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100. Alaska. Seward Peninsula. Nome. Nome & Sinook Co. Stock certificate #82 issued to P.D. Winter for 2400 shares in 1908. Signed by Spring as president and Kellerman as treasurer. Incorporated in Maine. Cancelled with purple cancelled stamp through center. White paper with black underprint, border and vignette with gold seal. Printed by Goes. This was most likely a placer gold mining company. Gold was surprisingly found in the beach sands at Nome in 1897 which sparked a mad rush of folks who believed they could set up rockers and shovels in the sand and make their fortunes. This was in fact, true for a short while. The gold ran out in two years. Folded, XF. 10 3/4" x 8". $45

101. Arizona. Cochise. California. Hill Top Mines of the Chiricahuas, 1913. 48pp illustrated prospectus, 6 x 9.5". Some water damage. Tape repairs to title page. Contents vg-fine, damage is only to margins generally. Owned thirty unpatented mining claims and parts of others. Very different prospectus with numerous photos of business men in suits with picks, not the usual sort of "miners" one would expect in a prospectus. It has more of a feel "look what we found". They had numerous buildings on site and discovered lead-zinc-silver ore. This company reorganized as Hilltop Metals just after this prospectus was published. [Tenney] $100

102. Arizona. Cochise. Cochise. Dragoon Mountain Copper Co. Cert #257. Incorporated in Arizona 1917. Issued to A. T. Hornell for 50 shares in 1918. Signed by C. Coy Wells secretary and Ralph R. Wilson president. Vignette of a spread winged eagle atop crag. Black border with green underprint and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11. This is a reorganization of the Arizona & Michigan Dev Co. Property included 9 claims located in the Cochise district. The primary property was the Copper Chief mine which had a two compartment shaft 430' deep and a 400' incline. The company also owned a rail spur that connected with the Southern Pacific at Dragoon. The Copper Chief was leased in 1917 to the Mines Development Co and in 1923, leased to the Arizona United Dev. Co. (Mines Handbook, 1925, p.302). Extremely fine. $60

103. Arizona. Cochise. Dos Cabezas. Central Copper Company of Arizona. Cert #17389. Incorporated in AZ, 1919. Certificate, letter to the stockholders and certificate of cancellation of $1 million indebtedness. Issued to Dorothy Swartz for 185 shares in 1927. Signed by President T. N. McCauley and Asst Secretary M. Kirby. Printed by Goes. Seven vignettes: top left-center of 5 miners working underground, filling ore bucket; at each corner of a miner swing a pick and at side centers of miner holding a pick and an ore sample. Uncancelled. Folds and tears along folds at edges. Black print and border with gold seal and underprint on white paper. 8.5 x 11. The company was formed acquire the Elma mine and to assume Mascot Copper's holdings when the lease that company had with American Smelting and Refining Co was surrendered. They operated copper mines on the southwest slopes of the Dos Cabezas Mountains. A rail line from the mine to the main rail line at Wilcox was completed in 1915 and ore was shipped to El Paso for smelting. The Mascot continued to operate under a lease, and the two mines operated until 1930. Total production, chiefly copper, amounted to about $800,000 (Tenney, 1929, p. 224-226). Very fine. $25

104. Arizona. Cochise. Hartford. Hartford Mining Corp. Cert. #49. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to Mary W. Titus for 10 shares in 1904. Signed by president Henry J. Wilkins and secretary F. Vergnies Learoyd. Uncancelled. Vignette of bald eagle atop rocky peak. Black border, orange underprint. Goes-printer. 8" x 10 1/2". This company may have had their operations around the Hartford district, Huachuca Mountains. The other possibility is that the company had ties to Hartford, Connecticut. Not listed in the Copper or Mines Handbooks. Vf, minor tears at folds. $40

105. Arizona. Cochise. Johnson. Empire Copper & Gold Mining Co. Cert. #92. Incorporated in Arizona in 1905. Issued to Mrs. Eva Vaughn for 400 shares in 1905. Signed by V. president M. J. Gress and secretary H. H. Morrow. Uncancelled. Vignette of men using pickaxes in underground mining scene. Gilt border and seal. Printed by Goes. Vf, small tears at folds. 7 3/4" x 10 1/2". The company owned the Empire and Cowboy claims groups located in the Little Dragoon Mountains 2 miles from Johnson. The ore was of copper-silver-gold with the best assays at 30% copper, 4 ounce silver and $2.80 gold per ton. There was a 400 foot shaft and about 500 feet of drifts. (Copper Handbook, 1908, p.666). $75

106. Arizona. Cochise. Lancha. Connecticut-Southwestern Copper Co. Prospectus. Circa 1905. Black print on blue paper. 6 x 13.5. Four panel pamphlet with a three panel sketch map of the claims, smelter, railroad, and mountain setting. The company had plans to construct a reduction plant and smelter near the Southern Pacific RR siding of Lancha in Cochise County to process ore from the copper districts there and in Pima County. Rickard (in Canty, ed., 1987, p. 191) makes no mention of this company, so it seems unlikely it ever got off the ground. $75

107. Arizona. Cochise. Mascot. Gold Prince Mining & Milling Corp. Cert. #186. Incorporated in Arizona in 1919. Issued to Mrs. R.W. Aldrich for 500 shares in 1919. Signed by president Frank Rollman and secretary A.J. Welty. Uncancelled. Ran a group of 17 claims, including the Basin mine, at Dos Cabezos, Cochise County, reported, in 1922, under development and shipping in 1919-20. But in 1921, Herbert A. Lowdermilk, on belhalf of the Central Bank of Wilcox, filed suit against the company. Reasons unknown (Ref: Mines Hdbk, 1922, p.281, Mine Index..., Welty et al, 1985, p.10). Vignette of eagle atop dome. Black border, gilt seal. Printed by Goes. Fine, damage at folds. 8" x 11". $50

108. Arizona. Cochise. Middle Pass. Gordon Mining Co. Cert #90. Incorporated in Illinois in 1888. Issued to Cornelia B. Sudborough for 100 shares in 1888. Signed by F. M. Paltee as president and Wm. Johnson as secretary. Very fancy masthead with underground mining scene vignette at right. Underprint of gold chain pattern with "shares $10 each" in center. Uncancelled. Printed by Skinner, St. Louis. Datelined St. Louis. "Issued in payment for property in Arizona." 9 x 11.5". The Gordon Mining Company took over the San Juan Mine located at the south end of the Dragoon Mountains, about 8 miles west of Pearce. The district seems to have an active period about 1890. Production is unknown. This period was a general depression in Arizona, particularly for the silver mines. [ref: Keith, Index of Mining Properties in Cochise Co., Arizona; Ariz. Bu. Of Min. Tech. Bulletin No. 187, 1985]. Wear along folds. $500

109. Arizona. Cochise. Tombstone. Bank of Helldorado / Tombstone / Arizona / 1879-1929 // 1. Al, rd with hole in center, 35mm. Fine to VF with toning and wear to high points. $75

110. Arizona. Cochise. Tombstone. Boston & Arizona Development Co., Inc. Cert. #400. Incorporated in Delaware in 1926. Issued to A.W. Robinson for 1000 shares in 1926. Signed by president R.A. Carleton and secretary A. Maloney. Uncancelled. Vignette of spread-winged bald eagle atop stars and stripes shield. Green border. Printed by Goes. Xf. 8 1/2" x 10 3/4". This company is only listed in the Obsolete Company listing in the 1946 Mines Register. This listing does not offer where the company had its operation. There was a Boston & Arizona Smelting & Reduction Co operating the Oregon and Prompter properties. $35

111. Arizona. Cochise. Tombstone. Cincinnati Mining Co. Cert #85. Incorporated in California 1890. Issued to N. B. Lazard for 50 shares in 1890. Signed by President A. F. McGrew and Secretary J. J. Scoville. No vignette. Black border. Uncancelled. Printed by A. H. Waugaman & Co., S.F. Datelined San Francisco. Folds. "Mines, Tombstone, Arizona." 5 x 9.5. This company was probably a reorganization of the Cincinnati Gold and Silver Mining Co. which was incorporated in 1880. $275

112. Arizona. Cochise. Tombstone. Girard Gold and Silver Mining Co. Cert #1953. incorporated 1879. Issued to Wm. J. Jenks for 100 shares in 1882. Signed by Wm. H. Whipple as president and Wilson Loyd as treasurer. Large vignette of Girard and another of an underground mining scene. Black border and print. Uncancelled. Printed by Lehman & Bolton, Philadelphia. 9 x 11.5". "Location Pima County Arizona Territory" in fancy print below mining vignette. Please note that the treasurer Loyd is also the treasurer at the same time for several Tombstone companies based in Camden, New Jersey, including the Cincinnati and Intervener. Whipple is also the same president as the Cincinnati. The Girard mine became notable in Tombstone's history as the first mine to build their own mill in camp. Mines had gone deeper in their search for silver gold ores. Once they hit the 500 foot level or so, the water table was encountered, and pumps had to be installed to rid the mines of water. The Girard was the first company to build a mill using their own water, but in the aftermath, was unable to locate economic quantities of paying ore. The company milled ores from the Contention and Tranquility to help pay for the mill. Then in 1884 they were successful in finding some good ores for themselves, which lasted about a year. The company sold the mill to the Tombstone M&MC in 1886, who moved their facilities there from Charleston. The company invested in other mines around Arizona without much success. [ref: Tenney. Burchard 1881 also gave it quite a write-up]. Scarce. $500

113. Arizona. Cochise. Tombstone. Girard Mining Co. Cert. #161. Incorporated in Arizona 1904. Issued to P.W. Snyders for 500 shares in 1905. Signed by president A. Pleasonton and secretary J.M. Havard. Uncancelled. Vignette of road leading to mining camp, flanked by two vignettes of underground mining scenes. Gilt border and seal. Printed by Goes. 8" x 11". Xf, folds. We found a Girard MC that owned the Della claim and W. R. Hearst claim in the Silver Creek district. But this company was not incorporated and had no stock issuance. (Mines Handbook, 1918, p.483). Girard MC first developed the Girard mine in 1881, but lost its property due to a sheriff's sale. In the mid 1890's, Girard MC, organized to develop properties at Lost Gulch, near Globe, was promotion of Girard and Kasser. This company was reincorporated in 1897 as the Lost Gulch MC. We have decided to place this company near Tombstone, for that is the only location with a Girard mine. (Tenney, History of Mining in Arizona, 1929). $75

114. Arizona. Cochise. Tombstone. Mellgren Mines Corp. Cert. #35. Incorporated in Arizona in 1934. Issued to W.W. Grace for 25000 shares in 1934. Signed by president V.G. Mellgren and secretary B.E. Grace. Uncancelled. Vignette of track leading to mine and mill operations. Four small vignettes throughout border. Black border, gilt seal. Printed by Goes. 8 1/4" x 10 1/2". This company was owned and operated by Mellgren and sons for 25 years. Property included 56 claims, 1050 acres, in the Tombstone. In fact, these properties took up most of the eastern half of the Tombstone district that had had a historic production of $85 million. There was a reported ore reserve of 630,000 tons with ore shipments of high-grade silver-gold-lead that generated millions of dollars. The company planned on enlarging the operation in the late 1920's. (Mines Handbook, 1931, p.368-69). Extremely fine. $50

115. Arizona. Cochise. Tombstone. North Sulphuret Mining Co. Cert #36. Incorporated in New Jersey 1881. Issued to Thomas C. Else for 150 shares in 1881. Signed by Hamilton Disston as president, J. H. Deal as treasurer and H. B. Ring as secretary. Underground mining vignette at top. Uncancelled. Black border with gold safety print and "$1" in gold underprint. 7.5 x 11". "Tombstone District, Pima County, Arizona" printed on certificate. Printed by Wm F. Murphy's sons, Philadelphia. The Sulphuret claim was next to the famous Contention claim, one of the first staked in Tombstone. In 1882, when the Western Mining Company absorbed other claims, they were only able to get a portion of the Sulphuret, and the rest was split up into several parts, each of which tried to strike it rich in the stock market by incorporating separately. The play was unsuccessful. This "mine" had no production that I was able to discern. It is another of the many Camden, New Jersey companies that were basically worthless. None of these "mines" are listed in any of the classic references (fh). Hamilton Disston was the son of millionaire saw manufacturer Henry Disston. Hamilton went on to build his own fortune as a Philadelphia toolmaker and developer. Among his most aggressive real estate developments was a purchase of 4 million acres in Florida for 25 cents per acre. Here he turned swamp into buildable acreage. Today a private school and separate foundation bear his name. [ref: Disston Internet sites]. Rare. $425

116. Arizona. Cochise. Tombstone. Tombstone Cons Gold & Silver Mining Co. Cert #251. Incorporated in San Francisco 1881. Issued to F. E. Weston for 151,820 shares in 1882, about 38% of the company! Signed by Weston as secretary and the president (illegible). Printed by LeCount Bros, SF. Black print. No vignette. Cancelled in red ink written twice over the face. "Tombstone Mining District, Cochise Co., A.T." printed on certificate. Weston was not a San Francisco resident in 1881. This company is a complete fake. It takes its name all-too liberally from the great Tombstone Mining & Milling Co., the largest producer in Tombstone. This company is not listed anywhere, adding to my suspicion that it was a complete fraud. I always keep a little window open in case they leased a paying claim, but remained anonymous. $500

117. Arizona. Cochise. Tombstone. Tombstone Utility Receipts, c. 1928. Lot of 48 pieces. City Light & Power Plant makes up 16 pieces of this lot, mostly dated 1928. These are printed on pink paper are about 4 x 6. Huachuca Water Co makes up 32 pieces, mostly dated from 1928. These are printed on yellow paper and are about 3 x 5. All very fine. $50

118. Arizona. Cochise. Tombstone. Washington Mining Co. Cert #58. Incorporated in New York 1881. Issued to E. Barnes, trustee for 100 shares in 1881. Signed by president and E. Barnes secretary. Blue print, no vignette. Uncancelled. Printed by Gildersleeve, New York. 7.5 x 10.5". "Location, Tombstone Mining District, Arizona Territory" printed on certificate. When the Washington property was patented, it was owned by the Bradshaw Mining Co., according to the patent papers. But within just a couple of months, the Bradshaw Company had split their properties, incorporating a mining company on each patented mining claim. This practice was a clever, yet potentially unethical practice. Investors in the east would never know the difference, but the savvy western investors would know from their title work. The only way the investors could make money was if a separate mine was begun on each property that made money. Ultimately, though, the properties would have to be combined if the mine(s) were successful. The property to the north is the Martha, and the property to the south is the Bradshaw, which has a nearly identical certificate issued for it at the same time signed by the same set of officers. The certificate states that the mines were in the Tombstone district, otherwise this would be a nearly impossible certificate to research with such a common name. There were more than ten producing mines with this name in the west at the time. This property never produced under this name, and is absent from Burchard's reports of Tombstone as well as Butler's report. [ref: Burchard; patent papers]. $450

119. Arizona. Cochise. Tombstone. Woronoco Gold & Silver Mining Co. Cert #921. Incorporated in Maine 1883. Issued to E. Collins of Westfield Mass for 1500 shares in 1884. Signed by E. Collins as president and Wm. H. Foote as secretary. "Mines at Tombstone, Arizona." Black border, crème paper, underground mining scene at top and bottom center. Printed by Spaulding, Cotton & Co., Boston. 7 x 11". Uncancelled. The Woronoco mine is 1.5 to 2 miles east of Tombstone. They owned the San Diego and La Grande mines. The company built a mill and smelter in 1883 probably with the funds generated from the offering of this stock. Their ore was high grade, reported as 75 ounces per ton silver and 20% lead. The mine was idle after 1883, but the company's mill and smelter were still used by others for at least another year. [ref: Tenney, Butler et al.]. Ex rare. Extremely fine. $600

120. Arizona. Cochise. Warren. Arizona & Southeastern Railroad Co. First Mortgage Bond $1000. Specimen. Would have been issued 1888. Fancy green border, brown in masthead, vignette of train at top. No. 000. 10 coupons attached at right.15 x 15", folds. Printed by the Homer Lee Bank Note Co. The Arizona & Southeastern RR was incorporated in 1888, with all the stock owned and held by the famous Copper Queen Mining Co. that used the rail to haul ore to the smelter. This specimen may be the only remaining copy of this tightly held company. [ref: Poor's]. Extremely fine. Rare. $550

121. Arizona. Cochise. Warren. Arizona State Code of Mine Bell Signals Sign. The metal sign has white lettering on a blue background. This sign is from the Copper Queen mine at Bisbee from the 1100 level as I recall { fh} . The sign is circa 1910 to 1920. Size 18" x 3' 10 1/2". Some blue paint missing around edges, very minor, else very fine. The sign has all the bell call signals used by hoist operators when raising or lowering cages in the shaft. This bell signal system was an audible code. By using a series of bell rings, the hoistman knew to stop the cage at specific levels. The Copper Queen was the most important mine at Bisbee, operated by Phelps Dodge into the 1990's, an operation of more than 100 years. Copper Queen ephemera are among the most collectible of the Arizona mines. $1400

122. Arizona. Cochise. Warren. Cons Gold Mines Co, Ltd. Cert. #1718. Incorporated in Arizona in 1930. Datelined Bisbee, AZ. Issued to Estelle Provo for 16 shares in 1935. Signed by president Frank E. Thomas. Uncancelled. Vignette of spread-winged bald eagle atop globe. Brown border and seal. Printed by Goes. We could find no reference to this company in any of our sources. Datelined Bisbee, Arizona, which is where we have placed the company. 8 x 11". Very fine, tears at top edge. $40

123. Arizona. Cochise. Warren. Copper Glance Mining Co. Cert #3055. Incorporated in Territory of Arizona 1901. Issued to Jabuz Burgan for 100 shares in 1902. Signed by G. E. Towlinson secretary and S. W. Clawson president. Vignette at upper left of several miners working underground with smaller vignettes at each corner of a miner. Black border with bronze seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11. Owned 24 claims in the Warren district about 7 miles southeast of Bisbee. There were four shafts, the deepest at 570'. Idle since 1904. (Copper Handbook, 1906, p.407). Wear to folds with small tears. Very fine. $75

124. Arizona. Cochise. Warren. Eureka Mining Co. Cert #13. Incorporated in Territory of Arizona 1905. Issued to A. H. Pinyaw for 62,050 shares in 1909. Signed by G. M. Porter vice president and A. H. Pinyaw secretary. Vignette of several miners working underground. Orange border, seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11. This company sold its property to the Bisbee Coalition Mining Co in 1909. It did own 13 claims in Tombstone Canyon. It is odd that the cert number is so low and for a lot of shares issued in the same year the company sold its property. (Copper Handbook, 1910, p.797). Extremely fine. $75

125. Arizona. Cochise. Warren. Miners and Merchants Bank Check for $100 issued to O. W. Brandon in 1907. Signed for Jos. M. Muheim by J. B. Anderson. Stamped and hole punched "Paid". 3 x 8. $20

126. Arizona. Cochise. Warren. Modern Copper Mining Co. Cert #453. Inc. in Terr. of AZ, 1901. Issued to U. J. Umberhorn for 100 shares in 1902. Signed by M. A. Centers president and F. Conard secretary. Vignette of a robed woman standing with a bear and sailing ship behind. Green border and underprint with gilt seal. Uncancelled. Printer - L. A. Litho. 8x 11. Owned 28 claims in Tombstone Canyon in the Warren district. Assayed at 7% copper, 10% lead, 14 ounce silver and 1 ounce gold per ton. There were four shafts and steam power. (Copper Handbook, 1905, p.567). 2 inch piece missing from lower left corner. Tears along fold creases. Tape repair to reverse along folds. Very fine. Small tears along fold creases. $75

127. Arizona. Cochise. Warren. North Extension Atlanta Mining Co. Cert #57. Incorporated in New Jersey 1881. Issued to E. G. Springer, Agt. for 500 shares in 1881. Signed by Silas A. George president and Q. H. Brown treasurer. Vignette below masthead of allegorical woman and two underground miners at work. Black border and print, green underprint. Uncancelled. Printed by National Bureau of Engraving, Phila . 7 x 10". Probably located near the Atlanta Mine at Bisbee in what is now Cochise County. $400

128. Arizona. Cochise. Warren. U. S. Collateral Bank Promissory Note, 1911. This note uses 543 shares of Heffern Mining and Development Company stock, certificate number 1667 as collateral. The rate is 10 per cent. Signed by E. M. Morring. Folds with small tears at the left fold. 7 1/4 X 8 1/2. Vf. $40

129. Arizona. Cochise. Whetstone. International Mines & Land Co. Cert. #181. Incorporated in Arizona 1907. Issued to Charles A. Miller for 5000 shares in 1910. Signed by J. V. Butler president and secretary . Uncancelled. Attractive vignette of rancher, cattle and horses on ranch. Black border and gilt seal. No printer noted. 8" x 9.5". Datelined Denver, Colo. This company probably had property that spanned the border with Mexico and most likely had its office in the Cochise County. Garbani indicates that the company had an operation in the Whetstone Mountains. $60

130. Arizona. Cochise. Woodruff. Bisbee & Woodruff Checks, 1888 & 1903. Lot of 2 pieces. The first piece is a check from the Arizona Co-op Mercantile Institution, Woodruff. A. T. Dec, 13, 1888. Black print on yellow paper. Drawn on the First National Bank of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Printer Levison & Blythe Staty Co. St Louis. Purple paid stamp on front. Very fine Size 3 1/4 X 8". The second piece is a check from the Bank of Bisbee, Bisbee, Arizona, dated Feb. 23, 1903. Black print on light green paper. Very Fine. Size 3 X 7". Schweikart (1982, various pages) notes that the Bank of Bisbee was one of the strongest banks in Arizona. The bank was started, as many were, in a mercantile establishment by J. S. Douglas and William H. Brophy. J. S. Douglas and William H. Brophy were pioneers in Arizona finance. Brophy came to Arizona from San Francisco in 1881. During his visit he met Dr. James Douglas, who was in the process of forming the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Co., Douglas needed someone to run a "modest little commissary" for the mining operation, and gave the job to Brophy. This Commissary started assuming many banking duties, far before the bank was formed. In 1900 Brophy, J. S. Douglas (Dr. Douglas' son), and M. J. Cunningham founded the Bank of Bisbee. In 1902, The three men plus Charles O. Ellis, opened a semi-branch bank called the Bank of Douglas. The Banks were very progressive and started extending there hours to get new accounts. This was very successful. The Bank of Bisbee was still in business in 1980. At one time the Bank of Bisbee stock was worth $400 per share. The Bank of Douglas was acquired by the Arizona Bancorporation around 1962. $50

131. Arizona. Coconino. Cataract Canyon. Northern Arizona Mining & Electric Power Co Prospectus, c.1917. Was said to show a chamber deposit in limestone, containing both lead and silver ore. Development was done mainly by tunnels, total workings of 1000'. The company claimed to have valuable water rights and 20,000 tons of ore blocked out, all of which remained to be seen (Ref: Weed, 1920, pp.190-91). A manuscript note is included from the president of the company, W. I. Johnson, stating that there had been some success with the Vanadium ore samples and at selling stock. 8 pages with two images of water falls on the first page. 4 x 8.5". $75

132. Arizona. Coconino. Francis. Val Verde Copper Co, Ltd. Cert #411. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to H. W. Hoops for 250 shares in 1899. Signed by president and secretary. Vignette of three miners inspecting ore underground. Black border. Uncancelled. Printer - Wm M. L. McAdams, Boston. 8 x 12. The Val Verde Copper Co was formed to build a smelter at Copper Basin to treat the ore of the Blue Bell mine which was owned by a subsidiary company. The mill operated until 1904, when the mill was sold to the Bradshaw Mountain Copper Co. (Tenney, History of Mining in Arizona, 1929, p.188-189). The company also owned property in the Francis district, Coconino County. This mine had four shafts, over 1000 feet in workings and employed 50 men. The company also owned the townsite of Val Verde, a short railroad, the water works, electric light, lodging house and boarding house, but excludesd the saloon. Production in 1903 was 379,639 pounds. Management was reorganized in 1902. (Copper Handbook, 1904, p.706-707). Very fine. $85

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

134. Arizona. General. Anglo Mexican Land & Mining Bureau Assoc. Cert #60. Incorporated in California 1877. Issued to J. Mosheimer for 25 shares in 1877. Signed by president Jos. Mosheimer and secretary S. N. Dugbee. Vignette, top center of eagle perched on prickly pear cactus clutching snake in its talons and beak; at left of two allegorical women. "For the States and Territories of Arizona, Lower California and Western States of Mexico." Uncancelled. White paper with gilt border and black print. 5 x 9. This is probably a mining bureau formed to promote mining in the US and Mexico. The date would indicate an association to promote land and mining in American states along the border, including Arizona and northern Mexico, since this was only about 10 years after territorial boundary disputes had been settled. (Please see El Dorado Canyon in Mohave County for more info.) Normally this type of company would have a significant exhibition associated with it. To facilitate the Bureau, stock corporations were created bringing investors in the venture into a formal relationship. The only exhibition that got off the ground around this time was the Paris Exposition of 1878. In October, 1877, President Hayes recommended Americans participate in the exhibition. The Paris venture may have undercut the Anglo-Mexican effort. It was open 194 days, exhibiting to more than 16 million guests, netting more than $11 million to the French. The chairman of the California section was none other than Almarin B. Paul, one of the Comstock millionaires. Many mining bureaus were formed over the nineteenth century including the London Mining Bureau, Colorado Mining Bureau and others, all with the intent of having an exhibition to promote their specific regions. [Hanks, Report of the California State Mineralogist, 1885, pp25-30] Rare. $450

135. Arizona. General. Arizona Corporate Seal Stamps. Lot of 2 different pcs. Louise A. Brown/ Notary/Public/Coconino County, Arizona. Rd, br, 42mm. Bill Luke Chrysler, Inc. / Corporate / Seal / 1982 / Arizona. Rd, br, 44mm. Extremely fine. $65

136. Arizona. General. Arizona Reduction Co, Ltd. Cert #364. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to A. J. Lutz for 200 shares in 1904. Signed by president S. Bingham and secretary Jas. Manning. Datelined Minneapolis, Minn. Uncancelled. Vignette of bald eagle on globe, clutching shield and arrows. Black print, orange border and safety print on white paper. Printer not noted. 8 x 11. Minor smudge at right margin, slight yellowing. We were unable to find any information on this company among our resources. $45

137. Arizona. General. Arizona Territorial Centennial Medal, 1863-1963. Features the "Great Seal of the State of Arizona" on reverse. Rd, br, 36mm. BU. $10

138. Arizona. General. Arizona Water Storage Co. Cert #24. Incorporated in the Territory of Arizona. Issued to Buchman Barr for 10,000 shares in 1895. Signed by president Richanen Run and secretary M. P. Scrymsez. No printer. Vignette in the upper left corner of three miners at the bottom of a shaft working; vignette of a miner using a pick over his head like in a tunnel at each corner and there is a vignette of a miner standing with a pick in the middle of each side. Uncancelled. Folds. Gilt foil seal with green safety print. 8.5 x 10.5". There is no mention of this company in our references. $150

139. Arizona. General. Arizona: Its Resources and Prospectus by Hon. Richard C. McCormick, Secretary of the Territory. 1865. 22 pages. With 10 X 12 folded map of Arizona Territory. McCormick was secretary of the Arizona Territory. In 1865 he was requested by the Tribune to describe Arizona to the New York readers. Horace Greely was probably assigned the job, but may have turned it down because of the brutal, rough, nature of the early 1860's. McCormick gives a county by county report of the mineral resources and other potential for settlement in Arizona. Front cover detached, also has small chips missing from right edge. The map alone makes this a great piece. Very fine. 6 X 9". $400

140. Arizona. General. Highland Land & Water Co First Mortgage 7% Bond. Cert #000. Specimen proof. Incorporated in the Arizona Territory. Was to be issued in 1889. Not signed. Printer Lith. of Peter Hall & Co. N.Y. Vignette in the upper middle of the bond showing a man on a horse that is drinking from a watering trough, with a woman also getting water from the same watering trough. There is a house in the background. These are two small vignettes on each side on the upper part of the bond. The one on the left has a diamond shape with "No." in it with saguaro cactus in the background. The one on the right is diamond shaped with a steam train with deer and saguaro cactus on the left. Attached to the bond are 20 coupons. Green border and underprint. Black print on white paper. There is green underprint of 1000. Folds. Cancelled by hole punches. 3 x 5". $350

141. Arizona. General. International Exploration Co. Cert. #271. Incorporated in Arizona in 1910. Issued to L. Bremer for 100 shares in 1910. Signed by president Jerry Culbertson and secretary A.M. Wieman. No vignette, but very nice, with fancy print. Vf, folds, slight foxing at bottom edge. 9" x 11". We could find no information regarding this company. The company probably had operations across the border into Mexico. $25

142. Arizona. General. North American Iron Co of Arizona. Cert. #384. Incorporated in the Territory of Arizona 1908. Issued to L. M. Smith for 2000 shares in 1906. Signed by president H. M. Ralston and secretary Jno. Ralston. Vignette of spread-winged bald eagle atop stars and stripes shield. Black border and green seal and underprint. Printed by Goes. Vf, minor tearing at folds. We could find no information on this company. $30

143. Arizona. General. Red Hill Mining Co. Cert #21. Incorporated in Arizona 1906. Issued to Jno. K. Edler for 1000 shares in 1906. Signed by president R. L. Job and asst secretary M. V. Williams. Cancelled with hole punches through signatures and "CANCELLED" in rubber stamp across face. Vignette of bust of a woman wearing cap with shining star. Black print and border with green underprint and gold seal. Printed by Goes. 5.5 x 10. Folds with wear along fold at left center. We were unable to locate any information on this company among our resources. Red Hill is a common name, Garbani lists eight mines and companies by that name in as many districts. $30

144. Arizona. General. United States Citizenship Association in Arizona. "Santa Rita Land Grants." No incorporation data. Issued to A. D. S. Bell for 2,370 shares signed by William Faxon, Jr., Trustee in 1892. Printer Mills, Knight & Co. Boston. No vignette. Uncancelled. Folds. Very fancy black border with black print on pink paper. Size 7 X 11". This was probably a commune of sorts. Faxon and associates bought a tract of land in Pima County with the probable intent of starting a community. Ex. Rare. $200

145. Arizona. Gila. Banner. London-Arizona Copper Co Prospectus, 1907. 37 pp plus a cross-section of "Well Known Copper Deposits" and a map of the London-Arizona Copper Mines, by Edward W. Brooks, Walter G. Swart, William B. Potter, R.D.O. Johnson and S.F. Parrish, each of whom authored a report on the company. The first report describes the geology and ore occurrences of the deposit. The second discusses the logistics and costs of mining and smelting the ore. The third and fourth and fifth, again discuss the geology, mining and transportation of ore. The brochure was obviously for promotional purposes and undoubtedly was provided to anyone who expressed an interest in purchasing an interest in the company. Printer - J.C. & W.E. Powers, NY. $75

146. Arizona. Gila. Banner. London-Arizona Copper Co. Cert #13. Incorporated in Arizona 1907. $1000 Bond. Signed by president C. E. Finney and Asst. Secretary John M. Ross. Printer not noted. No vignette. Green border and safety print with black print on white paper. 10 x 15 "Territory of Arizona, County of Yavapai." The company owned 68 claims known as the Dripping Springs or O'Carroll group located on London Mountain, near Winkleman. The ore consisted of copper bearing veins in limestone averaging 5% copper. The property had about 4000 ft of old workings and was operated by 3 gasoline hoist engines and 2 air compressors. In 1913, the company merged with several others under the name London-Arizona Consolidated Copper Co. (Weed, 1913, p. 536; 1916, pp. 705-6). $65

147. Arizona. Gila. Banner. Saddle Mountain Mining Co Correspondence, 1907 & 1908. Lot of 3 pieces. All pieces have the Saddle Mountain Mining Company letter head. The first piece is a letter stating that the signer (Goodwin), is going to the Republican Convention as a delegate from Gila County. The second piece is a letter signed by J. W. Meyers. The third piece is letter signed by Nat. 8.5 x 11". Fine. $65

148. Arizona. Gila. General. Western Exploration Cons. Co. Cert #220. Incorporated in Arizona 1907. Issued to Alfred Tilghman for 150 shares in 1907. Signed by C. F. Cesinger president and George F. Hensel treasurer. No vignette. Green border and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - ABN. 8 x 11. Interesting corporate seal stamp with an antlered buck at center. Not listed in Copper Handbooks. Garbani places it in Gila County (Garbani, 2001). Very fine. $25

149. Arizona. Gila. Globe. Arizona & Michigan Mining Co. Cert #1702. Incorporated in the Territory of Arizona 1908. Issued to Ed. C. Des Rochers for 40 shares in 1909. Signed by James Chynoweth president and S. C. Chynoweth secretary. No vignette. Black border with green safety print. Uncancelled. Datelined Calumet, Michigan. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11. The company controlled 34 claims, or about 640 acres, known as the Trojanovich group. The property was adjacent to the Superior & Boston on the northeast and the Arizona Commercial's Black Hawk mine on the southwest. There were two shafts, the 368' Blackbird and the 519' Telfair. The shafts intersected the Dewet and Old Dominion veins, but no show of copper. The Black Hawk vein is claimed to cut the property, but has yet to be found. All work at the mine was suspended 1910, but "diamond drilling was planned for 1911. Company is practically out of cash." (Mines Handbook, 1910, p.304-305). Fold creases. Extremely fine. $75

150. Arizona. Gila. Globe. Arizona Commercial Mining Co Prospectus, 1921. This annual report is 6 pages, which are partially, and in a couple cases wholly, detached from staples at center. Fine. Daniels Printing Co., Boston. According to this report, the Company had not mined any ore from either Copper Hill or Eureka mines during the year, that the total production from ores on hand at the beginning of the year was 572,616 lbs of refined copper, 3,001 oz. Silver and 162 oz. Gold. The surface plant and underground workings were well maintained so they could continue mining as soon as the directors advised it. The company organized in 1912 to take over the property of the Arizona Commercial Copper Co which included the Black Hawk and Copper Hill claim groups. The company was able to boost production from 3.5 million pounds of copper in 1916 to exceed 7.5 million pounds of copper in 1919. These production numbers allowed for handsome dividends to paid to be shareholders. In 1919, these dividends amounted to $4.10 per share. The Mines Handbook (1920, p.199-201) offers a very favorable rating to the company stating that $2-3 dividends per share were envisioned for the near future. $50

151. Arizona. Gila. Globe. Consolidated Mines & Development Co. Cert #178. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to W. W. Bookman for 26,477 shares in 1906. Signed by D. S. Heron president and W. W. Bookman secretary. No vignette. Green border, red seal and purple title. Uncancelled. Printer - H. H. McNeil Co, Phoenix, Arizona. 7 x 11. The company controlled 8 claims at the head of the Arkansas Gulch located 7 miles west of Globe. Drill samples assayed at 6% copper and there was a 45' shaft that was claimed to bottom in rich sulphide ore. Idle in 1908 (Copper Handbook, 1908, p.556). Fold creases. Very fine. $50

152. Arizona. Gila. Globe. Cordova Copper Co. Lot of 2 pcs. Cert #1565 & #2124. Incorporated in Territory of Arizona 1909. One is issued to S. R. Kaufman for 100 shares in 1909. Brown border and seal. Second is issued to Sarah E. Stinchfield for 100 shares in 1909. Green border and seal. Both signed by H. B. Hovland president and Harvey P. Smith secretary. No vignettes. Uncancelled. Printer not noted. 7 x 11. The company owned 1100 acres that were located north of the Old Dominion and west of the Arizona Commercial and also the Eureka group in the Miami district. The property near Globe had a 1225 foot shaft that had no commercially viable ore. The Eureka mine had a 125 foot shaft that had produced nearly 500,000 pounds of copper, but never saw production under the present company. The company was broke and idle by 1910 (Copper Handbook, 1910, p.701). Both extremely fine. $75

153. Arizona. Gila. Globe. Globe-Miami Copper Zinc Corp. Incorporated in Delaware 1917. Unissued, unsigned. Vignette of a mining camp on a hillside with two smaller vignettes in the upper corners of miners working underground. Gold border, safety print and seal (unstamped). This company is not listed in the Copper Handbooks nor in the Mines Handbooks. There is a Globe Miami Copper Co listed, but the information listed does not exactly match this certificate. The company was most likely located in the Globe-Miami district. No folds. Mint Condition. $12

154. Arizona. Gila. Globe. National Mining Exploration Co. Cert #3703. Incorporated in Maine 1905. Issued to M. H. Durkee for 25 shares in 1907. Signed by Charles Bruce president and James Otis treasurer. Vignette of spread winged eagle. Black border and green safety print. To Be Exchanged for Engraved Certificate in red rubber stamp. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11. See lot above for the story. Minor foxing along right edge. Very fine. See lot below for story. $50

155. Arizona. Gila. Globe. National Mining Exploration Co. Cert #9750. Incorporated in Maine 1905. Issued to Paine, Webber & Co for 100 shares in 1909. Signed by Charles Bruce president and Philip Highley treasurer. Vignette at top center of a large mill with people and carts about. Red-brown border and underprint. Uncancelled. Printer - New York Bank Note. 8 x 11. The company began with three different groups of claims. The Iron Cap at Globe, Gila County, the Fumarole group at Safford, Graham County and the Copper Ridge group at Kelvin, Pinal County. Development concentrated on the Iron Cap properties. The directors offered bonds to the stockholders in an attempt to raise $250,000 in capital. The stockholders withheld purchases and a $100,000 note was called in by promoters. The company paid all debts and reorganized as the Iron Cap Copper Co which continued to develop and mine the Iron Cap group at Globe and the Fumarole group at Safford. (Copper Handbook, 1908, p.1011; 1910, p.1255; 1912; p.479). Wrinkled at center from top to bottom. Very fine. $50

156. Arizona. Gila. Globe. New Dominion Copper Co. Cert #N12267. Incorporated in Arizona 1917. Issued to Frank W. Medosch for 100 hundred shares in 1925. Signed by president and no secretary. Vignette of a miner dumping an ore cart underground. Red border. Cancelled by rubber stamp and by star and "B" shaped punches. Printer - New York Bank Note. 8 x 12. One 2 cent red revenue and one 2 cent Massachusetts revenue stamp on reverse. Minor smudges on edges. Very fine. The property adjoins the Old Dominion mine on the north and the Iron Cap and Big Johnnie to the south and east. In 1870-80, several small shafts were sunk and considerable silver ore was taken out. The New Dominion mines are on the northeast side of Big Johnnie Gulch, 2.5 miles north of Globe. The shaft was deepened to 1200'. The ore consisted of cuprite with chrysocolla and some silver minerals. (Mines Handbook, 1925, p.399). $35

157. Arizona. Gila. Globe. Old Dominion Mining Co Annual Reports 1918 & 1923. 1918 is 16pp, printed by Daniels of Boston with soft green cover, 6 x 9". They mined and processed 230,000 tons of ore in 1918 yielding 4.52% copper (33.3 million pounds), 185,000 oz of silver, and 5000 ounces of gold. They drove 22,163 feet of drifts and shafts. The mine was waterlogged, pumping 3.73 million gallons every 24 hours. James Douglas, the great mining engineer and president of the company since 1904 died in 1919. His son (?) Walter was vice president. In 1918 just under $1 million in dividends were paid out. Since the company's inception in 1904, $14.4 million were paid in dividends. In 1923 they produced 26.8 million pounds of copper, 190,000 ounces of silver and 5137 ounces of gold from 290,000 tons of ore and roughly 27,000 feet of drifting and sinking. No dividends were paid that year. In fact, 1918 was the last year of dividends through 1923. VF. $125

158. Arizona. Gila. Globe. Old Dominion Mining Co. Cert #224. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to Willis Dalliver for 26 shares in 1911. Signed by president and J. Mayer secretary. No vignette. Blue border and underprint. Uncancelled. Printer - Union Bank Note, Mo. 9 x 12. Fold creases. Extremely fine. Although the name is similar, probably with intent, this Company is not the same company as the Old Dominion Copper Mining & Smelting Co., incorporated in New Jersey in 1895, nor the Old Dominion Co., incorporated in Maine in 1904 as a securities-holding corporation, organized to promote the operation of the mines of the Old Dominion Copper Mining & Sm Co. and United Globe Mines. $60

159. Arizona. Gila. Globe. Superior & Boston Copper Co Prospectus, 1915. This 9th Annual Report is 6 pages and has been folded. Lists the capital stock as "six million five hundred thousand dollars in six hundred fifty thousand shares of $10 each." Office at Houghton, Michigan with mines at Globe. This report, as with all annual reports, touts the successes and future development of the company. The report compares the history of the Superior & Boston to the earlier development of the Old Dominion mine and the Arizona Commercial mines, which were located on the same vein system. The report provides the financials for the year, and concludes with the Superintendent's report which says, "It is rarely that such strong mineralized ledges as those found on the Superior and Boston property fail to make good, and this fact coupled with the success at depth of the neighboring mines, namely, the Old Dominion and Arizona Commercial, should be sufficient to warrant unusual efforts to follow their experience in a well founded faith of developing commercial sulphide ores, that will place the Superior & Boston among the permanent copper producing mines in the Globe district." $75

160. Arizona. Gila. Globe. Sycamore Spring Water Co. Cert #1755. Incorporated in Connecticut, 1880. Issued to Geo. C. Stautial for 100 shares in 1882. Signed by pres. John C. Watson and Stoddard W. Pollard. Printed by Page, Spaulding & Co., Boston. Vignette of rugged mountain cascade. Uncancelled. Folds. Datelined Hartford, Conn. Green print, border and vignette on white paper. 8.5 x 11. Sycamore is a common name applied to watercourses in Arizona because these trees grow well along their banks. Barnes lists a dozen creeks and localities with the name, in six counties, but does not mention a Sycamore Spring. It was reported to us as an early water company of Globe. $400

161. Arizona. Gila. Globe. Warrior Copper Co. Cert #5. Incorporated in Delaware 1905. Issued to John F. Rose for 5 shares in 1906. Stamp signature J. D. Wright, president and signed by Harry S. Hopper, treasurer. Green border, vignette of underground stope mining scene upper center, uncancelled, 9 x 12, VF condition, with folds, and up to 1 inch tears at folds. Company succeeded the Black Warrior Copper Co., Amalgamated, which came to grief financially. The company held 3 groups of claims, known as the Gold Gulch, Diamond H. and Montgomery. The Montgomery included the Montana and Dadeville mines, opened by tunnels 1,000 and 1,200 ft with about 3,000 ft. of underground workings. Copper mineralization occurred in a vein, 20 to 60 ft. wide with siliceous material assaying up to 6% copper. The property contained a 100 ton per day mill, a 50 ton per day matting furnace, and 300 ton per day leaching plant. In 1906, the company was shipping 60 tons of ore per day to the Old Dominion smelter at Globe. [Ref: 1906, p.1043]. $90

162. Arizona. Gila. Miami. Copper Springs Mining Co. Cert #381. Incorporated in Arizona 1913. Issued to Temple H. Fay & Co for 100 shares in 1916. Signed by George J. Davis president and Edward F. Hiatt secretary. Vignette of a globe showing North and South American Continents with a large arrow pointing at Arizona with the word Globe highlighted within North America. Brown border. Uncancelled. Printer not noted. 9 x 12. The company had 25 claims on Mt. Madera within the Schultz Ranch section of the Pinal Mountains 6 miles from Miami. It had about 1400' of tunnel workings accessed by a 450' shaft. Ore was reported on nearly every level but with only 1-4% copper per ton. The company was aggressively promoted by Temple H. Fay & Co of Boston, the same as the issuee of these two certificates. The Copper and Mines Handbooks lists this company with only a 1,000,000 share capital stock. The certificates indicate that the stock offering was for 5,000,000 shares. Also, the Handbooks list the incorporation as 1916, but the corporate seals on the certificates indicate a 1913 incorporation. Further, there is no listing for George J. Davis as president. The Handbooks list Capt. E. Storer Tice as the president. Typically, these discrepancies lead us to believe that these are two different companies. However, the secretary is listed on the certificates and in the Copper Handbooks. (Copper Handbook, 1918, p.440). Not folded. Small red stains on certificate. Small brown stains at right edge. Very fine. $50

163. Arizona. Gila. Miami. Miami Cons Mines Co. Incorporated in Arizona. Certificate #14765 issued to Morgan Livermore & Co. for 100 shares in 1918. Signed by president Robert L. Pruyan (?) and assistant secretary C. H. Weeks. Printed by Goes. Uncancelled. The company owned claims on 200 acres that adjoined the Inspiration Needles Co. Prior to this company it was said that the property had 19 owners who were able to ship 272 tons of ore assaying at 2.6% to 5% copper in 1915. Drilling in 1918 indicated that the first hole hit ore at 420'. The second hole hit ore at 585' and the third hit rich chalcocite. There was never any production under the Miami Cons. MC and it was idle and presumed moribund by 1931. Promoter Harry Lefkovitz ended up in jail on stock fraud charges in 1919 (Mines Handbook, 1925, p.37). White paper with green underprint, border and seal and black lettering and vignettes of which there are three. Middle vignette is of an operational milling company alongside a river in a valley between mountains. Two smaller vignettes on either side depict miners at work underground. Top and bottom corners on left side are missing. Some dirt and fading, folded. Fine.10 3/4" x 8 1/4" $65

164. Arizona. Gila. Miami. Miami Merger Copper Co. Cert #2232. Incorporated in Arizona 1916. Issued to G. F. Weiss for 100 shares in 1917. Signed by Bradley Randall vice president and Wallace asst secretary. Vignette of spread winged eagle atop crag. Brown border and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer not noted. 8 x 11. Signed on reverse by Harry Lefkovitz. This company was an undeniable scam that reported controlling 1350 acres near Miami. Weed's report is too good not to quote directly. "So far as we know, no work of any consequence was ever done on this property, promoters' efforts being confined to selling worthless stock at high prices to the innocent speculator or investor. The market created through the manipulations of Harry Lefkovitz, who also handled Miami Cons Mines Co (which see) and Inspiration Needles (which see). Mr. Lefkovitz changed his name to Lefko, was arrested in Los Angeles, Dec. 1918, by the Federal Authorities, put on trial in New York and convicted Dec. 1919. This company was a rank fraud from start to finish." (Mines Handbook, 1925, p.382). Minor foxing along edges. Extremely fine. $50

165. Arizona. Gila. Pioneer. White Metal Mining Co. Cert #B543. Incorporated in Arizona 1917. Issued to Bessie Pardee, McKee for 5000 shares in 1919. Signed by J. C. Devine vice president and C. T. Carpenter secretary. No vignette. Purple border and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - ABN. 8 x 11. This company got a slow start after incorporating. The first ore shipment from the over 3000 feet of workings was in 1926. The property consisted of 15 claims located on the south side of the Pinal Range in the Pioneer district 16 miles south of Globe. The ore was said to show 20 ounces silver with minor gold and lead per ton (Mines Handbook, 1931, p.467). Minor foxing along edges. Staple holes at top edge. Very fine. $25

166. Arizona. Gila. Sierra Ancha. Ancient Gold Mining & Milling Co. Two pieces, a stock and a bond. 1) Incorp in Arizona circa 1909, issued 1910 to Ida Coates for 8 shares, signed by Geo. H. Prudden as president and John H. Conway as secretary. Gold seal, mining vignette at upper right, gold safety pattern, printed by the Pioneer press, St. Paul 8 x 10", uncancelled. 2) bond issued 1909 to bearer, first mortgage 7% gold bond. Brown border and safety pattern, eagle vignette, six coupons attached at left. 17 x 16". Damage to right edge of margin, easily trimable. (Ref: Garbani 2001) $150

167. Arizona. Graham. Black Hawk. Inspiration Central Mining Co. Cert #854. Incorporated in Arizona 1916. Issued to R. H. Dymon for 500 shares in 1919. Signed by M. E. Tester president and Chas. B. Yett secretary. Vignette at upper left of several miners underground with smaller vignettes at each corner of a miner. Black border with green seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11. This company owned 43 claims 14 miles west of Geronimo in the Turnbull and the Santa Theresa Mountains within the Black Rock district. (Mines Handbook, 1920, p.230-31). We believe that the Mines Handbook made a transposition error with Black Rock. We believe that it should be the Black Hawk district. We found this same mistake with the Advance Mining Co (see A#12 Catalog). Welty et al (Mine Index for Metallic Mineral Districts of Arizona, 1985) offers more specific information. Small tears along fold creases. Very fine. $25

168. Arizona. Graham. Clifton. Arizona Copper Co Ltd Documents. Lot of 3 pcs. (1.) receipt from the Arizona Copper Co, Ltd for taxes paid for a woman who owned shares in the company and was from Edinburgh, England with an implied date in 1910. (2.) unused check with receipt stub attached. Blue ink on blue paper. Stub has Spanish and English. (3.) letterhead dated 1910. All very fine. $50

169. Arizona. Graham. Fort Apache and Fort Thomas. Fort Apache Letter. Datelined August 10, 1883. Eighteen page letter written by a young woman traveling with her child on a trip from Fort Grant to Fort Apache to deliver a $5,000 cash payroll at Fort Apache. This incredibly descriptive text is well written and shows what it was like on a payroll delivery in remote Arizona. The entourage consisted of 7 soldiers, an ambulance, baggage wagon, 3 drivers, 16 mules, 2 saddle horses and 2 dogs. She describes Major Vail at Fort Thomas as "a bachelor of about 40, a magnificent looking soldier, and a well bred gentleman - I think rather the finest specimen of a man I have met in Arizona." ... "The man is a bourbon democrat after my own heart." She describes stopping at an "ill-smelling hole" the next day during a pouring rainstorm. "The open air life which I had read about and heard about as so charming was not..." ..."for my own part I should prefer less freedom and less open air in mine." "Cactus, Cactus, cactus - giant, ranting, gnarled and straight - often ten different varieties within a few dozen yards." On the camping life she said: "The horrid old canned things taste wonderfully good under these circumstances, and let him who thinks he knows how good broiled bacon is, taste it in the field from the grid iron." "Major Clayton (the author's husband) will not allow the men to waste their ammunition on game, thinking it may be needed to protect us and the cash before all this is over." They were carrying a $5,000 payroll. "The cash box is always carried at once to our tent, and his pistol lies always within easy grip." ... "We have seen no sign of human habitation since we left Fort Thomas." Marvelous descriptive diary-like letter written at a time of Indian unrest. $1100

170. Arizona. Graham. Morenci. Mining Claim Map and Notice of Good Standing, 1901. Lot of two pieces. The claim map shows the location of the mining claims in relation to the San Francisco River, and the mill site. There are pencil lines possibly showing the vein locations. The map is in color. There are folds and some light stains. Size 15 X 16 1/2". Notice of good standing lists the owner's name. The names of the claims, where the mines are located, the size of the claims, and states that the assessment work is completed. This notice was notarized in Vernon County. Missouri, in 1901. Lindgren in The Copper Deposits of the Clifton-Morenci district, Arizona; USGS Paper No. 43, 1905, states that the Weaver claims are prospects located high up on the slope of Copper King Mountain, between the summit and the San Francisco River. The elevation of these claims is 5,200 feet. At this time there were only two claims listed; the Gray Cliff and the Good Luck, which are developed by two tunnels. The vein of ore occurs as black sulphide and green stain in the mass of the porphyry. $50

171. Arizona. Graham. Morenci. Phelps Dodge Corp. Lot of 3 different pcs. Incorporated in New York in 1885. Certificate nos. A95286, CO35462, and U3593, issued to Clark Dodge & Co. for 100 shares in 1954, to Carson & Co. for 100 shares in 1956, to A.G. Becker & Co. Incorporated for 40 shares in 1966, and to Baker Weeks & Co. for 1,000 shares in 1966, respectively. Signed by Robert G. Page, president and John E. Master, secretary. First with blue border, second with green border, third with brown border, all with vignette of panorama of Morenci pit, mill, and smelter with seated statue of man with map and pencil, cancelled, 8 x 11, Excellent to VF condition with cancellation punches, and minor folds and creases. $45

172. Arizona. Graham. Morenci. Phelps Dodge Corp. Lot of 3 different certificates: Incorporated in New York in 1885. Certificate nos. B035718, C84261, and D1499, issued to Granger & Co. for 5 shares in 1960, to Eastman Dillon Union Securities & Co. for 100 shares in 1966, and to Thomas J. Jones for 100 shares in 1967, respectively. Signed by Robert G. Page, president and John E. Master, secretary. First with green border, second and third with blue borders, all with vignette of panorama of Morenci pit, mill, and smelter with seated statue of man with map and pencil, cancelled, 8 x 11, Excellent to VF condition with cancellation punches. $45

173. Arizona. Graham. Pima. Union Copper Smelter Co. Bond #407. Incorporated in Territory of Arizona. $100 Bond. Signed by W. H. Brothers president and A. T. Van Vlackenburgh secretary. Vignette of four miners working underground. Uncancelled. Printer - Heincke-Feigel Litho, St. Louis. 11 x 14. Two of the original 40 coupons cashed in. A third coupon is included but detached. The listing for this company is short but very poignant. "Property was an imaginary smelter, devised to reduce ores from imaginary mines." This company was devised by Wm F. Wernse of St. Louis. He also ran a fraud at the same time with a company named Union Copper Smelting Co. Both of these companies were supposedly located at Pima, Graham County. (Copper Handbook, 1910, p.1719). One 5 cent documentary stamp affixed on corporate seal. Extremely fine. $100

174. Arizona. Maricopa. Blue Tank. Sahuraro Mining Inc. Cert. #36. Inc. in AZ, 1952. Issued to Glenn D. Baubaker for 5 shares in 1952. Printed signature of president Roy A. Bonita and original signature by secretary Travis Herwausen. Vignette of road leading to mining camp on hilltop, flanked by two smaller vignettes of underground mining scenes. Gilt border and seal. Printed by Goes. The certificate appears to have been crudely mounted by way of tape at each side. As a result, the top layer was removed at each of these points. 1/2" tear at left edge, otherwise, fine. 8 1/4" x 10 1/2". Not listed in any of our sources. $25

175. Arizona. Maricopa. Cram Mountain. Bornite Copper & Gold Mining Co. Cert. #224. Inc. in Territory of Arizona 1903. Issued to Gary M. Longbrey for 7000 shares in 1904. Signed by president F. Rickwood Hall and treasurer George D. Coleman. Uncancelled. Vignette of spread-winged bald eagle. Black border. Printed by The Broun-Green Co. 8" x 10 1/4". Located on Cram Mountain. At the time of this certificate's issuance, the lands were already idle, and the company had apparently ceased paying its bills (Ref: Stevens, 1904, p.231). Vf, folds, paper clip imprint at top-center. $45

176. Arizona. Maricopa. Cram Mountain. Sierra Alto Copper Mining Co Documents, 1910. Lot of 2 different pcs. The first piece is a map of the property that probably went with a prospectus. It shows the claims and how they are situated along Cave Creek in the Cram Mountain Area. It also shows the cross section of the vein, which includes the location of the tunnels and shafts. Also shown are the outcrops and ore dumps. Black border with black and red print on white paper. Folds with tears along the center fold. Size 14 X 17. The second piece is a two page paper dated Oct, 24, 1910, part hand written and part typed, that covers the properties, ore, assay results, tunnels and shafts, and general information which was sent to a prospective buyer or joint venture company. Hand written piece is 6 X 8 1/2" written in black pen on white paper. The second piece is typed in purple ink on legal white paper. Size 8 1/2 X 13". Pieces are pinned together and have some folds and tearing. $50

177. Arizona. Maricopa. General. Atkinson Concentrating & Smelting Co. Cert. #147. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to Dr. J.R. Blair for 1000 shares in 1906. Singed by Atkinson as president and R.H. Weyman for secretary. Uncancelled. Vignette of spread-winged bald eagle, atop stars and stripes shield. Black border, with lime green seal and underprint. Printed by Goes. 7 3/4" x 10 3/4". Vf, staple holes at top, 3/4" tear at top edge, and minor tears due to folds. Atkinson named this company after himself. Garbani places the company in Maricopa County. $25

178. Arizona. Maricopa. General. Buckeye Canal Co. Cert #42. Location of Canal, North Side Gila River, Maricopa Co., Arizona. Incorporated in Territory of Arizona 1885. Issued to Wendell McLaughlin. Signed by president Wm. O. ("Buckey") O'Neill and secretary J. L. B. Alexander. Printed by A. L. Bancroft & Co. Vignette at center is the Seal of the Territory of Arizona. Uncancelled. Folds. Fancy black border with black print on white paper. Size 5 x 10" The place of business was Phoenix, Maricopa Co., Arizona. In a note included with the stock certificate, McLaughlin sold one share of the stock to Jacob E. Price, of Buckeye, Arizona. Walker (Rough Rider Buckey O'Neill of Arizona, 1975) notes the following: William (Buckey) Owen O'Neill was born on February 2, 1860 in St Louis. In 1880 The U.S. Census lists William's profession as a "lawyer", but there is no proof that he every got a law degree. At the age of nineteen, William (Buckey) O'Neill left Washington D.C. and went to the Arizona Territory. Buckey worked for the Tombstone Epitaph during the time of the Earp Brothers confrontation with the Clanton Gang. Buckey was a journalist as well as a gambler and saloon man. In 1885, Buckey started a specialized journal for the cattlemen called the "Hoof and Horn". Buckey was elected a Judge in 1886 by eight votes, and he was also a captain in the Prescott Grays, a militia. In 1888 Buckey became the Sheriff of Yavapai County. In 1894, Buckey became a congressional candidate for the Populist Party but lost to his Republican challenger. In 1896 Buckey again ran for a congressional seat with the Populist Party and was defeated. In 1897 Buckey became mayor of Prescott, Arizona. In 1898, while Mayor of Prescott, Buckey started planning for war after the Maine was sunk. He put together a force of 1,056 men to be Arizona's contribution to the war effort. Only 170 men were needed at the time by the government, and Buckey became one of the troop captains for the Arizona unit. On April 27, 1898, Buckey traveled to Phoenix to receive his captain's bars, and had the honor of being Volunteer Number One from Prescott. Buckey was killed July 1, 1898 at Kettle Hill by a sniper bullet while Buckey was having a conference with Captain Robert Howze. He left his wife Pauline and son Maurice, who both died in January 1961. In another note included with the stock certificate, the following was noted. J.(Joseph) Alexander (secretary of the company), was born in 1857 in Los Angeles, California and moved to Yuma Arizona around 1874 or 1879. Joseph was appointed a Clerk of the County Court in Yuma in 1881. He later moved to Phoenix and became a Clerk of the State Supreme Count in 1895. Joseph was a captain with the Rough Riders (Troop C). President Roosevelt appointed him the U.S. District Attorney for Arizona. Joseph also practiced law with the firm Alexander, Christy & Baxter in Phoenix. During World War I, he was the district head of the draft board. His only political campaign was for Attorney General on the Bull Moose Ticket. There is no record if he won or lost. He died in San Francisco in 1931, leaving a wife and two daughters. Important Arizona autograph piece. Ex. Rare. $1400

179. Arizona. Maricopa. General. Cox & Norcross Canal & Land Co. Cert #88. Shares, $50 each, Capital Stock, $500,000. Organized under laws of Arizona Territory. Incorporated in Arizona Territory in 1885. Issued to M. L. Wicks for 500 shares in 1886. Signed by President R.(Rufus) E. Farrington and secretary O. F. Thornton. Printed by Collins & Sesnon, NY. No Vignette. Uncancelled. Folds. Fancy black border with black print, on white paper. A paper written by Blanche Farrington Chapman (Rufus's daughter) for the Arizona Pioneer's Historical Society at Tucson, Arizona in 1952 states that Rufus E. Farrington (who was the president of the Cox & Norcross Canal and Land Co.) was a rancher, surveyor, engineer, and businessman who was a member of the second expedition to leave Santa Fe for the new gold discoveries in northern Arizona in 1863. One of Rufus's accomplishments along with Capt. Wm. H. Hardy, was engineering and constructing the first toll-road ever built in the Arizona Territory in 1862-1863. The toll road was from Prescott to Mohave through rugged country where the Apaches often roamed in hunts to massacre the white man if they were sufficiently armed to do so. Rufus purchased a lot of fine large American mules in California to use for work on the road. One night the Indians stole every mule in the corral, and killed the man at the camp, looted the place of everything they could carry away and what they could not take with them they burned - cabins and all. As soon as the loss was discovered, Rufus assembled all of his men and followed the Indians. In the meantime he had notified the Army Post, asking that military troops follow him and his men to help regain the mules. After a three day journey in pursuit of the Apaches, the troops from Ft. Whipple met Rufus and his men. After quick greetings and assurances that they were close on the heels of the Indians, the Capt. told Rufus "I am afraid I have bad news for you Mr. Harrington-the Government does not want to have any trouble with the Indians and I have orders to bring you and your men back." The Captain assured Rufus that the Government would reimburse him for his loss of property. However, the U.S. troops and civilians did follow the Indians and overtook them for a parlay, to get the Indians to return the mules. This was not granted, so the U.S. troops and civilians went back to their starting points. Rufus was very discouraged at the thought of what a handicap he now faced with no animals to help finish the road. As it is recorded, the chief of the Tribe who stole the mules refused to allow his warriors to harm the men and troops who had overtaken them. The chief, after talking to his tribe, who were wanting to liquidate the white men, made sure the men and troops safely got back to Prescott by traveling back with them on the three day journey. The Government never paid for the animals the Indians had taken. $550

180. Arizona. Maricopa. General. Penn Mining & Milling Company. Cert #307. Incorporated in Arizona 1907. Issued to H. R. Collins in 1909 for 1000 shares. Signed by President M. H. Clarke and Edmond Anderson, Secretary. Datelined Phoenix, Arizona. Vignette in green at top center, of six miners working underground, over background vignette of mill building and steam locomotive with loaded ore cars. Black print with green border, seal and safety print. Printer not noted. 8 x 10. Folds, torn at edges. We were unable to locate any reference to this company among our resources. Because of the dateline and the principal office being located in Phoenix, we placed this company in Maricopa County. $50

181. Arizona. Maricopa. General. Roland Mining Co. Cert. #343. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to Elizabeth Whitehead for 500 shares in 1904. Signed by president W.E. Botsford and secretary H. Kennedy. Uncancelled. Vignette of Elk on hillside. Black border and gilt seal. Printed by Goes. Coin-sized burn marks near center and left edge, and small tears throughout. 8" x 10". Garbani places this company in Maricopa without any further specifics. $25

182. Arizona. Maricopa. Morristown. Picacho Blanco Mining Co of Arizona. Cert. #184. Incorporated in Arizona in 1901. Issued to Davis Proskey for 100 shares in 1902. Signed by president Martin E. Waldstein, secretary T.O. Otis. Uncancelled. Was a consolidation of the San Domingo G&CC and Exposition MC, in 1901. The lands consisted of 31 claims, lying in Yavapai and Maricopa Counties. It had a 400' main shaft, with free-milling ores averaging about $22 per ton. Also on site was a 15-stamp mill and cyanide plant. Dead by 1908 (Ref: Stevens, 1904, p.585; 1908, 1120). Vignette of five men working in underground mine. Orange border and seal. Printed by E.F. Weeks. 8" x 11 1/4". Xf. $90

183. Arizona. Maricopa. Morristown. San Domingo Cons Mining Co. Cert. #78. Incorporated in Arizona in 1906. Issued to Arthur E. Coe for 200 shares in 1906. Signed by president Gabler and secretary Melvin Stephens. Uncancelled. May have been part of the post-merger of San Domingo Gold & Copper Co. and Picacho Blanco MC. Picacho absorbed San Domingo, but by 1908, Picacho had been idle for several years and was apparently moribund. We were unable to directly link these companies with the San Domingo Consol., but the possibility led us to believe it to be located in Maricopa (Ref: Stevens, 1906, pp.887, 815; 1908, p.1120). Vignette of men in underground mine, with two smaller vignettes in top corners. Printed by The Broun-Green Co. Maroon border and seal. 9" x 11". Vf, slight discoloration at folds. $75

184. Arizona. Maricopa. Painted Rock. Queen Buttes Mining Co of Arizona Report c.1905-10. Mineralogy of the district was proclaimed unusual, consisting of faults, caused by periods of uplift. Fissure veins carrying lead, copper, silver and gold, some of which the assay values are $110 per ton, mostly in lead and copper. This company ins not listed in the Copper Handbooks. Fine, right edge quite damaged. 11" x 9". $50

185. Arizona. Maricopa. Phoenix. Phoenix National Bank. Lot of three pieces, two different stocks and a bond. A) stock for the Phoenix National Bank of Phoenix, Arizona, incorporated in 1892, issued 1912 to M. P. McDougall for 5 shares, signed by H. D. Marshall Jr. as cashier. and M. C. McDougall as vice president Cancelled written across face with blue rubber stamp over the issuee. Gold seal, no holes. Folds. 8 x 10", printed by Hall Litho, Topeka. Datelined Phoenix. Eagle vignette in the masthead. B) certificate similar to A above but eagle is above the masthead and capitalization increased from $150,000 to $500,000. Issued to Chas Woolf for 70 shares, Signed by vice president and cashier, both illegible. Cancelled stamped across face with blue rubber stamp. Stub attached. 8 x 10" C) Letter of credit for J. E. Geare for $200 dated 1918. 2pp, 7 x 10", center fold. Brown underprint and border. Black print. Signed by cashier and payee. Cancelled holes punched in the face throughout. Page 2 has the withdrawal payments, page 3 the corresponding banks. Printed by Republic Bank Note Co. Philadelphia. The Phoenix National Bank was created in 1892. It became a US Government depository in 1905, probably greatly increasing their local standing. The shareholders also owned the Phoenix Savings Bank and Trust, though they were separate entities. Hugh Marshall, cashier, got his start at the Phoenix National Bank in New York, an unrelated venture. His father was president of that bank. He earned his reputation in Globe, taking care of the Globe National Bank during the financial panic of 1907. McDougall came to Arizona in 1897 after working at numerous places throughout the US over an approximate 15 year period. He ran a clothing store in Phoenix. In 1911 he became vice president of both above mentioned banks in Phoenix. Scarce. [ref: Who's Who in Arizona, pp227-230] McClintock (1916, p. 383) states that Charles C. Woolf graduated from law school in 1896 and began practicing law in Phoenix. He opened an office in Tempe a year later and specialized in litigation connected with irrigation cases and represents the interests of the Tempe Canal Company. Mr. Woolf also served as city attorney of Tempe. In 1912 he was admitted to practice in the supreme court of the US. $250

186. Arizona. Maricopa. Phoenix/Prescott. Arizona Ribbons, 1909-1940. Lot of 5 different pcs. The oldest is a small blue ribbon with "Prescott, Arizona, 1909", 0.5 x 3". Arizona State Fair, 1919, gold ribbon with brown lettering, 2 x 4". "7th Annual Northern Arizona State Fair, Prescott, 1919, First Premium, Horticulture" ribbon, blue with gilt lettering, 2 x 9". "Member, Arizona Pioneers' Association, 1938, Reunion" light blue ribbon with black lettering, 1.5 x 5". "Member, Arizona Pioneers' Association, 1940, Reunion" yellow ribbon, 2 x 5". All fine. $50

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

188. Arizona. Maricopa. Superstition. Goldfield Somerset Mining Co. Cert. #1279. Incorporated in Arizona in 1906. Unissued, uncancelled. Signed by president Nat P. Brown and secretary H. J. McKellog. Vignette of men working in underground mining scene. Black border, and pink underprint. No printer noted. 8" x 10 1/2". Garbani lists this company as being located in the Superstition district (Arizona Mines & MC, Garbani, 1993). Extremely fine. $50

189. Arizona. Maricopa. Vulture. Angel Cons Mining Co. Bond #93. Incorporated in Arizona 1902. $20 Bond. Signed by President A. W. Colvin and Secretary J. G. Stanton. Vignette of deer or elk with monolith, pine trees and mountains in background with "Ditat Deus", Arizona's state motto below. Green border with black print on white paper. Printed by Baker Printing, Newark & New York. 11 x 14. Wear and small tears along fold creases. The Angel mine and claim group is located in the Vulture district of Maricopa County. (Welty et, Mines Index, 1985). This company was probably operating there. 3 coupons cashed in of original 6. Very fine. $75

190. Arizona. Maricopa. Vulture. Angel Cons Mining Co. Cert #1180. Incorporated in Arizona 1902. Issued to H. C. Lewis for 250 shares in 1903. Signed by vice president J. G. Diffenderfer and asst. secretary Jas. T. Haviland. No printer noted. No Vignette. Uncancelled. Black print, no border, red seal on white paper. 8 x 10. The Angel mine and claim group is located in the Vulture district of Maricopa County. (Welty et, Mines Index, 1985). This company was probably operating there. Very fine. $75

191. Arizona. Maricopa. Vulture. Olentangy Mining & Milling Co. Cert. #335. Incorporated in Arizona 1904. Issued to W. F. Clymer for 5000 shares in 1907. Signed by Henry D. Yates as president and Frank L. Grove as secretary. Uncancelled. Vignette of spread-winged bald eagle atop stars and stripes shield. Green border and underprint. Printed by Thornton Levey Co. Vf, folds. Garbani lists list company as being located in the Vulture district. (Arizona Mines & MC, Garbani, 1993). $75

192. Arizona. Maricopa. Vulture. Riverside Copper Co. Cert. #244. Incorporated in Arizona 1901. Issued to John T. Crawford for 115 shares in 1902. Signed by president J. M. Graybill and secretary C. H. Thompson. Uncancelled. Property consisted of 2 patented claims and 6 unpatented claims, showing self-fluxing carbonate ores. And although idle, the property was well regarded (Ref: Stevens, 1904, p.621). Vignette of spread-winged bald eagle atop peak. Black border and gilt seal. Printed by Grimes-Stassforth Stationary Co. 7 3/4" x 9 1/2". Vf, folds. $75

193. Arizona. Maricopa. Webb. Buckeye Copper Co. Cert. #2508. Incorporated in Delaware in 1922. Issued to Edward Moore for 400 shares in 1927. Signed by asst. treasurer C. Finney and treasurer Geo. Boynton. Uncancelled. The Buckeye was a subsidiary of Copper Exploration Co., which, according to Weed, seemed to be a conglomeration of several corporations, which have "failed to make good," attempting to merge with other companies that showed more promise. It seems that Weed didn't altogether trust the company, whose goal it was to buy interest in other mining corporations in order to make money and get out. The Buckeye appears to have been one of the company's investment interests, consisting of 53 claims, in the Gila Bend Mountains. As of 1931, now reincorporated and operating independently, the property had begun diamond drilling, scheduled since 1924. Further development of the property was hampered by financial hardship. (Ref: Weed, 1920, p.192; 1924, p.265; 1925, p.265; 1931, p.276). No vignette, green border and underprint. 7 1/2" x 10 3/4". Xf, tiny dark spots in upper left margin. $30

194. Arizona. Mohave. Bentley. Grand Gulch Mining Co. Lot of four pieces. All are receipts from the Grand Gulch Mining Company 1909. Signed by S. R. Callaway, superintendent. 7 x 8.5". Very fine. The company had 9 claims located in the Bentley district of Mohave County. The property is only accessible from southern Nevada due to the barrier imposed by the Grand Canyon. The copper ore is hosted by sandstone and limestone showing cuprite, melaconite, malachite, azurite and chalcocite. The bulk of mineralization is along bedding planes. The ore is said to have run 35% copper with 4 ounce silver per ton. There was a 500' shaft. The mine was located 45 miles from St. Thomas and employed 70 men. Ore was being shipped that was returning values of 10-39% copper in 1916. (Mines Handbook, 1918, p.369). The Grand Gulch MC installed the second telegraph line in Arizona around 1871. The line ran from the mine to Pipe Spring and onto Kanab. $25

195. Arizona. Mohave. Cedar Valley. Arnold Gold & Silver Mining Co. Incorporated in California in 1877. Certificate number 147 issued to Philip L. Horn for 130 shares in 1881. Signed by President Edward P. Bates and Secretary A. Gordon. Printed by Britton & Rey, SF. No vignette. Uncancelled. "Location Cedar Valley Mining District, Mohave Co., Arizona Terr." Black border and print on white paper. 4 x 9. Includes assessment receipt from Horn for $255. Cedar Valley camp was located about 60 miles east of the Colorado River and about the same distance south of Mineral Park. Hamilton (1884, p. 225) reported the ore as a sulphuret of silver in veins in granite. A 10-stamp mill was operating in the district and many of the mines had shown a large amount of development. The camp had produced over $60,000 with only "crude appliances for ore reduction", and held great promise for continuous and steady shipment of bullion. The Arnold, Hibernia, Hope, Silver Queen and Bunker Hill were the principal mines operating at the time. Horn and Gordon were stevedores in San Francisco. [1875, 1879 SF dir]. $450

196. Arizona. Mohave. Cedar. Leviathan Mines Co Prospectus 1915. The prospectus contains 35 pages and is 4 x 6. There are a few black and white photos, a cross-section of the mine, claim maps for the area and a generalized map of the major copper mines of Arizona. Property included the Whale & Copper mines in Copper Canyon within the Cedar district. The ore was reported to assay at 2-4.5% molybdenum, 2-3% copper, 2-6 ounces silver and $1 gold per ton. There was a concentrating plant that had a 50-70 ton daily capacity. (Mines Handbook, 1918, p.371-72). Pages 17-20 are detached from stapled binding. Very fine. $65

197. Arizona. Mohave. Cedar. Leviathan Mines Co. Cert #2824. Incorporated in Arizona 1914. Issued to M. W. Lee for 1000 shares in 1918. Signed by Theo Hollister president and C. S. Tremelling asst. secretary. Vignette at left of spread winged eagle atop domed building. Black border with gilt seal and bronze safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11. Property included the Whale & Copper mines in Copper Canyon within the Cedar district. The ore was reported to assay at 2-4.5% molybdenum, 2-3% copper, 2-6 ounces silver and $1 gold per ton. There was a concentrating plant that had a 50-70 ton daily capacity. (Mines Handbook, 1918, p.371-72). Blue rubber stamp at right edge. Trimmed tight but appears to be from the printer in this fashion. Very fine. $25

198. Arizona. Mohave. Chloride. Chloride Arizona Copper Co. Cert #71. Incorporated in Arizona 1916. Gold 8% Convertible Note, dated on reverse as 1917. Signed by M. Taylor Uler president and I. J. Whitney treasurer. No vignette. Gold border with swastikas at corner. Title in gold print, with black and red print. Uncancelled. Printer not noted. With the attached stub, the piece measures 8 x 13. Signed on reverse by Ross H. Blakely, Notary Public, Mohave County with embossed seal by him. Property included the Hidden Treasure, Revenue, Chenango and Oro Fino claims located 2.5 miles south of Chloride. There were several tunnels that were attempting to access the Treasure Hill and Oro Fino veins. This company is not listed in the Mines Handbooks. The company may have had operations in the Chloride area or the company may have been just a scam. Mint Condition. $40

199. Arizona. Mohave. Chloride. Aztec Turquoise Co. Cert #217. Incorporated in West Virginia 1900. Issued to Jane B. Graw for 100 shares in 1904. Signed by John Elsey president an E. Graw secretary. No vignette. Blue border and print. Uncancelled. Printer - W. E. Badeau, NY. 6 x 10. Datelined New York. Not listed in the Copper or Mines Handbooks. The company employed 15 men and was located in the Chloride district. (Pacific Coast Mines Directory, 1906, p.52). Garbani indicates the company may have had their operations at Mineral Park. Fold crease at upper right corner. Turquoise district stocks are extremely rare. Extremely fine. $75

200. Arizona. Mohave. Chloride. Gold Bug and Gold Center Mining Groups Prospectuses. These papers report on the geology of the area, description of the ore bodies, assay values, and mill installation costs. 10 pages. 8 1/2 x 11". Very fine. $50

201. Arizona. Mohave. Chloride. Rainbow Mountain Mining Co Correspondence, c.1914. Incorporated in Arizona 1907. Letter collection of 42 pages from files of D. D. Demarest Company, a mine supplier in San Francisco, California, 8 1/2 x 11, mostly carbon copies, one original of correspondence dated 1914, between the mine at Chloride, Arizona and Demarest. The mine was ordering mining parts from Demarest, and in particular, a pump to handle the water. An original letter signed by H.L. McCarn, general manager and treasurer, inquired of Demarest "Have pumps and equipment been shipped, if not when?" The letter ended with "An early reply will be appreciated, and for God's sake get that stuff on the cars". The Rainbow Mountain mine at Chloride was developed by a 440 ft. deep shaft in 1915, with much water encountered at the bottom. The mine had 4,000 ft. of workings including 780 ft. of tunnels. Company had blocked out 1,500 tons of ore averaging $20 in gold (1 ounce per ton), 10 ounces silver per ton, and 6% lead. The mine also had a 2-mile aerial tram. The mine made shipments to the Needles smelter at different times. Five of the letters were to Tom Reed Gold Mines Co., a gold-silver mine in the Oatman district, Arizona. One of the letters was to Ran Consolidated Copper Co. [1916CH, p.958]. $50

202. Arizona. Mohave. Colorado. Nelson Gulch Mining Co. Cert #631. Incorporated in Arizona 1906. Issued Mrs. K. Kilman for 100 shares in 1908. Signed by Frank P. Blair president and treasurer. Vignette of water flumes in an elaborate placer operation with two smaller vignettes of miners inspecting ore. Black border with brown seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11. This company was probably located in the El Dorado district of Mohave County. For an in depth story of Colorado and El Dorado districts, please see A#12 Catalog. One inch square piece missing from upper left corner. 1 x 3 inch piece missing from lower left. Foxing and wrinkling prevalent. Poor. $50

203. Arizona. Mohave. Frisco. Frisco Mines Co. Cert #147. Incorporated in Arizona 1906. Issued to Mary W. Todd for 2000 shares in 1908. Signed by Geo. Glas president and A. W. Geduey treasurer. Vignette of an Indian with headdress. Black border with silver colored seal. Uncancelled. Printer - Broun-Green Co. 8 x 11. Not listed in the Copper Handbooks. There is a small mining camp and a mountain named Frisco that are located within Mohave County. (Barnes, Arizona Place Names, 1988, p.170). Two staple holes on bottom edge. Fabulous Vignette. Extremely fine. $75

204. Arizona. Mohave. General. Mohave County Map, c. 1929. "Arizona's Entrance to Boulder Dam" compiled for Mohave County Miner by E. Ross Housholder of Kingman. This map shows the locations of roads, railroads, towns and ranches, mines, boundaries of mining districts and main drainages. The scale is approximately 12 miles to the inch and covers only the portion of the county south of the Colorado River. An inset shows the remainder of the county north of the river, but lacks detail. The towns of Kingman, the County Seat, Hackberry, Chloride, Oatman, Mineral Park, Yucca, White Hills, Topock and others are shown, as is the Boulder Dam Site. Only two crossings of the Colorado are indicated, one at Topock where the railroad crosses and the other a little upstream from the site of Boulder Dam. The Boulder Dam Reclamation Act was passed by Congress in 1928, and in 1930, President Hoover put the plan in motion. Work on the dam was begun in 1931 and it was completed in 1935. This map gives some interesting insights to the economy, cultural features and infrastructure of the time. E. Ross Housholder was a mining engineer who was active in the industry and its history in the 1930's. In 1932 he leased the Roadside Mine in the Katherine District near Kingman (ABM Bull. 137, p. 104) Hole-punched at top margin with one tear at this edge mended with tape. 10.5 x 15". $150

205. Arizona. Mohave. General. Mohave Mining Company Letterheads. Lot of five different items. (1) Walkover Mining Company, Hackberry, Arizona, Dated 1918. List of Stockholders for the month beginning Jan. 24 to Feb 24, 1918, one page. (2) Arizona Venture Corporation, Notice of Stockholders Meeting, 1917, (3) Arizona Venture Corporation, Bulletin No. 9, 1917, (4) Arizona Venture Corporation, Proxy mailing, and (5) Gold Reed Mining & Milling Co., Mines at Oatman, Statement, 3 pages, 9 x 6, folded. All in VF condition with folds and staple holes. $75

206. Arizona. Mohave. Hualapai (Cerbat). Flores Cons Gold Mining Co. Cert #760. Incorporated in New Jersey 1887. Issued to John Donnelly for 500 shares in 1892. Signed by Walter F. Smith president and R. M. Smith treasurer. Datelined Camden, N.J. Underground mining vignette, green underprint safety pattern. Uncancelled. Printed by Breuker & Kessier, NY. The Flores was a prospect through about 1883, when a contract was let to sink a 100-foot shaft. Based on that work, this company was incorporated, and additional work done, which probably included sending some ore to a custom mill in Cerbat. [ref: Burchard 1885]. Extremely fine. $250

207. Arizona. Mohave. Kingman. Santa Ana Mining Co. Cert #6904. Incorporated in Territory of Arizona 1898. Issued to Lucile Dahaynin for one ordinary share in 1900. Signed by Howard Kemper vice president and Chas Metcalf secretary. Gold seal. Printed by Crocker, SF. Blue border. American Flag, Arizona flag and coat of arms as a vignette in full color. Red underprint of "one ordinary share" Uncancelled. Datelined Kingman. Not found in any of the traditional references. We previously wrote this up as in Cochise County because of a similarity in names to the Santa Ana Arizona Mining Co. but now believe that attribution to be in error. Several of these were found on the east coast two years ago. The Santa Ana Mining Co. also registered with the Nevada Secretary of State's office on April 21, 1898, indicated the company also had properties across the border in Nevada. There were at least three different corporations with the exact same name, but only this one was incorporated in Arizona in 1898 (another in Goldfield, Nevada in 1907 and Mexico.) Needs more research. $225

208. Arizona. Mohave. Oatman. Captivity of the Oatman Girls. Being an Interesting Narrative of Life among The Apache and Mohave Indians. By R. B. Stratton. Published 1857. This is the second addition. 231 pages. Hinton, in his Handbook to Arizona, 1878, states that it is "one of the most historic places in Arizona, Here, an immigrant family, the Royse Oatman family from Texas, met their fate when they had been savagely attacked by Apaches. They killed both parents and four children, and carried off two girls. Another son, "Lorenzo, (publisher) was left for dead". His sister Olive was released after "four years of horrible captivity". Mowry in his late 1864 work on Arizona and Sonora, makes no mention of the Oatman family. J. Ross Browne, just a few years later (1868) in his work Apache Country, devotes a 12 page chapter to the tragedy. Browne states that Poston (who traveled with Mowry) "gathered up the bones and buried them in the wagon." This book contains numerous edits in pencil, probably in preparation for a 3rd edition, thus it may be argued that it was one of the Stratton' books. It is weakly inscribed on the front fly leaf "Presented by a friend of Lezzie". Glued to the fly leaf is a printed statement that "of the original 5,000 copies printed, only three remain." Dark green cover boards, gold gilt lettering. Spine is well worn with tears along extremities. Some water damage to edge, foxing of first plate of Olive Oatman, and the blank fly cover to the Olive Oatman Plate is gone. Size 5 X 7 1/2". Extremely rare. $2500

209. Arizona. Mohave. Oatman. Mohave Gold Mining Co of Arizona. Cert. #576. Incorporated in Delaware in 1902. Issued to Abel Taylor for 100 shares in 1902. Signed by president A. Turner and secretary Geo. Woodside. No vignette, black border. No printer noted. Uncancelled. Fine-Vf, repair along folds. 9" x 10". Listed in the 1906 Pacific Coast Mines Dir. as suspended (Ref: p.56). The vignette of a different certificate for this company shows "N.W. Side of Mohave Mountain, showing developing veins and tunnel #3" as printed under vignette. $60

210. Arizona. Mohave. Oatman. Oatman Bonanza Gold Mines Co. Cert. #346. Inc. in AZ, 1916. Datelined Oatman, AZ. Issued to James E. Evans for 1000 shares in 1916. Signed by president H.D. Lore and secretary J.I. McKenna. Uncancelled. Arizona state seal above masthead, and Oatman company logo of claim map in horseshoe in lower left. Black and peach border. No printer noted. 2¢ document stamp in upper left. 9" x 12". Xf, small staple punctures in upper left. This company probably owned the Bonanza mine in the Oatman district. The owners of this company also owned the Oatman Apex MC. $60

211. Arizona. Mohave. Oatman. United Eastern Mines Corp. Cert. #L2339. Incorporated in Delaware in 1929. Issued to Mrs. Ida Thorelius for 30 shares in 1929. Signed by secretary L.M. Hayrs, president's signature illegible. Uncancelled. United Eastern Mines Corp. took over U.E. MC operations in 1929. As of 1931, the company had plans to develop and operate properties in addition to those represented in the U.E. MC holdings: Big Jim, Forest Allegheny MC, and Butters Copala (Ref: Weed, 1931, p.443-44). Blue border, no vignette. Printed by Goes. Vf, folds. $25

212. Arizona. Mohave. San Francisco. Record Lode Mining Co. Certificate and Market Letter. Incorporated in Arizona in 1916. Cert #628 issued to Walter Robbins for 1000 shares in 1920. Signed by President Chas. A. L. Gehrmann and Secretary Lewis L. Wallace. Printed by Chipron & Co., L.A. Vignette top center of a spread-winged bald eagle. Uncancelled. Folds with minor tears at edges. Black border and print on white paper. 7 x 10. The company acquired the Midnight group of claims previously mined by the Mohave Gold Mining Company and located near the original discovery at the north end of the San Francisco district. The Mohave GMC had made moderate production from the property from about 1900 up until the time of Schrader's visit in 1909 (Schrader, 1909, p. 194). According to a write-up in a 1919 issue of a Kingman mining publication, possibly the Mohave County Miner (an original copy of which is included), work by the Record Company was begun on the property in 1917 and by 1919 a 500-ft shaft and several drifts were completed. The average grade of the ore ran nearly $7.00 in gold per ton. The company reportedly was run by competent management and was glowingly touted as being "...destined to become one of the large producers of the district." However, Ransome (1923, p. 50) visited the property in 1921 and reported that it had been idle for years and the workings were not accessible. No mention of the company is made in Tenney (1929) nor Wilson, et al, 1967. $25

213. Arizona. Mohave. San Francisco. Tom Reed Gold Mines Co. Cert. #18558. Incorporated in Arizona in 1906. Issued to Leo. G. MacLaughlin for 200 shares in 1929. Signed by president S.S. Wold and asst. secretary L.E. Pinkerton. Cancelled by cancellation stamps. Discovered in 1900, early development proved unsuccessful, resulting in the sale of the company in 1904. Subsequent buyers failed to meet financial obligations, forcing the Title Insurance & Title Co. to act on behalf of creditors owed $45,000. The present company was formed as a result. Production yielded an average of $9 per ton of gold ore, much of which was opened at the 1400' level, at this rate primarily because of low milling costs. According to Weed, "perpetual turnover in management caused tight-lippedness, a severe disease afflicting the formerly loose-lipped." As of 1926, the company had surrendered its operations to lessees, due to the exhaustion of ore reserves, but after a short retirement, had decided to resume operations on its own account (Ref: Weed, 1920, p.277-79; 1926, p.387-88; 1931, p.437-39). Vignette of sluice, flanked by two vignettes of miners examining ore. Brown border. Printed by Goes. 8" x 11". Vf, four small tears at right edge. Includes a claim indentified as Tom Reed district, no company name or information on map. $25

214. Arizona. Mohave. San Francisco. Tom Reed Junior Mining Co Prospectus, 1910. Incorporated in Arizona in 1909. Prospectus on the company's property in the San Francisco District. 7 pages. The Tom Reed Junior owned 6 claims on a 4' to 12' fissure vein in andesite that reportedly carried $4 to $ 15 per ton gold. The company did not reply to 1918 inquiries by Weed and was presumed idle (Weed, 1916, p. 1111-1112; Weed, 1920, p. 279). $25

215. Arizona. Mohave. Wallapai. Emerald Isle Copper Co Prospectus, 1922. This prospectus is a different company than the one listed below but probably owned the same property. This company had 12 claims situated at the foot of the Cerbat Range in the Wallapai district located 3.5 miles south of Chloride. The prospectus is 4 pages long and contains promotional write-ups of the geology and property. There are two black and white photos. The Mines Handbook (1925, p.305-06) states that the mine closed down in 1919. This promotional prospectus was probably put together to raise funds to reopen. 7 x 7. Fold crease at middle. Extremely fine. $50

216. Arizona. Mohave. Wallapai. Emerald Isle Copper Co. Cert #962. Incorporated in Nevada 1939. Issued to Emil Mack for 250 shares in 1940. Signed by Ogden C. Chase president and C. S. Chase secretary. Vignette at top of a woman wearing a helmet with a bear at her side and other scenes behind her. Green border. Uncancelled. Printer - Western Litho Co, LA. Datelined Las Vegas, Nevada. 8 x 11. Property included 9 claims and a 300 ton leaching plant located 15 miles north of Kingman. (Mines Register, 1946, p.110). Staple holes at top left. Extremely fine. $25

217. Arizona. Mohave. Wauba Yuma. Philadelphia & Arizona Mining Co. Cert #53. Incorporated in Pennsylvania 1866. Issued to Joseph S. Lovering in 1867 for 1000 shares. Signed by president T. Morris Perot and treasurer Samuel Townsend. Printed by J. Haehnlan, Phila. Vignette top center of state seal of Pennsylvania. Uncancelled. Black border and print on white paper. 7.5 x 11. "Wauba Yuma District, Arizona." Wauba Yuma was an Indian chief. The Wauba Yuma district is located on the old road to Prescott, about 60 miles from the Colorado River. The geology of this district was distinctly different from most others in Arizona, since it was composed of quartz veins cutting metamorphic rocks. Some of the quartz was gold bearing, sometimes carrying copper and iron. Numerous prospects were located in Wauba Yuma by a writer corresponding with J. Ross Browne in 1867 for print in 1868. Among them were the Pride of the Pines, which was a 10' wide quartz vein with a 36' deep shaft, the Ben Franklin, the El Bonito and other lodes developed by a New York Company (related to this one?). The district is not listed in Garbani, nor is it listed nearly anywhere else that we could find, except Barnes, who places the district about 20 miles east of Hardyville. It was located at the head of the Bill Williams Fork. The district disappeared shortly after the only initial prospecting was done in the mid 1860's. None of the mines there produced any reasonable or substantial ore, and fell out of existence nearly immediately. The mines at Wauba Yuma were reportedly of quartz in gneiss. Inn the American southwest, many of the gneiss regions are pre-Cambrian rocks, among the oldest rocks exposed on the earth's surface. Typically the quartz veins in these rocks are formed in listric faults. This type of fault is formed from an extension crack in the earth's surface. The cracks start out at a high vertical angle with some width, and then taper to narrow zones as they curve and begin to flatten with depth. Rare. $650

218. Arizona. Navajo. Holbrook. Arizona Co-Operative Mercantile Institution. Lot of 2 pcs. Cert #895 & #917. Inc in Territory of Arizona. Both issued to Charles F. Hulet in 1897 and 1898. Both datelined Holbrook, Arizona. Green seal in lower left corner on certificate 917. Signed by president Jesse N. Smith and secretary Jno (John) R. Hulet. Printer Gast Staty Co. St. Louis. Vignette of the Arizona State Seal. Both certificates were cancelled in 1901. Folds and ripped at the left of center to show cancellation. Very fancy black border with black writing on white paper. Size 7 X 10". John R. Hulet was secretary of the Arizona Co-op for quite some time. He had a son, Ernest Hulet, born at Snowflake, Arizona in 1900 that went on to run the company's business. Jesse Smith was Hulet's brother in law - his sister married John Hulet. [Arizona Biography, v4, 1930] This was a company store with Mormon ties and branches in several places. It had its beginnings when the Mormon Church purchased the company from Brigham Young's son John Young, opening their doors in 1881. The store moved back and forth from Woodruff until 1888 when it permanently stayed in Holbrook. $400

219. Arizona. Pima. Ajo. Cornelia Cons Copper Co. Cert #975. Incorporated in Delaware 1916. Issued to Minor E. Chamberlain for 500 shares in 1922. Signed by J.A. Hunter as president and William Nickel as treasurer. Property consisted of 29 claims, making a contiguous group with combined area of about 500 acres, on the southern slope of the Ajo Mountains, adjoining the New Cornelia Company's holdings at Ajo. Monzonite domes appeared in the main holdings, as well as dipping southwest under the rhyolite. The company expected this to be a trend throughout the area. New development was begun in 1919, where by the end of 1919, was a 350' hole in "favorable ground", in which was found ore containing gold and silver (Ref: Weed, 1920, p.285-86; 1922, p.260). Nice vignette of allegorical figure holding wreath, with mining in background. Green border and underprint. Printed by Security BNC. 9" x 12". Xf. $35

220. Arizona. Pima. Ajo. Exploring, Mining, Leaching, and Concentrating of Copper Ores as related to the Development of Ajo, Arizona, to Mid-Year 1942. By Forrest R. Rickard. Copyright 1996. 347 pages. This is a paperback book covering the processes that were developed and/or used to mine and mill the Coppers Ores of the Ajo District. There are black and white pictures of mills and buildings. White cover with black print. There is a black and white picture of General John Campbell Greenway on the cover. Cover has two small folds at the corners. Inside pages are white with black print. Like new condition. Size 8 1/2 X 11". $25

221. Arizona. Pima. Arivaca. Enriguetta Gold Company of Arizona. Cert. #56. Incorporated in New York. Issued to M. Davidson for 200 shares in 1864. Signed by president Geo. Forrester, secretary Randol and M. Davidson as trustee. Datelined New York. M. O. Davidson was in charge of the company's workings, which were located southwest of the Cerro Colorado near Arivaca. He had been a supervisor of the Cumberland coal mines in Maryland and a chief engineer of the Havana Railroad in Cuba. Bringing with him about 30 men, Davidson arrived in Arizona in 1863 and took charge of the Cerro Colorado, aka "Sam Colt's Mine, clearing the mine of water and obstructions. In 1864 Davidson was appointed special agent with the Papago agency, pulling in $100 a year in salary. In the same year he became director of the Arizona Mining Co., which operated the Heintzelman mine. Browne (1868, p.445) reports that some expensive machinery had been erected on the Enriguetta, "...several years since, but like that upon the Heintzelman mine it is now idle. These lodes are probably too small to be profitably worked until mining can be conducted at less expense." According to Arizona Surveyor General, John Clark, Davidson erected the first telephone line in Arizona over the 13 mile stretch from the Cerro Colorado to the Enriguetta in about 1864. For more information on the Arivaca and Arizona Mining Companies, see Auction #12 catalog. 6 1/4" x 9". Vf, folds. $1200

222. Arizona. Pima. Arivaca. New Deal Gold Mining & Milling Co. Cert. #1763. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to Jacob Horn for 40 shares in 1935. Signed by W. F. Crowley, president, and W. Frank Crowley, secretary. Printed by Goes. Black border with gold safety print and seal, uncancelled, 6 x 10. We could find no reference to this company among our resources. The company obviously took its name from Roosevelt's "New Deal" that described the political, social and economic policies of his administration from 1933 to 1945. District from Garbani 2001. Very fine with folds. $25 A12 P4 newdeal.tif 893

223. Arizona. Pima. Aztec (Tyndall). Montezuma Mine & Milling Co of Arizona. Cert #23. Incorporated in New Jersey 1881. Issued to E. W. Matthews for 14,990 shares in 1881. Signed by Ephiram Young as president and E. Wallace Matthews as secretary. Uncancelled. Silver underprint, black print and border. 9.5 x 13", folds, some crinkling. Datelined Camden, NJ. Printed by Leonhardt & Sons, Phila. The name of this company is very common and represents a challenge in historical research. The Montezuma Mining & Milling Co held two patented claims, one with 5 mines and the other for milling purposes. The mines were discovered by the Spanish prior to 1800 and worked intermittently until the time of issuance of this certificate because of severe Apache trouble. The mine is located near the famous Salero Mine, and was worked by the Aztec Mining Co of New York in 1860. In 1880, the properties were patented. Burchard noted that it was still a prospect at that time (1880). The patent papers show an old fort at the eastern edge of the claim, typical of the old Spanish mines in this area. Though a new company was incorporated, no significant new work was done on the property until about 1900. [ref: Schrader, Burchard 1881] Rare. $450

224. Arizona. Pima. Brownell. United Mining Co. Cert #225. Certificate of Participation in the United Mining Co. This is a receipt for $6.50 from the American Financial Agency Co dated 1909. This company reported having property in Pima County, Arizona, Leadville, Colorado, Saltese, Montana, Bland, New Mexico, Sinaloa, Mexico and Halifax, Nova Scotia. This may have sounded impressive to the unwitting investor, but the company was just a promotion of Albert Freeman and considered a "bad egg" by 1910 (CH, 1908, p.1360-61). Tears along fold creases. Fine. $35

225. Arizona. Pima. General. Continental Exploration Co. Cert #453. Incorporated in Arizona 1905. Issued to T. E. Roff for 3,000 shares in 1906. Datelined Denver, Colorado. Signed by K. Whistler, president, and O. P. Lehman, secretary. Black border with gold inner border and safety print, vignettee of bald eagle at top center, uncancelled, 9 x 11. Very fine with folds and slight nicks at folds. Garbani places this company in Pima County. $35

226. Arizona. Pima. Gunsight. Gunsight Mining Co. Cert #638. Incorporated in New York, 1883. Issued to S. A. Hendrickson for 500 shares in 1883. Signed by J. B. Baker president and Geo Matthurst secretary. Vignette at upper right of several miners working. Ornate black border with ornate yellow safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Theo Leonhardt & Sons, Philadelphia. Datelined Camden, N.J. Black ink stain at right edge. Located at the north end of the Ajo Mountains, the district lies in what is now the Papago Indian Reservation. The district was first prospected in the late 1860's and early 1870's, but the bulk of production came in the early 1880's in the form of high grade silver ore. Hamilton (1884, p.235-6) reported the Gunsight was the primary mine in the district on which work had been done. At the time of his visit, a 380 foot shaft had been sunk to the water table on a large, but low-grade, ore body. The district produced intermittently through 1965, yielding a total of about $176,000 from the metals produced (ABM, Bulletin 189, p.28-29). Very fine. $600

227. Arizona. Pima. Helvetia. Iowa Mining & Leasing Co. Cert #50. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to W. H. Miller for 50 shares in 1909. Signed by pres, illegible and G. W. Gilbert, sec. Black border, gold safety print, underprint of "common", 3 vignettes, upper left and right of underground miners, top center of mountain, river landscape with mill and smelter, uncancelled, 6 x 10, Excellent condition with folds. Company may be same as Iowa Mining and Development Co. which held the Blue Jay and Good Friday mines in the in Helvetia district. There the mines consisted of tabular replacement deposits of argentite, silver-bearing galena, with cerargyrite and some free gold in the oxidized, near-surface material. The mine was worked sporadically from 1881 to 1939. [AZ Bull 189, p.72, 124]. $35

228. Arizona. Pima. Myers. Mineral Bed Cons Mining Co of Arizona. Cert #45. Incorporated in New Jersey in 1880. Issued to B. F. Bivins, Trustee for 1000 shares in 1880. Signed by President Jacob J. Hitchler and Wm. J. Turner, Treasurer. No printer noted. Vignette of several miners working underground. Uncancelled. Folds. "Myers District, Pima Co., Arizona". Datelined Philadelphia. Black border and print with red underprint on white paper. 8 x 12. Balch (1882, p. 1182) reports the company owned the Mineral Bed and Esperanza mines. The shaft on the principal mine is 100 feet, and additional 100 feet was under contract. $225

229. Arizona. Pima. Oro Blanco. Orion Silver Mining Co of Arizona. Cert #194. Incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1878. Issued to Hannah Harper for 250 shares in 1881. This is a temporary certificate until the official engraved certificates were available. Signed Hamilton Lisston president and B. F. Hart secretary. No vignette. Black print with fancy masthead. Uncancelled. 7 x 10". Very fine. Minor tears at fold ends. This company controlled the Montana G&SMC of Arizona (A#12 Catalog). $300

230. Arizona. Pima. Papago. Lincoln Cons Mining Co. $100 Bond. Issued 1910. Signed by President C. A. Wightman and Secretary George E. Ferrald. Printed by Goes. No vignette. Folds. Eight of ten coupons still attached. Black print with orange border on white paper. 9.5 x 15". This company had property at Garcia, with ore in a replacement type ore deposit. Had production, but unknown specifics. (Copper Hndbk, 1912, p530) $130

231. Arizona. Pima. Pima. Victor Cons Mining Co. Cert #67. Incorporated in Arizona 1928. Issued to Thos. W. Daily for 1,000 shares in 1929. Signed by R. J. Monahan, president, and E. J. Buckley, secretary. Orange border and seal, vignette of bald eagle top center, uncancelled, 8 x 11, Fine condition with folds and 1 inch tears at several of the folds, one set of staple holes upper left. Company reopened a mine in the Manganese Hill area developed by a 125 ft-deep shaft. Company inactive in 1946. [Ref: 1931CH, p. 462]. $25

232. Arizona. Pima. Quijotoa. Bondurant Mining & Dev Corp. Cert #29. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to James Robson for 37,666 shares in 1902. Signed by W. J. Hegel, president and secretary, name illegible. Black border, gold safety print, three vignettes underground mining scenes upper left and right, mountain scene with mills, smelter upper center, uncancelled, 6 x 10, Fine condition with folds and slight nicks and fold on right. Garbani places this in the Quijotoa district. $60

233. Arizona. Pima. Santo Domingo. Southern Arizona Mining & Milling Co. Cert #45. Incorporated in New York 1880. Issued to M. L. Earle, Trustee for 100 shares in 1881. Signed by president Wm. F. Turner and secretary M. L. Earle. Printed by Hosford & Sons, N. Y. Vignette at center of four miners working underground. Uncancelled. Datelined New York. "Santo Domingo Mining District, Pima County Arizona." Black border and print on white paper. 5.5 x 10. William F. Turner was the Chief Justice of the Third Judicial District in Arizona from 1864 to 1870 (Wagoner, p. 504). Hill, in Mining Districts of the Western United States, cites the district as "location unknown". Hinton discusses the district briefly. $250

234. Arizona. Pima. Sheridan. Montizona Copper Co Book of Corporate Records, 1918-1929. Directors minutes, minutes of annual meeting, M.W. Bacon, president and W.M. Montgomery, secretary, covering dates 1918 to 1929, bound in H & M Loose Leaf Typewriter Book, leather covers, pages stamped nos. 1 to 156, and 8 additional pages, 9 x 11, x 1 1/4 inch thick, VF condition with some splits at front cover binding, some foxing of page edges. Company held 69 mining claims in the Sheridan and Brownell districts, 33 miles south of Casa Grande. The company reported copper-gold-silver mineralization in up to 44 fissure veins in granodiorite cut by dikes of aplite, monzonite porphyry, trachyte and andesite . The fissures ranged from 1 to 10 ft. wide, and a composite sample of 200 samples from 12 veins assayed 6% copper, 2.5 ounces silver per ton and 60 cents gold per ton (0.03 ounces per ton), with 10.5% iron, 2.4% alumina, 63.77% silica, 1.2% lime, and 0.2% sulfur. The property was developed by tunnels and shafts to a depth of 1,300 ft on 5 veins. As of 1931 the property was still in the development stage after 10 years of intermittent operations. [Ref: 1931CH, p. 379] $350

235. Arizona. Pima. Tucson. Arizona Hydraulic Power Co. Cert #36. Incorporated in Arizona 1914. Issued to James Elder for 36 shares in 1915. Signed by E. H. Meek president and E. J. Clark secretary. Vignette of river in canyon. Orange seal, border, and underprint. 8 x 10". Uncancelled. No printer noted. Strip of Four five cent red documentary stamps attached at top center. Two file holes at left, 1.5 inch tear at center. E. H. Meek was also president of Verde Hot Springs. $45

236. Arizona. Pima. Twin Buttes. Chesterfield Copper Co. Cert #1615. Incorporated in Arizona 1907. Issued to Mary A. Laird in 1909 for 1000 shares. Signed by President H. M. Brown and Treasurer C. E. Harvey. Printed by Goes. "Incorporated under the laws of Arizona". Vignette top center of sluices along river; at upper left of 3 miners inspecting rock sample; at top right of miner panning for gold streamside. Uncancelled. Folds. Black border and print with gold seal and safety print. 8.5 x 11. Also includes $50 first mortgage bond, signed by same officers. Printed by Wm. F. Murphy's & Sons, Phila. Black print with orange border, safety and underprint on white paper. 8 of 10 coupons remaining. Mines included the Tiger and Crown King mines, 5 miles from Twin Buttes County (?) and produced silver-lead ore. Copper Handbook, 1910-11, p. 596). $250

237. Arizona. Pima. Twin Buttes. Twin Buttes Mining & Smelting Co Articles of Incorporation, Printed Version and Original Handwritten Version, 1906. The original handwritten Articles of Incorporatio is 5 page document, legal size, folded, labeled "original", (blue carbon type) founded and signed by John G. Baxter, John Ellis, and Michael Irish and notarized. Recorded with Pima county recorder by David S. Rose. The second item is the Revised Articles of Organization and By-laws booklet, Twin Buttes Mining and Smelting Co., dated 1906, 24 pages, 4 x 6. The company held 61 claims, some of which dated to 1880. Mines on the property included the Senator Morgan mine. The Copper Glance mine, and the Copper King mine. Overall, the underground workings were reported to total about one mile, with 50,000 tons of ore blocked out for mining and 10,000 tons on the dumps averaging 7% copper and 1.85 oz. per ton silver, with traces of gold. The Senator Morgan mine was developed by a 200 ft shaft with 550 ft of workings to mine a vein deposit averaging 25 ft wide by 300 ft long, to a depth of 95 ft. carrying sulfide copper values that averaged 10% copper. By 1931, the Senator Morgan had been developed to 900 ft. The Copper Glance was developed by a 415 ft shaft, and 450 ft of drifts. The shaft cut 30 ft of iron gossan and 200 ft of carbonate ore. The Copper King mine had a 250 ft shaft with 250 ft of drifts with sulfides at the lower levels. The company had a private rail line named the Twin Buttes Railroad, completed in 1906 from Tucson to Twin Buttes, a distance of 27 miles. This is the best possible certificate from this major mine. [Ref: 1906CH, p.993, 1931CH, p.441]. Both are in extremely fine condition. $75

238. Arizona. Pinal. Bunker Hill. Superior-North Queen Copper Co. Cert. #389 and stock guarantee letter. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to Alice Evans for 1000 shares in 1917. Signed by president J.A. Carlson and asst. secretary W. Gehlers. Uncancelled. Their offices were probably in Superior, however, we could find no reference to this company in any of our sources. Probably was located in Pinal, due to name, but unknown. No vignette. Orange border. Printed by ABNC. 8" x 10". Xf, folds. Letter is on A.L. Emberson Co., Brokers letterhead, accompanied by a cash order for the same company. All Xf. $55

239. Arizona. Pinal. Copper Creek. Calumet & Copper Creek Mining Co. Bond #427. Incorporated in Territory of Arizona. 6% $500 Bond. Signed by Frank J. Sibley president and A. MacLaughlin asst secretary. Vignette of a seated woman and a fancy masthead. Ornate green border and 500 in green underprint. 6 coupons cashed in of original 20. Uncancelled. Printer - New York Bank Note. 11 x 14. In 1903, Frank and his brother R. R. Sibley organized the Copper Creek Mining Company to develop some claims located in the Copper Creek area in the 1880's. At the time, the area was quite remote, and little work was done until 1905 when completion of the Arizona Eastern Railroad from Phoenix to Winkelman reduced the haul distance from 70 miles to 35. At that time, this railroad company and two others planned to construct a line down the San Pedro Valley that would have reduced the haul distance to only 12 miles. Word of these plans sparked action by the Copper Creek Mining Co. and other property owners in the area who began developing their claims. Copper Creek MC began ore shipments in October 1905, but ceased the first of the following year and put its efforts into the construction of an elaborate concentration works and smelter at the mine. The Sibleys continued development of their other properties until 1908 when "stock manipulation of a questionable character commenced." They organized the Minnesota-Arizona Copper Co. to acquire additional claims and obtained financial aid from Martin Tew. They then organized the Calumet and Copper Creek Mining Co. as a holding company for the Copper Creek and Minnesota-Arizona. At this time, the company's promotional claims were highly suspect with reports of large tonnages of high-grade ore and extremely low estimates for operating costs. The railroad companies scrapped their plans for the rail line down the San Pedro Valley in 1909, severely hampering further development in the district. Operations eventually ceased, and in 1915, the Calumet and Copper Creek Mining Company went into voluntary bankruptcy. A reorganization, under the name Copper State Mining Co., with Martin Tew at the helm, was realized and operations recommenced in 1916 but ceased finally at the end of 1917. Total production amounted to about 700,000 lbs copper with minor silver and gold worth a total of about $137,000. (Tenney, 1919, pp. 330-333). Very fine. $125

240. Arizona. Pinal. Copper Creek. Calumet & Copper Creek Mining Co Prospectus, 1910. 4 page prospectus, with enclosed 2-page carbon copy summary of smelter returns. Prospectus is for six per cent gold bonds of the company. Summary of smelter returns describes settlement for one carload of high grade ore, including itemized costs of hauling ores by team from mines to Winkelman. See lot above for the story. 11 x 8 1/2. Very fine. $75

241. Arizona. Pinal. Copper Creek. Southwest Inspiration Prospectus, 1917. 13 pps. Many black and white photos of the property. Text on why one should buy stock in this company. Most pages are detached. However, the pages themselves are in very fine condition. This lot includes an advertisement cut out for the company in 1917. Owned 69 claims that adjoined the Calumet & Arizona and the Copper State property in the Bunker Hill district. There was a 1500 foot tunnel and a 400 foot shaft. Idle and presumed dead by 1925. (Mines Handbook, 1925, p.450-51). $75

242. Arizona. Pinal. Mammoth. Mammoth Gold Mines, Limited. Four original bonds. Incorporated in England in 1886. Issued to Hamilton Stuart, Esq. In 1889. Signed by Directors James Hastings and P. W. Duffied and Secretary Chas. Goodyear. Printer not noted. No vignette. Black print and border with red seal on white paper. The mine was located in the Mammoth District on the San Pedro River. The company issued L100,000 worth of debentures carrying interest at the rate of 10 percent per annum. Condition No. 9 states that the registered holders of Debentures will be entitled to the benefit of and indenture dated the 10th day of September 1889, made between the Company of the one part and Lord Francis George Godolphin Osborne and James Hastings of the other part, whereby the freehold and leasehold properties, fixed plants, and machinery and property of the Company therein described were expressed to be conveyed to Trustees upon trust for securing the principal moneys and interest to be secured by the said Debenture. The Debenture was issued to raise money for the operation of the mine. (Creasy, 1965, pp. 30-31; MinRec, 1980, pp; 155-181; Barnes, 1960, p. 298.) $550

243. Arizona. Pinal. Mineral Creek. Copper Butte Mines. Cert #1754. Incorporated in Territory of Arizona. Issued to William T. Smith for 100 shares in 1907. Signed by Harry Roberts president and A. G. Krypton secretary. No vignette. Fancy masthead. Black border with gilt seal. Uncancelled. Printer - Monarch Litho, Minn. 8 x 12. The company was first organization as the Copper Mountain MC which changed its name to the present one in 1904. Owned lands east of Florence Valley in mountainous terrain that resembled copper deposits of the Montezuma Copper Co of Sonora, Mexico. The lands were within the Mineral Creek district. Assays performed by "disinterested parties" gave 1.5% copper from breccia and 13.6% copper from the dumps at the Black Oxide pit. There were 15 pits and 3 shallow shafts of less than 30 feet. Ore was near surface and was mined cheaply. In 1907, production included 42 cars that assayed up to 19% copper with minor silver and gold averaging 5% copper. Idle since 1907. (Copper Handbook, 1910, p.659-660). This listing in the Copper Handbook offers a rather detailed description of the geology of the property. Right 1/6 of the certificate is detached along a tear. Otherwise very fine. $60

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

245. Arizona. Pinal. Mineral Creek. Specie Basis Mining Co $100 Bond. #369. Incorporated in Pennsylvania 1866. Issued there in 1866. Signed by Gitts as president and Wm. R. Allen as secretary, Uncancelled. Black print on white paper. Vignette of mill next to a river at top. Blue underprint "One Hundred Dollars" Printed by J. M. Guigan, Philadelphia. 2 coupons attached. 10 x 12", folds. The title on this certificate is among the best in western American mines. Specie basis refers to an antiquated monetary payment methodology revolving around gold and silver, which were called specie. The term specie basis refers to payment "in kind" as we say today, or payment in gold or silver. The stock certificate states "Gold, Silver, and Copper Mines in Arizona". We were unable to find specific reference to the company in J. Ross Brown's 50pp section on Arizona mines published in 1868. There is a strong possibility, however, that this company is directly related to the Specie Pay mine. Burchard in 1882 reported that the Specie Pay mine was driving a new tunnel in 1881 in ore that averaged $42 per ton. It had apparently been reactivated after some time of dormancy. Hamilton, in 1884 cited this mine as the key mine in the district along with the Alice mine. The ore was reported to run $30 per ton, and a mill was erected on the Alice about 1882, producing pay ore on a regular basis. Burchard had noted that the district was in desperate need of a custom mill, and the Alice mill must have been a welcome addition after years of prospecting with no local reduction works. The vignette depicts a mill on a river, which may have been the company's goal at one time. The district is about 15 miles northeast of Florence in central Arizona. The chances of the Specie Basis Mining Company and a Specie Pay mine being related are extremely high. These are uncommon terms not used haphazardly. Very rare. This Gitts may be related to the Gitts of the Casa Grande scam (see A12 Catalog). $800

246. Arizona. Pinal. Mineral Creek. Specie Basis Mining Co. Cert #474. Incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1866 and issued there in 1869 to Otto Eichelberger for 14,000 shares. Signed by R. B. Gitts as president and Wm. R. Allen as secretary, Uncancelled. Black print on white paper. Vignette of underground mining scene at top center. No Printer shown. 25-cent Insurance revenue stamp attached at left, tied by corporate seal embossing. 8 x 11", folds with some wear at fold ends. "Gold Silver, and Copper mines in Arizona". Please see the above explanation of the company. This is a very rare stock for the company. At present, we have only record of three of these over the past 20 years. $800

247. Arizona. Pinal. Mineral Creek. Tarantula Gold Mining Co. Cert #449. Incorporated in Territory of Arizona. Issued to Jno A. Hudson for 85 shares in 1900. Signed by R. F. Phillips president and L. N. Van Hook secretary. Datelined St. Louis. Vignette of four miners working underground. Fancy masthead. Brown border, underprint and safety print with gilt seal. Uncancelled. Printer - Skinner. 9 x 12. Wear to folds. Chip at top of left edge. This company is not listed in the Copper Handbooks; Garbani (2001) locates the company in the Mineral Creek District. Very fine. $600

248. Arizona. Pinal. Pioneer. United Magma Copper Co. Cert #522. Incorporated in Delaware 1922. Issued to F. L. Crawford for 535.5 shares in 1927. Signed by Chas. Lamberton president and W. E. Barrow secretary. Vignette of a mill with two smaller vignettes at lower corners of miners underground. Green border. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 9x 12. This company formed to take over the property of the Grand Pacific Copper Co which included 35 claims in the Pioneer district, 2 miles south of Superior. The shipped oxide ore returned 17% copper per ton. There were two shafts and 3 tunnels. The company also purchased the property of the Belmont Copper MC and leased the ground of the Cons. Holding & Trust Co. (Mines Handbook, 1931, p.445-46). Extremely fine. $75

249. Arizona. Pinal. Ray. Ray Hercules Mines, Inc. Two different certificates. Cert. #3290, 693. Incorporated in Delaware in 1922. Issued to Peter M. Colivas for 50 shares in 1922, and Franklin C. Woody for 150 shares in 1922. First is signed by president J. McNally and secretary G. Ferguson. The second is a capital stock certificate, signed by several different officers. Both uncancelled. Formerly owned by Arizona Hercules Copper Co. Consisted of 270 acres surrounded by the holdings of the Ray Consol. Copper Co. Developed by a vertical main hoisting shaft, 862' deep, and a second shaft at 543' deep. Both connect with the mine haulage level, 472' below collar of main shaft. Also developed by churn drilling. Weed foresaw ease in production for the new company, 1,000,000 pounds per month, no problem. But by 1925, the company faced the problem of a sinking copper market, unable to sustain mine operations (Ref: Mines Hdbk, 1922, pp.379-80; 1925, pp.430-31). No vignette on either. Green and brown borders. 7" x 11" and 8" x 12". Vf-Xf, folds. $50

250. Arizona. Pinal. Riverside. Ray Southern Copper Co Property Report, 1910. Incorporated in Arizona in 1909. W.E. Sharpe, president, and Chas. W. Geort, secretary. Consisted of 42 Claims, sitting on 780 acres, situated on the Ray-Kelvin Copper deposit. Ore is copper-carrying iron in granite and granitic country rock. Submitted by P.T. McGrath, general manager. Ribbon at binding, the ends of which are held under company seal on the cover. 8" x 11". Vf, minor damage to staple binding. $75

251. Arizona. Pinal. San Pedro. Ferre Mining Co. Cert #64. Incorporated in Illinois in 1881. Issued to Mrs. E. McGregor for 10 shares in 1881. Signed by president P. Whitmer and secretary J. C. McFarland. Printed by Pantagraph Printing & Lith., Bloomington, Ill. Vignette top center of three miners working underground. Uncancelled. Folds. Datelined Bloomington, Ill. "Mines located in San Pedro District, Pinal County, Arizona" Black border and print with green safety print on white paper. 7 x 11. The San Pedro district was originally in Pima County until its redistribution over a period of about 15 years. It was a copper and gold district discovered in the early 1860's and extensively reported by Browne in 1868. The Maricopa lode was one of the better deposits reported then. [p450] $450

252. Arizona. Pinal. Superior. Newmont Mining Corp Annual Report, 1934. The new company was both a holding and operating mining company, with direct interest in copper, gold, diamond, tin and coal mines, and actively mining on its own account. It had proven to be an outstanding success among specialized investment trusts. Surrounded by talents of many fields, including geology, financial and engineering, the company flourished, participating and succeeding in various mining and business ventures spanning the globe, from South Africa, Venezuela, Mexico and Newfoundland. Operated many different mining companies, including Majuba Hill Group; participated in the financing of the Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Co.; organized the South African Copper Co, Ltd; and held controlling interest in the Empire Star Mines Co., Ltd. (Ref: Weed, 1931, pp.149-152). Soon after the Depression, the Newmont company acquired property at Superior and grew into the world class mining company still in operation today. Vf, tear down binding. 9" x 11". This is one of the first years of the company's operations $25

253. Arizona. Pinal. Superior. United Magma Mining Co. Cert. #1015. Incorporated in Arizona 1913. Issued to Samuel A. Solomon for 200 shares in 1917. Signed by vice-president B. Randall. Uncancelled. Consisted of 34 claims over 680 acres. No information was available concerning development, but Weed quotes known author Harry Lefkovits as saying, "Property has been favorably reported upon by engineers of standing. It is believed to contain an extension of the Magma vein," the property was believed to have some relation to Magma Copper Co. But we can't take Lefkovits word, as at last accounts, he had broken his pledge and bond to remain in New York until trial, convicted in 1920 for using the mails to defraud the public. The mine at this point was out of existence (Ref: Weed, 1918, p.541; 1920, p.318). Brown border, with a vignette of bald eagle atop crag. No printer noted. 9" x 12". Vf, wrinkles, discoloration at top edge. $75

254. Arizona. Pinal. Winkleman. Central Mining & Dev Co. Cert #421. Incorporated in Arizona 1906. Issued to E. Kay Buchanan for 200 shares in 1906. Signed by S. H. Snider president and N. B. Johnson secretary. Vignette at upper left of several miners working underground with smaller vignettes at each corner of a miner. Black border with bronze seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11. Owned 9 claims including the Two Queens mine. There were 5 shafts and one tunnel. Despite marvelous assays, 3 small smelter shipments, 1907, gave returns of only $36.53. The property was purchased for $6000, and capitalized at $10 million. Frank H. Horn, Raymond P. May and S. H. Snyder were sentenced, June 2, 1909, to one year imprisonment each, at Leavenworth, and $500 fine, for fraud in connection with the promotion of this company. John E. Horn was fined $500 and Elisha S. Horn was also convicted of fraud. (Copper Handbook, 1910, p.579-580). Tears along fold creases. Chips along edges. Tape repair to left fold crease on reverse. Fine. $45

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

256. Arizona. Santa Cruz. General. Prudential Mining Co. Cert #302. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to G. E. Burkner for 500 shares in 1909. Signed by E.F. Attemose, vice-President, and G. E. Stone, Secretary. Black border with green safety print and seal, small vignettes of miner in corner borders, vignette of underground miners top center, uncancelled, 8 x 11, VF condition with folds, 1 inch or less tears at folds. No references found, Garbani places company in Santa Cruz county. $45

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

258. Arizona. Santa Cruz. Nogales. Austerlitz Gold Copper Mining Co. Cert #300. Inc. in Arizona 1917. Unissued, unsigned. Green border, vignette of underground blast hole drilling at top center, uncancelled, 9 x 12, VF condition with one fold with clear tape on back, one inch chip upper right, slight chips left edge. Company is probably related to the Austerlitz group of mines owned by A. H. Noon of Nogales and under lease and option to Camphius & Ries of El Paso, Texas. The mine was developed by a 150 ft. shaft and 2 tunnels, 600 ft. and 300 ft. long. Copper, gold and silver mineralization assaying from $4 to $40 per ton occurs in a quartz fissure vein in porphyry. Ore shipments totaling over $200,000 reported through 1919. (Mines Handbook, 1920, p.329). $25

259. Arizona. Santa Cruz. Patagonia. Morning Glory Mining Co Prospectus, 1921. H. W. Reichard president, and W. L. Houck secretary. Engineers' summary reports on the Morning Glory property listed the company as consisting of 12 claims, only two of which were in primary operation: the Morning Glory and the Evening Glory. Exploration in upper levels produced over 50,000 tons, mined and shipped, at a depth of about 256', with cross drifts every 50'. Ore netted about $10 per ton, 2.75% copper, and about 3 oz. of silver. Centerfold gives a cross section of the main vein and tunnel. 9" x 12". Vf, foxing around edges. $75

260. Arizona. Santa Cruz. Patagonia. Santa Cruz Mines & Smelter Co. Bond #A593. Incorporated in 1906 in Arizona. $1000 Bond. Signed by President George A. Braton and Secretary Charles E. Prior. No vignette. Green border and underprint with gold seal on white paper. Fifteen of fifteen coupons attached. 10 x 16. Printer not listed. This company was formed as a reorganization of the Alto Consolidated Mines, Smelting and Transportation Co., which operated the Alto Mine in the Salero District in the Santa Rita Mountains and the Mowry Mines Co. which operated the Mowry Mine in the Patagonia Mountains. A rail line between Patagonia and Mowry was being considered allowing Alto ore to be treated at the Mowry smelter, however, the panic of 1907 put an end to those plans in July of that year and the Alto mine reverted to the original company the same year. The Mowry was the first major deposit that was rediscovered and located by Americans after this region was acquired through the Gadsden Purchase. A number of U.S. Army officers were the original owners in 1858 of what was at that time called the Patagonia Mine. The early operations of the property were a failure and it was sold in 1860 to Lieutenant Sylvester Mowry, who renamed it after himself. Mowry operated the mine during the early part of the Civil War, and eventually lost ownership of the property owing to accusations that lead from his mine was supplied to the Confederates. During the War, the mine was operated by an agent of Mowry's accuser. After the war, the mine was returned to Mowry, having been gutted both in ore and infrastructure. He tried, unsuccessfully, to raise the capital needed to reopen the mine, but was unable to do so before his death in 1871. Over the subsequent years, the mine was operated intermittently, including the short period of time it was under the ownership of this company. The main shaft caved in 1928 and no further work has likely been done on the property since then. (Tenney, 1929, pp 289-293, 315-316). $125

261. Arizona. Santa Cruz. Tyndall. Onyx King Mining Co Prospectus, c.1905-10. Tells of the purity of Onyx marble, essentially claiming onyx investment to be more valuable than gold, silver, copper, lead or zinc. Shows pictures of onyx formations on mountainsides and in caves. Blue cover with several stains. Printer - Columbus Blank Book Mfg, Col. O. 15 pages of which 6 pages have printed photographs of a cave containing the onyx. 4 x 8.5". Minor staining on front cover. The prospectus mentions location of the property in the Santa Rita Range. Schrader (1915, p. 361) notes that several claims had been located in the Greaterville district to develop "onyx" deposits, but it was thought they were too calcareous to be of commercial value. This company turned out to be a little shady as the onyx, or what the company claimed to be onyx, was not. $110

262. Arizona. Santa Cruz. Tyndall. Rosario Silver Mining Co. Bond #82. $100 Bond, payable in silver coin. Coupons attached. Incorporated in New York in 1867 or 1868, issued 1870 to bearer, signed by R. A. Sinclair as president and I. G. Forman as secretary. Black border and print. No vignette. Corporate seal had a crossed pick & shovel with "AZ" (Arizona) Uncancelled. 13 x 10.5". See the below lot for the story. Extremely Rare. $750

263. Arizona. Santa Cruz. Tyndall. Rosario Silver Mining Co. Cert #417. Incorporated in New York in 1867 or 1868, issued 1868 to Wm. D. Sinclair for 20 shares, signed by R. A. Sinclair as president and S. R. Selden as secretary. Datelined New York. Black border and print. Underground mining vignette. 25-cent certificate stamp attached at left. Corporate seal had a crossed pick & shovel with "AZ" (Arizona). Uncancelled. 6.5 x 11". This company operated a mine 1.5 miles northwest of the famous Salero mine in the old Aztec district, which later became known as the Tyndall district. It is about 7 miles west of Patagonia. The mine was worked by Mexicans or Spaniards in the early days (1700's - 1800's) and is one of the early mines discussed by Lenon and others in their papers in Canty's Mining History of Arizona in three volumes. It was financed by some of Heintzelman's and Colt's associates in New York. Here, northwest quartz veins cutting diorite were mined (mostly prospected) for gold and silver for decades, even though by 1900 there were still less than 1000 feet of underground workings. The ore was reported to average about $25 per ton, which might be why it was merely in an advanced stage of prospecting, when Schrader wrote Mineral Deposits of the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains for the USGS in 1915. If you collect certificates, documents, or ore specimens from the old Spanish mines in Arizona, this mine should be on your list. This company is not to be confused with Rosario, Mexico. Very Rare. $1200

264. Arizona. Santa Cruz. Tyndall. Santa Rita Copper Mining & Smelting Co. Cert #2236. Incorporated in Arizona in 1901. Issued to R.W. Wiley for 500 shares in 1906. Signed by Geo. P. Myers president and M. Wilson secretary. Green border, three vignettes with underground miners upper left and right, mountain scene with mill and smelter upper center, uncancelled, 8 x 11. Very fine. One inch tear at lower left fold, overprint stamped in red of "purchasers assume no liability", ten-cent tax revenue stamp affixed upper left corner. The company held claims in the Tyndall district, Santa Rita Mountains 38 miles south of Tucson. The property contained 10 veins in granite porphyry. Four of the veins were being developed and averaged 8 to 30 ft. wide with assays of 18% copper, 6 to7% lead, 1 to 3% zinc, 40 oz. silver per ton, and $2 to $8 gold (0.1 to 0.4 oz. per ton). The property was developed by 5 shafts of 20 ft to 110 ft deep with about 1,000 ft. of underground development. In 1906 it was reported that the company's offices had closed, the company had changed officers repeatedly, and that it was a mere stock-jobbing scheme. [Ref: 1904CH, p.635, 1905CH, p. 712]. $65

265. Arizona. Yavapai. Agua Fria. Baumann Copper Co. Cert. #561. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to W. McClelland for 400 shares in 1905. Signed by president George. W. Johnson and secretary C.H. Dooley. Uncancelled. Vignette of underground mining scene, at left, and several vignettes throughout border. Black border, gilt seal. Printed by Goes. 8" x 11". Consisting of 25 shafts and pits, Baumann's central fissure vein proved productive, showing pay out wherever opened (Copper Handbk, 1904, p.212). The company was highly regarded by Stevens, as being honest and businesslike. But by 1908, the mine, although considered promising, was idle. Xf, folds. $40

266. Arizona. Yavapai. Agua Fria. Franco-American Copper Co. Cert #678. Incorporated in Arizona 1916. Issued to Fred Bowlen for 1000 shares in 1920. Signed by Fred Bowlen president and J. E. Russell secretary. Vignette of a mill on a hillside with two smaller vignettes at lower corner of miners underground. Green border and gilt seal. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 9 x 12. The company had 15 claims in the Agua Fria district 8 miles southeast of Humboldt. The ore showed gold, silver and copper. There was a 250 foot deep shaft and over 900 feet of workings. Production resumed in 1923 after a 3 year suspension of activity. (Mines Handbook, 1925, p.309). Small tears along fold creases. Very fine. $25

267. Arizona. Yavapai. Agua Fria. Lion Copper Mining Co. Cert. #681. Incorporated in Arizona in 1903. Issued to H.C. Stilwell for 10,000 shares in 1913. Signed by president Charles Matthew and O.A. Cox as secretary. Green underprint of a lion. Not much information is given about this company. We know that it consisted of 13 claims in Stoddard, stretched over 260 acres. Main ore existed in veins within country rock, limestone. They were opened by shafts of 50', 100' and 300'. As of 1905, the company had purchased a diamond drill for probing at 300' levels There is little regarding the company's success, which would apparently have been in vain, because by 1908, the company was dead. What's interesting is the date of this certificate's issuance, 1913. I could find no trace of the company, not even a death listing, after 1911. Perhaps this was a final attempt to get financing, just before Weed's 1912-13 publication. (Ref: Stevens, 1905, p.519; 1908, p.881). Uncancelled. Vignette of road leading to mining camp, flanked by two vignettes of underground mining scenes. Gilt border and seal. 8 1/4" x 11". Vf, small tears at folds. $50

268. Arizona. Yavapai. Big Bug. Big Reef Copper Co Prospectus, 1917. 11 pages, no images. Consisted of 19 claims over 380 acres. Copper ore was chiefly found in quartz veinlets. Regarded as a promising prospect in 1918. Work was of a prospecting nature as of 1915, but seemed to be worthy of exploration (Mines Handbook, 1920, p.343). Vf, foxing. $50

269. Arizona. Yavapai. Big Bug. Fortune Mining Co Prospectus, c.1916. 4 pages, no images. Offers a short history of the Big Bug district, location of property and ore. Printed by Journal Miner Print. Owned the Wizard mine which was reported to have around 10,000 tons of ore on the dumps. The property was purchased at mortgage sale in 1920 by the Boone County Bank. Called "a rich Arizona gold mine" prior. It was a gold mine, on which high grade copper ore was found. (Mines Handbook, 1920, p.350). Vf, folds. $50

270. Arizona. Yavapai. Big Bug. Logos Mines Co. Cert #43. Incorporated in Arizona 1906. Issued to Mary L. Wheeler for 1000 shares in 1906. Signed by Dr. Sara Thacker president and W. H. Thacker secretary. Vignette of spread winged eagle at upper left. Black border with brown seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11. Owns 46 claims in the Big Bug district 8 miles southeast of Mayer. There was a 180' shaft and 2000 feet of workings. "The president wrote, 1908, stating that the company was still in infant's clothes, but expected to put on big trousers in 1909. Apparently the trousers are still missing, and presumably the company is walking around in a barrel." (Copper Handbook, 1910, p.1084-85). Pin hole at upper left and right corner. This is one of very few companies run by a woman. Very fine. $50

271. Arizona. Yavapai. Big Bug. Ohio Mines Company. Cert #1073. Incorporated in Arizona 1909. Issued to Thomas Murphy in 1915 for 1000 shares. Signed by president H. W. Whitaker and secretary J. F. Rogers. Vignette of spread-winged eagle top center. Uncancelled. Black border and print with gold inner border, safety and underprint and seal on white paper. Printed by Ruggles-Gale Co., Columbus, O. on Goes form. Folds with tears at edges. The company owned 14 claims in the Big Bug District, "...bought of the Jesse Mines Co., whose promoters managed to escape jail." The property was developed by 3 shafts with 7,000' of underground workings. Reportedly produced $750,000 in gold prior to Jesse Mines Co. ownership. (Weed, 1916, p. 877) $50

272. Arizona. Yavapai. Big Bug. Poland Mining Co. Bond #1456. Incorporated in Arizona 1901. $50 Special Contract Bond issued in 1902. Signed by H. W. Robinson president and J. P. Leake secretary. No vignette. Green border with orange underprint. Uncancelled. Printer - Broun Lent & Pett. 11 x 12 doubling when unfolded. All twenty coupons attached. One 5 cent documentary stamp affixed on embossed seal. Frank M. Murphy moved to Prescott from Maine in 1878 and promoted numerous small gold mines in the Bradshaw Mountains for several years with limited success. In 1887 he optioned the Congress Mine that operated successfully until 1910. At the turn of the century, Murphy and his associates decided to enter the copper mining business which had improved markedly by that time. They optioned the Christmas and Silverbell mines as well as mines at the old silver camp at Tombstone. Murphy organized the Development Company of America (DCA) to finance these and numerous other ventures. DCA served as a holding company for the Congress Consolidated Mines Company which operated the Congress mine; the Imperial Copper Company which operated the Silverbell Mine; the Southern Arizona Smelting Company which operated the SASCO smelter; the Arizona Southern Railroad Company; the Tombstone Consolidated Mines Company, The Gila Copper Sulphide Company which operated the Christmas Mine; the Poland Mining Company; and the Lookout Copper Company which operated the Crown King property. The company (DCA) operated successfully for a number of years, even surviving the financial panic of 1907. However, the unexpected high costs of pumping at the Tombstone mines drained the company's resources and caused its collapse at the end of 1910, dragging down all the subsidiary companies with it. Murphy lost most of his fortune in the failure and died in Prescott in 1917 (Tenney, 1929, pp 21-24). Murphy and associates bought the Poland Mine in 1900 and did extensive development work there to bring it and other nearby mines in which they had interests, into production. Between 1900 and 1912, the Poland Mine produced over $750,000 in gold, silver and lead. Wear and small tears along fold creases. Very fine. $100

273. Arizona. Yavapai. Casa Grande. Greenback Mining Co. Cert #300. Incorporated in Arizona 1922. Issued to E. H. McMurray for 100 shares in 1923. Signed by H. G. Humphrey president and H. J. Wilkens secretary. Vignette of spread winged eagle. Black border with gold seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 5 x 7. Owned 12 claims located 41 miles southwest of Casa Grande. The ore was said to assay at $12 gold per ton. There were several tunnels extending from the 125 foot deep Greenback shaft. Property was considered promising. All property and assets were sold to the Iron Silver MC in 1923. (Mines Handbook, 1925, p.325). Tears along fold creases. Chip to lower right corner. Staining along bottom edge. Fine to very fine. $40

274. Arizona. Yavapai. Castle Creek. Empress Mining & Milling Co. Cert #A3682. Incorporated in Arizona 1904. Issued to D. B. Gray for 10 shares in 1905. Signed by Edward Wolcott president and Stephen A. Pernell secretary. No vignette. Brown border, seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer not noted. 8 x 11. 2 cent documentary of New York State on reverse. This company is not listed within our references. We did find the Empress Mining Co which was merged with the Great Belcher MC and had offices in Yavapai. There is no apparent relation between these two companies. District from Garbani 2001. Tears along fold creases. Very fine. $25

275. Arizona. Yavapai. Chino Valley. Amalgamated Mining & Oil Co. Two pieces, a stock and bond. Incorporated in Arizona in 1907, issued 1907 to W. P. Peterson for 800 shares, signed by T. H. Goodman as president and H. H. Fraser as secretary. The stock is signed by an assistant secty, which is illegible. Stock is 8 x 12", and uncancelled. Mining and oil vignettes, printed by Britton & Rey, SF. Bond is 15 x 10", uncancelled, first mortgage 6% gold bond, with 2pp of coupons attached. Also has two vignettes of mining and oil, but different from the stock. Both are datelined San Francisco, 1907. believed to be from the Chino Valley area north of Prescott. $100

276. Arizona. Yavapai. Copper Creek. Lucky Strike Copper Company Prospectus, c.1922. Offices in Prescott, Arizona. Permission to sell stock was granted in 1922. In 1925 the company owned 23 claims including the Lucky Strike mine in the Hassayampa district. The ore contained gold, silver and lead. Developed by a 700' tunnel and was being operated in 1923 with a 500' shaft proposed for the following year. (Weed, 1925, p. 367). In 1930 the company reportedly optioned the property to the Arizona-Oregon Development Co. (Weed, 1931, p. 360) $75

277. Arizona. Yavapai. General. Arizona Diamond Drill Mining Development Co. Cert #286. Incorporated in Arizona in 1905. Issued to Jos. B. Haywood for 1000 shares in 1906 at Los Angeles. Signed by vice president William Dodge and secretary J.S. Van Doren. Uncancelled. It seems that this company operated out of Southern California, owning an abundance of diamond drilling equipment, with which to operate a general drilling business. However, in the 1906 Copper Handbook, Stevens calls their advertising tactics "exceedingly vague and unbusinesslike, " seeming to be corroborated by the lack of information given regarding this company. We could find no trace after 1908, nor could we place it in Yavapai. However, Garbani believes this to be its location. (Copper Hdbk, 1908, p.330). Vignette of allegorical figure seated next to stars and stripes shield, holding a wreath. Orange border and seal. Vignette of drill operations in blue underprint. Printed by Goes. Xf. 8 1/2" x 11 1/4". $200

278. Arizona. Yavapai. General. Chaparral Hill Gold Mining Co. Cert #982. Incorporated in Maine. Temporary Certificate. Issued to Griffith & McWain for 100 shares in 1922. W. J. Davis president and treasurer. No vignette. Orange border and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - John A. Lowell Bank Note. 8 x 12. We could find no reference to this company within our library. There was a Chaparral MC that leased the Jessie mine from 1909-1916 but then ran out of money. There was also a Chaparral lode in the Big Bug district of Yavapai. This was a placer gold claim. We chose to place this company in Yavapai because there is also mining camp of Chaparral. (Barnes, Arizona Place Names, 1988). Very fine. $25

279. Arizona. Yavapai. General. Gold Dredging Co of America. Cert #159. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to Homer Franklin Clark for 100 shares in 1907. Signed by Harvey Bailey president and J. H. Clark secretary. Vignette of a mining flume operation with two smaller vignettes of miners inspecting ore on the surface. Black border with bronze seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11. We could find record of this company within our library. Garbani placed it in Yavapai maybe with operations in the Hassayampa area south of Prescott where many placer operations once operated. Extremely fine. $40

280. Arizona. Yavapai. General. Gold Hill Mining & Milling Co. Cert. #122. Incorporated in Arizona in 1902. Issued to Peter W. French for 1000 shares in 1903. Signed by president Oliveo C. Bryant and secretary A.L. Stewart. Uncancelled. Vignette of road leading to mining camp, flanked by two vignettes of underground mining scene. Gilt border, letterhead and seal. Fantastic letterhead. Printed by Goes. 8" x 10 1/4". We could find no information on this company, however, Garbani believes it to be located in Yavapai. Xf. $40

281. Arizona. Yavapai. General. Trapshooter Reilly Gold Mines Co. Cert #2276. Incorporated in Oklahoma. Issued to Louis Caron for 75.80 shares in 1933. Rubber stamp signature. No vignette. Brown border, seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer not noted. 7 x 7. This company is listed as dead in the Mines Register, 1946, and was listed as being in Arizona. Garbani places this company in Yavapai. There was a Reilly Mines Co that run the Old Yuma Mine in the Tucson Mountains of Pima County (1910's) but it would be a long stretch to relate these two companies. (Tenney, History of Mining in Arizona, 1929, p.280). We think there was a printing error and the company should have been named "Crapshooter" since that is the nature of the business anyway. Small tears along fold creases. Small chip missing at bottom edge. Very fine. $55

282. Arizona. Yavapai. Groom Creek. Montezuma Gold & Silver Mining Co Property Transfer, 1889. Manuscript transfer of the Gazelle, Nevada, Surprise, Lone Liar and First North Extension Lone Liar claims to Wm Kelly, Varna A. Stephens and John Hutche representing the Montezuma Gold & Silver MC. The Nevada and Surprise mines were located at Groom Creek in Yavapai County (Welty, 1985). Two pages handwritten in blue ink. Fragile along fold creases. Very fine. $75

283. Arizona. Yavapai. Hassayampa. Dosoris Mine Stereocard, c.1880. Along the bottom front edge is the mine name. On the reverse is "Views of Arizona Scenery. Photographed by J. C. Burge." Image size 3.3 x 3.5" on orange colored card 3.9 x 7" Photo has high quality contrast. Right photo has nick to upper right corner, no harm. Excellent condition. The Dosoris Mine is located between the Mark Twain and Davis mines at Hassayampa. Near surface ores here were reported to be free gold in quartz, changing to sulfides a little deeper, and a marked increase in silver content with depth. The Dosoris was discovered in 1880, according to Burchard [1881] and Hamilton in Resources of Arizona, third edition, 1884. Work began quickly at the Dosoris on the 5 foot wide vein. By late 1880 they had a 40 foot tunnel and 60 foot deep shaft with three crews of men working on $200 per ton ore. Surface ores here were reported at $1000 per ton. By 1883, they were mining $800 plus per ton ore, mostly in silver. The shaft was over 400 feet deep by then, with more rich ores reported in the $1000 to $1500 per ton range, according to Burchard in 1883. Ores were reduced locally at several different custom mills. In 1884 they sent 36 tons of high grade to Colorado for reduction. [Burchard 1885] In a rare move by mine owners, Hamilton was denied entrance to the mine upon his visit, casting doubt on the long-term validity of the mine, in my opinion (fh). Both Hamilton and Burchard [1882] said the mine was one of the best producing gold mines of the county. This photograph is an outstanding representation of an early Arizona desert mine. It was taken early in the life of the mine, perhaps 1880, as evidenced by the lack of development of and around the portal. A single ore car is outside the mine entrance, flanked by three burros packing supplies, including short wood stulls (wood used for ground support in narrow stopes.) Three men are at left, one with wheelbarrow. Hamilton reported that they shipped some of their ore "east." J. C. Burge worked as a photographer all over Arizona. In 1881-2 he worked out of Prescott primarily for the Atlantic & Pacific RR. He moved to Globe in 1883, then to the Grand Canyon in 1884 and later Flagstaff. In 1885 he was in Kingman, moving sometime later to New Mexico, according to Jeremy Rowe in Photographers in Arizona, 1997, p79. $450

284. Arizona. Yavapai. Humboldt. Arizona Central Copper Co. Cert #2216. Incorporated in Territory of Arizona 1902. Issued to Richard H. Hunt for 8000 shares in 1911. Signed by John W. Norton president and J. M. Elder secretary. No vignette. Orange border and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Republic Bank Note. 8 x 12. The company owned 20 claims that was known as the Shylock mine located 6 miles northeast of Dewey, 10 miles from Humboldt and 8 miles from Jerome. The mine was situated on the western slope of the Black Hills. The Shylock shaft was 1050' deep with over 2100' of workings. The ore was carrying copper minerals, silver and minor gold. There were several small pits on the property as well. (Copper Handbook, 1910, p.352). Very fine. $50

285. Arizona. Yavapai. Humboldt. Humboldt King Mining Co. Lot of 2 certificates. Incorporated in Arizona 1908. First is issued to Wm. Y. Venable for 20 shares, cert 251, in 1908. This is an Interim Certificate. Signed only by Jno. L. Makeson secretary. Vignette of a mountain with a cross (Mount of the Holy Cross, Colorado?). Black border with red seal. Uncancelled. Printer not noted. 8 x 11. Second is issued to H. S. Young for 300 shares, cert #125, in 1910. Signed by Makeson president and Jno. L. Makeson secretary. No vignette. Brown border with red seal. Uncancelled. Printer - George J. Bealley, NY. 8 x 11. This is the official issued certificate. This company is not listed in the Copper Handbooks. There were several companies with Humboldt in their name located near Humboldt in Yavapai County. By, it is odd that the earlier certificate has a vignette of what we believe to be the Mount of the Holy Cross located in Colorado. Humboldt was the center for mills and smelters for Yavapai County. Both very fine. $75

286. Arizona. Yavapai. Jerome. Great Verde Extension Copper Co. Newspaper Ad. This ad has a map and mountain relief of the Great Verde Extension Copper Co., and shows the surrounding mining companies. The ad describes the Great Verde Extension Copper Co. operation and gives instructions for the purchase of stock. The ad is from the Arizona Republican dated Sunday Morning, January 7, 1917. Printed on brown paper in black print. The add is glued to foam core. Cut out is irregular. Newspaper size 14 1/4 X 21". Overall size 16 1/4 X 22 3/4". $40

287. Arizona. Yavapai. Jerome. Queen Creek Copper Co. Newspaper Ad. The ad is from the Nogales Daily Herald, dated Tuesday, November 14, 1916. The ad describes the properties, lists the officers and has a statement by F. L. Ransome, a U. S. Government Geologist. Printed on brown paper in black ink. There are some black smudges on the newspaper of ink. Cut out is irregular. Glued to foam core. Size 16 X 21 1/4" Overall size 20 X 25". $40

288. Arizona. Yavapai. Mayer. Arizona Copper & Mining Corp. Cert #2400. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to Mr. L. Saltstein for 200 shares in 1919. Signed by F. H. Nelson vice president and C. L. Wilson secretary. No vignette. Brown border and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Grimes-Stassporth, LA. 3 x 6. The company owned property near Mayer. The ore was of copper and silver which assayed between 2% and 40% copper. The shaft was to be deepened from 300' to 200' in 1919. (Mines Handbook, 1920, p.338). Very fine. $25

289. Arizona. Yavapai. Mayer. United Arizona Copper Mining & Smelting Co & Letterhead. Cert #2037. Incorporated in Arizona 1916. Issued to H. Fern Stevenson for 50 shares in 1917. Signed by C. H. Dunlap president and W. Stott secretary. No vignette. Green border and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - ABN. 8 x 11. Owned 22 claims 26 miles east of Mayer on Copper Creek in Yavapai County. There was a 835 foot shaft accessing ore of copper, gold and silver. (Mines Handbook, 1920, p.367). The company was bankrupt and the property sold at sheriff's sale in 1923 to Geo. R. K. Kork. In 1921, this company merged with the United Arizona Extension Mining Corp. The shaft was deepened to 1020 in the early 1920's but the shaft was filling with water. The remoteness of the property and the lack of commercial grade ore were the greatest disadvantages. The claims next to the Swastika, "on which this company spent $14,000, in the winter of 1922-23, were relinquished, after striking rich silver ore, and...transferred to the Breslin MC which began mining bonanza ore". The United Arizona Copper company almost made it big. (Mines Handbook, 1925, p.474-75). This lot includes a letterhead sheet with a typed list of the names of stock purchasers and amount of shares dated 1918. Charles H. Dunlap owned the People's Ice & Fuel Co in Phoenix which was doing a brisk business as that town was being settled at the turn of the century. Both very fine. $50

290. Arizona. Yavapai. McCabe. Redman Stockholders Corp. Cert #470. Incorporated in Arizona 1912. Issued to Netta C. Brooks for 638 shares in 1912. Signed by E. F. Krantz president and W. B. Wilson treasurer. Vignette of a spread winged eagle with American flag in talons. Green border and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Benson & Son, NY. 8 x 11. The company reportedly took over the property of the Redman Mining, Milling and Smelting Co. The property was located near McCabe. (Copper Handbook, 1912, p.752). Minor foxing along bottom edge. Slight tears along fold creases. Very fine. $30

291. Arizona. Yavapai. Planet. Flambeau Hastings Co. Cert #48. Incorporated in Terr. of Arizona. Issued to F. H. Coburn for 250 shares in 1906. Signed by F. E. Ryan president and Wm. E. Mainlath secretary. Vignette of a placer mining operation with two smaller vignettes of miners inspecting ore. Black border with gold seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11". This company may have had placer properties in the Yavapai districts, but we are not sure. Garbani places this company in the Planet district. Wear to folds and a chip is upper right corner. Very fine. $40

292. No Lot.

Arizona. Yavapai. Prescott. Hartmann, George (Henry George August Hartmann), was one of Prescott's finest pioneer citizens. He was born in a little town near Hamburg Germany. He was twelve years old when he rode into Prescott, which was having a bread famine, on horseback, in charge of a small ox train loaded with flour ground on the stone mills of New Mexico. Levi Bashford of G-G. Co. had learned of the coming wagon train and sent out a rider to buy all the flour at eight cents a pound and then sold it for three times the price. The young Hartman was headed for Los Angeles, but stayed in Prescott, being a clerk for Bashford (letter offering Hartman the job is in the Hartmann papers). Hartmann then painted some early homes. George was always interested in mining and did prospecting in the hills. He used his earning to open the "Zelida" mine, which contained a large quantity of rich silver ore which he never sold. A mining engineer by profession, he was also active in the Poland, Harbury, and other mines in the area for over 20 years. George also was a very good friend of "Buckey" O'Neill, and published a book in 1907, which was dedicated to him. George took up painting and went to an art school in San Francisco. He found, however, that to support his family he had to paint houses, as his pictures did not bring in enough money to do so. George did not make a lot of money at mining either. He had a wife named Ottilia, and they had two children, Henrietta and Caroline. George died sitting in a chair at his home, December 22, 1934, at the age of 82. Mr. Hartmann was known for being honest, upright, gentle, kind, unselfish and thoughtful of others. He was a true personality.

293. Arizona. Yavapai. Prescott. Hartmann Advertisement, 1889, sent to George Hartman from Hamburg, Germany. Lot of two pieces, 1889. The first piece is an advertisement from C. Wilh. Stein, advertising Hydraulic Manometers. The advertisement is in German and four pages long. One page has diagrams of the Manometers. Black print on white paper. Folds with tears in the center of the folds. Size 9 X 12". Hartman may have requested this information for possible use at one of his mines or mills near Hackberry or Poland. The second piece is the envelope, which is addressed to "George Hartmann in Prescott Arizona, United States of A." On the front of the envelope is the stamp of the Stein Company, and Yavapai Co. is written in pencil. The back of the envelope is stamped "9 20 1889 New York. N. Y. Reg'y Div." , and has two partial company red wax seals. Heavy fabric envelop with tears on the sides. Size 5 X 8". $100

294. Arizona. Yavapai. Prescott. Hartmann Certificate. Knights Templar Order of Red Cross Membership. This is a hand written document in black ink with red border and underlining dated 1898. The gold seal of the Ivanhoe Commandery N0. 2. K.T. is in the left hand corner. Signed by Eminent Commander T. G. Brecht and T. E. Bright recorder. Folds with tears along the folds. Size 10 1/2 X 16". $50

295. Arizona. Yavapai. Prescott. Hartmann Children Photograph. This is a photograph of Caroline, age 7, and Henrietta, age 5, Hartmann. Photograph taken by Erwin Baer, Cortez St. Prescott, Arizona. The back of the cabinet photo is a large ad for Baer. Circa 1883. Baer was a long time Arizona photographer, first coming to Prescott in 1883, according to Mautz in Biographies of Western Photographers (1997). $50

296. Arizona. Yavapai. Prescott. Hartmann Evangeline Autographs. This is an autograph book of Henrietta Hartmann containing autographs of Prescott people with dates of 1892 through 1900. Cloth bound with raised pine branches and pine cones done in green and brown. The verbage is in raised gold lettering. Wearing on the edges and back. Interior pages are fine. Size 5 X 7". $100

297. Arizona. Yavapai. Prescott. Hartmann Miscellaneous papers. Lot of seven pieces. The first is a Certificate of Award of Old Age Pension that certificate that Mr. Hartmann is 82 years old and is awarded $ 20, dated 1934. Signed by Henry George August Hartmann, the Old Age Pension Commission of Yavapai County and the clerk. Black print of white paper. Seal of Yavapai County. Folded. Very good condition. Size 7 X 8 1/2". The second piece is a Certificate of Award of Old Age Pension that certificate that Mr. Hartmann is 81 years old and is awarded $ 20. Dated 1933. Signed by Henry George August Hartmann, the Old Age Pension Commission of Yavapai County and the clerk. Black print of white paper. Seal of Yavapai County. Folded. Very good condition. Size 7 X 8 1/2". The third piece is a letter from the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions showing George Hartman a Corporal in Co. F, 1st Arizona Militia. Dated 1918. Maroon letterhead, black print on white paper. Folds with tears along the folds. Size 8 X 101/2". The fourth piece is a Warranty Deed from George Hartmann and his wife Ottilia, to George Harbauer (George's son-in-law), and Henrietta Harbauer (George's daughter) selling him his property. Dated 1912. Red border, black print on ivory paper. Folds with tears along the folds. Tape on some of the folds. Size 8 1/2 X 21". The fifth piece is a letter from George Hartmann making it a record that he was in the Militia because Buckey O'Neill had been killed at the storming of San Juan Hill in 1898 and that the papers showing George was in the Militia were burned in a fire in 1900. George's commission expired in 1924. Black print on white paper. Folds with rears along the folds. Size 8 1/2 X 13". The sixth piece is a letter from Bashford & co to George Hartmann, dated 1878, offering George a job. The envelope is also there. The letter is folded with tears along the folds. Handwritten black on white lined paper. Size 7 1/2 X 10". The envelope is torn in half. It does have a 3 cent green postage stamp in the right corner. Size 3 1/2 X 5 1/2". The seventh piece is a Quit-Claim deed between Thomas Nelson and Georgia Nelson. The relation to Hartmann is not known Dated 1945. Red border, black print on ivory paper. Folds with tears along the folds. Size 8 x 14". $150

298. Arizona. Yavapai. Prescott. Hartmann Papers. Miscellaneous papers of Henrietta and Carrie Hartmann, George Hartmann's daughters. Lot of 9 pieces. The first piece is a Baptismal Certificate which is written in German, dated 1895. Vignettes of different Christian figures. Very fancy. Brown and red print on white paper. Printer Verlag Von Ernst Kaufmann, New York. Folds with tears along the folds. Size 12 1/2 X 16 1/2". The second piece is a Happy New Year card sent by Henrietta to her son or daughter from Hamburg Germany. No date. Face of card is a color picture of a girl getting water from a lake with a house and field in the back ground. The picture is framed in a boat. Very good condition. Oval size 4 X 6 1/2" The third piece is a four page Commencement Program from Prescott High School dated 1900. On the third page under class exercises Henrietta Hartmann have the Treasurer's Report. Black print on ivory paper. Folded. Nice condition. Folded size 5 1/2 X 7". The fourth piece is an article from the newspaper listing a High School program where Carrie Hartmann played a piano solo. Dated 1896. The clipping is glued to black paper. There are other glue marks on the right side. Size 3 X 8 1/2". The fifth piece is a Satisfaction of Mortgage document for property owned by Henrietta and her husband dated 1918. Red border with black print on white paper. Gold seal on bottom left corner. Folds. Size 8 1/2 X 14". The sixth piece is a picture of Henrietta with a unknown man in front of a tree with a corrugated tin building in the background. Tear on the right bottom corner. Stick tabs on the back. Size 4 1/'2 X 5 1/2". The seventh piece is a picture of two women looking at the Grand Canyon, probably the Hartmann daughters. Size 3 x 5 1/2". Good condition. The eighth piece is a picture of two women standing in the Colorado River at the Grand Canyon, probably the Hartmann daughters. Fair condition. Size 3 X 5 1/2". The last piece is a picture of a group of men and women sitting on a bank of the Colorado River having lunch. Probably the Hartmann daughters. Nice condition. Size 3 X 5 1/2". $1507

299. Arizona. Yavapai. Prescott. Hartmann Papers. Prescott High School Territory of Arizona Diploma of Henrietta Johan?? Hartmann . Beautiful engraved diploma dated 1900 which has a vignette in the upper left hand corner of a woman holding an American flag which is on a staff and flanked by two other American flags. Under the word "Prescott" there are roses. This diploma shows the courses that Henrietta completed with the associated grade. Black print on white paper. Printed by Oval & Roster, Indiana. Signed by A J. Matthews, superintendent, along with the members of the board of education. Folds with small tears at the end of some of the folds. Size 16 X 20 1/2". $150

300. Arizona. Yavapai. Prescott. Hartmann Publications. Books written by George Hartmann and Related Material. Lot of six pieces. The first piece is a book written in 1907 by George Hartmann titled "Wooed by a Sphinx of Aztlan" . This book contains incidents in the life of the author as well as references to William (Buckey) O'Neill, the Rough Rider. The book was given by the author to his daughter Carrie and is so written in the book. There is wear on the edges of the book, and the picture of Buckey O'Neill is worn and has a tear in the lower left corner. The inside pages are in very good condition. Brown cover with gold writing. Size 5 X 7 1/2". The second piece is the revised version of the book "Wooed by a Sphinx of Aztlan" now titled "Tales of Aztlan", copyrighted in 1908. This book was the authorpersonal copy. This book may be the only copy, as there is no copyright information, the paper used for the pages is the porous type, and the pages are not cut to the same size. There are also notes by the author on the pages. The cover of the book is red with gold print, with a picture of the Rough Rider Monument. The edges of the covers are worn as is the picture. Size 5 X 7 1/2". The third piece is typewritten additions initialed by the author in 1918 to be inserted in the book. Size 8 1/2 X 13". The fourth piece is the certificate from the Library of Congress, wherethe book was deposited in 1907. Black print on white paper. Size 8 1/2 X 11 1/2". The fifth piece is the Library of Congress certificate of copyright registration to 1916. Rosario Brena was founder, president and manager of the Brena Commercial Company for almost thirty years. The company was the first wholesale store of its kind in Arizona. The sixth piece is an agreement contract between Caroline Allison (George Hartmann's Daughter) and Marshall Walton to have the latter promote the sale of the 1907 book's contents to moving picture companies, television, or any of the arts incident to this book. She sold this right for one dollar which is included in the piece. The letterhead is from the "Italian Grocery & Store". Date 1964. Black print on white paper. Size 8" x 11". $475

301. Arizona. Yavapai. Prescott. Hunker Ledge Mining Co. Incorporated in Arizona 1909. Certificate number 24 issued to Jacob Hanny for 800 shares in 1910. Signed by President J. M. Hunker and Secretary John E. Schilling. Uncancelled. "Phoenix, Arizona" in corporate seal suggests offices there. Vignette upper left corner of several miners working underground and six small vignettes at each corner and side-center margin of individual miners. Black border and print with gold safety print and seal on white paper. Printed by Goes. 8 x 11. Several folds with tears, one fold completely torn and mended with cellophane tape on reverse side. We were unable to find any information on this company among our resources. Garbani places its operations in Prescott. $40

302. Arizona. Yavapai. Prescott. NC4 Silver Mining Co. Newspaper ad for purchasing Stock. This ad is from the Prescott Journal Miner, dated Sunday Morning, September 7, 1919, page three. The main theme of the ad is comparing Copper to Silver, and what is needed by the NC4 Silver Mining Company. Printed of brown paper in black ink. The ad is glued to foam core. Cut out is irregular. Newspaper size 16 1/2 X 20 1/4". Overall size 20 1/4 x 24 1/4". $25

303. Arizona. Yavapai. Prescott. O'Neill Memorabilia. Book with pictures. Lot of four pieces. The first piece is a sepia picture of Buckey O'Neill sitting next to a tree in uniform. On the back is written "W. B. O'Neill, Captain U. S. V. Mayor of Prescott, Ariz." Fold damage in the upper left hand corner. Size 5 X 7". The second piece is a black and white photo copied from a book, showing Buckey O'Neill, Captain Valentine, and Jake Henkle. Size 51/2 X 8". The Third piece is a color painted picture of Buckey O'Neill sitting by a tree in uniform. This picture was cut from multiple photos of all three men, glued together, then painted. The initials in the picture in the lower left corner are G. H. The picture is pasted on a light brown card. Size 5% X 8". The fourth piece is a book by Dale L. Walker titled "Death was the Black Horse The Story of Rough Rider Buckey O'Neill". The foreword is by Barry Goldwater. 200 pages. Has a illustrated cover. Very fine condition. Size 6 X 9". $125

304. Arizona. Yavapai. Senator. Aztec Mines Co. Cert. #34. Incorporated in Arizona in 1908. Issued to Wm. H. Arrott for 1000 shares in 1909. Signed by pooling committee, Perry L. Turner, Frank Thompson and chairman E. Rankinan. The Aztec lands consisted of 7 claims, including Peacock, Mountain View and Iron Duke Claims, spread over 13 miles, just south of Prescott and west of Poland, near the Hassayampa River. The main development lied in a 15' fissure vein, producing copper ore of low average grade. The 1910-11 Copper Handbook asserts that the company assured future success for its stockholders, with "property destined to excel..." However, after quoting L.D. Finn, who guaranteed company profits of exceeding amounts, the author doubts any such onerous boasting, calling him a "fool or a faker." Needless to say, this publication did not regard this company, nor Mr. Finn favorably (p.384). Uncancelled. Vignette of capped female, turned to profile. Black border. Printed by US Engraving Co. 5 1/2" x 10". Xf. $40

305. Arizona. Yavapai. Squaw Creek. Brooklyn-Arizona Mining Co Stockholders' Report, 1914. Incorporated in 1907. Consisted of 82 claims, developed by 750' main shaft and 2500' tunnel. In 1911, Stevens berates the company for false claims and promises in company prospectuses, claiming that the geology of the property is of remarkable character, belonging to the Tercerean (sic-Tertiary) Age, thoroughly examined by European engineers. Stevens wants names, and the company can't produce them. By 1912, the company is equally, if not more so, attacked for "promoting a fraud." Rightfully so, officers were indicted and arrested for using the mail to defraud prospective investors and stockholders. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Small, who Stevens so coldly attacls in the preceding volume, was put under investigation and subsequently arrested for the same reasons stated above. Property was shut down as a result. In 1916, the company had changed hands and had reportedly planned to resume operations. All in all, the company made claims it couldn't support with "facts", assuring false security for stockholders using dishonest assertions (Ref: Copper Hdbk, 1910-11, pp.476-77; 1912-13, pp.153-54; 1916, p.258). In this report, issued by Small, the company is asking for help to save the property, refuting reports of a non-existent mine. 8" x 11". Ttear at bottom left edge and at right. Vf. $50

306. Arizona. Yavapai. Squaw Creek. White Horse Mining Co. Cert #2566. Incorporated in Arizona 1900. Issued to E. L. Barnes for 125 shares in 1907. Signed by Henry A. Frost president and L. D. C. Ferguson secretary. Vignette of a elaborate flume setup for dredging with two smaller vignettes of miners inspecting ore. Black border with bronze seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11. The company owned 200 acres, known as the Fuller group located at Squaw Creek in Yavapai County, and was attempting to sell stock to resume work. Clearly the stock promotion was a success by the certificate number. (Copper Handbook, 1905, p.824). The company acquired another group of claims in the Walker district. Unfortunately, the stock sales were not enough to save this company, as it was idle by 1910. (Copper Handbook, 1910, p.1818). Minor staining along bottom edge. Very fine. $50

307. Arizona. Yavapai. Stoddard. Stoddard Copper Co. Cert. #320. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to Cromwell G. Macy for 100 shares in 1909. Signed by president William H. Reynold and vice president Isaac T. Stoddard. Uncancelled. No vignette. Printed by Broun-Green Co. 7 1/2" x 11 1/2". The Stoddard Co. had its operation at Stoddard Camp, named after the president of this company, Issac Taft Stoddard. He built a mine and smelter there, active through 1884, which closed at the time due to failing copper prices. He stoked up the operation again about 1900. The company showed promise, with bodies of sulphide ore at great depths in 1902. It had been in operation for several years at this point, and had secured $100,000 worth of copper and other precious metals, planning for greater depths in future development. This very endeavor was secured by 1904 (p.656). Its production was considered promising for many years , but was idle by 1906 (p.942). In this same year, the company was reorganized as Stoddard Mines Co. This revamp wouldn't last longer than 10 years, because by 1916, the Arizona Binghamton Copper Co. seized, or, rather absorbed Stoddard, for reasons I could not find (p.1068). There claims to be a complete description in Vol. XII of the Mines Handbook, but I have failed to learn of other than the absorption. As it stands, the company operations were known as the Binghamton mine, per Vol. XII, which may mark the turning point from Stoddard to Binghamton. Very fine, with several blemishes throughout, appearing to be adhesive-like. $150

308. Arizona. Yavapai. Tiger. Oversight Silver & Gold Mining Co Prospectus, c.1919. Folds out to 8 pages, with text on each side. 3 x 6". Printer - Western Printing Co, Phoenix. Consisted of 6 claims, from which free milling ore, with a net value of $68.90 per ton, was developed. Xf, minor paperclip marking at top left. This company is not listed in the Mines Handbooks. Garbani lists the incorporation date as 1919. Very fine. $50

309. Arizona. Yavapai. Tip Top. Arizona Tip Top Reorganization Syndicate. Cert. #260. Incorporated in 1922. Issued to J.S. Coupal for 25,000 shares in 1922. Datelined Boston, MA. Signed by president A.E. Coupal and secretary Charles Wakeling. Uncancelled. Although this syndication is not listed, it is presumably part of the Arizona Tip Top Mines Co. The company was the successor to Tip Top Consol. MC, which was incorporated in order to take over the Tip Top silver mine, credited with a production of several million dollars . New work under the current company, at the 350' level, was reported to have opened up high grade silver ore. (Ref: Weed, 1924, p.245-46). No vignette, green border. Printed by ABNC. 7 3/4" x 11". Extremely fine. $25

310. Arizona. Yavapai. Tip Top. Kay Copper Corp. Set of five different color certificates. Cert. #01540, B1514, B4489, C13486, M3519. Incorporated in Delaware in 1923. Issued to Mary R. Fetterman for 100 shares in 1925; James O. David for 500 shares in 1926 and 1000 shares in 1929; Roscoe B. Smith for 800 shares in 1927. Signed by presidents, or vice presidents Shepherd, J.G. Neubauer, Wendell Hogan, James Momny(?), and an unknown. Signed by secretaries W. Downey, Fred Magnin, and Harold Frankling. Uncancelled. Kay Copper Corporation was a reorganization of the Kay Copper Co. The former company got into financial difficulties in mid-1922, where for feiture satisfied accrued debt. Crew stayed on as management of the mines site. Under new organization the company seemed to thrive well through 1926, at which time legal suit was brought against the company for alleged fraudulent stock sales, forcing the mines to close. As of 1930, plans for reorganization were in the wings. As one of the larger mining companies of its time, the Kay consisted of 153 claims, stretching over 3,182 acres, including mill acreage of 590. It seems that Kay officials couldn, or chose not to live up to the original share-for-share trade agreement made upon incorporation in 1923. (Ref: Neal, 1926, pp.294-296; 1931, pp.350-352). Vignette of Abraham Lincoln, above masthead. Green, brown, black and blue borders. Printed by Security BNC. Vf-Xf. 8" x 11 1/2". $35

311. Arizona. Yavapai. Tip Top. St. Louis & Yavapai Milling & Mining Co. Cert #2293. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued 1887 to Otto Homberg for 100 shares, signed by C. B. Burnham as president and A. W. Taussig as secretary. Mining vignette at left. Brown (or oxidized) paper, black border and print. Printed by Buxton & Skinner, St. Louis. 4x9". Uncancelled. "Mines and Mills Located in Yavapai County, Arizona." Datelined Minnetonka, Arizona. Minnetonka is a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is not listed in Barnes' Arizona Place Names. The only thing even close in Yavapai is the Minnehaha district and Minnetata mine in the Groom Creek District, as listed by Hamilton. This could easily be a transcription error by the printer. All this aside, the Engineering & Mining Journal reported on Jan 22, 1887 that the St. Louis and Yavapai M&MC shipped "five bars valued at $6500." In March, the paper reported that they would further develop the Mervin (also spelled Merwin) mine, which apparently was near the prior producing property. They had a ten stamp mill which they were hoping in 1887 to increase to 20 stamps. By mid-May, they had raised the money ($30,000) and were de-watering the Tip-Top. They had acquired the old Humbug Mill and were going to move it to the Tip-Top mill site with the new set of 20 stamps. Clearly the company was working a number of mines over a period of several years. Since the Tip Top district is somewhat near the Minnehaha district, we might suggest that the Minnetonka printed reference on the certificate really should have been Minnehaha. [E&MJ, Hodge] Rare. $450

312. Arizona. Yavapai. Tip Top. Tip Top Mines, Inc. Cert #486. Incorporated in Arizona in 1930. Issued to Martha Parks for 2,500 shares in 1936. Signed by president, name illegible and Henry F. Webster, secretary. Brown border, with partial brown safety print, uncancelled, 8 x 11, VF condition with folds. Lot also includes letter to fellow stockholder, dated 1936, from Claude C. Findley, Attorney at Law, St. Louis, Mo. with return address Phoenix, Arizona. Letter reported a visit to the Tip Top mine, tunnel, and that the mill had started producing a "nice concentrate". Lot also includes a receipt to Martha E. Parks for $1,000 for these very shares of stock in Tip Top Mines, Inc. This company differs from the Arizona Tip Top Company. Company reported inactive in 1946 [Ref: 1946CH, p. 487]. $25

313. Arizona. Yavapai. Verde. Monster Chief Mining Co. Cert #C414. Incorporated in Delaware 1916. Issued to Dr. Jas. V. Gralrek for 500 shares in 1916. Signed by W. B. Ridgely president and secretary. Vignette of spread winged eagle. Orange border and vignette. Uncancelled. Printer - Franklin Lee Division-ABN. 8 x 12. The company owned 22 claims adjoining the Green Monster mine. The property was completely undeveloped and had no equipment. All information regarding the company came from the office of George Graham Rice, notorious mining stock swindler. Rice was the treasurer of this company. This lot includes a typed letter from the Office of the Secretary of State of Delaware indicating that the Monster Chief MC lost its charter for not paying taxes in 1920. (Mines Handbook, 1920, p. 387). Very fine. $25

314. Arizona. Yavapai. Verde. Pittsburgh Jerome Copper Co. Cert #A903. Incorporated in Arizona 1904. Issued to J. Norman Henry for 1000 shares in 1906. Signed by Thos. Houlette president and C. S. Cochran treasurer. No vignette. Green border and background. Uncancelled. Printer - Republic Bank Note. 8 x 12. In 1912, the company owned 26 claims located between the United Verde and the Equator mines. The Pittsburgh shaft was planned to be deepened to 1000 feet. The company had been idle since 1907 when it ran out of funds. (Copper Handbook, 1912, p.718). Minor foxing creates slight brownish hue to document. Very fine. $50

315. Arizona. Yavapai. Verde. Pittsburgh Jerome Copper Co. Cert #A9906. Incorporated in Arizona 1904. Issued to Mabel C. Shoninger for 100 shares in 1916. Signed by Wm. M. McJunkins president and treasurer. No vignette. Green border. Uncancelled. Printer _ Republic Bank Note. 8 x 12. In the mid 1910's, the company resumed operations, with a subsequent officer change (or several), and had deepened the shaft to at least 900 feet. At this level, the company reported ore assaying at 6-30% copper, 75 cents silver and $2.50 gold per ton. Unfortunately, this was not of commercial grade and the company once again shut down operations which never resumed. No ore was ever produced or shipped. (Mines Handbook, 1920, p.382). Some staining. Very fine. $35

316. Arizona. Yavapai. Verde. Shea Copper Co. Cert. #7883. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to Mellen & Hall for 100 shares in 1925. Signed by vice president Connelly and secretary O.Y. Eugelder. Cancellation stamp over president's signature. Vignette of men working in underground mining scene. Brown border. Printed by Mysell Rollins. 8 1/2" x 11 1/2". Fine, small tear at fold, bottom left corner damaged. Company owned 18 claims in the Verde district. Included in these claims, are those acquired during take over of the Grand Island MC. Ore was reported to carry gold and silver in tetrahedrite, pyrite, chalcopyrite and arsenopyrite in a quartz vein in altered dioritic rock. Extensive workings with $50 ore being shipped in 1923. Company was idle by 1924. (Mines Handbook, 1931, p.418). $35

317. Arizona. Yavapai. Verde. Standard Smelting Refining Co. Cert. #1023. Incorporated in W. VA in 1901. Issued to James E. Graham for 625 shares in 1901. Signed by president A. J. Brockett. Uncancelled. Vignette of man shoveling coal, above a vignette of refinery panorama. Orange border. Printed by N.Y. BNC. 8" x 11 1/4". Vf, edges a bit rough. This company was located within the Verde district. (Garbani, 2001). $50

318. Arizona. Yavapai. Weaver. Beehive Gold Company Newspaper Clipping, c. 1916. This is an informational, one page article about the Beehive gold Company. The article covers the claims, geology, ores, assay results, development and equipment used by the company. There are three pictures of the mine, blacksmith shop, and assay office. Printed on brown paper in black print. No newspaper name is on the page. The newspaper page is glued to white foam core. Newspaper size 12 3/4 X 16 3/4". Overall size 16 1/2 X 20 1/2". $40

319. Arizona. Yavapai. Weaver. Mildred Cons Mining Co. Cert. #3174. Incorporated in Arizona in 1923. Issued to Col. A.C. Macomb for 50 shares in 1924. Signed by president Henry M. Conover and F.C. Simons as secretary. The company consisted of 14 claims, developed by 4000' shafts. A 1,150' tunnel had been driven from mill level to connect with the main vein and incline shaft. Production was milled through a 10-stamp mill up through early 1922. The company had since expanded its equipment bounty by erecting a 50 ton mill and installed compressors (Ref: Weed, 1924, p.384; Neale, 1926, p.318-19). The mine had major production. In the late 1980's, it was reactivated. The dump and tailings were reprocessed in a small heap leach operation. It was inactive when visited for a property inspection by me (Fred Holabird) around 1992. No vignette, blue border and gilt seal. Hamilton BNC-printers. 8" x 12". Xf, folds. $50

320. Arizona. Yavapai. Weaver. Mildred Gold Mining Co. Certificate and company letterhead. Cert. #425. Incorporated in Arizona in 1905. Issued to Henry M. Lovering for 100 shares in 1908. Signed by president Henry Conover and secretary Frederick C. Simons. Uncancelled. Vignette of two men pushing ore car and one using a pick axe. Black border and green seal. Printed by Goes. Letterhead is datelined Congress Junction, AZ, and is addressing a Prof. C. F. Willis, regarding taking samples from oil-tainted water. Certificate is Xf, with minor folds, and letterhead is vf, with staple damage to upper left corner. The company was located at Congress. Daniel B. Genung was the supt. The company was mining gold and silver through a series of shafts and employed 15 men. The mine was probably located in the Weaver district. (Pacific Coast Mines Directory, 1906). Both 8 1/2" x 11". $50

321. Arizona. Yavapai. Weaver. Octave Mining & Milling Co. Cert #30. Incorporated in Delaware 1922. Issued to Louis D. Webber for 1000 shares in 1923. Signed by D. S. Leas treasurer and N. C. Gibbs president. No vignette. Brown border and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 11. Owned the Octave gold mine in the Weaver district near Wickenburg. This company is not listed in the Mines Handbooks, but the Octave Mines Co is listed with the same officers. There was a 2000 foot deep shaft and was chasing a vein that assayed at $26 per ton for nearly 2000 feet. There was a mill on site that had not operated for 15 years, in 1925. (Mines Handbook, 1925, p.407-408). Clear tape repairs along fold creases on reverse. Very fine. $90

322. Arizona. Yuma. Buckskin Mountains. Clara Cons Gold & Copper Mining Co. Bond #5438. Incorporated in California in 1908. Six per cent, First Year Mortgage fifteen Year Gold Bond number 5438. Signed by 2nd Vice-President O. W. Strodthoff and Secretary E. D. Elson. Printed by Western Banknote & Eng. Co, Chicago. Vignette top center of bald eagle clutching arrows and shield. Folds. 29 of 30 coupons attached. Black print with green border and safety print on white paper. 10 x 16. The mines of this company were located six miles from the Planet Mine, 12 miles east of the mouth of the Bill Williams River. The Copper Prince mine was discovered in the early days, but little work had been done on it until around 1905 when the Signal Copper Company was organized to work on it. At about the same time, the Clara Gold and Copper Mining Company was organized and held ground contiguous with that of the Signal. These companies were organized during the building of the Arizona and California Railroad (the Parker cut-off) by the Santa Fe Railroad. This line greatly shortened the haulage distance for ore shipments from mines in this district. The Clara Consolidated Gold and Copper Mining Co. was organized by George Mitchell of Los Angeles as a consolidation of the Clara Gold and Copper Mining Co., the Signal Copper Co. and three other smaller groups after the completion of the railroad in 1908. The principal mine was the Copper Prince, which had a 150 ft shaft. Financing for the company came mainly from France and Belgium and most of the money raised was spent in building a 21-mile railroad from Bouse to the property; in erecting a 750 ton smelter and in other costly equipment. A small amount of exploration and development work in the way of drilling and driving of tunnels and shafts was done. After construction, the smelter had to be rebuilt and was finally operational in 1910. It ran intermittently for a year, but the company sank deeply into debt and declared bankruptcy in 1912. It was reorganized as the Swansea Consolidated Gold and Copper Mining Company the same year and tried to operate the mine and smelter the next two years, but again was forced into bankruptcy in 1914. The property was intermittently active under various companies for a number of years and was finally closed in 1930 (Tenney, 1929, pp.383-389). $100

323. Arizona. Yuma. Chrystoval. South Gila Canal Co. Bond #812. Signed by President O. F. Thornton and Secretary C. L. Montgomery about 1892. Printed by Franklin Bank Note Co., N.Y. Vignette top center of large expanse of orchards with irrigation canal. Uncancelled. Folds. Black print with green border, safety print and underprint on white paper. 10 x 15. Includes a letter dated 1892 from O. F. Thornton to Thomas Cordis offering him a position as company secretary, bookkeeper and general assistant. Thornton offered $100 per month plus board initially but with expected increases as the workload and responsibility of the position increased. Cordis came to Arizona from Boston in 1867 as an Internal Revenue Collector, a job he held until 1882. On August 17, 1885, he married Clara Luastique. At the time, he was described as an "under-sheriff" by George Hand in his diary. From 1889 - 1890, he was the school superintendent of Pima Co. In 1890, he applied as a Collector of Customs at Nogales, AZ, and it is assumed he obtained this position but we could find no verification. He also did some private legal work, was later a judge in Pima County and served as a delegate to the Republican National Conventions. He died in 1916. It is unknown if he accepted the position offered by Thornton, but he evidently did purchase 100 shares of capital stock in the South Gila Canal Co. $300

324. Arizona. Yuma. Ellsworth. Lime Crown Gold Mining & Milling Co Prospectus, c.1918. 4 pages, 3 x 6". The company's 13 claims resided in the famous gold belt from the Harqua Hala to the Old Vulture Mine, both of which had been successful producers. 4000' of work had been done, by tunnel, but need for further funding was eminent for development. Very fine. $50

325. Arizona. Yuma. Ellsworth. Ranier Mines Corp. Cert #4999. Incorporated in Arizona in 1917. Issued to Frank A. Hines for 45 shares in 1921. Signed by 2nd Vice President Angus MacEachern and Secretary W. A. Dean. Uncancelled. No vignette. Black print with green border and safety print on white paper. Printed by ABN. 8 x 11. Folds. Minor foxing and tears at edges. The company was a holding company for Ranier Development Co and for Harqua Hala Ridge M & M. Co. Properties of both companies were located near Wenden. The Mines Handbook for 1925 (p. 424) quoted some of the boisterous claims from the company's 45 page prospectus that claimed the company, "...will soon rank as one of the biggest and richest copper-gold mines in the State of Arizona". The company had been idle since 1921. The 1931 issue of the Mines Handbook noted the company had gone bankrupt. Copper and Mines Handbook, 1920, pp.403-404; 1925, pp. 423-424; 1931, p. 404). $25

326. Arizona. Yuma. General. Department of the Interior United States Geological Survey, George Otis Smith, Director, Bulletin 451, Reconnaissance of the Ore Deposits in Northern Yuma County, Arizona, by Howland Bancroft, 1911. 130 pages. Covers the geology, mineral deposits, and mines in the Northern Yuma County. Several illustrations of mines and ore samples. There are drawings showing claims, ore deposits, and underground workings. Paperback with gray cover. Geological Society of New Jersey is stamped in purple on the front cover. Binding repaired where previously detached. Some torn pages.. Fine to very fine. 6 x 9". $25-75

327. Arizona. Yuma. General. Yuma Copper & Silver Mining Co. Incorporated in Illinois 1886. Issued to Louise M. Weicher for 100 shares in 1889. Datelined St. Louis. Signed by J. B. W(illegible) president and H. C. Gerke Jr. secretary. Green border and underprint, red safety pattern, black print and vignettes. Green seal. Vignette of mine and mill/ smelter in Sonora Desert setting, probably the properties of the Yuma C&SMC. Uncancelled. 11 x 13". The vignette would lead one to think the company had significant reduction works (mill and smelter) but in 1886, we were unable to find reference to any company by this name with such a mill complex. Yuma County was one of the leading counties in Arizona for gold, silver in 1887, but as Kimball, the Director of the Mint noted in his Annual Report, "Many difficulties have been encountered in the collection of statistics, caused by the backwardness of producers to satisfy inquiries as to the output of precious metals..." The reporting process is further hampered in Arizona because the only bullion transportation company to report values shipped was the Wells Fargo Co. Thus bullion loaded at Yuma for other smelters such as Selby, which got most of the work, went unrecorded. The stock of this company was not quoted in the first half of 1889 on any of the exchanges shown in the Engineering and Mining Journal. This company is probably not related to the Yuma mine in the Ellsworth District based on comparison of the vignette and the physical description as found in Bancroft's Ore deposits of Northern Yuma County, 1911. We were unable to find specific info on this company, but it does appear to be a Yuma related mining firm, based on the spectacular vignette. This is one of the very ornate and artistic of the Arizona certificates. Extremely Rare. $1450

328. Arizona. Yuma. Plomosa. Arizona Giant Copper Mining Co. Cert #33. Incorporated in Arizona 1902. Issued to W. P. Durham for 5000 shares in 1906. Signed by W. P. Durham president and E. G. Thomas secretary. Vignette of a bear with his tongue sticking out. Green border. Uncancelled. Printer - Union Litho. 9 x 12. Datelined Los Angeles, Cal. Mines on Mineral Creek, Pinal County, Arizona printed on certificate. The company had a mine address at Ehrenburg and controlled 320 acres. It is not clear where the property was located, probably the Plomosa district. The original management was ousted in 1903 after selling a sizable amount of stock at high prices. The new management requested the company books but was denied. The company was idle and dead by 1912 (Copper Handbook, 1905, p.203). Minor foxing on reverse of right fold. Very fine. $225

329. Arizona. Yuma. Plomosa. Arizona Giant Copper Mining Co. Cert #260. Incorporated in Arizona 1902. Issued to W. P Durham for 5 shares in 1902. Signed by W. P. Durham president and E. G. Thomas secretary. Vignette of a young girl looking at her hands seated on a table. Green border. Cancelled by red ink at center. Printer - Denver Litho. 8 x 12. Datelined Denver, Colorado. Mines Located In Pinal County, Arizona printed on certificate. See lot above for the story. Minor foxing along right edge. Very fine. $225

330. Arizona. Yuma. Plomosa. Quartz King Mining Co. Cert #33455. Incorporated in 1904. Issued to Mr. Ernest Bourdeux for 100 shares in 1911. Signed by Theodore A. Bell president and J. E. Herold secretary. Vignette at upper left of spread winged eagle. Black border with gilt seal and gold safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - H. S. Crocker. 8 x 11 The company controlled 4000 acres north of Parker and employed 35 men in 1908. Financing was mainly from the late King Oscar of Sweden who expended about 500,000 kroner by 1910 (Copper Handbooks, 1910, p. 1438). Tears along fold creases. Very fine. $40

331. Arizona. Yuma. Plomosa. United Mines of Arizona. Cert #C2935. Incorporated in Arizona 1916. Issued to Ellsworth T. Carrington for 100 shares in 1916. Signed by L. M. Hart vice president and secretary. Vignette at top of a miner emptying an ore car into an elevator shaft. Brown border and underprint. Uncancelled. Printer - New York Bank Note. 8 x 11. This company owned 30 claims that comprised the Little Butte group, Arizona Pride group and the Bullion group. The mine at Little Butte hit water at 200 feet, but the bottom of the oxidized zone was not reached. (Oxidized zones are typically where more favorable copper ore is found typically in the form of chalcocite.) The property had excellent potential with the proper management (Mines Handbook, 1918, p.361-62). In 1925, the property was taken over by the Little Butte Amalgamated Mines Co (Mines Handbook, 1925, p.362). No fold creases. Minor foxing along edges. Extremely fine. $60

332. Arizona. Yuma. Silver. Red Cloud Cons Mines Co. Cert #A137. Incorporated in Arizona 1917. Issued to R. L. Giffen for 2500 shares in 1918. Signed by B. Santes president and Louis Albert treasurer. Vignette of spread winged eagle clutching American flag. Brown border, underprint and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Security Bank Note. 9 x 11". The Red Cloud mine was located about 40 miles north of Yuma. It was being operated through a 500 foot shaft and had a 300 ton mill. Last reported production was in 1918 and the company was defunct by 1925. The high grade ore had been exhausted and a new company from Salt Lake was looking into mining the pillars and dumps. The Red Cloud mine is well known to mineral collectors for its famous brilliant red wulfemite crystals. (Mines Handbook, 1925). Extremely fine. $300

333. Arizona. Yuma. Williams. Red Metal Copper Co Report, 1918. At this point the property consisted of 16 full mining claims, developed by sinking shafts, the main one sunk to a depth of 225'. Future development was to entail sinking the shaft to a deeper level in order to get further down the porphyritic dyke. The engineer gives a conclusive statement which supports investment in a growing company. Apparently, the company was still trying to finance the property. Property adjoins the Western Arizona Copper Co. holdings, and is said to show a contact deposit of porphyry with an iron gossan carrying gold and copper. In 1919, still trying to finance property (Ref: Weed, 1920, p.404). 11" x 8". Extremely fine. $85