Absentee Mail Bid Auction #19

The rate at which consignments have been coming into our office does not allow us to have live auctions with every catalog. We hope to increase the number of mail bid and fixed price catalogs for the simple reason that live auctions demand intensive prepartion for the catalog and event. We find that this format is easier for the collector and for our busy staff. Many of the items in Auction #19 have lower estimates than Auction #20, but the quality of material is just as good, sometimes better.

WESTERN STATES

ALASKA

1500. Alaska. Alaska Copper Corp. Cert. #829. Incorporated in Delaware. Issued to L. Whitney Searle, Nov. 3, 1916, 1000 shares. Signed by President, and JMB Bausman, Treasurer. Eagle vignette top center. Embossed seal, wide green border. Underprint in green. Printed by Security Bank Note Company, Phila. 8” x 11 1/4”. Strelna, Alaska. Owned 35 claims on the Copper River next to North Midas Copper Co. Two vertical fold creases. Very fine. Est. $75-150

1501. Alaska. Alaska Development Co. Cert #553, incorporated in Wyoming, dated 24th January, 1922, to Nan Crozier, for 104 shares. Signed by President and Ass. Secretary. Vignette upper left corner of oil rigs and train and two eagle vignettes in bottom corners. Embossed green seal, bottom center, green border and safety print. Uncancelled. Printers: The Mysell Rollins Co. 8” x 10” size. Dateline Casper, Wyoming. Two vertical fold creases with small tears on folds. This company was probably working the goldfields of Alaska. Fine to very fine. Est. $50-100

1502. No Lot.

1503. Alaska. Alaska Mexican Gold Mining Co. Cert #10906, dated 14th December 1908 in San Francisco, California, issued to Registration and Security Company, 20 shares. Signed by H.H. Taylor, President, and the Secretary. Vignette, bottom center, of four miners digging in hillside. Cream paper with green border. Embossed seal, lower left corner, over which is stamped: “A partial distribution of Capital Assets—Dividend No. 80, of the proportion of Shares of Treadwell Yukon Co., Ltd., capital stock to which this certificate is entitled, has been paid.” Uncancelled. Printers: Schmidt Litho Co. S.F. Attached bby binding at top of certificate are 2 1/2 pages of coupons (52 total, numbered 81-132). Beneath each coupon is printed “Steelograph.” Pages measure 7 7/8” x 10 3/4.” Fine to very fine. Est. $50-100

1504. Alaska. Alaska Postcards. Lot of 3. Yukon dog team freighting through Alaska Canyon (mis-dated as 1990), a mining scene, and photos of the Treadwell Mine by Pacific Coast Steamship Co. Est. $25-50

1505. Alaska. Alaska United Gold Mining Co. Cert. # 6929. 20 shares issued to Metropolitan Trust Company of the City of New York. Signed by President, and A.G. Corbus, Secretary. Blue border on cream paper, embossed seal, blue underprint. Vignette, lower center, of miners and pack mule, and small vignette within title of woman’s head and winged shoulders. Cancelled with diagonal row of punch holes. Printed by American Bank Note Co., New York Litho. 7 3/8” x 10 5/8.” Fine. Est. $25-75

1506. Alaska. Arctic Chief Copper Mines. Cert. #67. Incorporated in Washington. Dated 23d October 1918, issued to W. J. Elmendorf, for 2,495 shares. Uncancelled. Signed by T.B. Garrison, President, and by Secretary. Large center vignette of mountain mining scene. Black Greek key border design on buff paper, with “fan” designs in each corner. Embossed seal. Printed by Shaw & Borden Co., Spokane 89363. Measures 8 1/8” x 10.” Registered in Yukon Territory. In the 1937 Mines Register, the company is listed as dead, but was located in the Yukon. Very fine. Est. $75-150

1507. Alaska. Cons Alaskan Co. Cert. #17155. Incorporated in South Dakota. Dated 14th May 1923, issued to Mrs. James F. Miller, 124 shares. Uncancelled. Signed by J. P. Radcliffe and R. Z. Watson, under President, and H.A. Mymert (?), Secretary. No vignette. Brown border, embossed red seal. No printer shown. 8” x 10 1/4”. Fine. Two vertical fold creases, very light. Est. $25-75

1508. Alaska. Daly Alaska Mines Company. Cert. #306. Inc. in Washington. Issued to Weir Brothers & Co., 28th September 1922, 1000 shares. Signed by C. M. D. Barash, vice president, Maurice Leehey, secretary. Uncancelled. Border contains six small vignettes of miners working underground and one larger vignette of underground mining scene, top left. Gold seal, gilt safety print. 8 1/2” x 11.” The Mines Handbook, 1924, pg. 184, states Daly Alaska Mines Co. office located in Hyder, Alaska. Photocopy of page included. Printed by Goes. Typed along left edge: “Revenue stamps affixed to records.” Very fine condition. Est. $25-75

1509. Alaska. Fairbanks. Fairbanks Exploration, 1924-25 & 1950. Lot of 4 pieces. All issued, signed and cancelled, except Cert #100, is not issued or cancelled. White paper with brown border and underprint. Black print. Embossed seal. Incorporated in Maine.11 1/4” x 7 3/4”. VF. Est. $100-200

1510. Alaska. Juneau. Jualin Alaska Mines Co. Cert. # 206. Issued to C. Anthoni and G. Mertens, dated August 29, 1919, 20 shares. Written in French, with offices in Bruxelles. Signed by Jean Vanophem, President, and by secretary. Light orange background showing mining scene, surrounded by navy blue border, with center vignette of eagle in front of a domed state house building. Printed by Ed. Besson, 17, Rue Des Petit-Champs, Paris. A Belgian organization with the home office in Brussels, the property owned 30 claims on the north shore of Berners Bay in the Juneau region, developed by a 360’ main shaft, crosscuts and drifts and a drainage tunnel 7,800’ long. Ore reported to be 80% free milling. Production was about $1,000,000. Ceased work in 1920, when mill was destroyed by fire and economic conditions were unfavorable to resumption of operations. Drainage tunnel was 1/2 complete at this time. Reorganized in 1922 as Jualin-Berners Mng. Co., active until 1923, extending tunnel with 45 men. [Ref: MH, 1924, pg. 194]. 10 1/4” x 13. Very fine. Est. $50-100

1511. Alaska. Mining. Beaver Skin from the Alaska Gold Rush, c.1895. The hat resembles the style of today’s cold weather beanies with a rounded top and designed to cover part or all of the ears. About 11 inches across at bottom. Worn by an Alaskan gold seeker. Fine. Est. $50-150 (not illustrated)

1512. Alaska. North Midas Copper Company of Alaska. Cert. # 3332. Incorporated in Maine. Issued to Frank A. Harris (Hines?), dated Aug. 28, 1919, 100 shares. Uncancelled. Signed by W.D. Rich, President and James F. Crane, Treasurer. Includes copy of page from The Mines Handbook, 1924 noting North Midas Copper Co., which was succeeded in 1922 by Branchawk Mining Co. Wide red border with printed seal. Large top center vignette of miners working underground. Fine condition, with creases and fold marks, corner creases. 8 1/4” x 11 1/2.” In Kotsina-Chitina region, 15 mi. from Strelna on the Copper River. &#x201CA prospect” according to MH 1916, pg. 866. Est. $75-150

1513. Alaska. Strelna. Copper River. Alaska Copper Corp. Cart #103. Incorporated in Delaware. Issued to Alfred Weart for 20 shares in 1914. Signed by Stewart vice president and asst secretary. Vignette of spread winged eagle atop crag. Green border and underprint. Uncancelled. Printer - Security Bank Note. 7 x 11”. Company owned most of the stock of the Alaska Cons Copper Co. Also owned about 35 claims in the Copper River district, about 15 miles from

Strelna. Ore averaged around 5% copper from a series of parallel fault fissure veins. High grade ore ran near 50% copper and 13 ounce silver. Total workings were around 4500 feet. In 1917, the company was hoping to build a concentrating plant. (Mines Handbook, 1918, p.297-298). Foxing along edges. Small chip at top left edge. Fine to very fine. Est. $50-100

1514. Alaska. Turnagain Arm Gold Mining Company, 1903. Incorporated Arizona Territory. Certificate Number 3692, dated 14th September 1903, issued to Sherman E. Ayars, 500 shares. Uncancelled. Signed by Joseph Leenchad ??, President, and Lee S. Oviss, Secretary. No printer shown. Includes page copied from James W. Phillips’ Alaska-Yukon Place Names describing Turnagain location. Certificate has gold seal, green border with upper left corner vignette showing eagle clutching planet earth. 8 1/8” x 10 1/2.” Very fine condition. Est. $50-100

1515. Alaska. White Pass & Yukon Route and Valdez Chromolith Postcards, c.1910. Lot of 2 pcs. Two chromo litho postcards: a) “Cantilever Bridge, 215 Ft. high, Scene on White Pass & Yukon Route,” produced by Curt Teich & Company, Inc., Chicago, slightly dinged corners, good condition; b) &#x201CMalamute Team, Valdez, Alaska,” Postmarked Sitka, Alaska, 1909, note from Skagway, AK to San Francisco, CA., published by Portland Post Card Co., Portland, Ore. & Seattle, Wash. No. 90661. Est. $20-40

1516. Alaska. Yukon Basin Gold Dredging Company, Ltd. Cert. #8666. Incorporated in Arizona. Dated 22nd May, 1909, issued to Clarence M. Bates, 1000 shares. Uncancelled. Signed by William Ogilvie, President, and Doyle, Ass’t Secretary. Black printed border, with gold seal and vignette of dredging vessel at top center. Seal is oxidized and uneven in color. Minor stain below seal. No printer shown. Two fold creases. Vf. Est. $75-150

ARIZONA

1517. Arizona. Cochise. Aravaipa. Kin E Chy Mining & Milling Co. Cert #531. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to Thomas Spear for 100 shares in 1903. Signed by Herman Knorr president and Fred P. Obenauer secretary. Vignette of a mill next to a stream in a steep walled valley with smaller vignettes of miners inspecting ore. Green border with gilt seal. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes., dist by Gregory, Mayer & Thom Co, Detroit. 8 x 11”. Datelined Detroit, Mich. Company owned 33 claims in the Aravaipa district. There was a 72 and a 150 feet shaft accessing ore that carried variable amounts of copper, silver, gold and lead. &#x201CIdle, unable to pay its bills and apparently moribund.” (Copper Handbook, 1908, p.846). Minor wear to fold creases. Very fine. Est. $50-100

1518. Arizona. Cochise. Bisbee. Miners and Merchants Bank. Cert #163, incorporated in Arizona, dated 3rd November, 1949, to Carolyn Haninger. 8 1/4 shares. Signed by S.S. Shattuck, President, and Ernest Beyer, Secretary. Vignette, top center, of miners working underground. Blue border with blue safety print, blue embossed seal. Cancellation stamp. No printer showing. 8” x 10” size. Small inside tear, lower left corner. Est. $50-100

1519. Arizona. Cochise. Courtland. Leadville Mining Co. Cert #189. Incorporated in Territory of Arizona. Issued to A. T. Yople for 500 shares in 1908. Signed by Wm Holmes president and Wm Miramar secretary. Vignette of a man seated on a winged wheel flying through the sky holding a torch. Black border with bronze seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11”. Owned the Leadville group which included the Maid of Sunshine and King Solomon mines. Ore was near 4% copper. The company bonded an extension to the Calumet & Arizona MC in 1909. (Copper Handbook, 1910, p.1064). Small tears along fold creases. Fine to Very fine. Est. $50-100

1520. Arizona. Coconino. Canyon Diablo. Meteor Crater Photo Postcards, c.1920-40. Lot of 2 different cards. One of the cards is c.1920 and is captioned “Meteor Crater Near Flagstaff, Ariz. C-391” showing the famous crater with the mine buildings at the bottom. EKC stamp box, published by Thel. L. Cook Co, Milwaukee. The second is card is by Frasher, X - 8087 and shows an oblique angle overview of the meteor crater, c.1940. White bordered, published by Lollesgard Specialty Co, Tucson, Arizona. EKC stamp box. Both unused. Very fine. Est. $40-80

1521. Arizona. Gila. Globe. Old Dominion Extension Mining Development Co. Lot of 2 pcs. Incorporated in Arizona, dated 11th October, 1916. A First Mortgage Five Year Six Per Cent Convertible Gold Bond, 1916-1921, for $1000 in gold coin. Signed by Roy G. Thomas, Vice-President, and Louis M. Greenstein, Secretary. Broad green border with fancy designs in corners. Coupons are signed by Louis M. Greenstein. Green border, embossed seal. Uncancelled. Printer is Goes. Measures 9 1/2” x 15 1/4” and coupon sheet measures 6 1/4” x 9 1/2.” Folded. Est. $50-100

1522. Arizona. Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon Drug store Postcard. Man and woman in the dirt street in front of Grand Canyon Drug store in Williams, “The Gateway to the Grand Canyon,” Arizona. Est. $50-100

1523. Arizona. Greenlee. Clifton. Stevens Copper Mining Co. Cert #12. Incorporated in Delaware. Issued to Charles Stevens for 1066 shares in 1913. Signed by Cox vice president and Kent treasurer. No vignette. Brown border and safety print. Cancelled by red pen and slash mark through signature line. Printer - Republic Bank Note. 8 x 11”. Cancellation stub attached at left. One 2 cent and one 20 cent stock transfer tax stamp at upper left corner. Owned 39 claims located 2 miles from Metcalf that had produced some copper ore. Property was being worked by leasers in 1920 (Mines Handbook, p.236). Very fine. Est. $25-75

1524. Arizona. Maricopa. Phoenix. Bailey Gold Mining & Milling Co Prospectus, 1896. Red leather covered prospectus. Mine was incorporated in West Virginia. Main office in New York City. Provenance: Horace W. Havens Collec. Est. $75-150

1525. Arizona. Maricopa. White Tanks. White Tanks Mining Corp. Cert #281. Incorporated in Arizona Territory. Issued to Louis E. Taubel for 5000 shares in 1904. Signed by Henry A. Bomberger president and W. R. Harris treasurer. Vignette of a spread winged eagle. Black border with green seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11”. Owned the Bert Ford group located in the White Tanks Mountains about 40 miles west of Phoenix. Company built a smelter and blast furnace, but the operation was unsuccessful. (Copper Handbook, 1908, p.1428). Very fine. Est. $50-150

1526. Arizona. Maricopa. Wickenburg. Vulture Mines Co Letterhead, 1912. Typed two-page letter on the Vulture Mines Company letterhead, dated April 9, 1912 and signed by August R….(illegible). Letter addressed to Mr. D.C. Demarest, D.D. Demarest Company, San Francisco, Cal. The letter offers assistance to Demarest in providing contacts for the purpose of raising capital for his business. Two straight pin holes in top left corner. Est. $50-100

1527. Arizona. Mining. Photo of a mine on a hill, showing headframe against the sky and an ore cart with a small dump. Two men can be seen dumping an ore bucket into the cart. A horse stands in the background. Details are very clear although the image is somewhat dark in tone. Photographer not identified. There are saguaro cactus visible within the shot, typically distinctive of an Arizona landscape. Image approx 7 x 5 in., mounted on a black mat approx 8 x 7 in. Matte is worn at corners. Very fine. Est. $50-150

1528. Arizona. Mohave. San Francisco. San Francisco Gold Mines Co. Cert #250, incorporated in State of Arizona, dated 3rd February, 1922, to E. L. Arkins, for 1000 shares. Signed by John A. Hassell, Vice President, and F.M. Sayre, Secretary. Two vignettes: one in lower right corner shows miner with two pack burros, and second at center top shows mill site with loaded train cars in foreground. Brown border and gold seal. Uncancelled. Printed by Grimes-Stassforth Stationery Co. L.A. 21309. Company had property adjoining the Oatman United. Idle by 1925. (Mines Handbook, 1925, p.439). Straight pin holes left edge, and two vertical crease marks. Very fine. Est. $50-100

1529. Arizona. Oatman. San Francisco. San Francisco Gold Mines Co Report by of Engineer Edward W. Brooks, Market Letter No. 40, 1916. A printed report from the Engineer Edward W. Brooks on the San Francisco Gold Mines Company (Oatman District), Market Letter No. 40, from the offices of Edwin Kennedy, Stock and Bond Broker, Los Angeles, dated April 17, 1916. One piece of paper measuring 10 1/2” x 33 1/2” and folded into six pages. Includes map of ore zones surrounding San Francisco Gold Mines and a photograph showing proximity of United Eastern main working shaft. Est. $50-100

1530. Arizona. Pima. Amole Peak. Mile Wide Copper Co. Cert #1045. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to S. Devlin for 100 shares in 1917. Signed by vice president and F. C. Dauds asst secretary. Crude vignette of an antlered dear at upper left. Black border with bronze seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11”. Owned 1400 acres on the south side of Amole Peak, about 18 miles from Tucson. The claims included the Copper King, Orient, Copper Mountain and Esperanza groups. &#x201CThe properties of this company do not come up to the very rosily-painted descriptions given out by the brokers who hold an option for 51% of the stock, the balance being owned by the company’s manager.” (Copper Handbook, 1920, p.291-92). Very fine. Est. $25-75

1531. Arizona. Pima. Tucson. Mile Wide Copper Co Map, c.1920. Map measures 8 1/4” x 10 1/2” and is punched for a three-ring binder. It shows the location of the Mile Wide Copper Co. west of Tucson, the Tucson Mountains, Mission San Xavier, the location of various other mines, and lines of the Southern Pacific Railroad and the El Paso & Southwestern Railroad. Visible fold creases, top right corner torn slightly with diagonal crease in corner. Est. $40-80

1532. Arizona. Pinal. Mineral Creek. Ray Integrity Mining Company. Cert #92, incorporated Arizona State, dated 30 June, 1925, to Postio (?) Manjoros, 8333 shares. Signed by Manjoros as President and James Vappas, Secretary-Treasurer. Three vignettes across the top: two side vignettes show underground miners and larger center vignette shows smelter site with stream and mountains. Buff paper with green border, and green embossed seal. Uncancelled. Printer: “GOES 36. Measures 8 3/8” x 10 7/8.” Owned a group of claims in the Mineral Creek district with lead and silver ore found in schist. (Mines Handbook, 1931, p.404). Small tear along crease, right edge. Est. $50-75

1533. Arizona. Pinal. Picacho. Picacho Basin Ming Co. Cert #471, incorporated Arizona Territory 1906, dated Apr 14, 1908, to Ed. C. Des Rochers for 500 shares. Signed by C.B. Middleton, President, and Chas. F. Aaronson, Secretary. Eagle vignette at top center. Brown border, embossed seal. Uncancelled. Printed by Wm. F. Murphy Sons Co., Phila. Slight staining along right edge outside of border. 8 3/8” x 11 5/8.” Fine. Est. $50-75

1534. Arizona. Santa Cruz. Harshaw. Flux Mining Co. Cert #8, incorporated in Arizona, dated 9th July 1919, to Eugenia R. Flora, 12,500 shares. Signed by John M. McGregor, Vice President and T. B. Read, Secretary. Vignette at top left of underground miners with picks, lighted candles. Smaller gold vignette at center bottom showing mountain stream & pine trees. Fancy gold border and gold seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer: Goes. Measures 8 3/8” x 10 3/4.” Owned 11 claims located 3.5 miles from Patagonia. (Mines Handbook, 1925, p.308). Fine. Est. $50-100

1535. Arizona. Signal. Report on the McCracken Hill Mines, Near Signal, Arizona, 1903. Eighteen typewritten pages, double spaced, and secured by brads to a paper folded cover. &#x201CProperty of the Lester Mining Company, San Francisco, California, 1903” typed beneath report title. Very fine. Est. $75-150 (not illustrated)

1536. Arizona. Verde. Yavapai. Monster Chief Mining Co. Cert #A116 issued to G.G. Rice for 100 shares on Nov. 3, 1916. Signed by J.M.B. (?) Ridgely and secretary (illegible). White paper with green border and artwork. Print in black. Embossed seal. Vignette at top center of spread-winged bald eagle perched on a crag. Printed by Franklin Lee Division-American Bank Note Co., New York. 11 1/2” x 8”. XF. Est. $20-40

1537. Arizona. Yavapai. Humboldt. Cons Arizona Smelting Co. Cert #9055. Incorporated in New Jersey. Issued to Wm H. Hastings for 100 shares in 1908. Signed by Francis Risk vice president and Benj Pierce asst treasurer. Vignette of a robed woman with wreath. Black border and gray underprint. Uncancelled. Printer - International Bank Note, NY. 8 x 12”. A consolidation of Arizona Smelting Co, Arizona Exploration Co and DeSoto MC. In 1911, production exceeded 600,000 pounds of copper per month. But the debt inherited from the consolidation was never satisfied, forcing receivership in 1920. (Tenney, 1929, p.189-193). Very fine. Est. $50-100

1538. Arizona. Yavapai. Jerome. United Verde Copper Co Correspondence, 1912-1922. Lot of 3 pcs. Three typed letters: First, dated April 5, 1912 from Superintendent of Mines (United Verde Copper Company) H.D. Smith, to Julius Kruttschnitt, Jr. in Tucson, regarding the Scott Mining Syndicate. Second, a carbon copy of the reply from Kruttschnitt to H.D. Smith, dated April 24, 1922. Third, a response to the previous letter from H.D. Smith to J. Kruttschnitt, dated May 2, 1922, thanking him for the information he provided. All measure 8 1/2” x 11” and are pinned together with a straight pin. Est. $50-75

1539. Arizona. Yavapai. Lynx Creek. United States Continental Mines Co. Cert #A491. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to Mrs. Henrietta M. Yoppke for 60 shares in 1921. Signed only by the president. Vignette of a spread winged eagle. Green border. Uncancelled. Printer not noted. 8 x 11”. Owned the Homestead and Continental mines in the Lynx Creek district near Walker. By 1925, the company was more of a holding and promotion company for several subsidiaries. The promotions were viewed with some skepticism. (Mines Handbook, 1925, p.474). Very fine. Est. $25-75

1540. Arizona. Yavapai. Providence. Oriental Mining Co. Cert #314. Incorporated in Territory of Arizona, 1897. Issued to George A. Curry for 1000 shares in 1906. Signed by A. F. Kent president and William Keeler secretary. Vignette at upper left of several miners underground with smaller vignettes at the corners. Black border with green seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11”. Datelined Providence, Arizona. This company is not listed in the Copper Handbooks, but the Oriental Mining & Milling Co is listed with the same officers and location. Owned Lottie and Postmaster claims with a tunnel of 4500 feet. Ore was auriferous and argentiferous copper with assays returning mostly gold and silver. Presumed idle. (Copper Handbook, 1910, p.1352). Minor wear to fold creases. Very fine. Est. $50-100