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100. Advertising. Canning Jar Ads. Lot of 3 pcs. 1) 

Colored ad for Ball Mason Jars, announcing that the cold pack 

(jar cooked) method (of canning) Preserves Fruits, Meats and 

Vebetables. Coupon at bottom to fill out and send in for canning 

recipes. Reverse has directions for home canning with time 

tables. 6 x 10, corner missing, small tears and foxing. 2) Another 

Ball Mason Jar ad showing different types of jars. Reverse had 

directions for home canning with time tables. Orange border, 6 x 

10”, fold and chips missing. 3) Royal Desserts Recipes booklet, 

22 pgs. Colored picture of Ginger Rogers on the cover, and 

colored pictures of desserts inside, with many recipes. 3 x 5.” 

VF. Est. $40-80 

101. Advertising. Children’s Materials. Lot of 4 pcs. 1) 

1910 Comford Calendar cover with illustration of morther and 

child. 5 x 7. 2) Our Little People, May 1902 issue, fold-over 

brochure with a lesson story inside, titled “Paul at Antioch in 

Pisidia.” 3) Buster Brown illustrated postcard, 1906, with 

picture of Buster Brown and smiling dog on the front. 4) 

Perfection Oil, The Tank Wagon Oil, brochure with sleeping child 

illustration. “The Perfect Light.” 3 x 6.” Est. $30-50 

102. Advertising. Choice Advertising Pieces, c. 1900. Lot 

of 4 pces. 1) R.M. Hughes & Co. High Grade Vinegar & Cider 

billheaded from Louisville, KY, dated 1905. 2) Early phonograph 

instruction sheet with illustration and directions on how to 

operate. 5 x 7,” very soiled, foxing, one torn edge. 3) Writing 

tablet cover with photo of Nathaniel Hawthorne and his house 

(“The Old Manse”). 4) Sears Roebuck and Co. shipping invoice, 

datelined Chicago, 1902. 8.5 x 12.” Folded, light blue paper 

with blue ink handwriting. Est. $50-100 

103. Advertising. Gardner & Co. Sales Boards Letter, 

1936. Letterhead lists the company as the world’s largest 

manufacturers of Sales Boards. And from content of letter, 

manufacturers of business cards as well. “Build Your Business 

With Gardner’s Business Builders.” 3 branches, located in 

Philadelphia, Chicago and San Francisco. Letter disclaims any 

responsibility for some of their cards sold through a Mr. Baker. 

8.5 x 11. Colored letterhead, navy blue border on left margin. 

XF. Est. $30-60 

104. Advertising. Ladies’ Products Advertisements. 

Lot of 5 pcs. 1) Pillsbury’ Best Breakfrast Food ad “For the 

Woman Who Thinks.” Fold over, Tear along fold, small tears, 

5 x 7; 2) Miss Modelle Miller’s ad for Lily Bouquet for the 

complexion, blue paper, fold-over, 4 x 6. Edges very ragged; 3) 

Ladies’ Note-Book and Calendar, pocket-size, compliments of 

World’s Dispensary Medical Assoc. of Buffalo, NY. 32 pages 

with descriptions of ladies’ diseases and testimonials, plus blank 

pages for writing notes; 4) The Larkin Idea, June 1925 “Picnic 

Number” issue. Ladies’ publication for Larkin Club members 

(something like Avon sales group) 5 x 8, 32 pgs. 5) American 

Magazine fold-out brochure advertising subscription renewal. 

Photos, black print on white paper with red accents. 6 x 9 folded. 

Est. $25-50 

105. Advertising. St. Louis. Martha Francis Perfumes 

Brochure and Letters, 1901. Lot of 4 pieces. 1) Martha Francis 

Perfumes brochure, 3-fold, blue paper. Lists company as located 

in St. Louis, Mo. 2-3) 2 Letters on Martha Francis Co. letterhead 

with vignette of a cabin on a lake, both addressed to Mrs. Mollie 

Minnick of Lock Springs, MO, and both dated 1901. 8.5 x 11.” 

4) Document listing”Confidential Inducements to Beginners”- 

-consisting of a list of special offers for sales ladies beginning 

work with the company. 8.5 x 11.” Est. $75-150 

106. Alabama. Mining. Alabama Mining Bulletins. Lot of 

3 early bulletins. 1) Index to the Mineral Resources of Alabama, 

by Eugene A. Smith & Henry McCalley, 1904, with map and 

illustrations. Published by the Geological Survey of Alabama. 

79 pgs, paper cover. 6 x 9. 2) Gold Deposits of Alabma and 

Occurrences of Copper, Pyrite, Arsenic and Tin, by George I. 

Adams, 1930. Geol. Sur. Of alabama. 91 pgs. 6 x 9. 3) Index to 

The Minerals and Rocks of Alabama, by Hugh D. Pallister, 1955. 

55 pgs. 6 x 9. Est. $75-150 

107. Alaska. Canoe Paperweight/Ashtray with Alaska 

State Seal. Canoe is dark brass with a copper shield on the side 

in which is an embossed Alaska seal. About 6” long,about one 

inch tall. Est. $100-200 

108. Alaska. Elliott Creek. Hubbard-Elliott Copper 

Company certs issued 1915. Seven orange Hubbard-Elliott 

certs, all with a unique mining vignette of an open stope at the 

surface of the company’s Elizabeth mine. Issued and uncancelled. 

See Copper Handbook, 1916 for the story of this copper producer 

in Alaska. Est. $150-250 

109 No Lot. 

110. No Lot. 

111. No Lot. 

112. Alaska. Mining. Alaska Mining Stocks. Lot of 5. 

Proxy for Mother Lode Copper Mines Co of Alaska, 1918; 

Mother Lode Coalition Mines stock, 1923; Alaska United GMC 

1910 green; Alaska GMC 1910, blue. Boith are bonds with 6 

coupons each at the bottom, which may not show in the photo as 

they are folder under. Alaska United GMC, 1895 stock cert, blue. 

Cancelled with holes. Est. $120-250 

113. Alaska. Mining. Mining Stocks, Different & Rare. 

Lot of 2. Very pictorial Valdez Hydraulic & Gold Mining Co., 

190x, datelined Valdez, vignette of the hydraulic operation at 

Valdez. Unsigned and unissued. Green background, gold seal. 2) 

Reynolds Alaska Development Co signed by Butler, 1910 issued 

to A. F. B. Stauffer for 104 shares Uncancelled. Est. $300-500 

114. Alaska. Nome. Nome & Sinook Co. Lot of 7 pcs. 

All issued 1924 & 1927. Signed by G. W. Campbell president 

and N. S. Stewart treasurer. Vignettes of mining scenes. Black 

border with gilt seal and safety print. Cancelled by rubber stamp. 

Printer - Goes. Datelined Chicago, Ill. 8 x 10”. All fine to very 

fine. Est. $250-300 

115. Alaska. Yukon. El Dorado Bottling Co. El Dorado / 

Bottling Co. Tool top, 4pcs mould. Light aqua hue. Stopper 

present. 8” tall, the only tall Hutch from California. No case 

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wear or dings. Mint. Extremely Rare Hutchinson. Provenance: 

LaDue Collection Est. $300-800 

116. Americana. Grab of Western Postcards, Documents, 

etc. Lot of 32 pcs. (1) Batch of checks from Anglo California 

Bank, 1936. 17 checks, printed with green accents. (2) Original 

snapshot of a family at Berthoud Pass, Continental Divide, 

c.1927. (3) Two photo postcards and one souvenir photo from 

Vancouver, British Columbia. (4) Original snapshot showing 

a mine with two steam shovels and two geologists repelling 

down the muck face. Location unknown. (5) Original snapshot 

of a home located at Cold Springs. Location unknown. Most 

likely related to previous mine photo. (6) Two original photo 

postcards showing “Ruina de Miramar”. Several buildings are 

shown partially collapsed onto the beach. Perhaps taken after a 

major storm. Dated from 1934. (7) Three different chromolitho 

postcards. Two are from CA other shows Crater Lake. (8) San 

Francisco Parking Ticket, 1934. Diamond shaped, black print. 

(9) Three snapshots of Bessie Moore in her office. Photos were 

sent to Eureka, Cal. (9) Deed of Trust from Howard Percy to 

Washoe County Title Guaranty Co. All fine. Est. $30-60 

117. No Lot. 

118. Arizona. Jottings from Overland Trip To Arizona 

and Califonria, 1908. Promotional booklet, 99 pgs, by M. 

Elizabeth Cole and dedicated to her beloved nieces. Contains 

photos. Gray paper cover with green print. 5.5 x 7.5” Leaving 

from Browning Manor (New York) in February of 1908, Ms. 

Cole and her travelling companion Adina Gidley travel by train 

to the Southwest and California. Wonderful descriptions of the 

countryside, people met along the way, and other details. VF. 

Rare. Est. $120-250 

119. Arizona. Autograph. Sam Heintzelman Autograph. 

Sam Heintzelman (1805-1880) was the namesake of the famous 

Heintzelman Mine in southern Arizona, a mine fiunanced at 

one point by Sam Colt, and illustrated on the Arizona Mining 

Company stock certificates of the early 1860’s. The mine was a 

good silver producer for more than 100 years, but was overrun 

by Apaches in the late 1850’s and 1860’s. It was not until after 

the Civil War that things settled, and work continued, though not 

for long, as the mine was basically mined out. Many of the well 

known western mining engineers worked on this mine, including 

Guido Kuestel and Raphael Pumpelly, both before 1861. This 

piece is a cut square autograph addressed to B. C. Webster at the 

Zinc Works in Bethlehem, PA, and is undated. It comes with a 

photo (copy) of Heintzelman in his Union uniform. Est. $200- 

400 

120. Arizona. Gila. Globe. Superior & Boston Copper 

Co. Cert. #A14202. Incorporated in Arizona, 1906. Issued to 

Lee, Higginson & Co. in 1927. Signed by T.R. Drummond, pres. 

And J.F. Barry, secretary. Vignette of 2 miners underground 

with a drill. Orange border and underprint. Printer - Franklin 

Lee Div., ABNCo. Uncancelled. 8 x 11. The company owned 

45 claims which included the holdings of the Globe & Arizona. 

The property was very promising and located above Pinal Creek, 

which was favorable in order to reduce the risk of flooding the 

shafts. The property adjoined that of the Arizona Commercial 

and the Old Dominion. Production was suspended in 1910 and 

resumed in 1913 and continued until 1922. The cash value of 

the ore produced were strong but barely enough to generate more 

than a meagr profit each year. The company changed officers in 

the 1920’s and had discovered new ore in 1923-24. The forecast 

for the company looked strong land favorable considering the 

circumstances surrounding the lack of ore previous to the new 

discoveries. [Copper Handbook, 1908, pgs. 1284-86; Mines 

Handbook 1925, pgs. 458-460.] VF. Est. $40-80 

121. Arizona. Gila. Globe. Superior & Globe Copper 

Co. Cert. #7329. Incorporated in Arizona in 1908. Issued to 

Duncan A. Cameron in 1910 for 100 shares. Signed by 3rd 

vice president and by J.G. McCallum, asst. secretary. “Calumet, 

Michigan” printed on face under company name. Black border 

and print. Uncancelled. Printer - Calumet News Print. 8.5 x 10.” 

The company owned 13 claims and the Magnet claim group all 

located in Globe district. There was a 680 foot shaft that allowed 

access to the over 1100 feet of workings. The only known ore 

shipment, 1917, carried 27% manganese. The company was idle 

from 1920 and on. [Mines Hndbk, 1925, pg.460-1.] Folds, slight 

discoloration at edges. VF. Est. $40-80 

122. Arizona. Map. Arizona State Map, c.1937. Map 

sheet from World Atlas & Gazateer, Rand McNally. The state 

is highlighted in light yellow. County boundaries are in bold 

orange. Indian reserbations are in light orange. Towns, roads and 

rail lines are all depicted. 11 x 13”. Vf. Est. $50-100 

123. Arizona. Maricopa. Morristown. Picacho Blanco 

Mining Co. of Arizona. Lot of 6. Cert. #’s 159, 160, 239, 240, 

241 & 242. Incorporated in Arizona 1901. Issued either to 

Morgan or May Tillinghast for various amounts between 75-2500 

shares. Signed by Martin E. Waldstein as president and J.E. Otis, 

treasurer. Vignette of miners underground with ore cart. Orange 

border. Printer - E.F. Weeks, N.Y. Uncancelled. 8.5 x 11.5. 

Company was a consolidation of the San Domingo G&CC and 

Exposition MC, in 1901. The lands consisted of 31 claims, lying 

in Yavapai and Maricopa counties. It had a 400’ main shaft, with 

free-milling ores averaging about $22 per ton. Also on site was 

a 15-stamp mill and cyanide plant. Dead by 1908. [Ref: Stevens, 

1904, p. 585; 1908, p. 1120.] XF. Est. $300-600 

124. Arizona. Maricopa. Phoenix. Arizona Ribbons, 1909- 

1940. Lot of 5 different pcs. The oldest is a small blue ribbon 

with “Prescott, Arizona, 1909”, 0.5 x 3”. Arizona State Fair, 

1919, gold ribbon with brown lettering, 2 x 4”. “7th Annual 

Northern Arizona State Fair, Prescott, 1919, First Premium, 

Horticulture” ribbon, blue with gilt lettering, 2 x 9”. “Member, 

Arizona Pioneers’ Association, 1938, Reunion” light blue ribbon 

with black lettering, 1.5 x 5”. “Member, Arizona Pioneers’ 

Association, 1940, Reunion” yellow ribbon, 2 x 5”. All fine. Est. 

$30-60 

125. No Lot. 

126. Arizona. Mining. Arizona Mining Views. Lot of 2. 1) 

Underwood stereo of the Congress Gold Mine with dignitaries 

loaded into an incline car at the shaft, 1901. Dignitaries include 

“Pres. William McKinley’s Party”. 2) A fineline drawing from 



Hamilton’s Resources of Arizona, 1884, of the Hidden Treasure 

and Wonder Mine property at Turkey Creek, Yavapai County. 

Est. $150-300 

127. Arizona. Mining. Arizona Stocks. Lot of 4. 1) Palo 

Verde Copper Co., 200 shares, 1915, signed by Will Christy as 

president. Uncancelled. Green border, stock vignette. Printed 

by Goes. 2) Green Monster MC (Jerome), issued to c.P. Matti, 

200 shares, 1911, signed by W. Beach, president. Uncancelled, 

green border, printer is Goes. Waterstains. 3-4) 2 certificates 

from Southwestern Underwriters Co. with ? Both issued 1910 

to Thaddeus Frazier for 25 shares. One signed by president 

(illegible), 2nd signed by Frank Stewart as VP. Both uncancelled. 

Printer - Goes. Est. $100-200 

128. Arizona. Mining. Four Big Copper Mine Stocks. Two 

Magma Copper Company (blue and brown, 1925, 1927); two 

Phelps-Dodge Corp. 1956, 1966 (blue and green) cancelled. Est. 

$65-100 

129. Arizona. Mining. Globe, Jerome and Other Mining 

Stocks. Seven classic Arizona Mining srtocks. 1) Jerome Victor 

Extension Copper Co, 1916, uncan; Arizona Commercial MC, 

1928, can; Globe-Miami Copper Zinc, 3 certs, uncancelled; New 

england and Clifton Copper Co of Arizona 1906, uncancelled; St 

Joe Minerals, 1971. All vf. Est. $100-200 

130. Arizona. Mining. Ray & Bagdad Mining Stocks. Four 

stocks from two different companies, all different colors. Bagdad 

Copper Corp. 1929 purple & blue, cancelled; Ray Hercules 

Copper Co 1916 orange & blue, uncancelled. All vf. Est. $100- 

200 

131. Arizona. Mining. Silver King of Arizona Mining Co. 

Issued to John McTiernan, 50 shares, 1916. President’s signature 

is printed. Brown border. Vignette of mine at top. Uncancelled. 

Water Stains along the edge. Rare. Very famous mine. Est. 

$100-300 

132. Arizona. Photograph. Mining Related Matted 

Photographs. Lot of 2. 1) Arizona stock certificate, Magmatic 

Copper co., issued to Wm. Goodwin, siged by James Goodwin 

las pres. And Garfield Goodwin as secretary, 1916. Uncancelled. 

Printer - Goes. 5000 shares. 2) Keystone Stereo view, 

outstanding. Of diamond miners with 2 ore cars in Kimberly 

Africa. Est. $100-150 

133. Arizona. Pima. Ajo. Four Nice Ajo Mining Stocks. 

Three Calumet & Arizona Mining Co stocks, 1919-1922 blue and 

brown; New Cornelia Copper Co 1921. All cancelled, vf. Est. 

$75-120 

134. Arizona. Pinal. Ray. Ray USGS Folio, 1923. 

Extremely fine copy of the Ray Folio, with maps, sections, 

geology, descriptive text and photos. One of the great copper 

mining areas of Arizona. Est. $100-200 

135. Arizona. Santa Cruz. Nogales. Small Photo Album. 

Small photo album of seven snapshots taken in Nogales circa 

1940. One of the best shots is of an antique fire engine used by 

the Nogales Fire department. Others are mostly street scenes. VF 

Est. $50-75 

136. Arizona. Tokens. Arizona Tokens. Lot of 2pcs. (1) 

Box Canyon / Trading / Post / Lupton, Ariz. // GF / 10 / It. Rd, 

br, 23mm. (1) Shiprock / Feed / & / Texaco / Trading Company 

// GF / 25 / IT. Rd, al, 26mm. Both Vf. Est. $20-30 

137. Arizona. Yavapai. Jerome. Jerome Panorama. Large 

1920 Panorama of Jerome With Areal Geology and Surface 

Improvements as a supplement to the Geology and Ore Deposits 

of the Jerome District by Reber, AIME, 1920. Nearly 4’ long, 

9.25” tall. Two sepia tone overlays of the photo, one a general 

geology map, and the second an ore and surface feature map 

identifying the mineralized veins and zones and specific mines, 

railroadds, etc. The United Verde plant occupies much of the 

photo, as one might expect. Generally fine, very nice appearance 

suitable for framing. As a published piece, this is perhaps the 

least expensive western mine panorama, even though this is quite 

rare. Est. $250-500 

138. Arizona. Yavapai. Stanton. Manuscript Letter & 

Cover, 1883. Early cover addressed to Mr. C. A. Waite in 

Stanton, Arizona Territory. The envelope is postmarked Mariposa, 

Cal, with ragged right edge affecting the stamp. The contents are 

a girl’s braided hair, perhaps sent as a keepsake to a boyfriend. 

Est. $50-100. 

139. Arizona. Yavapai. Verde. Verde Topographic Map. 

This the Verde Sheet published by the USGS, reprinted in 

1902 from original of 1892. When this map was published, 

John Wesley Powell was director of the USGS. 16 x 20”. 

Deadman’s Canyon located at bottom center. Mormon Lake and 

Mountain located at top center. Reverse has text discusses what 

a topographic map is with a legend of the symbols used on the 

map. Est. $50-100 

140. Arizona-New Mexico. Maps. Topo Maps, c1890-1910. 

Eighteen (18) early topo maps from the 1:125,000 series. This 

is the first series of USGS topo maps, many are from the original 

1894 data, though published 1905-1910. These contain many of 

the early ghost towns and mining camps, and much info relating 

to mining camps that is now gone from modern maps. They are 

very important sources of re4ference for old geographic names. 

All are used, some with chips, tears, folds and a few pencil notes. 

Five are from New Mexico, the rest from Arizona. Includes; NM: 

Mt Taylor, Chaco, Largo, Lamy, Watrous; AZ: Verde, Canyon De 

cehlly, Marsh Pass, Camels Back, Gila Butte, Peach Spring, Echo 

Cliff, Tusayn, Mt Trumbull, St johns, San Francisco Mt, Needles 

Special. Also 1917 large water map, topo base. Est. $200-300 

141. Arkansas. Geology & Mining. Arkansas Geologic 

Survey, 1890’s, 6 Volumes. Lot of 6. Volumes 1, 2, 4, 5 of the 

1892 Surtvgey, 1888 Annual Report and V1 of the 1891 Survey. 

All hard bound in typical dark Government-style bindings. Foldout 

maps, sections. About 200pp each +/-. Discusses all aspecvts 

of geology, from straight regional geology to mineral springs, 

metal deposits and indudstrial minerals. Est. $100-200 

142. Art. Palette-Shaped Advertisement Fan with 



Graphic. Fan is carboard, in the shape of an artist’s palette, 

with lovely graphic of a mother and baby. Distributed by the 

F.B. Norman Co. Funeral Home in Chillicothe, lMissouri. Circa 

1920-1930. XF. Approx. 10 x 10.” Est. $100-200 

143. Art. Trade Cards, Chromolithos, Wall Pinups, 

Inspirationals Lot, 1880-1930. Lot of 50 + or - pics of various 

descriptions. Chromolitho pages from the Pictorial Review of 

1929 showing beautiful scenes of mountain cabin and thatchted 

roof garden home, magazine cutouts of women, children, flowers, 

George Washington, etc., chromolithos from illustrated children’s 

nursery rhymes (I.e. Old King Cole, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Miss 

Muffet and others), and inspirational poems and greeting card 

covers. Est. $200-400 

144. Atlas. Cummings & Hillyard, Boston, c.1816. 9 x 

12” format, soft cover, no title page. Heavily used. Inventory, in 

the order they appear: The World, two page map with western 

hemisphere at left page and eastern hemisphere at right; North 

America (California only shows mission locales) interior towns 

shown include Santa Fe NM and San Antonio TX;”The United 

States” covers Maine west to Missouri Territory, shows Council 

Bluffs, LaPlatte river, south to Galveston; South America; 

“Eastern & Middle States” New Hampshire to Virginia; France 

Germany Netherlands, Switzerland; Britain, Scotland & Ireland; 

Europe; Asia; Africa. All the maps are hand colored along the 

significant geographic boundaries. Scarce. Est. $300-600 

145. Australia. Queensland. Mining Trust, Ltd, Prospectus, 

1929. This company owned several operations, but the most 

productive was the Mount Isa mine located in Queensland, 

Australia. Other properties were located in New Guinea and 

Rhodesia. Oddly, the prospectus includes a fold-out insert 

that outlines the results of a drilling campaign at Mount Isa. 

Typically, mining companies guard drilling results like state 

secret. 8 x 13”. 15pps, and several maps of the property 

locations. Original soft wraps. Very fine. Est. $60-100 

146. No Lot. 

147. Automobile. Bull Dog Motor Truck Co. Lot of 5 pcs. 

All unissued, unsigned, uncancelled. Brown border and seal. 

Printer - Goes. 8 x 11”. All extremely fine. Est. $20-60 

148. Automobile. Weed Differential-Rotary Motor Co. 

Cert. #203. Incorporated in S. Dakota, 1912. Issued to Harriet 

S. Macfarland in 1914 for 50 shares. Signed by H.L. Weed, pres 

and C.D. Spalding, secretary. Eagle vignette, top left. Black 

border, gilt safety print and seal. Uncancelled. Printer - Winfield 

Co., Detroit. 5.5 x 9.5 VF. Est. $75-100 

149. Banking. Central Bank Check, 1857. Ck. # 1722 

issued to S.S. Carr in the amopunt of $20. Signed by J.C. 

Ramsey. Datelined Mount Vernon, Ohio, Sept. 14, 1857. At 

top right is rural vignette showing cows grazing beneath a tree. 

At left edge is allegorical figure leaning against an ornate sign 

titled J.C. Ramsey & Co. Printer - Mann, Spear & Co. 4 x 8.5,” 

trimmed tight at left. Water stains, folds, creases, tiny chips 

missing. Est. $40-80 

150. Boating. Boating & Cruising Related Lot. Lot 

of 13 different items. (1) Willis Co Boat Supply Catalog, 

1940. 208pps. Original soft wrapper. (2) Book: “The Marine 

Paintings of Carl G. Evers.” 45 full color plates of Evers 

paintings. Various ship designs. Original soft wrapper. (3) 

Cover page from Literary Digest, 1918. Color image of a ship 

building worker with ship in dry dock in background. (4) Two 

Hat banners from the “Flandre”. The French flag is shown at 

left. One silk wrap is red the other is blue. (5) One issue of 

“Sail” magazine, 1976. One of the lead articles discusses the 

“Tall Ships”. (6) One issue of “The Mentor” from 1929. This 

volume is devoted to sea interest stories. (7) Two issues of 

“Motor Boating”, 1915 & 1916. Full color soft wrapperon 1915, 

1916 wrapper missing. A must for historic boat enthusiasts. 

(8) Menu from the ship “S. S. President Pierce”, 1931. Full 

color. (9) Sailing Fares from Matson Lines-Hawaii, 1949. 6 

panel brochures offering prices for travel to Hawaii. (10) 

Two different full spread ads refering to large cruise vessels. 

The sheets appear to be from “Life” magazine or similar size 

publication. 14 x 21”. All fine or better. Est. $100-200 

151. Bottles. Bottle Advertisements, Large & Colorful, 

c.1885-88. Lot of 3pcs. (1) Tippecanoe Bitters. Scene of the 

Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811 on the front and the Warner’s Safe 

Tippecanoe advertising on the reverse. Trimmed to the edge 

of the obverse, which affects some text on the reverse, as does 

the extra paper from an album which is adhered to parts of the 

reverse. 6 x 9”. (2) Dr. Henry’s Celebrated IXL Bitters. “No 

Bad Whiskey.” Chromolithographed trade card die in the shape 

of a sail boat. No advertising on the reverse. Fine. 9 x 10”. (3) 

Thistledew Whiskey. Beautiful trade card dies cut to look like 

a whiskey jug with wicker around the bottle. Henry W. Smith 

& Co. distillers, Cincinnati & Kentucky, 1886. There is a small 

trade card adhered to the front, which looks like it belongs there, 

but it doesn’t. No advertising on reverse. Est. $400-700 

152. Bottles. Embossed Bottles with Labels or Box. Two 

embossed bottles. 1) Bakers Indian Root Beer Extract embossed 

clear bottle in original yellow and green box with pic of Indian. 

5” tall. Bottle mint, empty, clear. 2) Doc Marshall’s Catarrah 

Snuff, aqua, full with full label on both sides, but labels are 

fading. Bottle 3.5” tall. Est. $50-75 

153. Bottles. Medicine/Whiskey Bottles & Box. Lot of 4. 

1) Hoyt’s German Cologne with paper label. Clear glass with 

cork, 4” tall. Label reads: Hoyt’s German cologne, Trial Soze, 

Price 25 cts. Medium size 50 cts. Large bottles for $1.00 Sold 

by all druggists , E.W. Hoyt & Co.g, Proprietors, Lowell, Mass. 

2) Log Cabin Liver Pills. Paper Label reads: Warners, Log Cabin 

Liver Pills, an old fashioned roots & herbs vegetable laxative. 

H.H. Warner Co., Rochester, NY. 2 1/2” tall, clear glass with 

cork stopper, and pink pills. 3) Brown’s Bronchial Truches, 

for the alleviation of Bronchitis, Hoarsness, Coughs, Asthma, 

Golds, Catarrh, and all disorders of the Breath and Lungs. John 

I. Brown & Sons, Boston, U.S.A. Proprietors. Small orange 

cardboard box with original paper label. 2 x 21/2.” 4) Hiran 

Walker & Sons whiskey bottle, embossed with W trademark, One 

Pint. Federal Law Forbids Sale or Re-Use of This Bottle. Amber, 

screw-top cap, 7 1/2” tall. Est. $150-250 



154. Bottles. Owl Pharmacy and Other Drug Store 

Ephemera. Lot of 4 pcs. 1) Owl Pharmacy of Trenton, Mo. RX 

sheet with handwritten recipe for medication. Alison Nicholas is 

listed as Prop’r. 4 x 6.” 2) Invoice for medications from Dr. S.F. 

Baker & Co., 1900, manufacturers of Proprietary Meeicines and 

Flavoring Extracts. 3.5 x 8.5”. 3) Cover of pocket notebook, 

compliments of N.J. Swetland Drug Co. in Chillicothe, Missouri. 

“Our Prescription Department is in charge of men--No Boys 

Employed.” 5 x 5.5” both sides. 4) Cover for tablet of writing 

paper, advertising Model Drug Store in Lock Springs, Mo. As the 

place to buy your school supplies. Proprietor is W.P. Minnick. 

7.5 x 11.” Est. $40-80 

155. Bottles. Two Cobalt Poison Bottles. 1) Classic 

triangular Owl poison with a picture of an Owl from the Owl 

Drug Co., 3.25” tall, small crack in lip only; 2) Reese Chemical 

Co. poison with ribbed sides and full face embossing. Mint and 

clean. 5.75” tall. The ribbed sides were for night time recognition 

of a poison bottle on a shelf. The same held true for the triangular 

bottle. Est. $120-250 

156. No Lot. 

157. Bottles. Whiskey. Western Whiskey Bottles, Labeled, 

c. 1890-1918. Eleven full face labeld whiskey bottles from the 

pre-prohibition period, and quite possibly saved or collected 

as a relic once Prohibition passed in 1918. These bottles with 

labels are all original, but many were reused, with labels placed 

over older made bottles. In approximate date order, based on the 

labels: 1)amber strap sided pint flask “Warranted” embossed on 

reverse, label for Old Private Stock Pure Rye Whiskey for Jas 

McGlone, Chestnut Hill (PA), c1890; 2)Henry Muller label, SF 

Cal, partially torn on half pint clear pocket flask, slightly purple; 

3)Puritan Rye Whiskey label on quarter pint pocket flask, slightly 

purple (label is loose.) 4) Kentucky Favority Straight Whiskey, 

Boston, quart clear cylinder; 5)”Whiskey” with pic of distillery. 

Top says “Buffalo Trace Whiskey”. Quart, clear cylinder; 6) 

Grabfelder & Co’s American Malt Whiskey, pint clear flask with 

original glass stopper; 7)Pint clear flask I W Harper Whiskey, SF; 

8)Pint clear flask, Liberty Bell Whiskey (pic of bell) E. Eising, 

New York; 9) Clark’s California Cherry Cordial, embossed 

amber rectangle with damaged label; 10) Old Lewis Hunter Rye 

Whiskey, clear half pint with 1912 revenue stamp; 11) Bonanza 

Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey by Glencoe Distillery, 

Kentucky, sold by Cohn, SF Cal. In red amber applied top fifth. 

Est. $500-900 

158. Brazil. Diamantina. Brazilian Dredging Co 

Prospectus, c.1905. The company controlled diamond placer 

ground along the Jequitinhonha and Caethe Mirim Rivers. The 

opening paragraph suggests that the gold and diamonds will yield 

$7 per cubic yard. 21pps, illustrations and facsimile images of 

an 1816 publication about Brazil. 6 x 8”, original soft wrappers. 

Near mint condition. Est. $60-100 

159. Brazil. Mendanha. Diamond King Mining Co 

Prospectus, c.1906. A very different promotional prospectus 

from a company that was looking to work placers for diamonds 

and gold. The text of this 4 page printing outlines that trek 

required for the company officers to get to the property. The 

trip began in Rio and last several more days in attempt to reach 

interior lands. An interesting read. 6 x 9”, no wrappers as 

original. Fine. Est. $60-100 

161. California. Alameda. Alameda. Empire Soda Works. 

Lot of 2 variants. (1) Empire Soda Works / Alameda. Green 

aqua. Stunning display bottle. (2) Empire Soda Works / 

Alameda / Cal. Bottom: 12. Bubble burst at left shoulder. 

Minor hazing. Light green aqua. Vf+. LaDue Coll. Est. $80- 

120 

162. California. Alameda. Hayward. Haywards Soda 

Works. Haywards / S. J. Simons / Soda Works. “P C C W” 

embossed on bottom. Tool top. Light green aqua. 6” tall. 

C.1890-1902. Mint. Provenance: LaDue Collection Est. $60-100 

163. California. Alameda. Hayward. Haywards Soda 

Works. Haywards / J. A. Collins / Soda Works. Bottom: C. 

Extreme alkali staining. Lip and base chips. Fine. LaDue Coll 

Est. $50-80 

164. California. Alameda. Livermore. Livermore Soda 

Works Hutchinson. Lot of 2 pcs. (1) Livermore Soda Works / 

Livermore / Cal. Pale Aqua.4 pc mold. Height 6.50’. 2 ‘ crack on 

side. Bubble burst with glass in on bottom. Nothing embossed on 

bottom. Several bubbles in glass.1’ crack on top. (2) Livermore 

Soda Works / Livermore / Cala. Lt Aqua.Height 6.50’. Nothing 

embossed on bottom. Provenance: LaDue Collection Est. $160- 

300 

165. California. Alameda. Oakland. Alameda Soda Water 

Co. Alameda / (hands shaking) / Soda Water Co. / Oakland, Cal. 

/ Bottle is not Sold. Some case wear, very light aqua. Vf-Xf. 

LaDue Coll. Est. $80-120 

166. California. Alameda. Oakland. Distilled Soda Water 

Co. Lot of 2 bottles. The Distilled Soda Water Co. / Fifth & / 

Kirkham Sts. / Oakland. Bottom: T. D. S. W. Co. Oakland. One 

is very light aqua, the other is medium aqua. Both have impact 

cracks. The cracks do not break surface. Vf. LaDue Coll. Est. 

$60-80 

167. California. Alameda. Oakland. J. E. Bliven & Co. 

Taylor & Lohse / Successors To / J. I. Blivens & Co. / Oakland 

/ Cal. Bottom: Gravitating Stopper etc. Green aqua. Large 

missing piece at base, about 1 inch long. Bottle still stands on its 

own. Rare. LaDue Coll. Est. $18-35 

168. California. Alameda. Oakland. J. I. Blivens & Co. J. I. 

Blivens / Oakland / Cal. Bottom: Gravitating Stopper etc. Nice 

green aqua. Bubble burst at right near base on side. Lip check 

and some minor base dings. Xf. LaDue Coll. Est. $60-100 

169. California. Alameda. Oakland. John Taylor Pioneer 

Soda. John Taylor & Co. / Pioneer Soda / Water Works / 

Oakland / Cal. Very light aqua. Alkali staining near the 

shoulders and neck. Middle and basal sections clean and bright. 

Attractive. LaDue Coll. Est. $50-80 

170. California. Alameda. Oakland. Oakland Bottling Co. 



Oakland Bottling Co. Around base: Patented Feb 20, 1886 June 

28 85 & Aug 4 85. Bottom: S. Twitchell & Bro / F B S / O / 

Mfrs. Clear, some alkali staining and minor case wear. Minor lip 

ding and base impact ding. LaDue Coll. Est. $100-200 

171. California. Alameda. Oakland. Oakland Pioneer Soda 

Water Co. Lot of 2 bottles. O. P. S. W. Co. / (Logo with bottle 

within O) / Oakland, Cal. / Registered / Bottle Never Sold. One 

bottle has O on bottom. Both light aqua. Xf+ to near mint. 

Attractive. LaDue Coll. Est. $100-200 

172. California. Alameda. Oakland. Oakland Pioneer Soda 

Water. Oakland Pioneer / (Logo) / Trade Mark / Soda Water Co. 

/ Bottle Is Never Sold. Bottom: PCGW. Light aqua. Case wear 

especially near base. Slight hazing affects entire bottle. LaDue 

Coll. Est. $60-100 

173. California. Alameda. Oakland. Oakland Soda Works. 

Lot of 2 bottles. Oakland / (monongram M) / Soda Works. One 

bottle has a Star on bottom. Light aqua. Minor lip dings to one 

bottle. The other bottle shows some hazing (case wear?) and base 

checks. Vf-Xf. LaDue Coll. Est. $60-100 

174. California. Alameda. Oakland. Oakland Steam Soda 

Works. Lot of 2 bottles. Oakland / (Inc within Star) / Steam 

Soda Works / Bottle Is Not Sold. Bottom: 518. Both light aqua. 

Some case wear and alkali staining. Minor lip dings. Vf+ to Xf. 


175. California. Alameda. Oakland. Silver Still Pure Water 

Co. Lot of 2 bottles. Silver Still / Pure Water Co. / Oakland. 

Bottom: (Star). One has some dings on lip. Both are XF+. 


176. California. Amador. Amador City. Eagle Mercantile. 

Eagle / Mercantile / Torre Hall / Amador City. Cal. // Chuck & 

Linda Dunklee / Merchants of / Old American / Goods / Trade 

Value / 10c. Rd, al, 35mm. XF Kappen #6 Est. $5-10 

177. California. Amador. Jackson. Amador County Soda 

Works. Amador County / Soda Works. “Made by Gravitating 

Stopper. John Mathews Pat Oct 11 1864 New York” embossed 

on bottom. Aqua tint. 7.5” tall. Lip chip. Tool top. Near mint. 

Hutchinson. Provenance: LaDue Collection Est. $200-400 

178. California. Amador. Jackson. R and R Club. R and R 

Club / Jackson / California // Heart of The / Days of Kit Carson / 

Mother Lode. Rd, br, 32mm. Good, dirty. Kappen #66 Est. $5-10 

179. California. Amador. Martell. Mother Lode Hotel. 

Mother Lode Hotel / Hwy 49 / Martell / Cal. // GF / 1 / Beer. Rd, 

al, 29mm. Fine Kappen #2 Est. $5-10 

180. California. Amador. Middle Bar. Valparaiso Mining 

Co. Cert #242. Incorpporated in California in 1872. Issued to 

T. J. Phelps in 1873 for 10 shares. Signed by president C. Jones 

and secretary Wm. H. Watson. Uncancelled. Crude vignette 

of Indian leaning against stacked grain sack & barrels. Black 

border. 4 x 9.5.” No printer noted. The Valparaiso is near 

Middle Bar. It was considered only a prospect by California 

geologists Crawford and Irelan in their reports of the 1890’s. 

T.J. Phelps was an attorney in Jackson who came to California 

from Kentucky in 1849. He was elected District Attorney in 

Amador in 1873. He was noted as one of the first to recognize 

the practicality of conveying water to dry placers, thus many men 

like him made lots of money by investing in ditch companies that 

supplied water to various placer mines. This certificate may have 

been given to him in exchange for services Cyrus Jones was a 

stockbroker in San Francisco. Valparaiso was a stopover spot in 

South America for gold rush miners who sailed around the horn. 

[Mason, History of Amador County, 1881; S.F. directories.] XF, 

slight discoloration around edges, one dogeared corner. Est. 

$100-200 

181. California. Amador. Plymouth. C. H. Shields. Lot of 3 

pcs. C. H. Shields / Plymouth // 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm, 2 pieces 

VF Kappen #14 ) GF / 12 1/2c / IT. Rd, al, 20mm VF Est. $10- 

20 

182. No Lot. 

183. California. Art. After A Day’s Sport in the Sierras, 

Photogravure,c 1880. Photogravure taken from a drawing 

by F.O.CV. Darley. Depicts hunter seated at the base of a tree, 

his musket across his lap and his burro tied behind the tree. In 

foreground are the carcassas of 3 bears--a mother and her 2 

cubs. Pic. Meas. 7 x 9” in paper matting 12 x 16.” The National 

Gallery of Art , Washington, DC has this to say about Darley: 

“While his name may not be familiar today, Felix Octavius Carr 

Darley was a premier nineteenth-century American illustrator. 

He is thought to have produced some four thousand drawings, 

the majority of which were used as the basis for engraved 

magazine and book illustrations and banknote designs.” Darley 

lived from 1821-1888, and has been called “Victorian America’s 

Most Famous Illustrtor.” He illustrated the works of Chas. 

Dickens, Washington Irving, Edgar Allen Poe, Henry Wadsworth 

Longfellow, Jas. Fenimore Cooper, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and 

many others. Est. $50-100 

160. California. Books. The Wild Flowers of California, 

1897. Subtitled: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits. By Mary 

Elizabeth Parsons, illustrated by Margaret Warriner Buck. 

Third printing. Published by William Doxey at the Sign of the 

Lark, San Francisco, 1897. Hard cover, yellow and green with 

gilt print, 410 pages, with illustratioin plates. Slight wear and 

staining on cover, but VF. Gillio Western Heritage Collection. 

Est. $100-200 

184. California. Bottles. Bottom or Non-Marked Soda 

Bottles. Lot of 8 pcs. (1) Bottom: M. S. Light aqua. XF+. 

(2) Bottom: Or. Light blue. Near mint. Attractive color. (3) 

Bottom: G. D. N. Blue aqua. Bubble burst below shoulder. Xf. 

(4) Bottom: O. Smokey hue. Case wear and other small checks. 

Circular area on one side of bottle as if embossing would belong 

here, if the bottle had been embossed. Perhaps a sample bottle?. 

Vf. (5) Bottom: M. B. W. Hazed, light aqua. Vf. (6) Bottom: 

H. S. Green aqua. Xf+ to near mint. (7-8) No markings. Blue 

aqua. Some dings on lip and base. Vf. LaDue Coll. Est. $60- 

200 



185. California. Bottles. California Blob Soda Bottles. Lot 

of 5. Jackson’s Napa, B & Co. on base, side ding, stained; Crystal 

Soda, footed base, cracks and dings, aqua; Geyser Soda, aqua, 

chips; Thompsons, bowling pin shape, glued together; aqua no 

name Hutch. Please see photo. These would make nice window 

bottles. Est. $50-75 

186. California. Bottles. California Soda Bottle Collection. 

Lot of 9 bottles. (1) National Soda Works / (horseshoe). Light 

aqua, near mint. (2) Soda XLCR Works / (shield). Xf+. (3- 

4) New Century / Soda Works / San Francisco, Cal. Xf+. (5) 

American / (flag) / Soda Works / S. F. Light green aqua. Near 

mint. (6) (fish) / Breig & Bauer / S. F. Light-med aqua. Xf. (7- 

8) P. Somps / Soda Water / Works / S. F. Cal. Light aqua. Xf. 

(9) Belfast / Trade (triangle) Mark / Ginger Ale Co. / S. F. Xf+. 

Est. $400-600 

187. California. Bottles. Eagle Embossed Soda. Embossed 

on front with a spread winged eagle. Beautiful pleochroic color 

display on this lime green soda bottle. The play of colors include 

blues and purples. Some case wear. Xf. LaDue Coll. Est. $300- 

700 

188. California. Bottles. El Dorado Bottle. El -Dorado. 

Medium green. Near mint. LaDue Coll. Est. $300-500 

189. California. Bottles. El Dorado Soda Bottles. Lot of 

2 bottles. Same embossing. El Dorado. Both show some case 

wear and alkali staining. Some dings on both. One more green 

than the other. Est. $80-150 

190. California. Bottles. Louis Leloy Napa Soda. Lot of 2 

pcs. Napa Soda / Louis Leloy // Natural / Mineral Water. Both 

aqua. One bottle has minor base dings and leans slightly, but not 

from chips, etc. Other bottle has chip on top near contact with 

neck. This bottle has had lettering highlighted in white. Xf. 


191. California. Bottles. Phil Caduc Napa Soda. Lot of 3 

pcs. Napa Soda / Phil Caduc // Natural / Mineral Water. Color 

variants: Lime green, Medium Blue, medium aqua. The blue 

bottle has had the lettering highlighted in white. The aqua bottle 

shows hazing, some case wear and an impact ding on reverse 

below shoulder. The green and blue bottles are Xf+ to near mint. 

Nice color lot. LaDue Coll. Est. $100-200 

192. California. Bottles. Phil Caduc Napa Soda. Lot of 2 

bottles. Napa Soda / Phil Caduc // Natural / Mineral Water. One 

is lime other is green. Both have long necks, one is 1.5” and the 

other is 2”. Gorgeous display bottles. Xf+. LaDue Coll. Est. 

$100-200 

193. California. Bottles. Samuel Soda Springs. Samuel 

/ Soda / Trade (Diamond with M) Mark / Spring // Natural / 

Mineral Water. Bottom: E-S. Very light aqua. Not sure if this 

is a California bottle or not. Not listed in Markota. Near mint. 


194. California. Bottles. Samuel’s Soda Springs. Lot of 

3 bottles. (1-2) Samuel’s / Napa / Soda / Springs // Natural 

/ Mineral Springs / A & B. Aqua. Both are near mint. (2) 

Samuel’s / Soda / Trade Mark / Springs // Natural / Mineral 

Water. Aqua. Xf+ to near mint. LaDue Coll. Est. $120-200 

195. California. Bottles. Summit Mineral Water Bottle. 

Summit / Mineral Water / J. H. Unlisted in Markota. Nice dark 

aqua. 7.5” tall. Near mint. LaDue Coll. Est. $100-200 

196. California. Bottles. Summit Mineral Water. Summit / 

Mineral Water / J. H. Med blue aqua. Not listed in Markota, not 

sure if this bottles is from California. Displays nicely. LaDue 

Coll. Est. $100-200 

197. California. Butte. Chico. A. F. Blood. Lot of 3 A.F. 

Blood Chico Cal. embossed on bottom. (1) Aqua. Height 6.75’. 

Chip in bottom on bottle. (2) Aqua. Height 6.75’A few bubbles 

in glass. (3) Pale Aqua. Height 6.75. Case wear on bottle. Couple 

of large bubbles in glass. Provenance: LaDue Collection Est. 

$100-200 

198. California. Butte. Chico. Chico Soda Works. Chico 

/ Soda Works. Bottom: C. S. W. Nice light purple hue. Near 

mint. LaDue Coll. Est. $40-60 

199. California. Butte. Oroville. Anderson Bros. Anderson 

Bros. / Oroville / Cal. // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. Good, pitted. 

Kappen #7 Est. $15-30 

200. California. Butte. Oroville. E. Higgins Bottle. 

Embossed on bottom: E. Higgins / Oroville. Blue aqua. Tool 

top, 2pc mould. 7” tall. Stopper present. Unlisted variant. 

Small base ding. Two very small lip chips. Extremely fine 

Hutchinson. Provenance: LaDue Collection Est. $100-200 

201. California. Butte. Oroville. Neixner’s Cigar Store. 

Neixers / Cigar / Store / Oroville // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. 

VF Kappen #72 Est. $10-20 

202. California. Butte. Oroville. Pauly’s. Pauly’s / Oroville 

/ Calif. // GF / 5 / cents / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. XF Kappen #79 Est. 

$15-30 

203. California. Butte. Oroville. Woolleys Cigar Store. 

Woolleys / Cigar / Store / Oroville, Cal. // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 

21mm. Good, dirty. Kappen #101 Est. $5-10 

204. California. Calaveras. Jamestown. Sammons Bros 

Jamestown Bottles. Lot of 2 Hutchinson bottles (1) Sammons 

Bros Jamestown, Aqua, Height 6.75’, 4 piece mould, no chips 

or dings, X embossed on bottom. Mint condition, circa 1894- 

1900. (2) Sammons Bros Jamestown, Aqua, Height 6.75’, 4 

piece mould, one tiny chip on lip , nothing embossed on bottom. 

Almost Mint condition, circa 1894-1900. Provenance: LaDue 

Collection Est. $300-500 

205. California. Clark. El Dorado. Wallace Gold Mining Co 

Report, 1896. Report on the company with about 30pps. This 

company was formerly known as the Astro-El Dorado MC of 

Arizona. Contains detailed information about the mine, history 

and reserves. 11 x 18”. Fine. Est. $100-200 



206. California. Contra Costa. Martinez. X L C R Soda 

Works. X L C R / Soda / (coat of arms) / Works / Martinez. 

“M B” embossed at bottom. Aqua. Near mint Hutchinson. 

Provenance: LaDue Collection Est. $100-300 

207. California. Contra Costa. Martinez. XLCR Soda. 

XLCR / Soda / (shield) / Works. Light aqua. Very minor lip 

ding. XF+ to near mint. Est. $30-50 

208. California. Contra Costa. Richmond. Richmond Soda 

Works. Richmond Soda Works / R.S.W. / Point Richmond. 

Nothing embossed on bottom. Aqua. 4 pc mold. Several chips in 

top. Height 6.50’. Provenance: LaDue Collection Est. $40-60 

209. California. Death Valley. Big Bend Gold Mining & M 

Co., Death Valley(?). Issued to Mrs. Patty Beall, 1250 shares, 

dateline Los Angeles 1907. Signed by T.R. Winans, president. 

Condition problesm, separaated tear at right, chips missing. Est. 

$20-30 

210. California. El Dorado. Cool. The Wheel. The Wheel 

/ Ralph / Hollingsworth / Prop. / Cool, Cal. Rd, al, 28.5mm. XF 

Kapper #3 Est. $5-10 

211. No Lot. 

212. California. El Dorado. Echo Lake. Autograph Book, 

1876-1889. Autograph book with various poems, notations and 

signatures and many pages with detailed sketches of leaves, some 

with signatures on the veins of the leaves, locations and dates 

noted. Brown leather cover, gilt print and gilded page edges. 5 

x 8.” Includes Echo Lake, 1889, which is located in the Tahoe 

area off Highway 50 at Echo Summit. There are many old cabins 

there where these people might have stayed. Gillio Western 

Heritage Collection. Est. $100-200 

213. California. Ephemera. California Related Ephemera. 

Lot of 6 pcs. (1) Calling card from Oakland Pontiac, 1930. 

A. H. Patterson Co. (2) “Save Gold Crumb Bags, Worth 1/2 

Cent Cash Any Dealer” from Jeff Penn, San Francisco. Printed 

in red, 3 x 6”. (3) Tea Room Menu from Knotts Berry Farm, 

1937. 4pps, outer pages in full color. Now detached into two 

pieces. (4) Commemorative item that may have accompanied 

the previous menu. Short historical outline of the Knott family 

and other information regarding the restaurant. (5) Ship’s Menu 

from “S. S. President Grant” with full cover outside cover. 

Inside, at right, is a full color image of Half Dome at Yosemite 

National Park. (6) Wood block print, black ink, showing Solano 

Mission. Numbered 33/100. Hand signed by G. Stone Brooks. 

No date. Print is 5 x 8”, set within matte. Est. $60-100 

214. California. Fresno. Fresno. Morimota Soda Works. 

Morimota Soda Works / (Chinese symbols) / Fresno, Cal. 

Bottom: M. Xf+ to near mint condition. Light green aqua. 


215. California. Fresno. Fresno. Richter’s Bottling Works. 

Lot of 2 variants. (1) Richter’s / Bottling / Works / Fresno / 

Cala. Bottom: (Star). Alkali staining makes bottle very hazy 

looking. No obvious dings or chips. (2) Richter’s / Bottling 

Works / Fresno, Cal. Bottom: R. Light aqua. Sharp bottle, Xf+ 

to near mint. LaDue Coll. Est. $120-200 

216. California. Glenn. Orland. United Cigar Store. United 

Cigar Store / Agency / Orland, / Cal. // GF / 10c / IT.Rd, al, 

25mm, reverse overstamped W A. Fine Kappen #20 Est. $10-20 

217. California. Glenn. Willows. Willows Bottling Works. 

Lot of 3 Willows / Bottling Works / Willows. Cal. (1) Aqua.4 pc 

mold. 4 pt star embossed on bottom. Height 6.75. Small crack on 

top. Couple of bubbles in glass. Very good condition. (2) Aqua.4 

pc mold. 4 pt star embossed on bottom. Height 6.75. Couple 

of bubbles in glass. Nearly mint. (3) Aqua.4 pc mold. 4 pt star 

embossed on bottom. Height 6.75. 1/2’ chip on base. Provenance: 


218. No Lot. 

219. California. Gold Rush. Placer Ville (Hang Town) 

Etching Repro. Copy of an etching on stone by J. Cameron 

titled Placer Ville, (Hang Town). Printed by G.V. Copper Del. 

Scene shows a very early view of the town, many tent buildings, 

among tall pine trees and some tree stumps. Severals people are 

seen working in foreground. Half-page sheet, foxing on bottom 

edge. 5.5 x 8.5. Est. $75-100 

220. No Lot. 

221. California. Humboldt. Eureka. C.F. Riley Soda Works. 

C. F. Riley & Co / (Eagle looking right on branch) / Soda Works. 

This was made in one of three cities, Eureka, San Jose, San 

Bernardino. Tooled top. 2 part mold. R embossed on bottom. 

Several large bubbles and numerous small bubbles in glass. 1/2” 

dark green swirl in top. C 1880-1910. Acquired in December 

1979 at Auburn Bottle Show. Tiny lip chip, otherwise very clean 

with bold embossing, particularly the eagle. This is a classic 

California Pictorial Soda. Provenance: LaDue Collection Est. 

$100-300 

222. California. Humboldt. Eureka. Humboldt Artesian 

Mineral Water. Humboldt / Artesian / Mineral Water // Eureka, 

Cal (embossed vertically on reverse). Light aqua. Alkali staining 

affects entire bottle. Impact ding on base. Dirt inside. Rare 

bottle. Fine. LaDue Coll. Est. $40-80 

223. California. Humboldt. Eureka. John O’Dea Bottling. 

John O’Dea / Eureka Cal / Bottling Works. Lt Aqua. 4 pc mould,. 

Couple of cracks on back 3.50’, 1’.00 and a couple of small 

chips. Provenance: LaDue Collection Est. $50-80 

224. California. Inyo. Ratcliff Mine Sample Map, 1935. 

Reverse blue line, meas. 14 x 24.” Ballarat was established in 

1897 as a mining camp and supply center for the gold and silver 

mines located on the western slope of the Panamint Mountains. It 

was named after a well-known gold producing area in Australia. 

Boasting a population of nearly 500, it had a Wells Fargo station, 

post office, school, jail, morgue, 3 hotels and 7 saloons. When the 

Ratcliff Mine suspended operations in 1905, Ballarat began to 

decline rapidly. After the post office closed in September of 1917 



Ballarat became a Ghost Town. The Ratcliff Mine, was a chief 

producer of lode gold. The town had another interesting visitor 

that swung through in the 1960s, a regular to the town of Ballarat. 

Charles Manson and his family of killers stayed at the Barker 

ranch south of town, and left their graffiti in Ballarat. Severe 

folds, tear along edge of center fold. Est. $100-200 

225. California. Inyo. Bishop. Inyo Soda Works. Inyo Soda 

Works / Bishop Cal. Light green aqua. An absolutely beautiful 

specimen of this rare bottle. Fabulous display bottle. Near to 

dead mint. LaDue Coll. Est. $500-1000 

226. California. Kern. Bakersfield. Moose Club. Moose 

Club / 473 // GF / 10c / IM. Rd, al, 25mm. VF Kappen #76 Est. 

$12-24 

227. No Lot. 

228. California. Kern. White River. Blue Mountain Gold 

Mine Report, 1919. Located in the White River District, the 

report discusses geology, physical development, reserves and 

history of the mine. About 10pps. Legal sized paper. Some 

water staining affects soft cover. Est. $50-100 

229. California. Kings. Armona. J. M. Camp Soda Bottle. 

Embossed J.M. Camp. Star on bottom. Alkali stained, light 

aqua, tooled top. 9 impact dings, chips to lip. James Camp 

was born in 1848 in Iowa. In 1880 at the age of 32, he was in 

Mussel Slough, Tulare County, and married to Sarah Camp, 

according to the Census. Camp moved to the agricultural 

community Armona about 1890, where he started a soda water 

manufacturing business. Camp started the soda works at Armona 

because the spring water was considered at one time the purest 

and most refreshing in the state. At least one hotel/resort was 

built to help promote the benefits of the spring water. At the 

time, there were probably fewer than 2 dozen retailers in town. 

(Armona Springs is not listed in Anderson’s Mineral Springs 

and Health Resorts of California, and also not listed in Waring, 

California.) About 1899 Camp moved to Hanford where he 

continued the manufacture of soda water. Between 1901 and 

about 1903 he dispensed with the soda business and went into 

politics, becoming a Justice of the Peace in the Lucerne township. 

[Ref: 1890-1900 California census & the Fulton Pickens 

Commercial Guide, 1893; 1880 Census, 1900 Census, History 

of Kings County] At the time of publication, this bottle is 

from Armona is thought to be the only one known. Provenance: 

LaDue Collection, dug near Tulare & Visalia in November 1986. 


230. California. Kings. Coalinga. Sullivan Hotel. Sullivan 

Hotel / Cigar / Stand // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. VF Kappen 

#68 Est. $30-60 

231. California. Kings. Hanford. Hanford Ice co. Hutch 

Soda Bottle. Very clean aqua Hutch with no case wear. PCGW 

on the base, 4 piece mold Mint. Acquired October, 1978 at the 

Tulare Bottle Show. LaDue Collection. According to Markota, 

this bottle was produced after 1903. Est. $40-100 

232. California. Kings. Hanford. Hanford Ice Co. Hutch 

Soda. Very clean aqua Hutch with minor wear. PCGW on the 

base, 4 piece mold. Near Mint. Acquired August 1977 at the 

Santa Rosa Bottle Show. LaDue Collection. Post-1903, possibly a 

1905-1910 Hutch. Est. $40-100 

233. California. Kings. Hanford. Hanford Soda Works J. S. 

Hutch Soda. Four piece mold, tooled top, only thte slightest of 

case wear. PCGW on the bottom. Light aqua. LADue Collection. 

About 1895 Joseph Schnereger started the Hanford Soda Works, 

which continued to at least 1902. Acquired by LaDue at the 

Visalia Bottle Show in August, 1976. Est. $40-100 

234. California. Lassen. Lassen National Park Employee’s 

Washington D. C. Credit Card, 1939. This is a cardboard 

credit card for staying at either the Lafayette Hotel or the Carroll 

Arms, both located in Washington D. C. Jeff Ford was the 

owner. Issued to William Moore, with an address at Lasson (sic) 

Volcanic National Park, California. 1939 prominent at bottom, 

printed in blue. Xf. Est. $60-100 

235. California. Los Angeles. Hollywood. Hollywood 

Area Chromlitho Postcards. Lot of 5 pcs. All are captioned 

at the top with “Greetings from Hollywood”, blue border. (1) 

Captioned: 120-Home of Gary Cooper, Brentwood, California. 

(2) Captioned: “109 - Electric Fountain, Beverly Hills, 

California.” (3) Captioned: “110 - Home of Warner Brothers 

and First National Pictures, Burbank, California.” (4) Captioned: 

30 - City Hall, Los Angeles, California. (5) Captioned: 2 

- Olympic Memorial Stadium, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, 

California. All Xf. Est. $40-60 

236. No Lot. 

237. California. Los Angeles. Los Angeles. Heim’s Soda 

Works Collection. Three different Heim’s Hutch soda bottles 

from Los Angeles. A) F. A> Heim’s/ Bottling Works. Aqua, 4 

piece mold, tooled top. “HBW” on the bottom. Slight case wear, 

clean. La Due Collection, acquired 1978. B) Clean, aqua Hutch 

two piece mold, “Heim’s” embossed on the bottom. Near mint. 

C)F. A. Heim/ Los Angeles, Cal./ Bottling Works. HBW on the 

bottom. Aqua. Cracked, repaired, case wear, example only. All 

Ladue Collection. Est. $50- 

238. California. Los Angeles. Los Angeles. Los Angeles 

Soda Works. Lot of 3 (1) Los Angeles / (star pattern) / Soda 

Works. Height 6.50’. Aqua. (Star) embossed on bottom.Nothing 

embossed on base. Several bubbles in glass.Mint (2) Los Angeles 

/ (star pattern) / Soda Works. This bottle is registered not to be 

sold embossed on base. Height 6.00’. Pale Aqua. (Star) embossed 

on bottom. A couple of bubbles in glass. Very Good condition. 

(3) Los Angeles / (star pattern) / Soda Works with white over 

letters. Nothing embossed on base. Height 6.00’. Pale Aqua. 

(Star) embossed on bottom. A 1 1/2 crack on neck. Several small 

bubbles in glass. Very good condition. Provenance: LaDue 


239. California. Los Angeles. Los Angeles. Star Soda 

Works Collection. Three different Star Soda Works Hutch soda 

bottles from Los Angeles. A) Los Angeles/ (star)/ Soda Works. 

Aqua, tooled top, 2 piece mold, stopper present, clean, near mint. 



Star on the bottom. B) Los Angeles/ Trade (star) Mark/ Soda 

Works. Aqua, tooled top. Star on the bottom. Case wear. C) Los 

Angeles/ (star)/ SodaWorks/ This bottle/ registered/ not to be 

sold. Star on base. Case wear. Est. $50- 

240. California. Los Angeles. Los Angeles. Three Different 

Los Angeles Hutch Soda Bottles. A) New York Bottling Works, 

4 piece mold, mkint. B) Crystal Bottling Works, LosAngeles 

around the base, 4 pc mold, biug basae chip. C) James Soda 

Works Los Angeles Cal in circle slug plate. All 3 tooled tops. The 

James has a big piece missing from the top. Est. $50-200 

241. California. Los Angeles. Los Angeles. Three Los 

Angeles Hutch Soda Bottles. Two different Excelsior Soda 

Works, one near mint, other heavy case wear, see photo. Third is 

Sanitas Bottling Works, near mint. Est. $50- 

242. No Lot. 

243. California. Los Angeles. Pomona. Pomona Soda 

Works. Pomona/ Soda Works/ Pomona, Cal. PCGW on the 

base. 2 piece mold, tooled top. Light aqua, sparkling mint. This 

is not a true Hutchinson style soda, but is more of a Codd type. It 

had a marble as a stopper in a wide month. Purchased by LaDue 

for $150, no date, possibly the early 1980’s. LaDue Coll. Est. 

$200-400 

244. California. Los Angeles. Santa Monica. S. S. Rex. S. S. 

Rex / S. S. / Rex / Bingo // Blank. Rd, al, 22mm. XF. During the 

1930’s there were as many as 10 gambling ships anchored off the 

Southern California Coast. Although is was in operation for only 

the summer of 1938, the Rex was one of the most famous. The 

ships were anchored 3.1 miles off the coast line, just outside the 

territorial limits. Tony Cornero bought the old boat which was a 

transport between Catalina Island and Los Angeles Harbor. He 

bought this boat because he lost his former gambling boat in a 

crap game. Hr remodeled it and opened it as a gambling ship 

in May 1938. His financial backers in the Rex were Mobster 

Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegal and actor George Raft. It is rumored 

they doubled their money in the short life of its operation. The 

Navy used the Rex as a cargo barge during WWII, Tony Cornero 

eventually built the Stardust in Las Vegas. Est. $40-80 

245. California. Lumber. Sugar Pine Mill Original 

Photograph, c. 1910. Shows logging mill at the edge of a river, 

with several log booms. Smoke coming from smokestacks and 

tree-covered hill in background. Caption reads: Sugar Pine Mill 

in operation before the fire which destoryed it in 1922. It was 

rebuilt and operated until 1932. Photo is labeled on the back as 

belonging to Walter W. Williams of Madera, California. Framed 

in Pine shadowbox, matted and glassed. Pic. Meas. 7 x 9” and 

overall with frame meas. 10 x 12. Very nice. Est. $100-200 

246. California. Madera. Madera. Borello & Porter. Borello 

& Porter / Madera. Bottom: Star. Blue aqua. Lettering has been 

highlighted in white. Very minor case wear. Xf+. LaDue coll. 

Est. $100-200 

247. California. Maps. Topo Maps, Early & Historic. 

Twenty five (25) early topo maps from the 1:125,000 series. This 






All are used, some with chips, tears, folds and a few pencil 

notes. Includes; Indio, La Jolla, La Crescenta, Ivanpah, Santa 

Barbara Special, Oceanside, Cholame, Coalinga, Panoche, Buena 

Vista Lake, Caliente (not the Nevada one), McKittrick, Tujunja, 

Dardenelles, Mt Diablo, Tesla, Kaweah, TehipiteRedding, 

Tehama, Modoc, Chico, Seiad, Weaverville, Tamalpais, Big Bar, 

Maxwell. Est. $150-350 

248. California. Marin. San Rafael. Buffalo Bottling Works. 

Buffalo / Bottling / Works / B.B.W. / San Rafael / Cala. Height 

7.25’. Light Aqua. 1/2’ chip in neck. 1’ chip along top. 1’ crack 

down top. Some whittling on bottle. 4 point star embossed on 

bottom. Slightly dirty. Fairly good condition. Provenance: LaDue 


249. California. Marin. San Rafael. Klammer & Malz Soda 

Bottle. Klammer & Malz / San Rafael / Cal Aqua Height 6.50’. 

M.B.W. embossed on bottom. Small chip on top. Almost mint. 


250. California. Marin. San Rafael. M. Petersen Marin 

Soda Works. Lot of 2 bottles. Same styles. M. Petersen / Marin 

/ Soda Works / San Rafael. Green aqua, 7” tall. One of the 

bottles is near mint. The other has bubble burst on the reverse 

that appears as a ding or crack. Both Xf. LaDue Coll. Est. $200- 

300 

251. California. Marin. San Rafael. Martin Petersen Soda 

Bottle. Martin Petersen / San Rafael / Cal Light Aqua. Height 

6.50’. MBW embossed on bottom. c 1886-1895. Few chips with 

glass in the top. Very clean bottle. Almost mint. Provenance: 


252. California. Mariposa. Hornitos. Blue Moon Mine Maps 

& Blueprints, 1942. Lot of 10. Includes: Vertical Longitudinal 

Projections; Vertical Cross Sections; Assay Maps; and Diamond 

Drill Holes. Sizes vary between 18 x 24 and smaller. The Blue 

Moon Mine is situated on a ridge east of the Merced River 

where general drainage from the site, but not necessarily from 

the mine, flows west about two miles into the river. The mine 

was primarily a zinc mine but produced appreciable amounts of 

copper, lead, gold and silver primarily from 1943 to 1947. By 

October, 1945 development consisted of a 500 foot hoisting shaft 

inclined 80 degrees west, drifts and crosscuts on five levels and a 

shaft 35 feet deep connected to the deeper workings by a winze. 

Development underground including shafts, drifts and crosscuts 

totals 2370 feet. The primary concern at the site is acid drainage 

due to high-sulfur mine tailings and waste around the collar of 

the No. 2 shaft. Although drainage at the shaft is internal (into 

the shaft) iron-oxide stained seeps on the west side of the ridge 

are likely a product of mine water. Initial readings of the water 

seepage shows neutral pH and low to moderate conductivity, but 

metals may be present in solution. Est. $200-300 

253. California. Mendocino. Ukiah. G. W. Eppler. G. W. 



Epler (sic). Bottom: E. Light blue aqua. The propreitor’s name 

is actually Eppler. Most likely when the mistake was found, new 

bottles were made with Ukiah Soda Works instead of his name 

(Markota). Near mint. LaDue Coll. Est. $100-200 

254. California. Mendocino. Ukiah. Ukiah Soda Works. 

Lot of 4 pcs. All embossed similarly: Ukiah Soda Works / Ukiah 

/ Cal. One has “star” embossed on bottom, others blank. All are 

about 6.75-7” tall. One bottle is near mint and medium aqua. 

The other three bottles are all light aqua. Two of these have dings 

and cracks. Hutchinson. Provenance: LaDue Collection Est. 

$100-200 

255. California. Mendocino. Ukiah. Ukiah Soda Works. 

Ukiah Soda Works / Ukiah / Cal. Light smoky tint. 7”tall. Near 

mint.Hutchinson. Provenance: LaDue Collection Est. $60-100 

256. California. Merced. Turlock. Rip’s. Meet At / Rip’s // 

V / Cts. Rd, br, 21mm, star of David cutout. VF Kappen #30 Est. 

$10-20 

257. California. Merced. Turlock. Scotty’s Cigar Store. 

Scotty’s Cigar Store / Turlock, Cal. // 10 Cents / IT. Rd, br, 

18mm, square cutout. VF Kappen #32 Est. $25-50 

258. California. Merced. Turlock. United Cigar Store. 

United / Cigar / Store / Agent / Turlock, Calif. // GF / 5c / IT / A. 

R. Casbohn. Est. $25-50 

259. California. Merced. Turlock. W. J. Tallant. W. J. 

Tallant / Turlock, Cal. // Not Redeamable. Rd, br, 21mm. Fine 

Kappen #38 Est. $15-30 

260. California. Mining. Cal Stock Certs, Rare. Lot of 3. 

1) Mojave Tungsten (Cal); 2)Pacific Coast Colliery (1910 Cal, 

very rare, best piece in the collection by far; 3) Selby Smelting, 

unissued. All VF. The Pacific Coast Colliery is significant 

because few of California’s coal deposits were commercial after 

1900. Est. $150-250 

261. California. Mining. Mining Related Postcards. Lot 

of 2 pcs. (1) Original photo postcard captioned Cable Bridge, 

American River, Cal. Scene is of a boy sitting on the bank of the 

river with the bridge in background. Postmarked Reno, 1919. 

Crease at left lower corner and edge. (2) Chromolitho card 

showing four different scenes of mining in California: dredging, 

quartz, hydraulic and doodleburg. Unmailed. Vf. Est. $40-60 

262. California. Mining. Selby Smelting & Lead Co. Lot of 

21 pcs. All unissued, unsigned, uncancelled. Printed on yellow 

paper. Datelined San Francisco, 18xx. 4.5 x 10”. All extremely 

fine. Est. $200-250 

263. California. Mining. Photos. Northern California 

Mining Camp Photos. Lot of 10 original snapshots showing 

2 prospectors and their small camp in a remote canon, exact 

location unknown. Canon hills show scrub oak and chaparral 

brush in rocky terrain. Looks like interior California from the 

Mother Lode country northward. A broken ore cart and rails are 

pictured in one photo, suggesting an established mine site. Est. 

$100-200 

264. California. Mono. Bishop. T. Shone Bottle. T. Shone. 

Stopper present. Light aqua. Hutch, Applied top, 4pc OK mold. 

7” tall. Mint. C.1885. Shone opened a venture in Winnemucca, 

Nevada, in 1893. He also had other ventures in Winnemucca. 

An indepth story will be presented in Holabird’s Nevada 

Bottle Book, when published in late 2005. Provenance: LaDue 


265. California. Mono. Bodie. Bodie Free Press 

Newspaper, 1881. November 23, 1881 Bodie Free Press in 

excellent condition, with no staining, serious folds or problems. 

Contains ads for dozens of saloons and daily reports of the key 

mines. Very attractive. Est. $50-150 

266. California. Monterey. Gold Rush. Edward Canby 

Letter, Signed, (1817-1873), a Union Major General. Canby 

served in New mexico to thwart the Confederate revolt at 

Messilla. After the war he was sent to northern California where 

the Modoc Indians were still a problem to white settlers, and they 

killed him in 1873. This letter was written just after the sale of 

California to the United States, andwas written to dispense the 

orders in part for the boundary survey resulting from the Mexico 

sale. Canby asks Hewit to proceed to meet Major William Emory 

near San Diego. Emory wrote a definitive work on his exploration 

from Texas to San Diego, including some of the Mexican battles. 

Canby signed this document while stationed in Monterey, 

California at the beginning of the gold rush. Est. $500-1000 

267. California. Monterey. King City. King City Train 

Wreck Photo Postcards. Lot of 3 printed photo postcards 

showing the wreck of a Southern Pacific train 9 miles north of 

King City, July 12, 1910. Photographers: Hill & Smith. Each 

photo shows a different perspective on the wreck. Unused. Est. 

$30-50 

268. California. Monterey. King City. R. E. Weaver Soda 

Works. R. E. Weaver / King City / Soda Works. Slight impact 

ding at back left, otherwise would be mint. Light green aqua. 

Displays beautifully. LaDue Coll. Est. $300-500 

269. California. Monterey. Monterey. Enterprise Soda 

Water. Enterprise / Soda Water Co. / Monterey. Light aqua. 7” 

tall. Two minor chips on lip. Near mint Hutchinson Provenance: 

LaDue Collection 

Est. $100-200 

270. California. Monterey. Monterey. Monterey Soda 

Works Soda Bottle. Tall, applied top (Gravitating Stopper style) 

Hutchinson soda bottle with Monterey Soda Works embossed 

on the bottom. There are no mold marks, and hence hard to call 

whether this is a two piece or otherwise. No embossing on the 

face. Unlisted in Markota. Circa 1880-1885. Whittled. Beautiful 

deep aqua. One small surface ping, pinhead size, otherwise 

sparkling. Purchased by LaDue in March, 1979. Provenance: 




271. California. Monterey. Monterey. Monterey Soda 

Works. Unlisted in Markota. Property of / Monterey / Soda 

Works / Cal. Minor dings to lip and base. Light aqua. 7” tall. 

Vf. LaDue Coll. Est. $150-300 

272. California. Monterey. Salinas. G. A. White. The / G. A. 

White / Grand // GF / 12 1/2c / IT> Rd, br, 21mm. Fine Kappen 

#49 Est. $14-28 

273. California. Monterey. Salinas. Metal Business Card, 

Monterey County Bank, 1906. Early metal business card from 

the bank, located in Salinas City. Bank officers listed by name 

at top: I.e. Wm. Vanderhurst, Pres. Silver metal with black print. 

1906 calendar on the reverse. Made by the Bonder & Williams 

Co., Chicago. Est. $25-50 

274. California. Monterey. Salinas. Salinas Hutch Soda 

Bottle. Light lime green, four piece mold with tooled top. 

Frosting along right mold mark from bottom top top, should 

polish nicely. Very nerar mint otherwise. Acquired 1997 at the 

San Mateo Bottle Show. LaDue Collection. Est. $45- 

275. California. Monterey. Salinas. Salinas P. S. Soda 

Works Hutch Soda Bottle. Blue-aqua, four piece mold, lots of 

bubbles, tooled top. Acquired February, 1977 by LA Due at San 

Mateo. Very near mint, clean. Est. $25-100 

276. California. Monterey. Salinas. Salinas Soda Works. 

Salinas / P. S. / Soda Works. Light green aqua. Near mint 

condition. LaDue Coll. Est. $40-60 

277. No Lot. 

278. California. Monterey. Watsonville. P. J. Nielsen. Lot 

of 2 pcs. P. J. Nielsen // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. Fine Kappen 

- Unlisted Est. $8-16 

279. California. Monterey. Watsonville. S. Martinelli Soda 

Bottle. S. / Martinelli / Watsonville. Great blue aqua tint. 7” 

tall. Tool top. Wonderful display bottle. Mint.Hutchinson. 


280. California. Mother Lode. Maps. Early Topo Maps 

c1890-1910. Nine (9) early topo maps from the 1:125,000 series. 

This is the first series of USGS topo maps, many are from the 

original 1894 data, though published 1905-1910. These contain 

many of the early ghost towns and mining camps, and much 

info relating to mining camps that is now gone from modern 

maps. They are very important sources of re4ference for old 

geographic names. All are used, some with chips, tears, folds and 

a few pencil notes. Includes; Pyramid Peak, Sonora, Placerville, 

Bidwell Bar, Colfax, Jackson, Smartsville, Sacramento, Lodi. 

Est. $100-200 

281. California. Napa. Calistoga. Calistoga Photos, 1907. 

15 3 x 5” photos mounted on black hole-punched paper that has 

been removed from an album. Various scenic shots of Calistoga 

in 1907. Pictures in good condition. Est. $100-200 

282. California. Napa. Napa. Jackson’s Napa Soda. Lot of 

2 bottles. Jackson’s / Napa / Soda // A Natural / Mineral Water 

/ Jackson’s / This Bottle / Not To Be Sold. Bottom: only one 

bottle has 708H. Both light aqua. Some minor case wear. Lips 

dings. Vf. LaDue Coll. Est. $30-50 

283. California. Napa. St Helena. Robert Mondavi 

Corporation. Specimen certificate. Incorporated in California in 

1981. Corporate signatures printed on certificate. Hole punched 

and “Specimen” rubber stamped. Vignette/underprint at center 

of entrace to the winery. Green border and underprint on white 

paper. 8 x 12. Printer - ABN. The company, whose vineyards 

are located in Napa Valley, is a joint venture is Baron Phillippe de 

Rothschild, the producer of the Opus One wines. XF. Est. $75- 

150 

284. California. Nevada. Manuscript Letters Sent to Fred 

Searles, 1894-1907. Lot of 5 letters. A nice group of manuscript 

letters addressed to Fred Searles. Searles was an important 

mining engineer from Grass Valley. He was instrumental in the 

development of Goldfield, NV, and the Empire Mine at Grass 

Valley. He was an intergral part of the startup of Newmont MC 

and got the company into the Empire Mine, which was later 

given to the State of California. These letters are datelined from 

various Nevada and Sierra County mining camps: Washington, 

Poker Flat (Sierra Co), Diamond Creek and Alleghany (Sierra 

Co). All very fine. Est. $150-250 

285. California. Nevada. Donner Lake. Donner Lake 

Development Co Plat Map, 1948. A plat map showing private 

and public lands surrounding Donner Lake. Published by the 

Donner Lake Dev Co, 1948. Red pencil notes located at the 

southwest end of the lake. 10.5 x 22”. Fold creases. Fine. Est. 

$40-60 

286. California. Nevada. Grass Valley. Grass Valley Cons 

Gold Mines Report, 1916. Written by Fred M. Miller, Mining 

Engineer. 21pps. The report discusses the properties held, at 

that time, by the company and the prospective operations. The 

report outlines the following mines: Allison Ranch Mine, Allison 

Ranch-Stanton Mine, Croesus Mine, Minnesota Mine, Hill 

Quartz Mine and Croessus-Extension-Dividend Mine. Legal size 

paper. Nice report on historic mines. Est. $100-200 

287. No Lot. 

288. California. Nevada. Grass Valley. Nevada Soda Water 

Co. Hutchinson. Nevada / Soda Water / Grass Valley / Nevada 

Co./ Cal on one side. W.E. Deamer embossed on the other. 

Height 6 1/2’. Med Aqua. Bottom embossed with Gravitating 

Stopper Made by John Matthews Pat October 11 1864 NYMint 

condition Provenance: LaDue Collection Est. $40-80 

289. California. Nevada. Nevada City. Rough & Ready 

Ditch Matted Photograph, 1880. Photograph shows the Rough 

& Ready Ditch crossing Deer Creek in Nevada City. The area 

is blanketed in about 1+ feet of snow. The photograph has been 

trimmed at adhered to the matted board, which appears to be 

c.1900 matting. Identified on reverse as 1880. 4 x 7”, matte 

irregular. Fine. Est. $80-150 


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290. California. Nevada. North Bloomfield. Mount Blanc 

Cons Gravel Mining Co. Lot of 12pcs. Incorporated in 1878. 

All unissued, unsigned, uncancelled. Small vignette to right 

of mine portal in foothills. Black border and print on yellow 

paper. Printer - A. L. Bancroft. 6 x 10”. Datelined Grass Valley, 

Nevada Co, Cal. “Location of Mine: North Bloomfield Mining 

District” printed on certificate. All extremely fine. Est. $120-200 

291. California. Nevada. Scotts Flat. Quaker Hill Gold 

Mines Co Report, 1918. A well written report on the properties 

of the Quaker Hill Gold Mines Co. 31pps, compiled by H. L. 

Englebright, Mining Engineer. Report details the physical and 

geologic nature of the properties and discusses reserves and 

resources. Very fine. Est. $75-150 

292. California. Nevada. Truckee. C. Thomas. C. Thomas 

/ Truckee. Med aqua. Dead mint. Old variant. Great bottle. 


293. California. Nevada. Truckee. Capitol Grill Token. 

Capitol Grill / Truckee, / Calif. // GF / 12 1/2 / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. 

Stong strike, Xf-Bu. Kappan # 5 Est. $50-100 

294. California. Oil. California Oil Stocks Collection, 

c1910-1925. Seven California Oil stocks, but just two different 

companies. Palmer Union Oil Co, 1913 and 1928 (different certs) 

and the rest are Pyramid Oil Co 1914-1926. Est. $100-200 

295. California. Orange. Fullerton. C. B. Huggans. C. B. 

Huggans / Fullerton / Cal. Light aqua. Beautiful display bottle. 

Near to dead mint. LaDue Coll. Est. $100-200 

296. California. Orange. Santa Ana. Grumbach & 

Schumacher Hutchinson. Lot of 3 Grumbach & Schumacher 

/ Santa Ana / Cal. 4 pc mold. (1) Dk Aqua. Height 6.50’ .Some 

scratching on L. Crack from N to C. Couple of bubbles in glass. 

(2) Grumbach & Schumacher / Santa Ana / Cal. 4 pc mould. 

Light Aqua. Height 6.50’Bubble burst without glass on base. 

Several bubbles in glass. Small chip on side. Nothing embossed 

on bottlom. (3) Grumbach & Schumacher / Santa Ana / Cal. 4 pc 

mould. Pale Aqua. Height 6.50’G embossed on bottom. Couple 

of large bubbles in glass. 1 1/2’ crack in glass on side. 1/2’ crack 

in glass. Case wear on bottle. Provenance: LaDue Collection Est. 

$160-300 

297. California. Photographs. Miscellaneous California 

Photosc, 1910-20. Lot of 5--1 photograph and 4 stereocards. 1) 

Photo is black/white 8 x 10 showing the Vallejo Steam Laundry 

building with men & women (employees?) lined up in front and 

along the side of the building amidst the laundry’s trucks and 

vehicles. Various temporary signed are seen, saying such things 

as “Vallejo Stam Laundred Present Delivery Service, 20 Trucks,” 

and “Mare Island Route,” “The Old Way,” and “Benecia Route,” 

among others. 2) Stereo cards of Yosemite’s Bridal Veil Falls, 

published by the Keystone View Company, 1897. With text 

paragraph on reverse by J.M. Hutchings. 3) Stereocard of “The 

Grizzled Giant” in the Big Trees of California, part of the Popular 

Series. 4 & 5) 2 stereocards, one of Yellowstone Falls, 360 Feet 

High, part of the American Series, and the second of Tower Falls, 

Yellowstone River, of the Popular Series. Est. $30-60 

298. California. Placer. Nyack. Nyack Lodge Postcards. 

Lot of 2, one real photo and one chromo litho. The real photo 

card shows the entrance to Nyack Lodge, with its stone double 

staircase and columned porch. Surface of card is peeled away on 

lower right corner and at bottom, partially obscuring one line of 

the hand printed caption which reads; U.S. Hi-way 40 Emigrant 

Gap Calif. 2) Chromo litho card (#C1025, Mike Roberts Studios, 

Berkeley, CA, a color transparency by Ray Foster) shows the 

glassed in dining room of the lodge with knotty pine interior, 

tableclothed tables, chairs, set up for diners. Snow capped 

mountains are seen through the windows. Est. $25-50 

299. California. Placer. Tahoe. Legal Business Name 

Certificate, 1941. Certificate issued from the State of California 

Department of State granting the business name of Sandy Beach 

for a ranch and villa located to George Phillips, owner of the 

ranch and villa at Tahoe Vista. Signed by Paul Peek, Sec of State. 

Large gold seal at lower left. 9 x 16”. Dated 1941. Vf. Est. 

$60-100 

300. California. Plumas. Taylor Plumas Mill & Mining 

Co. Cert. # 1854. Incorporated in NY. Issued to J.R. Kennedy, 

Trustee in 1887 for 100 shares. Signed by pres. W.G. Robinson 

and secretary L.S. Sevey Spartan. Vignette of miners working 

outside of mine opening, above ground. “Location of Property. 

Plumas County” printed on face. Brown border and print. 

Printer - Theo. Dollard, NY. The name changed from lthe 

Crescent Mine to the Taylor mine in 1882. It was discovered in 

1864, was a producing mine and was worked through 1864. It 

produced good ore for about 10-20 years, but was defunct and in 

disrepair by 1917 [Burchard, 1882, p84; Boyle, p110]. Est. $150- 

300 

301. California. Railroad. Railroad Advertisements. Lot of 

2 pcs. The first is a promotional booklet published by the Union 

Pacific System and titled: California. Published 1929, 48pps, 

heavily illustrated. Original soft wrappers, Vf-Xf condition. The 

second items is a color image of an Indian warrior showing a 

young boy a “Navajo” rug. Sante Fe logo prominent at upper left 

corner. The image has most likely been taken from a promotional 

booklet and is now matted. 7 x 7”. Vf. Est. $40-60 

302. California. Sacramento. Folsom. Farmer Brown’s. 

Farmer Browm’s / Fine / Dining / Sutter St. / Folsom / Cal. // GF 

/ 25c / IT. Rd, br, 29mm. VF Kappen #6 Est. $5-10 

303. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. Bernard 

McGinity. Lot of 2 pcs. Bernard McGinity / Sacramento / Cal. 

Very light aqua. Minor lip dings, bases and sides clean. Xf. 


304. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. Boley & Co. 

Boley & Co / Sac City Cal. Dark blue almost cobalt. Some lip 

dings. Slight hazing. Xf. Fabulous color. Never been buffed. 

Limited case wear. LaDue Coll. Est. $400-600 

305. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. C. Schneirr & 

Co. C. Schnerr & Co. / Sacramento / Cal. Bottom: Capitol Soda 

Works. Unique color similar to Smokey Quartz. Near mint. 



Fabulous display bottle. LaDue Coll. Est. $50-80 

306. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. C. Schnerr & 

Co. Lot of 4 bottles. Nice color variant lot. C. Schnerr & Co. 

/ Sacramento / Cal. Bottom: Capitol / Soda Works. Colors: 

Medium Purple, Smokey (2), Clear. One of the smokey bottles 

shows case wear and hazing. The Clear bottle also shows some 

hazing. Purple and smokey are near mint. LaDue Coll. Est. $80- 

120 

307. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. C. Schnerr & Co. 

Lot of 3 bottles. C. Schnerr & Co. / Sacramento / Cal. Bottom: 

Capitol / Soda Works. Green aqua. All Xf to Xf+. LaDue Coll. 

Est. $60-100 

308. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. C. Schnerr & 

Co. Lot of 7 pcs. C. Schnerr & Co. / Sacramento / Cal. Bottom: 

Capitol / Bottles Works. One clear, rest light aqua. All Xf or 

near mint. LaDue Coll. Est. $100-200 

309. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. California 

Bottling Works. California / Bottling Works / T. Blauth / 407 

K Street / Sacramento. Bottom: blank. Light aqua, 7”. Bubble 

burst on reverse, near mint. LaDue Coll. Est. $20-40 


Bottling Works. Lot of 2 bottles. California / Bottling Works / 

T. Blauth / 407 K Street / Sacramento. Bottom: (small) PCGW. 

Very light aqua. Very minor dings on lip. Both XF+. LaDue 

Coll. Est. $40-60 


Bottling Works. Lot of 2 bottles. California / Bottling Works 

/ Theo. Blauth Sons Co / 407 K Street / Sacramento. Bottom: 

657H. One of the bottles is light aqua, the other has a smokey 

hue (like smokey quartz). Both XF+ to near mint. LaDue Coll. 

Est. $40-60 



/ T. Blauth / 407 K Street / Sacramanto (sic). One of the bottles 

has the embossing highlighted in white; lip ding. The other bottle 

has dirt at top and within; minor lip ding. The third and fourth 

bottles are the nicest in the lot at an Xf+ condition. All bottles 

have Sacramento misspelled. LaDue Coll. Est. $300-600 

313. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. California 


/ T. Blauth / 107 K Street / Sacramento. Bottom: PCGW. All 

bottles are light aqua and the same style. All Xf+ to near mint. A 

great trading lot or display lot. LaDue Coll. Est. $100-200 

314. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. Casey & Cronan. 

Lot of 3 bottles. Casey & Cronan / Eagle / Soda Works. Bottom: 

Gravitating Stopper / Made by / John Mathews. Three color 

variations: very light aqua, light aqua, green (nearly lime). Some 

chips and dings. All Xf. LaDue Coll. Est. $60-100 

315. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. Casey & 

Kavanaugh. Casey & Kavanaugh / Trade / Mark / Registered / 

Sacramento, Cal. Bottom: C & K. Very light aqua, slight smoke 

hue. Dead mint. LaDue Coll. Est. $100-200 

316. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. E. L. Billings. 

Lot of 4 bottles. E. L. Billings / Sacramento / Cal. Bottom: 

Gravitating Stopper / Made By / (patent info). All have light blue 

aqua color and show no significant dings or chips. Xf+. LaDue 

Coll. Est. $60-120 


Lot of 2 bottles. E. L. Billings / Sac City // Geyser Soda. Both 

med green aqua. One of the bottles shows some hazing, possible 

alkali staining. The other is bright. Both Xf+. LaDue Coll. Est. 

$100-200 

318. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. E. L. Billings. E. 

L. Billings / Sac City // Geyser Soda. Bottom: blank. Light lime. 

Gorgeous display bottle. Near mint. LaDue Coll. Est. $200-400 

319. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. E. L. Billings. E. 

L. Billings / Sac City // Geyser Soda. Medium blue. Not listed 

in Markota. Xf+ to near mint. LaDue Coll. Est. $300-600 


Lot of 2 pcs. E. L. Billings / Sac City // Geyser Soda. Both 

medium aqua, very attractive. Both are Xf+ to near mint. LaDue 

Coll. Est. $100-200 

321. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. Geo. Z. Wait. Lot 

of 2 bottles. The Geo Z. Wait / Carbonating / Co. / Sacramento, 

Cal. Both have slight purple hue. Several bubble bursts and 

impact dings affect both bottles. Both are rare. LaDue Coll. Est. 

$50-80 

322. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. Gold Rush 

Document Signed by Flagg & Co. Receipt in manuscript form 

from Sac City, 1855 signed by Flagg. CC Flagg was one of the 

founding members of the Sacramento Guard, formed in 1850. 

Provenance: Hammon collection Est. $150-300 

323. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. H (only) Soda 

Bottle. Lot of 2 bottles. H / Sac. Bottom: C. S. W. / Sac. One 

bottle is broken off at the bottom of the neck, we do not have the 

top. The other bottle shows hazing and minor dings on lip and 

base. Vf. LaDue. Est. $60-100 

324. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. H P Soda Bottles. 

Lot of 6 pcs. H / Sac. // P. Bottom: C. S. W. / Sac. Four blue 

aqua, two green aqua. One of the bottles has had the lettering 

highlighted in white. One of the blue aquas is near mint, rest 

show some dings, checks or case wear. Others Vf+ to Xf. LaDue 

Coll. Est. $100-200 

325. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. Henry J. Postel. 

Lot of 5 bottles. Henry J. Postel / Sacramento / Cal. Bottom: 

Capitol Soda Works. All light aqua, about 7” tall. All Xf to near 


326. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. Henry Winkle. 

Henry, Winkle / Sac City // XX. Light green aqua. Bottle shows 



some alkali staining, minor case wear. No obvious dings. Iron 

pontil. Vf-Xf. LaDue Coll. Est. $400-600 

327. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. Holden’s G. A. 

Holden’s / G. A. Bottom: Capitol Soda Works Sac. 10 panel 

base, 8” tall. Med blue aqua. Embossing has been highlighted in 

black. Dead mint. LaDue Coll. Est. $40-60 

328. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. Hugh Casey 

Eagle Soda Works. Lot of 5 bottles. Hugh Casey / Eagle / Soda 

Works / 50 K St / Sacramento. All light to medium aqua. Vf to 

near mint. Great lot. LaDue Coll. Est. $100-200 

329. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. Hugh Casey 

Eagle Soda Works. Lot of 3 bottles. Hugh Casey / Eagle / Soda 

Works. All medium aqua. Very attractive color on all bottles. 

Xf+. LaDue Coll. Est. $60-80 

330. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. Hugh Casey. 

Hugh Casey / Eagle / Soda Works / 50 K St / Sacramento / Cal. 

Embossing has been highlighted in white. Bottle is near mint 


331. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. M. Cronan. Lot 

of 6 bottles. M. Cronan / 230 K Street / Sacramento. Sac. / 

Soda Works. All are nice light aqua. All are in Xf+ to near mint 


332. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. M. Cronan. Lot 

of 11 bottles. M. Cronan / 250 K Street / Sacramento. Bottom: 

S. A. C. // Soda Works. All are light blue and green aquas. 

Condition varies from Vf to near mint. Nice lot. LaDue Coll. 

Est. $300-500 

333. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. Owen Casey 

Eagle Soda Works. Lot of 8 bottles with color variations. Owen 

Casey / Eagle Soda / Works // Sac City. Light to medium aquas. 

Colors: Light aqua, light green, medium aqua, medium blue, 

frosted medium to dark blue and cobalt blue. All Vf-Xf. A great 

color variety lot. LaDue Coll. Est. $500-1000 

334. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. Owen Casey. 

Owen Casey / Eagle Soda / Works // Sac City. Light green aqua. 

Bubbles above “Casey”. No dings or chips. Xf+. This is the 

only one of these bottles we found in the collection. LaDue Coll. 

Est. $100-400 

335. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. Postel & Schnerr. 

Lot of 3 bottles. Postel & Schnerr / Sacramento / Cal. Bottom: 

Capitol Soda Works. All light blue aqua. No obvious dings or 

chips on any of the bottles. All display well. Xf+. LaDue Coll. 

Est. $60-120 

336. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. Sacramento 

Area Bottle Coll. Lot of 14 bottles. Merchants: (1) Geo Z. 

Wait, medicine bottle. (2) F. Kolliker, medicine. (3) Dr. J. H. 

McLean’s, medicine. (4) Owl Drug, with reverse embossed 

owl, medicine. (5) H. C. Kirk & Co, medicine. (6) Walther & 

Bell, medicine. (7) J. H. Gaylord, round medicine. (8) T. W. 

McAuliffe & Co, round medicine. (9) Black Silk Stove Polich, 

with liquid and cap, paper label partially torna at left. (10-11) 

Buffalo Bill Sasspiralla, paper labels intact. (12) P. F. Heering, 

whiskey (fifth?). (13) C. F. Riley, missing top half, partially 

repaired with fragments, cobalt blue. (14) Geo Z. Wait, medicine 

bottle with original paper label and cardboard box. The bottle is 

heavily damaged, missing neck and top. LaDue Coll. Est. $50- 

150 

337. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. Sacramento Co- 

Op Natural Mineral Water Assn. Lot of 8 bottles. All same 

style. S. C. O. N. M. W. Ass’n / Sacramento, Cal. All light aqua. 

All are at least Xf, most near mint. LaDue Coll. Est. $80-150 

338. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. Sacramento 

USGS Folio, 1894. Fine copy of the SAcramento Folio, with 

maps, sections, geology, descriptive text and photos. The map 

goes from the Cosumnes River on the south to the ghost town of 

Hotaling on the north above Auburn. Est. $100-200 

339. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. Union Soda 

Works. Lot of 2 bottles. Both embossed on bottom only with 

“U. S. W. / Sac. One is nearly 8” tall, light green aqua. Other is 

7.5”, light blue aqua. Taller bottle has two minor lip dings. The 

other is near mint. LaDue Coll. Est. $40-60 

340. No Lot. 

341. California. San Cruz. Santa Cruz. Maxcy. 5c / Maxcy / 

IT // Ditto. Rd, br, 21mm. Fine Kappen #84 Est. $10-20 

342. California. San Diego. Danes Lea Mining Co. Cert. # 

30. Incorporated in California, 1900. Issued to E.W. Ackerman 

in 1900 for 5,000 shares. Signed by W.C. Harland as pres and 

F.F. Fyler as secretary. Cancelled. 3 vignettes across top of 

mining scenes. Black border, gilt safety print and seal. Printer 

- Goes. 5.5 x 9.5. VF. Also known as the Encinitas Mine. Weed 

(1918 Mines Handbook) lists the Encinitas mine as located 8 mi. 

east of Encinitas, showing a vein in diabase and porphyry, said to 

carry 4% copper, 5 oz. Silver and $4 in gold. A 50-ton plant will 

be installed, 1917. Est. $50-100 

343. California. San Diego. Dixon. Dixon Soda Works 

Hutch, Applied Top. Circa 1883-1888. 4 piece mold, medium 

aqua. Stopper present. No embossing on base. Pinhead sized 

“chip” on lip, otherwise sparkling. Small chip on base, not 

noticeable until you pick up the bottle and look there, thhus 

invisible on the shelf. LaDue Collection. This soda is notablke 

because it has the applied top, and as such was probably a 

product of the first period of ownership under Frank Kane. The 

word “Dixon” has serifs on the letters, not present on the tooled 

top varieties. Est. $75-150 

344. California. San Diego. Dixon. Dixon Soda Works, S & 

O. This is another tooled top variety, with a “S & O” embossed 

on the bottom, possibly indicative of the proprietors, Shomer 

& Oberholzer. Two piece mold, very thick bottom (1/2”), no 

se4ifs in the letters. Medium aqua. Large bubbles. No scratches 

or dings. One of three different varieties of this bottle. LaDue 

Collection. Acquired in Chico, 1978. Est. $40-100 



345. California. San Diego. Dixon. Dixon Soda Works, 

tooled top, “K”. This is the tooled top variety, with a “K” 

embossed on the bottom, possibly indicative of the proprietor, 

Frank Kane. Two piece mold, very thick bottom (1/2”), no se4ifs 

in the letters. Slight inside stain, medium aqua. Large bubbles. No 

scratches or dings. One of htree different varieties of this bottle. 

Est. $40-100 

346. California. San Diego. San Diego. P. D. Ashton. P. D. 

Ashton / San Diego / Cal. / X L C R. Bottom: A. Light blue 

aqua. Some interior dirt or alkali staining. Xf+ to near mint. 


347. California. San Diego. San Diego. P. Todd. P. Todd / 

San Diego / GF 5c IT. Rd, br, 21mm, center cutout. XF Kappen 

#341 Est. $15-30 

348. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. American 

Soda Works. Lot of 2 bottles. Same styles. American / (flag) 

/ Soda Works / S. F. One has an A on bottom. Both light aqua. 

Both Xf, near mint. LaDue Coll. Est. $150-300 

349. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Astorg 

Springs Mineral Water. Lot of 2 pcs. Astorg / Springs / 

Mineral / Water / S. F.-Cal. One of the bottles has minor lip dings 

and base dings. The second bottle is Xf+ to near mint. Nice 

display lot. LaDue Coll. Est. $100-200 

350. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Bay City 

Soda Water Co. Lot of 2 bottles. Bay City Soda Water Co. / 

San Francisco / Cal. Bottom: B. C. Clear, 7” tall. Lip ding, 

minor. Xf. Second bottles same but embossing slightly different. 

This bottle more aqua and near mint. LaDue Coll. Est. $50-80 

351. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Bay City 

Soda Water Co. Bay City Soda Water Co. / San Francisco / Cal. 

Bottom: Gravitating Stopper (etc.) Light aqua. Very minor case 

wear. Xf+ to near mint. LaDue Coll. Est. $50-80 

352. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Belfast 

Ginger Ale. Belfast / Trade (triangle) Mark / Ginger Ale / S. F. 

Bottom: (Triangle) with B in middle. Light aqua. Near mint 


353. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Belfast 

Ginger Ale. Belfast / Trade (Diamond with B) Mark / Ginger 

Ale / S. F. Bottom: (Triangle with B). Light to medium lime 

green. Near mint condition. Rare color. LaDue Coll. Est. $50- 

80 

354. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Belfast Soda 

Water & Ginger Ale. The Belfast / Soda Water & / Ginger Ale 

Co. / San Francisco / Cal. Light blue aqua. Bubble burst on 

base. Embossing runs vertically along bottle. Xf+ to near mint. 


355. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Billy 

Finnigan. Billy / Finnigan // GF 5c IT. Rd, br, 21mm, center 

cutout. VF Kappen #834 Est. $7-14 

356. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Breig & 

Schafer. Lot of 2 bottles. Both same style. (Fish) / Brieg & 

Schafer / S. F. Light to med aqua. Minor dings. Attractive pair. 


357. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. C. A. Reiners 

& Co. C. A. Reiners & Co. / 723 Turk St. / S. F. Bottom: Logo. 

Med Aqua, 7.5” tall. Buble burst near base, a minor base ding. 

Xf. LaDue Coll. Est. $30-50 

358. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Cal. 

Lemonade Seltzer Water. Cal. Lemonade / (Logo with CL in 

Star) / And / Seltzer Water Co. / S. F. Cal. Bottom: C. L. Light 

aqua. Nearly 8” tall. Bubble burst on shoulder. Near mint. 


359. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. California 

Soda Works. Lot of 3 bottles. California / (eagle) / Soda Works. 

One is green aqua, others a medium blue. One bottle is shorter 

and has smaller eagle than the other two bottles which are very 

similar. All Xf to Xf+. LaDue Coll. Est. $80-120 

360. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Congoleum 

Gold Seal Art-Rugs Broadside. Handling and care directions 

for Congoleum Art-Rugs. The rugs should not be tacked or 

fastened to the floor in any way. They are waterproof, clean with 

a damp mop and mild soap. Company advises coating the artrugs 

with a durable varnish like Valspar, to prolong the life, color 

and surface wear. Tan paper, red print. 8.5 x 11. Est. $50-100 

361. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Crystal Soda 

Water Co. Crystal / S. W. Co. / S. F. Light-med aqua. Very 

minor dings on lip and base. Xf. LaDue Coll. Est. $20-40 

362. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Crystal Soda 

Works Co. Crystal / S. W. Co. / S. F. Bottom: Diamond shape. 

Med aqua, 7” tall. Near mint. LaDue Coll. Est. $20-40 

363. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Diamond 

Soda Works. Lot of 2 bottles. Diamond / Trade (Triangle 

with D) Mark / Soda Works Co. / S. F. Bottom: (1) PCGW (2) 

329H. Slight bubble burst on shoulder of one bottle. Other bottle 

is near mint. LaDue Coll. Est. $50-80 

364. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. E. F. Herve 

& Sons. E. F. Herve & Sons / Props. / 622 Laguna St. / S. F. 

Cal. // Natural / Mineral Water / From The / Golden West Spring 

/ Napa / County , Cal. Medium aqua. Interior bubble burst on 

back side on shoulder. Large chip missing on base. Bottle stands 

but does lean slightly. Minor lip dings. Rare. LaDue Coll. Est. 

$50-80 

365. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Empire Soda 

Works. Empire Soda Works / on reverse of bottle Frank / S / 

Waldo & Co. Med Aqua. Height 6.75. No cracks or dings. Mint 


366. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Empire Soda 

Works. Empire Soda Works / San Francisco. Reverse: Frank / 

S / Waldo. Blue aqua, 7” tall. Near mint. LaDue Coll. Est. $80- 



150 

367. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Enterprise 

Soda Works. Enterprise / Soda Works / S. F. / A. & W. Co. 

Medium green aqua. Very minor lip dings. Xf+. Would display 

beautifully. LaDue Coll. Est. $100-200 

368. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Enterprise 

Soda Works. Lot of 3 bottles. Enterprise / Soda Works / S. 

F. Bottom: Two of the bottles have stars on the bottom, last is 

blank. The two star bottoms have “plates” where embossing is 

located. All light aqua, the star bottoms are more blue. Xf-Xf+. 


369. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Eureka Soda 

Works. Lot of 2 variants. (1) Eureka / Soda Works / 723 Turk 

St. / S. F. Bottom: Logo. Impact ding on base. (2) Eureka / 

Soda Works / S. F. Bottom: H. Minor lip dings. Medium aqua. 

Both XF. Ladue Coll. Est. $100-200 

370. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Eureka- 

California Soda Water Co. Lot of 2 bottles. Eureka-California 

/ (eagle) / Soda Water Co. / S. F. Bottom: E. C. One is in near 

mint condition. The other has severa lip dings and chips as well 

as minor base dings. LaDue Coll. Est. $100-200 

371. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Fairmount 

Soda Works. Lot of 2 bottles. Similar styles. Fairmount / Soda 

Works / S. F. Bottom: D. J. C. One is bright and near mint. The 

other has slight haze with minor case wear. LaDue Coll. Est. 

$150-250 

372. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. G. Rottanzi. 

G. Rottanzi / 23rd & Bryant Sts. / S. F. Gorgeous light blue aqua. 

A few dings to lip. Xf+ to near mint. LaDue Coll. Est. $60-100 

373. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. G. Rottanzi. 

G. Rottanzi / 23d & Bryant Sts / S. F. Light aqua. Xf+ to near 


374. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Golden West 

Soda Works. Lot of 2 bottles. Golden West / Soda Works / San 

Francisco / Cal. Bottom: Horseshoe. Ten panel base. Both are 

light blue aqua. One of the bottles has two major lip chips. Vf- 

XF. LaDue Coll. Est. $80-120 

375. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Herve & 

Sons. Herve & Sons / San Francisco / Cal. Bottom: Horseshoe. 

Light aqua. Ten panel base. Minor basal dings. Lettering had 

been highlighted in white, but now most has worn away. Xf+. 


376. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Hygeia 

Mineral Water. Lot of 3 bottles. (1-2) Hygeia / Mineral Water 

/ San Francisco / This Bottle Not To Be Sold. Bottom: Hygeia. 

Blue aqua. (3) Hygeia / Mineral Water / San Francisco. Bottom: 

Hygeia. Light aqua. All bottles are bright and near mint. LaDue 

Coll. Est. $200-300 

377. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. I.O.O.F. 

57th Annual Session Ribbon, 1909. Portrait pendant of 

Representative John E. Raker, G.M. from hangers at top. Red, 

with gilt tassels at bottom. Very fine. Est. $20-40 

378. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Liberty Soda 

Works. Liberty Soda Works / (Eagle) / D. W. V. S. F. Bottom: 

Star. Light to medium aqua. Minor case wear. Vf+ to Xf. 


379. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. McKay 

vs. McDougall Case Transcript, 1901. 9 x 5.5” booklet on a 

case involving abandonment and forteiture of mining claims. 

Contains pages 395-416. Front cover has various tears and a well 

worn crease in the center. Held together by 2 staples. Everything 

is still legible. Est. $50-100 

380. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. National 

Soda Works. National / Soda Works / S. F. Light aqua. Xf. 


381. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. National 

Soda Works. Lot of 2 bottles. National Soda Works / 

(horseshoe). One bottle is light aqua and the other is medium 

green aqua. Both would be great display pieces. Xf+ to near 


382. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. New Century 

Soda Works. Lot of 2 bottles. New Century / Soda Works / 

San Francisco, Cal. Bottom: 704H. Minor lip checks. (2) New 

Century / Soda Works / San Francisco. Bottom: blank. Both 

light aqua. The first bottle has “Soda Works” arched. The second 

has “San Francisco, Cal” arched. Minor dings. Xf+. LaDue 

Coll. Est. $80-120 

383. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. New Liberty 

Soda Water Co. New Liberty / Soda W. Co. / Trade (Liberty 

Head similar to US Coins) Mark / S. F. Bottom: Star. Light 

aqua. Very minor case wear. Very attractive color and display 

bottle. Xf. LaDue Coll. Est. $80-120 

384. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Nonpareil 

Soda Water. Nonpareil / Soda Water Co. / S. F. Bottom: Trade 

/ BBB / Mark. Blue aqua. Very minor case wear near base. 

Lettering has been highlighted in white, much of which has been 

worn away. Extremely attractive color. Near mint. LaDue Coll. 

Est. $80-120 

385. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. P. Somps 

Soda Water. Lot of 2 different bottles. (1) P. Somps / Soda 

Water / Works / S. F. Cal. Blue aqua. Near mint. (2) Etched: P. 

Somps Co / S. F. Bottom: 326 H. Very light aqua. Lip check, 

otherwise XF+. LaDue Coll. Est. $100-200 

386. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Page Bacon 

& Co. Bank Exchange, 1852. Cert. # 7470, in amount of $100, 

issued to Mrs. Eliza M. Farley on the St. Louis bank of Page 

Bacon & Co. 2 allegorical vignettes and small California state 

seal at bottom center. Printer - toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co., 

NY. 4.5 x 9.” See previous story on the bank collapse of 1855. 

Est. $120-250 



387. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Page Bacon 

& Co. Bank Exchange, 1853. Exchange in amount of $500, 

#22228, datelined San Francisco, 1853. Three vignettes of 

allegorical figures, top, and bottom left. Calif. State seal at 

bottom. Issued to Edw. Smith. Printer - Toppan, Carpenter, 

Casilear & Co., NY. 4.5 x 9.” The early banks actually were 

express companies affiliated with Eastern and European banks. 

Although they took deposits and made loans, their main function 

was to exchange gold dust for bills of exchange -- instruments 

similar to cashier’s checks that miners could use to ship their 

earnings home. The St. Louis bank Page, Bacon & Co. suspended 

operations in February; when news reached San Francisco, 

it caused a panic. A financial panic back East had spread to 

Northern California, plunging the region’s fledgling banking 

system into chaos. A week of bedlam -- one San Francisco banker 

recalled a lobby full of “women shrieking and crying, men 

swearing” -- culminated Friday, Feb. 23, 1855. Miners, merchants 

and others stampeded the banking houses to withdraw their 

deposits. Fortunes disappeared; two of the leading San Francisco 

banks collapsed. Page Bacon didn’t survive; nor did the other 

San Francisco giant, Adams & Co. [Ref: Sacramento Bee, on-line 

article.] This certificate comes with photocopied article on the 

Page-Bacon Failures as Viewed by F.W. Page. Est. $120-250 

388. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Phillips 

Soda Water Co. Phillips / Soda Water / Co. / S. F. Light aqua. 

Embossing has been highlighted in white, which about half has 

been worn away. Near mint. LaDue Coll. Est. $150-300 

389. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Pioneer Soda 

Water Co. Pioneer / (bear) / Soda Water Co. / S. F. Bottom: 

B. Light aqua. Near Mint. Great CA bottle. LaDue Coll. Est. 

$300-500 


Works. Lot of 2 variants. (1) Pioneer / Soda Works / (shield 

with W) / S. F. Some hazing, minor lip and base dings. (2) 

Pioneer / Soda Works / Trade (shield) Mark / S. F. Bubble burst 

on inside of lip. No obvious dings or chips. Xf+. Est. $100-200 


Works. Pioneer / Soda Works / (shield with W). Light aqua. 

Case wear, lip chips. Fine-VF. LaDue Coll. Est. $40-60 

392. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Popular 

Soda Water Co. Lot of 2 bottles. Both are embossed. Popular 

/ Soda Water / Co. / S. F. Bottom: POP. One bottle is nice blue 

aqua and mint condition. The other is light aqua with some “dirt” 

in minor dings on lip and base. Xf. LaDue Coll. Est. $50-80 

393. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Popular 

Soda Water. Lot of 3 bottles. (1-2) Popular / Soda Water / Co 

/ S. F. Bottom: POP. One is blue aqua, other has slight smokey 

hue. Some minor case wear. (3) Etched in script: Popular / S. 

W. Co. S. F. Bottom: 325H. Case wear along base. Vf+ to Xf. 


394. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. San 

Francisco Clearing House Certificate. Certificate No. D 

183165 for One Dollar, dated 1907. Signed by Home S. King, 

president and W. Gregg, Jr. as secretary. Brown border. Vignette 

at bottom center of woman’s head. Printer - Britton & Rey, 

S.F. Securities having been deposited with the Clearing House 

Committee of the Associated Banks of San Francisco. 3.5 x 8.” 

Est. $100-200 


Francisco Lithograph Stone, c 1905. Original Lithograph 

stone, 9 x 11 x 2.5”, 20 pounds, from a San Francisco 

lithographer. Nearly every part of the stone on one side has 

been used, and most of the back side. The items for lithography 

include a book plate for the Allen Morgan Clan, a letterhead for 

Loaiza & Co. insurance, letterhead for the Marin County Abstract 

Co, letterhead for a wine & liquor saloon or store owned by Wm 

O’Brien, letterhead for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., bond 

cupon for the Whitney-Johnstone Co, etc. Est. $150-300 


Francisco Mint Deposit Slip for Gold Bullion, 1878. 

Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited at the Mint of the 

United States at San Francisco, by Wells Fargo & Co. in amount 

of $246.44. Deposit receipt #5495. White paper with red print. 

4.25 x 11. Est. $100-200 


Francisco Soda Works. Lot of 2 bottles. Unlisted in Markota. 

San Francisco / Soda Works. Bottom: S. F. Very light aqua, 

7” tall. Minor lip ding, small shoulder bubble burst. Includes 

stopper. Xf. Second has different embossing style. More aqua, a 

few minor dings. Xf. LaDue Coll. Est. $50-80 


Francisco Soda Works. Lot of 2 bottles. San Francisco / Soda 

Works. Bottom: S. F. Both light aqua, one near mint, other has 

some hazing. Nice pair. LaDue Coll. Est. $30-50 

399. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Somps & 

Herve. Somps & Herve / San / Francisco Cal. Clear, with alkali 

staining or case wear. 10 panel base. Very minor dings on lip. 

Unlisted in Markota. Vf-Xf. LaDue Coll. Est. $60-100 

400. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Standard 

Soda Works. Lot of 3 bottles. Standard / Soda Works / (logo- 

cross with letters). Bottom: same logo as on bottle. Two of the 

bottles are medium green aqua, the other is light aqua. All Xf to 

Xf+. LaDue Coll. Est. $60-100 

401. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Walter’s 

Napa County Soda. Waltere’s / Napa / Trade (horseshoe) Mark 

/ County / Soda // Mineral Water / From / Walter’s / Soda / 

Springs. Light green aqua. Very minor lip ding. Base clean and 

bright. Xf+. LaDue Coll. Est. $80-120 

402. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Walter’s 

Napa County Soda. Walter’s / Napa / (horseshoe) / County 

/ Soda // Mineral Water / From / Walter’s / Soda / Springs. 

Bottom: Herve & Somps Acts. Light aqua. Slight hazing. Lip 

chip. Xf. LaDue Coll. Est. $100-200 



403. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. William 

Heath Davis Letter, 1898. Typewritten letter to O.S. Cressy, 

Esq. Single page, front and back, 8.5 x 13.” Discusses the Alaska 

Gold Rush, California drought, and the annexation of Hawaii. 

Folds, discoloration, foxing. Est. $50-100 

404. California. San Joaquin. Lodi. F. O. E. F. O. E. / 848 

/ Lodi, Cal. // GF / One / Beer. Rd, br, 26mm. Fine Kappen #85. 

Credence Clearwater Revival never sang here. Est. $5-10 

405. California. San Joaquin. Lodi. Lodi Soda Works. 

Tooled top, medium green aqua, loaded with small seed bubbles. 

Stopper in mouth. Clean, near mint. Pinhead sized ding in top. 

The bottle probably dates to about 1890-1905. Est. $50-100 


Tooled top, medium blue aqua. Clean, near mint. Two piece 

mold. The bottle probably dates to about 1890-1905, based on the 

style of construction. Est. $40-100 


Tooled top, mplain aqua, light embossing from a worn mold. 

Some surface wear. Stopper in mouth. Clean, near mint. The 

bottle probably dates to about 1900-1910 based on style of 

construction. Est. $40-100 

408. California. San Joaquin. Manteca. Manteca Smoke 

House. Manteca Smoke House / GF 5c IT. Rd, br, 21mm, center 

cutout. XF Kappen #12 Est. $18-36 

409. California. San Joaquin. Manteca. Turtle Beach Bar. 

Turtle / Beach Bar / 703 3. / Williamson / Manteca // GF / One 

/ Beer. Rd, pl, 28.5mm. Red with white letters. VF Kappen #34 

Est. $5-10 

410. California. San Joaquin. Stockton. B Stockton 

Hutchinson. B / Stockton Height 7.00’. Light Aqua. Gravitating 

Stopper Made by John Matthews Pat. Oct 11 1864 N.Y. 

embossed on bottom. A couple very small chips in top. Slightly 

cloudy. Almost Mint. Provenance: LaDue Collection Est. $30-60 

411. California. San Joaquin. Stockton. Bennie Jacobs. 

Bennie Jacobs / 226 / E. Main St. / Stockton / Calif. // GF / 12 1/2 

/ cents / IT. Rd, br, 24mm. Fine Kappen #178 Est. $18-36 

412. California. San Joaquin. Stockton. L & B Bottles. Lot 

of 3 bottles. (1-2) B. Light green aqua. (2) L & B. Green 

aqua. All shows some hazing from case wear or alkali staining. 

VF. LaDue Coll. Est. $50-80 

413. California. San Luis Obispo. San Luis Obispo USGS 

Folio, 1904. USGS Folio 101, containing the usual geology, 

maps, sections and descriptive text of the area. Cover somewhat 

poor, but contents fine. Est. $100-200 

414. California. San Luis Obispo. Paso Robles. Paso Robles 

Lettersheet and Ad Cover, 1919. Illustrated lettersheet and 

advertising cover from the Paso Robles Hot Springs, Where 

the Waters, Baths and Climate Excel. Images and print in blue. 

Handwritten note on lettersheet. Cover mailed, postmarked Paso 

Robles, 1919. Attractive. Rag top edge on cover. Vf. Est. $40- 

60 

415. California. San Luis Obispo. San Luis Obispo. 

Pfherghaar & Anderson. Lot of 2pcs. PFLERGHAAR & 

ANDERSON / SAN LUIS / OBISPO, / CAL. // GF / 5c / IT. 

Rd, br, 20mm. PFHLEGHAAR & ANDERSON / SAN LUIS / 

OBISPO / CAL. // GF / 10c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. Vf. Kappan 65, 

66. Est. $10-20 

416. California. Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara. Santa 

Barbara Bottling Co. Santa Barbara / Bottling Co. / Santa 

Barbara Cal in circular pattern. Pale Aqua. Height 6.50’. 

A.C.W.L. embossed on side of bottom. 3 3 embossed on bottom. 

Small chip in top. Nearly mint. Provenance: LaDue Collection 

Est. $200-400 

417. California. Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara. Santa 

Barbara Commemorative Booklet, 1929. Titled: History of 

Santa Barbara Mission from Founding 1766 to present time. 

Queen of the Missions. 35pps, original soft wrappers. Heavily 

illustrated with extensive text. Yellow cover with image of the 

mission. 6 x 8”. Minor soiling to covers. Vf. Est. $60-100 

418. California. Santa Clara. Gilroy. Elks Lodge. Elks 

Lodge / # 1567 / Gilroy // GF / 10c / IT. Rd, al, 25mm. VF 

Kappen #58 Est. $30-60 

419. California. Santa Clara. San Jose. C. F. Riley 

Hutchinson. C.F. Riley / (eagle picture head pointing right) / 

Soda Works. R embossed on bottom. Aqua. Height 6.75’. 1’ chip 

on top and a 2.5’ chip on the bottom. A few scratches and case 

wear on bottle. Provenance: LaDue Collection Est. $30-60 

420. California. Santa Clara. San Jose. Paul Jeenicke 

Hutchinson. Paul Jeenicke / San Jose. Light Aqua. Height 

6.5”. Bubbleburst with glass in. P. J.embossed on bottom. White 

applied to lettering on front. A few bubbles in glass. Almost mint. 

Provenance: LaDue Collection. Est. $100-200 

421. California. Santa Clara. San Jose. Williams Bros. 

Lot of 2 bottles. Williams Bros / San Jose / Cal. Bottom: 

Gravitating Stopper / Made By / (patent info). Both light aqua. 

One of the bottles shows dirt and alkali staining. The other is 

dead mint. LaDue Coll. Est. $40-60 

422. California. Santa Clara. Saratoga. Pacific Congress 

Water. Pacific / Congress / Water // P. Caduc. Green aqua. 

Several bubbles. Xf+ to near mint. LaDue Coll. Est. $50-80 

423. California. Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz. Bither Bros Soda 

Bottle. Bither Bro / Santa Cruz / Cal. Aqua, 7” tall. Stopper 

present. Large chip to lip, 0.5 x 0.5”. Case wear. Extremely rare 

bottle. According to Markota there was never a Bither listed as 

being in business in Santa Cruz, nor a resident. He believes that 

the bottles were filled at Santa Barbara by the Santa Barbara Soda 

& Bottling Works, which was owned by Bither, and shipped to 

Santa Cruz. Provenance: LaDue Collection Est. $150-300 

424. California. Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz. P Wesselhoeft 



Bottle. P. Wesselhoeft / Santa Cruz Co / Cal. “Gravitating 

Stopper Made by John Mathews Pat Oct 11 1864 New York” 

embossed on bottom. This bottom embossing is not listed in 

Markota, unknown variant? Cooling stress visible at neck and 

emanating into shoulders. Medium aqua. Glass stopper present. 

Near mint Hutchinson. Provenance: LaDue Collection Est. $100- 

200 

425. California. Santa Cruz. Watsonville. S. Martinelli 

Hutchinson. Lot of 2 (1) S. / Martinelli / Watsonville Med 

Aqua. Height 6.50’. Nothing embossed on bottom. Very clean. 

Mint (2) S. / Martinelli / Watsonville Pale Aqua. Height 6.50’. 

Nothing embossed on bottom. Very clean. Mint Provenance: 


426. California. Scenic. Scenic Real Photo Postcards. Lot 

of 2 cards. (1) Eel River, Redwood Highway, Cal. Parson, 848. 

(2) No 696, Crown Point from Shepper Dell Columbia, Ore. 

Published by Wesley Andrews Co, Baker, Oregon. Stamp box 

has “Waco Real Photo”. Est. $25-50 

427. California. Shasta. Redding. E.W.K. Soda Bottle. 

E.W.K. / (star) / Redding embossed on bottom. Along bottom 

I.G. Co. embossed. Aqua Height 6.25. Almost Mint. Provenance: 


428. California. Shasta. Yreka. B. Guilbert. B. Guilbert / 

Yreka. Light aqua. A few checks at base, bubble burst on neck 

to shoulder. Gorgeous and rare bottle. LaDue Coll. Est. $200- 

400 

429. California. Sierra. Alleghany. Chips Flat Gold Mine 

Reports, 1932 & 1937. Lot of 2pcs. The first report was written 

by C. N. Schuette and offers an complete discussion of the mine 

property as well as surrounding area mines. 21pps. The second 

report is by William Fraser, 1937, and is titled as a preliminary 

report. 9pps. Both 8.5 x 11”. Extremely fine. Est. $75-150 

430. California. Siskiyou. Happy Camp. Happy Camp, 

California Postcard. Photo repro card, 1936, showing a street 

scene with 1930 vintage autos, small stores, a garage and pine 

trees covering the hillsides. An old mining town deep in the 

mysterious Klamath National Forest. Remote, beautiful and rich 

in natural resources, HappyCamp can be found on Highway 96 

midway between I-5 and the Pacific Coast, located in the center 

of the ancestral territory of the Karuk Tribe. Happy Camp was 

founded in 1851 by a group of miners impressed by the easy 

gold pickings in the area. It was a major center for logging until 

recently. Happy Camp is becoming a hub for the exceptional 

outdoor recreational opportunities in the region. Card has hand 

printing on face in pencil & in ink. Name of town is typewritten 

on reverse. Est. $40-80 

431. California. Solano. Solano. Solano Soda Works, 

Vacaville Hutch Soda. Classic four piece mold, tooled top 

Hutch soda bottle. Clean, aqua, tending on the light side, typical 

of the post-1900 California Hutches. This one is very near mint 

and clean. No embossing on the base. Post-1903 according to 

Markota. LaDue Collection. Acquired 1978 in Oregon. Est. $25- 

432. California. Solano. Tolenas. Tolenas Soda Springs. 

Tolenas / Soda / Springs // Tolenas / Soda / Springs. Bottom: 

354. Almost clear with slight aqua hue. Check on shoulder, 

minor. Xf. LaDue Coll. Est. $50-100 

433. California. Solano. Vacaville. Bank of Vacaville 

Check, 1898. The Bank of Vacaville check #53191, issued to 

Mack & Co. in 1898 for 20.00to The Anglo Californian Bank of 

San Francisco. Revenue stamp top left. 3.5 x 8. VF. Est. $100- 

200 

434. California. Solano. Vallejo. Empire Soda Works. Lot 

of 5 (1) Empire Soda Works / Vallejo, Cal. Aqua. 4 pc mould. 

Height 6.50’. Nothing embossed on bottom. Very clean. Mint. 

(2) Empire Soda Works / Vallejo, Cal. Aqua. 4 pc mould. Height 

6.50’. Nothing embossed on bottom. Very clean. Mint. (3) 

Empire Soda Works / Vallejo, Cal. Dk Aqua. 4 pc mould. Height 

6.50’. Nothing embossed on bottom. Couple of bubbles in glass. 

Almost mint. (4) Empire Soda Works / Vallejo, Cal. Med Aqua. 

4 pc mould. Height 6.75’’. Small chip on top. Nothing embossed 

on bottom. Several bubbles in glass.(5) Empire Soda Works / 

Vallejo, Cal. Dk Aqua. 4 pc mold. Height 6.75’’. Case wear. 

Glass stopper inside. Small crack on bottom. Provenance: LaDue 


435. California. Sonoma. Healdsburg. F. B. Healdsburg 

Bottle. F. B. / Healdsburg. Dirt on inside and some alkali 

staining. Some case wear. 7” tall. Vf-Xf. LaDue Coll. Est. 

$40-80 

436. California. Sonoma. Healdsburg. F.B. Healdsburg. Lot 

of Three Bottles. (1) F. B. Healdsburg. 4 piece mold. 328 / H 

embossed on bottom. Height 6.5 ‘. Aqua Very clean Mint. (2) 

F. B. / Healdsburg. 4 piece mold. Nothing embossed on bottom. 

Height 6.5 ‘. Aqua Very clean Mint. (3) F. B. / Healdsburg / Cal. 

White painted letters. 4 piece mold. B embossed on bottom. 

Height 6.5 ‘. Aqua Very clean Mint. Est. $100-200 

437. California. Sonoma. Petaluma. Capitol Bottling Works 

Hutchinson. Capitol Bottling Works / Logo / Petaluma, Cal. 

Med. Aqua. Height 6.25. 4 piece mold. White paint on raised 

letters. c 1906-1907. Very clean. Mint. Provenance: LaDue 


438. California. Sonoma. Santa Rosa. Gilt Edge Bottling 

Works. Gilt Edge Bottling Works / Santa Rosa / Cal. / Bottle 

Never Sold Pale Aqua. 4 piece mold. 1/2’ chip on side of top. 

1/2’ chip & large crack along bottom. Several chips with glass in 

on bottle. Hutchinson. Provenance: LaDue Collection Est. $200- 

400 

439. California. Sonoma. Sonoma. S. O. Soda Works. 

An interesting bottle. One side of the bottle is professionally 

embossed. The reverse is etched. Embossed side: Bay View 

Bottling / Works / Seattle, Wash. Etched side: S. O. S. W. / 

Sonoma / Cal. Bottom: 389 H. Light aqua. Ten panel base. 

Near mint. LaDue Coll. Est. $50-80 

440. California. Sonoma. St Helena. Napa & Sonoma Wine 

Co. Lot of 3pcs. Unissued, unsigned, uncancelled. Vignette at 



top center of a bunch of grapes. Vignette at left of two Indian 

women. Black border and print. Printer not noted. Datelined St. 

Helena, 187x. 6 x 10”. Extremely fine. Est. $80-200 

441. California. Sonoma. St. Helena. St. Helena Soda 

Works. St. Helena / Soda Works. Attractive blue aqua. Tool 

top, 4pc mould. 7” tall. Great display bottle. Mint.Hutchinson. 


442. California. Southern. San Fernando & Los Angeles 

Book Plates. Lot of 2 plates. One is the Mission and Plain of 

San Fernando from the USP RR Exp. And Surveys. C. 1840. 

Shows an Indian in foreground harvesting fruit from a prickly 

pear cactus, oxen and a horseman in middle ground and Mission 

of San Fernando behind. 7 x 10. Second is the City of Los 

Angeles, 1854, showing the chapel facing the Plaza, with Boyle 

Heights and the Puentes mountains in the background. 7 x 10. 

Est. $75-100 

443. California. Stanislaus. Modesto. Jack’s Place. Ann & 

Joe / Jack’s / Place / Cunkel // Rain Check / Beer / Wine / Pool / 

Food / 14th D - Modesto. Rd, al, 26mm. Fine Kappen #44 Est. 

$5-10 

444. California. Stanislaus. Modesto. Mission Billiards. 

Mission Billiards / Modesto // GF %c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm, clover 

cutout. VF Kappen #62 Est. $8-16 

445. California. Stanislaus. Modesto. Mission Pool Hall. 

Mission / Pool / Hall // GF / 5c / IT> Rd, br, 21mm. VF Kappen 

#63 Est. $8-16 

446. California. Stanislaus. Oakdale. Ira M. DeLong. Ira 

M. De Long / Oakdale / Calif. // 25c / IT. Rd, br, 27mm. Fine 

Kappen #15 Est. $12-24 

447. California. Stanislaus. Patterson. Frame’s Fountain. 

Frame’s / Fountain / Service / Patterson // GF / One / Beer. Sc 4, 

br, 29mm. XF Kapper #5 Est. $10-20 

448. California. Stanislaus. Patterson. Watson & Mack. Lot 

of 2 pcs. Watson / & / Mack // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. VF 

Kappen #17 Est. $20-40 

449. California. Tehama. Red Bluff. D. S. Cone 

Hutchinson. D.S. Cone / I & R Co. / R.B.Clear. Several cracks 

in bottle. Height 7.00’ Nothing embossed on bottom. Hutchinson. 


450. California. Tehama. Red Bluff. Red Bluff Photo 

Postcards, 1906. Lot of 2 cards, original photos of Red Bluff. 

1) New St. Mary’s Church shown under construction. 2) 4th of 

July, Main St. (parade of horse- and burro-drawn wagons). Both 

addressed to Eleanor McClatchy from Annie Armstrong, and 

dated 1906. Very fine. Est. $100-200 

451. California. Trinity. Junction City. Madrona Dredging 

Co. Cert. #176. Incorporated in California 1926. Issued to 

Minnie Graf in 1929 for 250 shares. Signed by Ed. L. Smith, 

pres and Charles Paulsen, secretary. Vignettes across top, 

center shows canal construction, and 2 at sides show placer 

miners inspecting ore. Black border, gilt safety print and seal. 

Uncancelled. Printer - A. Carlisle, S.F. 8.5 x 10.5, folds, small 

tears at margins. A classic California gold dredging company. 

In the 1940’s, the dredging operations of the Madrona Dredging 

Company used bucket-line drecges to mine the alluvial features 

from Hocker Flat to Chapman’s Ranch along the Trinity River. 

WWII curtailed this type of mining activity & large-scale mining 

operations were shut down permanently, although numerous 

small placer mines still operate on an intermittent basis in the 

vicinity of Junction City. Est. $50-100 

452. California. Tulare. Springville. Eel River Valley 

Soda Works. Eel River Valley / Soda Works / Springville, 

Cal. Bottom: 3328 H. Very light aqua. Embossing has been 

highlighted in white. Dead mint. LaDue Coll. Est. $200-400 

453. California. Tulare. Tulare. Tulare Soda Works. Lot 

of 2 identical bottles. Tulare / Soda Works. Aqua, one bottle 

slightly more green than other. 7” tall. One has stopper present. 

Both have very minor lip dings. Near mint for both Hutchinsons. 


454. California. Tulare. Visalia. Visalia Soda Works. 

Visalia / Soda / Works. Light aqua. Unfortunate crack located at 

right of embossing and about 1 inch below shoulder. The crack is 

about 1.5 inches long. Not visible from front on when on display. 

Lip ding. Dirt on interior. Vf. LaDue Coll. Est. $40-80 

455. California. Tuolumne. Columbia. Tuolumne County 

Water Company, 1862, and Two Checks, 1857. Lot of 3 pcs. 

Cert # 4523. Incorporated in 1852. Issued to F.P. Byrd in 1862 

for 1 share. Signed by P.S. Gibbs president and Jos Pownall 

secretary. Great vignette of numerous miners sluicing at river 

which winds down the left side of the certificate, amid boulders 

and pines. Ornate scroll design at right and pinwheels in eac;h 

corner. Uncancelled. Printer - Britton & Rey, San Francisco. 

Meas. 6 x 9,” trimmed tight at left edge, foxing. Discoloration 

and/or slight water damage at left. Datelined Columbia. There 

is a tear at center but nothing is missing. 2) 2 checks. #4373 & 

4375. First issued to Donnels & Parsons for $8, May30, 1857. 

Second issued to A. C. Wilder & Co for $30 May 30, 1857. 

Signed by James Chisney president and Jos Powell secretary. 

Vignette at left edge showing a cross sectional view of a mine 

shaft. Printer - Hosford & Co, NY. Foxing along edges. Overall 

fine. Est. $130-200 

456. California. Tuolumne. Sonora. Sammons Soda Works. 

Sammons Soda Works / Sonora / Cal. Light aqua. No obvious 

dings or chips. Nice display bottle. LaDue Coll. Est. $150-300 

457. California. Ventura. Matilija. Matilija Postcards, c. 

1910-20. Lot of 2 different postcards. Two black and white 

chromolithographs, both of the same image of four men seated on 

“Overhanging Rock.” Unused, 3” x 5”. Xf. Est. $20-30 

458. California. Yolo. Knights Landing. The Welcome. The 

Welcome / Knights / Landing // GD / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. Fine 

Kappen #6 Est. $18-36 



459. California. Yolo. Woodland. Woodland Soda Works. 

Lot of 3 Woodland Soda / Works (1) Aqua. Height 6.50’. 4 

pc mould small chip on base. Nothing embossed on bottom 

Nearly Mint (2) Aqua. Height 6.75’. 4 pc mould. Couple of 

bubbles in glass. Mint (3) Dk Aqua. Height 6.75’. 4 pc mold. 

Nothing embossed on bottom. A chip on the top lip.Hutchinson. 


460. California. Yolo. Woodland. Woodland Soda Works. 

Woodland Soda / Works. Aqua. 7” tall. Minor chips on lip. 

Near mint Hutchinson. Provenance: LaDue Collection Est. $100- 

200 

461. California. Yosemite. Our National Parks, 1901. By 

John Muir. Published by Houghton Mifflin Co. 382pps, original 

hard boards, indexed. 5 x 8”. Muir’s writings concentrate on 

Yosemite Park, although he does discuss Yellowstrone and 

forested lands. 12 illustrations. Spine shows some rubbing. 

Very Good. Est. $200-400 

462. Canada. British Columbia. “Gold Nugget” Related 

Mining Documents, c.1910-1920. Lot of 8pcs. This includes 

several maps of placer workings along Lightning Creek in British 

Columbia. Also included are two different prospectuses from 

mining companies and a schematic of a mill. All items suffer 

some wear and separation along fold creases. A unique lotting of 

material. Est. $100-200 

463. Canada. British Columbia. British Columbia Mining 

Co Prospectuses, 1915-1958. Lot of 9 prospectuses and several 

supporting mailers and correspondence. Companies include: 

Buckeye Mines Co, Ainsworth, BC, c.1918. Ormond Copper 

Mines Co, Flores Island, BC, 1917. Canada Copper Corp, 

Greenwood, BC, 1916. Two Brothers Valley Gold Mines Co, 

Northern BC, 1934. Bidgood Kirkland Gold Mines Co, Kirkland, 

BC, 1944-55. Bidcop Mines Co, Reorg of previous company, 

1956-57. Atlin Silve Lead Mines, Atlin district, BC, 1925. Finevery 

fine. Est. $200-400 

464. Canada. British Columbia. Royal Standard Investment 

Co Prospectus, 1911. A very diverse investment company that 

was grounded in real estate development in Vancouver, BC. This 

must have been profitable, as the company purchased two mines 

in British Columbia in 1910: a gold mine located in the Omineca 

district, mostly placer ground and a silver mine located near 

Hazelton on Nine Mile Mountain. The prospectus folds down to 

4 x 10”, unfolding to 20 x 24”. Severla illustrations and maps. 

Several panels of text. Fine. Est. $50-100 

465. Canada. British Columbia. Bulkley Valley. Smithers 

District Board of Trade Mining Promotional, 1911. A unique 

district promotional pamphlet touting the mining of the Bulkley 

Valley. “The Mining Bureau connected with Smithers District 

Board of Trade, with co-operation and assistance from the 

Omineca Branch of the British Columbia Chamber of Mines, has 

published this booklet for the purpose of giving in summarized 

form some definite and reliable information concerning the 

mining resources and opportunities of the Bulkley Valley District, 

in Omineca Mining Division, British Columbia.” The pamphlet 

discusses the coalfields of the valley, first, and then goes on 

to describe the different geographical locations of the district 

and associated claims or mines. These include: Telkwa, Owen 

Lake, Topley, Houston, Mineral Hill, Grouse Mtn, Deep Creek, 

Dome Mtn, Babine Range and Hudson Bay Mtn. Attached to 

inside back cover is a fold out map of the area with marked mine 

locations. These attributions correspond to a listing found on the 

previous page. 4 x 9”. Fine, Rare. Est. $60-100 

466. Canada. British Columbia. Moresby Island. Ikeda 

Mines Co Prospectus, c.1911. A choice, high quality prospectus. 

Each page combines text and illustrations. The company’s 

property was located on Moresby Island and was discovered by 

Mr. Ikeda and other Japanese interests. The mine was worked 

successfully, but with no systematic method. This company 

took over the property and set out to plan the operation based on 

engineering reports. Assays reported offered a three metal ore 

with gold, silver and copper. Inside back cover has sleeve with a 

fold out cross section of the mine workings and claim map. 4 x 

8”, original wrappers, extremely fine. Est. $60-100 

467. Canada. British Columbia. Nanaimo. Caledonia 

Mines Co Prospectus, 1927. Lot of 4 pcs, prospectus and three 

promotional mailers. A simple sketch map of the property is 

found within the prospectus. 5 x 8”, original wrappers, 6pps. 

The company owned several claims located “8 miles inland by 

wagon road and trail from Hardy Bay, a seaport village some 220 

miles northerly by water from the City of Vancouver, in Township 

9, Rupert District, Vancouver Island, and in the Nanaimo Mining 

District.” All items very fine. Est. $60-100 

468. Canada. British Columbia. Portland Canal. Portland 

Canal Area Mining Co Prospectuses, c.1925-35. Lot of 4 

pcs. All of these companies have property located near the 

Portland Canal which is located in Northern British Columbia, 

some 700 miles from Vancouver. Titles include: Playfair Gold 

Mines, 1930. Portland Canal Mining & Dev Co, 1908. Portland 

Canal Mining Co, 1909. Premier Gold Mining Co, 1920. No 

illustrations. All fine. Est. $60-100 

469. Canada. British Columbia. Portland Canal. Portland 

Canal Claim Map, 1929. Titled: “Map Showing Mining 

Properties in Vicinty of Stewart and Salmon River Portland Canal 

Mining Division, British Columbia.” Copyright by Dalby B. 

Morkill, 1928. 22 x 34”. Very fine. Est. $60-100 

470. Canada. British Columbia. Quatsino. Quatsino Copper 

Co Prospectus, 1914. A classic mining company prospectus 

with testimonials to the “greatness of the ore” and fabulous 

potential riches to be had. The property was located on the 

northwest portion of Vancouver Island. 24pps, original wrappers, 

8 x 11”, several maps and illustratoins. Fine. Est. $60-100 

471. Canada. British Columbia. Sheep Creek. Amalgamated 

Gold Mines of Sheep Creek Co Prospectus, 1909. The 

prospectus offers a background of the Sheep Creek mining 

center and the underestimation of value within the district. This 

company was actively acquiring properties in the district, as 

shown a provided map. There were just a few producing mines 

in Sheep Creek when this company began operations. 18pps, 

illustrations, 8 x 11”, original wrappers. Folded at middle, fine. 



Est. $60-100 

472. Canada. British Columbia. Similakeen. Princeton 

Mining & Development Co Prospectus, 1928. A concise 

discussion of the properties located near Princeton. There was 

about 3500 feet of workings in 1928, but no reported production. 

The ore is reported to run between $5 and $50 per ton of gold, 

silver and copper. 17pps, 4.5 x 8”, original wrappers, two 

illustrations and two different photo images. Very fine. Est. $50- 

80 

473. Canada. British Columbia. Slocan. Reco Mining & 

Milling Co 1st Annual Report, 1897. An attractive, early 

prospectus from British Columbia. The report has an illustration 

on every even numbered page. These include claim maps, cross 

sections of the mine, topographic sketches, images of buildings, 

and scenic overviews. 64pps, 30 illustrations, fold out sketch 

map attached to inside front cover. 5 x 8”. Original wrappers. 

Extremely fine. Rare. Est. $100-200 

474. Canada. British Columbia. Slocan. Ruth-Hope Mining 

Co Prospectus, c.1924. The company owned the Ruth-Hope 

group of claims located southwest of Sandon, containing 14 

claims. Historical production is reported as being between $1.5 

and $2 million in smelter returns. The prospectus offers indepth 

description of the property including potential ore, geology, 

location and other information. 18pps, 8 x 9”, original wrappers, 

2 large fold out maps. Very fine. Est. $60-100 

475. Canada. British Columbia. Slocan. Silversmith Mines 

Co Annual Report, 1923. The company had an extensive 

operation located in Slocan district, north of the town of Sandon. 

A very attrative annual report and prospectus combination. There 

are many illustrations of the mine operation including the mill, 

sorting tables, tramway and other locations. The mine was well 

developed with the tramway being more than 4000 feet in length. 

30pps, two fold out diagrams, original wrappers. Extremely fine. 

Est. $100-200 

476. Canada. British Columbia. Trout Lake. Lardeau Valley 

Mining Co Prospectus, 1901. The company acquired a block 

of claims located on Tenderfoot Creek, Trout Lake District, West 

Kootenay District, BC. The claims are also described as being 

in the Lardeau district. 6pps, one page with illustrations. 8 x 

14”. Wear and chips to edges. Fair. Rare early British Columbia 

mining prospectus. Est. $60-100 

477. Canada. Mining. Canadian Mining Co Prospectuses, 

c.1920-30. Lot of 9 different prospectuses and promotional 

mailers. Companies include: Nipissing Mines Co, Delhi Gold 

Mines, Gold Frontier Mines, Nash Yellowknife Gold Mines, 

Continental Mines, Four Nations Cons Gold Mines, Mabell 

Mines, Lightning River Gold Mines, Miller Bay Gold Mines and 

Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Co. Variously illustrated with 

images and maps. Various conditions from fair-fine. A very nice 

grouping. Est. $200-400 

478. Canada. Ontario. Algoma. McCarthy-Webb Goudreau 

Mines Co Prospectus,1925. The company owned property in 

the Algoma district of Northern Ontario with strong showings 

of gold. There are several maps and cross sectional views. Two 

photographic images. 9 x 12”, original wrappers. Some soiling 

to covers. Fine. Est. $50-100 

479. Canada. Ontario. Gow Ganda. Bartlett Mines 

Prospectus, c.1910. Bartlett Mines Ltd had property located at 

Gow Ganda located near Cobalt, Ontario. A unique promotional 

piece titled: A Portfolio of Pictures Showing the Development 

of the Mines and an Insight Into Some of the Life in the New 

Silverland. 20pps, each containing illustrations of the area and 

property. 6 x 9”, orginal wrappers. Rare complete pictorial 

promotional. Est. $100-200 

480. Canada. Ontario. Porcupine. North Davidson Mines 

Prospectus, 1917. A more conventional prospectus with a 

discussion of the property that was located near Tisdale in the 

Porcupine district. The publication contains a simply wonderful 

cross section showing the ore zones, drill holes and shafts. There 

are several photographic illustrations found more towards the end 

of the prospectus. 22pps. 8.5 x 12”. Original wrappers. This 

lot includes a well worn claim map from the Ontario Porcupine 

Goldfields Development Co. Est. $60-100 

481. Canada. Ontario. Porcupine. Porcupine Success Gold 

Mines Co Prospectus, c.1910. This company owned property in 

the middle of the Porcupine district as found on the map provided 

within the prospectus. 12pps, with text and illustrations. 

Original wrappers, 8 x 11”. This lot includes a geologic map 

of the Porcupine District, published in 1915. The map has 

separations along fold creases. Est. $50-100 

482. Canada. Ontario. Porcupine. Shaw Porcupine Gold 

Mines Co Prospectus, 1930. The first page of this prospectus 

has an illustration of a ore specimen with abundant visible 

gold. Illustrated with photos and maps. 48pps, 6 x 9”, original 

wrappers. Very fine. Est. $100-200 

483. Canada. Yukon. Redstone Mines Co Prospectuses, 

1962. Lot of 4pcs. The lot includes an Annual Report and a 

Prospectus from the Redstone Mines Co with operations located 

in the heart of Yukon Territory. Both pieces contain maps of the 

property, no images. 8 x 11”. The lot also contains a geologic 

map of the Keno Hill Area, Yukon Territory, 1921 and an 

overview map of the entire Yukon Territory, large fold out format. 

All pieces very fine. Est. $60-100 

484. Catalogs. Various Catalogs, c. 1920. Lot of 4 catalogs. 

One is from the A.T. CookSeed Co. of Hyde Park, New York, a 

4-fold brochure, advertising the finest and freshest vegetables and 

prettiest flowers. Also Temperance Post Cards. Secondis also 

from the Cook Seed Co., now located in Waterford, NY, offering 

shrubs, cookware, safety razor, bulbs, house plants, a French-drip 

coffee maker, foot balm and more. 6 pages, colored paper (pink, 

tan, yellow). Third brochure is from Neosho Nurseries Co. of 

Neosho, Missouri for Spring 1920. Better fruit trees, shade trees, 

shrubs, plants, roses, ornamentals. 15 pgs. 3 x 6.” 4th item is 

colored brochure of the Chi-Namel Co., the Ohio Varnish Co. 

in Cleveland. Advertises finishes for floors, woodwork, walls 

and funiture. 4-fold, with colored enamel samples and colored 

illustrations of Chinese children using the product. Est. $50-150 



485. No Lot. 

486. Civil War. Civil War Times Bound Volumes. Lot of 

11. Civil War Times, a scholarly journal of Civil War History. 

These volumes date from the 1970’s in general, and may or 

maynot be complete (but they look like it). Includes Volumes 

4, 5, 16 (2), 17, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31. Alsdo some of vol 9 (6 

issues) loose. Outstanding reference material. Est. $100-200 

487. No Lot. 

488. Clairvoyant. Prof. Grantham, Palmister and 

Clairvoyant Broadside. Single sheet broadside advertising the 

talents of Prof. Grantham, for Business and Love Affairs, and his 

appearance at 441 S. Elm St. (no city named, no date). The Elm 

St. address is stamped in several places in purple ink. Meas. 6 x 

10,” foxing, chips missing at top and bottom. Creases. Est. $50- 

100 

489. Coins. 1909 S Indian $10 Gold Coin. Shows minor 

wear but features are strong. Noticeable scratch by eye of Indian. 

VF/XF 35. Est. $400-500 

490. Coins. Correspondence. B. Max Mehl, Numismatic 

Co. of Texas Letter. Single-page letter on pink paper, blue 

typescript, signed by B. Max Mehl (printed), General Manager. 

Letter head has vignettes of groups of coins flanking a sketch 

of the building--”The Largest Numismatic Establishment in 

the United States. Established Over 30 Years.” Datelined Fort 

Worth, letter is addressed to “Dear Friend” and is a promotional 

piece targeting those who asked to receive their coin circular, and 

urging the recipient to purchase their Star Coin Book. 8.5 x 11. 

Est. $25-50 

491. Coins. Encased Cent. Encased Cents. Lot of 8 pcs. 

Three from Nevada, three from the Pan-Am Expo and two from 

California. (1) Keep me and Never Go Broke / I Bring/ Good 

Luck // Gold Club / Sparks, Nevada / Where The Winners Play. 

1969 Penny. Horshoe Shape. (2) Keep Me and Never Go Broke 

/ I Bring / Good Luck // Bright Spot Reno / Where The Jackpots 

Are. 1973 Penny. Horshoe Shape. (3) Keep Me and Never Go 

Broke / I Bring / Good Luck // Silver City Casino / Las Vegas 

/ The Fun Spot of the Strip. 1976 Penny. Horshoe shape. (4) 

Good Luck Souvenir / Buffalo, N.Y. / Pan American Expositon 

// Lucky Penny / Pocket Piece. 1901 Penny. (5) Good Luck 

Souvenir / Buffalo, N.Y. / Pan American Expositon // Lucky 

Penny / Pocket Piece. 1901 Penny. (6) I am Your / Mascot / 

Souvenir Pan American / Exposition. Buffalo, N.Y. // Lucky 

Penny Pocket Piece / I Bring Good Luck. 1901 Penny. (7) Keep 

Me And Never Go Broke // Encasement Make More Cents / From 

/ Frank A. Earl / PO Box 4, Jackson, Cal. // Trading Buying. 

1976 Penny. (8) Good Luck Penny / 1900 1925 / Fred H. 

Solomon // Solomons Penny Dance / Los Angeles. 1969 Penny. 

All Fine-Vf. Est. $80-150 

492. Coins. Wooden Nickels. California and Nevada 

Wooden Nickels. Lot of 50 generic wooden nickels, many from 

California and Nevada. Some are fantasy, some real, many with 

bawdy house slogans. Provenance: LaDue Collection Est. $50- 

100 

493. Colorado. Colorado and New Mexico Stocks. Lot of 

2. Colorado and NM stocks,rare. 1) Great Western Mushroom 

Co., Colorado. 1 share. Signed by C.W. Savory. Printer - Goes. 

Uncancelled 2) Ryan Steam Corp., NM, 1928, signed by Geo. 

A. Bryan as pres. 4 shares, uncancelled. Goes. Est. $75-150 

494. Colorado. Alamosa. Alamosa. I. O. O. F. 64th Grand 

Lodge Session Commemorative Pinback, 1931. Celluloid 

pinback with ribbon and brass fob hanger. Celluloid: 64th 

Annual Grand Lodge Session, I. O. O. F / (images of insignias) / 

Alamosa, Oct. 19-22, 1931. Red, white and blue ribbon. Brass 

hanger has “Alamosa / Colorado / (pic of building) / Adams 

State Teachers College. Mfg by Colorado Badge & Novelty Co, 

Denver. Wear to ribbon, rest is very fine. Est. $75-150 

495. Colorado. Arapahoe. Denver. Denver Business Cards, 

c. 1875 and 1910. Lot of 3 cards. First: Williams & Holliday 

Groceries & Provisions, in Denver. They also deal in Wines, 

liquores, cigars and ranch produce. Proprietors are A.J. Williams 

and Wm. Holliday. 2 cards are from Highlander Nurman Smith 

of The Highlander Boys, Inc. in Denver, “Builders of Better 

Boyhood,.” Vignette of a cross within which is a silhouette of 

boy shouldering a rifle with pine tree backdrop. The Highland 

Boys was founded by George Olinger. Denver newspaperman 

and former Highlander Gene Amole writes: I joined the 

Highlanders when I was 8 and retired when I was 16. Olinger had 

great success as a mortician. Because it came as a result of death, 

he wanted to return something to the community that celebrated 

life. He saw the need for a boys organization in the Highland 

section of North Denver. That’s where the name Highlander Boys 

originated. At first it was built around sports, but as the years 

passed it evolved into a fourfold program of mental, physical, 

social and spiritual development. Olinger believed that a quasimilitary 

program could best meet those goals. We dressed in 

uniforms resembling those worn by World War I American 

soldiers and were organized into squads, platoons, companies 

and battalions. We entered as recruits, rising to provisionals 

and then to uniformed Highlanders. We learned the meaning of 

discipline within our ranks from our own noncommissioned and 

commissioned officers. A reserve U.S. Army officer served as 

commandant, and he was assisted by civilians responsible for 

character development. [Ref: Internet]. Est. $75-100 

496. Colorado. Arapahoe. Denver. Hanigan Bros. Hanigan 

Bros. / Denver Colo. Medium smokey. Lip and base dings. 

Case wear. Vf-Xf. LaDue Coll. Est. $40-60 

497. Colorado. Arapahoe. Denver. M. H. Peck & Co. M. 

H. Peck & Co. / Denver, Colo. (Rd Cutout) // GF / 5 / IT. Rd, br, 

20mm. LaDue Collec. Est. $10- 

498. Colorado. Arapahoe. Denver. Photo Album of Several 

Families, c1880-1940. Large, 9.5 x 12” album with hundreds 

of photos of family, nearly all in Denver. Includes a number of 

mounted early photos from Denver photographers from pre-1900 

period. Most are labeled with names. Families identified are: 

Benson (many of the early photos), Johnson, etc. The album is 

mostly 1940’s. Est. $75-200 



499. Colorado. Arapahoe. Denver. Standard Bottling 

Works. Standard Bottling Co / Denver / Colo. Bottom: S. B. 

Co. Medium purple. Exceptional Specimen Bottle. Near mint. 


500. No Lot. 

501. Colorado. Arapahoe. Denver. W. Walker Pure 

Kentucky Whiskey Billhead, c1870. Rare W. S. Walker form 

letter datelined Denver, circa 1870. The piece is addressed 56 

Larimer Street, one of his first locations, if not the first. Walker’s 

partner was Cyrus Eaton, who was a partner from 1869-1873, 

according to Preble in Impressed In Time Colorado Beverage 

Bottles, Jugs & Etc., 1859-1915This piece is missing a fragment 

at right center. Walker has one amber applied top fifth (or quart) 

whiskey bottle Est. $75-150 

502. Colorado. Book. Canon and Cloundland, 1908. Paper 

covered scrapbook-style book of Colorado color prints by the 

United States Colortype Company of Denver. Copyright 1908 

by The Williamsen-Haffner Engraving Co. of Denver. Published 

for Barkalow Brothers. Consists of 24 6 x 7.5” color prints glued 

to black photo album paper (incluidng cover), and 2 printed 

pages of Description of Views. Cover has printed title in gilt and 

sketches of eagle and mountain lion next to its color print. Book 

meas. 10 x 12” and is tied with red cord. Views include: Golden, 

Co., Hanging Rock, entrance to Clear Creek Canon, Central City, 

Lone Pine, Idaho Springs, Placer Mining, Georgetown, High 

Bridge, Summit of Mt. McClellan, Argentine Pass, and others. 

Also included is a list of Colorado mountain peak and pass 

elevations. Nice. Est. $85-150 

503. Colorado. Boulder. Boulder. Early Colorado Postcard. 

Postcard has address on one side, and message space on the 

reverse. One-cent jprinted postage. Postmarked Denver and 

addressed to Thomas J. Minnick in Boulder. Est. $50-75 

504. Colorado. Clear Creek. Lucerne Mining Co. Lot of 

2pcs. Incorporated in New York. Both issued to Chas. F. Roper 

for 100 shares in 1880. Signed by John Albertus president and 

Chas. F. Roper secretary. No vignette. Black border. Printer 

- Cadmus Press. 8 x 10”. This company had property in Clear 

Creek and Gilpin Counties. The ore was reportedly argentiferous 

and auriferous (Balch, 1882, p.1772). Very fine. Est. $150-300 

505. Colorado. Clear Creek. Metropolitan Mining & 

Manufacturing Co. of the District of Columbia, 1884. Cert. 

# 140. Incorporated 1866, reorganized in 1882. Issued to T.M. 

Gazzam in 1884 for 5 shares. Signed by Abram H. Beckine as 

president and T.C. F Sanders as secretary. Vignette at center 

of mountain scene mine. Black border and print. Red ink 

handwriting. Uncancelled. 9 x 11.” Folds, slight staining 

on edges. VF. J. M. Gazzam owned the Kenilworth Inn near 

Asheville, North Carolina. Est. $150-300 

506. Colorado. El Paso. Colorado Springs. W. H. Jackson 

Colorado Springs Area Cabinet Cards. Collection of eleven 

cabinet cards from famous western photographer William Henry 

Jackson, all with his distinctive insignia on the reverse for his 

gallery in Denver, circa 1885-1890. 1) 462. Rainbow Falls, Ute 

Pass. 2)492. Devils Punch Bowl, Cheyenne Canyon 3) 490. 

South Cheyenne Canyon; 4)635. Palmer Lake (photo damaged 

by spot torn from left center at edge of lake) 5)3245. Sierra 

San Miguel (beautiful lake in the Rockies) 6)2452. Grant’s 

Monument, Manitou Grand Caverns; 7)431. Grave of HH on 

Cheyenne Mountain; 8) 1070. Buena Vista Drive (three on 

horseback in the Garden of the Gods) 9) 464. No title. A group 

of about 20 on horseback on a mountain trail. 10) 650. Within 

the Gates. Garden of the Gods. 11)3217. Wagon Wheel Gap 

below the Station. All are fine or better except the singe damaged 

piece. This is a very nice group of scenic Jackson photos from 

the nineteenth century. Jackson is considered the Ansel Adams of 

pre-1900 western photographers in Colorado. Est. $700-1200 

507. Colorado. El Paso. Manitou. Manitou Tourist 

Promotional Booklet, 1891. Title page: The Tourist’s Delight. 

The Invalid’s Haven. Manitou Springs, Colorado. A Shot 

Treatise on Its Comparable Climate, Its Scenic Beauty and 

Its Advantages as a Place for a Brief Sojourn or Permanent 

Residence. Printed by The Manitou Journal, 1891. 40pps, 

original blue soft covers. 19 illustrations, mostly full page. 4.5 

x 6”. Tape repair to spine and to the staple binding. Rare. Est. 

$150-300 

508. Colorado. Fremont. Canon City. Palmer Canon City 

Drug Bottle, c1900. Clear 6 ounce bottle, 6.5” tall, some inside 

stain, otherwise mint. “Hunter Palmer/ City drug Store/ Canon 

City, Colo.” Top two lines inside bands of ribbon. Est. $100-200 

509. Colorado. Fremont. Canyon City. W. H. Jackson 

Photos of Steam Engines in the Gorge, c.1885. Two very nice 

shots by famous western photographer William Henry Jackson 

of locomotive steam engines in the Royal Gorge. 1) 805. “The 

Royal Gorge” 2) 814. “Out of the Crevice. Royal Gorge” about 6 

x 9”, cabinet cards with Jackson’s insignia on the back. VF. Est. 

$250-400 

510. No Lot. 

511. Colorado. General. Colorado Business Stock 

Certificates. Lot of 3 uncancelled stock certificates. (1) B-C-M 

Stores Company. Incorporated in Colorado in 1923. Certificate # 

189 issued in 1926 for 25 shares. Vignette of spread-wing eagle, 

black border. Fold lines, stain on bottom border. (2) Boulder 

Acceptance Corporation. Incorporated in Colorado. Certificate 

#35752 issued in 1958 for one share. Eagle vignette, orange 

border. Staple holes, folded. Crisp, clean. (3) Fall River Mining 

Company. Incorporated in Colorado. Certificate # 6743 issued 

in 1927 for 200 shares. Has been folded, slight discoloration at 

edges. All very fine. Est. $40-80 

512. Colorado. Gilpin. Blackhawk. Nevada Attributed 

Error Stereo Cards. Lot of 2 variants. This is the classic 

misattributed, error stereo card by Keystone View. The image 

is the town of Blackhawk, but the caption and text attributes 

the setting to Nevada. (1) Numbered at top center with 

214. Captioned “16759. A silver mining camp nestled in the 

mountains, Nevada.” (2) Numbered 238 G. “16759. A silver 

mining town.” Both have text on reverse that refers to Nevada 



mining, but the text is not the same. Both are very fine to 

extremely fine. Est. $100-200 

513. Colorado. Gunnison. Gunnison. Canady Drug 

Bottle from Gunnison, c1895. Sparkling mint clear, 5.75” tall 

drugstore bottle “D. Canaday/ Druggist/ Gunnison, Colorado” 

with DC Monogram at left, “P Rex” on bottom. This is a beauty. 

Est. $100-200 

514. Colorado. Gunnison. Gunnison. John Risse Soda 

Bottle. John Risse / Gunnison / City / Col. Aqua. Slight hazing. 

No obvious dings or chips. Attractive. Rare. Vf-Xf. LaDue 

Coll. Est. $200-400 

515. Colorado. Gunnison. Quartz Creek. Silver Islet Cons 

Mining & Lands Co. Cert. #4223. Incorporated in New York. 

Issued to J.R. Bodwell in1881 for 45 shares. Signed by B. E. 

Strong, vice president and C.A. Trowbridge secretary. Plain lined 

border in black, with black print, on white paper. Uncancelled. 

Datelined New York. Located 2 miles from Pitkin, patented 

in 1882. This was a silver mine with a chlorination mill in 

Armstrong Gulch. Production unknown. [Ref: C&L, Burchard, 

1882]. Two stains along bottom, one through Trowbridge’s 

signature, although it is still legible. 6 x 9. Est. $150-300 

516. Colorado. Hinsdale. Galina. Golconda San Jaun 

Mines Certificate of Deposit Book, 1930. Cancelled certificates 

of deposit (95), dated 1930. Revenue stamps on reverse. Stubs 

included. Black faux-leather cover, 9 x 15”, very worn. See 

previous story of this operation. Est. $300-600 

517. Colorado. Hinsdale. Galina. Golconda San Juan 

Letter and Cert. Cert. #347. Incorporated in Delaware, 1928. 

Issued to Mrs. Geo. R. McMaster in 1929 for 480 shares. Signed 

by A.J. Farber, president and Alfred Mueller, secretary. Vignette 

of mill site, head frame and train tracks. Gray border, gilt safety 

print and seal, and orange “Class B” under print. 8.5 x 11. 

Uncancelled. Accompanying letter is from Mrs. McMaster to the 

company, questioning whether or not the company intends to pay 

dividends or has had any money invested in it. “It’s a shame an 

old woman of 81 years of age should be cheated like this,” she 

writes. “Please do something or send my two hundred dollars 

back.” Dated May 28, 1930. See previous story. Est. $150-300 

518. Colorado. Hinsdale. Galina. Golconda San Juan 

Mines Unissued Certificates of Deposit. Black faux-leather 

covered book with 199 unissued certificates of deposit. 9 x 15.” 

See previous story on this operation. Est. $300-500 

519. Colorado. La Plata. Durango. Parsons Drug Store 

Bottle, 8 Ounces, c1890-1895. Large, clear 7” tall “J. L. 

Parsons/ Leading Druggist/ Durango, Colo.” “WT Co., USA” 

on the base. Minor inside stain. Flat front face, slightly curved 

outward (convex) back. Very light purple No apparent chips 

or scratches. It is unknown ifd this Parsons was related to 

the Parsons of assaying and gold coinage fame. A number of 

chemists and/or assayers became druggists because the pay was 

steady. In Nevada, Stowell, Fassett and Schneider were examples, 

but there are many more. Est. $100-200 

520. Colorado. Lake. Leadville. (Schmidt) Leadville Bottle. 

Leadville. Bottom: S. Slight hazing. Aqua. Some minor lip, 

shoulder and base dings. Attractive display piece. Vf-Xf. LaDue 

Coll. Est. $60-80 

521. Colorado. Lake. Leadville. Leadville Photographer 

Cabinet Cards, c.1880-90. Lot of 3 pcs. (1) Photographer 

- Brisbois, Leadville. View of a toddler sleeping in a carriage. 

(2) Photographer - Grove & Helme, Leadville, Colo. Portrait 

of young woman with very blue eyes. (3) Photographer - Cecil, 

426 Harrison Ave, Leadville, Colo. Portrait of a seated baby. All 

are fine. Est. $100-200 

522. Colorado. Lake. Leadville. New Elkhorn Mining Co 

Ltd. Cert. # 25. Incorporated in London in 1896. Issued to 

Henry Wilson in 1896 for 200 shares. Signed by Directors and 

secretary. No vignette. Black border and print. Priority Share 

sprinted on certificate. Printer - Crowther & Goodman, London. 

7 x 11.” Owned the Fitzhugh mine at Big Evans Gulch on 

Fryer Hill. Produced gold and silver ore. An English company 

organized to mine at Fryer Hill [Ref: EMJ 1897 v. 63 pgs. 9, 336, 

452]. Slightly wrinkled Very good. Est. $150-300 

523. Colorado. Lake. Leadville. W. H. Jackson Leadville 

Area Cabinet Cards. Two choice views by famous western 

America photographer William Henry Jackson on cabinet cards, 

roughly 5 x 8” each. Both clear views. 1) No. 1014. “Climbing 

Marshall Pass” This view shows a long train as it approaches 

Marshall Pass in the Sawatch Range, 11 miles southwest of 

Leadville. 2) 3277. “Interlaken Bay, Lower Twin Lake.” This 

view shows two large buildings at lake’s edge, possibly resorts. 

Both photos carry Jackson’s large printed logo on the back, which 

is designed somewhat like a facsimile revenue stamp. Circa 1885. 

Est. $200-400 

524. Colorado. Lake. Leadville Area. Ten Mile Special 

USGS Folio 1898. Copy of the rare Ten Mile Mining District 

Special Folio by the USGS. Contains the usual maps, geology, 

sections. AveraGE CONDITION ONLY, LARGE TEAR TO 

COVER. Est. $100-250 

525. No Lot. 

526. Colorado. Las Animas. Trinidad (north). Apishapa 

USGS Folio, 1912. Fine copy of this folio with associated maps, 

sections, geology, photos and descriptive text. Est. $75-150 

528. Colorado. Mining. Colorado Mine Stock Certificates. 

Lot of 11pcs, all cancelled. (1) Yellow Gold of Cripple Creek, 

Inc. Incorporated in Colorado. Certificate #6610 issued in 1980 

for 1000 shares. Staple holes. Fine. (2) Findley Gold Mining 

Company. Incorporated in Colorado. Certificate #912 issued in 

1898 for 2000 shares. Some stains at right, transfer sheet glued 

to left side. Fine (3) Acacia Gold Mining Company. Incorporated 

in Colorado. Certificate #4212 issued in 1900 for 1000 shares. 

Transfer sheet glued to left side. Two 10-cent stamps. Very 

fine. (4) Merrimac Consolidated Mines Company. Incorporated 

in Colorado. Certificate # 229 issued in 1900 for 1000 shares. 

Right-bottom corner missing, foxing, transfer doc glued to left 

side. Good. (5) Isabella Gold Mining Company. Incorporated 



in Colorado. Certificate # 3199 issued in 1895 for 2000 shares. 

Adhesive at left side. (6) Carbonate Hill Gold Mining and 

Milling Company. Incorporated in Colorado. Certificate # 524 

issued in 1899 for 1000. Very fine. (7) Doctor Jack Pot Mining 

Company. Incorporated in Wyoming. Certificate # 3507 issued 

in 1916 for 1000 shares. Black on white. Very fine. (8) Leclair 

Mines Company. Incorporated in Colorado. Certificate # 280 

issued in 1929 for 600 shares. Transfer sheet glued to left side, 

mostly missing. Some discoloration. Fine. (9) Empire Lee Mining 

Company. Incorporated in Colorado. Certificate # 1163 issued 

in 1943 for 1000 shares. Staple holes, tear at top border, some 

discoloration. Fine. (10) Old Gold Mines Company. Certificate # 

2531 issued in 1904 for 1000 shares. Very fine. (11) Joe Dandy 

Mining Company. Incorporated in Colorado. Certificate # 8379 

issued in 1959 for 33,334 shares. Staple holes, fold lines. Fine. 

Est. value $125-200. 12613-Hamm. 001 Est. $100-200 

529. Colorado. Mining. Colorado Stocks. Lot of 3, 

1) Buckeye Mining and Tunneling Co. of Colorado. 1880, 

uncancelled, significant browning, thumbtack holes at top. Red 

and black print on green backing. Signed by A.M. Cassidy, 

pres. 2) Silver Ledge MC, 1888, office in St. Louis. Entirely 

printed in italic gold. Issued to John Bohle, signed by Julian 

C. Crockwell, as president. Cert. #49. Void writen across top 

center. Numerous stains. 3) Isabella GMC, 1899, cancelled. 

Est. $200-300 

530. Colorado. Mining. Huffman Mining and Milling Co. 

Cert. #61. Incorporated in S. Dakota, 1902. Issued to T. H. 

Borland in 1904 for 500 shares. Signed by pres. J.M. Huggman 

and secretary Geo. S. Crump. 3 vignettes across top of mining 

scenes, and one at bottom of allegorical woman’s head. Brown 

border, tan safety print and gilt seal, with red print on masthead. 

Printer - Goes. Uncancelled. 8 x 10.5. Datelined Denver, 

Colorado. Est. $50-100 

531. No Lot. 

532. Colorado. Oil. Colorado-Wyoming Oil Belt. Lot of 

3. Tow Creek Development Co, 1912, cert 339, uncancelled; 

Colo Gas & Fuel, 1925, cert 3715, uncancelled; Manzanola 

Oil & Gas, 1902 (datelined Manzanola, Colorado). Cert 89. 

Uncancelled. The latter is the best of the batch from a very early 

Colorado oil camp. Est. $50-100 

533. No Lot. 

534. No Lot. 

535. Colorado. Photographs. Colorado Scene Stereo 

Cards. Lot of 2 Stereo Cards and 2 Post Cards. Stereo Card 

1: Shoveling out the famous Cog Railway 2000 feet below the 

summit, Pike’s Peak, Colorado, U.S.A. Copyright 1906 by H. C. 

White Co. Stereo Card 2: Pack Train leaving Ouray with supplies 

for the mines. Colorado, U. S. A. Copyright 1905 by H. C. White 

Co. One postcard of Starbuck Colo, 1925, and one of Evergreen, 

Colo. 1925. Stereo Cards in well used condition, postcards in 

good condition with stained left edges. Est. $150-275 

536. Colorado. Pikes Peak. Pikes Peak & Denver Souvenir 

Booklets, c.1900-1935. Lot of 4pcs. (1) Scenic Gems of the 

Pike’s Peak Region, Photographic Reproduction in Colors of 

the most Prominent and Magnificent Views of This Region. 

Published by H. H. Tamm, Denver. 62pps, 8 x 11”. Original soft 

covers, that show wear and edge chips. The book has a full page 

color illustration; the page to left has text about the image. (2) 

Denver, by Pen and Picture. Published by F. S. Thayer, Denver, 

1902. 82pps, 8 x 9”, original soft covers. Covers show wear 

and chips to edges. About half of the pages contain illustrations 

of locations around the Denver area. This book was promoting 

the Denver & Rio Grande RR. (3) Pikes Peak and Colorado 

Springs promotional pamphlet. 3.5 x 7” when folded, 7 x 14” 

when unfolded. (4) Daily Doings; How to See and Enjoy the 

Pikes Peak Region from Colorado Springs and Manitou, 1935. 

32pps, 5 x 8”, original soft covers. 32pps. Tourist promotional 

pamphlet published by the Colorado Springs Chamber of 

Commerce. Fine to very fine. Est. $200-300 

537. Colorado. Pitkin. Aspen. A. W. Hare Assayer Receipt, 

1900. Printed at top, in blue: A. W. Hare, Chemist & Assayer, 

412 Hopkins Avenue, Certificate of Assay. Datelined Aspen, 

Colo, 1900.” The assay was performed on silver. 3 x 5”. Fine. 

Est. $25-50 

538. Colorado. Pitkin. Aspen. Statesman Mining Co. Cert. 

#10. Incorporated in Colorado 1881. Issued to B.A. Funk & 

Co. for 31,250 shares, in 1891. Signed by C. W. Brooks, vice 

pres. And F. A. Shepard secretary. Vignette of gentleman at top 

center. Green border and safety print. Cancelled by rubber stamp, 

no holes. Printer - C & C Litho, Denver. 7 x 10”. Datelined 

Aspen, Colorado. This is a replacement certificate #1 which 

was originally for 1 million shares. Clearly Funk was a major 

investor in the company. Stub attached at left. Est. $100-300 

539. Colorado. Postal History. Colorado Covers, 1916-1936. 

Lot of 16 covers. Postmarks include Boulder, Barr, Edgewater, 

LaJunta, and Denver, and most addressed to Miss Ura Minnick of 

Chillicothe, MO. Est. $100-200 

540. Colorado. San Juan. Silverton. Cunningham Drug 

Bottle from Silverton, c1895-1900 Tall clear drugstore bottle 

6.25” tall. “S. D. Cunningham/ Silverton, Colo. Rx” “WT Co, 

Pat USA, Dec 11, 1894” on bottom. Mint. No chips or cracks 

apparent. Est. $100-200 

541. Colorado. San Miguel. Telluride. Sampson Drug 

Bottle from Telluride, c1895 Scarce clear drugstore bottle from 

“W. R. Sampson/ Druggist/ Telluride, Colo.” “WT Co. USA” on 

the bottom. 4 fluid ounces, 5.5” tall. Two small lip chips. Very 

clean Est. $100-200 

542. Colorado. Souvenirs. Colorado Souvenir Crumbers & 

Small Tray. Lot of 3 different metallic souvenirs from Colorado. 

Two are crumbers from Royal Gorge. The first has a handle and 

appears to be for scraping crumbs, 7” long x 1.5” tall. In the 

middle is embossed “Souvenir of Royal Gorge Colorado.” The 

second crumbers is in the shape of a “dust pan” with a handle on 

one side and the other side being open. In the pan is an elaborate 

embossing of the gorge with a bridge crossing. Above the bridge 

“World’s Highest Bridge, Altitude 6900 ft.” At bottom is “Royal 



Gorge Colorado.” The last item is an ashtray with numerous 

different embossed scenes. This last piece appears to be copper. 

The first two are a white metal. All fine. Est. $100-200 

543. Colorado. Summit. Breckenridge. Outstanding Gold 

Bullion Shipment to US Mint Archive, 1876-1878 US Mint 

shipment records for a mine in or near Breckenridge, Colorado 

run by Leonard S. Ballou. Ballou acted as manager of an 

unknown property that consistently shipped gold to one of the 

US Mints, either to Philadelphia (1876) or to the Denver Mint 

(1876-1879). The archive contains 20 original Gold Bullion 

Deposit sheets showing the weight of the bullion sent, weight 

after melting and amount pais, after calculating fees and for the 

small percentage of silver. Breckenridge was a major placer 

gold producing region. Nearby lode gold mines also added 

significantly to the regional production. Little is known of Ballou. 

From these receipts, we know that he was in production in 

Breckenridge since at least 1875, in a partnership known as Mills 

& Ballou, and later that year as Mills, Jebb & Ballou. Within 

a year, it was just Jebb & Ballou, which seemed to change to 

just Leonard S. Ballou by mid 1877. By 1881 he had moved 

to Denver, where he was listed in Corbett & Ballenger’s Ninth 

Annual Denver City Directory as a miner living at 425 Lawrence 

St. Not much is written of Breckenridge’s history at the time 

these receipts were issued. The mid 1870’s were some of the 

leanest gold producing years for Summit County as a whole, with 

reportedly less than a million dollars in gold produced cumatively 

during the 1876-1879 period that these papers were written. Thus 

the fact that Ballou had a continually operating placer gold mine 

during this period is significant. The receipts reflect shipments 

of about ten to eighty troy ounces of gold each, and all are noted 

“Colorado” gold. These gold bullion sheets were issued at a 

time when no gold coins were produced out of the Denver Mint. 

Coining presses were not in place until 1906. [the story behind 

the politics of the Denver Mint’s lack of coining equipment until 

1906 would make a fascinating paper-fh] The papers do not show 

whether the gold was routed to the New York Assay Office or 

the Philadelphia Mint, or whether they refined it on site. This lot 

includes two gold bullion receipts from the Philadelphia Mint 

in 1876, and four different printed forms from the Denver mint. 

Assayers in charge for the Denver Mint include; Jacob Schirmer, 

H. Silver; for the Philadelphia Mint James Pollack. This is an 

unusual and rare archive of Colorado gold production tied to a 

regional US Mint. Est. $2000-3000 

544. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Cripple Creek 

District Map, c.1900. Claim Map of the Cripple Creek District 

from USGS 16th Annual Report, Part II, Plate VII. 11 x 14”. 

The map shows the complex array of mining claims most likely 

at the peak of operations around the turn of the century. Nearly 

every piece of ground is claimed. Excellent research map. Small 

tape repair at bottom edge. Edges worn. Fine. Est. $40-60 

545. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Hayden Placer Co 

Subdivision Abstract, 1897. Bound with red ribbon in custom 

red leather folder, 6pp. This very fascinating title document traces 

the title history of several mining claim disputes and subsequent 

population of Cripple Creek such that mining claim ground soon 

became valuable city lots. The property had a classic conflict 

of lode claim versus placer claim when both were staked at 

the onset of the Cripple Creek “rush” in 1891. The documents 

summarize that title fight through litigation, then the subsequent 

sales of the property over the next half decade or more. Initially, 

as Cripple Creek was in its infancy, the property changed hands 

almost monthly. Then, as larger discoveries were made and large 

mills built, the number of transactions slowed down, as might 

be expected, for a more stable economy and real estate market. 

Comes with a stock certificate for the Acacia Gold Mining Co., 

issued in 1900, cancelled. These two items make a picturesque 

display of early Cripple Creek. Very fine. Est. $200-400 

546. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Mary McKinney 

Mining Co. Cert #404. Incorporated in Colorado. Issued to F. 

Dillingham for 1000 shares in 1906. Signed by Frank Costello 

president and J. Robertson secretary. No vignette. Attractive 

masthead. Orange border and seal. Cancelled by hole punches. 

Printer - Smith Brooks, Denver. 8 x 10”. Datelined Colorado 

Springs, Colo. Age toning affects entire certificate. Cancellation 

stub attached at left edge. Fine. Est. $40-80 

547. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Pauline Gold Mining 

Co. Cert #564. Incorporated in Colorado. Issued to F. A. Bissell 

for 5000 shares in 1899. Signed by J. M. Jordan president and 

H. Hutchinson asst secretary. Vignette of miners underground. 

Gold border and seal. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 10”. 

Datelined Colorado Springs, Colo. “Mines: Cripple Creek” 

printed on certificate. Not listed in Hills, 1900. Minor wear to 

fold creases. Very fine. Est. $40-80 

548. Colorado. Teller. Cripple Creek. Pikes Peak USGS 

1894 Folio. This was one of the first of the USGS folios, made 

in rsponse to the gold rush at Cripple Creek. It has the early topo 

maps, geology and sections, plus descriptive text. Generally fine. 

Est. $150-300 

549. No Lot. 

550. Cowboy. Rodeo Photos From Reno, c. 1950’s-60’s. 

Lot of two 8 x 10 B/W photos. First shows a cowhorse with a 

calf at the end of the rope, and the hatless cowboy running down 

the line to make the tie. Cowboy holds the piggin’ string in his 

mouth. At the edge of this weedy arena are parked cars, horse 

trailers and onlookers. Mountains in the background. This is an 

Ernie Mack photo. Second is another B/W 8 x 10 photo showing 

a cowboy in a plaid shirt with chaps that say “Floyd” sitting atop 

a bucking bronco. Behind him is a grandstand, tall trees, a wood 

fence and spectators. Signed “To good friends Floyd.” No date 

or photographer noted. Est. $50-100 

551. Currency. Asian Currency Bills. Lot of 2 bills, 

both with Asian characters, in denominations of 1000 and 10. 

Wrinkled, creased corner. Colorful. One is turquoise with light 

purple background and etching of a man. Other is black/white/ 

red with picture of government or state building. Est. $20-40 

552. Currency. Citizens’ Bank of Louisiana Uncut $1, $2 

& $3 Sheet, 18xx. Original uncut sheet with two $1 notes, one 

$2 and one $3 notes. Printed in black, not color, by ABN Co. 

Attractive vignettes on all notes. Crisp and bright. Extremely 

fine. Est. $100-200 



553. Currency. Facimile Currency-Tokens. Lot of 17 

pcs, of which 7 are Wrigley’s Spearment Gum coupons. Also 

includes: Jones Bros. Mercantile Co. credit check and billhead,; 

American Bankers Assoc. travelers’ cheques cover sheet, listing 

offices across the county; Gold Medal Fees 25c coupon; Swift’s 

United Profit-Sharing Coupon; A Chillicothe (MO) Merchants’ 

Union Auction Dollar; A Watkins Co. printed punch card for $1 

in savings; 2 coupons for product from Tritone Convex Portraits 

($5) and Layton Pure Food Co. ($1); and Phoenix Mutual Life 

Insurance payment coupon, 1929. Est. $75-150 

554. Currency. Hagerstown Bank Uncut $5 & $10 Sheet, 

18xx. Original uncut currency sheet of four notes. There are two 

$10 and two $5 notes. Printed by Danforth, Underwood & Co. 

Orange accents with black print. Near mint condition. Vignette 

at center of note. All very attractive. Est. $100-200 

555. Currency. Livingston County Centennial Wooden 

Nickel, 1937. Wooden Nickel in the shape of a dollar bill and 

made of a thin slice of wood. Face reads: Livingston County 

Centennial / September 13-18, Chillicothe, MO. / County seal 

(1837-1937) Reverse reads: Chillicothe Horse Show & Pageant 

/ Good for 5c at local stores or dedeemable in cash at pageant 

office until 12 p.m., Sept. 20. Picture of horsehead and an 

hourglass. Rare. Est. $50-100 

556. Currency. Ridge Valley Iron Co Uncut Scrip Sheet, 

1873. Original uncut sheet of $1 scrip notes from the Store 

Keeper of the Ridge Valley Iron Co. Dated October 1st, 1873. 

Printed by Corlies, Macy & Co, NY. Four scrip notes. Left 

edge wider than right edge. Slight foxing affects right edge, 

only slightly detracts. 8 x 13”. This company operated near 

Hermitage, Bartow County, Georgia. Est. $100-200 

557. Dakota. Dakota Photograph & Deed, c.1888-1900. 

Lot of 2 pcs. (1) Matted photograph highlighting the start of 

the Sunny Southern Alberta Excursion, c.1900. Several well 

dressed men and one woman stand near an early automobile 

that has several advertisements for O. W. Kerr Co, probably the 

sponsor of the event. Photo is 5 x 7” on 8 x 10” matte. Reverse 

has stamp from photographer: A. B. Holm, Brookings, South 

Dakota. (2) Mortgage Deed, 1888, for property located in 

Moody County, Dakota Territory. The 160 acre property was 

purchased by A. B. Bixby. Both fine to very fine. Est. $150-250 

558. Dakota.Fargo. F. B. W. Soda Bottle. F. B. W. / Fargo, 

N. D. Light aqua. Ten panel base. Shows case wear and some 

hazing. Some minor base dings. Stratch below Fargo, about 0.25 

inch. Fine-Vf. LaDue Coll. Est. $50-80 

559. Dakota. Lawrence. Deadwood. Yankee Boy Gold 

Mining Co. Lot of 2. Certs. #35 & 36. Issued to Pauline 

McLaughlin in 1896 for 250 shares ea. Incorporated in S. 

Dakota. Signed by John McLaughlin, preseident and Baggsley 

as secretary. Two vignettes, one of mining scene at top. Second 

vignette is mountain scene mill site with smaller inset vignette. 

Green border and print with purple vignettes. Uncancelled. 

Deadlined Deadwood, So. Dak. Cert. 35 has black ink smear at 

top right. VF condition. Est. $150-300 

560. Dakota. Lawrence. Lead. Homestake Mining Co. Blue 

and white certificate number 7173 for 15 shares in 1892, signed 

by Louis Haggin as president. Issued to C. H. Badeau. Cancelled. 

America’s most famous single gold mine, recently closed in 2002 

after the production of more than fifty million ounces, the most 

for a single mine in American history. Est. $50-75 

561. Dakota. Lawrence. Lead. James B. Haggin Signed 

Homestake Mining Co Certificate. Cert #2700. Incorporated 

in 1877. Issued to Sanford C. Kellogg for 30 shares in 1881. 

Signed by James B. Haggin president and J. K. Goodrich 

secretary. Fabulous vignette of two Indians overlooking the 

progress of the white man. Black border and print. Cancelled by 

rubber stamp and hole punches in signature line. Printer - ABN. 

7 x 11”. Haggin was partners with George Hearst and Marcus 

Daly, eventually acquiring Daly’s holdings in the Anaconda 

Copper Co. After making millions in the mining industry, 

Haggin turned to real estate acquisitions in the San Joaquin 

Valley, developing a horse racing dynasty. His horses won must 

of the national trophies during the 1880’s. Fine condition. Est. 

$150-250 

562. Dakota. Lawrence. Terry. Mogul Mining Co. Lot of 

3.Cert. #’s 1647, 2233 & 2227. Incorporated in West Virginia in 

1906. Issued in 1906-7 to 1st National Bank of Deadwood, C.L. 

Glass & Frs. X. Hovora respectively, for 100, 150 & 850 shares. 

Signed by E. B. Alsop, president and R.H. Bimms, treasurer. No 

vignette. Black border with prominent masthead. Uncancelled. 

Printer - Smith-Wehner Litho, Pittsburgh. 8 x 10. Datelined 

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Folds, VF. Company listed its address 

at Terry. Est. $75-150 

563. Dakota. Lawrence. Whitewood. Homestake Mining 

Co. Lot of 2 pcs. Incorporated 1877. First is Cert. # 2759, 

issued to Mrs. D.P. D. Polack for 1 share, signed by J.B. 

Haggin, president and J.K. Goodrich, secretary. Black border 

and underprint on white paper. Second is Cert. #10146, issued 

to Charles E. Zerfing in 1903 for 100 shares. Signed by vicepresident 

F.G. Drew. Black border, blue safety print. Both 

cancelled by stampes across face and hole punches. Vignettes of 

two Indians on bluff overlooking farmlands, train, and estuary in 

background. Small Bald Eagle at bottom. 7 x 10.5”. No. 2759 

has top left corner piece missing, two large hole punches at right. 

No. 10146 has torn bottom edge, some discoloration. Folds. Est. 

$75-150 

564. Dakota. Lawrence. Whitewood. Tornado Cons. Gold 

& Silver. Cert #62. Incorporated in Dakota. Issued to Ernest 

May for 15,000 shares in 1887. Signed by Seth Bullock president 

and Ernest May secretary. Cancelled by printed stamp across 

face. Underprint vignette of miners underground. Blue border 

and print. Printer not noted. 4.5 x 8”. Datelined Lead City. 

“Whitewood Quartz Mining District, Lawrence County, Dakota 

Territory” printed on certificate. Extremely rare certificate. 

Trimmed tight at left. Very fine. Est. $150-300 

565. Dakota. Lawrence. Whitewood. Tornado Cons. Gold 

& Silver. Cert. #93. Incorporated in Dakota. Issued to J.B. 

Cumisky for 2000 shares in 1888. Signed by Martin Chapman 



president and H .E. May secretary. Underprint vignette of miners 

underground. Blue border and print. Cancelled on reverse by 

red pen. NO CANCELLATION MARKS ON FACE. Printer 

not noted. 4.5 x 8”. Datelined Lead City. “Whitewood Quartz 

Mining District, Lawrence County, Dakota Territory” printed on 

certificate. Extremely rare certificate that has no cancellation 

marks on the face of the certificate. Trimmed tight at left. Very 

fine. Est. $200-300 

566. Express. Adams & Co. 25 Cent Poker Chip Money, 

Check, and Wells Fargo Check. Lot of 3 pcs. 1) Adams & 

Co’s Express 25 c Paper Money Poker Chip, 1853.1 x 1.25.” 

Light pink color. 2) Adams & Co. Express and Banking check 

No. 38018 for $500. Issued in 1857, in San Francisco. Nice 

vignette of the company’s building at top and at left a miner 

with pick and placer pan. Trimmed tight at left. 3) Wells Fargo 

Express and Banking Office exchange check #363253 for $100 

Gold, to Eliza Jonston, dated 1870. Datelined San Francisco, 

Cal. Revenue stamp at bottom left. 4.5 x 9. Fine condition. Est. 

$150-300 

567. Fossils. Ollenellus Trilobites Volume, 1889. USGS 

Tenth Annual Report, Part 1. Contains a 100 plus page report on 

Ollenellus by C. D. Walcott. Other papers on Virginia, etc. But 

the value is in the plates of the Ollenellus, which are outstanding. 

Est. $100-200 

568. Fraternal. Fraternal Home Dues Card and Catalog 

Pages for Fraterial Items. Lot of 3 items. The card has logo 

or seal of The Fraternal Home (Hamilton, Missouri) at the 

top,showing a woman and child shooing the wolf from the door. 

Text below lists the monthly dues which must be paid to the 

Secretary of your local lodge, lest the membership become null 

and void. Worded like an insurance policy of fraternal members 

to protect loved ones against disaster. 4 x 9.” 2-3) 2 separate 

pages showing pictures of premiums available to those assigned 

to purchase costums or regalia for their Society. Premiums 

offered by the Ward-Stilson Co. of Anderson, Ind. Company 

established 1888. Premiums include wallets, pocket knives, stick 

pins, etc. Est. $40-80 

569. Fraternal. Fraternal Ribbon, 1901. An unidentified 

fraternal ribbon with wording that may be Norwegian or similar. 

It is possible that the ribbon is from Minnesota. On celluloid 

hanger is “Jasen Merkki.” Two ribbons attached to hanger. One 

is about 4” long white fabric with two American flags and round 

celluloid at bottom with: Raitis Mieli / pic of hands shaking, 

similar to UMW logo / Raittiissa Ruumiissa. The 6 inch red, 

white and blue ribbon has: Taimi / Leutijar Vella / Minn. / 

Perustettu / 27 P. Suusk 1901 // same except fabric is black. 

Metal tassles at bottom. Fine to very fine. Est. $40-60 

570. Fraternal. Knights of Pythias Candidate Registration 

Book, 1940. Only two of about 100+ candidate sheets filled in. 

The candidate answered four different questions about his faith. 

5.5 x 8.5”. In original hard boards. Fine. Est. $20-40 

571. Fraternal. Widow’s Certificate, 1908. Certificate 

issued by the Lock Springs (Daviess County, MO) Lodge, No. 

488 of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons (A.F. & A.M.), to 

Mrs. Mary J. Minnick, as widow of the late L.J. Minnick, 1908. 

Crème paper, black print, embossed seal. Published by Parson 

& Co, Masonic Furnishing House, St. Louis. 9.5 x 12.” Foxing, 

chips, folds. Est. $50-100 

572. No Lot. 

573. Gaming. Chuck’s Golden Spike 25 cent Gaming 

Chips. Lot of 70pcs. All are hot stamped with Chuck’s / 

25 / Golden Spike. Yellow, no inserts, hat and cane. All are 

circulated. Est. $150-250 

574. Gaming. Circus Circus $1 Chip. Inlay white, light 

gray, no inserts. Las Vegas. Minor rim dings. Rim edge sharp, 

stands on edge. Est. $30-50 

575. Gaming. Circus Circus $5 Chip. Red with 3 tan. 

Gold gilt hot stamp: Circus Circus / $5 / Reno. Edges rounded. 

Circulated. Est. $20-40 

576. Gaming. Ephemera, Including Gaming, c. 1940. 

About ten pieces. 1) Thunderbird Hotel promo pamphlet 2) two 

different Harolds Club promo pamphlets; 3) Six pictorial decals 

from the Ruth Copper Pit in Ely 4)three different car decals for 

Death Valley, Las Vegas and Nevada gold panning 5)2 copies of 

Nevada, 1948, printed by and for Harold’s Club. All vf. Est. $75- 

100 

577. Gaming. Harrah’s Gaming Through the Ages Color 

Prints, c.1972. Complete set of the commemorative Harrah’s 

Gaming Through the Ages. Color plates printed on heavy card 

stock showing historical scenes of gaming. Prints include: (1) 

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo, 1885. (2) An 

Early Slot Machine, 1900. (3) Faro in Tonopah, 1905. (4) The 

Ladies Game, Crete, 1700 B.C. (5) Hounds & Jackals, Egypt, 

1300 B.C. (6) Roman Dice, Rome, 200 B.C. (7) The King’s 

Dice, England, 12th Century. (8) Early Printing of Playing 

Cards, France, 15th Century. (9) Gypsy Wheel of Fortune, 

Spain, 18th Century. (10) Keeno in the Civil War, 1863. (11) 

Chinese Keno in the Early West, Lake Tahoe, 1869. (12) Derby 

Day in England, Epson Downs, 1895. (13) Description of 

the artist card. All are in original gray holder. All are in XF+ 

condition. Est. $40-80 

578. Gaming. Monopoly Game, Early and Complete, 

c.1936-40. A nearly complete and original Monopoly board 

game. Two pieces: the playing board with blue backed boards 

and black trim and the box containing playing pieces. There are 

seven wooden “players” and apparent complete decks of cards, 

without counting the different cards. There is one replacement 

die that is much larger than the other five. Playing set includes 

original rules sheet, which now has a tear. Also included is an 

advertisement sheet that describes the different levels of playing 

kits that one could purchase. Based on this sheet, this set is the 

Junior Edition. The ad sheet indicates that with the Popular 

Edition had the infamous metal “tokens”. The game board folds 

in half and shows wear along the fold crease. A great early, 

nearly complete Monopoly set. Est. $200-400 

579. Gaming. Monte Carlo Color Prints, c.1960-70. Hand 



signed and numbered color prints of artwork depicting Monte 

Carlo, especially gaming views. The artist is Prioska Kevesi. 

There are eight different plates. All are numbered 4 of 1000. 

Plates contained within gloss gray holder. All are 12 x 15”. All 

plates are Xf+. Est. $40-60 

580. Gaming. Nevada Gaming Photo Group, c. 1930- 

50. Lot of 11, with 2 or 3 dups. Four are in casino folders: 

one from the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas, another from the State 

Line Country Club at Lake Tahoe, and 2 (dups) from the Mapes 

Showroom in Reno, all showing people seated at dinner tables. 

Two others (dups) show a bar crowded with people, mostly 

men and most wearing cowboy hats, with sport pictures on the 

walls. Photo by American Flashlight Co., Inc. of NY. Three 

are miscellaneous photos taken in a casino--one of 2 men at a 

21 table, a second showing a woman behind a small crap table 

with layout in front, and a third showing 3 couples leaning on a 

21 table. A package of chesterfield cigarettes is on the table in 

the foreground. One oddball photo of a log cabin in the pines-might 

be Tahoe, but the photographer is noted as Klamath Falls, 

OR. Last photo is from Lovelock, Pershing county--the Pershing 

Coffee Shoppe--showing 2 people behind the counter and several 

men having coffee at the counter. Nice period pieces. Est. $150- 

200 

581. No Lot. 

582. Gaming. Roadside Inn Gaming Chips. Lot of 2 pcs 

from Roadside Inn. Yellow $1.00 and a red 5.00 piece. Both Xf. 


583. Gaming. Sacramento Area Casino Gaming Chips. 

Lot of 4pcs. (1) Georgian’s Casino. Green with three green 

inserts, hat and cane. 50 cent. (2) Sun Down Casino, N. Sac. 

Blue, hat and cane. 50 cent. Wear to gilt. (3) Lafayette Hall, 

Sacramento. Orange, L, $1.00. (4) Lunar Club. Black, three 

green inserts, hat and cane. $20. All circulated and worn. Est. 

$20-30 

584. General. Billheads and Letters, 1895-1922. Various 

letters from Samuel Houghton, Hart Pioneer Nurseries, 

Macomber & White Rope Co., and Elm Avenue Stock Farm 

ranging from 1895 to 1922. Two are hand-written and two are 

typed. All completely legible except the one from Hart Pioneer 

due to poor handwriting. Fine. Est. $50-100 

585. Geology. Charles Lyell Geologic Volumes, 1868, 

1872. Two works, The Principals of Geology and the Elements 

of Geology. These two works were the principal works of Lyell’s 

lifetime. Sometimes called “the father of Geology”, Lyell spent a 

lifetime working on, developing relationships and understaqnding 

principals of geology. His two great works here are considered 

two of the greatest contributions to written historical geology of 

all time. Lyell first published Principals in 1830, and had eleven 

editions printed by the time he died in 1875. Elements was first 

published in 1838, also with a number of editions published. 

Principals here is in 2 volumes published in 1872. Elements is 

the 6th edition, published in 1868. Both published by Appleton in 

New York. Est. $300-600 

586. Geology. Early Color Rock & Mineral Illustrations, 

1811 Lot of 27. Prints from an early work on rocks, minerals and 

geology, 1811 “Ubbildungen bu den Unterhaltungen uber den 

Menfchen von Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm, Menschen, Wein. 1811” 

4.5 x 7”, hand colored plates from this work illustrating various 

rock types, textures and compositions Est. $150-300 

587. Geology. Fossil Prints, 1811. Lot of 5. Prints from an 

early work on rocks, minerals and geology, 1811 “Ubbildungen 

bu den Unterhaltungen uber den Menfchen von Gottlieb Tobias 

Wilhelm, Menschen, Wein. 1811” 4.5 x 7”, hand colored plates 

from this work illustrating various fossils. Est. $75-150 

588. Geology. Four 1811 Mineral Prints Lot of 4. Prints 

from an early work on rocks, minerals and geology, 1811 

“Ubbildungen bu den Unterhaltungen uber den Menfchen von 

Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm, Menschen, Wein. 1811” 4.5 x 7”, hand 

colored plates from this work illustrating specific mineralsw and 

mineral characteristics Est. $100-200 

589. Geology. Geologists Tools and Lab Tools, 1811. Lot 

of 6. Prints from an early work on rocks, minerals and geology, 

1811 “Ubbildungen bu den Unterhaltungen uber den Menfchen 

von Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm, Menschen, Wein. 1811” 4.5 x 7”, 

hand colored plates from this work illustrating various lab and 

geological tools. Est. $150-250 

590. Geology. Specific Gravity Testing Prints, 1811. Lot 

of 2. Prints from an early work on rocks, minerals and geology, 

1811 “Ubbildungen bu den Unterhaltungen uber den Menfchen 

von Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm, Menschen, Wein. 1811” 4.5 x 7”, 

hand colored plates from this work illustrating specific gravity 

testing, used for ore mineral testing and other minerals. Est. $75- 

150 

591. Geology. Volcanology Prints, 1811. Lot of 5. Prints 

from an early work on rocks, minerals and geology, 1811 

“Ubbildungen bu den Unterhaltungen uber den Menfchen von 

Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm, Menschen, Wein. 1811” 4.5 x 7”, hand 

colored plates from this work illustrating lava flows, columnar 

basalt, exploding volcano, etc. Nice. Est. $100-200 

592. Geology. Minerals. Mineral Show Poster Collection, 

Tucson Show & Others, Framed. Lot of 11. Classic, beautiful 

color posters from the famous Tucson Gem & Mineral Show, the 

largest show of its kind in the world. This show is held annually 

during the January-February period. 1981 Amethyst etc 24 x 18; 

1983 Cerussite 33 x 25”; 1989 Galena 22 x 18”; Denver 1988 24 

x 18”; Denver 1989 22 x 16”; 1988 (Germany) 16 x 12”; Azurite 

12 x 10” glass front; Malachite 12 x 10”; three framed mineral 

pieces, all the same size 10 x 12”. All Vf or better, a nice display 

for any wall. Est. $400-800 

593. Georgia. Gilmer. White Path Gold Mine Broadside. 

Titled: Newly Discovered Gold Vein! At White Path, Gilmer 

County, Georgia in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, on 

the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, 93 miles north of Atlanta, 

Georgia, and 132 miles south of Knoxville, Tennessee. Nine 

Hundred Acres--Two Great Properties. Flyer originally 8 x 13 

(or 14” but bottom portions are badly torn with pieces missing, 



discolored. Condition problems, creasing, tears, chips. Top right 

quarter completely separated at fold. Est. $100-200 

594. Georgia. Mining. Georgia Gold Mining Papers, 

1896. Volume 25 of the American Institute of Mining Engineers 

Transactions with about 1200pp. Many articles, but two 

important papers on gold mining in Georgia (one by William 

Brewer) and one on ore estimation by D. Brunton. Cover 

detatched, but present. Est. $75-100 

595. Hard Times. Perish Commerce. Perish Credit. Perish 

Commerce/ My/ Victory/ (pic boar with “My Third Heat”)/ Down 

With The Bank/ 1834. Rd, copper, 29mm. HT 9. XF. Nice, even 

toning. Est. $75-150 

596. Hardgoods. Corporate Seals. Six original corporate 

seals for the following companies: Templetone Corp, Conn; 

Idaho Salkes Co, Kimberly, Idaho; Fidelity & Casualty Co of 

NY; St Hamilton, Idaho; Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary 

Society, Los Angeeles; illegible. All six date from the circa 1890- 

1920 period. Some have fancy gilt (gold) trim painted in patterns 

on handle, etc. All except the one are very readable and in very 

fine condition. Great for a museum display Est. $200-400 

597. Hardgoods. Dow, Jones & Co. Early Clip Board. 

Wooden clip board with felt backing, measuring 6 x 18.” Clip 

is embossed brass in the shape of a formal monument,with 

Dog, Jones & Co. embossed in the middle and “The Wall Street 

Journal” embossed below. Wood surface is scratched and worn at 

edges. Est. $100-200 

598. Hardgoods. Metal Merchant Plaques, 1880-1890’s. 

Lot of 2 metal plaques attached to commercial products. 1) 

Harron, Rickard & McCone/ Machinery Merchants / San 

Francisco, Cal. Possibly brass or bronze, dark toned, meas. 2.5 

x 4.25,” slightly convex, with a holed metal tab at each end for 

screws. 2) American Feed Water Heater/ Manufactured by / The 

Whitlock Coil Pipe Co. / Hartford, Conn. U.S.A. #7981 (top left) 

and No. 10 (top right). Pat. Aug. 1, 1882, and Jan. 1, 1896. 2.25 

x 5,”, brass or bronze, also slightly convex with holes at each end 

for screws or bolts. Est. $150-300 

599. Hardgoods. Powerlight Kerosene Lamp Directions 

and Instructions, c. 1916. A folded card giving directions for 

filling, pumping air, installing mantles, lighting, and cleaning 

the Powerlight kerosene lamp from Montgomery Ward & Co. of 

Chicago. Illustrated. Card meas. 5.5 x 16.5” unfolded. Est. $40- 

80 

600. Hardgoods. Reddick (Mole) Trap Direction Tag, 

c.1880-1890. A yellow baggage-type tag with black print and 

red illustration of the trap. Reverse side shows directions for 

setting the trap. Mes. 5.5 x 2.5.” Est. $50-75 

601. History. History of the United States, 1891. 

Columbian Edition, “United States, A History, The Most 

Complete and Most Popular History of the United States of 

America from the Aboriginal Times to the Present Day,” Revised 

and Enlarged. By John Clark Ridpath, LL.D. Published by The 

United States History Co., Boston & New York. Copyrighted 

by John T. Jones, 1876; by Phillips and Hunt, 1886; by Hunt & 

Eaton, 1889, 1891, and by the United States History Co., 1891. 

805 pp. Slight wear to edges of cover and spine. Est. $40-60 

602. No Lot. 

603. Idaho. Ada. Boise. W. W. Dodge & Co. vs. Con Healy 

Summons, Timothy Dacy and Michael Carrigan, Defendants, 

1877. Plaintiff W.W. Dodge & Co. is bringing a case against 

the defendants in the sum of $1306.31 on an 1877 promissory 

note. Signed by Herman Jones, principal clerk and one of the 

publishers of the semi-weekly Idaho World newspaper in Idaho 

City. Summons is accompanied by the news announcement of 

same. Summons meas. 4 x 8.” A nice Idaho Territory piece. Est. 

$75-100 

604. Idaho. Ada. Meridian. Old Dad. Old Dad / Meridian // 

GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. XF Est. $8- 

605. Idaho. Alturas. Atlanta. Big Lode Mining Company 

Stock Transfer Book, 1883-1891. Ledger style book, brown 

leather spine and corners. About 200 pages with only a few 

filled out. Spine has gilt print: Transfers, B.L.M. Co. 9 x 13.” 

Company was incorporated in New Jersey. Located in Alturas, 

Idaho., on the Atlanta Ledge. Once known as the Leonora MC. 

[Ref: Burchard, 83]. It was located between the Atlanta and 

Tahoma lodes. 20 stamp mill. 1883 in the Atlanta district was 

one of the most prosperous years, according to Burchard in his 

Report of the Director of the Mint in the same year. The mines 

here produced well over $1 million that year. VF condition. Est. 

$150-300 

606. Idaho. American Falls. Boomerang. The Boomerang / 

Cigar Store // GF / 5c / IM / Only. Rd, br, 21mm. VF Est. $8- 

607. Idaho. Bannock. Pocatello. Ford’s Billiard Parlor. 

Ford’s / Billiard / Parlor // GF / 12 1/2c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. XF 

Est. $8- 

608. Idaho. Bannock. Pocatello. Pastime Amusement. 

Pastime Amusement / Parlors // GF 5c IT. Rd, br, 21mm, Satr 

cutout. VF Est. $8- 

609. Idaho. Bannock. Pocatello. Sparks. Sparks // GF / 1 / 

Pack / Cigarettes. Rd, br, 23mm. XF Est. $8- 

610. Idaho. Blaine. Bellevue. Mountain Belle Mining 

Co. Lot of 13 pcs. Stock cert., letters, and printed information 

regarding the Mountain Belle Co. 1) Stock #56. Incorporated 

in Arizona. Issued to Edward C. Van Fleet in 1908 for 200 

shares. Signed by H.B. Prosser president and A.E. Sturges, 

secretary. 7 small mining vignettes around border. Border black 

with gilt safety print and seal. Uncancelled. Printer - M.D. rider 

& Co., Chicago. Datelined Chicago, Illinois. 9 x 11. Folds. 

2) Printed brochure on the mine, titled “Recent Information, 

Extract from Letter form Francis A. Brown of Marinette, Wis. 

To Dan Chamberlain of Muskegon,” 1907. 3) 6 carbon copies 

of letters, dated 1907 or 1909 either to or from Edward C. Van 

Fleet regarding happenings at the mine and stock prices. 4) 2 

receipts from Edward C. Van Fleet for payment of shares in the 



Mountain Belle. 7) Carbon of letter from the Glidden Company 

of Ohio to the Selective Service Board pleading with the Board to 

exempt Waldon Edward Van Fleet (probably the son of Edward 

C. Van Fleet) from the military draft, dated 1944, because of the 

importance of his services to the company. Est. $150-300 

611. Idaho. Blaine. Hailey. H. F. Goodman. H. F. Goodman 

/ Exchange / Saloon // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. VF Est. $70- 

612. Idaho. Canyon. Caldwell. Caldwell Waldorf. Caldwell 

/ Waldorf // Gf / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. XF. Est. $8- 

613. Idaho. Canyon. Caldwell. Saratoga News Stand. 

Saratoga / Newsstand / Caldwell // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. 

XF Est. $8- 

614. Idaho. Canyon. Nampa. Nampa Pool Hall. The Nampa 

Pool Hall / GF 5c IT. Rd, br, 21mm, center cutout. VF Est. $8- 

615. Idaho. Clearwater. Idaho City. C. F. Rowe. C. F. Rowe 

// GF / 12 1/2 / cents / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. VF Est. $8- 

616. Idaho. Fremont. St Anthony. Wildlife Photographs. 

Lot of 16 pics. Picture size approx 6.5x 4.75in. Most of the 

pictures are of outdoor scenes including rivers and streams. 

There is also a picture of a buffalo with a man sitting on it, and 

an old ranch. All pictures very clear and glued to 7 x 10” black 

paper backing. VF. Est. $400-600 

617. Idaho. Fremont. St. Anthony. Kane’s. Kane’s / 

Billiards // GF / 10c / IT. Rd, al, 36mm. VF Est. $8- 

618. Idaho. Gooding. Gooding. Gooding Club. G. B. M. / 

Gooding / Club // GF / 5c / IT, Rd, al, 21mm. Fine Est. $8- 

619. Idaho. Gooding. Gooding. Pastime Pool. Pastime Pool. 

/ K. & P. / Cigar Store // GF / 10c / IT> Sc 8, br, 29mm. VF Est. 

$8- 

620. Idaho. Gooding. Wendell. W. H. Brown. Lot of 2 Pcs. 

W. H. Brown / The Pastime // GF 5c IT. Rd, Br, 21mm, center 

cutout. XF) GF / 25c / IT. Rd, br, 25mm. XF Est. $16- 

621. Idaho. Idaho. Ferdinand. Shamrock. Shamroch / 

Pastime / Chas. Dickey // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. VF Est. 

$8- 

622. Idaho. Idaho. Grangeville. McAdams. McAdams / GF 

/ c / IT. Rd, al, 21mm. XF Est. $8- 

623. Idaho. Jerome. Jerome. Snowball’s. Snowball’s / Sport 

/ Shop // SSS. Rd, br, 21mm. VF Est. $8- 

624. Idaho. Latah. Bovill. L. G. Verdon. L. G. Verdon / 

Bovill // GF 5c IT. Rd, br, 21mm, center cutout. Good Est. $8- 

625. Idaho. Latah. Elk River. Elk Pastime Parlor. Elk / 

Pastime Parlor // GF 5c IT. R, br, 21mm. VF Est. $8- 

626. Idaho. Lincoln. Shoshone. W. H. Brown. W. H. Brown 

/ The Pastime // Good For Five Cts. In Trade, Rd, br, 21mm, 

center cutout. XF Est. $8- 

627. Idaho. Maps. Clason’s Guide Map of Auto Routes. 

Booklet form fold-out map, published by The Clason Map Co. of 

Denver Colo. In 1917. Includes 30 pages of information about 

the state (capital city, live stock, mining, elevation, Indians, 

Yellowstone Park, national forests, rivers and creeks, lakes, etc.) 

Counties are listed as well as the cities and towns. Map folds out 

to 18 x 27” size showing county lines, county seats, railroads, 

auto roads and main auto roads. Booklet measures 4 x 6.25.” 

Green paper cover. Stapled spine is coming loose at one end. 

Est. $100-200 

628. Idaho. Nez Perce. Lewiston. Clemenson’s. 

Clemenson’s / Cigar / Store // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. XF 

Est. $8- 

629. Idaho. Owyhee. Grandview. Grandview Pastime. The 

Grandview / Pastime // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. XF Est. $8- 

630. Idaho. Shoshone. Burke. Stanley Mining Co., Ltd., 

1900. Cert. #60. Incorporated in Washington, 1899. Issued to 

A.G. Kellam in 1900 for 2500 shares. Signed by Y.C. Brown as 

president and A.J. Terpenney, secretary. Vignette at top center of 

underground mining scene. Smaller vignette, bottom center, of 3 

miners examining a nugget. Rust-colored border, safety print and 

seal. Uncancelled. 8 x 10. Datelined Spokane, Wash. This may 

be the mine located in Idaho and controlled by the Day family, 

principal owners of Hercules Mining Co. [Mines Handbook, 

1918, Weed, p. 801]. It is noted as being Listed in Spokane. 

Property consisted of 12 patented claims, west of Benton and NE 

of Humming Bird, in George Bulch, North of Burke, said to show 

antimony ore. Authentic information is scarce. The Humming 

Bird crosscut tunnel, run by the Hercules, passes through Stanley 

ground. In June, 1916, was shpping antimony-gold ore. Est. 

$50-100 

631. Idaho. Shoshone. Kellogg. McConnell. McConnell / 

Hotel / Bar // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm, hole cancelled. VF Est. 

$8- 

632. Idaho. Shoshone. Mullan. Copper King Mining & 

Smelting Co. Lot of 8 pcs. Issued 1909. Signed, cancelled. 

Vignette at upper left of antlered elk. Black border with bronze 

safety print, underprint and seal. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11”. 

Datelined Mullan, Idaho. Very fine. Est. $75-150 

633. Idaho. Twin Falls. Buhl. R. R. Smoke Shop. R. R. 

Smoke Shop // R. R. / 10c IT. Rd, br, 20mm, center cutout. XF 

Est. $8- 

634. Idaho. Twin Falls. Buhl. Reilly’s. Reiloly’s / GF / 5c / 

IT / Smoke Shop // Ditto. Rd, br, 25mm. VF Est. $8- 

635. Idaho. Twin Falls. Filer. L. L. Walker. Lot of 2 pcs. L. 

L. Walker // 5. Rd, br, 21mm. VF Est. $16- 

636. Idaho. Twin Falls. Filer. The Club. The Club / 5c. Rd, 

br, 21mm. VF Est. $8- 



637. Idaho. Twin Falls. Twin Falls. Brunswick. Brunswick 

// 5. Rd, br, 21mm. VF Est. $8- 

638. Idaho. Twin Falls. Twin Falls. D. T. Wilkerson. D. T. 

Wilkerson / Pocket / Billiard / Hall // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, al, 21mm. 

VF Est. $8- 

639. Idaho. Twin Falls. Twin Falls. Sport Shop. Sport / SL 

/ Shop // GF / 25c / IT. Rd, al, 25mm. VF, has been painted red. 

Est. $8- 

640. Idaho. Washington. Weiser. Crescent Cigar Store. 

Crescent / Cigar / Store // GF / 10c / IT. Oc, al, 36mm. VF Est. 

$8- 

641. Idaho. Washington. Weiser. Crescent. Crescent / T. 8 T. 

/ Weiser // GF / 12 1/2c / IT. Sc 8, al, 29mm. Fine Est. $8- 

642. Idaho. Weiser. Weiser. Mike Morell. Lot of 2 pcs. 

Mike R. Morell / The / Idaho // GF / 12 1/2c / IT. Sc 4, al, 28mm, 

Fine Est. $16- 

643. Idaho-Montana, Dakota. Maps. Topo Maps c1890- 

1910. 14 early topo maps from the 1:125,000 series. This is the 

first series of USGS topo maps, many are from the original 1894 

data, though published 1905-1910. These contain many of the 

early ghost towns and mining camps, and much info relating to 

mining camps that is now gone from modern maps. They are 



Includes; Harney Peak, Ray, Montpellier, Sawtooth, Preston, 

Coeur D’Alene Special, Hinsdale Special, Browning, Sapo, Chief 

mt.Great Falls, Hamilton, Dillon, Big Snowy, Little Belt Est. 

$100-200 

644. Illinois. Adams. Quincy. Quincy Star Nurseruies 

Certificate. A “Lease Orchard” certificate. Certificate states 

that the company, Quincy Star Nurseries, will lease the farmer’s 

orchard of fruit-bearing trees (pear, peach, plum and cherry) 

for 3-5 years, assume all care, pruning, spraying, etc., and will 

replace all stock that dies free of charge during said lease, in 

payment of 1/2 the 4th year’s crop of fruit. Then they will 

transfer all right and title to trustee, or, in the case of the sale of 

the farm, transer to the new purchaser. Certificate is blue border 

on crème paper, gilt seal. Signed by R. M. Tully, General Agent. 

No date. Badly dogeared, creased and chips missing along edges. 

7 x 9.” Est. $50-100 

645. Insurance/Real Estate. Agent Business Cards, c. 1914. 

Lot of 8 cards. Agents include: J.W. Dempsey of Farmers and 

Merchants Exchange in Kansas City; Fred Howard, Realtor, in 

Jonesboro, Arkansas; Baxter and Lundy, Land and Immigration 

Agents in Rock Island, Texas; W.A. Newton, district Deputy of 

the Fraternal Home Insurance, no city; H.F. Lawrence, loan and 

insurance agent, Lock Springs, MO; Travelers Mutual Casualty 

Company in Des Moines, Iowa; L. Prentiss, Northwestern Life 

Assurance, Chillicothe, MO; and M.D. Mayhugh, National Fire 

Ins. Co. of Hartford, in Kansas City, MO (1914). Est. $50-100 

646. Iowa. Montgomery. Villisca. Villisca Cover. 

Postmarked Feb. 12, no year. From: McClain Cordal to Mrs. 

Joseph Whitaker, Esq. In Sampsell, MO. Front of cover only--no 

back. Est. $25-50 

647. Judaica. Map. Palestine Two Page Atlas Sheet, 1887. 

Early map of Palestine from Rand McNally, 1887. A full two 

page map measuring 14 x 21”. The reverse shows separates 

maps, one showing China and the other Eastern Russia. On the 

Russian map side is an inset of the “Palestine of the Holy Land.” 

Vf. Est. $75-150 

648. Ku Klux Klan. KKK Items, 1916. Lot of 2 pcs. One 

is a 9-page brochure, paper covered in olive green, containing the 

Objects and Purposes of the “Invisible Empire.” Also contains the 

Kreed, and what the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan stand for. 3.5 

x 7.” Second item is small news clipping from the Edgewater 

paper titled: “Kluxers Visit Church to Give Purse to Pastor.” 

There is an Edgewater, Missouri located near Branson, but the 

name is so common that we cannot be certain where the clipping 

originated. Est. $40-80 

649. Labor Union. Ten Wheeler Union Made Overalls 

Broadside. Advertisement for overalls made by and for Union 

Men and Friends. The Standard Ten Wheeler Union Made 

Overalls, Fit Well, Made Well, Wear Well. Endorsed by railroad 

men, engineers, mechanics and Garment Workers’ Union. Shows 

illustrated trade mark of Ten Wheeler brand. 5.5 x 9.” foxing, 

edge tears and creases, stains. Est. $50-100 

650. Livestock. Agricultural Business Cards. Lot of 6 

cards, 2 duplicates: 1) 2 North Missouri Investment Co, in 

Chillicothe, MO., Farm Loans. Ralph W. West, Mgr. 2) W.G. 

Dusken (2 cards) Black Beauty Strain of Pure-Bred Langshans, 

Chillicothe, MO. 3) Henry Hinderks, Breeder of White 

Wyandottes, Stewartsville, MO. 4) Reed & Reed, Breeders of 

White Wyandottes, Breckenridge, MO. Est. $75-150 

651. Livestock. American Short-Horn Breeders’ 

Association Certified Pedigree, 1903. Single sheet listing 

antecedants of a red and white bull named Royal Prince, 

#204369, and certifying he has been accepted for entry in the 

American Short-Horn Herd Book. Breeder is J.G. Mingo & Son 

of Lock springs, MO. White paper, gilt seal, signed by John W. 

Graves as secretary. 9 x 17.” Est. $50-100 

652. Livestock. Billie Bryan Stallion Ad Broadside, 1903. 

Half of a broadside advertising Billie Bryan at stud for the 

1903 season, standing at the L.J. Minnick farm in Chillicothe, 

Missouri. Illustration of the stallion, a “dark dapple gray.” 

Bottom half of broadside is missing, edges are badly torn, 

creases, pieces missing. Est. $40-80 

653. Livestock. Chicken Incubator Broadsides. Lot of 

3 pcs. 1) Rayo Incubators and Brooders broadside. Company 

located in Omaha, Neb. Promises purchasers will have increased 

(chicken) hatches and larger profits. Printed on both sides in 

red and black on white paper. 12 x 18,” folded. 2) Old Trust 

Incubator and Booder broadside, manufactured by the M.M. 

Johnson Co. in Clay Center, Neb. Shows photograph and sketch 



of product, and Old Trust logo of a St. Bernard’s head. Folds, 6 x 

9.” 3) Record Egg Mash grain sack tag, from the Staley Milliing 

co. of KansasiCity, Mo. Yellow. Est. $50-100 

654. Livestock. Hog Remedy Broadside, Dr. Jos. Haas. A 

folded broadside giving Notice to Feeders of Swine and Breeders 

of Swine, advertising a feed supplement for hogs, created by 

Dr. Jos. Haas of Indianapolis, Ind. Single sheet meas. 11 x 

11,” folded in half, with testimonials and product claims printed 

inside, along with promises that the remedy will prevent disease 

and/or arrest disease “of any kind.” Est. $50-100 

655. Livestock. Holstein-Friesian Associaton Registration 

Certificate, 1925. Registration Cert. #975137. Incorporated 

May 1885. Issued to H.M. Grace, Chillicothe, MO for the cow 

named Aaggie Helen Ann Segis De Kol, calved 1924. Signed 

by F.L. Houghton (printed), Secretary (of Brattleboro, Vermont). 

Vignette of cow’s head. Light blue border with green safety print 

(underprint pic of cow and calf). 7.25 x 9.25.” Single crease to 

one corner. VF. Est. $75-150 

656. Livestock. Pike County, Illinois, Fine Stock 

Association Broadside. Advertising the importation of fine 

stock, to wit: 3 imported stallions, 2 English Shires, and a 

Cleveland Bay coaching stallion. Also notes they are standing 

a trotting stallion by the name of Mambrino Chief. Vignette of 

“Western Wonder,” one of the Shire stallions. Company name is 

E.R. Dorsey, with B.F. Dorsey listed as Pres., and J.W. Dorsey, 

recording sec’y. 6 x 10.5,” tears at folds in several places, large 

tear across vignette and title of broadside. Est. $50-150 

657. Livestock. Rat and Mouse Exterminator Recipe, 

Dr. H.O. Smith. By Dr. H.O. Smith, Practical Horse Physician, 

Horse Dentist, Trainer and Breaker, of Independence, Mo. “All 

calls for sick stock promptly attended to, day or night. I also 

have a sure cure for catarrh in the human race.” Additional 

recipes for sure cure for cholera with chickens and turkeys, for 

insect and worm exterminator and a sure cure for warts, corns, 

bunions, chilblains, or callouses of the feet. Meas 5.5 x 9” on 

salmon-colored paper. Foxing, tears at margins, folds, creases. 

Est. $50-100 

658. Livestock. U.S. Horse Thief Detective Union 

Membership Certificate, 1888. Certificate issued to L.J. 

Minnick in 1888, of Sampsell, Livingston Co., MO. In becoming 

a member he signs his pledge not to divulge any of the secrets 

of the Uniion, and to make careful examination of all horses and 

rigs that may come under your observation, when called upon to 

do so, and report findings to the parties mentioned. Signed by 

Webb, as president, Griggs as secretary. Black border, gilt seal 

(very tarnished), vignette of Horseshoe with ribbon on top. 9 x 

11. Paperclip rust mark across face. Est. $75-150 

659. Louisiana Purchase. Louisiana Purchase Exposition 

Award, 1904. Award ribbon printed on a certificate, issued by 

the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Jury of Awards in St. Louis 

in 1904 and presented to the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co. 

of Racine, Wis. For Excellence of Exhibit and Superiority of 

Construction. Award reads in part: Greeting: This Declaration Is 

to Certify that the Attached Official Award Ribbon Is Isued to The 

J.I. Case Threshing Machine Co.” Cert. Meas. 6 x 9,” foxing, a 

small tear at right margin and at left margin on fold, stains. Est. 

$60-120 

660. Machines. Buggy, Road Grader and Thresher 

Documents, c. 1890-1904. Lot of 3 pcs. 1) Cover with 

advertising vignette for a Chas. C. Clark & Co. Buggy , “Direct 

to User for $34.95.” Company is in St. Louis. 2) Broadside for 

the Western Reversible Road Machine, all steel, from the Western 

Wheel Scraper Co. in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. Largest Manufacturers 

of Grading Implements in the World! Includes testimonials 

(1890) from various users.6 x 9,” torn at folds. 3) Letterhead of 

John S. Davis’ Sons, Manufacturers of the Oscillator Thresher, of 

Davenport, Iowa. Great vignette of the thresher at top left. Dated 

1904. Est. $75-100 

661. Machines. Western Reversible Grader Testimonial 

Broadside, 1890. Commissioners of Washington Township in 

Washington, Illinois are testifying that they endorse the Western 

Reversible Grader, after comparing it with The Austin and The 

Champion. They list 5 reasons. Printed signatures of Christian 

Spring, Pres., John Brunnenmeyer, and B.F. Myers, Treas. All 

Highway Commissioners. 5 x 8.5.” Dogeared, VF. Est. $50-100 

662. Map. Midwest. Midwest & Northwest States Map, 

1875. Maps shows two different maps. The larger of the two 

shows midwestern states including: Montana, Wyoming, 

Northern Colorado, Dakota, Nebraska, Northern Kansas, 

Minnesota, Iowa and partial of Missouri. This portion is 7 x 

8.5”. Upper and smaller map shows states of the Northwest: 

Washington, Northern Oregon, Northern Idaho, Montana and 

partial of Wyoming, measures 3 x 8.5”. Publisher: Tyson ,Blakes 

andTaylor, 1875. Every state a different color highlight. Vf. Est. 

$75-150 

663. Map. Western. Western States Map, 1875. Map sheet 

from Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co, 1875. States shown: 

Oregon, California, Nevada, Lower Idaho, Utah and Arizona. 

Every state has different highlight color. 8.5 x 11”. Tear at lower 

right corner. Vf-. Est. $75-150 

664. Maps. Topo Maps., 1890-1910. Twenty nine (29) 

early topo maps from the 1:125,000 series. This is the first 

series of USGS topo maps, many are from the original 1894 






Includes; New York City, Allentown, Atlantic City, Framingham, 

Franklin Furnace, New florence, Latrobe and many others. Est. 

$100-300 

665. Maps. Mississippi Valley Lead-Zinc Area. Topo Maps, 

1890-1910. About 50 early topo maps from the 1:125,000 series. 

This is the first series of USGS topo maps, many are from the 

original 1894 data, though published 1905-1910. These contain 

many of the early ghost towns and mining camps, and much info 

relating to mining camps that is now gone from modern maps. 

They are very important sources of re4ference for old geographic 



names. All are used, some with chips, tears, folds and a few 

pencil notes. Includes maps from all over the Illinois, Missouri, 

Kansan area. Est. $150-250 

666. Maps. Southern States. Topo Maps c1890-1910. About 

40 early topo maps from the 1:125,000 series. This is the first 







Maps in this lot include quads from Oklahoma, Indian Territory, 

Arkansas, Virginia, West Virginia, Alabama, etc. Includes; 

Muskogee, Lockport, Central City (KY), Princeton, Piedmont, 

etc. Est. $200-300 

667. Massachusetts. Certificate of Analysis, 1888. Cert. # 

8200-x. Issued by A.B. Browne, Assayer and Analyst, State of 

Massachusetts, and by W. French Smith, Ph.D., Consultation. 

Issued to Mr. Herbert R. Smith on a sample of rock containing 

20.98 per cent Alumina. Signed by Arthur B. Browne, datelined 

Boston. Black border on crème paper. 6.5 x 8.5. Folds, small 

tears along fold edges. Est. $25-50 

668. Medical. Early Physician Business Cards. Lot of 9 

cards. 8 are from the office of Drs. Grace, Simpson & Grace, 

Physicians and Surgeons in Chillicothe, MO. The backs of the 

cards have Diet Lists, or a recipe for Muffins for Constipation, 

list for Keeping the Bowels Regular, and a Diet List for 

Constipation. Last card is from the office of Anna Woods 

Clymer, Doctor of Chiropractic. Est. $75-100 

669. Medical. Female Remedies Broadsides. Lot of 

3 items. 1) Miss Modele Miller of New Carlisle, Indiana, 

advertising her Lily Bouquet (for complexion) and Oriental 

Curling Fluid (for hair). 6 x 9.” 2) The Famous Specific Meadow 

Leaf, Guaranteed Cure for All Female Disceases, prepared by 

the Hudson Remedy Co. of New Carlisle, Indiana. 5 x 6, folded. 

3) Miss Modelle Miller’s Lily Bouquet ad. Tan paper with blue 

print. 4 x 5.5.” Est. $50-100 

670. Medical. Gynaecologist’s Practice Announcement, 

c. 1900. Formal announcement by Frank K. Doane, M.D. for 

his practice limited to gynaecology in Kansas City, Missouri. 

Probably dates around the turn of the century, as “Phones” are 

listed. 5 x 7.” One fold. Stains, foxing. Est. $50-100 

671. Medical. Vitae-Ore Remedy, Letters From Ministers 

Testimonials. Newspaper-size broadside produced by the Theo. 

Noel Company, includes letters of testimony on the Vitae-Ore 

product from 12 ministers throughout the eastern and midwestern 

U.S. Vitae-Ore was evidently used as a remedy for all ailments 

ranging from catarrah to rheumatism, kidney gravel and liver 

pain. Sketches of the ministers alongside their letters. 12 x 17.” 

Folds. Est. $50-100 

672. Mexico. Baja California. Baja California Mining Map, 

1889. Colored map titled: Plano Geologico Minero del Real 

De S. Antonio y El Triumfo de la Baja California.” Formulated 

for Antonio del Castillo, Mining Engineer. Revised in 1889. 

Mapmaker: Luis G. Becerril. Map shows individual claims 

in those 2 areas. Meas. 26.5 x29.” Folds, tears along folds in 

several places. 2” tear at left margin. Est. $200-400 

673. Mexico. Chihuahua. International Gold & Copper 

Co. Santa Eulalia Silver Mines Reports. Lot of 2. 1) Offices 

of the International Gold & Copper Co. located in El Paso, 

TX, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and Phoenix, AZ. Mines located in 

the Guaynopa-Guaynopita district of Guerrero in Chihuahua, 

Mexico. 200 mi. NW of the City of Chihuahua, and 258 mi. SW 

of El Paso. Consists of the Penabejo, Aros, and Utah claims. 

Patented in 1905, Report is dated 1911. 40 pgs, brown paper 

cover with gilt print, 4 x 9.” Photos. 2) The Future of the Silver 

Mines of Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico, A Study in Applied 

Geology. Dated 1917. Inscribed, 1920. Fold out maps, 30 pgs, 

tan paper cover. 6 x 9.” VF. Est. $100-200 

674. Mexico. Chihuahua. San Francisco Del Oro Mines 

Report, 1904, & Fac-Simili Reproduction of Records from 

Mexican Dividend Books. Lot of 2. 1) The San Francisco 

Del Oro Mines, Limited. Report and Statement of Accounts, 

as at 31st December, 1904. By R.J. Frecheville, London. A 

British company with property located near Parral, Chihuahua, 

Mexico. 15 pages, light green paper cover, 8 x 10.” 2) Fac- 

Simile Reproduction of Records From Mexican Dividend Books, 

published by the Securities Corporation, Ltd., photographed 

from the original dividend records books of the lessors of the San 

Jose de Los Muchachos Mine (one of the properties included in 

the group acquired by Oro Grande Mines Company. 19 pages, in 

Spanish, with light gray-green paper cover, 8 x 11.” Est. $200- 

300 

675. Mexico. Copula. Butters Cons Mines Inc Synd 

Prospectus, 1924. This prospectus is very in depth with a 

complete discussion of each of the properties owned. The 

company’s holdings were geographically diverse with mines in 

Mexico, Salvador, Nicaragua and Colombia. The prospectus 

offers maps and photographs of the different properties. The 

main prospectus has 34pps and original semi hard wrappers. 

Included are other promotional circulars for the company. Very 

fine. Est. $100-200 

676. Mexico. Durango. Durango Mining, Milling & 

Expoloration Co., 1910. Lot of 2. 1) Durango MM & Ex. Co., 

prospectus, a gold, silver, lead, copper and zinc mine. 14 loose, 

printed pages stapled together at corner. Envelope included. 

Organized in Maine. One of the pages is a fold out map, 1907, 

made by Don Luis Arce, Government Engineer, San Juan del Rio, 

Durango. Prospectus meas. 7.5 x 10.” 2) Report of the Durango 

MM & Ex. Co. for the year ending 1910. 38 pages with photos, 

maps. Dark grey paper cover. 8 x 11. Est. $100-200 

677. Mexico. Guanajuato. Consorcio Minero de 

Guanajuato, S.A., 1924. A photographic report on this 

consortium of mineral companies of Guanajuato, written in 

Spanish. Approximately 16 pages with text and photos. 9 x 

11.5.” Companies included are: Guanajuato Development Co., 

Pinguico Mines Co., Peregrina Mining and Milling, Mexican 

Milling and Transportation Co., Protectora and Anexas, 



Negociacion de la Esperanza, and Compania de Fomento Minero. 

Covered in heavy tan paper with brown print, tied with red cord. 

Est. $100-200 

678. Mexico. Guanajuato. Oro Grande Mines Co 

Prospectus, c.1908. A simply fabulous promotional prospectus 

for the Oro Grande Mines Co. Oversized at 10 x 15” with 

semi-hard boards. Highly illustrated with photographs of the 

mine operations, from primitive to more advanced. One photo 

shows an arrastra complete with a donkey as the power source. 

Another photograph shows a train of men carrying ore in sacks 

on their backs up a long ladder. At the middle is a full two page 

spread showing a claim map of the company’s property. Several 

pages text offer an historical background to the district, mining 

operations and financial information. Wonderful. Boards show 

some dings and minor chips. Very fine. Rare. Est. $100-200 

679. Mexico. Guanajuato. Oro Grande Mines Co. Reports, 

1908-1909. Lot of 3 items. 1) Advance Announcement (for 

investments) Oro Grande Mines Company Properties at 

Guanajuato, Mexico. Produced by the Securities Coprporation, 

selling agents, New York, dated 1909. 4 pg. Printed document, 9 

x 12.” 2) Guanajuato Mining Its Past Present and Future, A paper 

read before the Saturday Night Club by Dwight Furness, United 

States Consul at Auanajuato Mexico. Printed by the Securities 

Corporation, 14 pgs, covered in crème rag paper. 6 x 9.” 3) 

Booklet on The Securities Corporated, Ltd, titled “After Four 

Years.” Documents company’s successes. 18 pgs, 3.5 x 6.” Est. 

$75-100 

680. Mexico. Guerrero. Mitchell Mining Co. & La Dicha 

Holdings, Pamphlet 1905. Prospectus-type booklet of 64 pages, 

with many photos, discussing as aspects of the properties of the 

company, which are the La Dicha Mining & Smelting Co. of 

Mexico and La Dicha and Pacific Railroad Company. The mines 

are situated in the district of Bravoes amd Tavares. Contains 

foldout maps and detailed descriptions of the equipment, railroad, 

legality of titles in Mexico, prospects for development, physical 

and geologic characteristics. Paper covered in grey-green heavy 

paper. 7 x 10.” Est. $120-300 

681. Mexico. Guerrero. Zihuatanejo. Pacific Copper 

Company, Ltd., Engineers’ Reports, 1912. Fold-out brochure 

titled Reports on the Property of the Pacific Copper Company 

Limited, Incorporated Under the Laws of Mexico with a Capital 

Stock of One Hundred Thousand Shares of $100.00. Written by 

Eugene Atkins, General Agent fo rthe United States, Canada and 

England. Property was located near Zihautanejo, Mexico with 

offices in Mexico City. 8 pages folded to 4 x 9 brochure-size. 

Brown paper cover. VF. Est. $75-100 

682. Mexico. Mining. Mexican Miscellaneous Mining 

Papers. Lot of 7, including 2 maps. 1) Conult. Engineer’s 

Report on the Lucky-Tiger Combination Gold Mining Co., 

1909. 3 pages, 8.5 x 11. 2) Prospectus of the Leonor Mining 

and Development Company, located in the Sierra Madre 

Mountains of Mexico. Green paper cover 4 x 6,” 6 pgs. 3) 

Hermosillo Copper Co. prospectus, located in Sonora, Mexico. 

8 pgs, photos, paper cover, 4 x 8.5.” 4) St. Francis Gold Mining 

Company prospectus, in Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico. 1931. 

3-fold brochure, pale green. 5) Gulf Copper Co. prospectus, 

located at Angeles Bay, Gulf of California, Mexico. 3 pgs, 8.5 

x 11,” lt. Gray paper. 6) Longitudinal Map of Mexico Cons. 

Mining & Smelting co. in Guanacevi, Durago, Mexico, 1906, 

showing difference in development since mine acquired in 1904. 

10 x 50.” 7) Surface Plan map of the same mine. 10.5 x 29.” 

Fragile, margin pieces torn and missing. Est. $150-300 

683. Mexico. Mining. Three Volumes of Geologia, 1904, 

1912, 1921. Three latge volumes of this valuable Mexico 

geologic publication, all attractively hard bound with maroon 

boards. Each volume has about 600pp with many folding maps, 

illustrations, etc. General index in the rear of each volume. Est. 

$300-600 

684. Mexico. Sinaloa. Cutters Copala Mines and Mapiri 

Gold Mining & Power Co. Lot of 2. 1) Report on Butters 

Copala Mines (Inc.) State of Sinaloa, Mexico by E.H. Garthwaite, 

Esq. Late Consulting Engineer to British South Africa Company, 

Limited. March 15th, 1909. 35 pgs, paper covered, 8 x 10. 

Describes location, geology, veins, costs, etc. Cover is partially 

loose, some pencil marks and notations throughout. 2) Mapiri 

Gold Mining & Power Co., home office in Kansas City, MO 

and mines in Sinaloa, Mexico. 30 pgs, black paper cover, maps, 

graphs, etc. Est. $120-250 

685. Mexico. Sonora. Pacific Smelting & Mining Company 

First Annual Report, 1910. Lot of 2 items. One is the First 

Annual Report of January 1910. Gray paper cover, 16 pages, 

includes photographs of the smelter and other buildings. Fold out 

map. 7 x 10.” Second items is an issue of Irving K. Farrington 

& Co.’s Mining Market Letter, dated June 21st, 1910; feature 

article is on Pacific Smelting & Mining Co. Both VF. Holdings 

of the company consist of the Anita Mine at El Cobre, Sonora, 

completed smelter at Fundicion, and some 60 mines and 

prospects. Est. $100-200 

686. Mexico. Sonora. Transvaal Copper Co. Prospectus, 

Report, Maps. Lot of 3. 1) Prospectus, dated 1903. Black paper 

cover with copper print, many pages not attached to cover. 8 x 

11. 2) Stateements, Letters, Engineers Reports for the Transvaal, 

1904. Published by Christian & Beauchamp,Fiscal Agents, 

Cincinnati, Ohio.16 pages, tan paper cover, 4 x 9.” 3) 4 separate 

maps of the Transvaal, all from the same publication, but are 

loose sheets. 8 x 12.” One is double this size and is a colored 

topographical map of portions of the states of Sonora, Chihuahua, 

and Sinaloa showing the operating and projected railways with 

relation to the property of the Transvaal Copper Co. Est. $200- 

400 

687. Mexico. Sonora. Montezuma. Fortuna Mining Co. 

Reports, 1910. Lot of 2. 1) Report on the Properties of The 

Fortuna Mining Company Northern Sonora, Mexico, by Morris 

B. Parker, Consulting and Mining Engineer, El Paso, Texas, 

March 1, 1910. Contains 6 (5 fold-out) maps. Report is 6 pgs, 

8.5 x 11” attached to brown paper backing. 2) Facts and Figures 

on the Fortuna mining properties. Five 8.5 x 11 pages and one 

map in brown paper cover tied with brown cord. The Fortuna 

MC was organized in 1908, with offices in Douglas, Arizona and 

Agua Prieta, Mexico. Its main property is the Lucky Tiger or El 



Tigre, located 32 mi. east of the station of Yzabal, on the line of 

the Nacozari railroad, Sonora, Mexico, 45 mi. South of Douglas, 

Arizona. The company owns 10 different mining properties 

located in the vicinity of the El Tigre. Est. $100-200 

688. Mexico. Zacatecas. Serrania De Zacatecas Map, 1889. 

This “Carta Geologica” was published for the supreme governor 

of the state of Zacatecas, presented at the Paris Exposition of 

1889 (“Que El Supremo Gobierno Del Estado De Zacatezas 

Presenta A La Exposicion Universal De Paris En 1889.”) 

Cartographer is Burkart. Colored. Shows raillines, towns, rivers, 

etc. of Zacatecas, Guadalupe, Sauceda, Veta grande, and Panuco. 

18 x 26.” Folds, foxing, small tears along margins at fold lines. 

Est. $200-400 

689. No Lot. 

690. Michigan. Mining. Michigan Mining Stocks. Lot of 

10. Consol Lake Superior Co, 1903, uncancelled, green border; 

Calumet & Hecla Consol Copper Co, two certs, one brown and 

one orange. The brown piece is a spectacular revenue document 

with 19 Indiana State adhesive revenue stamps attached; Both 

cancelled.; six Copper Range Co certs, two green, two red, one 

blue, one brown, all cancelled. 1863 Quincy MC with two 25 

cent brown Bond revenue stamps attached. Cancelled. Est. $160- 

300 

691. Michigan. Ontonagon. Indiana Mining Co. Cert 

#2430. Incorporated in Michigan. Issued to Hornblower 

& Weeks for 25 shares in 1910. Signed by president and 

secretary. Vignette of Indian Chief in headdress. Red border and 

underprint. Cancelled by rubber stamp and hole punches. Printer 

- Franklin Lee. 7 x 11”. Datelined Boston. We of the classic 

Michigan mining companies. Est. $40-60 

692. Military. Admiral Dewey Boardside. A newspapersize 

sheet containing a complete and glowing account of the 

grand achievements of the Hero of Manila in the Battle in the 

Philippines. Includes the Admiral’s ancestry and early life; his 

brilliant career in the Great Civil War; his famous victory in 

the Harbor of Manila, together with Thrilling Accounts of our 

Great Victories in the Philippines. By Louis Stanley Young, 

in collaboration with Henry Davenport Northrop, well-known 

author. Printed on board U.S. Flagship Olympia. Includes 

sketches of the Admiral’s early life, photos of generals involved 

in the Philippine battle, and sketches of battle scenes. 12 x 21.” 

Stains, folds, tears, chips missing. Est. $50-100 

693. Military. WWI Related Documents, c.1910-20. Lot of 

10pcs. (1) Issue of American Legion Weekly, 1919. (2) Notice 

of Call and to Appear for Physical Examination, 191x. (3) Two 

related cards indicating the physical class of the potential soldier. 

He was 4-a. (4) Death Notice of Cecil Phillips, who passed 

while living in France, 1919. All items include covers and other 

related documents about appearance before military boards. All 

Fine-. Est. $40-60 

694. Mineralogy.Books. Mineralogy Publications. Lot of 

2. 1) An Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy by William Phillips, 

5th edition, 1844, Boston, 662pp, indexed. Several blank front 

pages missing. Important early discussion of specific minerals. 2) 

Foote’s Complete Mineral Catalog, 1909, x-library. Lesser work 

than the previous, but identifies many new mineral species. Poor 

binding. Est. $300-500 

695. Mining. A Practical Manual of Minerals, Mines and 

Mining. By H. Osborn, 1888, Philadelphia, 367pp plus 32pp 

ads. X-Harvard Library with appropriate deaccessions stamp. 

Important and illustrative work on mining with many detailed 

illustrations of mining methods and assaying & smelting. A clear 

fore-runner to McKinstry. Well worn. Est. $75-150 

696. Mining. AIME Publications Archive. Twenty-seven 

(27) bulletins of the Amwerican Institute of Mining engineers, 

1914-1918. Important archive of mining, metals, and mining 

biography published for and to the mining industry. All softbound 

6 x 9”. Also includes 4 directories of members, 1933, 1938, 1945, 

1946, the first two in poor condition. All vf, except one AIME vol 

missing a cover. Est. $100-300 

697. Mining. Charles D. Walcott’s Copy of The Nature 

of Ore Deposits by Beck, 1905. Two volumes. Translated by 

mining geologist Walter Harvey Weed, important in his own right 

as one of America’s great copper mining geologists. Vol 1 has 

Walcott’ssignature rubber stamp. X-library. Walcott was one of 

the USGS’s geologists at the time. Est. $150-250 

698. Mining. Copper Mining Stock Certificates, 1899- 

1904. Lot of 3: 1) United States Mining Co., Cert. #A244, inc. in 

Maine. Located in Utah. Cancelled. Issued to Ely & Co. in 1899 

for 100 shares. Black border, yellow paper. Printer - John Lowell 

& Co., Boston. 2 Revenue stamps at top left. 2) United States 

Smelting Co. Cert. #22. Inc. in Maine, probably located Utah. 

Issued to itself, no date, for 9993 shares. Uncancelled. Brown 

border, white paper. 3) Mammoth Copper Mining Co. of Maine, 

inc. in Maine, located in Shasta Co., California. Certificate #30. 

Issued to E.A. Clark for 2 shares in 1904. Cancelled. Black 

border on light blue paper. All fine. Est. $30-60 

699. Mining. Mining Related Pieces. Lot of 3. 1) Manual 

of First Aid for Miners, printed by Bur. Of Mines, 1923, 

softbound. 221 pgs. Scotch tape repairs to back. 2) 5 x 7 photo 

of the Santa Barbara Mine and Mill in Chihuahua Mex., May 

1910. Full damage upper right, lsmall tears to corners. 3) Cons. 

Syndicate of Fort Worth, Texas. Issued to Pete Miscovich, 20 

shares, signed by Abner Davis. 2 tall vignettes of oil gushers at 

left and right. Printer- Goes. Wear along fold edges. Est. $60- 

100 

700. Mining. Ore Deposits Volumes. Lot of 3. 1)Posepny’s 

Genesis of Ore Deposits, NY, 1902. This work was consiered by 

Ross Rayumond as one of the fgreat workd on ore deposits at 

the time. Posepny died in 1896, and Raymond wrote his obit for 

the AIME. He was a professor at the mining cllege in Bohenmia. 

He made many truips to the US and became well kinown to 

American mining geologists. This piece has cover problems. 

2) Economic Geology of the US by Tarr, New York, 1898. An 

interesting study by metals of specific forms or ore deposits. 3) 

Types of Ore Deposits by Bain, 1911, San Francisco. Contains 

articles by manyu of the great mining geologists including 



Emmons, Rickard et al. Discusses specific ore deposits and the 

concepts of modeling. Books are well used. Est. $125-250 

701. Mining. Twentieth Annual Report of the United 

States Geological Survey, Part II - General Geology and 

Paleontology,1899. Contains 6 reports, the most notable on the 

Mesozoic floras of the United States, and another on the geology 

of the Cascade Mountains in northern Washington. Hard cover, 

splitting away from spine. Cover very worn. 950 pgs. Est. 

$100-200 

702. Mining. W.J. Loring, Pres. Mining Congress 

Caricature. Caricature shows Loring, dressed in a business 

suit, astride a very small horse. Framed with simple black wood 

frame. 12 x 15” overall. “No business can be conducted without 

bumps and when one has fifty five businesses to look after one 

gets bumps x 55. .I suppose trouble goes with success and your 

measure of success has been great.” These philosophical words 

of comfort were written by Herbert Hoover, the young mining 

engineer, to W. J. Loring, one of Hoover’s mine supervisors in 

the gold fields of western Australia in 1906. The quote is from a 

unique set of original, handwritten letters recently acquired by 

the Hoover Institution Archives. Brought to Australia in 1902 

by Herbert Hoover, Loring proved his worth as manager at the 

Sons of Gwalia mine in Leonore, and by 1905 was supervising 

all B.M.C. operations in Western Australia.† Unfortunately, 

Loring’s rise coincided with a period of decline in Australian 

precious metals mining. Deeper mining of lower-grade orebodies, 

increasingly complex milling problems, financial difficulties and 

upheavals in management personnel within the organization, 

all contributed to Loring’s distress. Caught in the middle during 

the personal conflict between Hoover and C.A. Moreing, Loring 

was under heavy pressure and wrote agonizing letters to friends 

and even underlings in the firm. His papers provide first-hand 

accounts of the technological problems facing Australian mine 

and mill managers during the crucial first decade of the twentieth 

century. They also reveal the emotional strain of mid-level 

management in this important transitional period. [Ref: Personal 

correspondence of author Ronald Limbaugh, Bewick-Moreing 

files at Stanford University, the Hoover Presidential Library in 

Iowa, and other manuscript collections.] Est. $50-75 

703. Mining. Western Mining Annual Reports Collection, 

Semi-Modern. 29 Annual Reports. 1) Coeur D’Alene Mines 

Corp, 1940; 1971; 2) Moly Corp 1972, 1968, 1969, 1967, 1970, 

1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976. Molycorp’s key property was 

at Questa, New mexico. 3) American Zinc, Lead & Smelting 

Co.1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, The company had revenue 

from at least three different mines in Nevada, Arizona and Ohio. 

4) Silver Syndicate n1970 (Idaho); 5) Clayton Silver Mines 

1970, 1971, 1972, 1973. Mines in Idaho. 6) Selection Trust 

1973; 7) United Asbestos 1973; 8) Midnite Mines 1974; 9) UV 

Industries 1974, 1978 (New Mexico) 10) Sunshine Mining 1967, 

1968, 1969, 1970, 1971 (Idaho) All basically VF. Includes some 

very important companies, such as UV and Sunshine. Est. $300- 

500 

704. Mining. Books. American Mining Books. Lot of 

4. 1) Secrets of the Rocks by Frazier, 1905, Denver, 432pp, 

hardbound, green cover with prospector on the cover. “The 

Story of the Hjills and the Gulches” This is a general book 

discussing various aspects of mining and prospecting, citing 

references along the way. Also chapters on assaying. 2)Manual 

of Geology by Ebinezer Emmons, Philadelphia, 1860, x-library, 

290pp, profusely illustrated. Emmons may be the father of Sam 

Emmons, one of the first geologists for the USGS who worked 

under Clarence King. 3) Rocks by Van Cotta, 1866, London, xlibrary. 

Poor binding. Detailed descriptions of rocks, a very early 

textual type of book. 4) The Natural History of Igneous Rocks by 

Harker, , New York, 1909, 384pp, indexed. Early text on igneous 

rocks. Much underlining. Est. $120-250 

705. Mining. Books. Base Metals and Base Metal 

Explorartion Volumes. Lot of 6. 1) Tin Deposits of the World 

by Fawns, undated, c1913, x-Bureau of Mines Library 306pp 

plus ads. Poor cover. 2) Zinc Mining in Tennessee by Osgood, 

1910, Nashville, 17pp 3)Zinc Deposits of East Tennessee by 

Secrist, Nashville, 1924, 165pp. 4) 16th Annual Rept of the 

USGS, 1895-1896. Many papers on Copper, lead, and zinc in the 

US, plus other metals including Platinum. 542pp. 5) a second 

copy of the last 6) Transactions of the Geological Society of 

Glasgow 1884-1888. Has a paper or 2 on zinc. Est. $150-300 

706. Mining. Books. Georgia Pyrites & Manganese 

Deposits Bulletins. Lot of 2 Bulletins published by the 

Geological Survey of Georgia. 1) Preliminary Report on a Part 

of The Pyrites Deposits of Georgia, by H.K. Shearer and J.P.D. 

Hull, Bull. #33, 1918. Paper covered, 225 pgs, fold out maps. 

2) Report on the Manganese Deposits of Georgia, by J.P.D. Hull, 

Laurence La Forge, and W.R. Crane, Bull. #35, 1919. Paper 

covered, 290 pgs. Fold-outs. Covers dinged along spine and at 

corners. 7 x 10. Est. $150-300 

707. Mining. Books. Virginia & N. Carolina Mineral 

Bulletins. Lot of 4, 2 Economic Papers and 2 Bulletins. 1 & 2) 

The Mineral Industry in N. Carolina From 1918 to 1923, Econ. 

Paper #55 from 1925, written by Brent S. Drane and Jasper L. 

Stuckey. The Mining Industry in North Carolina During 1927 & 

1928, Econ. Paper #63 from 1930, written by Herman J. Bryson, 

published by N. Carolina Dept. of Conservation & Dvlpmt. 

Paper covered, 100 & 150 pgs, 7 x 10.” 3 & 4) Virginia 

Geological Survey Bulletins No. 7 & 14. Geology of the Gold 

Belt in the James River Basin Virginia, by Stephen Taber, 1913, 

269pgs, with end papers and fold-out map. The Geology and Ore 

Deposits of the Virgilina District of Virginia and North Carolina, 

by Francis Baker Laney, 1917, 175 pgs with end papers and foldout 

maps. Both paper covered, 7 x 10. Est. $150-300 

708. Mining. Catalog. Clyde Hoisting Engines & Derricks 

Catalog, 1912. Original hard boards show some staining that 

also affects some of the back pages. Highly illustrated with 

catalog showing mining hoists, tuggers and the like. The catalog 

was in an office that had operations around Grass Valley and 

Nevada City. 9 x 12”. Fine, rare. Est. $200-300 

709. Mining. Catalog. Ingersoll Rand & Leynor Drill 

Catalogs, 1919-20. Lot of 2 catalogs. (1) Ingersoll Rand Air 

Compressors, 1920, 24pps, highly illustrated. (2) Leyner Drill 

Sharpeners, 1919, 20pps. Ingersoll Rand was the exclusive 

agents for the drills. Also highly illustrated. Both extremely fine. 



Est. $80-150 

710. Mining. Catalogs. Metal Quarry Catalogs, 1931 & 

1934. Lot of 2 vols. Both have hard boards, the 1931 volume 

has 342pps, the other volume has 208pps. These catalogs 

illustrate everything in the mining business, from Giant powder 

and their wood boxes to underground lighting equipment, ore 

cars, you name it. Both show some wear and discoloration to the 

boards, else very fine. Great illustrated catalogs. Est. $250-400 

711. Mining. Certificate. Cappell Copper Co. Lot of 2 (1) 

Cert #1 issued to A. C. Haigler in 1952 for 1 share, Vignette is 

of open winged eagle perched on dome, Co. Inc. Arizona, brown 

border, printed on safety paper, printed signatures, size 10 X 12 “ 

(2) Cert# 66 issued to Frank Shagets and W. F. Shagets in 1952 

for 1000 shares, Vignette is of open winged eagle perched on 

dome, Co. Inc. Arizona, brown border, printed on safety paper, 

printed signatures, size 10 X 12 “ VF Est. $20-40 

712. Mining. Certificates. Base Metal Stocks, 1847- 

1910. Three nice early mining stocks from the central states 

representing the three basic base metals, copper, lead and zinc. 

The first is an 1847 cert for the Ohio & Missouri Mining Co 

issued to J. R. Mott for one share, signed by Chas M VanSchrick 

as president and John F Kimball as secretary. Vignette of 

Washington at lower left. Cert No. 2526. Uncancelled. This 

was a lead mine in the famous upper Mississippi Valley leadzinc 

district. 2) Tenessee Zinc Co., issued to D. T. C. Peters of 

Lynchburg Virginia for 1000 shares, signed by Edward Stow as 

president and Fred W Cammamy as secretary, May 24, 1860, 

uncancelled; Union Copper Mines Co., 1910, issued to Barnes 

Bros for 100 shares, signed by the president and secretary, but 

illegible. Mine at Gold Hill, North Carolina. This is an important 

group of early base metal produceers in America. Est. $300-500 

713. No Lot. 

714. Mining. Instruction Manuals. Mine Safety Related 

Publications. Group of 7 soft cover books relating to 

underground mine safety, generally from the 1950’s. Includes 

“Self-contained Oxygen Breathing Apparatus”, “Accidents 

from Falls of Rock or Ore at Metal and Non-Metallic Mines”, “ 

Fires, Gases…and Nonmetalllic Mines”, “Elements of Applied 

Electricity”, “Electrical and Mechanical Hazards of Persons…”, 

“Bureau of Mines Instruction Manual”, “American Institute of 

Mining & Metallurgical Engineers Technical Publication No. 61”. 

All fine-vf. Est. $25-50 

715. Mining. Papers. Western Mining Papers Collection, 

Miscellaneous. Lot of approximately 150 pcs. Includes letters, 

billheads, mining lease, assay reports, etc., dating from about 

1900-1925. Names include: the Montana-Bingham Cons.; 

White Swan Minerals Co.; Mogollon Mines in Catron Co., 

NM; Comanche Mining & Smelting; Hanover Bessemer Iron & 

Copper; Apache Powder Co. in Arizona; Royal Tiger Mines in 

Colorado; Argo MC; 85 Mining Co.; Cons. Kans City Smelting 

& Refining; Empire Zinc; Chino Copper Co.; Phelps Dodge 

Corp.; Ohio & Colorado Smelting & Refining; Willow Springs 

Coal; Diamond Coal; United States Smelting Refining & MC; 

Arthur Iron MC; Pittsburgh-Idaho Co.; International Smelting; 

Cuba Copper Leasing Co. (in Cuba); Victoria Copper Mining, 

and others. An interesting cross-section of mining activities in 

the first part of the 20th century. Est. $100-200 

716. Mining. Peru. Cerro de Pasco Copper Corp. 

Promotional Treatise, 1915. A 3-page printed document 

describing the formation of a new corporation for the the Cerro 

de Paso Mine (1915). The company’s original founding investors 

were J.B. Haggin, D.O. Mills, Henry C. Frick, J.P. Morgan, F.W. 

Vanderbilt, H. McK. Twombly, the Estate of George Hearst, and 

William D. Sloane. “The mines are located in Peru on the top 

of the Andes Mountains, at an elevation of some 14,000 feet. 

They were brought to the attention of the late J.B. Haggin about 

ten years ago (c.1905), and he invited a small group to join in 

the development of the property (see above}.” “The various 

coproations controlled by the group secured several mines in 

the Cerro de Pasco section, the ores of which carried copper, 

silver and gold. Fortunately, at a distrance of a few miles, very 

valuable coal deposits were secured, from which coke has been 

manufactured, which greatly aided in smelting operations.” The 

company erected a hydro-electric plant located at Oroya, the 

junction point of the Central RR of Peru with the Cerro de Pasco 

RR line, and benefitted more than one company. After successful 

years of operation as described in this document, the a new 

coporation is being formed comprised of essentially the same 

officers or their representatives. Published by Chas. D. Barney 

& Co. of New York. 8.5 x 11” folded size, foxing and small tears 

along open side, and some pencilled initials and marks on the 

cover. Est. $50-100 

717. Mining. Peru. Lampa Mining Co., Ltd. Papers, 1916. 

Lot of 2. A Lampa Mining Co. Balance Sheet to June 30, 1916, 

and a Report of the Tenth Annual Meeting. Report is 8 x 10”, 

3 pages. Balance sheet meas.8.5 x 13.5, folded. The Lampa 

MC was operated profitably by a British firm, as a copper-silver 

producing mine, for 60 years, from 1905-1965. The deposit is a 

tabular body of earthy, black manganese oxides approximately 

500 meters wide, 1500 meters long, and 60 meters thick. It has 

long been recognized as a major ore deposit. Now referred to as 

the Berenguela mineral deposit, located 50 km west of Juliaca on 

the Altiplano of southern Peru, the mine was acquired by Kappes, 

Cassiday & Associates (KCA) in 1995 through the privatization 

program of MineroPeru. The deposit contains an estimated 

14 million tons of ore containing 125 grams silver per ton, 1.3 

percent copper, and 27 percent manganese dioxide (18 percent 

manganese). They plan to operate a 1,000 ton per day open pit 

mine and processing plant for the production of copper, silver and 

battery grade manganese dioxide (EMD) from the Berenguela 

resource. When by-product credits for copper and silver are 

included, the operating cost for EMD production will be equal 

to that of the world’s previously existing lowest cost producer, 

and less than 60% of the cost experienced by most of the other 

producers. Berenguela is located in an area of rolling hills with 

easy road access and suitable sites for ore processing plant and 

tailings disposal. The major highway of commerce from Peru to 

Bolivia runs adjacent to the orebody. Juliaca, a town of 100,000 

residents, is located 50 km east of the project via paved highway. 

A river with sufficient water for operations, and a main-line 

railroad, pass within 5 km of the deposit. Est. $40-60 



718. Mining. Photograph. Hoist Winch Ferro-type 

Photograph, c.1860-80. Two men stand on either side of a well 

built housing mounted with a winch. The winch has heavy grade 

chain attached that lowers into a shaft. The winch was probably 

installed to pull the heavy buckets of ore up from a stoop some 

distance below. Fine. Est. $400-600 

719. Mining. Postcards. Miscellaneous Mining Postcards. 

Lot of 8 chromo litho and black & white cards. 1) Gold Mining 

in Australia, chromo litho pic of small pit with sluice-type 

channel being erected through center. Workmen stand beside 

a horse-drawn wagon at top right. 2) Transvaal: A Gold Mine. 

Joannesburg, S. Africa. Blk & white photo repro. 3) Nevada, 

Virginia City real photo card showing General Grant and Party at 

the Mines in Virginia City, 1879. 8 men & 1 woman, with names 

printed beneath each. 4) Interior 100 Stamp Mill, Pittsburg 

Silver Peak Gold Mining Co., Blalir, Nev. Chromo litho. 5) 

No. 5041 Old Dominion Smelter, Globe, Arizona. Chromo 

litho. Addressed to Jalisco, Mexico. 6) Goldfield, Nevada. No. 7 

Drilling Contest Labor Day. Shows streets of Goldfield crowded 

with people, chromo litho. 1907. 7) Atlin Cons. Hydraulic Pit, 

Gold Mining at Atlin, B.C. Photo repro, shows the hydraulic 

hoses in action. 8) Homested Gold Mine and Mills, Lead, SD, 

Chromo litho, 1909. Shows mine and part of the town. Est. $75- 

150 

720. Mining. Prospectus. International Nickel Co Annual 

Report, 1916. From the annual report, we learn that the 

company had a very successful year in 1915. Total revenue 

exceeded $13 million, with net income of nearly $2 million. 

Dividend payments were 5% quarterly for that year, nice return 

on investment. 12pps, original wrappers, 8 x 11”. No indication 

where operations were located. Extremely fine. Est. $40-80 

721. Mining. Rhodesia. Rhokana Coporation Limited 

Debenture Offering, 1931. A printed prospectus and offer of 

debenture bonds to members. 10.5 x 16.5 folded, 3 pgs. Tears 

along folds. The Rhokana Corp. was incorporated in 1923, 

primarily to prospect for minerals and mark out mining claims 

in an area of approximately 50,000 sq. mi. granted by the British 

South Africa Co. in northern Rhodesia. Est. $50-75 

722. Mining. Souvenir. A. I. M. E. Souvenir Letter Opener, 

1946. Seventy-fifth Anniversay Souvenir letter opener. At top 

is the AIME logo. Manufactured by Whitehead-Hoag. About 9” 

long. Made of brass. Est. $30-50 

723. Mining & Geology. Eastern State Works, 1842, 1842, 

1858. Three early works. 1)PA- The Geology of Pennsylvania, 

by Rogers, Vol 1 of 2., 1858. Includes papers on iron orescoal 

regions, and geology. There are a number of color plates, as 

well as other illustrations. Binding poor. 2) Natural History of 

New York; Geology of New York, Part iii by Vanuxem, 1842. 

Discussions of various sedimentary units with many wood cut 

illustrations. 3) Natural History of New York; Mineralogy of New 

York, 1842 by Beck Many discussions of the various minerals, 

ores and ore deposits. Many wood cuts. Binding poor. Est. $150- 

300 

724. Mining & Geology. Midwestern States Volumes. 

Lot of 4. 1) Indiana, 1900 Geology and Natural Resources by 

Blatchley782pp, illustrated, indexed 2) Ohio Geologic Survey, 

v2, geol & paleontology, pt 1, geol. 1874, 701pp. Some color 

maps and illustrations. 3) PA- Field Notes in Delaware County 

by Hall, 1885, 128pp plus many lithographs and photograph 

plates in the back, about half the book. 4) Map volume for the 

Wisconsin Geologic Survey showing the lead-zinc deposits, 

about 1915. Est. $120-250 

725. Mining. Publications. Miscellaneous Mining Lot. Lot 

of 10 different items. Includes: 1) June 29, 1914 edition of the 

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, Colo.), The News Industrial 

Page. 2) 1960’s truck decal “US SR & M Co”. 3) Mining Truth 

newspaper, Spokane, Washington, December 4, 1923 edition. 4) 

South America Grace Line pamphlets with railroad time tables, 

etc. 5-9) 5 booklets: Operating Instructions for Rocker Shovel 

Loaders, Manch’as Little Trammer Locomotive instructions, 

Record Filing Cabinets, Geophysical Prospecting, and Radiore 

Process. 10) Stereocard of the Tramway to Murphy Mine, Col. 

Est. $100-200 

726. Missouri. Best of Missouri Business Cards. Lot 

of 8. Cards include: Imperial Lithia Water from Excelsior 

Springs; Chillicothe Social Circle Grand Inaugural Ball; 1881 

Happy New Year card from W.J. Johnston, Publisher of The 

Operator (illustrated); M. Minium Livery and Boarding Stable 

and Baggage Transfer in Saegertown, Pa. (horse & carriage 

underprint); A.H. Onderdonk & Co. Brooms, Broom Corn and 

Broom Material, in Chillicothe (3 cards). Order blank on the 

reverse; Standard Printing Co in Hannibal, Mo. Card should how 

each state voted in presidential elections from 1860-1896 on one 

side and Results of the Popular Vote for President, 1892 state-bystate, 

on the reverse. Est. $75-150 

727. Missouri. Missouri Business Cards, Etc. Lot of 10 

items. 3 business cards belonging to women, one advertising 

trade card for Mokaska & Star Package Coffees (St. Joseph, 

MO), one Scott-Burr Stores fortune-telling card with picture of 

Charles Boyer, one Woolworth Co. fortune-telling card with date 

(Jan. 21, 28) and weight (109 pounds), one blue ticket to admit 

a child for a stereopticon lecture of Cuban War and Philippine 

Islands, and 3 certificate cards: a health certificate for food 

handlers; State of Missouri car registration, 1914; and one armed 

forces registration card, 1918. Est. $50-100 

728. Missouri. Various Missouri Business Cards. Lot 

of 8 cards. Norman Motor Co, Chillicothe; Sinclair Refinding 

Co.; Harry’s Baggage and Transfer, Excelsior Springs; J. Jos. 

Herz, Sr., Herz Oakes Candy Co, St. Louis; The American Café; 

Excelsior Springs; W.H. Bedford, author, Bolckow, Andrew 

County; Missouri State Poultry Assoc., 1922. Est. $60-120 

729. Missouri. Daviess. Lock Springs. Wells Fargo Express 

Receipts, 1915. Lot of 2 rare Missourii Wells Fargo documents, 

datelined Lock Springs. Both contain revenue stamps. Slight 

foxing, age discoloration, corner chip. VF. Est. $75-100 

730. Missouri. Livingston. Chillicothe. Celebration 

Program, July 4, 1923. A 4-page program of newsprint-type 

paper, filled with advertisements of businesses in Breckenridge 



and Chillicothe, MO. Meas. 6.5 x 9,” foxing, small chips 

missing, age discoloration. Est. $50-75 

731. Missouri. Livingston. Chillicothe. Chillicothe Calling 

Cards, c. 1875-1910. Lot of about 65 cards, most are personal 

calling cards, a few are business cards. Four from the Minnick 

family, who put this collection together. Some have colored 

graphics of flowers, shells, birds, etc. Est. $75-100 

732. Missouri. Livingston. Chillicothe. Fairmont Creamery 

Co. Christmas Cards, 1922. Lot of 2 colored advertising 

Christmas cards from the Fairmont Creamery Co. One is 

stamped Chillicothe, Mo. In purple ink at bottom. Each card 

shows a milk can with scene of dairy cows and dairy, and the 

Christmas greeting superimposed over the can. Holly leaves and 

berries surround the can. A smaller milk can is pictured at bottom 

right. Meas. 5.5 x 6.5.” Folded. Est. $50-100 

733. Missouri. Livingston. Chillicothe. Report Cards and 

Graduation Programs. Lot of 6 pcs. Three report cards for Ura 

Minnick, one dated 1900. Two graduation exercises programs, 

one of Manual Training High School, dated 1934, and the other 

for North High School, dated 1934. 6th piece is Class of ‘27 

Commencement Exercises program for Lock Springs High 

School. Est. $50-100 

734. Missouri. Livingston. Chillicothe. Wallaces’ Farmer 

and Iowa Homestead Reward Posters, c. 1920. Lot of 4 pieces, 

3 identical. Three reward posters advertising $50 Reward For the 

arrest and imprisonment of 1. Any agent committing a swindle 

on, or 2. Anyone stealing marked poultry or other property from 

these premises (only $25 reward offered on unmarked poultry). 

Published by Service Bureau Department, Wallaces’ Farmer 

and Iowa Homestead. 5.5 x 8.” 4th offeres $50 Reeward For 

Information Leading to the Arrest and Imprisonment of Anyone 

Stealing This Automobile. Issued by Wallaces’ Farmer Service 

Bureau. Paper. 3 x 4.25” size. All are black with tan print. Est. 

$100-300 

735. Missouri. Pettis. Sedalia. Missouri State Fair 

Broadside, 1935. Advertising the 1935 state fair beauty show 

at the Ritz Theatre, Wednes. July 31 and Friday, August 2, 1935. 

Who is Miss Chillicothe? Printed at center with woman’s head 

wearing a crown. Reverse side lists business sponsors of the 

show. Meas. 9 x 17,” folded, torn in half at fold, foxing, chips. 

Fragile. Est. $35-65 

736. Missouri. Washington & Iron. Washington County, 

Missouri Map and Des Arc Prospectus,1899. Lot of 2. 1) 

Map of Washington County, compiled & drawn by F. Will, Co. 

surveyor, showing plattes and mine locations, rivers, railroads, 

etc. Fragile, torn across center fold into 2 pieces. Originally 

about 20 x 30.” Foxing, chips missing along margins and tears 

at fold lines. 2) Des Arc Copper, Lead Mining and Developing 

Company of St. Louis, Mo. In Iron County, prospectus. 3.5 x 

6.5”, 25 pgs, hole punches at top left. Est. $150-300 

737. Montana. Montana Offering Circulars, c. 1970. 

Lot of 4 pcs. Included: Maple Leaf Silver, Inc., 1971, 20 pgs.; 

Nugget Mining Co., 12 pgs, 1974; Crown Silver Mining Co., 

1972, 13 pages; and Auga Explorations, Inc., 1973, 10 pgs. Est. 

$75-100 

738. Montana. Pegasus Gold Corp. Zortman/Landusky 

Silver round, 1992. Pegasus Gold Corporation/ Self-mining / 

One troy ounce .999 fine silver / (pic of mine ore truck) / One 

Million Ounces / Zortman/ Landusky // One Silver Pegasus / (pic 

of winged horse) 1992 / Proof Limited Edition. Rd, sil., 42mm. 

See story above. Est. $60-100 

739. Montana. Cascade. Great Falls. Boston & Great 

Falls Electric Light & Power Co. Cert #286. Incorporated in 

New Jersey. Issued to Thomas Nelson for 2954 shares in 1893. 

Signed by C. H. Beyton president and Thomas Nelson treasurer. 

Cute vignette of a small boy or cherub holding a lit light bulb. 

Green border and underprint. Cancelled by hole punches along 

signature line. Printer - Franklin Bank Note. 5 x 10”. Datelined 

Boston, Mass. Toned at left edge from glue. Very fine. Est. $40- 

60 

740. Montana. Cascade. Neihart. Commonwealth Mining 

& Milling Co. Cert #342. Incorporated in Montana189x. 

Issued to Marie Melzger for 49,000 shares in 1919. Signed by 

J. G. Harvey president and M. Melzger secretary. No vignette. 

Purple border, purple and green print and red seal. Uncancelled. 

Printer not noted. 7 x 11”. “Neihart, Montana” printed at top 

of certificate. The Neihart district is located along Belt Creek in 

Cascade County, Montana. The first discoveries were made in 

1881 and a boom soon followed. The district struggled from its 

remote location and difficulty of processing the ores, much of 

which was shipped as far as Swansea, England. The 1893 Panic 

brought a substantial production slow down in the district. But 

the richness of the ore is evidenced by the production from 1893 

to 1900 of 4 million ounces of silver, $800,000 of gold and 10 

million pounds of lead. Silver prices dramatically rose again in 

the 1910’s rekindling the active mines in the district, including 

the Commonwealth, lasting until 1919 with another price crash. 

(source: www.deq.state.mt.us). This certificate is for a large 

amount of shares, and with the low certificate number, indicates 

a closely held company. Minor dog ear at lower right. Very fine. 

Rare. Est. $150-250 

741. Montana. Choteau. A. C. Clough. Choteau Club / A. C. 

Clough // GF / 10c / IT. Rd, al, 25mm. XF Est. $8- 

742. Montana. Choteau. Choteau Bar. Cgoteau / Bar // GF / 

10c / IT. Oc, br,25mm. VF Est. $8- 

743. Montana. Chouteau. Big Sandy. Club Big Sandy. Club 

/ Big Sandy // GF 5c IT. Rd, br, 21mm, center cutout. VF Est. 

$8- 

744. Montana. Deer Lodge. Montana Mining Co Stocks, 

1890. Lot of 2. 1) New State Mining Company. Cert. #393. 

Incorporated in Montana. Issued to Martha Warren in 1890 for 

100 shares. Signed by O.F. Feny as president and Henry Newell, 

secretary. Vignette of 2 miners underground with drill. Black 

border. Plain design. Uncancelled. Property situated at Oro Fino 

Mining District, Deer Lodge County, Montana, printed beneath 

masthead. Datelined Butte, Mont. 6 x 9.” 2) Lightning Gray 



Copper Mining Co. Helena, Montana. Cert. #74. Incorporated 

in Montana, 1890. Issued to Henry S. Jenkins in 1890 for 360 

shares. Signed by E.W. Knight, prest., and A.H. Nelson, sec. 

Uncancelled. Brown border on tan paper. Printer - Montana 

Mining Review, Print, Helena. 6 x 11. Both VF. Rare. Est. 

$200-400 

745. Montana. Deer Lodge. Anaconda. Anaconda Area 

Photos, c 1905. Lot of 2 photos. The first shows three men 

standing near the crushing equipment inside a mill. .5 x 7 

mounted of a mill interior in a crushing plant, c. 1905. Second is 

a family portrait, unlabeled, of 6 family members in Anaconda, 

MT, taken by Melander, 6 x 9. Est. $120-200 

746. Montana. Deer Lodge. Deer Lodge. Deer Lodge Area 

Mining Certificates. Lot of 5 pcs. (1-2) Hidden Hand Mining 

Co. Unissued, unsigned, uncancelled. Vignette of miners 

working underground. Black border with gold safety print and 

seal. Printer - Pioneer. 8 x 10”. Deer Lodge, Montana printed 

on certificate. (3-5) Independence Gold Mining & Milling Co. 

Unissued, unsigned, uncancelled. Vignette of allegorical man 

on winged wheel. Black border with gold safety print and seal. 

Printer - Goes. 8 x 10”. Datelined Deer Lodge, Montana. All 


747. Montana. Deer Lodge. Deer Lodge. Deer Lodge 

Mining & Smelting Co. Lot of 2pcs. Incorporated in Montana. 

Unissued, unsigned, uncancelled. Underprint vignette in blue 

of elk. Black border and print. Printer not noted. 7 x 10”. 

Datelined Deer Lodge, Montana. Est. $30-50 

748. Montana. Deer Lodge. Deer Lodge. Pioneer Placer 

Mining Co. Lot of 7 certs. Incorporated in Montana. All 

unissued, unsigned, uncancelled. Vignette of a placer operation 

with smaller vignettes of miners. Black border with gold seal 

and safety print. Printer - Goes. 8 x 10”. Datelined Deer Lodge, 

Mont. “Deer Lodge, Montana” printed below company title. All 


749. Montana. Deer Lodge. Deer Lodge. Rock Creek Ditch 

& Mining Co. Lot of 5 pcs. Incorporated in Montana. All 

unissued, unsigned, uncancelled. 188x. Black border and print. 

7 x 9”. Printer - Journal Publishing Co. “Deer Lodge, Montana” 

printed on certificate. All extremely fine. Est. $60-100 

750. Montana. Fergus. Lewistown. Elk’s Monte Carlo 

“Funny” Money. Lot of 4 pcs. Four identical 10 Dollar 

“Funny” Money from an Elk’s charity event. Obverse is brown 

with an antlered elk at middle in undeprint. Printed with “Elk’s 

Monte Carlo / Ten Dollars / Lewistown, Montana”. Reverse is 

blue with dog vignette at center. All very fine. Est. $60-100 

751. Montana. Jefferson. Gregory Mining Co. Cert. # 61. 

Incorporated in Montana Territory, 1876. Issued to W.F. Sanders 

in 1876 for 20 shares. Signed by W.S. Paynter as president 

and J.G. Sanders, secretary. Two vignettes: top center shows 

Montana state seal, and bottom left shows 6 miners working on 

rock faces. Black border. 7 x 10.” Datelined Jefferson City, 

Montana. Folds, trimmed tight at left. Beautiful. Est. $200-400 

752. Montana. Jefferson. Jefferson Billiard Hall. Jefferson / 

Billiard / Hall. // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, al, 21mm. VF Est. $8- 

753. Montana. Judith Basin. Merino. Merino Pool Hall. 

Merino / Pool Hall // GF / 25c / IT. Rd, br, 30mm. Fair Est. $8- 

754. Montana. Lewis & Clark. Helena. Helena Power 

& Light Co. Lot of 15 pcs. Incorporated in Montana. All 

unissued, unsigned, uncancelled. Underprint vignette in green 

of a woman holding an American flag. Brown border and 

print. Printer not noted. 5 x 11”. Datelined Helena, Montana. 

Extremely fine. Est. $200-300 

755. Montana. Madison. New York & Montana Mining & 

Milling Co., 1884. Cert. #3. Incorporated in New York. Issued 

to David J. Norton in 1884 for 2 shares. Signed by J.H. Ramsey 

as president and David J. Norton as secretary. Uncancelled. 

Vignette at top center of brick mill with smokestack. Printer 

- Weed-Parsons & Co., Albany, NY. Datelined Albany, N.Y. 5.5 

x 10” VF. The New York & Montana Mining & Discovery Co. 

very likely segued into the New York & Montana Mining & 

Milling Co. Est. $200-400 

756. Montana. Madison. Rochester. Foster & Erickson. 

Foster & Erickson / Rochester // GF / 12 1/2c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. 

XF Est. $8- 

757. Montana. Madison. Virginia City. Mickey Flynn. 

Mickey / Flynn // GF / 10c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. Fine Est. $40- 

758. Montana. Madison. Virginia City. Phoenix Mining Co. 

Cert #3. Incorporated in Missouri. Issued to James H. Jackson 

for 10 shares in 1875. Signed by Paris S. Pfouts president and 

Alex Dennis secretary. Vignette of miners underground. Black 

border. Uncancelled. Printer - Western B.N. & Eng, St. Louis. 

8 x 10”. Paris S. Pfouts was a prominent and early figure in 

Virginia City, Montana. We suspect that this company was 

operating around that location, but could also be in Colorado. 

Typical of the flow of emigrants to Virginia City was Paris 

Pfouts. A resident of Missouri, he was an ardent secessionist. To 

protect his family from reprisals expressed against his outspoken 

Confederate stance, he left them with relatives and migrated to 

Colorado. Later, when he heard of the money to be made as a 

merchant in the gold fields, he left for Virginia City in eastern 

Idaho Territory. He arrived in time to have a major impact upon 

its history. Violence was a part of everyday life in Virginia City. 

Territorial Governor Edgerton found that the territory was an 

impossible place to govern. Shootings occurred regularly, and 

often the only ones hit were innocent bystanders. Edgerton left 

for Washington on snowshoes and a horse to separate Montaña 

as a territory. Paris Pfouts, Nick Wall, Wilbur F. Sanders, Alvin 

V. Brookie and John Nye held a secret meeting and determined 

to form a Vigilance Committee modeled on those in California 

during the ‘49 gold rush. The composition of the Vigilance 

Committee was almost entirely Republican Masons from the 

North. Their victims were almost entirely Democrat secessionists 

who were non-Masons from the South. Paris Pfouts is a good 

example of “exception”. He was an outspoken secessionist and 

a Democrat, but part of the Union strategy. His belief in his 

Executive Committee as honest fellow Masons permitted them 



to do as they wished while keeping Pfouts in the dark. The result 

was the absolute and terrorizing control of the community by 

a secret, arbitrary and autocratic government, the Vigilantes. 

Outsiders who recognized this were able to speak out against the 

Vigilantes, who ruled the land. When the votes were counted, 

though, the Democrats and secessionists always won, often 

by more than the number of registered voters. Ironically, the 

Democratic candidate for mayor was none other than Paris 

Pfouts, and he easily became the town’s first mayor. His own 

person characterizes the work of the Vigilantes. Although it 

was Northerners killing Southerners and Republicans killing 

Democrats for the most part, Paris Pfouts was a southern 

Democrat and a secessionist, and he was the Chief and founder 

of the Vigilantes. Thanks to his naiveté he believed the veracity 

of the completed convictions when the condemned were brought 

to him by his fellow Masons, and he was responsible for the 

hanging of several “criminals.”. He was deceived and used by 

the Vigilantes. When Pfouts realized the depth of the deception, 

he left town and returned to St. Louis. There is much more 

information to be found on Paris Pfouts on the Internet. Est. 

$150-300 

759. Montana. Madison. Virginia City. Robert E. Gohn. 

Robert. E. Gohn / Cigars / Candies // GF / 12 1/2 / cents / IT. Ov, 

al, 31mm x 22mm. XF Est. $8- 

760. Montana. Meagher. Oka. Musselshell Sheep Co. Cert 

#57. Issued to Edward Elsworth for 2 shares in 1890. Signed 

by F. M. Severance president and Charles Severance secretary. 

Black border with blue and red accents. Underprint vignette of 

sheep’s head in orange. Uncancelled. Printer - Journal Publ Co, 

Helena, Mont. 7 x 10”. Datelined Oka, Meagher Co., Montana. 

Musselshell is a river that originates in central Montana with a 

350 mile course to the Missouri River. Charles Severance had 

purchased the Cumberland mine in 1890, but the financial panic 

of 1893 forced the sale of the mine. Extremely fine. Est. $150- 

250 

761. Montana. Meagher. White Sulphur Springs. Hotel 

Sherman. Hotel / Sherman // 12 1/2. Sq, al, 24mm. XF Est. $8- 

762. Montana. Powell. Garrison. Swede’s. Swede’s / 

Garrison / Bar & Lounge // Rain / 50c / Check. Rd, bd. Est. $8- 

763. Montana. Ravalli. Corvallis. Smithey’s. Smithey’s / 

Corvallis // GF 5cIY][T. Rd, br, 21mm, Clover cutout. VF Est. 

$8- 

764. Montana. Rosebud. Rosebud. Custer’s Landing. 

Custer’s Landing // GF / One / Shot. Rd, br, 25mm with 15mm al 

inset. XF Est. $8- 

765. Montana. Sanders. Paradise. Legion Club. Legion 

Club / Post 129 / Paradise // GF / 50c /. IM. Sc 4, al, 36mm. Fine 

Est. $8- 

766. Montana. Sanders. Thompson Falls. Pastime Club. 

Pastime / Club / Thompson / Falls // GF / 10c / IT. Rd, br, 25mm. 

XF Est. $8- 

767. Montana. Silver Bow. Butte. Butte Drug Co. Butte 

Drug Co. // GF/ 50c / IM. Rd, br, 36mm. VF Est. $8- 

768. Montana. Silver Bow. Butte. Goodman-Lanstrum. 

The Goodman-Lanstrum Co. // GD 12 1/2c / IT. Rd, wm. 21mm, 

star cutout. VF Est. $8- 

769. Montana. Silver Bow. Butte. Montana Fire Clay 

Co. Lot of 10 pcs. All unissued, unsigned, uncancelled. 188x. 

Extremely attractive certificate with vignette at left of bald eagle. 

Blue and red border. Red print on orange safety print. Printer 

- Inter Mountain Print. 8 x 10”. Datelined Butte City. All 


770. Montana. Silver Bow. Butte. Montana Mining Stocks 

Collection. Eight stocks. The best is a blue Moulton Mining 

Co signed by William Andrews Clark, senator from Montana, 

and namesake of the UCLA Library and art collection in New 

York City. Dated 1885 with stub attached. Also: Parrot Silver 

& Copper Co, the predecessor to Anaconda (1899), Butte 

Exemption Cu Co, 3 Anaconda Co certs, Calumet & Hecla cert 

and Butte Copper Consol Mines cert. All are Butte area. Also 

Producers Oil & Gas from Hingham; North Butte MC, and Butte 

Georgetown M&MC (unissued) Est. $140-250 

771. Montana. Silver Bow. Butte. Mt. Vernon Hotel Menu, 

1884. An exceptionally rare dinner menu from Butte. Mt. 

Vernon Hotel was owned by Aylesworth & McFarland, who also 

owned the St. Nicholas Hotel, Butte, and The McBurney House, 

Deer Lodge as found on the first page. Four page menu, each 

sheet 5 x 8”. On the second page is a pre-printed. Datelined 

Butte, M. T., May 10, 1884 on the third page. A pre-printed menu 

that has blanks to be filled in for each day. On this day: Soup 

-vegetable; Fish - small steak of salmon, brown sauce; Boiled 

- ham, tongue, corn beef; Roasts - pork with apple sauce; Entrées 

- curry of veal, kidney saute lemon sauce, clam fritters brandy 

sauce; Vegetables - mashed boiled potatoes, boiled onions, corn; 

Pastry - apple pie, rhubarb pie; Dessert - pre-printed. The last 

page has the hours of operation for the restaurant. Printer by 

Inter Mountain Print, Butte. Fold creases with partial separation. 

Some soiling. Fair. Rare. Est. $100-200 

772. Montana. Silver Bow. Butte. Original Butte Mining 

Co. Cert #43. Incorporated in New York. Issued to Chas. S. 

Miller for 10,000 shares in 1881. Signed by Child president, 

Chas S. Miller treasurer and Geo Child secretary. No vignette, 

fancy masthead. Cancelled by rubber stamp and punches just 

below signature line. Printer - F. C. Philbrick & Co. 7 x 10”. 

Datelined New York. “Location of Mine: Butte, Montana” 

printed on certificate. Signatures are not obscured by cancellation 

holes. Rubber stamp at middle is weak. Displays as extremely 

fine. Est. $50-80 

773. Montana. Silver Bow. Butte. Rocky Mountain Bottling 

Co. Rocky Mountain / Bottling Co. / Butte / Mont. Bottom: 

Star. No obvious dings or chips. Light aqua. Xf. LaDue Coll. 

Est. $40-60 

774. Montana. Silver Bow. Butte. Tuolumne Copper 

Mining Co. Lot of 2 certs. #B26344 & B38767. Both issued, 



signed and cancelled. Vignette of two miners underground. 

Brown border. Printer - Western Bank Note. 8 x 12”. Datelined 

Butte, Montana. Issued and cancelled around 1920. The 

company was profitable until 1918, when ore grade dropped. 

Owned the Tuolumne mine, and other acquisitions, located in the 

Butte district. (Mines Handbook, 1925, p.1263). Both very fine. 

Est. $60-100 

775. Montana. Teton. Cady. Simms Bar. Simms Bar / Jim & 

Kathie / Cady // 10c / IT. Rd, br, 26mm. VF Est. $8- 

776. Montana. Yellowstone. Huntley. Hub’s Bar. Hub’s / 

Huntley / Bar // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. XF Est. $8- 

777. Music. Piano/Music Business Cards. Lot of 4 cards. 

3 are Lulu Mae Pearcy, Piano Tuner, in Chillicothe, MO. One 

is John A. Fischer, expert piano tuner and repairer, in Douds- 

Leando, IA (torn in half). Est. $50-75 

779. Native American. Book and Plates by artist Holling 

C. Holling. Lot of one book and 5 color plates. The plates 

appear to be from one of Hollings other publications. Each has 

a short caption refering to a page. The book is titled: The Book 

of Indians, 1935. Binding and spine weak, but intact. 124pps, 

illustrated. Est. $40-60 

780. Native American. Baskets. California Conical Basket 

with Lid. Wrapped wicker construction. All natural color with 

no design. Bottom half has conical base, flaring out to a 10” 

diameter shoulder, then closing back over the top to create a 6” 

diameter opening into which the lid fits. Lid has wicker knob at 

its center, and the same interior flange on the under side which 

creates a secure fit. 5-6” tall. Probably made by California 

Indians of the central valley. Est. $150-300 

781. Native American. Baskets. California Valley Indian 

Basket with Lid. Very fine storage bowl of wrapped wicker 

construction. Dark brown color with black design of running 

chevrons, geometric shapes and plain stripes. Base of bowl 

is slightly concave (convex inside) and includes black design 

stitching. Sides flare out slightly (base is 7.5” diameter and 

opening is 10” diameter) with a thick and rounded rim. The lid 

top and edges also include the black design and the lid has the 

same thick rounded edge as the bottom half. Inside the lid is a 

flange of rigid wood which fits down into the bottom half of the 

basket so that the lid is securely “inside.” VF condition. This 

basket was purchased at an estate sale on the Fresno River many 

years ago and was said at that time to have been made by local or 

“valley” Indians. Est. $300-600 

782. Native American. Baskets. Navajo Flat Coiled Plaque. 

Colors of dark red, natural and dark brown/black, beginning with 

dark red at center, then black and white coils and then a band of 

geometric red and black blocks interspersed with natural color 

blocks. Black, natural and red solid coil bands finish the plaque’s 

outer edge. 13” diameter. VF. Est. $200-300 

783. Native American. Baskets. Tohono O’Odham 

Contemporary Basket with Handle. Small “Easter Basket” 

style with rigid arched handle. Coiled yucca construction over 

beargrass foundation, with black/brown devil’s claw design, 

possibly a horse, dog, or deer. Meas. 5” diameter base, sides 

2” high. Probably made as a tourist trade item in the late 19th 

century, as this type of handle was not traditional. Est. $150-250 

784. Native American. Baskets. Tohono O’odham Small 

Basket Bowl. Coiled yucca construction, probably over 

beargrass foundation. Steep sides, with rim edge bowed out on 

opposite sides to create handles--one is missing. Natural color 

ground with design of brown bars. 4.5” diameter base, sides 2.5” 

tall. 5” diameter mouth. Est. $100-200 

785. Native American. Jewelry. Trade Bead Necklaces, 

Green. Lot of 2 green bead necklaces, roughly cast ceramic 

beads, with colors of brown, tan and blue stripes and swirls. Both 

strung on hemp or basketry cord, about 24” long. Encased. Est. 

$2000-4000 

786. Nebraska. Frontier. Maywood. Joseph Perkin. Joseph 

Perkin / Maywood / Neb. // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 20mm. LaDue. 

Est. $10- 

787. Nebraska. Page. Clatonia. Ed Krauter. Ed Krauter 

/ General Merchandise / Clayton, Nebr. // GF / 25c / It. Sq, br, 

25mm. Vf. Est. $5- 

788. No Lot. 

789. Nevada. Nevada, Utah & Idaho Mining Circulars, c. 

1970. Lot of 6 circulars. 1) Nevada: Battle Mountain, Wild Cat, 

Inc. oil & gas offering of shares circular, dated 1970. 8 pgs, gold 

paper cover, 8.5 x 11. 2) Utah: Tungsten Minerals, Inc. offering 

circular dated, 1972. 15pgs. 3) Utah, Leeds: Silver Reef Mines, 

Ltd., prospectus, 1970. 19 pgs. 4) Idaho: Superior Silver Mines, 

Inc. offering circ., 15 pgs, 1967. 5) Idaho: Royal Silver Mining 

Co. offering cir., 1973, 5 pgs. 6) Idaho: American Silver Gold 

Uranium Corp. offering circular, 1969, 7 pgs. Est. $75-100 

790. Nevada. Autograph. Wells Fargo Checks with James 

Nye Signature, 1862. Lot of 3 checks, #s 28, 29 & 30, all dated 

January 1862 and signed by James W. (Warren) Nye. Amounts 

of $100, $120 & $300. Light blue paper. James W. Nye (1815- 

1876), Governor of Nevada Territory and later United States 

Senator from Nevada (Republican, 1864-1873). Nye County, the 

largest Nevada county geographically, was named for him. The 

first County seat was Ione City in 1864, followed by Belmont in 

1867, and lastly by Tonopah in 1905. XF. Est. $300-600 

791. Nevada. Book. Appendix to Journals of Senate & 

Assembly, 1913, 26th Session, Vol. I. Appendix to Journals 

of Senate and Assembly of the Twenty-Sixth Session of the 

Legislature of the State of Nevada 1913, Volume I. Hard cover 

with leather spine and corners. Printed by State Printing Office in 

Carson City. Contents include: Inaugural Message of Governor 

Tasker L. Oddie; Annual reports of the State Treasurer and State 

controllelr for 1911 and 1912; Biennial Report of the Secretary 

of State and State Librarian, also Clerk of the Supreme Court 

and Bureau of Industry, Agriculture and Irrigation, for 1911, 

1912; Biennial reports of the Attorney-General & Surveyor- 

General for 1911 and 1912. Biennial report of Superintendent 



of Public Instruction, Annual report of the State Inspector of 

Mines for 1912 and Minutes of the Meeting of the State Board of 

Assessors, 1912. Approx. 600 pgs. VF. Est. $75-100 

792. Nevada. Books. Pots O’Gold, by Matt R. Penrose, 

Warden Nevada State Prison, 1935. Hard cover book with 

original gilt lettering on black cloth cover. Autographed by the 

author in 1935. Published by A. Carlisle & Co. of Nevada, Reno. 

Photographic frontisportrait and 21 plates. xix, 233 pp. A fine 

copy. First Edition. Stan Paher notes: “A former superintendent 

of the Nevada State Police and warden of the State Penitentiary 

traces the development of the state prison system back to its 

beginnings in the Comstock mining era. Penrose relates Nevada’s 

first gas execution in February 1924. Also the nation’s first train 

robbery is related. There are details on the Carson prehistoric 

footprint. A choice Nevadiana item.” [Adams, Six Guns , 1714. 

Paher 1544.] Matt Penrose was born in Bullion Ravine, in 

Virginia City, Nevada, in 1881, the second son of a family of 4 

boys and one girl. He was a boyhood friend of Fred B. Balzar, 

who ws elected govenor in 1927. Both men served in the Nevada 

state senate before moving on to even high positions in the state. 

VF. Est. $100-200 

793. Nevada. Bottles. Nevada Embossed Bottles, Mint. 

Lot of 3. Pint clear Tonopah TPD milk bottle (Tonopah Pioneer 

Dairy) (circa 1915-25); Silver State soda bottle, clear, with the 

embossed miner and prospecting mule from Reno; Farr Better 

beverages, Reno, Nev clear crown top, inward sloping center 

and ribbed upper half and lower portion. All three are clean. Est. 

$100-200 

794. Nevada. Clark. Las Vegas. Best By A Dam Site Clear 

Coke Bottle. Possibly the finest example of this scarce color 

Best By A Dam Site Coke bottle we have seen. No chips, almost 

no stain, and the only case wear is along the bottom half inch. 

The bollte dates to the 1930’s and the construction of Boulder 

Dam, later named Hoover Dam. Most of these bottles are aqua, 

but about ten per cent of those known are clear. Est. $300-450 

795. Nevada. Clark. Las Vegas. Union Related Booklets, 

1944-48. Lot of 2pcs. (1) Agreement on Wage Scales and 

Working Conditions, 1948. 12pps. (2) By-Laws of the Culinary 

Workers’ Union, Local No. 226, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1944. 

21pps. Both extremely fine. Est. $25-50 

796. Nevada. Documents. Group of Nevada Imprints. Nice 

group of Nevada Imprints. 1) 1880 Supreme Court document 

regarding a case of illegal forfeiture or seizure of funds from 

a general merchandise store in Hamilton in 1870, 15pp. 2)4pp 

IOOF Gold Hill 1869 document regarding active and inactive 

membership in the Gold Hill Lodge. The list includes Peleg 

Brown in the Washoe Lodge. 3) 3 books and one broadside of 

claims on the Little Humboldt River, 1929-1931. The books are 

about 50pp each discussing in detail the water claims used in the 

determination of final adjudication. Est. $300-600 

797. Nevada. Douglas. South Tahoe. South Tahoe Casino 

Postcards, c.1940. Lot of 2. One shows George Gateway Club 

and the Wagon Wheel Saloon with snow piled as high as the 

eaves. A Chevy “woody” stationwagon is parked in front, nearly 

buried in snow. Second card shows the Nevada Club, Beecher 

& Ward next to the Nevada Drug Store and a sign announcing 

Nevada State Line. “At Lake Tahoe” is printed at bottom. 

Harrah’s Casino was first established in Lake Tahoe when 

William F. Harrah purchased George’s Gateway Club in January 

1955 for $500,000 and Harrah’s Lake Club opened in June 20, 

1955. This is now Harveys Lake Tahoe. In 1958 Harrah acquired 

the Stateline Country Club and Nevada Club across the street 

(Harrah’s current location) and opened Harrah’s Stateline Club. 

The Nevada Club card has water stains/soiling at left, but card is 

not damaged. Est. $75-100 

798. Nevada. Elko. Elko and Northern Nevada Billheads, 

c. 1872-1909. Lot of 9 documents, one photo. Photo is 

captioned Main St., Midas, Nev., Feb. 1908 and shows various 

men standing around while tent buildings are being constructed 

and supply wagons travel down the street in the background. 

Billheads are from: D.W. Earl, Commission Merchant, datelined 

Battle Mountain, with nice tall ship vignette; Depot Hotel 

letterhead from Elko, 1899, with vignette line drawing of 

train depot; Whitney & Co. Forwarders and Dealers in Flour 

and Feed, Battle Mountain, 1972; F.D. McQueen General 

Merchandise; Sparks, Harrell Company in Wells, Nevada, 1899; 

John Kain, Blacksmith and Wagon Maker in Carlin, 1878; and 

letterhead of the D.W. Earl Office, dated 1871 with vignette of 

train and side wheeler steamer. Folds, few water stains but VF. 

Est. $200-300 

799. Nevada. Elko. Montello. A. Bryant. A. Bryant / 

Montello, Nevada // GF 10c IT. Rd, br, 18mm, 7mm center 

cutout. Good, pitted. Est. $100- 

800. Nevada. Esmeralda. Divide. Mineral Patents Group. 

Six copies of the mineral patents in the Divide District and 

other nearby mining districts. These are for survey #’s 4383 

(Mammoth Group); Tonopah Western MC in the Tonopah 

District; Gilbert Mines Exploration Co. in Gilbert; Valley View 

Claims in the Oneonta District; Victory Divide MC in the Divide 

District; Belcher Extension Divide MC in Divide. All 1920’s 

contemporary copies (1920’s) Est. $100-200 

801. Nevada. Esmeralda. Gilbert. Nevada Gilbert Gold 

Mining Co. Lot of 2pcs. Cert #14 & 76. Incorporated in 

Nevada. Issued for1000 & 500 shares in 1925. Signed by E. E. 

Roberts president and H. J. Humphreys secretary. Vignette at left 

of spread winged eagle. Black border with gilt seal and safety 

print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 6 x 10”. Company owned 

the Betty group in the Desert district, 6 miles west of Gilbert and 

5 miles east of Coaldale. Ore was disseminated gold in quartz. 

The district was named for the Gilbert Brothers of Tonopah who 

discovered the district in 1924. Wear to fold creases. Fine. A 

nice pair of certificates from one of Nevada’s last gold rush 

towns. Est. $50-100 

802. Nevada. Esmeralda. Gold Mountain. Pride of Gold 

Mountain MC Stock. Rare stock cert issued to J. M. Coleman 

for 1000 shares, cert number 1368, Nov 13, 1908, signed by 

W. M. Mach as president and P. Mehlhorn as secreatry. Printed 

by Goes. Red and black print, liberty vignette, gold seal, 

uncancelled. Gold Mountain was a briefly prospected district 



south of Goldfield near Oriental on the Nevada California state 

line. Very Rare. The post office was closed there in 1907, just 

after this company was formed, but before the cert was issued. 

Est. $75-150 

803. Nevada. Esmeralda. Goldfield. Buckhorn Saloon. 

Buckhorn / Saloon / Goldfield, Nev. // GF / 5 / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. 

Copper hues, some wear to high points. Vf. Est. $75-150 

804. Nevada. Esmeralda. Goldfield. C.O.D. Florence 

Mining & Leasing Co. Cert #43. Incorporated in Nevada 

1907. Issued to Edith M. Boyle for 1000 shares in 1907. Signed 

by Rogers vice president and Chas. Wilkes secretary. Vignette 

of mill next to stream with smaller vignettes of miners. Black 

border with brown seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - 

Goes. 6 x 10”. “Location of Mines, Goldfield District, Nevada” 

printed on certificate. Rare. Completely seaparated into 2 pieces 

at horizontal fold. Some minor staining at edges. Condition 

problems. Rare. Est. $40-80 

805. Nevada. Esmeralda. Goldfield. Goldfield Ethel Mining 

Co. Cert. # 276. Incorporated in S. Dakota, 1907. Issued to 

Thos. Robinson & Co. in 1907 for 1000 shares. Signed by John 

Reynolds, vice president, and J.M. Fennett as secretary. Three 

vignettes across top, center one of mill site beside mountain 

stream, and 2 side vignettes of miners working underground. 

Black border, gilt safety print and seal. Condition problems, 

certificate is in 2 pieces, separated at center fold line. Staining 

around edges. Est. $40-80 

806. Nevada. Esmeralda. Goldfield. Goldfield United 

Mines Co. Lot of 2. Cert. #357 & 383. Incorporated in Arizona. 

Issued to H.P. Brown and T.J. Brown for 2000 shares in 1907. 

Signed by president and J. M. Donnelly asst. secretary on one 

and W.E. G. Bryan, secretary on the other. No vignette. Green 

border and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer not noted. 8 x 10”. 

Dateline originally had Denver, Colorado which is crossed out 

and Goldfield, Nev is hand written. This is appropriate for the 

time period as the Colorado mining capitalists were moving their 

activities to Goldfield and Tonopah after Cripple Creek began 

to decline. Very worn along creases and edges. Rare. Poor 

condition. Est. $80-160 

807. Nevada. Eureka. Assay Reports for Richmond 

Mining Co., 1883-5. Lot of 7. The Richmond was one of two 

great silver-lead mining companies in Eureka. This small group 

of assay reports contains eight assays per sheet, with sample 

locations noted, such as the Dunderburg mine. All assays are in 

ounces per ton, and a number of these are very high grade silver. 

Each form is signed by C. Batrchelder, who worked for Stowell, a 

local druggist, who also had an assayer business. Est. $150-300 

808. Nevada. Goldfield. California Beer Hall. California / 

Beer Hall / Goldfield / Nevada // GF / 2 1/2c / IT. Rd, al, 21mm 

Fine. LaDue Coll. Est. $50- 

809. Nevada. History. Nevada Promotional & Historical 

Books & Pamphlets, 1908-1960. Lot of 21 pamphlets and 

books. The highlights of the lot include two pamphlets from the 

Southern Pacific RR. The first is a booklet titled: New Nevada, 

The Era of Irrigation and Oppurtunity by A. J. Wells, 1908. 

60pps, original soft covers, 5 x 6.5”. Heavily illustrated and touts 

the agricultural aspects of Nevada. The second SP booklet is also 

written by A. J. Wells, published 1911. 64pps, 6.5 x 9.5”, original 

soft covers. This booklet also touts the agricultural aspects of 

the state. There are 5 full color souvenir booklets from Virginia 

City, c.1950-60. The remaining items are various souvenir 

publications. Est. $300-500 

810. Nevada. Humboldt. Cove Meadow. Patterson Group 

Surface Geology Map. Location in the Cove Meadow District 

of Humboldt County. Vellum, hand drawn with black ink. Scale 

of 1” = 40ft. 17 x 22.” VF. Est. $100-200 

811. Nevada. Humboldt. Winnemucca. Table Tennis (Ping 

Pong) Tournament Program, 1974. The Republic of China 

versus the USA. This match was to be held at the Lowry High 

School, Winnemucca, Feb 17, 1974. The event was sponsored 

by the Kiwanis Club. Within the program are short bios of the 

players on both teams. There are photos of the players, and each 

person personally signed the photos, both Chinese and American. 

7 x 10”. This match falls during the height of the Ping Pong 

craze. Vf. Est. $100-200 

812. Nevada. Ingot. Comstock Mines Silver Ingot. 

Comstock Mines / Carson City / Nevada // (pic of spread winged 

eagle) / .999 Silver. Crudely made small ingot, 27mm x 15mm 

x 6mm thick. We have had several of these ingots that were 

originally sold by a Carson City coin dealer to the tourist trade. 

Weight: 32.8g, 1.05 troy oz. Est. $75-150 

813. Nevada. Ingot. Comstock Mines Silver Ingot. Made in 

the shape of the State of Nevada. Marked with: (spread winged 

eagle .999 Silver) / Comstock Mines / Carson City / Nevada. 

Reverse stamped with 3.165 and company logo. When we 

weighed the ingot, we came up with 3.15 troy oz. Est. $150-250 

814. Nevada. Ingot. Metal Rex Silver Ingot. Metal 

Rex / Reno, Nevada. Metal Rex processes scrap metal and 

photographic materials. We have never had an ingot from Metal 

Rex previously. Probably .999 fine, but not marked so. Weight: 

29.9g, 0.96 troy oz. 28mm x 11mm x 5mm thick. Est. $75-150 

815. Nevada. Ingot. Nevada Marked Silver Ingot. Marked 

on top with: 1 Troy Oz / .999 silver / Nevada. No manufacturer 

noted on the ingot. One side of the ingot shows filing marks 

indicating a weight adjustment. Our scale gave 1.01 troy oz. 

Small 34mm x 12mm x 9mm thick. Est. $75-150 

816. Nevada. Lander. Austin. Bullion Ledger, 1883-84. 

Approximate 60pp survey book turned into a bullion ledger by 

J. C. Nagle, a mill man in Austin, Nevada. The ledger entries 

show a daily entry for weight amalgum and “crude” which may 

be for tons (or pounds) processed. Nagle was an Irishman born 

in 1841. He may have gone to to Austin sometime between 1870 

and 1875, since he is not in the 1870 census, and is present there 

in the 1875 mid-census, remaining there through the 1880’s. It 

is uncertain which mill Nagle was working at, but our guess is 

the Manhattan Silver Mining Co. since the throughput was quite 

significant. This is a rare record of bullion production. Est. $150- 



300 

817. Nevada. Lander. Reese River. Globe Silver Mining 

Co of Nevada. This attractive stock is printed in red and black, 

with all the vignettes printed in red. Incorporated in New York in 

late 1866 or early 1867, the stock was issued to H. B. Robinson 

for 25 shares or the 100,000 shares capitalized in March, 

1867, cert no. 176, signed by B. G. Blass as prsident and E. S. 

Plimpton as secretary, datelined New York, uncancelled. New 

York investors flocked to Nevada mine issues after the discovery 

of the Comstock. Their influence was not at the Comstock, but 

started at Reese River about 1865 (Austin). The most famous of 

those early companies that became successful was the Manhattan 

Silver Mining Co. which ultimately consolidated most of the 

paying mines in Austin. New Yorkers also began prospecting for 

and buying silver mines in central and eastern Nevada. This is 

one of those mines, though I was unable to find the location in an 

hour of research. It is not the Globe mentioned in Raymond as 

on the Comstock, though it could be an earlier related company. 

Plimpton was a wool dealer on Broadway. Robinson was a 

cooper in New York City. Blass was not listed in the Trow 1865, 

1867, or 1870 New York Directory. Est. $600-1000 

818. Nevada. Lyon. Yerington. Valley Dairy Milk Bottle. 

Black pyro-glaze with “Valley Dairy Orange Phone 367 

Yerington, - Nevada.” Same on back side. 7” tall. Clear glass. 

Mint condition. Est. $20-40 

819. Nevada. Map. Clason Map Co Nevada Map, c.1950. 

Clason’s Nevada Maps, Roads, Railways, Counties, Towns, 

Hotels, Green Guide Series. The cover shows a seated Indian 

girl in full color. On the inside front cover is a railroad mileage 

guide for towns within Nevada. A fold out map showing 

Nevada and California is attached to inside back cover. The map 

measures 20 x 28”, folds down to 4 x 7”. Interstate 80 is shown 

as 40 and Highway 95 is shown as 1A. In California, the major 

north-south highways are 99 and 101. Route 66 is shown in the 

south. Two minor fold crease intersection tears. Very fine. Est. 

$150-250 

820. Nevada. Map. Nevada State Map, c.1937. Map 

sheet from World Atlas & Gazeteer, Rand McNally. Nevada 

is highlighted in light yellow with orange defining the county 

boundaries. All towns and contemporaneous road system is 

shown. On this map, there is no direct route between Fallon and 

Austin. Nor is there a route from Goldfield to Beatty. Attractive 

ma. 11 x 13”. Vf+. Est. $50-100 

821. Nevada. Maps. Topo Maps, 1890-1910. Twelve (12) 








Includes; Camp Mohave, Paradise, Kawich, Pioche, Disaster, 

Tonopah, Carson Sink, Granite Range, Bridgeport, Reno, Bristol 

Range, Long Valley Est. $150-300 

822. Nevada. Mineral. Rawhide. Riley Grannan Eulogy, 

1931 & 1952. Lot of 2 books in different printings. Title: Riley 

Grannan Adventurer, Gambler, Plunger, He Lived and Died a 

Part of the Turbulent Times of Gold. Rawhide Nevada, Where 

Men Sought Gold and Found “Rainbows’ End.” These are tribute 

publications recounting the Oration of William Knickerbocker at 

the funeral of Riley Grannan, April 3, 1908. The last sentence of 

the forward outlines what is to be found in the text that follows: 

This unfrocked minister over the body of Riley Grannan, gambler 

and adventurer, an eulogy that ranks with the great classics of the 

world. The 1931 edition has 17pps and has green soft covers. 

The 1952 printing, which is the 11th printing, also has 17pps, but 

has burgundy soft covers. 5 x 7”. Both very fine. Est. $150-300 

823. Nevada. Mining. Mining Stock Certs. Seven good 

Nevada mining certs. 1) Goldfield Consol with the mining 

vignette, 1913; Yellow Jacket MC 1889; Goldfield Mining & Ore 

Reduction Co., 1924; Boston & Ely 1920; Tonopah Divide 1919; 

Seal of Nevada MC (unissued); Nevada-Utah Mines & melters, 

1910, very attractive and well engraved cert; Hale & Norcross 

MC, 1907. Some of these are from very famous, rich mines. All 

basically VF. Est. $150-250 

824. Nevada. Mining. Nevada Mining Stocks. Lot of 2. 

1) East Comstock Wonder MC. To W. Venable for 1000 shares, 

1907, dateline Goldffield. Pres. Signature illegible. Uncancelled. 

Vignette of Liberty top left. 2) Pacific Union Securities. Inc. in 

Nev. Issued to P. Miscovich, 100 shares, 1929. Signed by Phil 

Jackson, pres. Brown border, liberty vignette. Office in Reno. 

No printer. Uncancelled. Est. $50-100 

825. Nevada. Mining. New York & Maine General Mining 

Co. Cert #133. Incorporated in New York, 1868. Issued to R. 

N. Havens Jr. for 54 shares in 1869. Signed by Arson Brown 

vice president and Thomas G. Stearns secretary. Vignette at 

upper left of miners underground and at upper right of mill in 

remote location. Black border and print. Uncancelled. Printer 

- Henry Seibert, NY. 6 x 10”. Datelined New York. 25 cent red 

revenue stamp affixed at right side. Very fine. The company is 

not mentioned in Raymond’s 1869 or 1870 volumes on Mines 

West of the Rocky Mountains. It is also not mentioned in James 

Taylor’s discussion of mines East of the Rocky Mountains 

in his 1868 report pubilshed in 1869. We assume the Nevada 

Connection because of the date of 1869, but the piece could also 

represent an exploration effort in Colorado, such as Georgetown, 

which was attracting eastern finance at the time. The vignettes 

are those used heavily by Nevada companies at the time. Anson 

S. Brown, the vp, was a merchant of long standing in New York. 

Unfortunately, the Trow 1870 New York City Directory does not 

list his exact occupation Havens was an ice dealer, and Havens 

ran a dry goods store, both in NYC. Est. $200-400 

826. Nevada. Newspapers. Nevada Newspapers, 1870-1881. 

Lot of 6. The Pioche Daily Record 3/23/1873; Nevada Tribune 

(Carson) 2/11/1875; Eureka Daily Sentinel 9/19/1871; Daily Elko 

Independent 10/27/1879; Reese River Reville 11/18/1871; The 

Times Review (Tuscarora) 6/21/1879. All contain bountiful ads 

for saloons, assayers, merchants of all kinds and the daily news. 

All VF. Est. $100-200 



827. Nevada. Nye. Bullfrog. Gold Center Mining & 

Development Co. Lot of 5 pcs. Incorporated in Arizona. All 

issued to John Holm in 1905. Signed by W. McDearmon Jr vice 

president and richard Dorbin secretary. Vignette of snow capped 

mountain. Gold border and seal. All uncancelled. Printer - W. 

H. Kistler, Colorado. Datelined Denver, Colo. “Properties 

Located in Bullfrog Mining District, Nevada” printed on 

certificate. Colorado mining men moved into Nevada around this 

time period as the Cripple Creek boom faded. All extremely fine. 

Est. $100-200 

828. Nevada. Nye. Manhattan. Associated Mines 

Co. of Manhattan. Lot of 5. Cert. #’s 41, 42, 43, 44, & 

45. Incorporated in South Dakota, 1906. Issued to Morgan 

Tillinghast in 1906 for 10,000 shares each. Signed by A.D. Nash, 

pres. And J.R. Mackay, secretary. 3 vignettes of mining scenes 

across top. Black border, gilt safety print and seal. Uncancelled. 

Printer- B. Rotholtz. 6 x 10.” Datelined Manhattan, Nevada. XF. 

Est. $125-200 

829. Nevada. Nye. Tonopah. Tonopah & Tidewater RR 

Dispatcher’s Record of Trains, 1932. Time Table No. 45, 

datelined Ludlow, Calif., Thursday, July 21st, 1932. A single 

page printed form showing times enginemen and conductor went 

on duty, Engine Failures, Engine and Cars, Stations, Cars and 

Tons Handled, Work Trains, Live Stock, Record of Weather and 

a place for notes of “Extraordinary or Unusual Occcurences.” 

Stations listed under the Weather Conditions column, with handwritten 

weather notations filled in, are: Ludlow, Silver Lake, 

Shoshone, Death Valley Jct., and Beatty. 16 x 21.” VF. Est. 

$100-200 

830. Nevada. Ormsby. Carson City. Carson City Document 

Collection. Seven documents. 1. Classic stage coach vignette 

of Raycraft’s Livery, with the US Mail stage coach at upper left, 

1891; 2 and 3. Two of the Carson City Savings bank checks 

with the classic $20 coin at upper right, 1875 and 1879; 4. CC 

Mint silver bullion receipt 1904 and Gold Hill bullion receipt for 

bullion sent to CC Mint; lastly Wm Kinney Sheriff receipt 1897 

and a B&E check. Est. $200-400 

831. Nevada. Ormsby. Carson City. Signed Proclamation 

Thanking Adolph Sutro for His Donation of 1000 Trees for 

Carson City, 1887. Wonderful original manuscript document 

thanking Sutro for his generosity and signed by many of the 

most important dignitaries of the time. Original signatures on 

the bottom are the following in order: CC Stevenson (Governor), 

John M. Dormer (Sec of State), George Tuffy (State Treasurer), 

JF Hallock (State Controller), JE Jones (Surveyor General and 

one time Governor), WC Dovey (Supt Public Instruction), 

JF Alexander (Atty General), TH Wells (Private Secty), HM 

Yerington (Supt V&T RR), Sam Davis (Editor, Mornian Appeal). 

10 x 14.5” [no photo] Est. $800-1500 

832. Nevada. Photographs. Nevada Works Progress 

Administration Photographs, 1942. Lot of 16 photos. The 

photos show wagons, scap and debris picked up from the 

emigrant trail in the Forty Mile desert in central Nevada by 

the WPA as a clean up project in 1942. Also shown is the 

construction of the Sparks swimming pool. Ten photos are 8 x 

10”, the other six are 5 x 7”. All very fine. Est. $300-500 

833. Nevada. Postcards. Nevada & Misc. Postcard Group. 

Lot of 6 various postcards and one First Day Cover from 

Sharp, Nevada, 1938. 1) Cover is addressed to L.W. Hosch of 

Gainesville, GA. 2-3 ) Nevada postcards: first is color litho of 

Ward Shaft building, Virginia City, Nevada. Second is cartoon 

drawing from the Hotel Golden Bar in Reno. 4) Photo repro 

showing two farm hands each holding a horse, standing in front 

of a wood barn. 5) Color drawing of young woman on a rearing 

horse. Titled Western Thoroughbreds, # 8218, copyright 1889 by 

H.H. Tammen, postmarked Washburn, N.Dak., 1909. 6) Nicola 

Valley Coal & Coke Co., Middlesboro, B.C. photo repro. 7) 

Photo repro of 2 baseball players and an umpire playing on a 

grassy slope with bare trees in the background. Unused. Est. 

$40-80 

834. Nevada. Prison. Nevada State Prison Warden 

Reports, 1871-1874, 1879-1880. Lot of 3 publications. 1) 

Annual report of Warden Frank Denver for the years 1871-72. 

Contains a list of prisoners with type of crime for which each was 

convicted, county, term of sentence, date of sentence, occupation, 

birthplace, race, literate or illerate and by whom delivered (I.e. 

Sheriff). Following that is a list of prisoners discharged and how 

discharged--pardoned, granted new trial, escaped, or expired. 

Breakdowns follow, of prisoners by state of origin, numbers 

that escaped and were returned, escaped and not found, length 

of terms being served by numbers, types of crimes, and receipts 

and expenditures. Rules and Regulations for the Government 

of the Nevada State Prison are included. No covers. 34 pgs. 6 x 

9.” 2) Biennial Report for the years 1873 and 1874 by Warden 

P.C. Hyman. Includes charts and tables, of expenditures, prison 

industry accountings, number of convicts pardoned, those 

discharged for new trials, etc. Also includes a list of prisoners 

with above information. 78 pgs, 9 x 6, no covers. 3) Biennial 

Report for 1879 and 1880 by Warden C.C. Batterman with 

essentially same information as the former reports, and including 

even more detailed breakdowns of costs, money earned by prison 

industries by type, etc. No covers, 91 pages, 6 x 9.” Est. $150- 

250 

835. Nevada. Railroad. Virginia & Truckee 

Commemorative Prints, c.1968. Published by The Studion, 

Lyle V. Ball, Reno, Nevada. There are five plates, but two are 

identical. All are prints from black and white sketches of scenes 

found along the V & T route. 12 x 18”. The prints are housed 

within the original holder which was a “Presentation of Nevada 

National Bank.” Vf-Xf. Est. $40-60 

836. Nevada. Railroad. Virginia & Truckee Railroad Co. 

Lot of 4 Receipts from The Virginia & Truckee Railroad Co. 

(1) 1875, for S. Huffakins signed by J.H. Barstow (2) 1878, for 

Agent Reno, signed by C.H. Stoddard (3) 1880, for J. Ecretany, 

signed by W.W. Thooretoro (4) 1880, for B.L. Highbee, signed by 

B.L. Highbee, blue border. All other receipts have a red border 3 

X 8” Est. $80-120 


Lot of 4, (1) 1878 for A. Huffakus signed by F.L. Currie (2) 1876 

for Chief Engineer sighed by S. Arredurroy (3) 1878, for Agent 



Va, signed by J.E. Watten (4) 1880, for VA office, signed by D. 

Durger, blue border. All others have red border. 3 X 8” VF Est. 

$80-120 


Lot of 4 (1) 1878 for Agent Reno, signed by C.H. Stoddard (2) 

1878 for Agent Huffakins signed by F. L. Curries (3) 1878 for 

Agent Reno signed by C. H. Stoddard (4) 1880 for Agent Virginia 

signed by J.E. Wratten, blue bolder 3 X 8”, all others have red 

border, 3 X 8” VF Est. $80-120 


Lot of 4 (1) 1880 for Agent Virginia, signed by J.E. Wratten 

(2) 1875 for O. Huffaknes, signed by J.W. Barstow (3) 1880 for 

Agent Va. Signed by J.E. Wratten, blue border, 3 X 8”, 1880 for 

Agent Virginia, signed by R.L. Ryder. All other receipts have a 

red border, 3 X 8” VF Est. $80-120 

840. Nevada. Storey. Gold Hill. Gold Hill & Silver City 

Photopostcards. Lot of 18 postcards. Most are original photo 

cards. Others are reproduction photo cards. Views include: 

Devils Gate, Gold Hill Fire Dept, Dirt Road to Silver City, Crown 

Point Hill, Gold Canyon, Miner’s Union Hall, and others. All 

fine. Est. $200-400 

841. Nevada. Storey. Gold Hill. Liberty Engine Co Grand 

Ball Ticket. A one dollar ticket to the Grand Uniform Ball to be 

given by Liberty Engine Company, at Miners Union Hall, Gold 

Hill, on Friday Evening, November 2, 1906. Card is 2.5 x 4.5,” 

white with black print. VF. Est. $150-300 

842. Nevada. Storey. Virginia. Camel Races Broadsides. 

Lot of 3 pcs. Two gorgeous, attractive Camel Race broadsides 

for the 25th Anniversary camel races, about 1.5 x 2 fewet. 

Printed in vibrant red, blue, and light blue. 1983. Both nearly 

mint. Also a large 1982 poster printed on peach colored stock 

printed in red and green ink, this has been rolled, but is generally 

vf. These are three choice posters from Virginia City that are 

quite rare. Est. $250-450 

843. Nevada. Storey. Virginia. Comstock Carnival 

Pinback, 1903. Comstock Carnival souvenir pinback. Pictured 

at middle is a young, blonde woman. At bottom is “Virginia, 

Nevada. July 2nd, 3rd, 4th, ‘03.” Several brown spots affect 

middle area of the celluloid, offers some detraction. 44mm. 

Good-Fine. Est. $50-100 

844. Nevada. Storey. Virginia. Comstock Mining Co 

Annual Reports, 1880, 1892, 1911. Lot of 3 pcs. Con-Virginia, 

1880, 24pp; Con-Cal and Virginia, 1892, 17pp; Mexican, 1911, 

11pp. VF. These reports detail the work at these mines, their 

revenue, expenditures, and prospects. Est. $500-1000 

845. Nevada. Storey. Virginia. Con Virginia Bullion 

Shipped on the V & T RR Receipts, 1876. Lot of 3 receipts 

for bullion shipped on the Virginia & Truckee Railroad. Two are 

for sacks of bullion from the Con Virginia Assay Office at the 

Brunswick Station to be delivered to the Virginia Station. Both 

of these are the size of a check and printed in blue ink. The third 

is a manuscript receipt for 29 “bars of bullion” to picked up by 

the V & T agen E. Niles. All fine. Est. $75-150 

846. Nevada. Storey. Virginia. Con-California and Virginia 

Mining Co Annual Reports. Lot of 4 pcs. 1885 (21pp), 1889 

(17pp), 1892 (17pp), 1896 (19pp) Annual Reports, all soft bound, 

6 x 9”. The first shows dividends paid of $410,000. These reports 

detail the work done underground and in milling operations 

during the year. They are the only detailed factual references 

available, and were published well after Elliott Lord wrote his 

summary. Generally vf. Est. $500-1500 

847. Nevada. Storey. Virginia. Gould & Curry Silver 

Mining Co Receipts, 1865. Lot of 17 receipts, all datelined 

Virginia City, N.T., for various amounts. Printer - Towne & 

Bacon, San Francisco. 4 x 7.” VF. Est. $300-500 

848. Nevada. Storey. Virginia. Hale & Norcross Mining 

Co. Bank Book, 1887-1889. Brown leather-covered bank book 

for The Virginia Agency of The Nevada Bank of San Francisco. 

Entries begin Mar. 1887 and end May 1889. Beginning balance, 

initial deposit, is $4,975.00 and ending balance is $65, 565.82. 

About 50 pages, meas. 4.5 x 6.5.” Est. $100-200 

849. Nevada. Storey. Virginia. Letter Describing Rebel 

Attack at Fort Leavenworth in 1861 for Benefits Due VC 

Resident, 1885. 4pp letter from Clayton Belkna of Virginia City 

to General Sam Sturges in San Francisco requesting verification 

of soldier’s story of service, combat, etc. Apparently the Rebels 

drove out the soldiers and officers from the fort, leaving behind 

the women and children. The man (mulvihill) was injured 

seriously on a gun carriage. Belknap notes that Mulvihill has 

applied for a pension, and the Army record does not include any 

such battle, but Mulvihill’s memory is distinct, and Belknap is 

checking with the General to get confirmation. Est. $200-400 

850. Nevada. Storey. Virginia. Nevada Pioneer 

Celebration, 1936 20pp pamphlet, 6 x 9” for this historic 

event in Virginia City, where the new high school was dedicated 

followed by a costume ball in the evening. Lots of ads from VC 

and Reno merchants. Est. $100-200 

851. Nevada. Storey. Virginia. Requa Family Collectibles. 

Lot of 3 pcs. Two of the items are Christmas cards that were 

sent by Stephen Herrick Requa, c.1985-90. Both cards have 

an historic photo reproduction of the Isaac Requa and family 

posing at different residences. The third item is a booklet 

titled “Remembering the Bonanza” published by the Banner 

Exploration Co, 1988. 16pps. All extremely fine. Est. $50-100 

852. Nevada. Storey. Virginia. Savage Mining Co. Framed 

Letters/Covers. The most prominent letter is on Savage Mining 

Co. letterhead, datelined San Francisco, dated august 15, 1892 

and written to Clayton Belknap (in pencil). Another letter 

partially covers it, and two covers are included. All framed in 

plain black wood frame, 8 x 10.” Letters and covers are stained 

and soiled. Est. $60-120 

853. Nevada. Storey. Virginia. Sutro Tunnel Co. Signed 

by Elliot J. Doane, president. 1879. Vignette of Indian at top, 

miners at bottom. Green border. Printer - National BN Co. 



Uncancelled. Dateline San Francisco. Has 4 thumbtack holes in 

margins and small tear at corner. Est. $150-300 

854. Nevada. Storey. Virginia. Territorial Enterprise 

Bound Volumes. Six bound volumes of the famous Territorial 

Enterprise. 1952-1957 complete run, as originally bound in 

custom maroon boards with the names of Katherine Best and 

Hillyer, two of the staff. Each volume is about 3” thick, in vf 

condition. Est. $100- 

855. Nevada. Storey. Virginia. V & T RR Premium 

Receipts & Check, 1876-1880. Lot of 5 pcs. Four of the items 

are Special Pay Receipts, two printed in red and two printed in 

blue. Three of the receipts are signed by Yegington, the fourth 

signed by F. H. Currier. The fifth item is an imprinted check 

datelined Virginia, Nev, drawn on the Bank of California. Issued 

to Union Mill & Mining Co, signed by Yerington. Nice choice 

lot of V & T documents. All very fine Est. $200-400 

856. Nevada. Storey. Virginia. Virginia City Queen 

Postcard and Ladies Tea Party Photo. Lot of 2 photos. 1Photo 

postcard shows carriage being drawn down a residential street by 

4 grey mules. Two men in top hats are driving and woman and 

2 children are in the back seat. The name Jack Barrett is written 

in pencil at bottom, as is Carnival Parade and Va City Queen. 

Photo slightly faded (woman & children difficult to see) and 

yellowed. Small taped repair at very bottom. 2) Ladies tea party 

photograph (3.75 x 5”) showing 6 ladies sitting with cups and 

saucers and 2 women standing, serving. Photo is badly creased 

and torn at left with large piece missing. Pinholes in corners. 

Mounted on cardboard. On reverse is wirtten in pencil: Virginia 

City, 1897. Est. $35-60 

857. Nevada. Washoe. Geiger Grade. Gieger Grade Hand 

Colored Photograph. A fantastic colored photograph taken 

about half way up Greiger Grade. The view has Mt. Rose 

centered with Slide Mtn at left and the other peaks of the Sierras 

with a decent snow pack. The intervening valley is completely 

virgin of modern urban sprawl. The hills in the middle ground 

now have a geothermal electricity plant. 10 x 15”. Reverse has 

rubber stamp from Nevada Photo Service, 253 Sierra St, Reno, 

NV. Quality Kodak Prints. Very fine. Est. $50-100 

858. Nevada. Washoe. Reno. Ernie Mack Cowboy 

Photograph. Photo shows cowboy on a gray horse getting ready 

to rope a white faced calf. Another mounted cowboy waits in 

background. Reverse is stamped: Ernie Mack, 22 w. Plaza, Reno, 

Nevada. 7 x 9.” Condition problems: 6 or 8 scaped places 

where finish is off, plus 2 tears and creased corner. Est. $20-40 

859. Nevada. Washoe. Reno. Overland Bar. Canady/ & / 

Sadleir / Overland / Bar / Reno // GF / One / Drink / or / Cigar. 

Rd, al, 25mm. Vf. Est. $20-30 

860. Nevada. Washoe. Reno. Reno Postcard & Photo, c. 

1940-1950. One postcard & one snapshot. Postcard shows aerial 

view of downtown Reno with Truckee River running through 

center, looks to be c. 1930-1940. Snapshot shows several people 

standing in the street in front of the Budweiser Clydesdale hitch, 

next to the Granada Hotel lunch room. Est. $25-45 

861. Nevada. Washoe. Reno. Weck Drug Co. Photo Repro, 

c,1905. Photo reproduction of 7 well dressed people standing 

in front of the doorway of Weck Drug Co. in the Farmers & 

Merchants brick building in Reno. An 8th person is looking back 

at the photographer from the sidewalk. The door of the building 

faces the corner of the intersection. Upstairs over the drugstore 

are the offices of Robert R. Wilson, Attorney at Law. His name 

is confirmed in the 1907 Reno Directory. This photo may have 

been taken in celebration of the opening of the store. Mounted 

on green cardboard. Photo meas. 5 x 7,” overall meas. Is 7 x 9.” 

Two flaws from the original photo or negative can be seen at the 

edges.VF. Est. $200-400 

862. Nevada. Washoe. Reno (Stead). Reno Air Race 

Poster, 1975. Full size, full color poster from the National 

Championship Air Races held in Reno, Sept 12-14, 1975. Some 

wear to edges. Fine. Est. $40-60 

863. No Lot. 

864. Nevada. White Pine. Ely. Ely and East Nevada Token 

Collection. Lot of 22. 1 from W & B, Ely; 1 from Bernstein, 

Tungsten; 1, The Montana, Ely; 1, Tom Sedgewick, Ely ; 1, Town 

Club, Ely (rd, al, 25c IT, 28 mm); and 17 Dewey Trade Checks, 

Ely. All rd, br, 21mm, except for the Town Club., Est. $110-220 

865. Nevada. White Pine. Steptoe Valley. White Pine Non- 

Mineral Affidavit, 1873. Two page affidavit testifying that the 

property in question has no known mines or saline’s. Signed by 

Duncan W. Perley of Pioche, Lincoln County, Nevada. Folds 

with water stains along fold lines. 8 x 10. Extra Rare. Est. $100- 

200 

863. No Lot. 

867. Nevada & Hawaii. Nye. Tonopah. Lithograph 

Stone for Tonopah Checks, c 1905. Unique classic limestone 

lithograph stone (9 x 11 x 2.5”) with two Tonopah checks on 

one side and several San Francisco banking documents on the 

other side. The Tonopah pieces are the First National Bank of 

Tonopahregular check (190x) and a Duplicate of Exchange 

for the same bank. Also on the same side of this stone are a 

Nevada County Bank piece payable through the Union Savings 

Bank (Oakland), and a Champion Mines, Nevada City banking 

document. The reverse has a First and Second Exchange for 

Alexander & Baldwin of San Francisco, Hawaii and New York, 

datelined Honolulu, T. H. dated 18xx. This company was one of 

the original big five banks in Hawaii. The stone weighs about 20 

pounds. Est. $200-600 

868. New Mexico. Curry. Clovis. Brownwood & Clovis 

RPO, 1931. Very rare Brownwood & Clovis RPO with 1931 

postmark. The cover has “Santa Fe, House and Dining Car 

System, Fred Harvey Manager” printed at upper left. Reverse 

has a Christmas Seal from 1931. The manuscript letter sent 

within the cover is included. Lot also includes three other Santa 

Fe RR documents. The RPO is listed in the “Catalog of New 

Mexico Railway Postal Markings” by Charles Towle as 16-c-1 

with a valuation of 3. All are fine. Est. $100-200 



869. New Mexico. Grant. Silver City. Blanca Copper 

Mining Co. Cert. #145. Incorporated in Arizona Territory. 

Issued to Wm. B. Miller in 1906 for 1000 shares. Signed by 

Henry Isard, pres., and A.E. Sanders, sec. Vignette of 2 miners 

underground with drill and shovel, hoist in background. Green 

border and safety print. Uncancelled. 8 x 10. Folds, small tears 

at top margin, pinholes at top right and bottom left corners. VF. 

Datelined Denver, Colo. Lands, 3 claims, area 60 acres, in the 

Bear Mountain district 8 miles from Silver City, claimed to have 

old workings, and said to be reopening by a runnel claimed to 

show auriferous and argentiferous copper ore of good assay 

value. This is one of the promotions of the Financial Security 

& Trust Co., of Denver, and probably is absolutely fraudulent, 

as this same company was the promoter of the Spanish Lost 

Bullion Mines, Geronimo Copper Mining Co. and Pizarro Copper 

Mining Co., all of which claimed to have old Spanish workings. 

The Spanish Lost Bullion was proved in court to be an outright 

swindle, and presumably other promotions of the company are no 

better. [Ref: Copper Hndbk, VIII, p. 381.]. Est. $50-100 

870. New Mexico. Grant. Silver City. Silver City USGS 

Folio, 1916. A particularly fine copy of Paige’s Silver City Folio 

with maps and photographs of the Silver City mining region. 18 x 

22” Est. $100-250 

871. New Mexico. Luna. Deming. Deming USGS Folio, 

1917. Nice copy of this folio, with one small tear on the cover 

and some minor soiling. Contains the usual maps, geology, 

sections and photographs. Est. $100-200 

872. New Mexico. McKinley. Gallup. Hubbell. A 

counterstamped 1840 large US Cent Coin. Hubbell 

counterstamped on obverse of coin. Reverse shows some wear. 

Est. $500-1000 

873. New Mexico. Sierra. Engle. First National Bank of 

Engle. Cert. #19. Incorporated in New Mexico. Issued to E.S. 

Neal in 1907 for 10 shares. Signed by J.A. Reed, cashier and 

E.S. Neal, president. Vignette is bust of allegorical woman, 

top left. Orange border and underprint. Uncancelled. Printer - 

Marshall-Jackson Co., Chicago. 8.5 x 11. Glue stains along left 

edge, and multiple black ink spots on face of certificate. Rare. 

Est. $100-200 

874. New Mexico. Sierra. Las Palomas. Maxwell’s General 

Merchandise Store, Real Photo Postcard. Picture shows 

front of store with General Merchandise sign above the door. 

Maxwell’s. Las Palomas. N.M. is printed on the card near the 

curb just to the right of the front door. On the reverse printed 

in pencil is Alex Maxwell, Listed in 1914 - Bradstreet. XF 

condition. Alex Maxwell was born in 1844 and died in 1924 and 

is buried in the Las Palomas cemetary. Las Palomas is located 

7 mi. south of Truth or Consequences and just east of US 85. 

Settled by the Garcia and Tafoya families. It was once a place the 

natives and Indians made pilgramages to in order to benefit from 

the remedial natural springs there. Post Office est. 1881 [Ref: 

New Mexico Place Names, p. 85]. Est. $50-100 

875. New Mexico & Idaho. Mining. Mining Stock Certs. 

Lot of 5. Two different Chino Copper Co., 1917; Mass & NM 

Consol MC, 1883 (cancelled, as usual); Sherman Lead (ID, 

unissued); Tamarack Custer Consol MC 1913, cancelled. All VF. 

Est. $75-100 

876. New York. Attorney’s Real Estate Transaction 

Record Book, 1870-1890. Title research on property bought by 

Samuel C. Mount, attorney, with offices on Broadway in New 

York City. Transactions are in the New York and New Jersey 

area. One of the largest transactions was the property of James 

Baker and family. Not all transferred to Mount, so Baker may 

have been a client of Mount. Records hundreds of sales of real 

estate from Mount to others. Ledger is fabric covered, very worn 

around edges, 10 x 12,” with Burr’s Combination Index printed 

on cover and spine. Many pages are blank. Water damaged and 

stained. Est. $0- 

877. New York. Brooklyn. Phenix Ins. Co. Statement, 

Broadside, 1883. Statement from the Phenix Ins. Co. , dated 

1883, listing capital, gross surplus, ang gross assets. Assets and 

Liabilities are then listed. Bottom line is that $3,295,326.60 is 

for the benefit and security of plicy holders in case of loss. Meas. 

6 x 9.5. Top right corner missing, folds, some discoloration. Est. 

$75-150 

878. New York. New York. New York. Boston, Hartford & 

Erie Trust Cert. Cert #125 issued to Sydney D. Atterbury & Co. 

for 200 shares from American Loan and Trust in 1886, signed by 

J. Amuchrhank, secretary & Sidney D. Atterbury & Co on back, 

7 X 5.5”, black border, no vignette, Est. $30-60 

879. New York. Photos. Photo Album, c 1890-1902. About 

100 photos in 6 x 10” album. Appears to be upstate New 

York, and some are from the Buffalo area. All 3 x 3 photos. 

Includes family of G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) Civil 

War veteran, photo of a man with GAR badges and hat (4), the 

McKinley memorial service; many street scenes of unidentified 

eastern towns showing business names on store fronts (16); town 

flood (4); actor in blackface (3); house shots (16); scenery with 

family (15+); GAR memorial ,Post 523 (3). Variety of exposures, 

from sharp to fuzzy, including contrast, typical of personal 

photographer. Photos from the Internet of GAR hat and badge 

look like the ones in the photos in this book. Album has black 

fabric cover, only slightly worn at edges, with gilt print. Est. 

$150-350 

880. Oil. Eleven Oil & Coal Stocks, c1920’s. Goodyear 

Oil & Gas, 1920; Clear Fork Oil, 190x (unissued); Clear Fork 

Oil, 1905, cancelled; Diamond Coal & Coke, 1918, cancelled; 

Sequatchie Coal & Iron, 18xx, unissued; Western Security Oil, 

192x, unissued (6 certs) all vf. Est. $120-200 

881. Oil. Oil Stocks, Fancy Vignettes. Three nice oil 

stocks with good vignettes. The best of the three is the Long 

Horn Oil Co (Colorado) for 100 shares, cert 11558, 1920, 

uncancelled, with large green vignette of a steer’s head with two 

oil well derricks as the snout; 2 certs for the Beaver Oil Ltd, 

with a red beaver overprinted on a stock Goes oil vignette, 1915. 

Uncancelled. Est. $100-200 



882. Oregon. Autograph. James W. Nesmith Letter to 

Samuel T. House, 1864. Letter addressed to Samuel T. House 

in New York, from Nesmith in Washington D.C. 1864, in which 

he requests a receipt for a Treasury warrant he enclosed for 

$721.33, signed by J.W. Nesmith. Lined white paper, 8 x 10.” 

Folds. VF. Nesmith crossed the plains with the Applegate party 

in 1843, arriving in Oregon City. In 1848 he found in the Cayuse 

Indian war to avenge the deaths of the Whitman massacre, land 

alter served in the Rogue and Yakima wars in 1857, earning 

the title of colonel. He was appointed superintendent of Indian 

Affairs in 1857, serving over Oregon, Washington and Idaho for 

2 years. Although mostly self-taught, he had taken up the study 

of law and entered politics. Beginning in 1860 Nesmith served 

as U.S. Senator from Oregon, taking the seat vacated by General 

Lane who ran for vice president on the Democratic ticket. 

Although a Democrat, he favored retention of the Union and 

became a trusted advisor of President Lincoln. He again served 

in Congress in 1873 and also as U.S. Marshal. He died in 1885. 

Biography included. Est. $100-200 

883. Oregon. Baker. Baker City. Resort Saloon Token. 

Resort Saloon / Baker City / Oregon // GF / 5 / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. 

Acquired 8/88. Toned, Xf. Provenance: LaDue Collection Est. 

$75-125 

884. Oregon. Baker. Sumpter. C. P. Peoples. C. P. / Peoples 

// GF / 12 1/2c / IT. Rd, br, 25mm. XF Est. $30- 

885. Oregon. Baker. Sumpter. Oregon Mine Postcards. Lot 

of 2 cards. (1) B/W printed. North Pole Gold Mine, Sumpter, 

Oregon. View of the mill surrounded by trees. Postmarked 

Sumpter, Ore, 1906. (2) B/W photo. No. 111. Bonanza Mine 

Near Baker, Oregon. View of a large operation also set in the 

forest. Unmailed. Both have corner wear. Fine. Rare Oregon 

mining postcards. Est. $100-200 

886. Oregon. Benton. Corvallis. Yellow Bus. Yellow Bus / Y 

/ Corvallis, Ore. // GF / 1 / Ride. Oc, br, 20.5mm. XF Est. $8- 

887. Oregon. Clackamas. Oregon City. Clackamas Novelty 

Co. Lot of 2 pcs. Clackamas / Novelty / Co. // No Value / For / 

Amusement Only. Rd, br, 20mm. XF Est. $10- 

888. Oregon. Clackamas. Sandy. Pioneer Motel. Not just 

a Room but an Experience / Pioneer / Motel / 4 Miles East Of / 

Sandy, Oregon / on Hwy 46 / 1974 / Waterbedsfor the Young at 

Heart // 1.00 / IT. Rd, br, 35mm. XF Est. $5- 

889. Oregon. Clatsop. Astoria. Thistle Packing Co., 1885. 

Cert. # 16. Incorporated in Oregon, 1885. Issued to WM.T. 

COLEMAN & Co. for 75 shares in 1885. Signed by J.Jas. 

Barclay as president and J.N. Brown as secretary. Thistle 

vignette. Uncancelled. Printer - J.F. Halloran & Co. 5.25 x 

7.25.” Datelined Astoria, Oregon. William T. Coleman was 

founder of San Francisco’s Vigilance Committee in the 1850’s, 

a prominent businessman who was connected to Oregon by his 

brother C.D. Coleman, a businessman and resident of the state. 

The Thistle Packing Co. was a salmon cannery on Oregon’s 

coast. VF. Est. $150-300 

890. Oregon. Clatsop. Seaside. Frank’s Place. Lot of 2 pcs. 

Frank’s Place / 603 / Bdw. / Seaside // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. 

VF-XF Est. $75- 

891. Oregon. Clatsop. Warrenton. The Club. Ager and 

Coyle / The / Club / Warrenton, Ore. // GF / 25c / IM. Rd, br, 

28mm. XF Est. $5- 

892. Oregon. Columbia. Goble. John A. King. John A. 

King / Goble, Oregon // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, al, 28mm. Fine, 3 small 

holes. Est. $40- 

893. Oregon. Columbia Gorge. Columbia River Panoramic 

Photo Card Group. Lot of 6 panoramic photos: 1) Vista House, 

Crown Point, Columbia River Highway, Ore.; 2) Wah-Kee-Na 

Falls, 242 Ft., Col. R. Hwy.; 3) Rooster Rock and Crown Point, 

Col. R. Hwy.; 4) Mitchell’s Tunnell, Col. R. Hwy.; 5) Neonta 

Gorge; 6) Multnomah Falls. All by Cross & Dimmitt. VF. Est. 

$200-300 

894. Oregon. Coos. Bandon. White’s Cigar Store. White’s / 

Cigar Store // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. VF Est. $10- 

895. Oregon. Coos. Marshfield. A. Storgard. A. Storgard / 

Marshfield / Ore. // GF / 10c / IT. Rd, al, 21mm. VF Est. $8- 

896. Oregon. Coos. Marshfield. Bruce’s Place. Lot of 2 pcs. 

Bruce’s Place / Cards // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. VF Est. $25- 

897. Oregon. Coos. Marshfield. Cape Argo Soda Works. 

Cape Argo / Soda Works / Marshfield, Ore. Light green aqua. A 

few dings on base and lip. Nice display bottle. Xf. LaDue Coll. 

Est. $80-120 

898. Oregon. Coos. Marshfield. Earl M. Bush. Earl M. 

Bush / Marshfield, Ore. // Amusement Only. Rd, br, 21mm, 

square cutout. VF Est. $20- 

899. Oregon. Coos. Marshfield. Embaco. Embaco // 

Amusement Only / Embaco / No Value. Rd, br, 20mm. Fine Est. 

$8- 

900. Oregon. Coos. Marshfield. The Marshfield. Lot of 2 

pcs. The / Marshfield // GF / 5 / IT. Rd, wm, 21mm. Fair, 2 holes 

punched.) Brass No holes punched. VF Est. $10- 

901. Oregon. Coos. North Bend. North Bend Billiards. 

North Bend / NB / Billiards // GF 5c / NB / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. XF 

Est. $20- 

902. Oregon. Coos. North Bend. North Bent Billiard Hall. 

North Bend / Billiard / Hall // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, al, 21mm, VF 

Est. $30- 

903. Oregon. Crook. Prineville. Bohemian Buffet. 

Bohemian Buffet / 323 1/2 / Wash. / St. //GF 2 1/2c / IT. Rd, al, 

19mm. Fine Est. $20- 

904. Oregon. Curry. Langlois. Langlois. Langlois 

Confectionary / J. W. White / Prop. // GF / 5c / IT. Sc 4, Al, 



28mm. Est. $18- 

905. Oregon. Curry. Port Orford. W. J. Paulman. Lot of 

4 pcs. W. J. Paulman // GF / 25c / IT. Rd, al, 25mm. VF, edges 

scared by cutting instrument. See image.) same, XF) GF / 50c 

/ IT. Rd, al, 30mm) GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 20mm, star cutout. VF 

Est. $40- 

906. Oregon. Douglas. Gardiner. Gardiner Postmarked 

Wells, Fargo & Co Franked Cover, 1900. Printed at top center 

is “Paid, Wells, Fargo & Co’s Express, Over Our Lines in the 

United States.” 2 cent imprinted postage. Weak, but legible 

postmark from Gardiner, Oreg., 1900. Reverse has postmark 

from San Jose, Cal. Minor soiling. Fine. Rare Cover. Est. 

$150-300 

907. Oregon. Douglas. Oakland. Slane’s. Slane’s / Oakland 

/ Tavern // GF / 10c / IM. Oc, al, 25mm. XF Est. $20- 

908. Oregon. Douglas. Reedsport. LAW. L. A. W. // W. M. // 

GF / 25 / cents / IT. Rd, al, 23mm. Xf Est. $18- 

909. Oregon. Douglas. Roseburg. L. E. Goodman. Roseleaf 

/ L. E. / Goodman / Roseburg, Ore. // GF / 25c / IT. Sc 8, br, 

29mm. Good. Est. $20- 

910. Oregon. Douglas. Roseburg. Ray’s Place. Ray’s / Place 

// GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. VF-XF Est. $16- 

911. Oregon. Douglas. Roseburg. The Roseleaf. Stationary 

/ Cigars / Candies // GF / 25c / at / the / Roseleaf. Rd, br, 25mm. 

VF Est. $25- 

912. Oregon. Douglas. Southerlin. Sugar Distribution 

Certificate, 1918. Sugar Distribution Certificate #2012, U. S. 

Food Administration, Douglas County, Oregon, for 50 pounds 

of sugar. Issued to J. H. Reed of Sutherlin, OR, for shipment or 

delivery before November 30, 1918. Printer signed by Federal 

Food Admisistrator and countsigned by B. S. Eddy, County 

Administrator. Black border, 3.5 X 7.25 inches. Has been folded, 

creases, foxing. Fine. Est. $20-40 

913. Oregon. Gilliam. Condon. M B. Lot of 2 pcs. M B // 

GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. VF Est. $90- 

914. Oregon. Jackson. Circuit Court Judgment, 1859. 

Judgment signed by L. Duncan, Sheriff of Jackson County, 

against Michael Thomas in the amount of $2440.00. Judgment 

was in favor of Veil Schutz. Duncan wrote: “Levied this 

execution on sixteen pack mules and one bell horse.” Document 

was written 5 months after Oregon became a state on February 

14, 1859. Blue lined paper, 8 x 12.” Est. $500-1000 

915. Oregon. Jackson. Ashland. Mouck & Dame. Mouck & 

Dame / Ashland / Ore. // California Wine House / Unreadable. Sc 

8, al, 29mm. Fair Est. $5- 

916. Oregon. Jackson. Central Point. Ross Bros. Lot of 9 

pces. Ross Bros. // GF 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm, 7mm center cutout. 

Vf-Xf. Est. $200- 

917. Oregon. Jackson. Wimer. Pine Grove Gardens. Pine 

Grove Gardens / 1975 / Mortinson / Pine Grove Rd. / Wimer / 

Ore. / 97537 // Sedums / GF / 50 c / IT / Hardy / Rock / Garden / 

Plants / Semper Vivums. Rd, al, 36mm. XF Est. $5- 

918. Oregon. Jefferson. Jefferson. A. A. Miller. Lot of 2 pcs. 

A. A. Miller / Jefferson / Ore. // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. XF) 

A. A. Miller / GF / 5c / IT // Blank. Rd, al, 24mm. Fine Est. $18- 

919. No Lot. 

920. Oregon. Klamath. Mowich. Deschutes Lumber. Lot 

of 2 pcs. Deschutes / Lumber / Company // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 

21mm. XF, dirty,) GF / 25c / IT. Rd, br, 24mm. XF, Dirty Est. 

$70- 

921. Oregon. Klamath. Pelican City. Pastega & Cunial. 

Pastega & Cunial / Pelican / City / Bakery // GF / 1 / Loaf / of / 

Bread. Rd, al, 25mm. VF Est. $20- 

922. Oregon. Lane. Eugene. BAK. GF 5c IT / BAK / 

Eugene, Oregon / Ditto. Rd, br, 21mm. VF Est. $10- 

923. Oregon. Lane. Eugene. FFSS. GF 5c IT. / FF / SS / 

Eugene, Oregon // Ditto. Rd, br, 21mm. XF Est. $8- 

924. Oregon. Lane. Eugene. George A. Pease / Failings & 

Hatt Payment Voucher, 1863. Handwritten voucher (“please 

pay”) to Failings & Hatt to pay George A. Pease $200, signed 

by E.W. rhea, Eugene City, Oregon, 1863, and endorsed on 

back by Pease. Blue lined paper torn from larger sheet, 4 x 

7.5,” with applied 3 cent proprietary revenue stamp. Pease 

(1830-1919) arrived in California December 31, 1849 on the 

bark Monsan, owned by himself and 50 other young men. After 

spending a short time in the gold fields, he moved to Milwaukee, 

Oregon, and engaged in boat building. He built a keel boat and 

commanded the Spokane Indian crews of the Hudson’s Bay 

Company on the Wilmette in the early 1850’s. In 1854 he and 

Captain John C. Ainsworth built the side-wheeler Willamet, but 

the lure of gold had reduced the Oregon population and profits 

so the ship eventually wound up on the Sacramento River among 

the California gold fields. In 1855 that same lure of gold brought 

Pease to the mines in Colville, Washington Territory. He served 

on the first steamboats on the Willamette and became pilot and 

captain of the Hoosier in 1861. In 1863 he built the Enterprise, 

later put in service of the Peoples Transportation Company. A 

member of the board of directors, Pease became superintendent 

of the river lines when Peoples was sold to Ben Holladay. When 

Holladay sold out to the Oregon Steam Navigation Company, 

Pease was retained as master and later worked for the Oregon 

Railway and Navigation Company. With the building of 

numerous steamboats to his credit, in 1881 he built the Henry 

Villard for the Northern Pacific Railroad at Pend d’Oreile, Idaho. 

In 1896 he was appointed captain of the US dredge, W.S. Ladd, 

until retiring. Detailed biography included. Est. $200-400 

925. Oregon. Lane. Eugene. The Cosmo. The Cosmo / B / S 

/ Cigar Store // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. XF Est. $20- 



926. Oregon. Lincoln. Newport. Jonny’s Café. Jonny’s / 

5c / Café. //11th Bright / 5 / cents / Newport. Rd, br, 21mm, edge 

clipped, see image. Est. $10- 

927. Oregon. Lincoln. Otter Rock. Punch Bowl Inn. Lot of 

3 pcs. Punch / Bowl / Inn // GF / 10c / IT. Rd, br, 18mm. VF-XF 

Est. $12- 

928. Oregon. Linn. Albany. California State Telegraph 

Co Telegram, 1866. Datelined Albany, May 19, 1866. Sent to 

Henry Failing, a major broker and merchant in Porltand. Printed 

in orange with manuscript telegram. Early telegram from 

Oregon. Foxing at upper right corner. Fine. Est. $100-200 

929. Oregon. Linn. Albany. MC. M C / A. S. C. //GF / 5c / 

IT. Rd, br, 21mm. XF Est. $5- 

930. Oregon. Linn. Quartzville. Farrell’s. Farrell’s / JP / 

Service // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. XF Est. $25- 

931. Oregon. Malheur. Owyhee. L. L. Derrick. L. L. 

Derrick / 5cD5c / Owyhee Pastime // Ditto. Rd, br, 21mm. XFl 

Est. $30- 

932. Oregon. Map. Clason’s Guide to Oregon, 1911. 

Published by Calson Map Co, Denver, Colo. Original soft, green 

covers, 4 x 6.5”. The first 32 pages offer an alphabetical index to 

the towns of Oregon and a reference to where it is located on the 

included, folded map. The map unfolds to 19 x 24”. Counties 

are oultined in red. National Forest areas are highlighted in 

green. Near mint condition. Est. $150-300 

933. Oregon. Marion. Salem. Daily Oregon Statesman, 

Five Issues, 1872-73. Articles of interest: President U.S. Grant’s 

message to Congress, Dec. 1872., the Republican Platform, 

Newspaper Men in the Senate, Death of Supreme Court Justice 

Salmon P. Chase, General Sherman on the Modoc War, in 

addition to many items of local interest, as well as state and 

foreign news. Also wonderful ads. Est. $50-100 

934. Oregon. Marion. Woodburn. Woodburn P. C. W. 

Redeamable by / Members / of / Woodburn / P.C.W. / Association 

// GF / $2.50 / IT. Sc 4, br, 32mm. XF Est. $20- 

935. Oregon. Multnomah. Albina. Albina Gardens. Albina 

/ Gardens // Ditto. Rd, br, 21mm. XF Est. $5- 

936. Oregon. Multnomah. Lents. Otto A. Wohlfeil. The / O. 

K. / Otto A. Wohlfeil // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. VF Est. $10- 

937. Oregon. Multnomah. Parkrose. Parkrose Billiards. 

Lot of 2 pcs. Parkrose / P / Billiards // GF / 21/2C / IT. Rd, br, 

21mm. XF) GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. XF Est. $40- 

939. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. A. & L. Club. A. & L. / 

Club // GF / 2 1/2c / IT. Rd, br, 20mm. VF Est. $20- 

940. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. A. B. S. A. B. S. / Pool 

Room // GF %c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm, star cutout. XF Est. $20- 

941. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Alaska Card Room. 

Alaska Card Room / 4th & Burnside // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 

23mm, A cutout. XF Est. $60- 

942. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Beaver Club. Beaver 

Club / 436 / Wash. / ST. // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. VF Est. 

$20- 

943. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Case Letter to Corbett 

& Failing, 1872. Letter written by Isaac W. Case in Astoria, 

Oregon to Corbett & Failing, merchants in Portland, requesting 

a list of items, including blasting powder and musket caps. 8 

x 10”. Folds, VF. Case was a volunteer in the Rogue River 

Indian wars in 1855. In 1856 he went to California seeking gold, 

but soon returned unsatisfied. In 1862, lured by gold strikes in 

eastern Oregon, he packed merchandise to the eastern Oregon 

mines where he sold it at good prices. He moved to Astoria in 

the late 1860’s where he opened a store, and in 1891 he organized 

the Astoria Savings Bank. Letter is accompanied by a lengthy 

biography and copy of engraved portrait. Est. $100-200 

944. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Coffin, Gen. Stephen 

B., Receipt, 1863. Receipt is for amount of $2,367.60 to 

Failings & Hatt for full proceeds of Indian Voucher, and signed 

by S. Coffin. Blue paper, 8.5 x 11. Folds. VF. Coffin (1807- 

1882), born in Maine, came across the plains in 1847, amassed 

a lot of money in Oregon City where he resided, and in 1849 

purchased a half-interest in the Portland land claim. A venture to 

provide a steamship line from Portland to California failed when 

unscrupulous agents absconded with his ship, the “Gold Hunter,” 

and he was forced to sell the Portland property. He was vice 

president and manager of the Peoples Transportation Company 

that controlled transportation on the Willamette River for years. 

In 1861 Oregon Governor Gibbs appointed Coffin Brigadier- 

General of the Oregon Militia in order to fill the vacuum left 

when the U.S. troops departed the Northwest. He used his own 

steamboat to provide provisions to the militia in the Yakima 

Indian War. Included is a biography with illustrated portrait of 

Coffin in a group, and a photo of him in old age. Est. $150-300 

945. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Co-Operative Labor 

Temple. Portland / Co-operative / Labor Temple / Association // 

Ditto. Rd, fr, 31mm. XF Est. $5- 

938. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Dennos Food Co of 

Portland. Lot of 2 different certs. (1) Cert. #463. Incorporated 

in Oregon, 1912. Issued to J. F. Pressley in 1912 for 3 shares. 

Signed by G.N. Cherrington, secretary, and R.R. Denny, 

president. Vignette of baby at top left. Black border, gilt safety 

print and seal. Uncancelled. Printed on Goes form. 8.5 x 11. 

Dennos was a producer of baby foods. Crease on right edge, 

folds. (2) Cert. #6737. Incorporated in Oregon, 1912. Issued to 

J. F. Pressley in 1914 for 1 (one) share. Signed by R.R. Denny, 

president, and E.O. Dueker, secretary. Vignette of small child 

leaning on elbows, top left. Black border, gilt safety print and 

seal. Uncancelled. Printed on Goes form. 8.5 x 11. The Dennos 

Co. produced baby food. Folds. VF. Est. $20-40 

946. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Embassy Club. 

Embassy / 311 / S>W> 3rd Ave. / Club // Embassy (crossed). Rd, 



br, 21mm. XF Est. $20- 

947. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Erickson’s. Lot of 2 

pcs. GF 5c IT/ R / Erickson’s / Ditto. Rd, br, 21mm. VF-XF. Est. 

$40- 

948. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Foley’s. Foley’s / 311 / 

S>W> Third // Rd, br, 21mm. XF Est. $50- 

949. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Fraternal Club. 

Fraternal / 1414 N. Williams / Ave / Club // GF / 2 1/2C / IT. Rry. 

Al, 28mm. VF Est. $30- 

950. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Fred Meyer. 25c / IT / 

Fred Meyer, Inc. // Ditto. Rd, bd, 22mm. XF Est. $5- 

951. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Fritz & Russell. Fritz 

& Russell / Erickson’s / Saloon // DF / 2 1/2c / IT. Rd, br, 24mm, 

hole cancelled. VF Est. $20- 

952. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Hilton. Lot of 2 pcs. 

Hilton / 5 // Blank. Rd, br, 22mm. XF Est. $5- 

953. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Jack Pflager. Jack 

Flager / V / Grand / And Morrison // Jack Pflager / V / IT. Rd, br, 

21mm. XF Est. $50- 

954. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. John Gates Letter 

to Steamer Spray, 1862. Addressed to H.W. Corbett, the 

letter discusses completing repairs and the fact that they were 

accepting “dust” for payment of passage and freight, but lacked 

coin. Gold was discovered in Baker County, OR in 1861 and 

boomtowns had sprung up in the area through which the Steam 

Spray traveled on the Columbia River. Henry W. Corbett, a 

wealthy Portland businessman, was involved in steamboats. John 

Gates was an engineer and captain credited with 27 patents on 

inventions for the steamboat. (One biography called him the 

Edison of the Pacific Coast.) He worked for the Oregon Steam 

Navigation Co. and later served as mayor of Portland. Detailed 

biography included. Some foxing, but doesn’t impair readability, 

otherwise excellent condition. Writing on first and second pages 

with attached third and fourth blank. Letter reads: Str. Spray 

Nov. 14th 1862. H.W. Corbett. Have just come down from the 

wood yard, completed our repairs all in good orders will leave 

for Wallula Monday Nov. 17th at 8 o’clock A.M. I have looked 

for that freight you speak of, your letters was the first I knew 

anything about it. Our former mate used to receipt for good, 

and discharge them at our landing at Deschutes [at mouth of 

Deschutes River in center OR and the Columbia] and I would 

never know anything about it. There was a box the same way 

which luckily I found. I was oblige to be at the Boat and have 

not had time to attend to the freight you speak of but will look 

to it. I received the Captain stove and be all right. I have given 

quite a number of drafts lately as I have no coin. We have to take 

all dust for passage money and also freight. If I do not get any at 

Wallula [WA] from Baker [OR] I shall have to send for coin. I 

have some dust which I shall send down as soon as I have money. 

We will not likely go to Lewiston [ID] till the river rises. Yrs 

truly J.W. Gates. Please send up two cinch double blocks see 

Capt Smith, patent sheaves [?]. Note from Fred: Coin Section 

- discuss lack of coins. Check estimate. Carol guessed at it. Est. 

$400-800 

955. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Johnny & Lennies. 

Johnny & Lennies / Food / Stamps. // GF / 1c / IT. Rd, al, 20mm. 

VF Est. $5- 

956. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Judge Edward 

Hamilton Signed Deed, 1859. Portland deed by Willias Haser 

and Wife to Samuel Barrett of Washington Co. Signed by E 

.Hamilton, judge. (1801-1883). Hamilton served in the Mexican 

War with General Zachary Taylor and in 1848 nominated Taylor 

for president at the Whig convention in Philadelphia. He was 

appointed Oregon Territorial Secretary by the then president 

Taylor and served from 1850 to 1853. In 1854 he formed a law 

partnership with Benjamin Stark, one of the original owners of 

the Portland town site. He served as Multnomah County judge, 

1858-1862. Brief biography included. Printed in Oregon. Est. 

$150-300 

957. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Kelly’s Olympian Co. 

Lot of 4 Pcs. Kelly’s / Olympian / Co. / 309 Wash St. // Kellys 

(Crossed). Rd, 21mm. VF, 2 pieces are brass, 2 are white metal 

Est. $30- 

958. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. L. D. McKee. L. D. 

McKee /Smoke / House // GF / 25c / IT. Rd, br, 25mm. XF Est. 

$20- 

959. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Lamb’s Club. Lot of 3 

pcs. Lamb’s Club / L / 107 6th St. // GF / 2 1/2 / L / C / IT. Rd, 

al, 21mm. Fine to VF Est. $25- 

960. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Lotus Card Room. 

Lotus Card / Room / 932 / S. W. Third // L R. Rd, br, 21mmXF 

Est. $20- 

961. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. M B. M (star) B 

(crossed). // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. XF Est. $30- 

962. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. M. Stankovich M. 

Stankovich / 69 1/2 / N. Third / St. / Portland, Oregon // GF / 5c / 


963. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Moore’s. Smoke / 

Moore’s / Shop / GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. VF. Est. $10- 

964. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Multnomah Novelty 

Co. Multomah / Novelty Co. // GF 5c IT. Rd, br, 21mm, center 

cutout. XF Est. $8- 

965. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Multnomah. Lot of 

2 pcs. Multnomah / Novelty Co. // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm, 

7mm center cutout. VF Est. $22- 

966. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. North Portland 

Pastime. North Portland Pastime / Stock / Yards / GF / 5c / IT. 

Rd, al, 21mm. VF Est. $30- 

967. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Northrop & Sturgis 



Co. The Northrop & Sturgis / Company / Portland, / Oregon. 

Blue aqua. Small base chip, on very bottom. Minor lip dings. 

Bright and clean. Xf. LaDue Coll. Est. $40-60 

968. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Penney & Finneran. 

Penney & Finneran / 9 & 11 / Brand / Ave. // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 

21mm. VF Est. $40- 

969. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Portland Air Base. 

Portland / PX / Air Base. // For Amusement / Only / No Value. 

Rd, wm, 21mm. XF Est. $5- 

970. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Portland General 

Electric Co Specimen. Lot of 3 (1) Cert.#T00000 is a $1000 

dollar temporary gold bond due 1960, printed on orange safety 

paper, border is orange, 11” X 14”, specimen has been stamped 

and holes put on signature line. Printer American Bank Note 

Company. In upper left hand corner 225 was stamped on.(2) 

Cert.#V00000 is a $5000 dollar gold due 1933, printed on green 

safety paper, border is green, 16” X 14”, specimen has been 

stamped and holes put on signature line. Printer was American 

Bank Note Company. In upper left hand corner 16 was stamped 

on, attached on the right is three specimens (3) Cert.#A00000 

is a $25,000 dollar gold note due 1933, printed on brown safety 

paper, border is brown, 16” X 14”, specimen has been stamped 

and holes put on signature line. Printer American Bank Note 

Company. In upper left hand corner 18 was stamped on, attached 

on the right is three specimens Est. $40-80 

971. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Post Office Registry 

Receipt, 1882. Signed by Geo. A. Steel with his oval “Correct” 

stamp including date. 3 x 6.” Top left corner slice missing 

when torn from receipt book. Steel was appointed postmaster 

by President Garfield in 1881. After Garfield’s assassination, 

President Arthur appointed him for 4 years until 1885. With his 

brother James, they engaged in real estate and insurance under 

G.A. Steel & Co. In 1889 they organized the Metropolitan Street 

Railway Company with George as president. They went on to 

develop additional lines, including the East Side Railway Co. 

George was reappointed Portland postmaster in 1889. He was 

state treasurer from 1907-11. Detailed biography included. Est. 

$75-100 

972. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. S L. 71 / Third / Street 

// GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm, SL cutout, VF Est. $5- 

973. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Stockmen’s Club. 323 

S. W. Alder / Scockmen’s Club // Stockmen’s Club / 25c / IT. Rd, 

br, 26mm. XF Est. $5- 

974. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Tabor Heights Cigar 

Store. Tabor Heights / Cigar Store // GF 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm, 

clover cutout Est. $20- 

975. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Tortonia Club. 

Tortonia Club / 108 / 4th St, / Portland // GF / cts / 5 / cts / IT> 

Oc, al, 23mm. VF Est. $30- 

976. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Water Front Social 

Club. Lot of 3 pcs. Water Front Social Club / W // GF / 5c / IT. 

Rd, br, 21mm. XF Est. $40- 

977. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Willamette 

Amusement. Willamette / Amusement ./ Co. // No Value / For / 

Amusement Only. Rd, br, 20mm. VF Est. $5- 

978. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Willamette Steam 

Mills Lumbering & Mfg Co Illustrated Letter sheet, 1888. 

A beautifully illustrated lettersheet with a vignette at upper 

left of the mills and yards at Portland. Next to the vignette is 

the company title with “Manufacturers of and Dealers in All 

Kinds of Fir and Spruce Lumber, Flooring, Siding, Ceiling, 

Rustic, Pickets, Lath, etc.” Julius Ordway, Manager. Datelined 

Portland, OR, 1888. Carbon copy letter sent to Bi Metallic MC, 

Granite, Mont. The letter indicates that the Bi Metallic MC was 

requesting quotes for product, but the freight charges were so 

excessive that the bid was not offered. Extremely fine. Est. $60- 

100 

979. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Winkler Cigars. 

Winkler / W / Cigars // GF %c / W / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. VF Est. 

$20- 

980. Oregon. Multnomah. Portland. Zieber, Multnomah 

County Documents, 1860’s-1878. Lot of 3. 1) Notarized 

affidavit signed by Al Zieber stating that $14 is due Bill & Co. 

from the estate of Thos. S. Watson, Multnomah County, Oregon, 

1865, with 5 cent internal revenue agreement stamp; 2) Receipt 

to Bloch and Corbett for school, state, county, special and 

military taxes for the year 1869, Portland, Oregon, signed Al 

Zieber, Sheriff of Multnomah County, by his deputy; 3) Letter 

on Clarendon Hotel letterhead, Zieber & Knowles, Proprietors, 

Portland, Oregon, 1878. Zieber (1830-90) was a hotel & livery 

man in addition to being Multnomah County Sheriff (1868- 

70) and U.S. Marshal in the 1860’s. In 1855 he was the asst. 

quartermaster-general heading up territorial governor Curry’s call 

to gather arms for the Indian wars. Est. $150-300 

981. Oregon. Multnomah. St. Johns. T. A. Glover. T. A. 

Glover / 8716 / No. Jersey / St. Johns / Card Room & Restaurant 

// Ditto. Rd, br, 24mm. VF Est. $20- 

982. Oregon. Multnomah. Woodstock. Joe’s Place. Joe’s 

Place / Woodstock // Ditto. Rd, br, 21mm. VF Est. $60- 

983. Oregon. Polk. Fort Hill. Fort Hill Tavern. Fort Hill / 

Tavern // GF / 50c / IT. Oc, al, 31mm. VF Est. $40- 

984. Oregon. Polk. Rickreall. Rickreall Bar-B-Q. Rickreall 

Bar-B-Q // No value / For / Amusement Only. Rd, br, 20mm. XF 

Est. $5- 

985. Oregon. Tokens. Oregon Token Lot. Lot of 10 tokens. 

Assorted, includes Ashland Motto piece,Oretech #289 tag, 

Empire Billiard Hall, Bend Gateway to Cascades, Rose City PTA, 

Portland Vancover Toll Bridge, Blomgren’s Ice Cream, The Free 

Loader, Forest Grove Sofspra, Grants Pass 100th Anniversary. 

Est. $20- 

986. Oregon. Umatilla. Pendleton. The Rivoli. Lot of 2 pcs. 



The Rivoli / Socko-Poker / Pendleton // GF / 25c / I(T. Rd, br, 

22mm. XF Est. $16- 

987. Oregon. Umatilla. Pilot Rock. Pilot Rock 

Confectionary. Pilot / Rock / Confectionary // GF / 25c / IT. Rd, 

al, 24mm. XF Est. $18- 

988. Oregon. Umatilla. Power City. Furniture Circus. 

Power / Furniture / Circus / City // 5c / IT. Rd, al, 23mm. XF Est. 

$18- 

989. Oregon. Umatilla. Power City. Power City. Power / 

MR 5% ER / City. // 1c / IT. Rd, al, 16mm. XF Est. $20- 

990. Oregon. Umatilla. Rieth. Rieth Pool Hall. Rieth / Poll / 

Hall // GF / 25c / IT. Rd, br, 25mm. XF Est. $30- 

991. Oregon. Umatilla. Stanfield. J. B. Keeney. Lot of 3 

pcs. J. B. Keeney / Stanfield // GF 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm, clover 

cutout, 1 with round cutout. XF Est. $50- 

992. Oregon. Umatilla. Umatilla. Hotel Oregon. Hotel / Bar 

/ Oregon // GF / 5c / IT. Dr, br, 21mm. VF Est. $5- 

993. Oregon. Umatilla. Weston. Davis. F / Davis / F // GF / 

5c/ IT. Rd, br, 21mm. XF Est. $20- 

994. Oregon. Wasco. The Dalles. Charlie Frank. Charlie 

Frank / The Dalles / Oregon // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. XF 

Est. $20- 

995. Oregon. Wasco. The Dalles. Elton’s Club. Elton’s 

Club / The Dalles / Oregon // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. VF Est. 

$30- 

996. Oregon. Wasco. The Dalles. McClaskey Bros. Lot of 3 

pcs. McClaskey Bros. / The Dalles / Ore. // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 

21mm. VF) GF / 25c / IT. Rd, br, 25mm. XF) GF / 25c/ IT, Rd, 

br, 26mm. XF Est. $90- 

997. Oregon. Wasco. The Dalles. R. A. Crooks. R. A. 

Crooks / The / Dalles / Pastime // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. XF 

Est. $30- 

998. Oregon. Washington. Hillsboro. Commercial Club. 

Hillsboro / Commercial / Club // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. XF 

Est. $40- 

999. Oregon. Washington. Sherwood. H. Wagner. H. 

Wagner / Sherwood / Ore. // GF / 25 / IT. Rd, al, 25mm. VF Est. 

$5- 

1000. Oregon. Washington. Six Corners. A. F. Frebs. A. F. 

Krebs / Six / Corners // GF / 25c / IT. Sc 8, bd, 28.5mm. XF Est. 

$30- 

1001. Oregon. Washington. Timber. Timber Café. Timber / 

Café // No Value / For / Amusement Only. Rd, wm, 21mm. XF 

Est. $16- 

1002. Oregon. Yamhill. McMinnville. Recreation Billiards. 

Recreation / Billiards / McMinnville // GF/ 5c / IT. Oc, al, 23mm. 

XF Est. $10- 

1003. Oregon. Yamhill. Newberg. Yamhill Amusement. 

Lot of 2 pcs. Yamhill / Amusement / Co. // No Value / For / 

Amusement Only. Rd, br, 20mm. Fine - XF Est. $8- 

1004. Oregon & Washington. Maps. Northwest Topo Maps, 

1890-1910. 9 early topo maps from the 1:125,000 series. This 







Includes; Baker City, Klamath, Telocaset, Crater Lake, Stehekin, 

Glacier Peak, Mt Adams, Skykomish, Mt Aix Est. $100-200 

1005. Philippines. Benguet Cons Mining Co Prospectus, 

1946. An indepth prospectus of a large mining and lumber 

related company operating in the Philippines prior to and after 

the Japanese Invasion. This war aggression severely hurt the 

company financially, but was able to regroup after the Japanese 

expulsion in 1945 and the ensueing Independence of the 

Philippines in 1946. Extensive chrome and gold deposits are 

found in the Islands and this exploited these resources. 64pps, no 

covers as original. Fine-very fine. Est. $50-80 

1006. Philippines. Mindanao Mining Co. Cert #223. 

Incorporated in Philippine Islands. Issued to Victoria Lanzarote 

for 2000 shares in 1924. Signed by Florencio Emmet secretary 

and A. R. King president. Underprint vignette of the outline of 

the Philippine Islands. Orange border. Uncancelled. There are 

several potential gold properties located near Mindanao that are 

still being looked today. 8 x 12”. Fine. Est. $80-150 

1007. Political. Kansas City, MO. Mayor’s Office 

Campaign Letter and Cover, 1903. Office of Mayor James 

A. Reed, datelined Kansas City, Mo, and dated Nov. 17, 1903. 

Signed by the Mayor. Letter addressed to L.J. Minnick in Lock 

Springs, MO, asking for Minnick’s support in the next election. 

8.5 x 11 and cover, which is torn at the open end. Est. $50-100 

1008. Political. Political Business Cards. Lot of 11 cards. 

They include: N.Z. Johnson, candidate for Recorder; Oscar Lair, 

Repub. Cand. For City Assessor; Henry Boyland, Repub. Cand. 

For Livingston Co. Treasurer; Otis Hurst, Dem. Candidate for 

Judge of the County Court; Oran G. Anderson, Dem. Cand. 

For Probate Judge, Livingston County; Ralph S. Bartlett, Dem. 

Cand. For Circuit Clerk (picture); M.A. Romjue, Dem. Cand. 

For Congressman (picture); J.P. (June) Morgan, Dem. Cand. For 

Prosecuting Attorney of Livingston Co.; Ralph Hughes, Dem. 

cand. For Prosecuting Attorney. Last item is abusiness card-size 

ad for the nes national song hit, “When Teddy Comes Marching 

Home,” with pic of Teddy Roosevelt, dated 1910. Est. $50-100 

1009. Political. Sample Ballot and American Flag Card. 

Lot of 2. Card with colored picture of an American flag and 

a quotation by William McKinley. Compliments of Farmers 



and Merchants Bank, Chillicothe, Mo. Sample Ballot for the 

November 1964 general election in Livingston County, MO. 

Yellow paper with black print, single sheet. Est. $60-120 

1010. Political. Sheriff Campaign Business Cards. Lot 

of 5 cards, all from Missouri. 1) Maurice Dorney, Democratic 

Candidate for Sheriff of Livingston County. 2) Frank E. Jacobs, 

Republican Candidate for Sheriff of Livingston County. 3) Vic 

Walker, Republican Candidate for Sheriff of Livingston County. 

4) John F. Clark, Democratic Candidate for Sheriff of Clay 

County (2 cards). All fine. Est. $50-100 

1011. Political. Postcard. Roosevelt Family Photo Postcard, 

1909. Titled “The Roosevelt Family,” photo shows Teddy 

Roosevelt seated outside, in front of a building with louvered 

shutters and bushes. Sitting close by is a woman and the two are 

surrounded by 6 young boys and girls. Part of the “Rotograph” 

Series, No. A-2, Copyright 1909, Pach Bros. N.Y. Card is 

addrssed to Mr. Charles Vollmer, Jr. in Brooklyn. Est. $75-150 

1012. Political. Postcard. Theodore Roosevelt Postcard. 

Folded at bottom left. Post mark 1902. Rare, but damaged. Est. 

$25-50 

1013. Postal History. Covers for Postmark Collectors. Lot 

of 20+ covers mostly from the Midwest and South. No Texas, 

Missouri or Colorado. A good group for postmark collectors. 

Est. $50-100 

1014. Postal History. Fire and Marine Underwriters Agency 

Cover. Interoffice cover with The Fire and Marine Underwriters 

Agency, Hartford, Connecticut. Printed in black on brown lettersize 

envelope. “Stock Certificates” handwritten in pencil at top. 

Est. $- 

1015. Postal History. Golden Replicas of United States 

Stamps Album. Brownleather 3-ring album containing 

First-Day covers bearing golden replicas of the stamps, and 

postmarked from the first-day city designated by the U.S. Postal 

Service. Album includes certificate of membership in the Postal 

Commemorative Society for Chere Brown. Also included are 

samples of Conservation Stamps, Christmas stamps, and Spring 

Habitat stamps from the 1960’s. All VF. Est. $60-100 

1016. Postal History. Imprinted Stamp Postcard Collection, 

1885-1946. Lot of 100 + or - poscards with dates from 1885- 

1946. Most to or from members of the Minnick family of 

Missouri. Est. $50-100 

1017. Railroad. Coal Related Railroad Certificates. Lot 

of 2 certificates. (1) Mahoning Coal Rail Road Co. Cert 

#A1280. Incorporated in Ohio, 1871. Issued in 1925. Five shares. 

“ISSUED IN ERROR” stamped in ink on obverse. Vignette 

is state seal at upper left showing a mirror with the reflection 

of a clutch of arrows and clutch of wheat and mountains, this 

flanked by two male figures, a blacksmith and a farmer, with 

a river boat and locomotive in the background. Brown border 

and underprinting, “Shares 50 Dollars Each”. Cancelled by ink 

stamp and punched holes, 1928. Printed by American Bank Note 

Company, New York. 7 X 10.5. Over the years this company’s 

leadership roster listed the names of noted railroading figures 

such as W. K. Vanderbilt and others. Some minor creasing and 

wrinkling, but never folded. Very fine. (2) National Coal Railway 

Co. Interim Certificate #78. Incorporated in Utah, 1925. 160 

shares. Issued to National Coal Co in 1926. Signed by F. A. 

Sweet, President, and the Secretary (illegible). Vignette consists 

of company logo at top depicting capital building. Brown Border. 

Corporate seal, embossed. Canceled by ink stamp. Printer not 

indicated. 9 X 12. Datelined Salt Lake City. Two small tears at 

bottom in border, folded twice. Very good. Est. $50-100 

1018. Railroad. Railroad Bond & Certificate Collection 

Lot of 8 pcs. (1) Market Street Railway Co. Stock Cert 

#N.Y.O.1382. Incorporated in California. Issued Simon Borg 

& Co. in 1921. Vignette, green border, cancelled. Cox Guide 

number MAR-482-S-90 ic. (2) West Shore Railroad Co. Bond 

# M103519. Issued in 1952. Orange border, vignette, cancelled. 

Cox # WES-304-B-56 ic. (3) Connecting Railway Co. Bond 

#9462. Incorporated in Pennsylvania. Issued in 1951. Red 

border, vignettes, uncancelled. Cox number CON-455-B-70 ic. 

(4) Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. 

Bond # 2926. Incorporated in Ohio in 1889. Issued in 1890. 

$1000 Gold Bond, 4 per cent. Green border, vignette, cancelled. 

(5) Lehigh Valley Railroad Co. Bond # RB172. Incorporated in 

Pennsylvania. Issued to Gerlach & Company in 1979, as of 1970. 

$1000 registered, Series B. Blue border, vignette, uncancelled. 

(6) Lehigh Valley Railroad Co. Bond # RB172. Incorporated in 

Pennsylvania. Issued to Gerlach & Company in 1979, as of 1970. 

$1000 registered, Series B. Brown border, vignette, uncancelled. 

(7) Pennsylvania Railroad Co. Bond #H166. Incorporated in 

the State of Pennsylvania. Issued to Mohan G. Lowland in 

1970. $5000 Registered, General mortgage, 4.25 %, Series 

E. Red border, vignette, cancelled. (8) Michigan cert. #695. 

Incorporated in 1846. Issued 1907. Signed by vice president and 

secretary but signatures obscured by cancellation holes. Nice 

vignette of railway station scene, with engine steaming down the 

track and workmen nearby. Green border with green underprint. 

Cancelled. Est. $100-400 

1019. Railroad. Railroad Certificate Collection. Lot of 

7 certificates. (1) Erie Railroad Company. Stock Certificate 

#CO150113. Incorporated in New York in 1895. Issued to 

Allan B Fitch in 1960 for eighteen shares. Signed by H. W. 

Von Waller (illegible), President, and R. H. Hann, Secretary. 

Allegorical vignette, Cox # ERI-055-s-70 ic. Cancelled. (2) 

Erie-Lackawanna Railroad Co, #NC83644. Incorporated in New 

York in 1960. Issued to Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc. 

in 1964 for 100 shares, vignette, red border and underprinting, 

cancelled. (3) Reading Co. Cert #CN48844. Incorporated in 

the State of Pennsylvania. Issued to Loeb Roades & Co. in 

1968. Vignette, red border, cancelled, Cox #REA-300-S-55 ic. 

(4) Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad. Cert #29932. Issued to 

Noxid & Co. in 1936. Three attractive vignettes. Cancelled, 

green border. Cox #PIT-525-S-40 ic. (5) Lehigh Valley Railroad 

Co. Cert # N6330. Incorporated in Pennsylvania. Issued to T. 

A. Richardson & Company in 1950. Vignette, blue border and 

underprint, cancelled. Cox # LEH-741-S-71 ic. (6) New York 

Central Railroad Co. Cert #N190683. Incorporated in the State 

of Delaware. Issued to Goodbody & Company in 1967. Vignette, 

blue border, cancelled. Cox # NEW-530-S-71 ic. (7) Pittsburgh 



& Lake Erie Railroad. Cert #108249. Issued to Carl M. Loeb, 

Rhoades & Co. in 1955. Three attractive vignettes, green border, 

cancelled. Cox # PIT-525-S-41 ic. Est. $50-200 

1020. Railroad. Railroad Certificates. Lot of 2 certificates. 

(1) Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. 

Cert #A3597. Incorporated in 1890 in the States of Pennsylvania, 

West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Issued to John H. 

Jacquelin & Co. in 1911. Twenty two shares, Preferred Stock. 

Signed by Edward B. Taylor, Vice President, and S. B. Ligget, 

Secretary. Vignette of locomotive r-l in circle at upper-right. 

Green border and underprinting, “Preferred Stock”. Embossed 

corporate seal, crisp. Printed dateline with “189-”. Cancelled by 

punched holes and ink stamp. Printed by ABN of Philadelphia, 7 

X 11, horizontal. One 4-cent New York stock transfer tax stamp 

on back. Railway came into existence in 1890 as a consolidation 

of different lines. Some foxing, creases, staple holes but never 

folded. Very fine. (2) Illinois Central Railroad Co. Cert #28535. 

Incorporated in 1851 in the State of Illinois. Issued to J. S. Bache 

& Co. in 1901. 100 shares. Signed by E. T. H. Gibson, Treasurer, 

and Charles H. Wenman, Assistant Secretary. No vignette, but 

there is a map printed at the left side showing the entire system 

from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. Orange border and 

underprinting, “100 Shares”. “Capital $79,200,000” on gold 

gilding. Cancelled in 1902 by holes punched at signature lines 

and stamped, “Surrendered”. Printed by ABN of New York, 7 X 

11, horizontal. Incorporation was approved in 1851, although a 

board had been first organized in 1836. The Illinois Central was 

the very first land-grant railroad. Edward H. Harriman had much 

to do with the expansion of the Illinois Central before going on to 

even greater accomplishments with the Union Pacific, eventually 

controlling even more miles of track than even Cornelius 

Vanderbilt. $5 stamp on front, partially obscured by posted page 

pasted at left edge. Slight discoloration and foxing at edges. Very 

fine. Est. $50-200 

1021. Railroad. Railroad China Plate “Brief Encounter” 

with Wooden Stand. Porcelain souvenir plate titled “Brief 

Encounter,” the Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway, from by 

the Christian Bell Porcelain Ltd. Company of Canada. After an 

original work by Theodore A. Xaras, and second in the series 

“The Age of Steam.” Plate is numbered #10,728 of 15,000. 

1982. About 9.5” diameter, with oak display stand. Includes 

brochure with artist’s bio and some information on the Toronto, 

Hamitlon & Buffalo RR. Est. $75-100 

1022. Railroad. Rare Unissued Railroad Certificates. Lot of 

2 certificates. (1) Somerset and Kennebec Railroad Co. Cert not 

numbered. Incorporated in 1848. Unissued from 1850s. No value 

indicated. Vignette up left side of Tom Thumb train. Black border 

on blue paper stock. 6 X 8. Corporate seal in red. In 1871 the 

company was leased and operated by the Portland and Kennebec 

Railroad and consisted of 37 miles between Augusta and 

Skowhegan, Maine, with 14-mile extension planned to Carrituck 

Falls. Slight discoloration on edge. Cox number SOM-545-S-50 

uu. Very Fine. (2) Stuttgart & Rice Belt Railroad Co. Cert #56. 

Incorporated in Arkansas. Unissued. Vignette at top depicting 

steam locomotive emerging from tunnel. Black border. Gold 

safety underprinting. Printer not indicated. 8 X 11. The Stuttgart 

& Rice Belt Railway Co. was sold under foreclosure in 1913 to 

the Rock Island, Stuttgart and Southern Railway Co. of which 

the entire line consisting of 21 miles between Mesa and Stuttgart, 

Arkansas, was leased in 1914 by the Chicago, Rock Island and 

Pacific Railway Co. Cox Guide # STU-714-S-50 uu. Tear at top, 

extending into certificate 3/4 inch, otherwise very good. Est. 

$50-200 

1023. Railroad. Wabash Railroad Co. and San Antonio 

& Aransas Pass Railway Co. Receipts, 1902 & 1905. Lot of 

2. Wabash Railroad Co. shipping receipt from Thos Minnick 

in Lock Springs, Mo. For delivery to John Walton in Salesbury, 

Ind. Revenue Stamp on face. The San Antonio & Aransas Pass 

Railway Co., received from R.M. Hughes & Co. 2 kegs cider and 

1 box faucets for shipment to T.J. Minnick. Scarce and VF. Est. 

$25-50 

1024. Railroad. Certificate. Denver & Rio Grande Railroad 

Certificates. Lot of 6pcs. All issued, signed, cancelled. Vignette 

at upper right of prospectors working an outcrop. Orange border. 

Three of the certificates have European revenue stamps. All in 

fair condition. Est. $130-250 

1025. Saloon. Avon Beer Stein. Avon Beer Stein. Famous 

Football design beer stein from 1983 showing five football 

players. Closed top, 9 inches tall, 4 inch base. Handcrafted in 

Brazil by Caramarte for Avon. Dated 1983, number 156417. New 

condition, never used. Est. $80-150 

1026. Saloon. Avon Beer Stein. Avon Beer Stein. First 

year’s product for Avon. Scene of Sheep, Eagle. Mountain Goat, 

Condor, Alaskan Moose, Falcon. Closed top, 9 inches tall, 4 inch 

base. Handcrafted by Caramarte of Brazil for Avon. Dated 1976, 

number 703541. New condition, never used. Est. $40-75 

1027. Saloon. Budweiser Beer Stein. Budweiser Beer Stein. 

Clydesdales 50th Anniversary, 1933-1983, open top. Winter 

snow scene showing eight horse team of Clydesdales. Mfg. By 

Ceramarte in Brazil. New condition, never used. Est. $80-75 

1028. South Africa. Transvaal. Messina Development Co 

Prospectus, 1913. This company operated a very successful 

copper mine in the Zoutpansberg district in the Transvaal. By 

1916, the mine was accessed by two shafts, 1000’ and 1700’ 

deep with production of 12.8 milliion pounds of copper. The 

Mines Handbook, 1918, states that ore was averaging around 

4.5% copper, the prospectus reports assays as high as 66% 

copper. For comparison, when I worked a copper pit in Tonopah, 

our cut off grade was around 1% and the large copper mines of 

South America operate at around 0.5% copper. The prospectus 

offers several photographs of the mine operations, which appear 

primitive. Also, included are detailed cross sections of the mine 

itself. 22pps, original wrappers. Included are four promotional 

circulars. Very fine. Est. $60-100 

1029. South Carolina. Ridgeland. T. M. Bailey’s. Lot of 2 

tokens. Same obverse: T. M. Bailey’s / Store / Ridgeland / S. C. 

Reverses: GF / 25 (1.00) / IT. Rd, al, 21mm(25), 30mm(1.00). 

Both XF. Provenance: LaDue Coll. Est. $5- 

1030. Stage & Screen. Rentfrow’s Jolly Pathfinders Tent 



Show Ad Card, c. 1900. Card is advertising Rentfrow’s Big 

Stock Co., The Jolly Pathfinders’ appearance at the Opera House. 

One side features picture of Rentfrow’s Comedians, musicians. 

All are wearing elaborate headgear and band uniforms and 

holding their instruments. The Strongest Line of Plays, The 

Greatest Vaudeville Features are also advertised as coming to 

the Opera House next Monday. Reverse of card shows portraits 

of the leading lady and leading man, who will appear in the 

company’s “High Class Plays.” Pinkish card stock, black print, 

meas. 4 x 9.” VF. Tent shows were popular in the rural areas of 

the United States during the first half of the twentieth century, 

particularly in the Southwest, South, and Midwest. Typically, 

these shows featured a three-act comedy or drama interspersed 

with “polite” vaudeville. In Texas, In the southern part of Texas 

the Charles Harrison troupe achieved a marked success shortly 

before World War I. He was quickly followed by Rentfrow’s 

Jolly Pathfinders and by Roy E. Fox’s Popular Players. Rentfrow, 

in fact, may have toured Texas as early as 1880 [Ref: Internet]. 

Est. $50-100 

1031. Tennessee. Rhea. Cumberland Coal & Iron Company 

& Annette Mining Corp. Lot of 4 pcs. 3 are Cumberland Coal 

& Iron Company Offcering Circular dated 1924, broadside and 

prospectus. Company located at and near Dayton, TN, on the 

main line of the Southern Railway and the Tennessee River, about 

37 mi. from Chattanooga. Holdings are more than 25,000 acres 

of coal and iron lands. 4) Annette Mining Corp.offering booklet, 

Knoxville, TN, 1931. Located on Coker Creek. Company was 

formed for proving purposes only and has shown that the values 

are there and the gold can be economically recovered. Photos, 

testimonial letters, engineer reports. 8.5 x 11”, 15 pgs. Punch hole 

top left. Est. $75-150 

1032. Texas. Harris. Houston. Star Bottling Works Co. Star 

Bottling / (star) / Works Co. / Houston, / Texas. Bottom: star. 

Light aqua. Major chip on base. Minor lip dings. Vf. LaDue 

Coll. Est. $40-60 

1033. Texas. Maps. Texas Topo Maps, 1890-1910. 17 







All are used, some with chips, tears, folds and a few pencil 

notes. Includes; Hayrick, Texarcana, Anson, Roby, Sweetwater, 

Hayrick, Coleman, Brady, Brownwood, Breckenridge, Palo 

Pinto, Austin, El Paso, Kerrville, Mason, Sherwood, S Angelo 

Est. $100-300 

1034. Texas. Oil. Texas Oil Stocks. Lot of 4. Yates Ranch Oil 

& Royalties, 10 shares, 1928; Fairchild Pettroleum, 50 shares, 

1922; same; Gustaveson Oil, 500 shares, 1917. All uncancelled, 

vf. Est. $50-100 

1035. Texas. Palo Pinto. Palo Pinto. Palo Pinto Abstract and 

Guarantee Co and Rice Farming Brochures, c. 1905. Lot of 

2 small brochures. 1) The Palo Pinto Abstract and Guarantee 

Co. for Palo Pinto and Mineral Wells, Texas. Agents are John H. 

Eaton and Geo. W. Hazlewood. Includes listings and descriptions 

of ranch, farm and city properties for sale in the county. 20 

pgs, light green paper cover, staple together, 3.5 x 6.” 2) Rice 

Farming, Texas Industry, An Alphabetical List of Requisites to 

Success. Produced by the Southern Pacific RR. Sunset Route in 

Houston, Texas. Single page, folded into brochure, lists A to Z 

(26) requisites for the rice farmer. Palo Pinto and Mineral Wells, 

12 miles west of Palo Pinto, are both located in north central 

Texas in Palo Pinto County, which was established in 1856. Est. 

$75-100 

1036. Texas. Williamson. Georgeville. City Ice & Bottling 

Works. City Ice / & / Bottling Works / Georgetown / Texas. 

Lip dings. Case wear. Some shoulder dings. Some hazing. Vf. 


1037. Token. Hard Time Tokens. Lot of 2pcs. Executive / 

(pic of turtle with wooden box on his back with the words “Sub 

Treasury” / 1837 / Fiscal Agent / Experiment // Illustrious / I 

Follow / In The / (pic of Unicorn) / Steps / Of My / Predecessor. 

Rd, br, 29mm. Toned, Vf. (2) 1841 US Large Cent Fascimile. 

Reverse has: Millions For Defence / Not One Cent / For Tribute. 

Holed at 12 o’clock for suspension. Wear to some high points, 

some rim damage. Rd, br, 27mm. Est. $30-60 

1038. Token. Ray W. Rodgers, Chiropractor Card. Token 

punch card, good for 12 chiropractic adjustments. Issued to Mrs. 

M.J. Minnick of Chillicothe, MO. From the office of Ray W. 

Rodgers. Est. $50-100 

1039. Transportation. Taxi Business Cards. Lot of 2. Both 

Missouri. One is Crews Cab Co, 1200 Taxi, “We Drive to Please 

- Day or Night.” From Moberly, MO. Second is Skinner Bros. 

City and County Taxi Service. Paige, Jewett, Hudson and Essex 

Dealers. From Chillicothe, MO. Slightly soiled. VF. Est. $25-50 

1040. Utah. Bottles. Utah Bottle Lot. Lot of 3 different 

bottles. (1) Utah Bottling / Murray / Utah. Bottom: U. B. Co. 

Slight purple hue. Case wear, lip dings. (2) T. Parsons / Salt 

Lake / City. Bottom: C. C. C. Co. Aqua. Substantial crack 

emanates from base, about 1 inch. Shows hazing, case wear and 

some lip and base dings. (3) Salt Lake Utah / The / Denhalter / 

Bottle Co. Bottom: logo. Medium purple. Some lip and base 

dings. Alkali staining. All bottled fine. LaDue Coll. Est. $50-80 

1041. Utah. Cache. Smithfield. Pederson & Griffiths 

Token. Pederson & Griffiths / Smithfield, / Utah. // GF/ 5 / In / 

Merchandise at Retail. Oct, br, 25mm. Acquired 2/88 from Don 

Keener. Xf. Provenance: LaDue Collection Est. $50-100 

1042. Utah. Carbon. Sweet Mine. Sweet Mine Beer Parlor 

Token. Sweet Mine / Beer / Parlor / Sweet Mine / Utah // GF 

/ 5 / IT. Rd, wm, 22mm. Aquired 2/88 from Don Keener. Au. 


1043. Utah. Grand. Sego. Neslen. Neslen Merc. Co. / 10 // In 

Trade Only / 10 / Ingle / Pat. April 7, 1914. Rd, br, 21mm. Fair. 

Est. $5- 

1044. Utah. Juab. Tintic. Tintic Mining District Certificates, 



c.1900. Lot of 3 pcs. Two certificates and a certificate of record, 

dated 1897, for the Silver City Lode. 2) Cert. # 32 for the Silver 

City Mining Co. Inc. in 1897 in Utah. Issued to E.J. Howe for 

10,250 shares in 1901. Signed by pres. D.S. Taggart and by 

Keyes as secretary. 3 mining vignettes across top. Light brown 

border and seal. Uncancelled. 8 x 10.” 3) Joe Bowers Ext. MC, 

cert. # 1196. Inc. in Utah and issued to D.S. Taggart in 1900 for 

1,000 shares. Signed by Wilson as pres. Druehl as secy. Mining 

vignette at top. Gilt border and seal. Printer - Utah Litho. 

Uncancelled. 8 x 10.” All have folds, but VF. Est. $150-250 

1045. Utah. Map. Utah State Map Showing Railroad Lines, 

c.1900-10. George F. Cram map of Utah showing the railroad 

lines crossing the state. Each line is identified with a color that 

is coded in the explanation. There are no modern day highways 

and no obvious automobile roads. For example, Cedar City and 

St. George are stand alone towns with no rail service. Political 

boundaries are highlighted with color. Dating of the map is from 

the presence of the Uintah Forest Reserve, which was formed in 

1897. 18 x 22”, folds to 6.5 x 10”. Very fine. Est. $200-400 

1046. Utah. Map. Utah Topo Maps, c1890-1910. Twenty 

(20) early topo maps from the 1:125,000 series. This is the first 







Includes; St George, Randolph, Logan, Lasal, Fish Lake, Beaver, 

Manti, Henry Mtns, Escalante, Gilbert Peak, Uinta, Abajo,Ashley, 

Fish Springs, Kanab, Price River, San Rafael, East Tavaputs, 

Seveir Desert, Manti Est. $150-300 

1047. Utah. Mining. Utah Mining Stock Certs. Lot of 4. 

North Utah MC 1906; 3- Utah Copper Co, 1909, 1910, 1912; 

pamphlet on Kennecott’s Bingham Canyon Mine. Est. $75-100 

1048. Utah. Salt Lake. Ogden. E. Cave & Son. E. Cave 

& Son / Ogden / Utah. Aqua. Some minor lip and base dings. 

Shows some hazing. Vf-Xf. LaDue Coll. Est. $40-80 

1049. Utah. Salt Lake. Salt Lake. Apollo Café Token. Apollo 

Café / 39 W 2nd So. / Salt Lake / City // GF/ 10 / IT. Sc980, 

al, 30mm. Acquired 2/89 at Vegas Show. Vf-Xf. Provenance: 


1050. Utah. Salt Lake. Salt Lake. Chesapeake. Chesapeake // 

Blank. Rd, br, 25mm. VF Est. $5- 

1051. Utah. Salt Lake. Salt Lake. John M. Johanson Token. 

John M. Johanson2836 / So. / 11 East / S. L. City / Utah. // GF 

/ 1 / Quart / Milk. Rd, br, 26mm. Acquired 6/87. Toned. Xf. 


1052. Utah. Salt Lake. Salt Lake. Satnsbury’s. Stansbury’s / 

Billiard / Parlor // DF / 2 1/2c / IT. Rd, al, 21mm. XF Est. $5- 

1053. Utah. Salt Lake. Salt Lake. Utah Mining 

Correspondence, 1902-1970. Lot of about 30 pcs. Letters, 

checks, a statement of capital gains and losses, and miscellaneous 

paperwork involving stocks owned in the United Sunbeam, 

Cincinnati Consolidated, and Silver King Coalition Mines, and 

others in Utah, and some mining properties in Nevada ( Beatty 

Bullfrog M & M Co; Silver City MC, and others). These stocks 

owned by the Taggart family of Ohio, Los Angeles and Beverly 

Hills. Est. $150-300 

1054. Utah. Sevier. Ellsinore. Madsen Billiard Parlor 

Token. Madsen / Billiard / Parlor / Elsinore / Utah // GF/ 5 / IT. 

Oct, br, 23mm. Acquired 9/89 at Reno Show. Xf. Provenance: 


1055. Utah. Summit. Park City. Dan McPolin. lot of 2 

bottles. (1) Dan McPolin / Park City / Utah. Bottom: Star. 

Attractive light purple. Case wear, minor lip and base dings. (2) 

Dan McPolin / Park City / Bottling Works / Utah. Minor lip and 

base dings. Some alkali staining. Vf-Xf. LaDue Coll. Est. $80- 

120 

1056. Utah. Summit. Park City. Park Club Park / Utah / 

Club // GF / 10c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. XF Est. $5- 

1057. Utah. Summit. Park City. Vienna Pool Hall. Vienna / 

Pool / Hall // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. VF Est. $10- 

1058. Utah. Tintic. Tintic USGS Folio, 1900. Good copy of 

the Tintic Folio, with maps, sections, geology, descriptive text 

and photos. One of the great copper mining areas of Utah. Est. 

$100-200 

1059. Utah. Token. K. & P. Goooding. Pastime / K. / & / P. / 

Gooding // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. XF Est. $5- 

1060. Utah. Tooele & Piute. Dugway & Ohio. Utah Stock 

Group. Lot of 3. 1) Old Bullion Mining Co. Cert. #91. Inc. in 

Utah. Issued to D.S. Taggart in 1902 for 1,000 shares. Signed 

by James Houston, VP, andE.J. Dair, secy. Mines at Stockton, 

Tooele County, Utah printed under masthead. 3 mining vignettes 

across top. Black border, gilt safety print and seal. Uncancelled. 

5.5 x 10.” 2) Metallic Hill MC. Cert. # 8. Inc. in Utah, 1903. 

Issued to D.S. Taggart in 1903 for 75,000 shares. Signed by D.S. 

Taggart, pres., and H.H. Green, secy. Mining vignette at top and 

floral masthead. Gilt border, safety print and seal. Printer - F.W. 

Gardiner Co., Salt Lake. Uncancelled. 8 x 10. Deep Creek, 

Dugway Mining District printed under masthead. Dugway is the 

site of the best geodes in the U.S. 3) Gold Bullion Mining Co. 

Cert. # 81. Inc. in Utah. Issued to David S. Taggart in 1903 for 

2,000 shares. Signed by V.P. Wells as pres. & F.A. Lakuth as 

secretary. Location of Mines, Ohio Mining District, Piute County, 

Utah, printed under masthead. Mining vignette at top. Brown 

border and seal. Printer - Utah Litho. Uncancelled. 8.5 x 10. 

Datelined Salt Lake City. Folds, pinholes at top. Est. $100-200 

1061. Utah. Utah. Richfield. Old Spanish Mines Mining 

Co. Cert. # 1414. Incorporated in Maine. Issued to W.K. Turner 

in 1902 for 155 shares. Signed by presidnet Charles E. Watkins 

and Carl E. Bath, treasurer. Black border with green sarety 

print. Underprint vignette of perched eagle with wings spread. 

Uncancelled. 8 x 10. Company was capitalized at $1,500,000. 



Principal offices in Boston, MA. Est. $100-200 

1062. Virginia. Rare Flashlight Co. Stock. Collins 

Flashlight Corp of Virginia, 1938, issued to Jesse Traylor for 1 

share. Dateline Fredericksberg, signed by C.B. Collins as pres., 

printer - Goes, Eagle vignette. Pronounced stain along 2 vertical 

folds. Est. $50-100 

1063. Virginia. Greene. High Top Mining Corp. Report 

& Maximus Metals Corp. c. 1910. Lot of 2 Virginia copper 

mine pcs. 1) High Top Mining corp. Extracts from Engineers’ 

Reports, 30pgs, green paper cover, 3.5 x 6.” 2) Maximus Metals 

Corp. prospectus, 16 pgs, buff paper cover, 7.5 x 10.” Adjoins 

the property of the Virginia Copper Co., Ltd., Halifx County, near 

Virgilina, VA. Est. $75-100 

1064. Washington. Washington Offering Circulars 

Group. Lot of 8, 7 Washiington and 1 Oklahoma. 1-3) Silver 

King Mining & Milling Co., Usk, Washington. 1968 Report to 

Shareholders (8.5 x 13 folded brochure), and 2 offering circulars 

(1966 & 1970). 4) Chewelah Silver, Inc. offering circular, 1972, 

blue paper, 7 pgs. 5) Daybreak Uranium, Inc. offering circular, 

1955. 6-7) Triton Mining Co. offering circular and revised 

offering circular, 1959, 17 & 7 pgs respectively. 8) #1 Way 

Prospect of the Sawood Petroleum Corp., Pottawatomie County, 

OK. 6 pgs, 2 maps. Est. $100-200 

1067. Washington. Adams. Kelso. Baker’s Billiard Room. 

Baker’s Billiard Room / B / Kelso // GF 5c / B / IT. Rd, br, 

21mm. VF Est. $8- 

1065. Washington. Adams. Port Orchard. Port Orchard Pool. 

Port Orchard / Pool / Port Orchard // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. 

VF Est. $8- 

1066. Washington. Adams. Ritzville. Charley Womack. 

Brunswick Pool Hall / Charley / Womack / Ritzville // GF / 50c / 


1068. Washington. Chelan. Cashmere. Pastime. Pastime / 

Cashmere // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm, diamond cancelled. VF 

Est. $8- 

1069. Washington. Chelan. Chelan. Garton’s. Pool / Garton’s 

/ Hall // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. Fine Est. $8- 

1070. Washington. Clark. Washougal. Chet’s Sport Shop. 

Hunting & Fishing / Chet’s / Sport / Shop / Equip. // GF / 25c / 

IT. Oc, br, 25mm. XF Est. $8- 

1071. Washington. Cowlitz. Longview. R N Club. Billiards / 

R N / Club / Lunch // GF / 25c / IT. Sc 4, al, 29mm. VF Est. $8- 

1072. Washington. Franklin. Pasco. Pasco Buffet. Lot of 2 

pcsPasco / 5c / Buffet. // Ditto. Rd, br, 21mm. XF ) Same except 

no 5c on either side. Est. $16- 

1073. Washington. Grant. Coulee. Frank Kemp. Frank 

/ Kemp // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. VF, Overstamping on 

reverse. Est. $8- 

1074. Washington. Grant. Ephrata. Ephrata Sport Shop. 

Ephrata / Sport / Shop // 50 c / IT. Rd, al, 32mm. XF Est. $8- 

1075. Washington. Grant. Krupp. Jack Mills. Jack / Mills // 

GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. XF Est. $8- 

1076. Washington. Grays Harbor. Aberdeen. Elks Club. Elks 

Club / 593 // GF / 12 1/2c / IT. Sc 4, al, 28mm. VF Est. $8- 

1077. Washington. Grays Harbor. Montesano. John Glenn. 

John Glenn / Montesano // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. VF Est. 

$8- 

1078. Washington. Island. Oak Harbor. The Kennel. The / 

Kennel / Oak / Harbor // GF / 5c / IT> Rd, br, 21mm. XF Est. 

$8- 

1079. Washington. Jefferson. Port Angeles. P. S. Mill & 

Timber. P. S. Mill & Timber Co. / P. A. / 1917 // GF / $1.00 / 

IM. Rd, br, 35mm, 20mm al inset. VF Est. $8- 

1080. Washington. Jefferson. Port Townsend. Delmonico 

Hotel. GF / 5c / Delmonico / Hotel / Port / Townsend / 5c / IT // 

Ditto, Rd, br, 21mm. XF Est. $8- 

1081. Washington. King. Washington Prospectuses. Lot 

of 2: 1) Snoqualmie Mining Co., located on the headqaters of 

Bear Creek, North Fork of the Snoqualmie River, in Buena Vista 

district, King County. About 10 pgs, 3.5 x 6.” 2) Cascade Cons. 

Mining & Smelting Co. & Cascade Valley Railroad Co., 36 pgs 

with fold-out map, photos. 4.5 x 10.” Est. $120-200 

1082. Washington. King. Western Smelting & Power 

Company Annual Meeting, 1917. Minutes of the Annual 

Meeting of Stockholders, March 3, 1917 in Seattle. 27 pgs, with 

photographs, buff paper, tan paper cover with brown print. Est. 

$50-100 

1083. Washington. King. Auburn. Rail Cigar Store. Rail 

Cigar / Store // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. VF Est. $8- 

1084. Washington. King. Berlin. Seattle Cascade Mining 

Co., 1906. Promotional booklet on mining investment in general 

and the Seattle Cascade Mine holdings in particular. Company 

is located on the West Fork of the Miller River, 4 mi. from Berlin 

on the Great Northern Railroad and about 8 mi. no. & 30 mi. 

east of Seattle. Property consists of 10 quartz claims and heavily 

timbered. It also has a water right controlling 1.5 mi. of the Miller 

River. 34 pgs, 5.5 x 8 with tan paper cover. Est. $75-150 

1085. Washington. King. Fremont. B & B. B. & B. / Fremont 

// GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. Fine Est. $8- 

1086. Washington. King. Georgetown. Blue Tavern. Blue 

Tavern / Beanies / 5511 Airport Way // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 

21mm. VF Est. $8- 

1087. Washington. King. Georgetown. The Cleveland. The / 

Cleveland / 5801 / Airport Way // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, Br, 21mm VF 



Est. $8- 

1088. Washington. King. Interbay. Interbay Pool Room. 

Interbay / Pool Room // GF 5c IT. Rd, br, 21mm, center cutout. 

Good Est. $8- 

1089. Washington. King. Ruston. Smelter Barber Shop. 

Smelter Barber / Shop / Confections / 5305 No. 51 st. // GF / 5c / 

IT. Rd, Br, 21mm. VF Est. $8- 

1090. Washington. King. Seattle. American Billiard Hall. 

American Billiard Hall / 110 3rd So. // GF 5c IT. Rd, br, 21mm, 

center cutout Est. $8- 

1091. Washington. King. Seattle. Aurora Billiards. Lot of 

2 pcs. Aurora Billiards / 421 1/2 Pike St. // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 

19mm, tri cutout. Fine 0 Rd, br, 21mm, tri cutout. Fine Est. $16- 

1092. Washington. King. Seattle. Ben Paris. Ben Paris / 5c / 

Ditto. Rd, br, 19mm, P cutout. VF Est. $8- 

1093. Washington. King. Seattle. Bert & Chet. Bert & Chet 

/ Labor / Card Room / Agency /207 Ist So. // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 

25mm. VF Est. $8- 

1094. Washington. King. Seattle. Federal Club & Café. 

Federal Club / & / Café / 922 1st Ave. // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 

21mm. VF Est. $8- 

1095. Washington. King. Seattle. Grand Buffet. The Grand 

Buffet / 1451 / 3rd Ave / Bar // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, bd, 21mm. Fine 

Est. $8- 

1096. Washington. King. Seattle. International Crown 

Mines Cons. Lot of 5 certs: #143, 179, 284, 285, 286. 

Incorporated in Washington Issued to John M. Henricks in 1929 

for 1,000, 6,000, 10,000, 5,000,and 5,000 shares respectively. 

Signed by Geroge A. Fantino, president and J. Harper secretary., 

Vignette at left top of Bald Eagle perched and ready for flight. 

Uncancelled. Black border, tan safety print and orange seal. 

Printer: Shaw & Borden Co. 8 x 10.” All fine. Folds. Est. $50- 

100 

1097. Washington. King. Seattle. Jackson Garage. Jackson 

Garage / Service / 1001 / Jackson St. // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 

21mm. VF Est. $8- 

1098. Washington. King. Seattle. Monterey Card Room. 

Momterey Card Room. / 110 1/2 2nd So. // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 

21mm. Rectangle cutout. Est. $8- 

1099. Washington. King. Seattle. Old Home. The Old Home 

/ 8226 / Ballard / Ave. / It’s The Cider // GF / 5c / IT. Sc 4, al, 


1100. Washington. King. Seattle. Owl Billiards. Lot of 3 pcs. 

Owl Billiards / 1510 1/2 3rd Ave. GF / 5c / IT. RD, br, 19mm. VF 

) same but Al. 0 Same but Br, 21mm, center cutout. Est. $24- 

1101. Washington. King. Seattle. Pacific & Puget Sound 

Bottling Co. Pacific & Puget Sound Bottling Co. / Seattle / 

Wash. Light aqua. Ten panel base. Some dings to lip and base. 

Minor scratches near shoulder. Vf-Xf. LaDue Coll. Est. $40-60 

1102. Washington. King. Seattle. Seattle Scenes Miniature 

Mug. Exquisitely made mug only 2.25 inches high with realistic 

imagery of Seatle and surrounding area. One one side is a view 

of Second Avenue, downtown, with horse drawn wagons in the 

street. On the opposite side is a view across the water with Mt. 

Rainier in the distance. The crackle glaze has a yellowish tint 

inside and over the monochrome imagery outside, and the rim, 

handle and base are gold. There is a barely discernalble crack and 

chip at the rim. Fine. Est. $50-150 

1103. Washington. King. Seattle. Spring Cigar. Spring 

Ciigar Co. Inc. //GF 5c IT. Rd, br, 20mm, star cutout. VF Est. 

$8- 

1104. Washington. Kittitas. Cle Elum. Jack’s Pool Hall. 

Jack’s Pool Hall / Cle Elum // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. VF 

Est. $8- 

1106. Washington. Kittitas. Ellensburg. E. & W. E. & W. / 

Smoke / House. //GF / 5c / IT. D, br, 21mm. XF Est. $8- 

1107. Washington. Kittitas. Jonesville. Cash Store. 

Jonesville / Cash / Store // GF / 10c / IT. Rd, al, 21mm. Fine Est. 

$8- 

1105. Washington. Kittitas. Swauk. Kittitas Gold Mining 

Co. Offering Report. Cover reads: One of America’s Richest 

Gold Dredging Fields on the Swauk. Right Here in Washington. 

Engineers’ Reports Show The Kittitas Gold Mining Company. 

Property, 1006 Acres of Gold Bearing Gravel In The Swauk 

Basin in Kittitas County, Washington, to be one of the Richest 

Dredging Fields ever found on the American continent. Read the 

extracts from Engineers’ Report and other datta on the inside. 

They are worth reading and investigating. Reverse reads: A 7 1/2 

Foot Bucket Dredge (photo of same) Can Earn $1200 Daily from 

the 1006 Acre Gold Bearing Property of the Kittitas Gold Mining 

Company in the Swauk Basin Kittitas County, Washington Data, 

Pictures, Maps, Extracts from Engineers’ Reports Inside. An 

opportunity for a Limited Number of Investors. 4 x 10.5” folded. 

Est. $75-100 

1108. Washington. Lewis. Centralia. Masonic Penny, 

Centralia Chapter No. 44. Masonic penny, Centralia Chapter 

No. 44 R. A. M./Instituted/One/Penny/Dec. 3, 1921/Centralia, 

Wash.//(image of a trapezoid with letters inside)/K S H T W S 

S T/(image of a bow and arrow)/(image of a sledge hammer at 

right). Rd, brass, 33mm. Worn at center of obverse otherwise 

Xf. Est. $20-40 

1109. Washington. Lewis. Morton. Al’s Place. Lot of 2 pcs. 

Al’s / Place / Morton // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm, XF Est. $16- 

1110. Washington. Lincoln. Almira. Almira Club. Almira / 

Club / Tavern // GF / 50c / IT. Rd, br, 30mm. VF Est. $8- 

1111. Washington. Mining. Washington Mining Stocks, 



c1910-35, All Different. Lot of 5. Marietta Mining & Milling 

(1934, issued, cancelled; Marsh Mines, unissued, ; Hercules 

Copper m C 1919, issued, uncancelled; Azurite Gold Co, 2 

different certs, 1936, 1953, uncancelled. Est. $75-100 

1112. Washington. Misc. Washington Miscellaneous Mining 

Circulars, Lot of 5, from Washington and one from Mexico. 1) 

Snoqualmie Copper Mining Co. prospectus, no date. Single foldout 

sheet, 7 x 14.” 2 ) Western Gold Mining, Inc. 4-page offering 

circular. Located in the Slate Creek district of N. central Wash. 

East of the Cascades. Photos, and stock offer is rubber stamped 

in blue at left edge. 8.5 x 11. 3) Kromona (Copper) Mining & 

Smelting Co. offering circular, 4 pgs with photos, 8.5 x 14” on 

buff paper, small tears along fold line at margins. 4) Apex Gold 

Mines, Inc.old prospectus. Located in the northeast end of King 

County. 4 pgs, 8.5 x 14,” foxing, chips, hole at top where pinned 

or attached to something. 5) Cori Gold Mines Co. prospectus. 

Located on western slope of the Sierra Madres in Nayarit, 

Mexico, 395 acres. 7 pgs, no photos, 8.5 x 11. Est. $100-200 

1113. Washington. Okanogan. Galena. Galena Mining 

District Mining Claims, 1888-1896. Lot of 6 pcs. The oldest 

is dated May 14, 1888. This is just few months after the opening 

of the Colville Indian Reservation to mining activity. This claim 

was for the Old Dominion Mine. There are four deeds dating 

from 1892. One is for the Red Cloud claim, two are for interest 

in the Manhattan and Silver Bell claim and the last is an unnamed 

claim. The last deed is dated 1896 and is for Keystone mine 

located in the Salmon River mining district. All show some wear. 

Est. $150-300 

1114. Washington. Okanogan. Omak. Oxford. Oxford / 

Omak // GF 5c IT. Rd, br, 21mm, square cutout. XF Est. $8- 

1115. Washington. Okanogan. Omak. Spot Recreation. The 

Spot Recreation // GF / 25c / IT. Oc, br, 27mm. XF Est. $8- 

1116. Washington. Okanogan. Winthrop. M & P. M & P / 

5550 / Winthrop // GF / 5c / IT. Oc, br, 21mm. VF Est. $8- 

1117. Washington. Pend Oreille. Metaline. Metaline Contact 

Mines, 1928. Economic Geology of the Metaline (Washington) 

Mineral Area. Accompanied by Report on Properties of Metaline 

Contact Mines. A Souvenir of Northwest Mining Association’s 

Excursion to Metaline Falls, Oct. 13, 1928. Full descriptive report 

with maps, covered in brown paper and folded in half, stapled at 

top. 10.5 x 17 when open. Est. $75-100 

1118. Washington. Pend Oreille. Owens. The Pastime. The 

Pastime / Owens / Wash. // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm, star 

cancelled. Good Est. $8- 

1119. Washington. Pierce. Buckley. Allman’s Tavern. 

Allman’s Tavern / Buckley // GF / 5c /IT. Rd, br, 25mm. XF Est. 

$8- 

1120. Washington. Pierce. Buckley. Kowal’s Tavern. 

Kowal’s / Tavern / Buckley // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. XF 

Est. $8- 

1121. Washington. Pierce. Olympia. Olympia Brewing Co. 

Specimen certificate, incorporated in Washington, no number, 

unissued. Has stamped signatures of president and secretary, 

cancelled by hole punches. Brown border and print on buff 

paper. Masthead has horseshoe with a Tumwater waterfall inside 

and is flanked by wheat/barley plants. Printer - ABNCo. 8 x 

12.” “Specimen” stamped in black ink multiple times across 

bottom. Mint. Est. $80-150 

1122. Washington. Pierce. Tacoma. Andy’s Place. Andy’s / 

Place / Portland Ave. .// GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. Fine Est. $8- 

1123. Washington. Pierce. Tacoma. Fraternity Tavern. 

Fraternity / 1117 / Tacoma /Ave / Tavern // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 


1124. Washington. Pierce. Tacoma. K St. Club. K St. Club 

/ 1111-K-St. / 2 1/2 c / IT // GF / 2 1/2c / IT. Rd, al, 30mm. VF 

Est. $8- 

1125. Washington. Pierce. Tacoma. Nonpariel. Lot Of 2 

pcs. Nonpariel / N / 1356 Pacific Ave. // GF / N / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 

21mm XF Est. $16- 

1126. Washington. Pierce. Tacoma. The Flying Boots. The 

/ Flying / Boots / So. 38th & G. // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, al, 21mm. 

Good Est. $8- 

1127. Washington. Skagit. Clear Lake. Eagle Confectionery. 

Lot of 2 pcs. Eagle / Confectionery. // GF / 5c / IT. D, br, 21mm, 

center cutout Est. $16- 

1128. Washington. Skagit. Clear Lake. R. R. Boyd. Eagle / 

Card Room / R. R. Boyd // GF / 25c / IT. Sc, al, 25mm. VF Est. 

$8- 

1129. Washington. Skagit. Mt. Vernon. T & D Cigar Store. 

T & D / Cigar / Store / Mt. Vernon // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. 

Fine Est. $8- 

1130. Washington. Snohomish. Everett. Mackey Bros. 

Mackey Bros. / 1515 Newitt Ave. // GF 5c IT. Rd, br, 21mm, 

square cutout. VF Est. $8- 

1131. Washington. Snohomish. Granite Falls. Corner Card 

Room. Corner Card Room / Ghanite / Falls // GF / 25c / IT. Rd, 


1132. Washington. Snohomish. Granite Falls. Pullen & 

Miller. Pullen & Miller / Granite / Falls // GF 5c IT. Rd, br, 

21mm. VF Est. $8- 

1133. Washington. Snohomish. Marysville. Ed Kuhnle. Ed 

Kuhnle / K / Marysville // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. VF Est. 

$8- 

1134. Washington. Snohomish. Monroe. Central Pool. 

Central Pool / Monroe // GF / 5c / IT. Rb, br, 21mm. XF Est. $8- 

1135. Washington. Snohomish. Monroe. The Pastime. The 



Pastime / Café / Tavern / Monroe // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. 

XF Est. $8- 

1136. Washington. Snohomish. Sultan. Van Kueren & 

Peterson. Van Kueren & Peterson / 5c / Sultan / 5c // Ditto. Rd, 

br, 21mm, center cutout. VF Est. $8- 

1137. Washington. Spokane. Spokane. Doc Young. Doc 

Young / 5c / IT. //Ditto. Rd, br, 21mm. Reverse overstamped with 

W. VF Est. $8- 

1138. Washington. Spokane. Spokane. Fimans Pinochle 

Club. Fimans Pinochle Club. / 408 1/2 Sprague Ave. // GF / 5c / 

IT. Rd, br, 21mm Fine Est. $8- 

1139. Washington. Spokane. Spokane. Lotus Card Room. 

Lotus Card / Room / 932 / S. W. Third // SP. Rd, br, 21mm. Fine 

Est. $8- 

1140. Washington. Thurston. Olympia. Columbia Brewing 

Co. Columbia / Brewing / Co. // GF / One / Drink / of / 

Columbia / Beer,. Rd, al, 24mm. Fine Est. $8- 

1141. Washington. Thurston. Olympia. One-O-Seven Tavern. 

One-O- Seven / Tavern / Olympia // One-O-Seven / 5c / IT. Rd, 


1142. Washington. Whatcom. Ferndale. Ferndale Billiards. 

Ferndale / Billiards // GF 5c IT. Rd, br, 21mm, center cutout Est. 

$8- 

1143. Washington. Whatcom. Whatcom. Azurite Gold 

Company, Inc. Lot of 2 certs. #277 & 278. Incorporated in 

Washington. Issued in 1980 to Maude Victoria Tinson and Edith 

Geraldine Tinson, respectively, both for 1,100 shares. Signed 

by Francis E. Ballartd, president and Barbara M. Schafer, 

secretary. Uncancelled. Eagle vignette. Blue border on bright 

white paper. Printer - O’Harn Co, Los Angeles. 7 x 10.” The 

Azurite mine lies in a remote U-shaped glacial valley in the 

Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest. The mine openings and 

ore deposit occur on the west bank of Mill Creek, a tributary to 

Canyon Creek and the Ross Lake reservoir. Elevations at the 

Azurite mine range from 4400 to 7700 feet above mean sea level. 

Charles H. Ballard, Hazzard Ballard, and Dick McLean located 

the deposit in 1916 and formed the Azurite Copper Co. largely 

on the basis of abundant chalcopyrite at the discovery site. As a 

result of further development, it became apparent that gold was 

the main commodity, prompting a name change to Azurite Gold 

Co. in 1925. Less than 1200 tons of ore were shipped until 1934 

when American Smelting and Refining Co. (AS&R) leased the 

property. The company constructed a cyanide precipitation mill, 

a cable suspension bridge, and a 700-foot aerial tramway across 

Mill Creek to facilitate production. Production ceased in February 

1939. AS&R terminated the lease in 1940, but Azurite Gold 

Co. continued underground exploration work until 1941 when 

the War Production Board issued order L-208 shutting down 

non-essential industries. Combined production receipts totaled 

$972,000 in gold from 72,700 tons of ore. In 1942, Azurite 

Gold Co. dismantled all mine and milling equipment. The mill 

building was destroyed by fire in 1949 (Moen, 1969). None of 

the original group of 42 claims was patented. Azurite Gold Co. 

maintained corporate registration with the Secretary of State until 

the corporation was dissolved in September 1990. [Ref: Inactive 

& Abandoned Mine Lands--Azurite Mine, Washington Dept. of 

Geol. Open File Rpt., Aug. 2002, by Fritz E. Wolff, Donald T. 

McKay, Jr., and David K. Norman--Internet]. XF. Est. $50-100 

1144. Washington. Yakima. Wapato. Jack’s Place. Jack’s 

Place / Wapato // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. XF Est. $8- 

1145. Washington. Yakima. Wapato. Pan Cigar Store. Pan 

Cigar Store //5. Rd, br, 21mm. XF Est. $8- 

1146. Washington. Yakima. Yakima. Harrington’s Billiards. 

Harrington / Billiard / Parlor / 214 / E. Yakima Ave. // GF / 5c / 

IT. Rd, br, 21mm. VF Est. $8- 

1147. Washington. Yakima. Yakima. Rex Candy Shop. Rex 

/ Candy Shop / 3807 / So. Yakima // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, al, 21mm. 

VF Est. $8- 

1148. Wisconsin. Douglas. St. Croix. Superior Copper 

Mines Co. 1918. The Superior Copper MC operates in the St. 

Croix Copper Range, Lake Superior Copper Basin, in Douglas 

County, WI. Listed on the New York Curb Market as “A 

Prospect.” 4 printed sides, 9 x 12” with punch hole top left for 

suspension or pinning. Major foxing and discoloration along 

open edge. Folds. Est. $50-100 

1149. Wyoming. Forestry. Wyoming Forestry Issues 

Correspondence. Three typed letters regarding the newly 

formed U. S. Forest Service under Pinchot, and how the state 

engineer of Wyoming disagreed with the new agency’s control 

of of state resources. (1) Cover letter from Clarence T. Johnston, 

State Engineer, Wyoming, addressed to Ed Browne of Aspen 

regarding various issues related to resource management. 

Reference is made to predator control, wild horse irradication, 

and forest management. Jonhnston expresses disagreement with 

Pinchot’s ideas and congradulates Browne for the same. One 

page, State of Wyoming stationary, dated June 6, 1908. Signed 

by Clarence T. Johnston. Foxing. Very fine (2) Facsimile of a 

letter written by Professor George F. Swain, Mass. Institute of 

Technology, to Clarence T. Johnston in defense of the “more 

scientific methods of forestry” as they were being instituted by 

Forest Service Chief Pinchot. Considerable material about water 

conservation with regards to forest management. Four pages, 

dated March 19, 1908. Foxing. Very fine. (3) Facsimile of a letter 

written by Clarence T. Johnston in reply to Professor Swain’s 

letter. Johnston elaborates on the reasoning behind his opposition 

to the Forest Service, stating that “the government should not 

undertake any work which retards development”, and that water 

used by native forests “can be utilized to much better advantage 

by the farmer.” Johnston points out difference between Wyoming 

forests and those on the two coasts. Six pages, dated March 

21, 1908. Foxing. Very fine. Outstanding revelations about the 

history of a debate that continues nearly one century later. Est. 

$100-200 

1150. Wyoming. Fremont. Atlantic. Mica Mountains Mines, 

Inc. Prospectus, 1947. Mica Mountain Mines was incorporated 



in Nevada, 1944, with mines located in Wyoming and offices 

in Salt Lake City, Utah. 14 pgs. 6 x9.” Mines are located 90 

mi. north of Rock springs, WY, near South Pass, in the Atlantic 

district. Property known as the Carissa lode, discovered in 1867 

by H.S. Reedall. A modern mill was erected on the Carissa in 

1946-47. The Carissa consists of 280 acres of patented lode 

and placer claims, and was purchased by Mica Mt. Mines for 

$100,000. Est. $50-100 

1151. Wyoming. Fremont. Lander. Lander Pool Hall. Lot of 

2 pcs. Lander / Pool Hall // GF / 10c / IT. Rd, br, 22mm. ) 16mm. 

Both XF Est. $16- 

1152. Wyoming. Fremont. Riverton. Hantz Bros. GF / 10 / 

IT / Hantz Bros. // 10. Sq, br, 25mm. XF Est. $8- 

1153. Wyoming. General. Wyoming Publications. Lot 

of 2 pcs. 1) Geology and Mineral Resources of the Laramie 

Basin, Wyoming, USGS Bulletin 364, by N.H. Darton and C.E. 

Siebenthal. Published by Government Printing Office, 1909.Paper 

cover is loose. 6 x9, 81 pgs. 2) Wyoming 1998 Vacation Guide, 

distributed by Wyoming Division of Tourism. 81 pgs., color 

photographs. Est. $20-30 

1154. Wyoming. Laramie. Cheyenne. South Side Billiards. 

Lot of 2 pcs. South Side / Billiards / Cheyenne / Merchandise // 

5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. ) 50c / IT, Rd, br, 32mm. XF Est. $16- 

1155. Wyoming. Lincoln. Diamondville. Diamondville Club. 

Diamondville Club // 10 / IT. Rd, al, 26mm. .XF Est. $8- 

1156. Wyoming. Teton. Yellowstone. Yellowstone Souvenir 

Booklet, 1924. A rare souvenir booklet from Yellowstone 

National Park. Title: Foolish Questions, Yellowstones Best” 

by Jack Chaney. Published by Woodruff Press, Lincoln, NE. 

100pps, 4 x 6”. Soft covers with some chips and wear. Binding 

very tight. The majority of the booklet has “foolish” questions 

and situations that guides had experienced in the park. Every 

page has a cartoon illustration. Also includes several park facts 

and trivia. We have never handled this booklet. Rare. Est. $100- 

200 

1157. Wyoming. Teton. Yellowstone. Yellowstone. 

Yellowstone. // GF / 5c / IT. Rd, br, 21mm. VF Est. $8- 

1158. Wyoming. Weston. Cambria. K B & C. K. B. & C. // 

At Cambria Store // Excham=ngable / 1897 / O.K. / Merchandise 

Only. Rd, br, 21mm. VF Est. $8-

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