UNITED STATES

ARIZONA

COCHISE

225. Cochise. California. Hill Top Mines of the Chiricahuas, 1913. 48pp illustrated prospectus, 6 x 9.5”. Some water damage. Tape repairs to title page. Contents vg-fine, but all damage is only to margins generally. They owned thirty unpatented mining claims and parts of others. Very different prospectus with numerous photos of business men in suits with picks, not the usual sort of “miners” one would expect in a prospectus. It has more of a feel “look what we found”. They had numerous buildings on site and discovered lead-zinc-silver ore. This company reorganized as Hilltop Metals just after this prospectus came out and began production in 1924. [Tenney] This is one of the most in-depth prospectuses in the collection, though did not come from the Vigouroux archive. Est. $100-300

226. Cochise. Mine Canyon. Two Peaks Mining Co, 1902, prospectus 4 x 9”, 8pp plus cover, printed by Bisbee Daily Review. 2pp claim map in center. They owned or leased several claims exploring for copper. Arizona incorporation and promotion. Located 40 miles NW of Bisbee and 20 miles west of Tombstone, 12 miles from Huachuca Siding on the SPRR. XF. Not in Tenney. Est. $75-150

227. Cochise. Palmerlee. Huachuca Consol. Development Co,1902. 6pp Prospectus. 3 x 6” Arizona Incorporation, New York and Los Angeles promotion. 1902. Copy of Letter from Brophy of the Bank of Bisbee attached inside front cover. Bisbee is 28 miles east. Tombstone is 28 miles northeast. This company makes its stance on the power of the president, Lames Wood, a former Anaconda man and later Copper Queen. They held several claims with a mill. The sale of stock was in blocks of 50 shares or more at $1.50 per share, a high amount in those days. Numerous assays shown in the back showing good gold values. Folded crude claim map in the back, 8.5” square. Printed by Lang-Chappel Press, Los Angeles. Not listed in Tenney. No illustrations. Est.$75-150

228. Cochise. Tombstone. Bunker Hill Mining Co of Tombstone, c.1902. Prospectus, 18pp, 8 x 5.5”, printed by McNeil Co., Phoenix. Cover is dark green with red and gold print with some pencil notations. They held 60 acres about a mile south of Tombstone. There are numerous photos of the mine and machinery as well as a property map. Several folds. Front cover is detached. Est. $100-300

COCONINO

229. Coconino. Grand Canyon. Golden Bell Mining Co, c.1903, 4pp prospectus, 3.5 x 6” Illinois promotion. Arizona incorporation. Located 7 miles northwest of Williams. These folks claimed to be the first in the district, and assured that a rush would commence making “all other booms insignificant.” A neighboring mine, the Last Chance, owned by the Aetna M&SC. Had shipped ore at “$350-$400 a car” profit. Fine-vf. Est. $50-100

GILA

230. Gila. Globe. Iron Cap Copper Co Ninth Annual Report, 1921. 8pp, 6 x 9”. Gray soft cover. This company mines 436,000 pounds of copper and just under 5,000 ounces of silver that year from just 4400 tons of ore. (4.9% copper). The letter from the president notes the depression in copper price, the same problem we have today: cyclic copper prices. Vf. Est. $50-100

231. Gila. Globe. Old Dominion Mining Co Annual Reports 1918 & 1923. 1918 is 16pp, printed by Daniels of Boston with soft green cover, 6 x 9”. They mined and processed 230,000 tons of ore in 1918 yielding 4.52% copper (33.3 million pounds), 185,000 oz of silver, and 5000 ounces of gold. They drove 22,163 feet of drifts and shafts. The mine was waterlogged, pumping 3.73 million gallons every 24 hours. James Douglas, the great mining engineer and president of the company since 1904 died in 1919. His son (?) Walter was vice president. In 1918 just under $1 million in dividends were paid out. Since the company’s inception in 1904, $14.4 million were paid in dividends. In 1923 they produced 26.8 million pounds of copper, 190,000 ounces of silver and 5137 ounces of gold from 290,000 tons of ore and roughly 27,000 feet of drifting and sinking. No dividends were paid that year. In fact, 1918 was the lat year of dividends through 1923. VF. Est. $120-250

GRAHAM

232. Graham. Copper Creek. Copper Creek Mining Co, c.1902. Prospectus. 3.5 x 6”, 24pp plus soft cover and folding map of southeastern Arizona in back, 13 x 14.5” showing two mineralized lineaments. Small tear in map at lower right. These mines were located just east of Mammoth in Graham County. 2pp map of the claims in the center of prospectus. Curiously, these claims are not neatly staked adjacent to one another, but a jumble, leaving fractions open. Normally, if the fractions were not staked, one would never publish such a map. Several photos, including one of the headframe of one of the shafts that was made out of local thin timber, hardly able to support much weight. This company has quite a history. The work on the property was mostly organized by the Sibleys. They continued after this prospectus to purchase property and continue exploration. A railroad came near the area about 1905 causing more interest. They shipped ore for a few months on the new railroad, then commenced much work to build new facilities. Tenney’s History of Mining in Arizona (1929) outlines the story in detail. VF. Est. $100-200

MARICOPA

233. Maricopa. Santos Domingo. Orion Gold & Copper Co, c.1910. Prospectus. 4pp. 9 x 13”, pictorial. Some splitting along folds. Held seven claims. Phoenix promotion. Located three miles from Hot Springs Junction. Contains claim descriptions with notes on geology and assays. They were in a fairly advanced stage of prospecting. I would expect a few of these prospects to look identical today. Not in Tenney. Est. $75-150

MOHAVE

234. Mohave. Gold Road. Gold Ore Mining Co, 1917. Los Angeles promotion. 8pp market letter by H. E. Teter & Co. of Los Angeles, regarding this property. Discovered by A. C. Werden, a Colorado mining engineer in 1909. They had a shaft of 200’ depth with a few hundred feet of workings and made a trail shipment of $13 per ton, or about ½ ounce gold per ton recoverable, very typical of the period for real mines. Several other shafts were started and more ore located. They leased the Gold Road Mill. This company appears to have been successful, joining forces with the Tom Reed Company in 1929. [Tenney]. No illustrations. 8 x 11”. Est. $75-150

PINAL

235. Pinal. Mineral Creek. Ray Consol. Copper Co, 1907. Market Letters. Group of five pieces. A) 1907 discussion of a bond issue soliciting sale by the Baruch Bros of New York. Here the Baruchs were offering a bond sale to raise $3 million for Ray. The directors were among the who’s who of the mining industry. Sherwood Aldrich of Colorado Springs, one of the Cripple Creek millionaires. Seeley Mudd, engineer from Los Angeles. Spence Penrose of Colorado Springs, a Cripple Creek millionaire and important early mining engineer. D. Jackling, often considered the father of open pit mining. The company held 1000acres, a 250 ton concentrating mill, and a full scale copper mine. The bond offering was to increase the mill’s capacity to 3,000-4,000 tons per day. Tucked inside is a copy of a letter by Jackling regarding his thoughts on the property and several others, including one from the Baruch Bros. To A. E. Carleton, one of the Cripple Creek millionaires, asking consideration of the purchase of bonds. 9pp. B) May 19094pp property report by Jackling. In this rare report, the company had placed 150 drill holes (please note that this method of testing is absent from nearly all other prospectuses of the period) developing 21 million tons of 2.30% copper. This was a great mine. C) Dec. 1909 Hayden & Stone (New York) 4pp report on Ray and Chino companies. These guys tout 40 million tons of reserves for Ray and 7.5 million tons for Chino. Report is a solicitation of the sale of stock. D)Same, another copy. E)1926 shareholder’s letter notifying the shareholder of the sale of the company to Nevada Consolidated Copper Co. for $46.157 million. Bernard Baruch was a smart, quiet mining investor in New York known for his success in all the mines he loaned money to which included Goldfield Consolidated, Getchell, the Treadwell mine in Alaska, and many other world class mines. Est. $150-300

236. Pinal. Ray. Kennecott Copper Co, c.1970. Report of the Ray Mine, 32pp plus soft cover, 10 x 8”. Probably issued in conjunction with the opening of the 1970 ore leaching plant. Includes a gold foil print of the mine and mill (same size). This report is a promotional piece designed for current and prospective shareholders and the general public. It outlines the history of the Ray deposit, including a photographic history, and explains the modern operation of an open pit copper mine. Copper foil cover with wear at binding and chips from foil along the binding. Est. $25-50

SANTA CRUZ

237. Santa Cruz. Amadoville. New State Mining & Reduction Co, 1913. First Annual Stockholders Meeting. 1913. 4 x 9”, cover detached, 20pp plus cover. Dirty finger marks along page edges. Contains Minutes, Auditor’s Report, treasurer’s Report, Engineer’s Report, GM’s report. Good read of the reports because they were operating without much aid of geoscience. Had no proven reserves, and were basically doing expensive prospecting by driving drift. Today we would drill the area first after detailed geologic mapping. Copper-Silver-gold property. No indication given for the location except the town name of Amadoville. Located 37 miles south of Tucson. Post Office opened 1919, then in 1920 changed the name to Amado. Not in Tenney. [Barnes]. Est. $75-150

238. Santa Cruz. Mowry. Morning Glory Mine, c.1915-16. One page “fact” sheet. History of the mine with notes on geology, copper-silver content, and shipment particulars. Back side is strictly a promotional page promoting Cochise County Copper mines. 8 x 11.5”, ragged top. The mine was located 2 miles northwest of Mowry, first discovered in the 1880’s. [Tenney]. Est. $25-50

YAVAPAI

239. Yavapai. Crown King. Crown King Mines Co, 1899-1900. Prospectus. Fabulous and expensively prepared prospectus. 9.5 x 12” Embossed green and gold cover. “Operating the famous Crown King an Tiger Mines at Crown King, Arizona.” J. McLean & Co., fiscal agents, New York. 48pp with finely printed photographs, many are full page, and four color maps, three in lithographic form. Printed by Patterson Press, New York. Map 1) color cross section of the mine with oblique view of mountainside. Map 2) Double page color section of the Crown King Vein and oblique view of mountain with inset claim map. Shows stoped ground through the (roughly) 500 level. Naturally, the lowest exposed part of the orebody is entitled “bonanza stope”. Lithograph by Greg Clasen, Denver, printed by Patterson. C) Third map is of the Tiger in the same manner as the last. The Tiger was in advanced stages of exploration and development, showing no ore stoped out. D) map 4 is a claim map of the Crown King property in color The Crown King had produced over $4 million in bullion by May, 1899. They had a 100 stamp mill and all the latest machinery. This new company resulted from a war between owners. This is one of the most spectacular prospectuses I have ever had the pleasure of reading or studying. As a major mine, it is an irreplaceable addition to any serious collection. Est. $500-1000

240. Yavapai(?). Eureka(?). Comstock Dexter Mine, 1915-16. 16pp prospectus. Orange and black cover. 11 x 8”. Numerous photos showing the mine and equipment. Prospectus put together by the mine owner T. Fitzgerald. Apparently a tremendous amount of work was done on the property to bring the mine and camp up to standards in order to make a significant mine, but they were undercapitalized and went bankrupt. The prospectus is written in first-hand by Fitzgerald. Est. $75-150

241. Yavapai. Humboldt. Carroll Gold & Copper Co, 1906. Prospectus 5 x 7”. 12pp plus folding map in back 6 x 7”. Map partially detached. They held 4 claims 6 miles east of Humboldt Arizona. They considered the property to be identical to the United Verde in Jerome. (This is the usual comparison made for the copper companies, always mentioning Senator W. A. Clark as owner because of his huge success at Jerome and in Butte, Montana.). One of the claims carried the name Carlton, named after a prominent vein crossing the property. An unusual aspect of this prospectus is their forthrightness: “Difficult at the present time to in the least make even an approach toward the estimation of the amount of ore in sight.” Usually, most of the promotional companies will make wild calculations. And in fact, the ore seam was reported “by president to assay a few thousand dollars per ton, which obviously was a slip of the pen, meant for a few dollars a ton, as the company has not made other claims to the possessions of any considerable quantity of developed ore of high grade.” (Copper Handbook, 1908, p.492). These folks don’t, even though they made a trial shipment of 64 tons, which yielded $186 per ton. Generally vf. Est. $75-150

242. Yavapai. Jerome. Panorama of Jerome with Areal Geology and Surface Improvements, 1920, supplement to Geology and Ore Deposits of the Jerome District by Louis E. Reber, Jr. and Mining methods and costs at the United Verde Mine by H. D. Smith and W. H. Sirdevan, 1920, AIME. 24pp plus 2 velum sections and a large folding panorama of Jerome, 46 x 9”. Remarkable photographic record of this famous world-class mine. VG-fine, clear plastic notebook adhesive attached at left edge. Est. $250-500

243. Yavapai. McCabe. Redman Mining & Smelting Co,c.1902. Two Prospectuses entitled The Healthy Growth of a Great Mining Enterprise. New York promotion, Arizona incorporation. 16pp plus cover and two pieces of correspondence. Heavily illustrated. Center fold, brown spot to right margin affecting 8pp. 6.5 x 10.5”. These folks had two properties at McCabe, the Redman Mine also known as the Galena-Badger, and the Leland Mine. They also had properties in Bullfrog and Goldfield Nevada, as well as Mexico and the Yukon. The company name, in fact, came from the Redman mine southeast of Hermosillo, near the Prietas mine, a large scale producer. Nice discussion and very pictorial, but very little meat. One of the enclosures is an offering for the shareholders of the Standard Mines and Milling Co. to exchange their stock for Redman stock, and of course, to pay a little money into the treasury since the exchange is only partial. The second prospectus is 8pp, 9 x 14”, folded with splits and tears along folds with some complete separation. Map of properties on front. Pictorial with more discussion of assay values for this gold property. Est. $150-300

244. Yavapai. Peck. Buster Mines Syndicate, Ltd, 1892. Prospectus. 4pp 10.5 x 16.75”. London promotion. This company controlled the Buster Copper mines. Not listed in Tenney or Hamilton. Discovered in 1877. The geologic report indicates 12.5 million tons of ore. Four folds with splits at fold ends. Est. $100-300

245. Yavapai. Poland. Poland Extension, c.1902, promotional flyers (4). Four different promotional flyers. A) 3 x 6”, 4pp, “25 Reasons Why the Poland Extension Stock is a safe and conservative investment” C. George promotion, folds; B)Letter of Acceptance from Clyde Osborn, New York Manager, 4pp which lists the neighboring companies and what they are doing; 5.5 x 8.5” folds, staple holes; C) Our Promise Fulfilled, Your stock now guaranteed, C. George letter from the Los Angeles office. (another worthless guarantee) D) November, 1902 C. George newsletter, 4pp, 7.5 x 10”, touting a number of companies including this one. Lists six mining companies and where their holdings were. No mention of location of the company’s holdings. Est. $150-300

246. Yavapai. Walker. Black Diamond Mining Co Ledger book, c.1915-16. Originally 300pp, but about the first and last 15 pp were cut out, probably before the Black Diamond made these entries. Most of the book records sample data, including the location, ounces per ton silver and lead. Pp 17-56 plus other miscellaneous pages. Circa 1915-1925. AT least three pages with sketches of underground workings with assay data. Has a page of notes on some placer ground title work. This mine was a producing mine that ran into trouble in the early 1920’s and shut down. They reopened in 1924. [Mines Handbook, 1925, 1931]. Est. $50-100

247. Yavapai. Weaver. Octave Mining Co, c.1907. Prospectus. Arizona incorporation, Chicago promotion. 9 x 12” 32pp. Engraved and printed by Rosenow Co., Chicago. Damage to upper right corner of first three pages, not affecting the contents. Wonderful pictorial views of Octave, the mine and mining camp. The town had about 50 buildings at the time of photography, including a company store. This was a very significant mine which we wrote about in the Garbani Arizona sale of March, 2002. Outstanding photographic representation of the mine, particularly the underground and mill shots. A double page bird’s eye view of Octave in the center shows much of the mine and mill. 40 stamp mill. Bullion reports of gold shipped to the San Francisco mint are shown. In the back is a 6 page report by the mining engineer W. W. Lewis, who also inscribed the booklet. This mine went on to produce much gold ore. Est. $300-500

ARKANSAS

248. Baxter. Mountain Home. Kimberly Mining & Milling Co, 1901. Prospectus. Incorporated in South Dakota, 1901, this company was only 6 months at the time this prospectus was printed. There is a nice tri-fold map at center showing the mines owned and showing the relation to other operating mines in the district. The report indicates that the district had production in 1900 of 675 million pounds of Zinc and 327 million pounds of Copper. Following the tri-fold map is a wonderful two-fold image of a custom built steel drill that was manufactured by the Austin Mfg. Co. 18 pages, 3.5 x 6”, with original green cover. Extremely fine. Est. $25-75

249. Carroll. Eureka Springs. Ozark Zinc Mining Co, c.1903. Prospectus. The front cover has “O Say! If You’ens Never Seed Me, Pick Me Up and Read Me! Fer I’m Frum Arkansaw, Commissioned by The Law To Make You’ens Rich In Lead and Zinc and Sich.” Original cover printed in green and red. The prospectus does not tell where the mines or properties are located. Rather, there are allusions to other famous mines and districts. 20 total pages printed in green and red similar to the cover. Attached on inside front cover is a billhead from the company with a typed letter to the potential stock purchaser. 5 x 8”. Minor foxing (dirt?) at edges of cover. Very fine. Est. $50-150

250. Marion. Harrison. Bonanza Mining & Smelter Co, 1902. &#x20Report on the Beulah Zinc Mines, Marion Co., Arkansas.” The company owned the Beulah zinc mines located along Clabber Creek at the base of Morning Star Mountain with 6 shafts not much deeper than 50 feet each. There is no mention of the ore character or assay values. The prospectus outlines the costs for start up, which was estimated at $16,000. F. S. Coburn was vice president and Dr. F. S. Coburn superintendent. 8 pages, 3.5 x 6.5”. With original greenish cover. Extremely fine. Est. $25-75

251. Marion. Rush Creek/Buffalo Creek. Ozark Mining & Power Co, c.1906. Prospectus. Incorporated in Arkansas. Printed by Con. P. Curran Ptg Co., St. Louis. Property was located in Marion County within the Rush Creek and Buffalo Creek districts. There are no remarks on the ore bodies, assays or production. There are 6 photographs showing the properties and mills. On page 18 is a nice map showing the St. Louis Iron Mountain Southern Rwy route through Arkansas. The prospectus quotes John Casper Banner of Stanford University and former Arkansas State Geologist in several places. There is also an excerpt from a speech Cecil Rhodes gave. Map attached on last page. 9 x 6” with original gray cover. Small tear at center right edge. Extremely fine. Est. $75-150

252. Sevier. Ozark District. North American Ore & Metal Co, c.1900. Prospectus. The company had mines located in Sevier, Howard and Polk Counties located near the Indian Territory which produced zinc, copper, antimony and lead. It appears that the best mine was the Bellah, but others were to come into production soon. No specifics on production. 6 x 6”. Cover has orange print with a floral pattern around edges. Text is in green ink. On each of the 8 pages are short anecdotes. There are pencil marks on all pages as if this was the proof copy and edited. Very fine. Est. $50-150

253. Sevier. Pullmanon. Southwestern Antimony Co, c.1903. Lot of 3 different pcs. A 4 page circular printed in red and blue for the Southwestern Antimony Co that owned property in Sevier County about 6 miles from either Pullmanon and Gilham. The flyer is 8 x 10” and discusses the financial benefits of investing in mining antimony. The company was promoted by Herman Theune & Co. There is a 2 page typed letter from Herman Theune that was probably sent with the prospectus. Also included is an article cut out of the New York Commercial, Sept. 8, 1902, regarding the mining of the Joplin, Missouri, region. Very fine. Est. $50-150