARS EACH.’Very slight dog ear lower left. No other corner, Est. $80-120 HWAC# 87932 edge, pin hole or discoloration issues. We found no information on this company. Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86733 Lot# 3716 , Colorado Two Unissued, Pristine Colorado Mining Stocks Lot# 3711 , Colorado 4 Mines - 1) Cape Cod Mining and Reduction Colorado (3) Wyoming (1) 4 mining Company. Three vignettes: mining, company stock: 1) 1000 shares reduction and offices. ) Consolidated Rocky Mountain oldfield Mining Co Republican Mountain Mining Company. (Colorado) #918 issued to A.J. Stark Georgetown. # 65. Prag Collection Est. on May 25, 1908. Raised company $80-200 HWAC# 86740 seal, brown border. Vignette 3 miners working underground. 2) 2,000 shares Republic Mines Co (Colorado) # 708 issued Asa M. Daniels on Sept 1, 1909. Gold seal and border. 2 Vignettes - Women with eagle and CA seal and women in oval. Printed: Robinson Ptg Co., Denver. Woodward, pres. 3) 200 shares Little Mattie Mining, Milling Power Co (Wyoming) #95, issued E.T. Lewis dated Dec 16, 1901 signed Geo E. Casuy, pres, & W.S. Lubuch, Asst Secy. Orange seal and border. Vignette 4 miners working underground. Printed: The Gowdy Simmons, Colorado Springs, CO. 4) 1,000 shares of Black Bird Gold Mining & milling Co (Wyoming) #1701, issued E.M. Rose, dated Mar 17, 1905. Raised brown seal, grey border. Vignette of miners working in mine. Printed: The W.H. Kistler Stationery Co., Denver. Prag collection. Est. $150-250 HWAC# 88405 Lot# 3712 , Colorado 1896 Garnett Gold Mining Company Gold Bond Number 25. 1896. Signed RETURN POLICY by James B Hughes President and George D Munford secretary. 17 x 11”. Attractive light green background. Outside of several pinholes, amazing condition. The 1905 “Compiled Statement of All items are guaranteed to be authentic Domestic Corporations whose charters have been unless otherwise noted. If authenticity forfeited” for the state of California lists this mine. is challenged, please call our office for We did find an 1899 court case in Colorado that mentions this mine. Est. $70-150 HWAC# 55052 assistance. ALL SALES ARE FINAL. You may only return any piece that was significantly inaccurately described by calling our Lot# 3713 , Colorado 1872 New York office within days of receipt of item s and Colorado Company Stock # 14 for 200 shares to Charles Curtiss. Signed and notifying us of the error and reason by H Shoenemeyer and president CI Cauda. ateline ew York 187 . for return. We do not refund postage or 25c Revenue imprint. Imprints are seldom seen on stocks - they are insurance. PLEASE CALL US IF YOU REQUIRE almost always stamps. Mill vignette in the mountains. Henry Seibert & Bros printer. Two inch rip at top right fold. Other fold edge issues. Fair A MORE SPECIFIC CONDITION REPORT OR condition. Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 88006 ADDITIONAL PHOTOS. Any items that are Lot# 3714 , Colorado 1881 returned must be returned in the exact, South Side Milling and unaltered condition. When we receive your bids we will assume you have read the Mining Company #87 for 2000 shares to George O description in the catalog, viewed the image Keeler. Signed by John J McGowan and president of the item, have contacted us regarding any questions you may have on any lot and/or JG Gabor. Noc Cancelled. Mountain mining vignette have previewed the lot in person. and small underground quart miner with pick. Brown and gold underprint. Empire printer of ew York. icks at fold edges. Very Nice. Prag Collection Est. $100-250 HWAC# 87949 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 221

DAY 4 Sunday, January 27 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 4000 Deadwood, Dakota Territory Lot# 4003 New England City, Georgia 1886 Vulcan Silver Mining Company 1892 Addie May Mining Company Stock Early Number 3 for 1000 shares Stock Certificate Number #124 for issued to Frank G. Abbott Trustee on 10 shares to George L Church in 1892. May 15, 1886. Signed by Abbott and Signed by president Walter L Emery and president J Adams. Incorporated under treasurer Fletcher. The outdoors hard the laws of Dakota. Dateline Deadwood rock mining vignette is rather unusual. 1886. Location: Carbonate. Printed by Two vertical folds and light folding on the the Times Silver Print of Deadwood. bottom left. 12” x 9”. Mine was located There are a few slight creases and a stain in the center. Not cancelled. in New England City in Dade County, Underprint nice looking “Ten Dollars.” On October 1, 1871. George and Georgia. Dade County is in the far northwest corner of Georgia. This mine 14 other Laramie men formed the Vulcan Silver Mining Company of or mining district is not named in Yeates. New England City was one of Deadwod. Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 87904 any number of similar post-War developments in the South, conceived by northern investors attracted to its natural resources and abundance of cheap land and labor. The New England Company was chartered by Lot# 4001 Delaware, Delaware 12- 04-1918 00:00:00 Lampazos Silver the State of Georgia in November 1888. Its board was dominated by northern men and money, including former Vermont Governor Roswell Mines Company Two Stock Certificates arnham, nine other investors from Boston and ew Hampshire, and but Lampazos Silver Mines Company, issued two from the South, one of them Thomas Lumpkin of Trenton, the Dade uncancelled. Signed by George Graham County seat. The Company’s lands consisted of “10,000 acres of iron ore Rice on reverse. Rice was convicted lands, 6,000 acres of coal lands and 1,400 acres for a city site.” The city of stock fraud for over-promotion on was incorporated in 1890. Although gold would have been a by-product Nevada mines, and is famous for his book “My Adventures With Your Money”. Est. of the coal and iron mines the Addie-May seems to have been primarily $80-100 HWAC# 79035 a gold mine. The 1897 “Mine, Quarry, and Metallurgical Record” lists two mines in Dade County. The New England Company is listed as an iron mine and the Addie-May as a gold mine. Beautiful document. Est. $50-120 HWAC# 57025 Lot# 4002 Lumpkin County, Georgia Windom Silver Currency and Stock Certificate 1) Lumpkin Chestatee Mining Lot# 4004 Tallapoosa, Georgia 1888 Company Stock Certificate. umber 4 0 Tallapoosa Land, Mining & Mfg. Co. for four hundred shares to Joseph K. Wing. Stock Certificate Issued to Caleb B. Uncancelled. This is the best of the Lumpkin Starbuck in1888. Number 3266 for 30 stock certificates. Ink is fading. Bottom left shares. Signed by H Summer, et al (not corner is torn. Top left corner is dog eared. Spencer). Mining Vignette. Condition: 8.25 x 10.25”. Vignette with 15 miners A few pinholes. No other edge issues, staining, rips or tears. Stamped digging and panning. Large 25c brown “Property Dividend Paid, Declared Oct. Internal Revenue stamp. Signed by John R. 31st, 1890.” Although this company French as secretary and William Windom as president. ) Windom $ Silver Certificate. was incorporated to take advantage fo the mining in the area, its real Graded by PMG as Very Good - only because the red seal had been re- importance lie with grapes! “ ne of the numerous northern visitors colored. Two pieces of Georgia history that have seen better days, but a to the county was Ralph L. Spencer, a Connecticut land speculator REAT C MB ! William Windom is an interesting character. His parents and entrepreneur who established the Tallapoosa Land Mining and were uakers who abhorred lawyers. So, he became a lawyer. He moved Manufacturing Company in 1887. Spencer organized Tallapoosa’s to Minnesota and was elected to the United States Representative in first municipal electric light company, water works company, and 1859 when it became a state. He held this position until 18 9.In 1870 he athletic association. He also was a prime investor in a glassware factory in town. When mining waned, Spencer embarked on what may have was appointed to the United States Senate when Daniel Norton passed been his most interesting endeavor - the establishment of a planned away. He was Senator three different times from 1870 to 1883. In March community for the purpose of wine making. He invited some of of 1881 he was appointed United States Secretary of the Treasury by ames arfield. He held the position for nine months. In 1889 he was Pennsylvania’s Hungarian immigrants to leave their mining jobs and again appointed Secretary of the Treasury by Benjamin Harrison. relocate to 2,000 acres near Tallapoosa, where they could produce He held the position for months this time. In 1880 he sought the wine. Led by their priest, Father Francis Janishek, 200 families accepted Republican nomination for President. He only received ten votes on Spencer’s invitation. They planted vineyards and established wineries the first ballot, but fifty ballots later the convention was looking for a in the community they named Budapest’.” ew eorgia Encyclopedia compromise candidate. Windom’s name was mentioned, but James A. online] Est. $120-300 HWAC# 56930 arfield was nominated instead. With his political longevity came some Lot# 4005 , Georgia Carrara Marble important accomplishments. He co-authored the Homestead Act of Co 10 shares of Carrara Marble Co. stock, 18 . He was a strong advocate for railroad regulation. He promoted cert. 1 issued to ames B. Phillips gold coinage and hard money. For his service to the United States, the U. issued August 1, 190 , signed Will Scott, secy. and W. B. Wiles, pres. S. Treasury issued the $ Silver Certificate of 1891 bearing his portrait Raised company seal. Carrara marble used since the time of Ancient and name. On top of all of this, he served as president of the Lumpkin Rome. Carrara marble was used for some of the most remarkable Chestatee Mining Company from 1868 to 1874. The Lumpkin Chestatee buildings in Ancient Rome such as: Pantheon, Trajan’s Column, was incorporated in 1867 and lasted into the 1880’s. The mine was Column of Marcus Aurelius and also the Marble Arch in London and located roughly 10 miles south of the Chestatee River. Joseph Knowles Michelangelo’s David. Printed: Arlanta Litho.& Print Co. Prag collection. Wing was born in Wilmington, ermont, on uly 7, 1810, the son of Bani Est. $100-200 HWAC# 87204 Wing and ucy Clary. He left ermont for Rensselaerville, ew York, around 1826 and served as a quartermaster for the New York Militia’s Lot# 4006 Elk City, Idaho Idaho- 25th Infantry Regiment. In 1831, he moved to Ohio, where he operated Nevada Consolidated Gold Mines a general store. During the Civil War, he served as quartermaster for the Bonds Three $100 ten year 7 1/2 % 16th Army Corps, seeing action at Corinth, Mississippi, in October 1862. Est. $450-750 HWAC# 56944 gold bonds issued by the Idaho-Nevada Consolidated Gold Mines Co. of Elk City Idaho, including coupons. Est. $50-100 HWAC# 40528 222 January 2019

DAY 4 Sunday, January 27 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 4007 Era, Idaho 1889 Last Chance Lot# 4011 , Kentucky Kentucky Coal Mining Company Era, Idaho is now stock certificates 7 Kentucky Coal a ghost town. Inc. in Utah January 30, mining certificates: 1) 15 shares of 1888. No.19, issued for 500 shares to Old Ct Coal Co., Inc. cert #5 issued to Isaac Jennings on April 11th, 1889. C. L. Cuzeton on Jan 1, 1945. Printed: Signed by H inwoodey (president) and GOES 56-1/2. 2) 2 shares of Princeton RR Anderlon (secretary). Eagle vignette. Stone & Lime Co., #21 issued to G. T. Not cancelled. Printed by Tribune Print, Cunninghaue, on Sept 29, 1891, signed Salt Lake. Four pinholes. Otherwise F.G. Williams, secy and J. F. Ingram, pres. 3) 66 shares of Virginia+ excellent. The ast Chance owns the old Bannock mine and mill. When Kentucky Coal Corp issued to Wm. W. Fogarty & Co on July 29, 1943,, the Bannock closed down the ava istrict showed little progress. In signed C. Kuentz, pres. 4) 15 shares of West Kentucky Coal Co cert 1892 prospects for the Last Chance were hopeful. The mill was to be P148 issued to T. E. enkins, on ov , 19 9. Printed: American Bank started up again. They were deprived of water from Milo Creek for a Note Co., Litho. 5) 56 shares of Empire Coal Co of Kentucky, cert # while but won a lawsuit giving them rights to that water. Wood River #103 issued to Charles J. Martin on Dec 19, 1892, signed E. J. Merritt, Times, Hailey Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86757 pres. Printed: Kentucky Litho Co. Louisville. 6) 25 shares of Mud River Coal Supply Co, cert. 1 issued to Hugh A. Holmes on uly 19, 190 . Lot# 4008 Lewis and Clark County, signed A. R. Brown, secy. old company seal. Printed: regory, ayer Idaho 1891 Montana and Idaho Mining & Thon Co. Prag collection. 7) 1-0 shares Four Mile Coal & Coke Co, cert and Reduction Company Stock # 238 1 issued to B. P Huff dated ov 11, 1904, old company seal. Est. for 3 shares to Todd. Signed by EB $100-150 HWAC# 87261 orthrup and ( ). Staining (water ) throughout. One inch rip top right. Two Lot# 4012 Comstock - Silver Star, Maine hole punches. Dateline 1891. Fancy 1863 Coryell Gold and Silver Mining scroll border. Mining to be carried out in Company Stock # 116 for 5 shares to Lewis and Clark, Meagher and Jefferson WW Price. Signed by secretary WW counties in Idaho. Prag Collection Est. Coryell and president SA McMeans. $100-200 HWAC# 88004 Dateline Virginia 1863. Incorporated April 10th, 18 3. 5c Certificate revenue Lot# 4009 Owyhee County, Idaho stamp. Not cancelled. Location: Silver 1875 South Mountain Consolidated Star District, Storey County, N. T. Underground mining scene with two Mining Company Stock - G. T. Brown miners picking and loading an ore cart. Towne Bacon printer. Small Lithographer # 172 for 100 shares to William, Willis trustee. Signed nicks, folds and a rip at edges. Otherwise clean. Company found in Kelly by Willis and president William eut ( ). ateline San rancisco 1875. 18 3 (listed in irginia district) and Collins 18 4. The mine is probably Incorporated July 25, 1874. Not cancelled Location: South Mountain named for WW Coryell. Coryell is listed as living at 45 C Street. Coryell istrict, wyhee County, Idaho Territory. ithographer T Brown. was a (the) major mining secretary in irginia in 18 4. ater he was a Brown was the famous African American lithographer from San private detective in Virginia City. The only Price listed in the 1863 or rancisco. Busy underground above ground mining vignette. Unusual 1864 Nevada directories is William Price. c1856 William Price bought a if not unique. One pin hole. Corner folds. Very nice. Prag Collection Est. valuable saw-mill in Washoe alley from none other than rson Hyde. $200-400 HWAC# 88125 That is the year rson Hyde returned to Salt ake City and laid a curse on land! Prag Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86124 Lot# 4010 , Illinois Illinois & Missouri Coal stock certificates 1) Three Lot# 4013 Portland, Maine 1887-1902 states Coal Company Trustee’s $1,000 Maine Silver Mining Company Stock Certificate, 0 year 1st Mortgage 7 old Bond, due August 15, 1944 Certificates count 1) Rockwood cert. # M 63, with 33 coupons. Signed by E. Jackson. secy. Printed: Gold Mining Company. Number 1 for 1 wight M.H. ackson, Chicago. ) $500 eneral Mortgage Trustee’s share to William T Rockwood. This is a cert 544 with 9 coupons, Sinking und old Bond, due Sept 1, very special certificate: number 1 for the 194 . Printed: American Bank ote Co., itho. 3) $1,000 Interstate president and namesake of the company. Coal Co. Trustee’s eneral Mortgage Sinking und old Bond, Signed by president William T Rockwood Principal ue Sept 1, 194 . Printed: American Bank ote Co itho. 4) and treasurer Nash Rockwood. Vignette $500 Certificate of eposit for eneral Mortgage Sinking und old is of the president. Almost unused. Two vertical folds. Not edge or Bonds dated une 1, 19 7 of Interstate Coal Co. cert. C 117 dated corner issues, pinholes, staining, etc. Magnificent stock! -3) Two more Sept 1 , 19 9 Printed: Central Bank ote Co. 1) 1,000 shares of Butler stocks for Rockwood. Number 44 for 250 shares and number 106 Iron Co, cert. 41 issued to Belle . Cutter, dated eb 9th 1918. Raised for 30,000 shares. Both in very nice condition. 4) Portland Copper co. gold seal. Signed E. P. isha, secy. and M. H. Caetter, pres. ) 1.5 Silver Company. umber 51 for 33 shares to Henry ash. Signed by shares of Interstate Coal Co., cert # 663, dated Sept 1, 1927 issued to MW Tewksburry and E ( ). Underground mining vignette. Corners and essie . Thompson. Raised orange co. seal. Printed: wight M. H. edges are sharp. No staining. Punch hole cancelled, but not over names. Jackson, Chicago. 3) 40 shares of North Kansas City Coal Mining Co. Est. $120-250 HWAC# 60254 cert. 3, dated April 7, 1893. Raised orange co. seal. Printed: Bankers Stationery Supply Co., Chicago. 4) 5000 shares of Ozark Mining Co of Lot# 4014 , Michigan Michigan Mining Missouri, cert. 8 issued to . A. Saulfbell, trustee. Raised gold seal. 5) Stock Group Three issued uncancelled 700 shares of Zapopan Mining and Milling Co., cert. # 108 dated Feb 13, mining stocks: Arizona and Michigan 1909 issued to Stanley M. ewis. Raised orange co. seal.Signed by W. H. Mining Co, 1909; North Lake Mining Co, 1916; Adventure Consolidated Thornton, pres. Prag collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 87233 MC, 1916. Prag Collection Est. $120-200 HWAC# 88849 Lot# 4015 , Michigan Quincy Mining Co. Stock group Three different Quincy Mining Stock certs, 1852, i/uc; 1862 i/c; 1926 i/c. Prag Collection Est. $120-200 HWAC# 88857 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 223

DAY 4 Sunday, January 27 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 4016 Morgan County, Missouri Lot# 4018 , Missouri MS Valley 1875 St. Louis and Morgan County ead inc stocks bonds 2 Mining and Smelting Company Stock bond certificates and 38 stocks from Certainly one of the more colorful Mississippi alley ead - inc mines:B S 1) cancelled $500 bond for Western stock certificates suitable Moler-Smith Lead & Zinc Co. cert #125 with 6 coupons, raised co seal. for framing. #345 for 650 shares to Principal due Jan 1, 1913. 2) $100 bond for Madison Lead and Land William H Wilson. Signed by president Co, cert #3247, payable Dec 20, 1914, with 8 coupons, raised co seal. Wilson and secretary C undefinger( ). STOCK 1&2 )100 shares of Ahumada Lead Co, cert. #A13933 & C7223 Dateline 1875. Green on green safety issued to eorge . ohert ( 9 193 Irene . raser (5 1019 ) 3) print. Red underprint $10 per share.’ Red seal (cracked). Underground 00 shares Ajax ine ead Mining cert 8 issued to Irving S. Harts mining vignette inserted into a farming vignette. St. Louis Democrat dated une 8, 1899. (Printed S. . Childs Co Printers, Chicago) . 4) printer. Staining center bottom. Cut cloase on left. OVerall very nice. 300 shares American Zinc and Lead Mining and Milling Co. Cert # 114 This company has lay to some of the best lead mines near Versailles in issued to . S. Weed dated Sept 9, 190 (printed: The Brown- reen Morgan County, Missouri. The company also owns the Brushy Mines. Co, 40 Beaver St. Y. 5) $100 share of Annapolis ead Co, cert 1040 The surface area alone has yielded over 400,000 pounds of mineral. issued to Henry S. Tuttle dated ct 17, 19 . Raised co. seal. Currently competent and experienced mining men are employed. The main shaft is down 70’. St. ouis Post- ispatch, une 17, 1874 Prag Collection Est. $150-400 HWAC# 87941 ) 1000 shares of Boston and Arkansas inc Co., cert 41 issued to Albert W. Towne on Sept 27, 2899. Raised gold co stamp. 7) 100 shares Lot# 4017 , Missouri Mining Stock & of Boston-Aurora inc Co. cert 181 issued to Keoward Whitcoub Ephemera Lot with Rare Missouri dated March 18, 1903. 8) 9) 5 100 shares of Boston ittle Circle ining Company count Nice inc Co, cert. 1514 (temp cert) 33 9 (assigned) issued to Harry A. ephemera lot starting with (1) Carthage Fogg & John F Keen. dated Sept 22, 1899 and April 11, 1902. Printed: Mining Company of Missouri. Number ohn A. owell Co., Boston USA. 10) 500 shares Boston and Missouri 540 for 1000 shares to CV Chase. Mining Co, cert #9, issued Frank A. Luow,dated Sept 5, 1899, Green Signed by H Maxwell and WS Tower. raised co seal. Three adhesive revenue stamps. Printed: S. Hobbs Cl, Incorporated in Iowa. Mining dates back ith, Boston. 11) Assigned on Aug 30, 191 1,000 shares of anyon 275 years in Missouri with production of Zinc Smelting Co cert # 214 issued to Oliver Gildersteeve on May, 2 lead, inc, copper and silver. This is an extremely beautiful certificate 191 . Printed: H.K. Brewer Co Stationers, Y. 1 ) 00 shares of with a vignette of miners in the shaft at the right and a mountain Consolidated Jack Mines Co, cert. #45 issued to W. E. Smith on Mar. 11. scene with a train at the top. Gold underprint stating the shares were 1904. Raised co gold seal. Printed: Mount & Co., Cleveland, O. 13) 800 $20.00. No discoloration, edge issues, corner issues or pinholes. VF. shares ypsy ueen ead 7 inc Co cert 887 issued to H. M. Burns. ) Bunker Hill old Mining Company. umber 1044 for 00 shares in Raised brown co seal. 14) Unissued stock for Hartford inc Co, cert 1904. Arizona. 3) United States Mining Company. Number A4592 for #65. 15 & 16) 11 assigned shares of Kansas Mining and Royalty Co, 100 shares in 1899. Shield Punch cancelled. Utah. Quite Striking. 4) cert. # 72 issued to Wm. FD. Knief on Oct 15, 1919. 30 non assigned Klondyke, Alaska stereoview. Bonan a and Eldorado mines. Tin Can shares cert #142 to Alexander W. Napier on Nov. 26, 1919. Raised house at Tonopah, Nevada. Postcard. Est. $80-200 HWAC# 62268 gold co seal. Printed: Hobbs Warren ith. Boston ES. 17 18) 70 and 35 assigned shares of Lackawanna Mining Co both cert #23 to T.L. Vickers on Jan 16, 1900 with green and gold com. seal and total 13 adhesive RN stamps. 19) 3- shares Lincoln & Joplin Mining Co cert # 57 to J. T. Cunhuman on Feb 1, 1902. 20) 50 shares of Mass Lead & Zinc Co, cert #17 to Daniel A. Farrell on Jan 25, 1905 with gold co. seal. 1) 100 assigned shares of ational inc ead Co of Boston, cert #11143 dated Oct 21, 1916 to Pain, Webber & Co. 22) 250 shares of Newark Lead & Zinc Mining Co. cert. #317 to F. E. Collins with raised Get connected and gold company seal. 23) 4 shares of Newburg Mining Co, cert # 246 to Leona R. Tuttle on May 15, 1923. 24) 400 shares of Newton Zinc Co, Visit the online catalog! cert. # 150 to Miss Adaliue Meald on Dec 9, 1905, raised gold co stamp. 5) two certificates for Portland inc ead Mining Co cert 1 (w two adhesive RN stamps) & 15 issued to Maurice C. Conkey on Jan 10, 1900 and Feb 8, 1904. Raised co seal. 26 & 27) 50 shares of Qua-Jack Lead & Zinc Co cert #625 to J. W. Crofton on Feb 19, 1918, raised gold Register, Bid, co seal. Printed: Western Bank Supply Co., K A City 407 9 500 shares dated April 23,1920 with no owner name with gold seal. 28 - 32) Assigned 100 shares cert #A23247 issued to Kathyrn P.F. Cayce View opening bids, dated Dec 11, 1950. Assigned Mar 24, 1971 33)100 shares to Golden R Stettler Ha el Stettler cert SH0003880. Printed American Bank ote See images of ALL LOTS Co. 2667 assigned shares cert # SU0003598 dated Jan 15, 1969 issued to ohn Brigden Trustee for eorge Brigden. Printed: American Bank ote Co. Six shares cert. A 53 50 to Mrs. Katherine H. Webster on une 10, 195 . Printed: American Bank ote Co. Assigned 7 shares cert B 1 0 73 issued to Benson Co. Printed: American Bank ote Co. 34 & 35) 2 stocks from St. Nicholas Zinc Co 100 shares each Cert FHWAC.com to Barney Meyers dated March 1 , 1917 Printed ES with gold seal. 11934 to rank C. Colyer dated an 18, 1918, Cert 5171 (assigned) 36) 200 shares of Siegfried Mining Co. cert #15 issued to L. D. Smith on Oct 2, 1906 with raised gold seal. 37) 100 shares of United Zinc Smelting Corp cert 7115 to eorge H. Keller on un 3, 19 0. printed Security bank Note Co Phila. 38 6 shares of Washington County Lead & Zinc Co, cert #85 issued to W.A. Swain on August 25, 1900. Gold co seal. Printed: GOES. Prag collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 87225 224 January 2019

DAY 4 Sunday, January 27 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 4019 Beaver-Head County, ogan Lot# 4024 Butte, Montana 1884, 1899 Two Butte Mining District, Montana 1887 Big Hole Mining Stocks: Parrot and Moulton 1) Very early Placer Mining Company Stock Great number 71 for 1000 shares to Alex J Johnston. name for a mining company! ocation: Signed by J Moore and president William A Clark. ogan Mining istrict, Beaver-head Cancelled. Two mining vignettes including a miner County, Montana. Inc. in Utah Territory. looking over a steam locomotive. American Bank Dateline Salt Lake City, April 9th, 1887. ote printer. ocation: Butte City. Shares $5 each. Incorporated 1885. No. 244. Not cancelled. Issued for 1000 shares Signed by the copper king William H Clark. He to oseph Romney. Signed by . Beattie (president) and P.A. ix made his money through little investments in (secretary). ignette of placer miner. Printer: Parker, Salt ake City. 4.5” mining, railroad, banking, and newspapers. Clark x 9.5” Folds and light stains. On reverse 17 assessments are shown as became a United States Senator from Montana, one paid. That is a lot of assessments.Although it is located in Montana, this of the three copper kings of Butte, and constructed a 34-room, Tiffany- property is tributary to Salt ake City being owned by Salt akers. (Prag decorated, multi million dollar home. 2) # 1533 for 10 shares to Evelyn C Collection) Est. $200-400 HWAC# 87960 ill. Signed by EA ( ) and president Robert rant. Hole punch cancelled. Parrot vignette. Western Bank ote Co. of Chicago printer. Stocks are in Lot# 4020 Billings, War Eagle Mountain, very good condition. Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 87952 Montana 1892 Boulder Chief Mining Company Stock # 126 for 10,000 shares Lot# 4025 Castle, Montana 1891 Mary to Fred Sweetman incorporator. Signed Anderson Mining Company Stock # 8 by WA Evans and Phillip Gallaher as for 20,000 shares to R Ashworth. Signed president. Dateline 1892. Incorporated by Henry W Rowley president and Henry 1890. Located on War Eagle Mountain. Burton secretary. ateline Billings Not cancelled. Gold seal with War Eagle 1891. Incorporated 1890. Pink seal. Not in center. Vignette of an Indian chief cancelled. Fancy title bar. Underground on horse with spear. reen border. ice looking stock certificate with mining vignette. Gugler Litho Company no edge, corner, pin hole or discoloration issues. Heavy folds. Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 87979 of Milwaukee printer. Maroon and black on yellow background. Different. Minor Lot# 4021 Butte, Montana 1887 Apex fold issues top. ery nice! The Castle Mining district was in Meagher Consolidated Mining Company Stock County. Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 88005 4 8 for a hefty 5,000 shares to Burt Lot# 4026 Clancy, Montana 1881 P Gates. Signed by Frank Chalenor and Bonanza Chief Gold Mining Company vice president I William Adams. Dateline Stock This company was incorporated Helena 1887. Incorporated April 1887. in 1879 under the laws of the Territory Brown on white with pink full page of Montana with offices in ew York. underprint. Most ot the underprint is a It was a gold mining company located mountainous scene. Property at Butte eight miles from Helena. Placer gold was purchased about one month before the stock certificate was issued. was discovered in the area in about In December of 1888 they declared insolvency even with a capital of 1864. Soon after, the rich Last Chance $10,000,000. Herald printer of Helena. ot Cancelled. og ear upper left and lower right. therwise excellent! Prag Collection Est. $100- ulch gold placers were discovered on the present site of Helena. 200 HWAC# 88002 About 1 million ounces of gold was mined from the Helena area. This is certificate umber 1 1 for 100 shares to AH Porter( ). Signed Lot# 4022 Butte, Montana 1883 Bell by Michael Snow and Robert Brooks. Black decorative border with Silver and Copper Mining Company - vignettes: 1 of four miners with picks and shovels working on a hillside with a mule standing next to them and a cabin and mountains in the with Liberty Bell Vignette Bell Silver distance at the top and one of an Indian with a rifle seated on a rock and Copper Mining Co. Inc. in Montana. # 1448 issued for 500 shares on on the bottom. Company seal is present at bottom left. Printed by the eb. 13, 1883 in Butte to ohn Mason. Signed by ames King (president) American Bank ote Company in ew York. ot cancelled. arge, but and Thomas Wallace (secretary). Incorporated 1881. ignette of cracked iberty Bell. awrence of Boston printer. ot cancelled. olds and light corner fold bottom right. A few pin holes. Otherwise excellent. some light staining. This company purchased the celebrated Bell Mine Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 87958 which is 1.5 miles north of Butte. Has 14 1 feet along the lode with 43 Lot# 4027 Corbin, Montana 1881 feet in width. The veins open at a depth of 200’. The company plans on Alta Montana Company Stock Basin increasing it ability to work 100 tons of ore a day. Independent-Record, February 1, 1881] Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 87595 Cataract Mining District. Incorporated in Montana Territory in 1879. Cert. # 2491, Lot# 4023 Butte, Montana 1881 issued to JED MacArthur in 1881 for 100 Original Butte Mining Company Stock shares. Signed by William ( ) president, and by Robt. F. Crooke, Secretary. # 157 for 100 shares to WC Child trustee. Vignette top of mill site at the foot of Signed by eorge B Child, Charles S pointed hill, with small train and trees in Miller and president E Child. Cancelled. foreground. Another vignette at bottom of miners working underground. Fancy title block. FC Philbrick printer. Dateline New York 1881. Incorporated Black border and print. Uncancelled. Printer: American B Co. .Y. ot 1881. ocation of mine: Butte. Condition cancelled. Pin holes, otherwise excellent. In 1883 the company sold is quite nice with little to mar the cert. the comet and Alta mines and several others to the Helena Mining riginal copper mine at the heart of Butte. Said to have been worked by and Reduction Company. The Comet was one of the company’s main Native Americans earlier. Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 87966 producers, and it’s major production occurred between 1883-1893. By 1907 the Montana Consolidated Copper Company controlled the property, deepening the Comet;s mine shaft to 600 feet and continuing to mine for 20 more years. The property changed hands again in 1926 and was then owned by the Basin Montana Tunnel Company. They constructed a 00-ton flotation mill, which was closed and dismantled in 1941. Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 87961 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 225

DAY 4 Sunday, January 27 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 4028 Deer Lodge, Montana 1892 Lot# 4034 Helena, Montana New Silver Crown Mining Company 1890 Silver Arrow Mining Stock # 626 for 10 shares to Jud S Company of Helena, Willard. Signed by JC Shaubut and RL Montana Stock Nice Hornbrook. ateline May 1, 189 at vignette of bald eagle on Deer Lodge. Two vertical folds. No edge, a golden arrow! Engraver corner, pin hole or discoloration issues. Maverick & Wissinger of Prag Collection Est. $60-100 HWAC# Fulton, New York. # 183 for 87954 1000 shares to H Burke. Signed by H Hubbard and Lot# 4029 Deer Lodge County, president w Hathaway. Montana c1890s Mammoth ateline Helena 1890. Incorporated March of 1890. reen border. Small Gold Mining Co. Stock gold seal. Wrinkled. This company purchased the Silver Arrow lode and Certificate roup Lot of 8 mill site, a patented property situated on Sun River ulch and adjacent UNISSUED stocks. Very attractive to the famous Baby Mine. Currently there are two tunnels: 00 feet and design with maroon border full 250 feet. The vein proper runs about 4’ and assays from $40 to $70 a of vignettes, an ornate logo, and a ton. At the bottom of one tunnel there is a ruby silver scam 5” which vignette of a prospector. Location assays about $1,500 in silver. Independent-Record of Helena Prag printed beneath logo: Washoe Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 87974 District, Deer Lodge County, Montana. Consecutive numbers, Lot# 4035 Helena, Montana 1889 8 9-83 . 9 x 11.75” Extra fine, no Sterling Gold Mines Bond Incorporated perforations or stamps; beautiful 188 . 70 or 170 English one hilling vignette border THE BACK of revenue stamp. ffice at 18 insbury each one. Est. $180-400 HWAC# Circus, London. 26 of the 30 coupons 60038 still attached. Rough edges and coupons have been cut roughly. One large rip has Lot# 4030 Dillon, Montana 1890 been repaired by museum quality tape. Montana Mica Company Stock # 143 According to the Birmingham aily Post for 10,000 shares. (At $4.00 a share the money was to be used to pay and develop mining claims on Bald that is $40,000.) To WS Hemminwell( ). Butte near Helena. It is about miles from a station on the orthern Signed by Edwin Horis( ) and CW Pacific Railroad and four miles from the rum ummon Mine (also in Bischard. ateline illon 1890. ot this sale). Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 87976 cancelled. Green seal. Aging spots on right and left. Nicks at fold edges. One Lot# 4036 Helena, Montana 1890 stain top center. Prag Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC# 87978 Summit scratched out and indsor handwritten ining Company The Lot# 4031 Helena, Montana 1887 Summit was incorporated in 1890. Blackfoot Mining and Milling This was issued in 1890. It is number Company Stock Unusual to find this 19. Seems a little early to be a different stock in issue dna uncancelled condition! company or 10,000 shares to Mary S 195 for5000 shares to E ( ). Signed Todol( ). Signed by AB Clements and by no. B. Clayton and Moses Morris. president Samuel reen. ateline Helena ateline Helena 1887. Underground 1890. ocation of mines: ew Brunswick And Crucible lodes. The local mining vignette. Printer Pioneer Press of papers are full of lawsuits with the Summit, but no production reports. Minnesota. Rips, tears (edges) and aging. Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 87977 Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 87969 Lot# 4037 Lewis & Clark, Lot# 4032 Helena, Montana 188 Montana 1893 Montana Huron Gold Mining Company of Mining Company Stock Helena, Montana Stock Striking gold # 474 for 83 shares to on off white! 31 for 150 shares to two people. Rubber McCutchen. Signed gy W Meyendorff( ) stamp of directors by and president Henry Klein. ateline J Pincley and Thomas Helena 188 . Incorporated 1885. old Phillpotts. Signed by border. old underprint. eo. E. Boos secretary eal. English! of Helena printer. Hole at seal. o edge, corner or discoloration issues. Dateline 1893. Shares Sweet! Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 87970 1 pound each. Blue on Lot# 4033 Helena, Montana 1891 New white. Wrinkles, edge issues, some staining. Park Mining Company Stock Bright Good condition. Owned and colorful red, green, brown and the Drum Lummon black. # 212 for 2,594 shares to henry Mine in Silver Gulch, six Asmussen. Signed by GW Jackson and miles from Marysville. vice president. ateline Helena 1891. Chairman was Mervyn Herbert evilleStory-Maskelyne. He was an Incorporated February 1889. Red title outstanding mineralogist who lectured at xford a number of years. He and green underprint mining vignette. Not cancelled. Folds, small dog also did work for the British Museum. The company erected on of the ear, slight bends on edges. ine condition. Hard to find! Prag Collection largest processing plants in the U. S. Cyanamide process. In 1897 the Est. $100-200 HWAC# 87972 company processed 9,993 ounces of gold and 33,937 ounces of silver Robinson, Spence, iler Collection Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 87971 226 January 2019

DAY 4 Sunday, January 27 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 4038 Lewis and Lot# 4042 Spokane or West Virginia or Clark, Silver Creek Mining Ari ona or ew ersey , Montana 1900 District, Montana 1886 Arizona, Eastern & Montana Smelting, (1880) Boston and Ore Purchasing & Development Montana Gold Mining Swindle Stock This is a most striking Company Stock # 1578 stock certificate!!! 1900. umber 1 41 for 100 shares to Edward for 100 shares to George F King of E Picker. Signed by George Newark. Signed by Maurice Willis and Child and president EF William Oscar Roowe. Ten cent revenue Child. Dateline New stamp on back. A few pinholes and York 1886. Incorporated two vertical folds are all that keep this stock from being pristine. The in New York in 1880. November 10, 1900 article says it all. Titled:”Questionable Transactions Location: Gloster Mine, Silver Creek Mining District, Lewis and Clark In the Flotation of a Mining Property / Recent Revelations of a Startling County. Exceptional Montana Territorial certificate! The large oval Character. The article goes on to say, “Some recent developments in vignette is extremely detailed. The loster, a property of the Boston connection with the affairs of the Arizona, Eastern & Montana Smelting, and Montana old-Mining company, is among the finest in Montana, Ore Purchasing & Development Co of New York and Arizona which was three miles away from Marysville, but all is tributary to Helena. The organized in April 1899 by RC Flower...have resulted in the Investor’s ore vein was 0 feet wide in places. . R. ettre, manager and H. W. receiving numerous inquiries from stockholders in the concern who Child assistant. The company had an office in Helena and ew York. have asked for a presentation of the facts. In our issue of June 30 Prag Collection Est. $200-500 HWAC# 87957 1900 page 843 we printed a lengthy reply to an inquiry regarding the company, which gave many facts not generally known to shareholders, and in which were recited the remarkable operations of one Henry B Lot# 4039 Madison County, Montana 1881 Montana Gold Mining & Milling Clifford, who in the earlier history of the company figured prominently, and still claims to have a finger in the pie...it is alleged of wrongfully Company Stock # 146 for 10 shares to deprive the stockholders of the Arizona & Eastern of the most valuable Bowen. Signed by WB Heubbard and portion of their property. The Ari ona Eastern (we will not attempt president MB Parmeter. ateline 1881. to repeat its full long winded title) was organized in April 1899 by RC Rare pack train vignette. Also steam Flower and his associates mostly personal friends...” The article goes on train vignette in front of mills. Small size. at length to question what shady events had transpired and to question ot cancelled. Staining bottom left, otherwise excellent. Western B. . printer. Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 87967 whether RC Flower was at fault or whether he had been duped. Est. $130-300 HWAC# 62952 Lot# 4040 Philippsburgh, Montana 1868 Saint Louis and Montana Mining Lot# 4043 Stemple Mining District, Montana 1878 Penobscot and Company Stock This is truly an iconic Snowdrift Consolidated Mining Montana Stock Certificate. 1 3 for 10 shares to eorge W Ware. Company of Montana Stock Stemple SIgned by Charles Tausig and president pro tem A annay( ). ateline istrict, located 0 miles from Helena. Saint Louis 1868. Incorporated Feb. 20, 1865. Not cancelled. 25c No. 737, issued for 10 shares to John Certificate revenue stamp. arge mountainous mill and city vignette. S Blair on ov. 8th, 1878. Signed by Cut uneven. No edge, corner, pin hole of discoloration issues. Excellent. William B ( ) (president) and R.H. In 1905 Philippsburgh was described as the “smartest, liveliest and , Rickard (secretary). ot cancelled. at present, most promising camp in Montana Territory” Missoulian Very nice mining vignette showing ore The ledges were discovered in the spring of 1866. “A large town sprung buckets hoisted near miners working with headlamps. Also vignette of into existence (see vignette) and the Saint ouis and Montana Mining eagle. Countersigned. Printed by .H. awrence, ew York. olds, light Company threw their money into the ground with a living faith that it toning. Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 87962 would soon return to them in bars of shining bullion.” This and other mines proved unsuccessful and and the miners left. Except a few who Lot# 4044 , Montana 1885 Legal Tender stayed on and a new strike a decade later once again promised great wealth. Prag Collection Est. $500-1000 HWAC# 7956 Mining Company Stock # 1340 for 103 shares to GC Wood. Signed by Robert Brooke and president SH Herrminan. Lot# 4041 Philipsburg, Montana 1876 Northwest Dateline New York 1885. Incorporated 1881. Block print title. Unusual. Shares Company Stock # 121 for $2 each. Pin holes. Uneven cut on left. 70 shares to Charlemagne Excellent looking cert. This was another Tower. Signed by AB scheme by m Howes. They took out a uttiton( ) and president little ore, mostly in pockets at the surface. They did spend quite a bit of C. Tower. Dateline money prospecting. It is regarded as being of no value. United States Philadelphia 1876. Not Investor, Volume 14, 1903] Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 87968 Cancelled. Five vignettes including underground Lot# 4045 , Montana 1878 Monroe mining, George Washington, Silver Mining Company Stock # 256 dog guarding bars of gold, for 10 shares to Gertrude M Jones. etc. American Bank ote printer. n small stain bottom right. ot Signed by B Ward and president eorge another discoloration, edge, corner or pin hile issues. ear perfect! E Mumford. Dateline Rochester 1878. Owned several mines including the Speckled Trout. This mine used the Incorporated in June of 1876. Not Cole Saunders mill and on April 29, 1875 received back silver bricks cancelled. ER Andrews printer. Small assayed at $ ,0 4. (Helena Weekly Herold Tower was a Harvard millimeter rips at fold edges. Very nice. graduate, lawyer and diplomat. Early in his career he was in charge Owen Gaffney was the local agent. CS of the Minnesota Iron Company. He was minister to Austria-Hungary, Martin is superintendent. ipond district. Have purchased the Ward Russia and Germany from 1897 to 1902. Included is a biography on Tower. Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 87963 Mill. wn the celebrated Pettengill mine. Butte Weekly Miner Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 88003 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 227

DAY 4 Sunday, January 27 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 4050 Antelope Disrict, Eureka County, Nevada St. Peters Consolidated Gold & Silver Mining Co 20 shares of St. Peters Consolidated Gold & Silver Mining Co, cert #94, dated August 17, 1887, countersigned & registered Aug 24, 1887. Issued to William Whalen, signed by William Whalen, pres and Erastus Fay, secy. Silver raised company seal, gold imprinted revenue stamp in center with $50 per share price. Transferred and signed by William Whalen. Mine located western slope of Roberts Mountains north of Eureka, near Roberts Creek Station on old overland road. Leopold original name of the district, changed to Antelope by 1881. Printed: Lith John Norris Co. Chicago. Prag Collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86522 Lot# 4046 , Montana 1869 Montana Midas Mining Company Stock w/ Unknown Revenue Stamp Variety? Revenue stamp is unlisted in Castenholtz. Possible an unknown variant of the ‘RN U’. No tablet on the stamp. Potentially R U1’. Previously unknown on a document! 18 0’s Montana Stock. The ‘Montana’ is written in twice on the stock in red ink. 50 for 57 shares to Mres. B affney. Signed by E Mumfort( ) and president Selden. Not cancelled. Interesting center vignette of miner scouring a hillside for gold. Also left side underground / above ground mining scene. Printer B Corlies Macy. ertical folds. Corner folds. Nick top right. Prag Collection Est. $1000-3000 HWAC# 87955 Lot# 4047 , Montana 1800’s Montana Mining Stock Collection All Lot# 4051 Aurora, Esmeralda, Nevada 1863 “Monitor Gold and Silver unissued. Sure to be Mining Company Stock Early # 9 for 10 shares to John W Martin. Signed some great rarities by CH Arnold and president W Martin. ohn H Arnold was a resident in here: Whitlach from at least 1861-1863. Dateline 1863 Aurora. Incorporated Feb. 28, Union, old Hill ee 18 3. 5c Certificate revenue stamp. ot cancelled. Monitor vignette. Mountain, Flint Creek, Towne Bacon printer. o corner, edge, pin hole or discoloration Brown-Eyed ueen, issues. Some ink has been smudged in names. We found no information Inter-State of Helena, on this mine. Prag Collection Est. $500-800 HWAC# 82016 Jay Gould, Jumbo Mining and Development of Lot# 4052 Aurora, White Sulpher Springs, Esmeralda, Nevada Maginnis, Montana Gold & Gem of Lewis & Clark County, Middle 18 0 (18 3) ork, Eastern Montana Mining and Smelting of Bo eman, Brush Esmeralda Silver Electric Power of Helena, White Sulpher Springs, Basin Mining and Mining Company Concentrating, Blackfoot Mining and Smelting of Helena, and Boulder Stock - 1860! # Smelting of Helena. ot of 1 . All 1800’s. Condition is generally very 322 for 5 shares to nice to excellent. Prag Collection Est. $200-300 HWAC# 87951 ohn H Reggington. Signed by president Lot# 4048 , Montana 1866 New York Reddington and & Montana Silver Mining Company Solon Patrick. Stock # 53 for 1000 shares to Joseph Dateline San W Jenkins. Signed by A R Wood and Francisco 1863. president Laws. Dateline New York 1866. Incorpor a t ed Incorporated 1866. 25c Power of Att’y ovember 13, 18 0. Self identified. Towne Bacon printers. ight revenue stamp. Not cancelled. Miner staining and two small holes bottom border. Confirmed by ovember kneeling and picking underground. H 16, 1860 notice in the Sacramento Daily Union. Prag Collection Est. Bigelow printer. iscoloration. Miner corner issues. verall very good. $800-1500 HWAC# 82018 We found no information on this company. Prag Collection Est. $200- 400 HWAC# 87965 Lot# 4053 Aurora, Esmeralda, Nevada Lot# 4049 , Montana 1892 Standard 1863 Sigel Gold and Silver Mining Mining Company # 272 for 100 shares Company Stock # 57 for 5 shares to to eorge H Reed r. Signed by Eddy R Shibler. Signed by William S Higgins and vice president WL Vinson. Dateline and William Wurchseter Jr. Dateline San 1892. Incorporated August 17, 1891. Francisco 1864. Incorporated March arge rips at fold edges (up to 1”). Edge 7, 18 3. 5c Bond revenue stamp. ot issues. Not in Filer. Prag Collection Est. cancelled. Location: Esmeralda District, $80-150 HWAC# 87975 Mono County. Cal. Vignette of Sigel. Valentine & Co printer. This cert should not be confused with the Sigel old and Silver of Humboldt County which received all of the press in the 1860’s. Prag Collection Est. $500-800 HWAC# 82019 228 January 2019

DAY 4 Sunday, January 27 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 4054 Aurora, Esmeralda, Nevada Lot# 4059 Bullfrog, evada 2 Bullfrog Mines 1863 Silas Wright Tunnel and Mining stock certificates Two stocks certificates from Company Stock # 138 for 9 shares to Bullfrog old Bar Mining Company and Homestake William east. Signed by Benjamin King Consolidated Bullfrog Mining Milling co. 1) Hillard and Robert Robinson. ateline 500 shares Bullfrog old Bar Mining Co.cert 1433 AUrora 1863. Incorporated March 24, issued to W.A. Sherman issued Sept 117, 1906. Signed 1863. Not cancelled. Ore cart and miner by Jas R. David, Vice Pres and G Ma Asst Secy. Gold vignette. Valentine printer. Location: Esmeralda District, Aurora, Mono company seal. Grey border with black ink. Vignette County, Cal. Folds, uneven cut on left and one small pin hole on bottom with eagle landing. Incorp. South Dakota, February, 1905. 2) 200 left. Stock number 972 to 980. Prag Collection Est. $500-800 HWAC# shares Homestake King Consolidated Bullfrog Mining Milling Co. 82015 cert #3469 issued to Leo Froman on Jan. 12, 1909. Orange seal and border, printed in gray. ignette of women with wreath. Signed by B. . Lot# 4055 Aurora, Esmeralda, Nevada Milaw pres. and Geo L. Schumaker,, sec. Incorp. AZ. Company located 18 3( ) Swift Sure Consolidated Gold at old Bar, miles north of Bullfrog. Produced about $55,000 in gold and Silver Tunnel Mining Company in 1909. awsuit between the old Bar Co and the Homestake King due Stock # 148 for 20 shares to Thomas to the Homestake mining under the old Bar property. 5-stamp mill Hill. Signed by BS Mason and president of the Homestake-King Consolidated Mining and Milling Company, at ohn ayson ateline 18 3( ) Aurora. Rhyolite, was started up in June, 1908. The process of working the ore Incorporated 1862, December 3. Not was devised and elaborated by the California Ore Testing company of cancelled. Mines included the Swift Sure, Alhambra, Rocky Mountain, SF. Mechanical features of the plant were designed by John E Rothwell, Montreal, Silver Leaf and Greenback. Very poor condition and needs of Colorado Iron Works, Denver . Prag collection. Est. $100-150 some T C. (See photo online.) We found no information on this HWAC# 88415 company. Prag Collection Est. $300-900 HWAC# 82017 Lot# 4060 Bullfrog, evada 3 Bullfrog Mining stock Lot# 4056 Aurora, Esmeralda, Nevada 1864 Young America Tunnel Company Three Mining Bullfrog mining stocks: 1) Pioneer Stock with rare N. T. location # 440 Consolidated Mines Co 2) Diamond Queen Mining Co 3) Gold Center Mining and Development Co.1) 1,000 for 11 shares to Sol Carter. Signed by shares Pioneer Consolidated Mines Co #6637 issued to eorge S Morton and William Hughes. A. Sndgren on Dec 21, 1915. Orange seal and border. Dateline Aurora 1864. Incorporated ignette of mine in hill. Printed: The Smith-Brooks Feb. 25, 1863. Not cancelled. 25c Power Co., Denver. CO. Inc in WY, mine located in Nye County, of Att’y revenue stamp. Allegorical and flag bearing nymph vignettes. Bullfrog, , north of Rhyolite. Mine produced millions HS Crocker and Co. printer. ocation: Esmeralda istrict, Silver Hill, . in gold from 2 different types of ore deposits and veins T. Most stocks from here in 1863 say California or are left blank was consisted of 12 claims on 180 acres. Quick growth of Pioneer Mine Nevada and California fought over state boundaries. The Sacramento increased population to over 1,000 by 1909. Fire burned the buildings Daily Union reported on March 1, 1864 that the company had struck a rich ledge and had taken out rich ore. “It was supposed to be the in town in 1909 that destroyed town. Town rebuilt, but never recovered. Mine collapsed in 1914 and shut down. Reopened following year but Antelope ledge, but it is about 400 feet west of where the Antelope town never recovered although mining continued until 1931 when it Company are working...” Morton owned a brickyard in Esmeralda was no longer showing a profit and town became abandoned. ) 1,000 ulch. Hughes was one of the first five aldermen in Aurora in 18 4. Prag Collection Est. $500-800 HWAC# 82020 shares Diamond Queen Mining Co #110 dated July 6, 1908 issued to G A. Webster on July 6, 1908. Gold seal. Signed by J.R. Kernick, pres and Lot# 4057 Bonnie Briar, evada F.C. Warburton, secy. 3 Vignettes: 2 showing miners working and one McCulloch’s Bonnie Briar Gold Mining mine in valley. Printed: A. Carlisle Co. S. . ocated in Bullfrog istrict, and Development Stock ”The Bonnie . at eastern slope of Bare Mountain 10 miles east of Beatty. 3) 1,000 Briar old Mining evelopment Co., shares of Gold Center Mining and Development Co cert #477 issued to which owns 48 claims at Bonnie Briar, Charles S. Hinchman on May 9, 1905, gold seal and border. ignette of after spending $150,000 on its property snow capped mountains in oval. ocated in Bullfrog Mining istrict, . is now in shape to produce gold. The Printed: The W.H. Kisler Stationery Co., enver W. . Robinson Ptg Co. longest tunnel on the property is in 700 Denver. Prag collection. Est. $100-250 HWAC# 88409 ft. and the deepest shaft is down 230 ft. It has just been decided to erect a 10- Lot# 4061 Bullfrog, evada 4 stock stamp mill on the property .” from books.google.com. 43 i u H arris certificates for mines on north side of 1910 1 00 shares signed by president McCulloch. Beautiful mining Rhyolite 4 stock certificates of mines on vignettes. Est. $50-80 HWAC# 61718 north side of Rhyolite township: 1) 100 shares of Tramp Consolidated Mining Co Lot# 4058 Buena ista Mining istrict, #D628 issued, countersigned and registered Nevada 1873 Arizona Silver Mining May 9, 1906. Incorp. South Dakota, March Company Stock - NUMBER 3 # 3 for 190 . Issued to H. . H. Blair. Signed Henry B avis, pres. Printed 500 shares to W Hobart. Hobart made his fame in the lumber business. American Bank ote Co. Phila. ) 1100 shares of Sunset Mining THe Comstock needed wood for fuel and to go deeper in the mines. Development Co. #6497 issued to Fred S. Martin, signed registered Hobart provided that lumber from ake Tahoe. However, we have seen and countersigned on Dec 1, 1915 by Edw. S. Van Dyck, pres. Raised several stocks from the Reese River assigned to him, but this is the company seal. Incorp. in NV. Printed: R. J. Oz Co.Litho. S F 3) 100 first Humboldt County stock that has surfaced. Signed by Phillips and shares of ibraltar Mines Syndicate 834 issued to Benj Hart ell. president Brewster( ). ateline San rancisco 1873. Incorporated uly Inc in South Dakota, issued Sept 12, 1907. Signed M.V.. Rice, pres and 11, 1873. Not cancelled. Mine, mill and ore wagon vignette. Wheeler E. . Kidder, Asst Sec. Mine located in Bullfrog, . range company of San Francisco printer. Two assessment stamps on back. Corners seal and border. Vignette of Indian on rock, ocean with sail boat in rounded and folder. Some discoloration on right. The Buena ista background. Printed: The W. H. Kistler Stationery Co., enver. 4) 357 district is located on the east side of the Humboldt Range, south of the shares of Peerless Bullfrog Mining Co. 38 dated ec 3, 190 . Issued Star district, in Buena ista Canyon. The town of Unionville is in the to athan Kraruer. Signed . M. Howorth, assist secy Robertson, pres. center of the district. In current Pershing County. Prag Collection Est. Raised orange company seal, orange border with black ink. Incorp. $200-400 HWAC# 88133 South Dakota. Vignette of miners working in mine. Printed: New York Bank ote Co.Prag collection. Est. $200-300 HWAC# 88414 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 229

DAY 4 Sunday, January 27 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 4062 Bullfrog, evada 5 Bullfrog Lot# 4065 Bullfrog, evada 190 stock 5 Bullfrog stocks: 1) 1,000 shares Shoshone National Bank Mining of Rhyolite Rose Gold Mining Co, #263 Company Stock Certificate Number issued to O. F. Jonasson and Co on Feb. 9, 1060 for 500 shares to EN Moor in 1906. 1906 signed by Cla Tallman, secy. Green Signed by T Holmshaw and escool( ). seal on green paper with vignette of man Two heavy folds with pin holes top left in fron tof flag with eagle and shield of and small rips at bottom folds. Printed deer. Inc. in A . Printed The W.H. Kistler by H.S. Crocker Co., S. .. U C. Black Stationery Co., enver. ) 150 shares of Bullfrog- umbo Mining Co 734 ink on cr me paper. o vignette. ocation of mines, Bullfrog istrict. issued to F. Wm Schaun on April 1, 1906 signed C.M. Smith, pres. raised This company appears to be the same property as the Bullfrog ational company seal. Inc. in A . Printed: The Broun- reen Co 40 Beaver St. Bank, but we are unsure how they are related. They could be two Y 3) ,000 shares of ige Harris Bullfrog olf Mining Co 1014 issued different issues floated for the same property, which would be unethical to Edw. A. e Wolf on May 15, 1905 signed . T. Hoggatt, pres and E. . promoting. The other possibility is that the company was a rip-off of Moffey, secy. old seal, Inc in A . 4) 1,000 shares of Montana Bull rog the real ational Bank property. ohn Cook, signing as president, would Mining Co 144 issued to Taylor riffiths , located Bull rog Mining go on to create his own bank with branches in oldfield, Beatty, and istrict. Signed . T. Hogatt sec. Inc in A on ov 5, 1904. Printed: H. Rhyolite. Holabird “The Shoshone ational Bank Mining Co. in 190 S. Crocker Co S 14 . 5) 500 shares of Spearhead Bullfrog mining owns a group of fractions consisting of 66 acres extending from the Company of sate of elaware A 17 issued to C.A. Higbee on eb 19, ational Bank north east through the dip on to the Montgomery and 190 and registered on eb 1, 190 . Signed by Signed by Clyde Heller Rainbow Mountains. They have a shaft 50 foot deep and 50 foot cross and Austin Brock. Raised company seal. When mines first discovered cut. They have milling ore and stringers of manganese quartz but main and opened in Bullfrog district many miners and investors staked a ore bodies have not been encountered yet. Mysterious Scott,” the claim as close to the original one with similar sounding names to make Monte Cristo of Death Valley by Merrill, 1906] Est. $50-120 HWAC# money. Between 1905 and 1910, this was accomplished by miners and 60670 promoters in the Bullfrog istrict. As many as 90 companies were incorporated with“Bullfrog” in their name to make a fast buck. rinted Lot# 4066 CAndelaria, Nevada Metallic- American Bank ote Co. Phila. itho. Prag collection. Est. $250-500 Equator Consolidated Mining Co 1000 HWAC# 88410 shares of Metallic-Equator Consolidated Mining Co stock cert. #31, signed by Lot# 4063 Bullfrog, evada Bullfrog Mining Site pres., issued to William Willis, trustee stock certificates 3 stock certificates from on Nov 7, 1881.Raised company seal. riginal Bullfrog Mining Site. 1) 1,000 shares of Located in Columbus Mining Dist., Bullfrog Mining Co of 34 7 issued to C. H. Esmeralda Co, . Incorp. une 3, 1881. Printed by .T. Brown Co., McIntash on Oct 23, 1906. Signed by Maleolum L. S.F., 1st African American artist on west coast. Ken Prag collection. Est. Macdowald, pres. Green border with black ink. $100-200 HWAC# 86525 Vignette of two miners working in mine. Printed: American Bank oe Co. Phila. ) 1,000 sares of Lot# 4067 Cedar Hill, irginia istrict, Amethyst Bullfrog Mining Co 540 issued to R. B. Nevada Teyona Gold & Silver Mining Govan on March 5, 1909.Inc in AZ. Raised co seal. Co 100 shares of Teyona Gold & Silver Vignette of 3 miners in mine. Printed: American Mining Co. cert. 3 8 issued to . B. Bank ote Co. Phila. 3) 1.000 shares of Bullfrog Warren, Trustee on June 1877. Located Extension Mining Co. #2048 issued to Clara K. Cedar Hill, irginia ist, , Incorp. ov. Madaras on ct 5, 190 . Signed by . . Brown, pres and . E. oster, 1862. Vignette of rider on horseback. secy. Incorp. under laws of Ari ona Territory, mines ocated at Bullfrog, Printed: ith Britton, Rey Co., S . Prag collection. Est. $100-200 . Bullfrog is a ghost town in ye County, at north end of Amargosa HWAC# 86529 esert about 4 miles of Beatty and ghost town of Rhyolite, approx 1 0 Lot# 4068 Comstock, Nevada 1886 miles northwest of Las Vegas. Mine was discovered by Frank “Shorty” Orleans Consolidated Mining Harris and Eddie Cross on August 9, 1904. By the winter of 1904, Bullfrog had about 1,000 people living in tents. Prag collection. Est. Company Stock - Signed by president $150-300 HWAC# 88411 Fish # 185 for 1000 shares to J Stadtfeld Jr. trustee. Signed by Stadfeld and president Charles H ish. ateline San rancisco 188 . Incorporated Lot# 4064 Bullfrog, evada Bullfrog June 9, 1879. Not cancelled. Location: Story County. A unique looking Mining stock 3 stock certificates for ‘O’ in ‘Orleans’. AJ Leary printer. Assessments 1 and 2 paid on back. Bullfrog Mining stock: 1) 1,000 shares of olds. ne pin hole. o edge, corner or discoloration issues. Charles H Bullfrog-Banner Mines Co. 0 issued Fish was the superintendent of the Consolidate Virginia. That was the to R. W. Dennis on March 1, 1908. Gold second largest producing mine on the Comstock and a very prestigious co. seal and green border. Incorp. in position. He was also Storey County Recorder when Storey County was South akota. Mine located at Bullfrog, in the Utah Territory. The Orleans Consolidated was a consolidation of NV. Printed: Utah Lithographing Co. the Orleans Mining Company, Autocrat Mining Company and the Pluto S C. ) 1,000 shares of Bullfrog-Red ak Mining Company. The Orleans mine was still in the newspaper in 1889 Mining Co 3 issued to C. . Bullard when it was announced that the mine was going to tunnel 100’ above on March 14, 1907 by E. S. Sulson, secy. the floor of the shaft. It is expected in 400’ to intersect the silver and Gold seal, green border and paper with black ink. Vignette of eagle. gold vein Prag Collection Est. $150-250 HWAC# 88121 Incorp in Utah. 3) 100 shares of Bullfrog Syndicate Mining Co 04 issued to C. S. Huichman on une 19, 1909 by W. E Pasiuent, secy and Rudel, V. Pres. Incorp. in South Dakota. Grey border. Raised company seal. Printed: The W.H. Kistler Stat’Y Co., enver. Prag collection. Est. $150-250 HWAC# 88413 230 January 2019

DAY 4 Sunday, January 27 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 4069 Comstock Lot# 4073 Comstock - Flowery, Nevada - Devil’s Gate, Nevada 1876 Queen Mining Company Stock 1864 Atlantic - GT Brown Lithographer Location: Gold and Silver Flowery District, Comstock Lode, Storey County. Nevada. Inc. Dec. 6th, Mining Company 1875. o. 8 , issued for 100 shares to William McClintock (company Stock Location: secretary) on April 7, 1876. Also signed by D.L. McDonald as President. Devil’s Gate District Vignette of queen lower left. This piece was illustrated by the famous (printed below lithographer rafton Tyler Brown. Brown was one of the first African logo). Incorporated American artist in the West to illustrate several important scenes. April 1st, 1863. o edge, corner, discoloration or pin hole issues. 4. 5” x 9. 5” (Prag Dateline Virginia Collection) Est. $150-300 HWAC# 88120 City, February 22, 1864. No.249, issued for 5 shares to WJ Greenlaw. Signed by J. Carmichael, president, and A.C. Knox, secretary. Not Lot# 4074 Comstock - old Hill istrict, cancelled. Prospector vignette with Loomis written below. Also small Nevada 1863 Alpha Gold Hill Mining vignette of a dog’s head. Printed by Towne Bacon. olds, bent corners, Company Stock # 50 for 12 shares to Tears on right side, some staining. In Collins 1864 directory the mine oseph A onohue. Signed by William B is listed with an office at 13 Taylor’s Building in irginia City. A.C. Knox Hickok president and Charles orman. is listed as the secretary for this mine and others, but also has a listing Pen cancelled. ateline old Hill 18 3. as an attorney. J. Carmichael’s only listing in the 1864 directory is as Incorporated Feby. 21st, 1863. 25c secretary for the Daniel Low Coal Company. No other information on Certificate revenue stamp on front and this mine could be found. Prag Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86107 reverse. Nice ore cart outside mine entrance vignette. Fishbourne printer. Very large tear bottom right has been repaired with a piece of paper. ne stain spot on border. The Alpha old Hill was listed in Lot# 4070 Comstock - Devil’s Gate, both Kelly (18 3) and Collins (18 4). Thompson and West (History of Nevada 1864 Daniel Webster Gold Nevada) says that Forman is one of the oldest and most practical mining & Silver Company Stock 103 fir 0 superintendents. He has been superintendent of the Eclipse, Bacon, shares to Alex Laird. Signed by Alex Scott Piute, and Confidence. Also the ivian Mill. Prag Collection Est. $400- and avid Hunter as president. ateline 700 HWAC# 86113 San Francisco 1864. Incorporated July 3d, 1863. 25c Power of Att’y revenue Lot# 4075 Comstock - old Hill istrict, stamp. Not cancelled. Location: Devil’s Nevada 1863 Cleveland Gold and Gate Mining District, Lyon County, N. T. Shares $500 each. Underprint in Silver Mining Company # 21 for 10 red “$1,000,000. aniel Webster vignette. Robbins Co. printer. Border shares to HH lagg. Signed by H Platt staining. Rounded corner bottom left. ice! AC Wightman of Wightman and president HH lagg. ateline old Chappell was the local agent. He was living at the International Hill, 18 3. Incorporated May 10th, Hotel in the 18 3 evada irectory. Mine not listed in the Collins 18 4 18 3. 5c Certificate revenue stamp. directory Stock was being traded on the Washoe Board in April of ot cancelled. ocation: old Hill. re wagon being unloaded at a mill. 1864. Prag Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86108 ifferent. Towne Bacon printer. ight border staining and one small edge rip that does not affect the cert. Cleveland listed in Kelly (18 3) Lot# 4071 Comstock - Devil’s Gate, but not Collins (18 4). lagg was one of the first trustees of the irginia Nevada 1863 Sierra Gold and Silver irginia City Water Company. He was also a Territorial Senator from Mining Company Stock VERY EARLY Storey County. lagg ran the Maynard lood Bank when Mayasrd number . or 8 shares to Mark H retired to Massachusetts a rich man. Prag Collection Est. $400-700 Bryan. Signed by resident Bryan and . HWAC# 86112 Evans. Mark H Bryan was elected to the Territorial House of Representatives from irginia in 18 1. ateline Virginia, N. T. 1863. Incorporated Feb. 28, 1863. Red title. Green safety paper. Green underprint ‘SIERRA.’ Not cancelled. 25c revenue stamp on reverse. Location: Devil’s Gate District, Lyon County, N. T. Small eagle and dog vignettes. Printed by Enterprise Print. No edge, corner, pinhole or discoloration issues. Prag Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86109 Lot# 4072 Comstock - Flowery, Nevada 1879 North Bonanza Mining Company # 3132 for 50 shares to Greenbaum, Helbing Co. trustees. Signed by oseph Clark as president and ( ). Dateline San Francisco 1879. Incorporated September 11, 1878. Not cancelled. WRinkles. Disoloration on right. Fair. Printer WT Galloway. The Flowery Mine is located in the mining district that bears its name and is situated the northeast of the Sierra Nevada Mine. Originally this location comprised 2,100 feet, but recently 1,000 feet were segregated and are now designated as the orth Bonan a Mine property. It is near the northernmost extremity of the Comstock and is situated in one of Lot# 4076 Comstock - old Hill istrict, evada 18 3 Golden Gate most favored spots in the vicinity. Work has begun towards development Silver Mining Company Stock 99 for 5 shares (at $1.000 each) and will be prosecuted vigorously. Great expectations are entertained to Josiah Morris. Signed by Joseph P Nourse and president AF Scott. both of this mine and the orth Bonan a. The title to this entire claim Dateline San Francisco 1863. Incorporated April 14th, 1863. 25c including the orth Bonan a is secured by US patent.” United States warehouse revenue stamp. Not cancelled. Mountain mine entrance Annual Mining Review and Stock Ledger, 1879] Prag Collection Est. vignette. rouaillet’s printer. ocation: Potosi edge, old Hill istrict. $100-200 HWAC# 88114 Trimmed close on left, remnants of another revenue stamp on right, very light discoloration bottom center. Golden Gate is listed in Collins with N Shiverick listed as secretary. Prag Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86104 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 231

DAY 4 Sunday, January 27 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 4077 Comstock - old Hill istrict, Nevada 1864 IXL Mining Company Stock # 24 for 20 shares to William Snyder. Signed by JF Linthicum. and president James Gillett. Dateline old Hill, . T. Incorporated Feb 15, 1864 25c Power of Att’y revenue stamp. Not cancelled. Location: Gold Hill istrict, Storey Co., . T. Printed by Commercial Print in irginia (City). ne foot to the share. ery small holes along one fold. og ear upper right. Nicks on edges. Good Condition. There was a William Snyder who signed a petition from Susanville, N. T. for protection from Lot# 4081 Comstock - old Hill istrict, evada 18 4 South Overman Mining Company Stock This is one of the more common early Nevada Indians. Linthicum was editor of the short lived Democratic newspaper Territorial stocks. BUt it is a ERY EAR Y number and actually issued title the aily emocrat Standard. He was the editor and writer - a during the territorial period. For 10 shares to SW Chubbock. Signed position he formerly held on the Marysville Express. The Standard was a Copperhead paper that gained no support on the Comstock. Prag by Chubbock and H Maynard as president. 5c Bond revenue stamp. Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86106 ot cancelled. ateline old Hill, . T. 18 4. ocated Sept. 0, 1859. Incorporated March 19, 18 4. ot cancelled. Eagle and flag vignette. ocal old Hill ews Print printed. ery minor edge issues (hardly Lot# 4078 Comstock - old Hill noticeable). Extra fine condition. The verman was staked at the istrict, evada 18 0 (18 ) Lucerne beginning of the Comstock Rush in 1859 and first worked in the early Mining Company Stock This stock was 18 0s. It was located next to the Segregated Belcher Mine. perations incorporated in 1860 when the area was were difficult in the 1870s due to flooding problems. The verman still part of the Utah Territory. The cert Shaft was one of a series of shafts used in the 1870s to try and reach the was issued in 1862 to John G Kittle for very lowest depths of the Comstock Lode. It became an open pit mine 25 shares. # 269. Signed by JS Paxon and in the 1940s. According to the 1870 Nevada census, Wilson Dunlap was HP Wakelie( ). Although the location is a bookkeeper. Even more interesting, his name pops-up in the Jan. 19, not mentioned on the cert, a uly 5, 18 4 old Hill ews confirms this 1874 Sacramento Daily Union: “Wilson Dunlap, the absconding stock- company with secretary oseph S Paxson was in the old Hill district. broker of old Hill, returned to his old stamping ground on the 14th ot only that it confirms that Kittle was delinquent on paying instant, involuntarily.” S.W. Chubbuck appears as a mining secretary for assessments for this company. Prag Collection Est. $600-1200 HWAC# other companies and also operated the Post ffice store in old Hill. 86079 Prag Collection. Est. $500-1000 HWAC# 86110 Lot# 4079 Comstock - old Hill istrict, Nevada 1864 May Flower Gold and Lot# 4082 Comstock - old Hill istrict, Silver Mining Company Stock # 56 for Nevada 1864 Trojan Gold and Silver 10 shares to William Cruse. Signed by Mining Company Stock # 148 for Charles Lyons president and secretary 15 shares to J Thompson. Signed by Bremner. ateline old Hill (crossed Campbell and president P Splane( ). out and Virginia handwritten) N. T. ateline old Hill, ov. 1 , 18 4. Incorporated October 1, 1863. 25c Faded Incorporated April 3, 1863. This is one Power of Att’y revenue stamp. Not cancelled. Sailing ship vignette. of those certs that was incorporated in Cherub with flowers vignette encircling the capital stock information. Nevada Territory and sold in Nevada two weeks after it became a state. ocation: old Hill Mining istrict. HS Crocker Co printer. ne vertical ot cancelled. 5c Power of Att’y revenue stamp. ocation: Trojan ode, fold with tears at edges. ver all fine condition. isted in Collins. William old Hill Mining istrict. ignettes of a mountain ore wagon on the way Bremner secretary. Prag Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86105 to a mill and a steam locomotive. Also dog head on bottom. Staining on right and left borders. Trojan listed in Collins with Campbell Lot# 4080 Comstock - old Hill istrict, as secretary and offices at 3 1 B’ Street. Also listed in Kelly 18 3 Nevada 1864 Princess Gold and Silver directory. Prag Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86111 Mining Company Stock # 39 for 5 shares to ohn B Winters. (Assemblyman Lot# 4083 Comstock - Jumbo, Nevada and candidate for Congress and 1863 Evening Star Mining Company Senate although never successful. In Stock # 64 for 10 shares to WS Coleman. the 1870 census he is listed as a mine Signed by eorge Burnett and AH superintendent.) Signed by M Hopkins Ball. ateline old Hill . T. 18 3. and AH Ball. (In the 18 3 evada directory these is a H Ball Incorporated March 31, 18 3. 5c Bond listed as a miner at the ould Curry ) ateline irginia, . T. 18 4. Revenue stamp. Not cancelled. Red Incorporated: April 1, 1863. Not cancelled. 25c Power of Att’y revenue title and incorporation information. stamp. ocation: old Hill Mining istrict. Eagle vignette. Small dog Red underprint Evening Star Mining Co.’ Place of business old Hill. guarding bullion vignette on bottom. No printer. Signed by Winters on Location of mine Argentine Mining District. Mountain vignette and back. Top left corner torn. Bottom right corner dogeared. Princess Mine patriot holding a flag vignette. aded over the years, but no corner, edge, not listed in Collins. We found no information on this mine. Otherwise, pinhole issues. Company found in both Kelly (18 3) and Collins (18 4). no issues. Prag Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86103 The Jumbo district lies on the western slope of the Virginia Range west of Virginia City. The original district name was Argentine. Discovered: 1859. Organized: 1860. Period active: 1861-1863. Prag Collection Est. $500-800 HWAC# 86115 232 January 2019

DAY 4 Sunday, January 27 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 4084 Comstock - Jumbo, Nevada Lot# 4088 Comstock - Silver Star, 1864 North Ophir Gold and Silver Nevada 1863 Belle Union Gold and Mining Company # 509 for 7 shares to Silver Mining Company Stock # 61 for Thomas s Mitchell. Signed by SB Turney 0 shares to HH lag. Signed by RW BIllet and president Edwin A Rowe. Dateline adn superintendent PW Hedley. ateline Virginica City 1864. Incorporated March old Hill, . T. 18 3. Incorporated March 6th, 1863. Not cancelled. California seal 10, 1863. 25c Warehouse revenue stamp. Not cancelled. Allegorical inside wooded lands vignette. an leck wood block print. Buswell vignette. Territorial Enterprise Print. Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) Co printer. Location Argentine District. Red underprint ;Capital stock would have been working at the Enterprise during this period! ocation $800,000.’ Shows some expected aging. Three pin holes right side. Silver Star District, Storey County, N. T. The Silver Star District was 1 1/4 ery nice cert. The orth phir is listed in both Kelly (18 3) and miles east of irginia City and old Hill and lies parallel to the Comstock Collins (18 4). The orth phir was selling for about $ 0 a foot and ode. It was later renamed the Brunswick istrict after the Brunswick purportedly yielding pure silver in 1863. Later the fraud was exposed ode and then renamed again as the Comstock istrict. Billet is also that silver coins had been used to salt the mine. The mine was later listed as the secretary for the Consolidated Cedar Hill, Ari one and the divided among the Ophir, Mexican and Union Consolidated claims. Poorman. isted in Collins with Billet as secretary. n April 0, 18 3 Mines and Mills of the Comstock Region by Ansari The umbo district the Belle Union sold for 0 feet at $ cash at the Washoe Stock and lies on the western slope of the Virginia Range west of Virginia City. Exchange Board. Prag Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86123 The original district name was Argentine. Discovered: 1859. Organized: 1860. Period active: 1861-1863. Prag Collection Est. $500-800 HWAC# Lot# 4089 Comstock - Virginia 86114 District, Nevada 1863 Ashland Gold and Silver Mining Company Stock Lot# 4085 Comstock - Jumbo, Nevada # 54 for 18 shares to A Dubois. Signed 1863 Winters Gold & Silver Mining by Thomas Brownejohns and P Mc( ) Company Stock VERY EARLY # 6 for 10 president. Dateline San Francisco 1863. shares to EW Leonard. Signed by Cyrus Incorporated March 10, 1863. 25c W Jones and EW Leonard president. protest revenue stamp. ot cancelled. Miner holding flag vignette. Dateline San Francisco. Incorporated Towne Bacon printer. ocation: Ashland edge, irginia Mining June 26, 1863. Location of mine District, Storey County, N. T. The California Daily Alta of October 7, Argentine Mining District. Mountain 1862 has stock selling for the Ashland Gold and Silver Mining Company. mining, flag, eagle vignette. ishbourne’s printer. o edge, corner, pin According to the cert it wasn’t incorporated yet It is listed as adjoining hole of discoloration issues. Sweet! This mine is not listed in Kelly or the phir - an enviable location. But stock was assessed in April of Collins. Prag Collection Est. $500-800 HWAC# 86116 18 3 (again before the mine was incorporated) and Brownejohns was the secretary. This needs more research as it could actually be a more Lot# 4086 Comstock - Silver Star, valued 1862 cert. Prag Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86078 Nevada 1863 Alphonse Gold & Silver Mining Company # 44 for 10 shares to Lot# 4090 Comstock - Virginia District, achman. Signed by ames Bruckman Nevada 1863 Ball Gold & Silver Mining and president G DeYoung. Dateline Company Stock # 115 for 10 shares to Virginia 1863. Incorporated May 11, H Carpenter. Signed by William Mckay 18 3. 5c Certificate revenue stamp. and William Ball (namesake of the mine Not cancelled. Location: SIlver Star we suppose). Dateline Virginia N. T. istrict, Storey County, . T. Sun coming over a mountain (a metaphor 1863. Incorporated June 2, 1863. Not for Sun Mountain ) mill vignette. oomis on bottom left. Also an cancelled. Location: Virginia Mining District, Storey Co., N. T. Allegorical allegorical vignette. Towne Bacon printer. Minor issues: hard to see vignette. Printed by Enterprise Print (Territorial Enterprise). Small discoloration,dog ear, fold intersection stress. Listed in Kelly in 1863, staining on left. Otherwise quite excellent. Collins lists the minea t 100 but not in Collins in 1864. Silver Star district lies east of the original feet with W McKay as secretary. Prag Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# irginia district, in the range of mountains between irginia City and 86101 the valley of the Carson River.The principal lodes are the Brunswick and the Occidental. Prag Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86125 Lot# 4091 Comstock - Virginia District, Nevada 1863 Julia Gold and Silver Lot# 4087 Comstock - Silver Star, Nevada Mining Company Stock Early number 1863 Arizone Gold and Silver Mining 13 for 25 shares to J Carmichael. Company Stock # 69 for 10 shares to TJ Signed by A Noel and president GT Wood. Signed by RW Billet and president Small. Dateline San Francisco 1863. AC Wightman. Dateline Virginia N. T. Incorporated June of 1863. Location: 1863. Incorporated March 10, 1863. Julia Ledge, Virginia Mining District, Storey County, N. T. 25c Insurance 5c Certificate revenue stamp. ot revenue stamp. Not cancelled. Underprint in red “Capital Stock / cancelled. Location: Silver Star District, Storey County, N. T. Green safety 400,000.” Allegorical vignette. Also a vignette of a beautiful young paper with an underprint ‘Arizone.’ Native American squaw vignette. woman with a shoulder showing. Cooke printer. The question becomes Territorial Enterprise ignette. Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) would ws this mine and ledge named for none other than ule ( ulia) Bulette have been working at the Enterprise during this period! ne pin hole We could not ascertain this, but she was loved by the miners. “She was and bent right corners. Very nice indeed. Listed in the 1864 Collins VC also a good friend to the miners, who adored her. One described her as directory as having 1,400 ft in the Silver Star istrict, Billet as secretary, having “caressed Sun Mountain with a gentle touch of splendor”. Bulette and office at 33 South C. Street in irginia City. Billet is also listed as the supported the miners at times of trouble and misfortune, once turning secretary for the Consolidated Cedar Hill, Belle Union and the Poorman. her Palace into a hospital after several hundred men became ill from The Silver Star District was 1 1/4 miles east of Virginia City and Gold drinking contaminated water. She nursed the men herself. Once when Hill and lies parallel to the Comstock ode. It was later renamed the an attack by local American Indians appeared imminent, she chose to Brunswick istrict after the Brunswick ode and then renamed again remain behind with the miners instead of seeking shelter in Carson as the Comstock District. AC Wightman of Wightman & Chappell was City.” wikipedia So, if you were a miner and looking to strike it rich, living at the International Hotel in the 18 3 evada irectory. Prag what better good luck charm than to name your mine after this popular Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86122 Btt in the early 18 0’s Bulette was more commonly known as ule’ Comstock prostitute! In the 1870’s the Ward Company was located on the Julia Ledge. Prag Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86102 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 233

DAY 4 Sunday, January 27 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 4095 Comstock - Virginia District, evada 187 (1878) Phil Sheridan Gold & Silver Mining Company - 1 of 3 Sheridan stocks in this auction # 1318 for 50 shares to DL Thomas trustee. Signed by DL Thomas and president Weller. Dateline San Francisco 1878. Incorporated April 25, 1872. Not cancelled. General Sherman vignette. Location: Virginia Mining Dist., Storey County, Nevada. Printer Galloway. Shares $100. 1,200 feet. Not listed in Couch and Carpenter. Shows age: rounded corners, faded. Philip Henry Sheridan was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. His career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his close association with eneral-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant, who transferred Sheridan from command of an infantry division Lot# 4092 Comstock - Virginia District, Nevada 1863 Junction Gold in the Western Theater to lead the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the and Silver Mining Company Stock 39 to ohn Balkwill for 5 shares. Potomac in the East. In 1864, he defeated Confederate forces under Signed by AC Knox and Hebock as president. ateline irginia 18 3. General Jubal Early in the Shenandoah Valley and his destruction Incorporated May 22, 1863. Steam train vignette. Virginia Daily Union of the economic infrastructure of the alley, called “The Burning” by printer. 25c ZWEntry of Goods revenue stamp. Not cancelled. Location: residents, was one of the first uses of scorched earth tactics in the war. Virginia Mining District, Storey County, N. T. Some staining. Printing In 1865, his cavalry pursued Gen. Robert E. Lee and was instrumental in on reverse shows through. Know was a superintendent of schools, forcing his surrender at Appomattox. Sheridan fought in later years in notary public, Commissioner of Deeds, ran a boarding house and was a the Indian Wars of the reat Plains. Both as a soldier and private citi en, professional mining secretary. We found no information on the Junction he was instrumental in the development and protection of Yellowstone Mine. Prag Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86077 National Park. In 1883, Sheridan was appointed general-in-chief of the U.S. Army, and in 1888 he was promoted to the rank of General of the Army during the term of President Grover Cleveland. Prag Collection Lot# 4093 Comstock - Virginia District, Est. $200-400 HWAC# 88128 Nevada 1863 Pepperill Gold and Silver Mining Company Stock # 44 for 5 Lot# 4096 Comstock - Virginia District, shares to M Bell. Signed by evi Ross Nevada 1878 Solid Silver G. & S. Mining and NW Winton as president. Dateline Company Stock # 281 for 25 shares to Virginia 1863. Incorporated May 1863. eorge B Child trustee. Signed by Applegate and president H Cox. 25c warehouse revenue stamp. Not Not cancelled. Fancy allegorical vignette on left. Location: Virginia, cancelled. Location: Virginia Mining District. Native American vignette. Storey County, Nevada. $100 each share. Dateline San Francisco 1878. Towne Bacon printer. Edges are rough (tips, wrinkles, stains). Still Incorporated Feb. 23, 1878. One assessment stamp on reverse. Printer: overall in good condition. elson Winton was elected as the first Bruce’s Sac., Below Montgomery Street, S. . Well worn with larger rips president of Virginia City when it was incorporated in 1861 in the Utah at fold edges: up to 5/8”. Other border issues. Good. Prag Collection Est. Territory. W Winton was the Storey County clerk at this time. He also $200-300 HWAC# 88130 served as Carson County Clerk. History of evada by Thompson West] Prag Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86076 Lot# 4097 Comstock - Virginia District, Nevada 1863 Watson Consolidated Lot# 4094 Comstock - Virginia Gold and Silver Mining Company Stock District, Nevada 1888 Phil Sheridan # 23 for 10 shares to JF Long. Signed by Consolidated Minign Company - 1 of 3 Thomas Hannah and president ohn ( ). Sheridan stocks in this auction 34 for 1000 shares to HC Hinman Hannah was elected to the Territorial trustee. Signed by Hinman and president ( ). ateline San rancisco Council from old Hill in 18 1 when 1888. Incorporated June 1881. Not cancelled. General Sherman evada was first becoming a Territory. vignette. Location: Virginia Mining Dist., Storey County, Nevada. Shares long is assuredly erry ong of ayton. He was an early wheeler and $100. 1,200 feet. Not listed in Couch and Carpenter. Shows age: some dealer in mining properties and feet within mining properties. He was staining, heavy folds, rips, faded. Philip Henry Sheridan was a career the first territorial surveyor. In 1858 he laid out the town of Carson City United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil for Abe Curry. The Sacramento Daily Union reported on March 30, 1863 War. His career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his that the Watson Consolidated of Virginia City is sinking a shaft eight feet close association with General-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant, who transferred square and of unlimited depth. Their claim is the first north extension of Sheridan from command of an infantry division in the Western Theater the Burning Moscow and expect to strike it rich. Ten feet of the Watson to lead the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac in the East. In sold for $25 yesterday. Prag Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86100 1864, he defeated Confederate forces under General Jubal Early in the Shenandoah Valley and his destruction of the economic infrastructure Lot# 4098 Comstock Ledge, Gold of the alley, called “The Burning” by residents, was one of the first Hill Mining ist, evada Segregated uses of scorched earth tactics in the war. In 1865, his cavalry pursued Rock Island Mining Co. 20 shares of Gen. Robert E. Lee and was instrumental in forcing his surrender at Segregated Rock Island Mining Company, Appomattox. Sheridan fought in later years in the Indian Wars of the cert. # 1160 issued to A. K. Guirr, signed reat Plains. Both as a soldier and private citi en, he was instrumental W. isers, pres. and Wm H. Watson, secy. in the development and protection of Yellowstone National Park. In Incorp. May 13, 1879, located Comstock 1883, Sheridan was appointed general-in-chief of the U.S. Army, and edge, old Hill Mining istrict, . Assessment 1 paid on back. in 1888 he was promoted to the rank of General of the Army during Printed: Crocker & Co., Printers and Stationers, S.F. Prag collection. the term of President Grover Cleveland. Prag Collection Est. $100-200 Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86539 HWAC# 88129 Register, Bid, & See Current Bid Status Visit the online catalog at FHWAC.com 234 January 2019

DAY 4 Sunday, January 27 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 4099 Cornucopia, Nevada Lot# 4103 Empire City, Nevada 1875 Hussey Consolidated Gold & Silver Empire City Mining Company Stock Mining Company Stock - with GT # 199 for 15 shares to Joseph Davis. Brown Lithograph 519 for 50 shares to Brooks and ee. Signed Signed by Walter and president A Helton. ateline Empire City 1875. by RH Brown and president Hussey. ateline San rancisco 1878. ocation: Hot Springs Mining istrict, ouglas County, evada. Blue on Incorporated may 5, 1875. Small circular mining vignette. T Brown white. Mill vignette. ot cancelled. Bancroft of San rancisco printer. printer. Location: Cornucopia Mining District in Elko County. Dog Incorporated May 22, 1872. Pin hole at fold intersections. Rounded ear upper right. Pin holes. ice. Printer: .T. Brown Co. S. . ne of corner and some light discoloration. Nice. Prag Collection Est. $200- the first, if not the first African American printer in the Western U.S. 300 HWAC# 88132 Vignette of miners working in a mine in lower left. Cream paper with black ornate border and black print. “Cornucopia Mining Dist.” to left of Lot# 4104 Esmeralda Co., Nevada name and “Elko County, evada” to right of name. The Hussey traded on Northern Belle Mill & Mining Co 50 the local stock market from 1875 to 1879. Hussey was also president shares of orthern Belle Mill Mining of the Tuscarora Consolidated Mill & Mining Company in 1877. Prag Co., cert. # 13155 dated Sept 29, 1881 Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 88118 issued to H. B Parsons, Trustee. Rare lith by .T. Brown, 1st African American Lot# 4100 Cornucopia, Nevada artist on west coast. Mine located 1875 Panther Mining Company in Esmeralda Co., NV. Vignette of skaters. Incorp August 27, 1874. Stock - GT Brown Lithographer. # Multiple stamps on back when dividend paid and one paid assessment. 464 for 100 shares to WG Crandall trustee. Signed by secretary and Printed: ith .T. Brown Co. S . Prag collection. Est. $100-300 HWAC# vice president. Dateline 1875 San Francisco. Incorporated April 21, 86521 1875. Not cancelled. Panther vignette. Pin holes, nick top right, aging discoloration. Printer and lithographer San Francisco’s famous black G. Lot# 4105 Esmeralda County, Nevada T. Brown. Make sure you also see Brown’s tiger vignette in this auction. Knox Divide Mining Co. Stock ffice, 310 Pine Street. C. . Shaw, president . W. Pew, secretary . M. Certificates Four rare Knox Divide Wilson, superintendent C. . Shaw, M. . Hussey, A. C. Taylor, . esaria, C. Mining Co. stocks: B183, 1919 B. ould, trustees. Annual meeting, third Tuesday in April o. of shares, B1 7 3, 19 1 B155 9, 19 58 , 60,000. No. of feet, 1,600. No. of assessment, 9. Assessment stamps for 1 1923. Est. $40-80 HWAC# 57821 and on reverse. Amount, 10 cents. Bullion yield, $ 1,7 0.45. isted on San rancisco Stock and Exchange Board. The Panther mine is located east and adjoining the Hussey mine also in this sale . “ uring the past year new hoisting works have been erected and considerable dead Lot# 4106 work done. The main shaft has been sunk to a depth of 360 feet, and a Esmeralda County, crosscut run to the main ledge. Drifts are now being run east and west, Nevada Silver following the ledge, which is seven feet wide. Stringers of ore have been Lining Mining met with, carrying mineral, from which good assays have been had. The Company One management hone to find the same chute of ore at this depth as was thousand shares found on the upper level Work is being vigorously pushed ahead at the of Silver Lining present time. Total bullion product since incorporation, $21,720.45.” Mining Company, United States annual mining review and stock ledger, 1879 and number 161. Incorp scripophily.net] Prag collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 88119 November 24, 1880 in the Esmeralda Mining District, Esmeralda County, NV. Stock issued to Lot# 4101 Cornucopia, and signed by Alton H. Clough. Certificate signed in San rancisco, CA on Elko County, Nevada ecember 30, 188 . Beige paper with black ink. Printed: ith. Britton 1877 Cornucopia & Rey. S.F. Prag collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86502 Consolidated Gold & Silver Mining Co. Lot# 4107 Eureka, Nevada Prospect Stock Uncancelled Mountain Tunnel Co 500 shares of stock, no. 608 issued to Prospect Mountain Tunnel Co. cert J. W. Pew, Trustee, 50 #79, dated October 26, 1877 signed R. shares, signed by Wm. Kirland. pres. Incorp. August 24, 1876 M. Pierson, President and J. W. Pew, Secretary, 1877. Cornucopia was in Eureka, NV. The Prospect Mountain in Elko County. Certificate is in fragile condition, very faint writing nice Tunnel is a gold, silver, and lead mine vignette of woman with a “Horn of Plenty”. Cornucopia had a problem located in Eureka county, Nevada. Prag with claim jumping throughout its relatively short life. The mine did collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86534 not last long as an article in the Engineering & Mining Journal in 1878 reported, “It is rumored that work on the Cornucopia Consolidated Lot# 4108 Eureka, Nevada Titus mine will soon be started up.” Est. $120-300 HWAC# 60249 Consolidated Mining Co. 300 shares of Titus Consolidated Mining Co, cert. Lot# 4102 Elko # 131 issued to Geo. C. Stantial. Signed Co, Nevada Elko by Earl Johnson, pres. and D. Lancey, Consolidated Mining treas. Imprinted company seal. Located in Eureka, NV. Noted on back that fourth Co. 100 shares of Elko and fifth assessment paid by ustin Consolidated Mining ancey, treas. Printed: .C. Philbrick Co., 103 evonshire St. Boston. Company cert #898, Prag collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86514 signed October 24, 1882, issued to E. R. Grant, Trustee. Incorp. December 12, 1881. Located Tuscarora Mining District, Elko Co. NV. Printed: E. Bosoui Co. ith.S. . Prag collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86507 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 235

DAY 4 Sunday, January 27 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 4109 Eureka Mining District, Lot# 4114 old Hill Mining istrict, Lander Co, Nevada South Eureka Nevada Segregated Washoe Mining Mining Co. 250 shares of South Eureka Company Twenty-five shares of capital Mining Co, number 170. Eureka stock of Segregated Washoe Segregated Mining District, Lander County, NV, Washoe Mining Co., #1066 signed in dated August 31, 1871 issued to E.A. San Francisco, CA on May 9, 1887 by Richardson, trustee. Incorporated Jan Thomas Powell, president and M. Ewen, 24, 1871. Signed by J. W. Mather, pres. and J. W. Clark, secy. Clark could secretary. Plain stock certificate with black ink and border. Incorp. May be a Clark brother, cousin of eorge Hearst who came from rass alley 9, 1887. Printed: The Rosqui Eng. & PR 00. Prag collection. Est. $100- during Comstock period. Adhesive RN stamp. Assessment stamps on 200 HWAC# 86503 back signed by E.A. Richardson, trustee. South Eureka Mine developed in 1891, was one of the largest producers in the country. Located one- Lot# 4115 old Hill Mining istrict, quarter mile east of Sutter Hill in the Mother ode old Belt area of Storey Co, Nevada Consolidated the Sierra Nevada mountains, located in smaller Sutter City district. New York Mining Co. 2,000 shares Printed: Fish & Co., Printers, 511 Sacramento St. Prag collection. Est. of Consolidated New York Mining Co, $100-200 HWAC# 86552 cert. #1871 dated May 11, 1802 signed by Elliot, secy. Incorp. Nov 23, 1887. Lot# 4110 old Hill, evada Caledonia ocated old Hill Mining ist., Storey Co., . State of iberty vignette. Silver Mining Co 100 shares of capital Printed: Galloway Litho Co., S.F. Prag collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# stock of Caledonia Silver Mining Co. 86516 cert. # 1379 dated April; 4, 1876 issued to P. Nichols, trustee. Incorporated Lot# 4116 old Hill Mining istrict, 1871. Assessment stamps on back. Storey Co, Nevada Silver Jacket Mining Printed: ith. Britton, Rey Co. S . Prag Co Two stock certificates for old collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86518 Jacket Mining Co. incorp. Sept 27, 1878. ocated old Hill Mining istrict, Storey Lot# 4111 old Hill, evada 187 Co, NV. 1) cancelled - 10 shares of capital English Gold and Silver Mining stock dated Aug 12, 1879 , cert no. 44; Company Stock # 42 for 1500 shares 2) unissued - uncancelled cert, # 963 to rancis Buckley trustee. Signed by CA ould ( ould Curry ) and Gold Jacket Mine was staked in 1859. Thomas ( ) president. ateline San rancisco 187 . Incorporated One of the deepest of the Comstock April 5, 187 . ot cancelled. ocation: old Hill, Storey County, ode reached down to 3,054’. By 1889 Nevada. Repaired rips top border. Dog ears. Nice. Prag Collection. Est. produced over $16.5 million. Printed: $200-350 HWAC# 88126 Crocker & Co., Printers, 401 and 403 Sansome St. Prag collections. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86536 Lot# 4112 old Hill, evada Pacific Mining Co. Stock Signed by Skae, G.T. Lot# 4117 old Hill Mining istrict. Brown Pacific Mining Co., certificate Storey County, Nevada Original Gold 79 to .C. Bates r. for 1000 shares & Silver Mining Company 15 shares on Aug. 14, 1875, signed by John of riginal old Hill old and Silver Skae, a Comstock old Hill mine Mining Company 1 1, old Hill Mining superintendent and millionaire. Incorp. District Storey Co., NV. Issued to Kurt 1874. .T. Brown, itho. i uc. Brown was the first African-American Coates, Trustee, signed by .W. Hussury, artist on the West Coast. Signed by J.W. Clark, secretary. May be one of president, on March 13, 1874. Printed: ith . T. Brown Co, S. , 1st the Clark brothers that were cousins with eorge Hearst and came over African American artist on west coast. Prag collection. Est. $100-200 with him from Grass Valley-Nevada City at the time of the Comstock HWAC# 86505 discovery. More research needed. Prag Collection. Est. $100-300 HWAC# 85771 Lot# 4118 old Hill, Storey Co, evada Consolidated Imperial Mining Co 10 shares of Consolidated Imperial Mining Lot# 4113 old Hill Co, cert. #39237 issued to E. R. Grant. Mining Distr. Storey Co., Nevada Leviathan trustee on May 30, 1879. Incorp. June 13, 1875. Consolidated Imperial Mining Mining Co 100 shares Co was formed with the consolidation of Leviathan Mining Co, of 7 mines: old Hill uart , Bacon, cert. # 6680 dated Sept Empire, Eclipse, Trench, Bowers and Imperial in old Hill, Storey 21, 1878, incorporated county, . Printed: ith. Britton, Rey Co. S. . Prag collection. Est. January 8, 1874. Signed $100-200 HWAC# 86517 by C. W. M. Smith, pres. and . E. uty, sec’y. old Hill Mining istrict is located in Storey Co, . Lot# 4119 old Hill, Storey Co., evada Assessment stamps on back. Mine is located eastern slope of the Sierra McMeans Gold and Silver Mining Nevada 6 miles east of Markleeville and 24 miles southeast of Lake Co 50 shares of McMeans Gold and Tahoe. Comprises approximately 250 acres of land surrounded by the Silver Mining Co. cert. # 529 issued to Toiyabe National Forest. Approximately 22 million tons of sulfur ore- E. A. Richardson Jr. Signed by James containing crushed rock at the mine are responsible for contaminating Richardson, pres. and Watson, secy. the eviathan and Aspen Creek, which join with Mountaineer Creek to Incorp. April 26, 1872. Located in Gold form Bryant Creek which ultimately empties into the East ork of the Hill, Storey, Co, . Printed: Iath, Wheeler, Phelan Co. S . Prag Carson River. Printed: ith. Britton, Rey Co. S. . Prag collection. Est. collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86513 $100-200 HWAC# 86535 236 January 2019

DAY 4 Sunday, January 27 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 4120 old Hill, Storey County, Lot# 4124 oldfield, evada 2 Nevada Consolidated Imperial oldfield’s Mining stock Two oldfield Mining Co Consolidated Imperial Mining stock and oldfield Enterprise Mining Company, ten shares issued to Esmeralda County News. 1) 5 shares of E. H. rant, Trustee on April 15, 1879 oldfield Consolidated Mines Co., cert. certificate 378 9. ocated in old N.Y.07556 issued to Miss Elbie J. Miller Hill, Storey County, , incorp April 13, dated April 11, 1919. Printed: Western 1876. The Consolidated Imperial was a Bank ote Engraving Co., Chicago. consolidation of seven mines ( old Hill uart , Bacon, Empire, Eclipse, ) 1000 shares of iamondfield Black Trench, Bowers, and Imperial) between the Yellow acket and the Butte Re- rgani ed Mining Company, cert. 5091 issued to H.H. Burt Bullion. Black border and ink with Allegorical women vignette on the with corporate seal, dated une 1, 1913, signed by Harry Ruhl, secy. bottom left. Prag collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86528 ocation: oldfield, Esmeralda County, . ovember, 1958 issue of oldfield Enterprise Esmeralda County ews, ol 1, o. 10. oldfield Lot# 4121 old Hills Mining istrict, was a boomtown with the discovery of gold between 1903 and 1940, Nevada Succor Mill & Mining Co producing over $86 million. Fire leveled most of the town in 1923. Gold 10 shares of Succor Mill and Mining exploration continues in the area today. Prag collection. Est. $60-80 Company, cert. # 2A issued to R. P HWAC# 86560 Keating Jr. Incorporated May 25, 1869. ocated old Hill Mining istrict, State Lot# 4125 oldfield, of Nevada. Adhesive RN stamp. Vignette Nevada oldfield of mine and mill. Prag collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86531 Mining stock, letter & map 9 oldfield Lot# 4122 Gold Mountain Dist, mining stock Esmeralda County, Nevada State Line certificates: 1) 00 Gold Mining Company No.1 50 shares shares of oldfield- of State Line Gold Mining Company No. Century Mining Co., 1, A 1 3 issued to . A. Brown on une cert #619 issued to 18, 1881, countersigned and registered P.R. Wagner issue Jan 4, June 20, 1888. Signed by president, Lee. 1906. Incorp. Arizona, R. Shryock and secretary, D. F. Yerdenal. mine in oldfield, Located Gold Mountain District, Raised company seal, Esmeralda Co. . Assigned on une 1, 1887 signed by .A. Brown red border, black ink. and H M Cooke. ignette minors. Printed: American Bank ote Co, Y. Signed M.F. Grimes, Prag collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86506 secy and W Malty, Lot# 4123 oldfield, ice Pres. Printed: The Broun- reen Co. 40 Beaver St. .Y. ) ,000 shares of Frances-Mohawk Mining and Leasing Co cert #844 issues Nevada oldfield, NV to S.J. Somberger on Sept 26, 1906 signed J.E. Goodberg, secy and Mining stocks 2 stocks H.T. Bragdon, vice-pres. 3 vignettes of working miners. Inc Wyoming from mines in oldfield, . Printed: GOES Nevada Press, Carson Cit, 3586. 3) 2,000 shares of NV. 1) 500 shares of oldfield Madonna Mining Co. cert 51 issued, countersigned and Shoshone ational Bank registered to Leo Goldmark on July 25, 1906. 3 vignettes: 2 miners Mining Co #788 issued working and 1 mining workings in valley. gold coupon , grey ink. Incorp. on Jul 3, 1906 to James Ari ona, mine in oldfield. 4)1,000 shares of oldfield Portland Co cert . ’Brien signed by H. 770 issued to eo A. W. Heukel on ct 1, 1908. old seal and order. . Holurshaw, secy and . ignette of working miners. Incorp. South akota, mine in oldfield. Noscooes, Pres. Inc Apr Printed: The . W. ardiner Co., Salt ake City. 5)1 share of old Horn 16, 1905. Mine loated in Mining Co. cert #172 issued to A.A. Codd on Apr 14, 1909. Signed C. M. Bullfrog istrict. ray Smith, vice pres. and A A Codd, secy. Orange seal and border. Vignette border Printed: H. S. of women with flag and wreath. Incorp. Ari ona, mine oldfield, . ) Crocker & Co. S.F. 2142. 1,000 shares of Home Trust Mining Co cert 14 issued to W.A. Ingalls 2) 1000 shares of Yankee on ov. 0, 190 , signed Bayd . Wilson, secy and rank E. Horton, Girl Gold Mining Company pres. Incorp. Nevada Oct. 22, 1906. Gold seal, grey border, black ink. of Bullfrog 1 77 dated Vignette of eagle. Printed: GOES. 7) 1,000 shares of Milltown Fraction Jan 14, 1907. Inc. Gold company seal. Incorp. March, 1905 in AZ. Three Mining Co cert #800 issued to J. T. Allen on Aug. 3, 1901, signed Fritz vignettes: 1) steam from mine against mountain backdrop 2 ) 2 ovals C. Eilener, secy. Gold seal, grey border. 3 vignettes of working miners. with working minors. grey border. old first discovered in the Bullfrog Incorp. Arizona. 8) 6333 shares of Potlatch Mining and Milling Co cert istrict on Aug. 4, 1904 by Shorty Harris and Ed Cross. Initial finds were 01 issued to oldfield Merger Mines Co on Aug 31, 1909. Incorp in high-grade surface ore assayed at $700 per ton. Amargosa laid out on Ari ona, min in oldfield. Signed A. A. odd, secy an C.M. Smith, pres. Sept. 30, 1904 and sold 35 lots within 3 weeks. Beatty, to the southeast, H.S. Crocker Co S 9) 500 shares of Yellow old Mining Co cert 174 was located ct. 0, and towns of Bullfrog, and Rhyolite were started by issued to E. . Blake on ec 19, 190 . Signed E. W. Parkes, secy ad Bill competing townsite companies in November — all within a few miles of Blythe, pres. old seal, gray border, black ink. vignettes of working each other. Prag collection. Est. $150-250 HWAC# 88412 miners. Inc in Ari ona Territory, mine in oldfield. Printed: Steel- itho Copyright 1894, J W. Middleton 187 Dearborn St. Chicago. 10) colored map of mining districts. 11) Hand written letter from avis Byler Mining Engineers to H.C. elson regarding the Century ode property and taxes to be paid for 1903. Prag collection. Est. $200-400 HWAC# 88420 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 237

DAY 4 Sunday, January 27 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 4126 oldfield, Lot# 4130 Humboldt Nevada oldfields Co., Indian District, stock certificates 9 stock Nevada Van de certificates from oldfield, Water Gold & Silver NV mining companies Mining Co of NV 100 issued between 1905 - 1913. shares Van de Water Mines located in oldfield Gold & Silver Mining Mining District, NV, Incorp Co. of Nevada, cert. in Territory of A ( oldfield #2590 signed by C. ucky Boys Mining Co. J. Vanderbilt, pres., oldfield Columbia Mining Harry McCoy, secy. Co, oldfield ighthawk issued to George F. Stevens. Countersigned and registered Jan 14, 1882. Mining Co, oldfield Blue Bell Mining Co, oldfield- ro Mining Co., Assigned Jan. 17, 1882 by George Stevens, George J. Draper and S.S. (assigned an , 1908), Mayne oldfield Mining Co. and oldfield ucky ive . ocated: Humboldt Co., Indian istrict, . Raised company Boys Mining Co. 1,000 shares of Columbia Mountain Mining Co 874 seal. Three months after this certificate signed, Cornelius eremiah issued to H. letcher on Mar , 90 . Incorp in S May, 1904 with gold Vanderbilt, second of Cornelius Vanderbilt’s 13 children committed seal. 100 shares of Grandma Mining Co #2636 issued N. Rutherford suicide at age 51 on April , 188 at the lenham Hotel on 5th Ave. in signed by Arnold ydegger, secy and W. H. onet , pres. Signed, counter ew York City. He didn’t have a good relationship with his father. He was signed and registered Mar 5, 1908 in oldfield. Raised company seal. diagnosed with epilepsy at 18 and frail of stature. He ran out of money Incorp. AZ Prag collection. Est. $200-400 HWAC# 88417 and charged bills to father’s company. In November, 1849 his father had him arrested and committed to the Bloomingdale Insane Asylum Lot# 4127 oldfield, evada 1904-1909 Three in New York until February 1850. On April 2, 1882 at 2:00 pm he shot e ada Stocks with offices located in oldfield himself in the head and died four hours later. He was discovered in his 1) The earliest is the Kruger Gold MIning Company. room by George Terry, who was referred to in Vanderbilt’s obituary as Number 92 for 100 shares to Edward Palmer in 1904. “his friend and constant companion.” Printed: American Bank ote Co. (Early!). Signed by AE Wright and William Sanders. New York Lithographed, Prag collection. Est. $300-600 HWAC# 86526 Three vignettes. Rips where vertical folds meet the edges of the paper. Some small holes caused by the seal. Nice overall condition. Location of mines unknown. 2) Lot# Mammoth Channel Gold MIning Company. Number 4131 Humboldt County, 853 for 5000 shares to EC Hart in 1908. Signed by ER Nevada 1864 Gold Argersinger and EB Ward. ocation of Mine unknown. Bluff Mining Small stain on lower left. Excellent condition! 3) Company Stock # evada-Bay State il and Mining Company. umber 7 - Early - for 170 713 for 100 shares to JM Moulton in 1909. Signed by Clarence F shares to David D Blackwell and udson H Coffin. ignette of oil fields. Two vertical folds. Uncancelled. ice! Perhaps near Blair, evada. Est. $75-150 HWAC# Colton. Signed by 59694 Ralph C Harrison and president Lot# 4128 Hot Creek, ye County, M ( ). Revenue Nevada Rare Hot Creek 18 0’s Hot stamp seems to be Creek Stock: Old Dominion MC Rare missing. Not cancelled. Ore cart mining vignette. Location: Columbia location. Inc. in Pennsylvania in 1867. istrict, Humboldt County, . T. The Columbia district is known as the o. 17, issued for 30 shares to CH aryville district around Bartlett Peak between the Black Rock Range Hunter on ecember 3rd, 18 7. Signed to the southwest and hte Pine Forest Range to the Northeast. The by the president, A. . Hiester, and Quinn River borders it on the east. The original nae as Columbia. Prag secretary, Stephen Miller. Not cancelled. Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86121 Nice vignette at the top of a busy surface scene at a mine including a windlass and Lot# 4132 Humboldt mill. Also Pennsylvania seal at the bottom left and eagle on patriotic County, Nevada Wild shield at upper right. Printed by John Alexander, Philadelphia.Folds, Deer Gold & Silver some toning. The ld ominion was located in the Hot Creek istrict Mining Co 100 shares and the most active of the early producing mines there. In 1869, they of capital stock of Wild received more than $11,000 from just 111 tons of ore! Hot Creek was Deer Gold & Silver organized in 1866. Unlike many Nevada mining camps, it actually Mining Company, had abundant wood, water and grass. The name came from a few number 27, located hot springs that warmed the creeks. The mine appears to have gone in Humboldt County, dormant after 1870 when the near surface ores were exhausted. Ref: Nevada, signed Stretch, Raymond] Additional information on the mine and mining February 21, 1890. district is included. Also Nevada historical backgrounds on the names Countersigned and on the certificate are included. Est. $160-300 HWAC# 99845 registered on February 24, 1890. Incorporated Lot# 4129 Humboldt Co., evada Silver in state of West irginia, issued to E B. Stauton, Trustee and Secretary Monarch Mining Co 20 shares of Silver and signed by Ellis B. Edwordy, president. rey border and ink, vignette Monarch Mining Co, cert. # 327, dated of deer. Printed: Railway Bankers Eng ith Co .Y. Prag collection. January 21, 1879, issued to Joseph Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86500 Goddard, trustee. Incorp. October, 1877. ocated Humboldt Co, , signed rant apham, sec’y. ripped right end. Printed: A. . Bancroft Co ith S . Prag collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86541 238 January 2019

DAY 4 Sunday, January 27 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 4133 Humboldt istrict, evada Lot# 4137 Lander & Elko Counties, 18 (18 3) Cocheco Gold and Silver Nevada Nevada Consolidated Copper Mining Company Stock This company and Silver Mining Co Cancelled 100 was incorporated in the more desirable shares of Nevada Consolidated Copper year of 18 . 4 for 100 shares to B and Silver Mining Co., cert. #59, dated Mulville (Reverse has divided the stocks April 27, 1877 issued to and signed by as 30 to Lynch and 70 to Mulville.) H.A. Mc ee, trustee, and Alexander, Signed by B Mulville and president president. Incorp. Mar 27, 1877. Located Lander & Elko Counties, Nathan Atkinson. Dateline San Francisco March 7, 1863. Incorporated NV. Assessment #1 payment noted on back signed by McGee. Prag October 6, 1862. Not cancelled. Allegorical vignettes. Valentine & Co collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86537 Printer. ocation Humboldt istrict, . T. Small light discoloration about the cert. The Daily Alta California on January 22, 183 reported, “A Lot# 4138 Lander Co, Nevada Phenix RICH EA - We were yesterday shown a button, the yield of crushing Silver Mining Co 100 shares of Phenix some of the Cochico Gold and Silver Mining Co’s rock, accompanied Silver Mining Co. cert. #3076 signed with a certificate that it assays $ 39.90 to the ton, being $48.3 in gold Oct. 7, 1878 issued to W. G. Crandall. Incorp. January 3, 1871. Signed and $ 45.54 in silver. The lead is located in lorida Canon, Humboldt by A. orbes, pres., and ames Bole, sec. ocated in ander Co., . county, Nevada Territory, where the company have a mill site, with Assessment stamps on back. Printed: ith Britton, Rey Co. S . Prag seventy feet fall of water. They intend erecting a mill as soon as the collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86542 weather will permit next spring. The Humboldt istrict is near present Lot# 4139 Lander County, Eureka day Imlay in Pershing County. Mining istricts of evada by Tingley Richmond Prag Collection Est. $500-800 HWAC# 86136 District, Nevada 1873 Mining Company of Nevada Very Lot# 4134 Humboldt early # 3 for 1 share to Thomas Wren. Endorsed by Wren on reverse. District, Nevada 1863 Thomas Wren wrote a History of evada. He was also a United States Manhattan Gold and Representative from 1877 to 1879. In 1873 he removed from White Silver Mining Company Pine and headed to the promising Eureka Mining istrict. Thompson Stock # 45 for 10 shares & West] Since this is number 3 for only 1 share, one wonders if this (at $110 each) to Sawyer were not a gift to the best mining lawyer in the district! Signed by M Rosenblatt. Signed by J Howell and Corrigan president. ateline Eureka 1873. Incorporated age( ) and president Feb. 11, 1873. Pen cancelled. Shares $100 each. Native American and Samuel Todd. Dateline mill vignettes. Bancroft Co. printer. ery nice condition with no real San Francisco 1863. issues. This is a great signature piece! Prag Collection Est. $150-300 Incorporated ebruary , 18 3. ot cancelled. Britton Co printer. HWAC# 88111 ocation: Humboldt istrict, Humboldt County. Articles of Incorporation Lot# 4140 Lincoln Co., Nevada Pioche West Extension Mining Co. state for the purpose of prospecting and working for gold and silver in 50 shares Pioche West Extension Mining Co. Cert # 1270 dated July the assau and own East odes in Humboldt County. riginal trustees 22, 1875 signed by J. L were Samuel Todd, T Sewell, B Post, Charles R Bond and A Brown. Kimball, secty. Located: The Humboldt istrict is near present day Imlay in Pershing County. Mining istricts of evada by Tingley Prag Collection Est. $400-700 Lincoln County, NV, HWAC# 86135 incorp. 1871. Pioche, principal mining town in the Ely District. After Lot# 4135 Indian being settled in 1868, District, Nevada 1863 Wallace Gold the town of Pioche was and Silver Mining named at the organizing Company Stock meeting of the Ely Mining District in 1869 with the reading of a letter dated February 20, VERY EARLY # 7 1869, suggesting that the town be named in honor of Francois Louis for 20 shares to Alfred Pioche, of San rancisco, one of the financial backers of the mines Abner Wade. Signed being developed in the district. Printed: ith Britton, Rey Co. S. . by Isaac N Thorne Prag Collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86533 and president Geo. Witney. Dateline Lot# 4141 Lincoln County, Nevada 1863 San Francisco. Incorporated June of 1863. Location: Wallace Meadow Valley Mining Co 10 shares edge, Indian district, Humboldt Co., . T. ot cancelled. ative of Meadow Valley Mining Co. cert. American warrior on horse vignette. Shares $100 each. Outside a small #13734 issued to E. A. Richardson, bottom tears, excellent!!! The Indian district was located in the area of trustee, signed by M. Beaver, pres. and . Indian Canyon on the east flank of Humboldt Range. The district lies W. Colburn, secy. incorp. May 15, 1869. south of the Buena ista district, and is 8 miles south of Unionville. Mining istricts of evada by Tingley Prag Collection Est. $400-700 Incorp. May 15, 1869. Located in Lincoln HWAC# 86134 Co., . Printed: Britton Rey, S. . Prag collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86515 Lot# 4136 Indian Springs District, Lot# 4142 Lincoln County, Nevada Nevada Whitman Silver Mining Co New Philadelphia Silver Mining Co. 20 shares of Whitman Silver Mining 100 shares of capital stock for New Co. cert. #568, dated June 26, 1873, Philadelphia Silver Mining Co. number signed White, secy and Crocker, pres. 284 signed October 4, 1878 issued Incorporated October 19, 1872. Located to H.M. Webster. Countersigned and Indian Springs District, Lyon Co., NV. registered Oct. 1878. Mining property in Prag collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86548 Lincoln County, NV, incorporated Feb 17, 1848. Prag collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86554 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 239

DAY 4 Sunday, January 27 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 4143 Lincoln Lot# 4146 Nevada County, Nevada Mining District, Storey Wyandotte Silver Co., Nevada Northern Mining Co 100 shares of Keystone Mining Co. Wyandotte Silver Mining 100 shares of Northern Co., cert. #387 dated Keystone Mining Co. April 2, 1879. Incorp. Cert. #182 dated July July 25, 1878, signed 25, 1881 issued to C. D. Thomas Levelkrau, pres. Olvey, Trustee, signed and F.A. Pullinger, secy. Located TEM Piute Mining District, Lincoln, by Elliot, secy Located County, NV. Not cancelled. The Tem Piute Mining District was organized in irginia Mining ist., Storey Co., . Printed utton B. Withington a few months after silver was found in 18 8. Mining remained difficult S.F. Prag collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86508 due to a lack of water in the region. Water had to be hauled in from springs 12 miles away. Wyandotte Silver Mining Co. shipped quantities for processing to nearby Crescent. Prag collection. Est. $100-200 Lot# 4147 Ormsby HWAC# 86546 Nevada County, North Carson Mining Co 25 shares Lot# 4144 Lyon Co., of North Carson Nevada Silver Star Gold Silver Mining Co of & Silver Mining Co 100 Ormsby County, NV shares of Silver Star Gold cert. # 690 issued to & Silver Co stock cert. S. . Brown, trustee. #151 dated Dec 8, 1886 Incorp. Oct. 16, 1874. issued to and signed Signed by Bogart, by R. W. Heath, trustee sec’y. Assessment and sec’y. Graves, mine stamps on back. District discovered in 1859 not worked until 1874. Ores supervisor. Raised company seal. Incorporated Dec 1, 1886. Located were silver-copper-lead with assays running up to $200/ton. General Lyon Co., NV. Printed: Crocker & Co’s Print, S.F. Prag collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86524 acob an Bokkelen, who worked in mine was cause of and killed by a nitroglycerin explosion in Virginia City on June 29, 1873 along with 9 others. an Bokkelen was an agent for iant Powder, known to sleep with the explosives stored under his bed. Had a pet monkey and some Lot# 4145 Mt. Rose District, Nevada speculate the explosion may have been caused by the monkey dropping Paradise Valley a can. Six cans of nitroglycerine and 150 pounds of explosive powder Mining Company went off. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86540 500 shares of Paradise Valley Mining Co., cert. # 2240 issued to E. A. Richardson, trustee signed by Flocan, pres., Oliver, secy. Located in Mt. Rose District, NV, Incorp. Sept 6, 1878. Endorsed on back by E. A. Richardson, trustee. Printed: ith. Britton Rey, S.F. Prag collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86530 See more great items in the Dealer & Bargains Section on DAY 5 Images of ALL LOTS available online! FHWAC.com 240 January 2019

DAY 4 Sunday, January 27 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 4148 Ormsby County, Nevada 1878 Lot# 4152 Rawhide, Nevada Original North Carson Silver Mining Company Rawhide Mining Co stock 1,000 shares Stock - A Rarer GT Brown Lithograph Original Rawhide Mining Co #380 issued Rare. Location of Works: Ormsby County, Nev. Inc. in California in 1874. to A.J. Wright dated May 13, 1908 signed No. 3510, issued for 100 shares to J. D. Hunt trustee on August 23, 1878. John Halley, pres and Orson Smith, Signed by president ? and secretary J. W. Morgan. Not cancelled. Mining Secy. Incorp. NV. Raised seal, green vignette (top center) and locomotive vignette (left). Folds, rounded border with black and red lettering. corner. The district was discovered in 1859 but remained fairly idle Green vignette of 3 women with baby until 1874 when a new round of prospecting began. Other mines in with steamboat in background. Hard the district included the Voltaire, Eagle, Clear Creek and the Niagara. back book printed by: NV Department of Conservation and Natural The ores were silver-copper-lead with assays running up to $200 a ton. Resources & USGS, Historic Mining Camps of NV - #2 Rawhide by Hugh These prospects can still be found up Voltaire Canyon between King’s A, Shamberger, 1970. Printed: A. ast Co., Bank ote Eng S. St. ouis and Clear Creek canyons southwest of Carson. Prag Collection Est. & NY. Prag collection. Est. $100-150 HWAC# 88403 $200-400 HWAC# 88117 Lot# 4153 Reese River, Nevada 1864 Lot# 4149 Pancake Mountain, White Bay City Silver Mining Company Stock Pine County, Nevada 1877 Pancake Coal # 20 for 10 shares to JW Hendrie. Signed CompanY Stock # 278 for 40 shares to by HH Conghtey( ) and William B Cooke Trenmor Coffin. Signed by secretary ( ) and president AC Ellis. ateline as president. Dateline San Francisco Carson City. Not cancelled. Location of works: Pancake Mountain, 1864. Incorporated February 1864. White Pine County, evada. The Pancake Range was a low, flat range of Shares worth $ 50. ocation Bay City mountains. Various outcroppings look like a stack of pancakes. Pancake Ledge, Reese River district, Lander County N. T. Not cancelled. 25c Summit is 15 miles from Little Antelope on US 50. Underground Mining Power of Att’y revenue stamp. Printer W. B. Cooke of San rancisco. vignette. Carson Appeal printer. Dateline 1877. Incorporated July (Perhaps he just couldn’t resist anymore and bought one of his own 3, 1873. No pin hole, edge, corner or discoloration issues. Pristine! stock certificates.) Cooke published lettersheets, an 1854 volume Trenmor Coffin was the president of the Carson City Savings Bank. AC on Joaquin Murieta, etc. He started his lithography business in San Ellis ran for governor in 1870 and U. S. House of Representatives in Francisco in 1850. No edge, corner, pinhole or discoloration issues. Prag 1874. In both races his stint in the Confederate Army hurt any chance Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86071 he may have had. In 1875 the Virginia Evening Chronicle reported the shaft of the Pancake Coal Company was sinking a shaft as quickly as Lot# 4154 Reese River, Nevada 1863 nature will allow. n ctober , 1877 this certificate was reported as Black Ledge Gold and Silver Mining delinquent in the Carson City Daily Appeal. That is half a year after it Company Stock # 78 for 5 shares was issued. Prag Collection Est. $150-300 HWAC# 88122 to HW Bradley. Signed by RW Heath president. Dateline San Francisco Lot# 4150 Prince Royal Mining District, 1863. Incorporated July 10, 1863. Not Nevada 1864 American Gold & Silver cancelled. Small 5c and 20c revenue Mining Company # 60 for 25 shares stamps. Added in red is that stock has to EW Pratt. Signed by Joseph Cravet(?) increased to $600,000 - 1,200 share, $500 each. Underprint, ‘LANDER and president MM Hill. Dateline San CO., N. T.’ Unique looking vignette of miners pushing an ore cart out to Francisco 1864. Incorporated April 21st, a mine and headed to a mill. Printer Britton Rey. Upper right corner 1863. 25c Power of Att’y revenue stamp. issues (coloring, pin hole). therwise very fine! n une 14, 18 4 this Not cancelled. Location: American company was lumped with the Blue edge, orth Star, regon, iana, Ledge, American Company, Prince Royal District, Humboldt County N. Apollo, Jo. Lane, Southern Light #2 and Union #2 for an annual meeting T. $100 per share. Keith vignette of miners around camp and pushing in the Daily Alta California. (Prag Collection) Est. $400-700 HWAC# ore cart. Unique? Kenny & Alexander printer. One rounded corner, edge 86067 staining. Still in excellent condition. Prince Royal Canyon (Prince Royal district) is near current day Imlay in Pershing County. Prag Collection Lot# 4155 Reese River, Nevada 1863 Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86127 Bonita Gold & Silver Mining Company Tessora Ledge, Lander County, N.T. Lot# 4151 Prince Royal Mining District, Nevada 1863 Ragtown Gold (printed under logo). Inc. August 12th, & Silver Mining 1863. Dateline San Francisco, October Company Stock # 22nd, 1863. No. 32 issued for 10 shares 21 for 10 shares to to J Monroe. Signed by the president, S.D. Charles L Keller(?). Wolfe, and secretary, William Stanford. Signed by LC Not cancelled. Unusual vignette of mother eagle perched on the edge Pease and CW (?). of her nest and feeding baby eagles. Printed by Kenny & Alexander, SF. Dateline Humboldt olds, toning. ot in iler. isted in 18 3 angley as having an office at City 1864. 436 Jackson. Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86065 Incorpor at ed Aug. 31, 1863. Lot# 4156 Reese River, Nevada 1864 25c Warehouse Camargo Gold & Silver Mining revenue certificate. Company Stock # 40 for 3 shares to Not cancelled. Jno. J Williams. Signed by William Reynolds and president John W Location: Humboldt Lead, Prince Royal District, Humboldt County, N. T. Harker. Dateline San Francisco 1864. Incorporated October 26, 1863. Center vignette is miners hammering and shoveling in fancy frame. Two Not cancelled. Small 5c and 20 revenue stamps. 300,000 shares at 600 smaller vignettes on side. SH Wade printer, San Francisco. Has been shares for $500 each. Castle on hillside with horse riders and buildings heavily taper. Holes throughout. Prince Royal Canyon (Prince Royal on the hills. Britton Co printers. ne pin hole. old bottom left. district) is near current day Imlay in Pershing County. Prag Collection Extremely nice. Prag Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# 88124 Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86128 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 241

DAY 4 Sunday, January 27 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 4157 Reese River, Nevada 1863 Lot# 4162 Reese River, Nevada 1863 Cortez Gold and Silver Mining North Sonoma Gold and Silver Mining Company Stock # 104 for 50 Shares to Company Stock # 71 for 25 shares ohn Earl. Signed by R anBrund( ) and ( ) president. ateline San to William Dumphy. Signed by C Weyl Francisco 1863. Incorporated in April 1863. Not cancelled. 25c Power and president Hughes. Dateline San of Att’y revenue stamp. Red underprint ‘Lander County, N. T.’ Vignette Francisco 1863. Not cancelled. 25c Entry of Cortez and another of a tunnel at the bottom of a mountain. One of Goods revenue stamp. Underpringt pin hole. No edge, corner or discoloration issues. Prag Collection Est. $140,000. Location: Hartley Ledge (per 10th Annual Agricultural Fair in $400-700 HWAC# 88123 California), Reese River District, Lander Co., N. T. Sterett printer. Vertical and horizontal folds. Dog ear upper right. Very nice. The company sent Lot# 4158 Reese River, Nevada 1864 gold and silver samples to the 10 Annual Agricultural Fair in California. Friendship Gold and Silver Mining On November 4, 1863 the Reese Reveille River reported, “Some work has Company Stock Location (according to been done upon the North Sonoma of which Zadek is superintendent, the Reese River Reveille on May 5, 1864 and the prospects are considered flattering.” Prag Collection Est. $400- - ten days after the stock certificate was 700 HWAC# 86068 issued) was Clifton, Reese River, Lander County. # 87 for 13 shares to FJ Keys. Lot# 4163 Reese River, Nevada 1864 Signed by Jules Pache and George (?) Perseverance Gold and Silver Mining as president. Dateline Stockton 1864. Incorporated July 6, 1863. Not Company Stock # 159 for 10 shares to cancelled. No revenue stamp? Dog guarding bullion and allegorical SA Radcliff. Signed by SK Nichols and women vignettes. PL Shoaf printer. Shares $100 each. L Loustalot was president Isaac S Titus. Dateline Austin, the agent in Clifton. Dog ear lower left. Slightly wrinkled and stained N. T. 1864. (Rarer Austin Dateline) bottom center. verall, very fine. o information could be located at Incorporated December 10, 1863. Miner time of cataloging. Prag Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86073 using a pick vignette. Mountain Democrat print. Shares $100 each. Location: Warner & Wells Lode, Reese River District, Lander County, N. Lot# 4159 Reese River, Nevada 1863 T. Not cancelled. Cut roughly on left. Some staining on bottom. Cut corner Magenta Gold and Silver Ledge upper left. Overall nice. The president’s stocks were all delinquent by Company Stock # 69 for 10 shares September of 18 4. Must not have had too much confidence in his old to TJ Keys. Datelined Stockton 1864. company. Prag Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86075 Incorporated July 6, 1863. Signed by secretary elix epas and president SB Lot# 4164 Reese River, Nevada 1863 Mackenzie(?). A. Dotel of Clifton was Rough Ashlar Gold & Silver Mining the local agent. Located at Reese River, Company Stock # 18 for 50 shares to ander County. ld mill vignette. o printer. Bottom corners have small A. K. Stearns. Signed by Lawrence C issues. Cert stained on back. Not cancelled. The Magenta is not listed Owen and president FL Spring. Dateline in Browne, Stretch, Raymond, or Abbe. Prag Collection Est. $400-700 San Francisco 1863. Incorporated HWAC# 86072 September 21, 1863. Stearns must have been a big believer in the Reese River istrict. We know of at least five Lot# 4160 Reese River, Nevada other Reese River stocks he had purchased: Butte, elta, St. Mary’s, 1863 Minnehaha Gold and Silver Julia Hunter and Stearns. He was superintendent of the Stearns Gold & Mining Company Stock # 52 for 10 Silver mine. Owen was a professional mining secretary in San Francisco. shares to John Lenhart. Datelined San 25c Power of Att’y revenue stamp. Not cancelled. Location: Reese River Francisco 1863. Signed by secretary FM District, Lander County. Underpring $200,000. Reddish brown safety Truworthy and president John Cammet. paper. Eagle and American shield vignette. ranklin ffice, printer. Incorporated August 1863. Located at As described in the explanation of the irst egree Tracing Board, in Lander County, Reese River, N. T. Great Emulation and other Masonic rituals the rough ashlar is a stone as taken vignette of two miners coming out of two tunnels pushing barrows and directly from the quarry, and allegorically represents the Freemason ore carts. Small 5c Exchange Revenue stamp (20c may have fallen off). prior to his initiation a smooth ashlar (or “perfect ashlar”) is a stone Not cancelled. Staining on center right and left edges where it seems to that has been smoothed and dressed by the experienced stonemason, have been taped. One torn corner, small nick bottom left. Nice. Original and allegorically represents the Freemason who, through education trustees were Cammet, Truworthy, M Burke, William Murphy, and S and diligence, has learned the lessons of Freemasonry and who lives Donnelly. Incorporated on August 18, 1863. The September 18, 1863 an upstanding life. [wikipedia] Prag Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# Marysville Daily Appeal reported that suddenly the Minnehaha Ledge 86070 has suddenly been resurrected. Rock that used to fo for $2 to $20 per foot now yields at the rate of $585 silver and $41.75 in gold. Hundreds Lot# 4165 Reese River, Nevada 1864 of other ledges are sure to be resurrected in the same way not that Storm Cloud Silver Mining Company everyone is found to be rich! This stock was sold one month after that Stock # 20 for 50 shares to JW Hendrie. article that probably was reprinted in newspapers around California. Is Hendrie and Lockwood were partners that why this stock was purchased??? Prag Collection Est. $400-700 in the mercantile business and Hendrie HWAC# 86061 was a popular name. He arrived in San Francisco in 1854 and after massing a Lot# 4161 Reese River, Nevada considerable fortune went back home. [New York TImes, November 1866 New York and Lander Mining 26, 1900 obituary] Signed by HH McConghtry(?) and president William Company Bond First mortgage sinking D Cooke. Dateline San Francisco 1864. Incorporated January 1864. bond. # 181. Signed by Prentis Dow, WC Riggs and Thomas (?). Seven William B Cooke is president and W. B. Cooke is printer! Sailing ship coupons still attached. Very nice! Prag Collection Est. $200-500 HWAC# vignette. Not cancelled. 25c Power of Att’y revenue stamp. Location: 88113 Storm Cloud Ledge, Reese River District, Lander County, N. T. Small tear top right corner, otherwise in excellent condition. We found no reference to this mine. Prag Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86074 242 January 2019

DAY 4 Sunday, January 27 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 4166 Reese River, Nevada 1863 Lot# 4171 Reese River - Totowah Tunnel Company Stock VERY Big Creek, evada 18 4 EARLY # 5 for 25 shares to Charles Morning Call Silver Hosmer. Signed by HB Chambers and Mining Company Stock Charles Homen. Dateline San Francisco 38 fie 15 shares to 1863. Incorporated April 16th, 1863. HW Clark. Signed by Reese River District. Not cancelled. 25c Edward Quackenbush Warehouse revenue stamp. Red Native as secretary and no American vignette. Bottom right corner torn. Prag Collection Est. secretary. Dateline $400-700 HWAC# 86069 San Francisco 1864. Dateline January 26th, Lot# 4167 Reese River, Nevada 1863 1864. Not cancelled. Washington Gold and Silver Mining ocation: Wheeler Rogers edge o. , Big Creek. Mountain vignette. Company Stock # 126 for 13 shares Towne Bacon printer. Holed at fold intersections. Some staining at top to ES Davis. He was elected Lander vertical fold. No information on this mine found. Prag Collection Est. County recorder in 1863. He was also $400-700 HWAC# 86118 a member of the Society of Reese River Pioneers. Signed by MJ Newmark and Lot# 4172 Reese River - president William Lubett. Dateline San Francisco 1863. Incorporated Big Creek, evada 18 3 in April of 1863. Not cancelled. 25c Warehouse revenue stamp. George Seely Gold & Silver Washington vignette. Britton Co, printer. ocation: Reese River Mining Mining Company Stock District, Lander County, N. T. 2400 shares at $500 each! Lots of news # 100 for 11 shares to about assessments with this company, but no news about production in WD Messer. Signed by the Reese River Reveille. Prag Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86066 Henry S Brooks and president LH Parker. Lot# 4168 Reese River - Amador District, Nevada 1864 Naomi Gold and Dateline San Francisco 1863. Incorporated May Silver Mining Company Stock # 40 for 21st, 1863. 25c Protest 1 5 shares to Thomas B Patten. Signed revenue stamp. Side vignette is a mountain mining scene from mine by Thomas B Patton and president HW entrance to ore car to ore wagon. Smaller center vignette of a miner Bue. ateline Placerville (hand written), on the move. Towne Bacon printer. ocation: Seely edge, ander 1864. Incorporated March 9, 1864. Not County, N. T. Cut unevenly left. Rounded corner upper left. Dog ear right. cancelled. Location: Amador district, Blue safety paper. ice look. MA Wheeler was the superintendent. Prag ander County, . T. Shares and inside gold bars. Buswell Co printer. Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86120 Staining at top border and bottom right and left. Otherwise excellent. The original Amador district was found 6 miles north of Austin around Lot# 4173 Reese River - BSmoky New York Canyon. It would latter become part of the Reese River Valley, Nevada 1863 Antiquarian district. Prag Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86126 Silver Mining Company Stock Early umber 1 for 14 shares to A Bergson. Lot# 4169 Reese River - Big Creek, Nevada 1863 Adona Gold and Silver Signed by Epes Ellery and president Y Curtis. Dateline San Francisco Mining Company Stock # 172 for 13 1863. Incorporated July 18, 1863. 25c shares to William D Messer. Signed Insurance revenue stamp. Not cancelled. by M Allison Wheeler and Henry S Location: Smoky Valley District, Reese Brooke. ateline San rancisco 18 3. River, Lander County, Nevada Territory. Incorporated May 12th, 1863. 25c One foot to one share. Ripped arm with Certificate revenue stamp. ot cancelled. hammer and mining scene vignettes. Epes Ellery printer (as in the Location: Great Western Lode, Lander County, N. T. Larger side vignette secretary’s name!) He was a book seller and publisher and investor in of ore wagon on way to mill in mountains. Loomis vignette. Smaller evada mines. Antiquarian” is the perfect name for his mines! After center vignette is of steam train. Hand written: 6,000 feet @ 2 feet all he owned the Antiquarian Bookstore at 5 Montgomery in 18 3. to a share. Some wrinkles. Very nice condition with no edge, corner Discoloration. Nice. Prag Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# 84569 of pinhole issues. Staining on reverse that does not affect front. John Irvine of Canyon City, Big Creek was the superintendent. Mine seems Lot# 4174 Rochester, Nevada Nevada Milling & related to the Mansolana and Carolite as they appear in assessment Mining Co stock Mining stock from Lincoln Hill notices together. Prag Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86117 Milling and Mining Co and Rochester Hills Mining Co. in Rochester, NV: 1) 1,000 shares Lincoln Hill Lot# 4170 Reese River - Big Creek, Nevada 1863 Carolita Gold and Silver Milling and Mining Co., cert # 578. Incorp. in NV April 8, 1913, gold seal with grey border issued Mining Company Stock # 94 for 13 to Frank Forvilly. Located in Pershing County shares Charles Watrons. Signed by M and Rochester District Mining District. Vignette Allison Wheeler and president and of Abraham Lincoln. Signed by Fred W. Kittle, William H Sherry. Dateline San Francisco resident agent. 2) 1,000 shares Rochester Hills 1863. Incorporated May 12, 1863. 25c Mining Co. cert. 1634. Incorp. Jan 10, 1913, Certificate revenue stamp. ocation of raised company seal . Issued to R.G. Gusler. mines Leviathon Ledge, Lander County, N. T. Native American vignette, Signed by G.H. Coats, secy. and A.A. Todd, pres. on Towne Bacon printer. An article in the Reese River Reveille for July 1, 1915. Located in Humboldt Co, Rochester Mining District, 20 assessment was with the Manualana and Adona mining companies. (Both in this auction.) Prag collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86119 miles northeast of ovelock on Southern Pacific railroad line. amed Rochester because of the pioneers who have come from Rochester, NY in early 1860’s. Prag collection. Est. $100-150 HWAC# 88400 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 243

DAY 4 Sunday, January 27 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 4175 Rosebud, Nevada 1907 Lot# 4179 Star Nevada Lite New Golden Triangle District, Nevada Mining Co. Stock Cert. Number #159. 1862 American Issued for 1,000 shares on May 29th, Basin Gold and 1907. To HW Laurence (related to the Silver Company treasurer). Signed by secretary Ed (Early Version) Copley and president George W. Morgan This mine was No vignette, but gold seal. Uncancelled. located very early Two light vertical folds. One wavy fold on June 12, 1861. to left of seal. No dog ears, edge issues, No incorporation discoloration, rips of tears. The Mining date and datelined and Engineering World, June 22, 1907, p 794 reports, “The...Golden Virginia City, N. T. Triangle Mining Company owns a group of four claims through which November 15, 1862. # 49 for 1 share to Isaac Richardson. Signed by AM traverse two parallel veins; the easterly one showing a width of 10 feet. Briggs and president Schneider. ot cancelled. o vignette. o printer. The other vein is over 30 ft wide. In a crosscut tunnel now in 30 ft and Vertical tape the entire length down the center. Some discoloration and at a depth only 12 ft below the surface there is 3 ft of ore from which one dog year. Plain. In October of 1862 the San Francisco Call reported 10 samples were taken showing an average of $42.34. The company that the American Basin mine of Star istrict in Humboldt County had is a Salt Lake organization with George W Morgan president, Thomas sent a small quantity of silver ore for assay. 100 pounds of ore yielded Marionaeaux vice president, Ed Copley secretary, George N Lawrence a silver brick weighing 15.10 ounces, .98 fine worth $19. 5. ther treasurer, WF Calloway RM Crocker and HT Abstein directors. HT nicer specimens have been received from nearby ledges. The ledges Abstein is general manager and Capt. Case is consulting engineer. Est. are named the Sheba, Ben ranklin, Alamo, Homer, Yellow acket and $50-75 HWAC# 57426 Honey Bee. (Which are also printed on the stock certificate.) The article states that this area is destined to rival the silver field in the vicinity of Lot# 4176 Seco, Elko County, Nevada 1911 Two irginia City. In 18 3 American Basin stock was selling in irginia City. Del Monte Consolidated Stocks with Photo Located on the east slope of the northern Humboldt Range, generally Vignette (2 count) Lot of two. Incorporated in between Tehama Canyon and Coyote Canyon. The original Star district the Territory of Arizona. No. 94 and 402, issued was confined to the region drained by Star Canyon. Prag Collection Est. for 17,800 and 3200 shares at Seco, Nevada in $500-1000 HWAC# 86130 August, 1911. Fantastic photographic vignette of the obscure Seco train station in north-eastern Nevada. Outbuildings, headframe, the water Lot# 4180 Star District, Nevada 1861 tower and the sign which reads “Seco” pictured. (1863) American Basin Gold and Silver Seco, Nevada a.k.a. 10-Mile was one of the original Mining Company (Later Version) This Promentory train stations built in 1869. Crofutt’s mine was located very early on June ew verland Tourist and Pacific Coast uide 12, 1861. Incorporated March 11, 1863 describes Seco as “a side track of no account- as and datelined Virginia, N. T. 1863. 920 all is sagebrush”. ust west of the Utah border, Seco was located 7 miles for 10 shares to SC Hayden. Signed by from Kelton or Indian Creek. The location of Seco never had a post office AM Briggs and president Schneider. and is not listed in Paher. This company is not listed in the 1910 or 1918 25c Power of Att’y revenue stamp. Not cancelled. Eagle vignette. also Copper or Mines Handbooks. We have no specific information about the portrait of unknown man. Britton Co printer. n dog ear and one pin Del Monte Mining and Reduction Company and its operations. Heavy hole. Very nice cert. In October of 1862 the San Francisco Call reported vertical folds with rips at edges. Other edge condition issues. Est. $80- that the American Basin mine of Star istrict in Humboldt County had 200 HWAC# 62239 sent a small quantity of silver ore for assay. 100 pounds of ore yielded a silver brick weighing 15.10 ounces, .98 fine worth $19. 5. ther Lot# 4177 Shoshone District, Nevada nicer specimens have been received from nearby ledges. The ledges 1876 Stock Broker Silver Mining are named the Sheba, Ben ranklin, Alamo, Homer, Yellow acket and Company Stock # 100 for 50 shares Honey Bee. (Which are also printed on the stock certificate.) The article to trustee C Benham. ateline San rancisco 187 . Incorporated states that this area is destined to rival the silver field in the vicinity of October 23, 1875. Small vignette of miner with pick. Location of works: irginia City. In 18 3 American Basin stock was selling in irginia City. Shoshone District. The Shoshone District was located between Swallow Located on the east slope of the northern Humboldt Range, generally and Minerva Canyons on the western slope of the southern Snake between Tehama Canyon and Coyote Canyon. The original Star district Range, south of Wheeler Peak. The district adjoins the Lincoln district was confined to the region drained by Star Canyon. Prag Collection Est. on the south. [Mining Districts of Nevada by Tingley] Poor condition. $500-1000 HWAC# 86129 Please see photo. Although the condition is poor; the rarity is high. This is a rare chance to own this certificate. The United States Annual Lot# 4181 Star District, Nevada 1863 Mining Review and Stock Ledger of 1879 lists this company, but has no Gov. Bigler Gold and Silver Mining activity listed. President Mc onald, secretary H Bogart. Trustees Company Stock Location: Star District, include Mc onald, A Shrader, M ichell, Bogart, and H Raymond. ne Humboldt County, Nevada Territory. assessment levied in 1876. umber fo feet 6,000. Prag Collection Est. This territorial stock certificate has a lot $100-200 HWAC# 88116 going for it. First, it was issued on Feb. 23, 1863, pre-Nevada statehood. Second, Lot# 4178 Spanish Belt, evada 1877 it is signed by ohn Bigler, who was the third governor of California and Rare Liguria Gold & Silver Mining the namesake of ake Bigler (which became ake Tahoe). He was the Stock #184 I/U in 1877 25 shares. first to serve two consecutive terms. uring his time in office (185 - Mine located in Spanish Belt Mining 1856), he moved the capitol to Sacramento and a branch mint was District, Nye County, NV. 3 vertical and 1 opened in San rancisco. Signed on back by William Bigler. William was horizontal folds. Est. $120-200 HWAC# John’s brother and Governor of Pennsylvania from 1852 to 1855. Issued 79335 to S Byers o. , for 10 shares. ignette of ohn Bigler at left. eo. H. Baker printer, San rancisco. Uncancelled. 4” x 9”. Prag Collection Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86131 244 January 2019

DAY 4 Sunday, January 27 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 4182 Star Lot# 4187 Tonopah, Nevada 3 Mining District, Nevada stocks / 1 Railroad stock 3 Mining and 1864 North 1 Railroad stock: 1) Unissued Tonopah Gold and Silver and oldfield Railroad Company - 100 Mining Company shares, cert. # 246. Printed: American # 18 for 1 share to Bank ote Co, Phila. Printed: American Stockdale. Signed Bank ote Co. Phila. Class II railroad ran by (names faded). 100 miles in Nevada between Mina and Dateline 1864 oldfield over the Excelsior Mountains San Francisco. from 1905 until 1947. 2) 100 shares of Mizpah Extension Co of Tonopah, Inco r po r at e d cert. #7544, dated May 9, 1913 issued to Samuel F. Scattergood, gold May of 1863. 2c seal, Mines at Tonopah, Nye Co., NV. Imprinted company gold seal. Bank Check blue Gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada . Printed: Hoskins, stamp. ot cancelled. 1 foot to a share. ocation: Ben ranklin ode, Phila. 3) 4 0 shares of im Butler Mining Co, cert. A178 l dated an Star istrict, evada Territory. Mill and mine vignette. Buswell Co 3, 19 5 issued to ames W. Rusling, im Butler Tonopah Mining Co. - a printer. Nicks on edges. Two small holes. Corners rounded. Located silver mine located in Nye county, NV. Printed: Franklin Lee Division on the east slope of the northern Humboldt Range, generally between - American Bank ote. 4) 1,000 shares of Tonopah Mining Company Tehama Canyon and Coyote Canyon. The original Star district was of Nevada, cert. #65794, dated February 29, 2956, issues to Norman E. confined to the region drained by Star Canyon. Prag Collection Est. Bengston Margaret S. Bengston. Signed by W B Hudson, Registration $400-700 HWAC# 86133 officer and . Hickee, Assistant Treasurer. Stock power form on back with instructions for transfer with two adhesive RN stamps. Incorporated on uly 1 , 1901. Printed: Security Bank ote Co. Phila. Est. $120-150 Lot# 4183 Star District, HWAC# 86558 Nevada 1863 Ruby Gold and Silver Mining Company Lot# 4188 Tonopah, Nevada 1920 Death Stock # 99 for 5 shares to alley Talc efining anufacturing EW Pratt. Signed by William Co. Stock Certificate Vignette of H Martin and president Eagle with E. Pluribus Unum ribbon DQ Pipen(?). Dateline San and perched on American flag. rnate Francisco 1863. Incorporated border. Slight creases due to folding and Feb. 19th, 1863. 5c small one small stain on bottom left of cert. 9” revenue stamp. Not cancelled. x 11.5”. Huge talc deposit located three perates on the Sally Wilson and Yay lower uart odes, Pacific miles from the Paddy Pride. Est. $80- Tunneling Company. Allegorical vignette. Valentine & Co printer. 200 HWAC# 51542 Discoloration and wrinkles. Fair condition. Original trustees were William P Denkis, John Q Piper, CD Elliott, H Moore and AC Gay. In 1865 Lot# 4189 Tonopah, they were being called to court to settle a $1 fee they owed Britton Co Nevada The Tonopah of Austin. We assume that with such a small amount, the company was Copper Mining and either on the brink of bankruptcy or no longer extant. Prag Collection illing Co. Certificate Est. $400-700 HWAC# 86132 Rare, issued 1905. Has folds, tears and missing Lot# 4184 Storey County, Nevada Piety lower right corner. Signed by president Hill Gold and Silver Mining Co 5 shares Mc ow. Sold as is. 8. 5” of Piety Hill Gold and Silver Mining Co., x 11. 5”. Est. $100- cert #183 issued Sept. 29, 1880, signed 200 HWAC# 52846 by Herman Carl, pres. and Babcock, secy. Rare New York company operating Comstock mine. Underprint and vignette of women. Incorp. April, 1889. Located: Virginia Mining District, Storey Co., NV. Prag Collection. Est. Lot# 4190 Tonopah, $100-200 HWAC# 86527 Nevada Tonopah Lot# 4185 Storey County, Nevada Mining Co. Stock Shares and More Sapphire Silver Mining Co 50 shares Tonopah Mining of Sapphire Silver Mining Co., cert # 140, Company of Nevada: incorp., May, 1872 in Storey County, NV, three from 1951, signed Leyman, secy. and E. Rail, pres., cancelled; 1964, Adhesive RN stamp. Printed: Lith. Britton Rey, S. . Prag collection. Est. cancelled; 1967, $100-200 HWAC# 86538 cancelled; two from 1969, canceled; four Lot# 4186 Storey County, Nevada voided and unissued; Woodville Consolidated Silver Mining one Alto Divide Mining Co., unissued. Beautiful vignettes all. Est. $120-200 HWAC# Co 50 shares of Woodville consolidated 57827 Silver Mining Co, cert. # 7786 issued May 19, 1876 to Page Wilson and Co Trs. Located in Gold Hill Mining District, Storey County, NV. Incorp. Jan 14, 1875. Assessment notice on back. Printed: A. . Bancroft Co., ith., S. . Prag collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86547 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 245

DAY 4 Sunday, January 27 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 4191 Tonopah, Nevada Tonopah Lot# 4196 Tuscarona District, Elko ining stock certificates 4 Mining County, NV, Nevada Tuscarora Mill stocks from Tonopah, NV. 1) 100 & Mining Company 100 shares of shares of Golden Anchor Mining Co. Tuscarora Mill & Mining Company, cert. cert #A3880 issued to George W. Likens 709 issued Sept 3, 1878, signed by B. dated, registered and countersigned Nov Laude, pres., M.E. Sperling, secy . Incorp. 19, 1906. Green seal, ink and border. Sept 15, 1877. Located in Tuscarora Vignette of seated women holding District, Elko county, NV. In 1876 a bonanza was found in Tuscarora, wreath. Incorp. Territory of AZ, mine richest vein in the area. Over the next year, a lot of mining machines in Tonopah, . Printed: Republic Bank ote Co. ) 100 shares im and miners came to work there. By the following year it became a Butler Tonopah Mining Co cert 900 issued to Clara Bromberg on an booming mining town with almost 5000 people. Production more than 3, 1917. Registered Jan 4, 1917. Orange seal, ink. Vignette of working doubled making it the largest mining district in northern Nevada. At minors. Incorp. Delaware, mine located Tonopah. Printed: American its’ largest production period it had a post office, numerous restaurants Bank ote Co., Phila. 3) 100 shares Tonopah Extension Mining Co cert and saloons, a number of churches, public schools, a private school, 4471 issued to .W. Sparks Co. Signed M.R. Ward, pres. . Benham, two newspapers, ballroom and ballet dancing academies, Independent secy. Dated and countersigned May 25, 1917. Incorp. Arizona, mine Order of Good and Odd Fellow Templars and the lodges of the Masons. located Tonopah, NV. Grey border on blue paper. 4)100 shares Silver During full production there were over 10 silver mines and six mills that Glance Mining Co of Nevada cert #534 issued to Rhodes Siukler & processed ore. Between years of 1878 and 1884 silver bullion worth Butcher on April 3, 1907 signed Sheldon, secy . Incorp South akota millions of dollars was mined annually. Printed: Bacon Company. March 1906, mine located Tonopah, NV. Gold seal, Three vignettes Prag collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86543 of working miners. Printed: Nevada Press, Carson City 3355. Prag collection. Est. $100-120 HWAC# 88433 Lot# 4197 Tuscarora, Nevada 1879 Standard Mining Company - Signed by Lot# 4192 Tonopah, Nevada Tonopah Borax Smith # 201 for 40 shares. Signed mining Stocks (5 count) Five cancelled by president F. M. Smith. This signature looks like Francis Marian Tonopah stocks: three The Montana-Tonopah Smith, or Borax Smith as he is more commonly known. Also signed Mines Co., 1912, 1914 and 1923; West End by McGeoghegan. Not cancelled. Top third plagued with blue coloring. Extension Mining Co., 1927; Divide Extension American soldier with flag vignette. Incorporated uly of 1879. Prag Consolidated Mines Co., 1934; also included- Collection Est. $100-250 HWAC# 88115 -uncancelled: Cash Boy Consolidated Mining Co, 1915; New Tonopah Dividend Mining Co., Lot# 4198 Tuscarora Dist, Elko, County, 19 7 iberty Bell Mines co., 1919. Est. $80- Nevada Yankee Blade Mill & Mining 150 HWAC# 57825 Co 100 shares of Yankee Blade Mill Mining Co. cert. #24 issued Dec. 5, 1877 signed by Alex Dewey, pres, and Char C. Lot# 4193 Tonopah, Nevada Tonopah Morae, secty. issued to Thomas Allison, trustee. Printed: ith, Britton, Rey Mining Stocks, (11 count) Eleven Co., S.F. Prag collection. Est. $100-200 stocks from 1912-1926: Halifax Tonopah HWAC# 86545 Mining Co., 1912; two Tonopah North Star Tunnel and Development Co. 1913 Lot# 4199 Tuscarora District, Nevada and 1919; Grimes Divide Mining Co., Melrose Gold & Silver Mining Co. 100 1919--cancelled; High Divide Extension shares of Melrose Gold & Silver Mining Mining Co., 1919; Wilson Divide Co. cert. # 119 issued to Saul. M. Mearz, Mining Co., 1919; two Tonopah Divide trustee on April 3, 1878 signed by Mining Co., 1929, both cancelled; High Saul M. Mearz, secy and P. L. Weumz, Divide Mining Co., 1923, cancelled; Spearhead Gold Mining Co., 1926; pres. Located in Tuscarora District, NV. Reorgani ed Belcher ivide Mining Co., 19 1, cancelled . Est. $100- Incorp. March, 1878. Printed: A.J. Leary, SF. Prag collection. Est. $100- 180 HWAC# 57824 200 HWAC# 86509 Lot# 4194 Tonopah, Nevada Verdi Development and Eureka, NV Stocks Lot# 4200 Tuscarora, Elko County, Nevada Silver Prize G. & S. M. Co 100 ive stock certificates from the erdi shares of capital stock of Silver Prize G. Development Company. Numbers # & S. M. Co, number 990 issued January 2399, 2577, 2691 are in blue. # 10394 15, 1878, signed by Clark, secy issued and 7325 are in orange. Great condition. to Wattles Burton, trustee. ocated Blue signed by HC Bailie and A Parker. Tuscarora, Elko County, NV incorporated Orange signed by Jene Ashly, Clifford July, 1878. Assessment stamp on back. Placer gold was discovered in Gillespie, JC Withers, and (?). 1) Ruby Hill the Tuscarora district in 1867 and production from silver- gold lode Tunnel and Mining Company, unissued, yellow. 2-3) Eureka Smelting & deposits began in 1876. Prag collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86553 Mining Company. 1923. Signed by Charles Sigeson and George Wilson. 4) Eureka Company #10544 for 1,000 shares to Lloyd Galatoire in 1957. Lot# 4201 Unionville, Nevada 1920- 5) Eureka Tunnel Consolidated Mining Co., no. 123 for 85 shares. (Prag 21 ining Stocks of nion ille Area collection) Est. $80-150 HWAC# 571617 Unionville, Pershing County stocks: Lot# 4195 Treasure City, Nevada 1874 Silver Reef Mining Company; Arizona Original Hidden Treasure Mining Extension Silver Mines Company; 5 Consolidated Silvers, Inc. one of these Company Lot of two. # 4534 for 70 is hole and stamp cancelled. (Prag shares to Thomas O’Connor trustee. Signed by president Pinkham and Collection) Est. $50-120 HWAC# 31567 David A Jennings. Heavily soiled. Large crease upper left. 2) Unissued. # 4867. Excellent condition. A rare pair! This stock was heavily traded from 18 9 to 1874. apias im, a Shoshone Indian” showed white men the location of this mine. Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 88110 246 January 2019

DAY 4 Sunday, January 27 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 4202 Virginia, Nevada 1867 Lot# 4207 Virginia City, Nevada 1866 (1860) Sierra Nevada Silver Great Republic Gold & Silver Mining Mining Company Stock This mining company was incorporated when Company Bond A Great Display Piece! the Comstock Fabulous Condition! English investment was still part in Nevada’s mining post Civil War! First of the Utah Mortgage Bonds on all Property of the T errit ory . Great Republic Gold & Silver Mining Co. Incorporation Ornate green border with black print. date was July Certificate o. 488, which promises to 6, 1860. Very repay the bearer fifty pounds sterling. Eleven attached coupons worth Early! Number 1 pound and fifteen shillings sterling each, with redemption dates from 2288 for ten an 1874 to uly, 1879. ignette of allegorical woman with eagle, flag, shares to John and U.S. Capitol in the background at center top; Queen Victoria at C MacKenzie. lower right; Abraham Lincoln at lower left, and smelting machinery at D at e li ne d center bottom. This first mortgage bond paid 7 Per Cent, with principal San Francisco payable on uly 5th, 1873. Printed by the Continental Bank ote Co., 18 . Signed by ohn M Burnett and president pro tem Thomas H Holt. New York. Although this company reputedly operated several gold and 5c Power of Att’y Revenue stamp. Printed by Towne Bacon. o silver mines in evada, their location could not be verified. 15.5 x 13”. cancelled. Holes on left side, bottom is ragged. Still a very special stock Est. $200-400 HWAC# 55074 certificate whose date of incorporation will remain one of the earliest! Original trustees were TJ Andrews, JD WIlson, Joseph Lambert, George Lot# 4203 Virginia City, Nevada 1875 O Whitney and William M Stewart. Stewart would become the most Andes Silver Mining Company - GT influential citi en as lawyer for most of the major mining companies Brown Lithographer Incorporated on the Comstock. The Daily Alta California of July 13, 1860 lists the under the laws of the State of California. Certificate 3974, issued to following Comstock mining companies as the earliest to incorporate rankel Block, Trustees in 1875 for 0 shares. Signed by e.( oe. ) S. in San rancisco: Washoe, Chollar, phir, Buckeye, ould Curry, Dodge as President and M Landers as Secretary. Company logo with all Scorpion, Yankee Silver and Sierra Nevada. Many others are active, initials in a circle middle left. No Vignette. No seal noted. Crème paper according to the paper, but have not yet incorporated! Prag collection with black ornate border and black print. “ irginia Mining istrict” Est. $500-1000 HWAC# 86059 to the left of name and “Storey County, evada” to the right of name. Printer: ith .T. Brown Co. S. . ne of the first, if not the first African American printer in the western U.S. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 88112 Lot# 4208 Virginia City, Nevada The Comstock Tunnel Company Bond $500 Lot# 4204 Virginia City, Bond, State of ew York, small black ink stain Nevada 1915 Comstock on the bottom. Many attached coupons. Est. Tunnel Stock Framed $100-150 HWAC# 50006 Comstock Tunnel stock, #30601 i/u Herbert Carlebach, signed by president Falconer. Successor to Sutro Tunnel. Frame has wear. Est. $150-250 HWAC# 76820 Lot# 4209 Virginia City, Nevada tah Consolidated ining Co. 100 shares of UTAH Consolidated Mining Company stock, number 6597 issued Lot# 4205 Virginia City, Nevada to Juo. Turnbull Jr. on September 29, HiaryAnn Gold & Silver Mining Co 1891, signed in San Francisco, CA. by of 100 shares of Hiary Inn Gold & H. Havenz, president and A.H. Tush, Silver Mining Company of NV cert #44. secretary. Incorporated January 26, 1887. Located in Comstock Ledge, issued February 12, 1875 to George irginia City, . Beige paper with black border and ink. Printed by Senf, Trustee. Incorp. January 7, 1875. ith. Britton Rey, S. . Prag collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86501 Located in Virginia City, NV Mining District, Signed by J.S. Kanuni, pres. and oseph rus , secy. Printed by: ith Britton, Rey Co. S. . Prag Lot# 4210 Virginia City, Storey Co., collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86511 Nevada Vermont Consolidated Mining Co 100 shares of Vermont Consolidated Lot# 4206 Virginia City, Nevada Mining Co. cert. #259, dated August 20, Original Keystone Silver Mining Co 1878. Incorp. August 1, 1876, location 10 shares of the Original Keystone Silver Virginia City, Storey Co. NV. Assessment Mining Company number 421 incorp stamp on back dated January 29, 1879. August 7, 1877 issued and signed as Printed: ith. Britton, Rey Co. .Y. Prag collection. Est. $100-200 president to Joseph E. Smiley, Trustee. HWAC# 86510 G.C. Pratt signed as secretary on January 12, 1878 in San Francisco. Mine located in Comstock Ledge Virginia, Lot# 4211 Virginia Mining District, NV in the Virginia Mining District, Storey Co., NV. Stamps on back from Nevada Potos Mining Company 5 paid assessments 1 - 4. Unusual vignette on left of two horses on hind shares of Potosi Mining Company cert. legs and motto “ iberty, irtue, Independence.” Black ink and border. 1 95 issued to ames Coffin, trustee Printed: ith Britton, Rey Co, 8 . Prag collection. Est. $100-200 on June 19, 1879. Incorporated March HWAC# 86504 31, 1879. Located Virginia Mining Dist. Storey Co., NV. Assessment stamps 1 - 8 on back. Printed: A. J. Leary, S.E. Prag collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86532 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 247

DAY 4 Sunday, January 27 Mining / Stock Certificates Lot# 4212 Virginia Mining Lot# 4216 Wonder, District, Storey Co., Nevada Nevada Wonder, NV Empire State Silver ining certificates 4 Mining Co. 100 shares stock certificates from Empire State Silver Mining Wonder, NV mines in Co., cert no. 133 dated Churchill, County, NV November 22, 1878 issued and NV Department of to Joseph E. Smiley, Jr. Conservation and Natural signed T. T. Stewart, secty Resources & U.S. G.S. and Joseph E. Sussily, pres. Vignette 2 women with scale, staff, eagle, books. 1) Unissued middle has shield with ships. Incorp. November 11, 1878. Located Hercules Wonder Mining Virginia Mining District, Storey, Co., NV. Printed: H.S. Crocker & Co. S.F. Co., oldfield, cert Prag collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86520 #854. Incorp. in NV. Green seal and border, vignette with eagle feeding Lot# 4213 Weepah, Nevada Weepah babies. 2) 500 shares of Monnette Wonder Mining Hill Mining Co Unissued shares of Co. cert. #141. Incorp. in Weepah Hill Mining Co, cert #160. Gold NV in 1907. Gold seal. 3 seal and border. 3 vignette: 2 with vignettes: 2 miners working outdoors. 1 miner working underground. miners working in mine and 1 rolling hillside. Inc. April 19, 1927 in NV. “ Signed M.J. Monette, pres. on May 27, 1907 printed: Nevada Press, Carson City GOES. 3) 100 shares Nevada Greenback Wonder Mining Historic Mining Camps of NV - Weepah Co cert. 11 0. Incorp. in . old seal. Issued to Blanche E. Partridge, 7” written and signed by Hugh A. dated Nov. 13, 1907. 3 Vignettes: 2 miners working in center shows Shamberger. NV Dept. of Conservation & Natural Resources & USGS. mine in mountains. Printed: GOES. 4) 300 shares of Victor-Wonder Weepah, was known as “last gold rush” in the west. old discovered Mining Co cert 119 in oldfields, . Incorp. in , May 31, 1907. in 19 7. The first assayed nugget assayed at thousands of dollars per Issued to H.W. Stoddard, issued July 18, 1908. Raised company ton, turned out to be low grade. In 1934 Weepah Mining Co invested to seal, range border. Printed: The Broun- reen Co. .Y. ept. of start 1st open put gold mine in . By late in the 1930’s mine operated Conservation and Natural Resources & USGS “Historic Mining Camps sporadically and town became a ghost town. Printed: A. Carlisle & Co. of Wonder” by Hugh A. Shamberger, 1974. Prag collection. Est. S.F. GOES591. Prag collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 88402 $240-350 HWAC# 88401 Lot# 4214 White Pine Co, Nevada South Paymaster Mining Co 50 shares Lot# 4217 , Nevada e ada iscellaneous stock certificates 6 Misc. of South Paymaster Mining Co, cert. #4 NV Mining District issued to Buy . eau on May 10, 187 . stock certificates: Incorp. May 1, 1876, in Ward District, 1) 100 shares of White Pine Co., NV. Signed by Mark A. Eastern Star Mining Shepard, pres and Lytlleton Price, secy. Co Treasury Stock Printed: e Court Bros., S. . Prag collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# cert #927 issued 86550 to Alfre Hardeman dated Aug 2, 1913, Lot# 4215 White Pine Mining District, gold seal signed Lander County, Nevada 1869 Phil Geo Pellom pres., L. Sheridan ining Company Stock of G. Campbell, secy. 3 Sheridan stocks in this auction # 26 for 1 share to ET Farrell. Signed Vignette of miner. by Solon Pattee (secretary of many Nevada mining stocks) and president Assigned Jan 1, 1920 HP Wakelee(?) president. Dateline San Francisco 1869. Incorporated Incorp. in NV. 2) ebruary 18 9. ot cancelled. 5c Certificate revenue stamp. vignette 1,000 shares Black is of horse soldier - presumably eneral Sheridan. Printed by Britton warrior Mines, Inc & Rey. Seems to have been torn in half and professionally repaired. cert #357 issued to The White Pine District is the Treasure Hill / Hamilton area of White William Rickstein Pine County. However in February this area was still part of Lander signed Jan 3, 1929 COunty. In March White Pine County would be created. Philip Henry signed rank Bibby, ice Pres. old seal, ignette of mining and Sheridan was a career United States Army officer and a Union general workings. Printed Stebb’s - Printers-1246 S. Main Stt L.A. GOES 93- in the American Civil War. His career was noted for his rapid rise to 1 . 3) Trustee’ Certificate for 300 shares of old Circle Consolidated major general and his close association with General-in-chief Ulysses S. Mines in Boston, MA cert 4157 issued to ackson Curtes on ctober Grant, who transferred Sheridan from command of an infantry division 3, 193 . Signed Charles E. olley, Asst. treas. Brown border, ink and in the Western Theater to lead the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the paper. Printed: George H. Ellis Co. Treasury Stock of 3,683 shares of Potomac in the East. In 1864, he defeated Confederate forces under Kansas City - Nevada Consolidated mines Co #240 issued to Mary L. General Jubal Early in the Shenandoah Valley and his destruction Coburn with 4 adhesive RN stamps. Printed: George Ferguson Co. Litho of the economic infrastructure of the alley, called “The Burning” by K.C. MG. 4) Cancelled 200 shares of Ruby Hill Tunnel and Mining Co. residents, was one of the first uses of scorched earth tactics in the war. located in Eureka, NV issued to C. L Roof dated March 15, 1883 signed In 1865, his cavalry pursued Gen. Robert E. Lee and was instrumental in Henry K. Mitchell, pres. 5) 2500 shares Of Nevada Sandard Mininng forcing his surrender at Appomattox. Sheridan fought in later years in Corp, cert #2 issued to James M. Lockhart on Feb 21, 1928. signed J. the Indian Wars of the reat Plains. Both as a soldier and private citi en, Hury oorlurars. pres. ffice in Ely, Y Incorp. evada. Three vignettes: he was instrumental in the development and protection of Yellowstone 2 of working miners and one of mine in valley. Gold seal. Printed GOES National Park. In 1883, Sheridan was appointed general-in-chief of the 51. Prag collection Est. $200-300 HWAC# 88418 U.S. Army, and in 1888 he was promoted to the rank of General of the Army during the term of President Grover Cleveland. Prag Collection Est. $100-300 HWAC# 88127 248 January 2019