997.	Indiana.  Martin.  National Promoters Co, c.1904.  Prospectus.  The company doesn't offer the exact locations of its mines other than Martin County.  Mining properties included a sandstone quarry, 3 coal mines, iron ore, kaolin clay, brick clay and red ochre mines.  The sandstone quarry was within the Hindsootan Sandstone that was free of lime and used in buildings and whetstones.  11 pages, 4 x 9".  Extremely fine.  $50

998.	Kansas.  Cherokee.  Baxter Springs.  Mission Mining Co, 1906.  Prospectus and letters.     Owned and operated the Mission Mine located in the Baxter Springs district of Cherokee County, Kansas.  A lead zinc mine showing 40% lead and 60% zinc (rather difficult to believe the numbers, but the ore may have been a solid mass) contained within a 30 foot blanket that was drill tested to underlie the entire 40 acres the company controlled.  The prospectus has a blue cover with an image of a mission at the center.  There is a small tear of the glued on image at lower left which has slightly raised the paper.  30 pages long with a pencil sketching of the proposed mill, 6 underground photographs and a 2 page map at the center of the prospectus.  Unfortunately, the top staple has rusted and affects the map directly around it.  With the prospectus is the original subscription form and return envelope.  Included is a typed property report by M. S. Parker, Consulting Engineer from Baxter Springs, KS, dated 1906.  Parker writes a glowing report of the Mission Mine, stating it is one of the richest lead-zinc deposits every found.  All very fine.  $75

999.	Kansas.  Cherokee.  Galena.  New Century Zinc & Lead Mining Co, c.1902.  Prospectus.  Controlled 200 acres in Kansas and another 800 acres in Missouri.  Of the 200 acres in Kansas, 100 were broken into 6 different leases.  These included the Page, Yukon, Central, Brookline, Dividend and Belmont that a total of nearly 38 different shafts and seven mills.  The company made money from the royalties of the leases and by financing the construction of mills.  New Century is not promoting it leases in its prospectus, rather pushing the company's stock.  7 full page photos of the mills.  Attached inside of front cover is a two page map of the Kansas Missouri state line area near Galena.  At the end is a tri-folded map of the 100 leased acres of the company showing ore bodies and the location of the different shafts.  36 pages, 5 x 8".  Original gray cover.  Minor fold crease along binding from reading of text.  Extremely fine.  $75

1000.	Kansas.  Cherokee.  Galena.  Union Zinc & Lead Co, c.1902.  Prospectus and report.  The prospectus style of the Union Lead & Zinc MC is so similar to that of the New Century, that the companies were most likely run by the same individuals.  In fact, the Union appears to be a company formed to promote a lease that New Century reports in its prospectus.  The property operated by Union L & Z MC covered 40 acres that had 2 mills and several shafts.  There are 2 full page photos of each of the mills.  At the end is a tri-fold map of the workings of the Union property.  17 pages, with original gray cover, 5 x 8".  Included is an abstract of the prospectus on 3 typed pages that measure 8 x 13".  Both extremely fine.  $75

1001.	Kentucky.  Elliott.  Catlettsburg.  Kentucky Diamond Mining & Developing Co, c.1905.  This 14 page prospectus combines a short history of diamond discoveries with geologic "buzz" words, such as peridotite volcanic breccia.  The pitch of this company was that the peridotite of Kentucky was similar to the kimberlite pipes of Kimberly, South Africa.  It is interesting how the discussion of diamonds found in the US begins with discussing the ice sheets that flowed across the of the Great Lakes area leaving behind the gem stones in the glacial till.  Not really related to in place peridotites that the company was planning to pursue in Kentucky.  Later exploration was conducted in 1907, when the Kentucky Kimberlite Diamond Mining Company, Catlettsburg, KY was formed.  Cominco tested the area in the early 1980's and found no diamonds.  Hausel reports that the kimberlites here lack common "G10" Pyrope garnets, a necessary indicator of commercial diamonds.  The prospectus is very interesting to anyone researching diamonds in the United States.  Extremely fine condition.  The 8 x 11" prospectus has a glue binding at the top with a stiff rear cover.  Extremely fine.  Unique.  $100

1002.	Kentucky.  Mining.  Kentucky Geological Survey Reports.  Reports from 1854 - 1855 and 1856 - 1857.  Both are by David Dale Owen, Principal Geologist, assisted by Robert Peter, Chemical Assistant and Sidney S. Lyon, Topographical Assistant.  Both printed by A.G. Hodges, State Printer, Frankfort, KY.  The first has 416 pp, including index.  Illustrated with several nice lithographs, a couple tables and several fold-out cross sections at the back of the book (these are fragile, torn, and at least one is repaired with what looks like scotch tape).  Hardbound, cloth cover, dings, chips, fading and wear to cover, binding is somewhat loose, but all pages but fold-outs at end are still intact.  The second report, 391 pp, has no fold-out plates at the end, and no illustration.  Cover is chipped and spine is missing several pieces.  Binding is still good.  Columbia University sticker on inside front cover.  Both reports cover the General Report of the Geological Survey, the Chemical Report and the Topographical Report.  $175

1003.	Kansas/Oklahoma.  Uncle Sam Oil Co.  Cert #A23202 issued to Harry E. Dixon for 8 3/7 shares.  Signed by vice president C. C. Kincaid and secretary B. F. Billingsley. Incorporated in Arizona.  Light yellow paper with deep yellow and red underprint and seal. Vignette of oil field with pumps at left of certificate, caricature of Uncle Sam at right.  10" x 8 1/4", folded, VF.  $20

1004.	Maryland.  Baltimore.  Baltimore.  Sisson Marble Co, 1911 & 1913 Price Lists.  Lot of 2 different pcs.  Gives lists of prices for various marble products.  Pages removed from staple binding, soiled, but otherwise very fine.  $50  

1005.	Massachusetts.  Geology.  Geology of Old Hampshire Co., Mass...1898, by Benjamin Kendall Emerson.  Vol. 82, No. 581.  Approximately 800 pages with illustrations and maps.  A comprehensive geologic report of Franklin, Hampshire and Hampden Counties.  Over 60 illustrations including:  photographs, hand drawn maps and diagrams.  The large format maps are included in sleeves on the back the inside cover.  Leather bound, with minor scratches and tears.  Nice piece.  $75 

1006.	Massachusetts.  Geology.  USGS Monograph 23, 1895.  One volume with 3 chapters: The first chapter is Geology of the Green Mountain and Adjacent Territory, by Pumpelly et al, 25 pages.  Chapter 2 is Geology of Hoosac Mountain and Adjacent Territory, by J. E. Wolff, 90 pages.  Chapter 3 contains Mount Greylock: Its Areal and Structural Geology, by Dale, 77pages.  Leather bound, with many illustrations.  Leather is scratched and worn, but book in Very fine condition.  $65  

1007.	Massachusetts.  Suffolk.  Boston.  Kidder, Peabody & Co. Letterhead with Peabody Signature, 1874. Company was located at 40 State Street in Boston. Brief note written June 4, 1874 in regards to a complaint, signed by Peabody. Very sharp and clear, ink was still wet when note was folded in thirds and has left resultant mirror images of some words. 10"x 8" when unfolded. Some fading with two punch holes at bottom from possible attachment.  $200  

1008.	Massachusetts.  Suffolk.  Boston.  King's Hand-Book of Boston, by Edward Bacon, 1885, 7th Edition.  387pp, and "profusely illustrated".  The front cover has gilt recessed lettering and designs with a skyscape of Boston.  Published by Moses King of Cambridge, Mass.  Nearly every other page has an illustration of either a small scene with wrap around text or a full page image.  The book begins with the history of Boston and progresses from there.  Minor wear to spine and covers.  Pages 27 through 47 are mostly detached from the binding.  Pages in excellent condition.  Vf.  $75

1009.	Michigan.  Baraga(?).  L'Ansa(?).  Calumet Mining & Milling Graphite Co.  Cert #381.  Incorporated in New Jersey 1903.  Issued to D. J. Whiteford for 1000 shares in 1906.  Signed by S. A. Whitaker president and L. A. Page treasurer.  Vignette of capitol building at top center.  Reverse has vignette of an elk's head in ornate design.  Green border and background with silver seal.  Uncancelled.  Printer. Adams & Grace, NY.  8 x 12.  There is no listing for this company in the Mines Handbook, 1905 or later.  Poole (1892) lists Baraga County as a location of graphite.  A mining company operating within the county had 1000 ton open pit deposit; the company was also traded publicly (Lake Superior Graphite Co).  Extremely fine.  $50 

1010.	Michigan.  Cass.  Dowagiac.  City Bank of Dowagiac, 1900, check #94.  Issued to H. Benner for $9.  Signed by Caldwell and Harrison.  Two (2) cent revenue stamp affixed at upper right.  Extremely fine.  $20 

1011.	Michigan.  Houghton.  Calumet.  Calumet & Hecla, Inc.  Lot of 3 certificates.  Two are brown bordered 100 share certificates.  One is a green bordered less than 100 shares.  All were issued in the 1950's.  The company, as of Sept, 1923, was a consolidation of several mining companies, including Ahmeek, Osceola and Calumet & Hecla Companies.  By 1946, the company had gobbled up a number of other companies, including the Peninsula Copper Co., and the La Salle Copper Co.  Both companies had been under the partial control of the company prior to its complete absorption  (Ref: Weed, 1925, pp.1012-1023; Mines Register, 1946, pp.69-70).  Xf.  $25

1012.	Michigan.  Houghton.  Calumet.  Ojibway Mining Co.  Cert #B5150.  Incorporated in Michigan 1907.  Issued to Flora Blanchette for 10 shares in 1920.  Signed by E. R. Gorham president and F. R. Kennedy secretary.  Vignette at top center of an Indian in full headdress with ornate design around.  Thick green border, seal and underprint.  Uncancelled.  Printer - American Bank Note, NY.  8 x 11.  Five assessment stamps on reverse.  The company's mine was located on the Kearsarge lode between the Cliff and Seneca mines.  Various issues of the Mines Handbook state, "Development has been systematic, but the former management planned making a mine upon 5-drill cores, which, as has been proven, gave rather too favorable an indication of the richness of the lode.  Work suspended in 1913 and date of resumption uncertain."  Extremely fine.  $75

1013.	Michigan.  Houghton.  Hancock.  Pewabic Mining Co., 1866.  Report to the Stockholders.  As of 1885, the company was in litigation, and, as a result, idle.  The ownership of the mine was said to either go to the Franklin Mining company or Quincy.  Up until litigation, the mine had produced 13, 894 tons, 620 lbs of copper (Ref: Mineral Resources, 1885, p.267).  32 pages.  R. Pumpelly written in pencil on the front cover.  This was probably his personal copy.  We often quote Pumpelly in our research of mining companyies from this time period.  Fine, cover removed from book, foxing, soiling.  $450 

1014.	Michigan.  Houghton.  Hancock.  Quincy Mining Co.  Cert #1099.  Incorporated in Michigan 1848.  Issued to Duper Beckepoper for 75 shares in 1866.  Signatures obscured by pen marks from cancellation.  Cancelled is written in pen on left center of certificate.  Vignette of Michigan State Seal surrounded by a harbor scene to left and a city scene to right.  Small vignette at bottom of man's arm with sledge hammer.  Black border.  Printer - R. C. Root, Anthony & Co, NY.  6 x 9.  Neale (1926) indicates the Quincy is one of the oldest mining companies on the continent.  "Its achievements make one of the brightest pages in copper history"  One of the first companies to mine the rich amygdaloid belts.  By 1925, Quincy had produced more than 726 million pounds of copper from nine shafts on the Pewabic amygdaloid.  Trimmed tight along left and bottom edge.  Fold creases.  Extremely fine.  $100

1015.	Michigan.  Houghton.  Hancock.  Winona Mining Co, 1864.  Organized in 1864, the Winona Mining Co. was comprised of 640 acres of land.  Lodes discovered by opening veins were an epidote lode and a vein of amygdaloidal trap rock, believed to be laden with copper ore.  Openings up to 1000 feet were made, revealing copper ore reportedly already mined at $3000.  19 pages.  Stitching at binding missing, a bid folded and worn.  Fine.  $200  

1016.	Michigan.  Houghton.  Mineral Range.  Mayflower-Old Colony Copper Co.  Cert #4454.  Incorporated in Michigan 1917.  Issued to Elmer H. Bright & Co for 1 share in 1919.  Signed by H. F. Fay president and C. J. Morrissey secretary and J. M. Bird asst. secretary.  No vignette.  Green border, underprint and background.  Uncancelled.  Printed John A. Lowell Bank Note Co. Boston.  7.5 x 10.5.  The company was formed by the consolidation of the Mayflower Mining Co and the Old Colony Copper Co.  They owned 2,040 acres on Mineral Ridge south of the Kearsarge Mine and east of the Wolverine.  The company did extensive exploratory work from 1917 until 1930 with only minor production.  By 1929, drill information suggested that they had intercepted a rich vein 15 feet wide.  The Mines Handbook (1930, p.1192) states, "This is a development mining enterprise, under capable and experienced management which gives promise of success."  Edges show foxing and have several wrinkles.  Very fine.  $100

1017.	Michigan.  Ontonagon.  Greenland.  Adventure Consolidated Copper Co.  Cert #C757.  Incorporated in Michigan 1898.  Issued Curtis & Motley for 60 shares in 1899.  Signed by Henry Mason president and Wm R. Todd secretary.  Vignette at upper left of the Michigan State Seal.  Greenish-blue border and underprint.  Cancelled by X shaped hole punches through signatures and other places.  Printer - American Bank Note, NY.  7 x 10.  Three 10 cent assessment stamps on reverse.  The Adventure Consolidated Copper Co controlled a large block of land that included the Adventure, Knowlton, Hilton and Ohio mines.  The Adventure was first opened in 1850 along a series of pits that indicated prehistoric mining with the best year producing 230,000 lbs/copper in 1857.  The Knowlton, opened 1853, and the Hilton and Ohio, opened in 1863, collectively produced nearly 2 million pounds of copper prior to the consolidation under the Adventure Company.  The production of the mines increased significantly under the new company with 25,000 lbs/copper in 1900 to a peak of 1.6 million lbs/copper in 1904.  Production ceased in 1908 with the company operating at a loss for the next four years.  In 1909-10, there was much exploratory work which resulted in the sinking of two new shafts (Mines Handbook, 1912, p. 12-14).  The company was still operating in 1918, with an average of 300 tons per day being shipped to the Winona Mill (Mines Handbook, 1918, p.826-828).  Very fine.  $65

1018.	Michigan.  Ontonagon.  Greenland.  Adventure Consolidated Copper Co.  We have 3 brown bordered certificates that were issued in 1902.  All three cancelled.  See story on previous page.  Very fine.  $35/each

1019.	Missouri.  Dade.  Underwriters Land Co, c.1903.  A very attractively laid out prospectus by Underwriters Land Co of Dade County which owned 2100 acres offered for lease.  The company operated by leasing its property at a 20% royalty.  There 14 pages of photographs out the total of 32 pages.  Most of the photographs shows mines and mills in the district that are not necessarily leased by Underwriters Land Co.  Most of the text refers to other successful mines, large and small, to pitch its own property.  The front cover is what makes this prospectus unique and gorgeous.  Very colorful with the look of an actual pastel picture with what looks to be a silk screen border, which is pink.  Classic art nouveaux signed by the artist, K. Crittendon.  Within the bottom edge of the border is the word "Oppurtunity".  Every page was printed on glossy paper and was probably destined for special wealthy circles of the Eastern Finincial districts.  5 x 8".  Extremely fine.  $200

1020.	Missouri.  Jasper.  Joplin.  Boston Little Circle Zinc Co, 1899.  Prospectus.  Located in the heart of the Missouri-Kansas Zinc district, the Boston consisted of three producing mines and 320 acres. The company also, reportedly, received royalties from 6 other producing mines, including the Oronogo MC.  No production given.  Application for stock in perforated box on bottom right page.  8 1/2" x 11".  Vf, foxing, folds.  $75 

1021.	Missouri.  Jasper.  Joplin.  Joplin Area Mining Stereo Cards.  Lot of 2 different cards.  The first is captioned "Shaft House, Smelter and Tailing Pile".  The second is captioned "A Zinc Mine".  View of a zinc and lead mines in Joplin, MO.  Has descriptive narrative on reverse.  Xf, both very clear, with high contrast.  $50

1022.     Missouri.  Jasper.  Joplin.  New Century Zinc Co, c.1902.  Prospectus and flyer.  The company owned 10 acre claim, known as the Barbee and Yale leases, with a 20 year lease located within the Joplin lead district of Missouri.  No information offered regarding the ore type or assay values.  Prospectus is printed on pink paper, 5 x 7".  Includes a flyer for the company that was run in the Boston Herald, no date offered.  Both items are extremely fine.  $50 

1023.     Missouri.  Jasper.  Joplin.  Porter Zinc & Lead Mining Co.  Cert #17.  Incorporated in Missouri.  Issued to Mathew S. Porter for 1000 shares in 1890.  Signed by M. S. Porter president and C. Y. Permin secretary.  Vignette at upper left of several miners working underground.  The vignette is surrounded by a very ornate masthead with flowers with the company name on a fancy banner.  Carthage, Missouri printed next to vignette.  Uncancelled.  Printer - Hudson-Kimberly Publ. K.C. Mo.  9 x 12.  Carthage is located within Jasper County.  The Porter Zinc & Lead MC is not listed in Poole, 1892 or 1898.  However, this county was the major producer of lead and zinc during this time period.  In fact, the majority of mining companies either had their mines or offices located in Joplin (Poole, 1892, 1898) which is just four miles from Carthage.  Fold creases.  Very Unique and Attractive certificate.  Extremely fine.  $300 

1024.	Missouri.  Jasper.  Joplin.  Syndicate Mining Co, c.1900-04.  Report style prospectus.  Syndicate MC was promoted by the Lyon Investment Co, which put out this prospectus for the company.  The format is similar to a legat document with a blue cover sheet, stapled at top, four-way folded measuring 8 x 13".  The first page has testimonials relating to the mineral wealth of the property and surrounding district.  The second page has a general descriptin of the property with an undated balance sheet indicating the the property potentially operates at a $400 profit over a 12 week period.  Third page has 3 different shots of the mill and a short paragraph on each of the drill holes.  The last page has a plat map showing the mine, workings and drill holes.  Very fine.  $50

1025.	Missouri.  Jasper.  Joplin.  United Zinc Companies, 1903.  A broadside format prospectus for the United Zinc Companies.  This company owned fee simple about 500 acres in Joplin district.  The property was then leased out.  At the time of printing of the broadside, there were 55 leases with royalties in excess of $18,000 through April, 1902.   The company was quite a bit more profitable in 1901 with over $65,000 in royalities collected.  1 page in brown print.  Very fine.  $50

1026.	Missouri.  Madison.  Fredericktown.  Madison Lead & Land Co., c.1904.  Prospectus.  Owned 1500 acres near Fredericktown in Madison County.  The property was surrounded on three sides by the Mine La Motte Estate (see lot of Mine La Motte below).  A 9000 foot long tram hauled the ore from the shaft directly to the mill.   The prospectus does not offer assays or production numbers only the hope to mill 400 tons per day increasing to 1000 tons per day.  On every left hand page there are full page photos of the mine and local ground, 9 total.  At the middle of the catalog is a sketch map of the property with the surrounding Mine La Motte's property.  18 pages, original brown cover with black print, 10 x 7".  A chip is missing from the upper right corner of the cover.  A single dark stain at right center on front cover and a about a 2" dark bank affects the back cover.  Very fine.  $100  

1027.    Missouri.  Moniteau.  Fortuna.  Standard Lead & Zinc Co., c.1902.  This is an impressive lot fo 6 different prospectuses and mailers, including a typed letter from the State of Missouri, Bureau of Mines, Mining & Mine Inspection all from around 1902.  The property includes 80 acres located about 1 mile from Fortuna in Moniteau County.  The ore forms a "blanket" about 90 feet below the surface and about 50 feet thick.  The ore is 26% pure galena with values of 85% lead.  The estimated cost of production per ton is listed as about $2.50.  Three of the prospectuses have the same layout and information, but vary slightly in the printing.  Two of the items are promotional pamphlets put out by Emerson & Co, the promoters of the stock.  The last item is a 2 page typed response to a person inquiring about the Standard Lead & Smelting Co.  The inquiry was made to the Bureau of Mines, Mining & Mine Inspection, State of Missouri, with the response in 1902.  The Bureau's response is a glowing report absolutely regarding the company favorably if not a for sure investment and money maker.  Varying sizes.  All very fine.  $100

1028.     Missouri.  Newton.  Racine.  Racine Mining Co, 1902.  Prospectus.  The company formed to take a 10 year lease, at 10% royalty fees, of 43 acres located in the Four O'clock Range, south of Joplin.  The company intended on leasing out the property itself and making money from the lessees' royalties.  It is stated in the last paragraph that only subscriptions of no less than 200 shares will be considered, a $100 value.  A carbon copied letterhead is attached to the reverse of the 3 page prospectus.  8.5 x 5.5".  Fine.  $50

1029.	Missouri.  Washington.  Story of the Barytes, 1919.  Book format.  Tells the story of the Lead and Zinc mining industry in the Ozarks.  Story-like narrative, acompanied by illustrations, sketches and oil painting reproductions.  Approximately 30 pages.  No specific company mentioned.  Nice oil painting image on the cover, bound by string.  Very artistic.  Mint condition.  $150


1030.	New York.  General.  New York World's Fair Souvenir Token, 1939.  In 1939/ New York/ World's Fair/ (pic-sphere, flanked by tower)// Souvenir of the 150th Anniversary/ (pic-four men)/ George Washington/ Inauguration.  Rd, br (gilt), hole through top for suspension (May have been issued without hole).  Fine, gilt worn on both sides.  Patent No engraved at bottom of obverse.  31mm.  This piece is hinted at by HK and is unlisted but is similar to HK 491.  $10

1031.	New York.  Lewis.  Belfort.  American Golden Sand Mining Co, c.1887.  Prospectus.  The company held claim to about 500 acres of land said to contain gold bearing sand beds, 40 to 150 thick, assaying from $5 to $450 gold per ton.  "The richness of this quality of san is well known to pratical and mining experts al over the world, and it may be said that in many districts where the sand is located in a figurative sense, of course, that it rivals the richness of the mines of King Solomon."  4 pages, 8.5 x 11".  The prospectus has been folded several times and the creases are worn.  Tears exist on the fold crease at left and right edge.  The lower right corner has a minor crease.  There is a blue pencil line drawn down the front page, perhaps made by a potential investor who chose not to buy stock.  Fine. $100

1032.	North Carolina.  Caldwell.  Morganton.  Round Mountain & Hercules Gold Mine Reports, c.1902.  Two different property reports made by W. L. Bishop, M. E. of Morganton for Robert P. Orr of Newport News, VA.  The reports have been transposed into promotional flyers.  The first is for the Hercules Gold mine and surrounding claim groups.  The Hercules group included the Hercules, Atlas and Jupiter mines.  Ore values from these mines $8 to $25.  The second report is for the Round Mountain which was located about 1 mile from the Hercules.  This property had gold bearing veins and 6 shafts with ore returning $3-10 per ton.  Each is one full typed pages.  Edges slightly worn on both.  Fine.  $35 

1033.	North Carolina.  Guilford.  Pleasant Garden.  Fentress Mining Co, 1902.  Prospectus.  The Fentress mine was first worked in 1845 by Frederick Fentress.  Fentress hit water and copper ore at about 40 feet.  (In the upper 40 feet, Fentress was mining gold ore.)  The mine changed hands a few times prior to the Civil War, mostly mining the copper.  Emmons comments on the mine in his 1860 report "The Midland Counties of North Carolina."  The Fentress Mining Co had developed the property adding 4 shafts, the deepest being 165 feet with reported assays of 4.1% copper, 2 ounces gold per ton.  The 2nd page has plat map of the workings which was compiled by W. U. Greene.  The last page is a copy of an assay report from the New York Assay Office, 1901.  14 pages, 5.5 x 8.5".  Original cover with black print.  Extremely fine.  $300 

1034.	North Carolina.  Mecklenburg.  Charlotte.  Mineral & Other Properties For Sale, 1882.  A property listing for mining and other properties located across North Carolina.  S. J. Warren was the real estate agent and promoter of the properties.  Property 1 is for a gold mine, 2.5 miles from Charlotte with "a fine lot of ore on the dump; engine, boiler, and pump on the ground, all new and in good order.  $22,000."  This is just one example from the listing.  Other properties include a gold mine in Union County, a placer mine in Burke County, a gold mine in Cherokee, etc.  4 pages, 7.5 x 10".  Printer - Atlas Printing Co.  Tears long fold crease.  Stained from exposure.  Fine.  $100

1035.	North Carolina.  Stanly.  New London.  Carolina Gold & Copper Co, c.1896.  Prospectus and report.  Lot of 2 different pcs.  The company owned two mines in separate counties.  Parker Gold mine was located at New London,  and the Copper Knob mine in the southeast corner of Ashe County.  Based on the prospectus, the Parker mine was the primary property being that Copper Knob mine is not mentioned after the initial time.  However, in the second typed prospectus, the Copper Knob mine is extensively discussed with several sample locations identified with assays.  The first prospectus is 8.5 x 11".  The second prospectus is 8.5 x 14", 11 pages within a brown cover in a legal style format.  Very fine.  $100

1036.	North Carolina.  Union. Monroe.  Colossus Gold Mining & Milling Co, c.1900.  Propsectus.  The company was mining a 40 foot wide vein of shistose rock that had gold bearing quartz veins and shoots.  Ore values were variable, ranging from $2-200 per ton, averaging around $4-6 per ton.  The unique part of this prospectus is that the 7 photographs offer a tour of the operation starting with a shot of the mine leading to the gold concentrators.  6.5 x 9.5", original cover with blue print.  Printer - W. F. Vanden Houten, New York.  Extremely fine.  $100 

1037.	Virginia.  Colonial.  Williamsburg, Virginia In Photographs, 1940.  Published by Colonial Williamsburg, Inc.  This hard cover book has 84 pages with a photograph reproduction on every other page.  One the facing page to the photo is a brief history about the locale or the item featured.  Cover and pages in Extremely fine condition.  A Great Piece.  $75 

1038.	Virginia.  Fauquier.  Linden Station.  Carter Copper Co, 1902.  Two different prospectuses for the Carter Copper Co.  The first is 4 x 9" with original crème colored cover with gilt lettering that is tri-folded around the prospectus.  The cover has a picture of a miner working ore with a pick, photo courtesy of the J. Eugene Geer, New York Herald.  12 pages with 2 photographs.  At the end there is a very authentic looking assay report that is made to look like the original from the assayer.  There is a concise two page map at the middle.  The second prospectus has a rich red cover with gilt lettering, 5 x 6.5.  Copper ore was reported to assay at around 4% on average.  In 1903, the company was reorganized and renamed to Manassas-Gap Copper Mines.  In the process of reorganization, Carter, the president of the Carter Copper Co, was removed from the board. Copper Handbook, 1910. (Please see the Manassas Gap Copper Mines below).  $150 

1039.	Virginia.  General.  Piedmont Gold Mining Co.  Cert #124.  Incorporated in New Jersey.  Issued to Warren N. Carpenter for 100 shares in 1882.  Signed by F. H. Treat vice president and Sam Scholfield treasurer.  Crude vignette at lower right of two miners double jacking (early drilling technique).  Black border.  Uncancelled.  Printer - Nation Bureau of Engraving, Phila.  4.5 x 9.  We could find no information regarding this company within our library.  Very small tear at top edge along fold crease.  Extremely fine.  $200 

1040.	Virginia.  General.  Shenandoah Land & Anthracite Coal Co, 1875.  Prospectus.  Incorporated in New York, 1874.  In 1875, the company purchased 93,000 acres in Rockingham, Augusta, Pendleton and Hardy Counties in Virginia.  The company was planning on developing and shipping coal and iron.  8 pages, original purple cover, 5 x 8".  Printed by Old Commonwealth Press, Harrisonburg, VA.  The cover is stained to a brown by exposure or water.  For its age, Very fine.  $200

1041.	Virginia.  Greene.  Elkton.  High Top Copper Mining Co, 1903.  Lot of 2 different prospectuses.  The company owned about 1000 acres in Greene County employing about 125 men with ore running at 6% copper, 10 ounce silver and $15 gold per ton (Copper Handbook, 1905, p.464).  The first prospectus has a black cover with copper gilt lettering measuring 4.5 x 6.5".  Original string tie at binding and overall in fabulous condition.  The second prospectus has the original gray cover with blue print with red outline, 3.5 x 7.5".  This 15 page prospectus has 2 testimonials, one from Senator William P. Richardson of New York and the other by Professor George Treadwell.  George Treadwell, especially his name, was very active in the turn of the century copper mining companies in Arizona.  Every company Treadwell was involved was found to be a blatant scam and Treadwell himself was considered a bumbling idiot used as a front (Please see our Auction #12 Arizona Auction Catalog for more information.).  Extremely fine.  $100 

1042.	Virginia.  McDowell.  Indian Ridge Coal & Coke Co.  Cert #53.  Incorporated in West Virginia.  Issued to Worth Kilpatrick for 50 shares in 1900.  Signed by Worth Kilpatrick president and J. A. Armstrong treasurer.  Unique vignette at upper left of several miners working at the surface next to adit portal.  Vignette at upper right of a bust of an Indian in full headdress.  Black border.  McDowell, Co, within corporate seal.  Uncancelled.  Printer - Wm Mann Phila.  8 x 10.  We could find no information regarding this company within our library.  Extremely fine.  $250 

FOREIGN

1043.	Mining.  Standard American European Mining Co.  Bond #8615.  Incorporated in New Jersey.  Stock trust certificate to bearer.  Issued 1910.  Corporate signatures illegible.  Uncancelled.  Vignette of mountain scene with cabins and mine portal.  Blue border with green underprint.  20 of 20 coupons still attached.  9 x 15.  Printer - E. V. Michaud, Saint-Chamond.  Weare not sure were this company had its operations.  Edges worn.  Fine.  $25

1044.	Bolivia.  Larecaja.  Tipuani.  Bolivia Gold Mining Co of Colorado, c.1901.  Incorporated in Colorado, promoted from Denver.  A placer mining operation located on the Tipuani River that was claimed to run $5 to $25 gold per yard.  The dredge on site had a 300 yard daily capacity.  There is a the standard expert examination and report and many testimonials.  The last page has 2 maps, one shing the location of the company's property and a general view of Peru and Bolivia.  The prospectus is a newspaper layout that when unfolded measures 10 x 17" and 3.5 x 8.5" when folded.  Discoloration mark at lower left edge when folded.  Very fine.  $50 

1045.	Canada.  British Columbia.  British Columbia Mining District Map, 1907.  22 x 22" when folded out.  The map shows the mining districts in varying colors.  A note at the bottom indicates that the "mining divisions generally follow the height of land separating watersheds."  Published by the Department of Mines, Victoria office.  Tears at edges at fold creases.  Very fine.  $50

1046.	Canada.  British Columbia.  Cariboo.  Cariboo Amalgamated Gold Mines, Ltd, 1933.  Prospectus.  Owned nearly 6000 acres in the Cariboo district, adjoining the property of the Cariboo Gold Quartz MC.  According to the prospectus, a prospector named Fred Wells, claimed most of the property in the area and also started and ran the Cariboo Gold Quartz MC.  Printed by Mtichell Printing & Publishing Co, Vancouver, B.C.  No assays offered.  16 pages, original orange cover, 8.5 x 11.5".  Extremely fine. $50

1047.	Canada.  British Columbia.  Cariboo.  Premier Cariboo Gold Mining Co, 1901.  Lot of 2 different prospectuses.  Incorporated in South Dakota, promoted from New York.  Owned property on Peters Creek, Cariboo district.  The operation was that of placer mining but no operations had apparently started as of the printing of this prospectus.  8 pages, 8 x 12.5".  On the last page is a map of the Cariboo district.  Included are three different typed letters that mimic the same information as the prospectus, dated 1900.  All very fine.  $75 

1048.	Canada.  British Columbia.  General.  Mining Securities Co, c.1900-1905.  Prospectus.  The company was formed to invest in gold and copper mining companies, especially in British Columbia.  Promoted from New York.  The last page is a stock subscription in the form a certificate from the company.  8 pages, black print on crème paper, 8.5 x 11".  Minor tears along fold creases.  Very fine.  $75 

1049.	Canada.  British Columbia.  Greenwood.  Chicago British Columbia Mining Co.  Cert.#274.  Incorporated in 1900.  Issued to Chas. J. Stierlen for 2500 shares in 1906.  Signed by president Wm. L. Springer and secretary Geo. W. Raithel.  Uncancelled.  Elaborate vignette of a spread-winged bald eagle with ship port and mining scene in background.  Black border and gilt seal.  No printer noted.  A very nice certificate.  Xf, small hole punch at top left corner.  8 1/4" x 10 1/2".  The company owned 177 acres about midway between the Granby and British Columbia Mines, opened by a 165' 2-compartment vertical shaft with 75' of crosscuts, exposing good ore.  Had steam power and 6" x 8" Jenckes hoist.  (Ref: Copper Hdbk, 1905, p318)  $100 

1050.	Canada.  British Columbia.  Mining.  British Columbia Mining Related Publications. Lot of 2 pcs.  Notes on Placer-Mining in British Columbia, by Officers of the Department, 1947, Bulletin No.21, 43 pages, with photo illustrations; Annual Report of the Minister of Mines of the Province of British Columbia for the Year Ended 31st December, 1933, 1934, by G.S. Pearson.  365 pages.  Both are soft bound, the second with damage to cover. $50 (no illustration)

1051.	Canada.  British Columbia.  Nelson.  Maple Leaf Mining & Development Co, 1902.  A Report of the Inspection Committee which looked at the Maple Leaf Mine.  The mine was located 8 miles from Nelson.  Four tunnels had been driven, 450', 85' & 220'.  There are 5 "selected at random" samples that gave assays of 0.17 to 295 ounces gold, $3 to $5912.  4 pages, black print, 6 x 9.5".  Discoloration band along top edge on back page.  Very fine.  $50 

1052.	Canada.  British Columbia.  Olalla.  Olalla Copper Mining & Smelting Co, c.1903.  Lot of 2 prospectuses.  Incorporated in Maine 1901, promoted initially by A. E. Hall, New York.  The first page has portraits of the officers of the company.  Owned 32 claims in the East Yale district, including the town of Olalla and controlled the Similkameen & Keremeos RR.  A more concise report on the company was listed in the Copper Handbook, 1910, p.1336.  "Veins, about a dozen in number, were claimed by the former management to range 3' to 500' in width, estimated to carry ore averaging 5%, 2 to 5 ounces silver and $1 to $40 gold per ton, but this is ridiculously inflated estimate has been reduced to reasonable dimensions by the present management, which claims 1 vein...assaying 1.5% copper, a little silver and $1 to $7 gold.  One of the prospectuses contains extracts from government publications and testimonials, 40 pages, original brown cover, 5 x 8", with 2 advertisement cut outs.  The second prospectus has 31 pages, original gray cover with an image of a miner pushing an ore car.  Attached on the inside of front and back are maps of the property.  The text pages are detached from the cover and measure 8 x 9".  Both very fine.  $100  

1053.	Canada.  British Columbia.  Phoenix.  Dominion Copper Co, Limited.  Cert #169.  Incorporated in British Columbia, 1899.  Issued to Arthur Walker Reid for 5/10's of a share in 1906.  Signed by Warner Miller president and L. Herrmann secretary.  No vignette.  Uncancelled.  Printer - Broun-Green Co, NY.  Uncancelled.  6 x 10.  The company was reorganized in 1906 with a new stock issuance.  The company owned a 75% interest in the Montreal & Boston Cons. Mining & Smelting Co, Ltd.  Property included the Phoenix, Deadwood, Wellington and Summit camps.  At the end of 1907, there were nearly 8,200 feet of new openings with production of 2.9 million pounds of copper, 42,000 ounces of silver and 10,000 ounces of gold realizing in excess of $820,000.  The profit for that year was only $80,000 though.  In the Copper Handbook (1908, p. 634) Weed suggests from his own calculations that the cost per pound of copper produced was 13.5 cents and not the reported 8 cents, drastically changing the true profit.  In June, 1908, the company failed to make an interest payment of $24,000 and was covered by the wealthier stockholders.  By October, the company was placed into receivership.  "...reorganization seems obligatory."  By 1910, the company was dead in bankruptcy.  Extremely fine.  $50

1054.	Canada.  British Columbia.  Texada Island.  Texada Gold Mines Co, 1901.  Prospectus.  Incorporated in Washington, promoted from Seattle.  The company owned the Texada claims on Texada Island about 65 miles north of Vancouver. Development consisted of open cuts on surface veins that assayed at $2 gold, 4 ounces silver and 41% copper.  Another assay on an 18 ounce sample gave 1.37 ounces gold or $25, which the prospectus converts to a one ton of ore being worth $40,440 (stunning - vp).  The 1905 Copper Handbook, p.759, reports that the property was located in the Nanaimo district, Texada Island, with an average assay of 12% copper, 10 ounce silver and $2.80 gold.  The company wanted to build a tram from the mine to the smelter at Van Alda.  "Cannot be learned that any work is in progress."  The company was listed as dead by 1908.  3 photographs.  14 pages, original dark blue cover with gilt lettering, 6.5 x 8.5".  Extremely fine.  $100

1055.	Canada.  British Columbia.  Victoria(?).  Victoria Gold Co.  Cert #25.  Issued to Alexander Hodges for 1000 shares in 1864.  Signed by S. H. Brown president and W. H .Chessman treasurer.  No vignette.  Black border and print.  Uncancelled.  Printer - Cutter, Tower & Co, Boston.  6 x 7.  25 cent revenue stamp adhered at left edge.  This is probably one of the early gold mining companies on the Fraser River near Vancouver, BC (Victoria is the capital of BC).  The Fraser River rush began about 1857 and peaked about 1859.  There was a location known as Victoria Bar in the Fraser River mining area during this period.  Fold creases.  Very fine.  $200 

1056.	Canada.  British Columbia.  Ymir.  Active Gold Mining Co, Ltd, 1902.  Prospectus.  Incorporated in BC, promoted from Cincinnati.  This is a concise prospectus that avoids the typical mining double talk.  The company owned property near the town of Ymir with gold valued at $15 per ton.  The company probably would have had a transportation problem since no local mill or smelters are mentioned.  There were 1250 feet of underground workings.  The company also owned 5000 acres of timber land with white pine, hemlock and fir claimed to be valued at $750,000.  4 pages, 3 x 6".  Extremely fine.  $25

1057.	Canada.  New Brunswick.  Dorchester.  Intercolonial Copper Co, 1902.  Incorporated in Arizona, promoted from Providence, RI.  Property was located near Dorchester, New Brunswick consisting of 1100 acres.  An electrolytic processing plant was processing 200 tons a day at the time of the prospectus.  The predominantly chalcocite ore ran at an average of 2-3% copper with occasional high grade pocket encountered.  Both prospectuses over similar information and both have several glossy page photographs of the mine property.  The older, 1902, has 25 photographs, 22 pages, gray cover with green, gold and brown print, 7 x 8.5", red string at binding, extremely fine condition.  The newer, 1903, has 12 photographs, 16 pages, original brown cover.  This prospectus is in a legal document format that folds down to 4 x 8.5" unfolding to 8.5 x 14".  The photographs are on heavy glossy paper with intervening text pages on onion style paper.  The company is listed in the Copper Handbook (1908, p.813) as having 3 shallow shafts and over 1500 feet of tunnels.  Unfortunately, the electrolytic reduction plant failed after only 50 tons of fine copper was produced.  Idle since 1904 and apparently moribund.  $100

1058.	Canada.  Nova Scotia.  Blockhouse.  Blockhouse Mining Co, 1901.  Prospectus.  Incorporated in Nova Scotia, promoted from Boston.  Property was acquired by the transfer from the Blockhouse Gold MC to the Blockhouse MC in 1900.  What is odd is that the property was being leased from the Crown Co for 19 years.  There was a 10 stamp mill on site and operating with a production, in 1901, of $12,000 in gold and silver with a net profit of $1,200 per month.  Photograph on front page of the Blockhouse MC buildings.  7 pages, 12 x 9.5".  Tear along fold crease.  Very fine.  $100

1059.	Canada.  Nova Scotia.  Cape Breton.  Eastern National Copper Co, Ltd., c.1903.  Prospectuses.  Incorporated in Nova Scotia, promoted from Halifax.  This prospectus is nearly identical to the of the Richfield MC, lot below.  The prospectus do not offer as in depth description of the property as does the Copper Handbook, 1904, p.359.  Company organized in 1902, having a 77 year lease on property that contained an gold bearing zone that was reported at 270 feet wide, 7500 feet long and proven to a depth of 85 feet assaying at 5% copper, 5 ounce silver and $3-$5 gold per ton.  There was supposedly 185,000 tons of ore blocked out ready for stoping.  Property was considered as one of the most promising in eastern Canada.  Something went wrong, and the company was succeeded by the Cheticamp Copper Co in 1904 (Copper Handbook, 1908, p.647).  Extremely fine.  $75

1060.	Canada.  Nova Scotia.  Cape Breton.  Richfield Mining Co, Ltd, c.1901.  The lot includes a short prospectus that discusses the gold deposits on Cape Breton as "Great Mineral Possibilities of Cheticamp."  Cheticamp is the local district name for Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.  8 pages, original tan cover, 3.5 x 6".  Attached is a typed letter to Mr. Vigouroux from Alfred Bennett, promoter in Halifax, regarding the Richfield MC.  The 2 page letter does not offer any assay values, only that the ore carries gold, silver, copper and arsenic.  The claims were known as Iron Cap and Mountain Top.  The edges of the letter have several chips and creases.  Letter is fine.  $50

1061.	Canada.  Nova Scotia.  Cape D'Or.  Colonial Copper Co, c.1904.  Prospectus.  Incorporated in West Virginia, 1899.  An attractive prospectus with 21 photographs, several of which show landscape views of Cape D'Or and the Bay of Fundy.  The company owned property on the shores of the Bay of Fundy, Cape D'Or, Chandos mine near Chandos, Ontario and New Annan mine at Tatamagouche, Ontario.  The 2 Ontario mines were idle by 1908 (Copper Handbook, 1908, p.540).  The Cape D'Or property was the principal mine which had about 1900 tons ore processed producing 12,320 pounds of copper, or about 6 lbs per ton, "an unmercifully hopeless figure."  (CH, 1910, p.625).  Receivers were appointed in 1910, but the property had a $300,000 mortgage, forcing a sale of all hard goods and the mortgage holder took possession of the property.  (CH, 1912, p.245-246).  The 21 photographs show differing views of the property.   32 pages, original gray cover with gilt lettering, 7.5 x 10".  Minor discoloration around edges of front cover.  Vf.  $100 

1062.	Canada.  Nova Scotia.  Cape D'Or.  Colonial Copper Co, c.1904.  Prospectus.  See lot above for the story of the company.  This prospectus is a variation of the one described above.  23 photographs, many of them are views of the buildings and dwellings owned by the company.  There is a 2 page map at the middle showing the shoreline of Cape D'Or and location of the mines.  35 pages, original green cover with copper gilt lettering, 7.5 x 10".  Extremely fine.  $100 

1063.	Canada.  Nova Scotia.  Leipsigate.  Micmac Gold Mining Co, c.1900-05.  A 2 page typed letter outlining the veins found at the Micmac mine located in Nova Scotia.  The letter claims to have had 21,000 tons of ore run at an average of $10 gold per ton.  The letter was sent to Mr. Vigouroux, 1903, in an envelope with a return address from Missouri-Wisconsin Dev. Co, Joplin, MO.  Very fine.  $50 

1064.	Canada.  Nova Scotia.  Stormont.  Boston Stormont Co, 1902.  Mailer prospectus.  Incorporated in South Dakota, promoted from Boston.  The prospectus does tell where the property is located other than in the Stormont Gold district in Nova Scotia.  Ore was claimed to run at about $10 per ton.  There are also claims that dividends will soon be paid, but the stamp mill, which is pivotal in the profits as expressed in the prospectus, was not built yet.  There is also a section that breaks down the costs to profits that describes the dollars in terms of a single stamp of the yet to be built stamp mill.  8 pages, 7.5 x 9.5".  Discoloration at left and top edges.  Very fine.  $50 

1065.	Canada.  Ontario.  Copper Cliff.  Copper Cliff Courier Newspaper, April 2, 1903.  An "Anniversary Number" of the Copper Cliff Courier.  22 x 18 ".  Every page has at least one photograph of scenes of Copper Cliff or the people and some of the mine buildings.  Ragged along the edges, and paper is slightly acid.  Very fine.  A unique item.  $35

1066.	Canada.  Ontario.  East Ontario.  Ore Chimney Mining Co, Ltd, 1916.  Prospectus.  Incorporated in Ontario, 1909.  The company owned 500 acres in the Eastern Ontario district about 11 miles from Kaladar, the nearest train station.  By 1918, the company had over 2000 feet of workings, and a 403 shaft.  The company had completed a 20 stamp mill, equipped with tables and magnetic separator and was hoping to bring it on line in late 1917 (Mines Handbook, 1918, p.1552).  18 photographs show everything from an investors' visit and to fishing in the local lakes and streams.  The ore was mostly of lead with minor copper and silver.  66 pages, original brown cover with an image of an outcrop with the title of the company.  Original brown string at binding.  6 x 9".  Extremely fine.  $150 

1067.	Canada.  Ontario.  Hastings.  Home Gold & Copper Co, c.1902.  Prospectus and letters.  Lot of 5 different pcs.  Incorporated in Ontario, promoted from Buffalo.  The company held several different claim groups in Ontario as described in the prospectus.  The listing of this company in the 1905 Copper Handbook, p.467, tells the story of this company far better than my attempt at described the contents of the prospectus.  It is as follows "Lands are sundry claims in Eastern and Western Ontario.  Company also claims to have mineral lands in Nova Scotia and New Mexico.  Has peddled its stock assiduously, and complains that previous editions of the Copper Handbook have done the company great injustice, but cannot be prevailed upon to furnish a detailed report.  One Rufus L. Herrick, a pious agent for the company, sold stock by opening his office with prayer in the morning, and washing out free gold from quartz in the afternoon."  The listing in the 1908 Copper Handbook, p.792, listed as "Dead.  Formerly infested Ontario."  The prospectus has an attractive cover with gilt lettering and an image of a boarding house also in gilt, wet on a black cover, 32 pages with a 2 page county map of Ontario showing the property of the company, 4 x 8".  Except for the map pages, entirely printed on blue paper.  The lot includes 2 smaller prospectuses and 3 stock purchase subscriptions all printed on blue paper.  The official prospectus is extremely fine and accompanying paper is very fine.  $100  

1068.	Canada.  Ontario.  Island Falls.  Island Falls Mines Co, Ltd, c.1901.  Incorporated in Ontario, promoted from Superior, Chicago and Manistique, Minnesota.  The company formed to consolidate 15 claims, 800 acres, in the Island Falls district along the Seine River of western Ontario.  The company also was planning on developing a town site and to sell plots as the mining district grew.  However, there was very limited development work done by the company, or by earlier prospectors and there are no ore values offered in the prospectus.  The company states that if, or when, ore in commercial amounts if found, a subsidiary company would be formed to develop and mine that particular property.  Stockholders in the parent company would receive a percentage of their initial investment in matching stock in the newly formed subsidiary.  The company wanted to offer dividends from the sell of plots in the yet to be established town, selling of properties and from the subsidiary companies when formed.  10 pages, original royal blue cover with gilt lettering, 3.5 x 6".  Extremely fine. $50

1069.	Canada.  Ontario.  Kenora.  Bonanza United Mines, Ltd, 1927.  Prospectus.  Incorporated in Ontario, based in Rochester, NY.  This company was a merger of the Contact Bay Mines, Redeemer M&MC and Rognon Gold Mines making a combined 1000 acres, about 700 being patented.  On the 2nd page is a map showing the property owned; map compiled by United States Survey Co, Rochester.  The company was in the process of funding an extensive drilling campaign and exploration.  There are 3 pages that are all detached, but may have never been attached in the first place.  Two hole punch at top of all 3 pages, 8.5 x 11".  Very fine.  $50

1070.	Canada.  Ontario.  Kirkland Lake.  Conroyal Mines, Ltd, 1928.  This a photo-prospectus with "views taken at different periods in the development of the company's property (that) will show the progress made to date..."  26 photographs of every aspect of the mine, including the workings, dining halls, mill, etc.  The first and last pages are fold out panoramas, each 3 x 14.5".  There is no information regarding the property, ore values, production or anything.  Not listed in the Mines Handbook.  All the officers and the fiscal office were located in Ontario.  Extremely fine.  $200  

1071.	Canada.  Ontario.  Kirkland Lake.  Kirkland Lake Gold Mining Co, Ltd., 1932.  This is a packet of maps and cross sections of the Kirkland Lake property.  There are no location maps for where the property was actually at, nor is there any text or information about the property- Just Maps and Diagrams.  7 total diagrams all prepared by J. B. Tyrrell and published by Map Specialty Co, Toronto.  This was probably mailed to anyone requesting more in depth information that the prospectus may not have offered.  In the 1942 Mines Register, there are several companies with the Kirkland Lake name all from Ontario that were listed in the dead company section.  9 x 12".  Very fine.  $50

1072.	Canada.  Ontario.  Manitou.  Imperial Gold Mines, Ltd, & Laurential Gold Mines Co, c.1904.  Prospectus and Report.  Lot of 2 different pcs.  These 2 items are lotted together because they both have to do with the Laurentian gold mine located in the Manitou district near Manitou Lake.  The pamphlet for the Imperial Gold Mines has a purple cover with gilt lettering titled "Imperial Gold Mines, Limited, Laurentian Gold Mine."  The entire pamphlet is made up exclusively of photographs of the property, a total of 10.  4.5 x 6".  The second item is a 5 page, 8x 13", typed copy of a report on the Laurentian Gold mine owned by the Laurential Gold Mines, Ltd.  There are no dates offered on either piece and the relation between the 2 different companies.  Both extremely fine.  $100

1073.	Canada.  Ontario.  Manitou.  Orion Gold Mining Co, Ltd, c.1900.  Prospectus.  The company owned 7 claims between West Lake and Carleton Lake in the Manitou district.  The ore ran from $12 to $325 gold, but the properties were wholly undeveloped.  10 pages, original green cover that is now detached from text pages, 3.5 x 6".  Discoloration along edges turning paper brown (foxing or staining).  Text pages are very fine.  $50 

1074.	Canada.  Ontario.  Manitou.  President Gold Mining Co., c.1902.  Lot of 4 different letters.  A one page typed informational letter from Delos Dunbar, promoter in New York, states that the company had 40 acres located 3 miles east of Mosher Bay, Rainy River district with assays of gold running from $3 to $45 per ton.  Included with this lot is a 4 page mailer discussing the Rainy River district, an advertisement from Kimball Investment Co and a letter from Delos Dunbar about the President Syndicate.  In Canada, prior to incorporation, a syndicate is formed awaiting the paperwork to become a company.  8.5 x 11".  Vf.  $50  

1075.	Canada.  Ontario.  Northbrook.  Bey Mines, Ltd, 1934.  Prospectus.  The company owned property in Addington and Frontenac Counties, with the mine office at Northbrook.  A 50 ton mill was planned to be constructed to treat the gold ore that was accessed by a 400 foot shaft.  16 pages, original orange cover, 8 x 11".  Several article extracts.  Very fine.  $35  

1076.	Canada.  Ontario.  Orillia.  Maple Leaf Mines, Ltd, c.1905.  Prospectus.  This a 11 x 16" map of the claims located around Giroux Lake in Ontario.  The Maple Leaf Mines Co property was located at the lower right corner of the map.  The map folds up to 3 x 6", attached in original green cover with red print.  Very fine.  $100 

1077.	Canada.  Ontario.  Porcupine.  Dome Lake Mining Co, Ltd, c.1900-05.  A very involved prospectus put out by M. A. Teague, Toronto, Ontario.  This newspaper format is titled "Teague's Talks, on Porcupine and Porcupine Investments".  Teague is touting the wonderful property that he just acquired and the fabulous wealth yet to come.  12 pages, 9 x 14".  Minor tears along fold creases.  Very fine.  $100 

1078.	Canada.  Ontario.  Rainy River.  American Canadian Gold Mining Co, c.1900.  Prospectus.  Although the company was incorporated in Wisconsin, the active property was located in the Rainy River district, Ontario.  The prospectus is solely based on "examination" testimonials dated from around 1898 and all have nothing bad to say about the "Alice A" mine located near Mine Centre, Ontario.  The only reference to the ore is that is was assaying at $10 gold and a mill was planned.  6 photographs, only 2 show the property, 3 show local scenes, and 1 shows the company president, Geo Hillyer, in the Wisconsin office pointing at a geologic map and ore samples on the desk.  16 pages, original cover, 6 x 8.5".  Printed by Evening Telegram Co, West Superior, Wisconsin.  Water stain along left edge and a discoloration band along the bottom edge.  Very fine.  $100

1079.	Canada.  Ontario.  Rainy River.  Bullion Gold Mining Co No.2, c.1900.  Lot of 2 different prospecutses.  Incorporated in Ontario, promoted from New York.  The company formed after the acquisition of the Bullion No. 2 mine located in the Lake of the Woods district near Rat Portage.  Gold ore was said to run at $14 being taken from 2 different shafts, one 300 and the other was 450 feet deep.  10 pages, original gray cover with red print, 3.5 x 5".  The second prospectus claims that the mine is located in the Rainy River district near the Lake of the Woods and that there were 3 shafts.  These were of different depths than those discussed in the first prospectus, now being 115, 105 and 25 feet and ore was now at $12 to $300 per ton.  4 pages, printed on yellow paper, 5.5 x 8.5".  Both Extremely fine.  $75

1080.	Canada.  Ontario.  Rainy River.  Emma Abbott Gold Mining Co, c.1900-1902.  Incorporated in Wisconsin, promoted from Chicago and Superior.  The mine and company were named after Emma Abbott, the matchless Queen of Song, who, for so many years, was a favorite with the musical world.  Not only was Miss Abbott's voice of purest gold, but in both her musical and business associations she ever maintained the strictest integrity.  At the center is a 2 page map of the Emma Abbott and Alice A Mine.  The mine was located 3 miles north of Wild Potato Lake and a half mile south of the Little Turtle River.  Ore consisted gold in a schistose host rock "impregnated with iron and copper pyrites, galena and zinc-blende."  10 pages, original mustard colored cover, 3 x 6".  Extremely fine.  $100

1081.	Canada.  Ontario.  Rainy River.  Gold Bug Mining Co, Ltd, c.1900-05.  Prospectus.  Incorporated in Wisconsin.  Property was adjacent to the Alice A mine with a reported assay of 25% iron, 10% lead, 1.1% copper, 4.3% zinc, 4 ounce silver and traces of gold.  But in the next paragraph, the ore was said to carry $9 in free gold per ton.  The whole gist of this pitch is a comparison to the Homestake mine in the Black Hills.  15 pages, original blue cover with gilt lettering and a gilt bug, 3.5 x 6".  Minor wear to edges.  Very fine.  $75

1082.	Canada.  Ontario.  Rainy River.  Ideal Gold Mining Co, 1904.  Prospectus.  Incorporated in Arizona, promoted from Michigan.  Company owned 80 acres in the middle of the Dryden Mineral Belt, in the Rainy River district set between the Golden Moose and Redeemer mines.  The property was completely undeveloped and the company hired 2 prospectors from the Black Hills to work the property in 1903.  They found that there were 7 veins that "pannings of ore...never failed to produce pure gold."  The company built a camp building, black smith shop and a magazine.  At this time a shallow 40 feet shaft was sunk.  The company had already picked a mill site and had figured the cost of ore transport to the mill.  Assays were run by a mining engineer in late 1903 with values between $5 and $35 gold and silver.  Included with the prospectus is a copy of the assay certificate and a 2 sided map.  7 photographs of the mine property and of the town of Dryden.  22 pages, original gray cover with black print, 4.5 x 7".  Extremely fine.   $75 

1083.	Canada.  Ontario.  Rainy River.  International Gold Mining & Milling Co, 1901.  Prospectus.  Company owned the Wild Rose and Grey Eagle mines in the Rainy River district.  The ore is reported at $30 gold per ton with the ore in sight being worth $5 million dollars. The company had the intention of building a 40 ton mill.  There are several testimonials from mining engineers.  16 pages, with original yellow cover with brown print of Gold, 3 x 6".  Attached to first page is the top part of the company letter, dated 1901, and sent to Mr. Vigouroux.  Extremely fine.  $75 

1084.	Canada.  Ontario.  Rainy River.  Lucky Coon Gold Mining Co, c.1902.  Prospectus.  Incorporated in Wisconsin, promoted from Duluth and Superior.  The company owned property in the Rainy River district near Mine Centre, where the name Lucky Coon came from is not clear.  There was a 5 stamp mill and several out buildings on the property.  The president of this company, Hillyer, was involved with several other companies in the Rainy River district (see lots above).  The front cover has an image of a young African-American boy.  A claim map is found on the second page and there are 5 photographs.  12 pages, original gray cover with black print, 6 x 8.5".  Cover is beginning to detach.  Very fine.  $100

1085.	Canada.  Ontario.  Rainy River.  New Ontario Gold Fields, c.1900-1904.  This a promotional pamphlet entitled "New Ontario Gold Fields, Extracts from Government Reports, Gold Production, Profits in Mining, Etc."  This 20 page booklet promotes the Rainy River district as the new gold boom area, comparing its mines to other famous mines and districts.  There is also discussions of the wealth that had been made by mining men and the production of gold around the world.  Many of the paragraphs and extracts are found in a typical prospectus from any district and state.  Compiled and published by Anthony Blum, Boston, presumably an active promoter.  Original tan cover with black print, 3.5 x 7".  Last page has a tear at center right edge.  Very minor wear to edges.  Rear cover has a fold crease.  Very fine.  $75 

1086.	Canada.  Ontario.  Rainy River.  Twentieth Century Mining Co, Ltd, c.1903.  Prospectuses and market letters.  Lot of 4 different pcs.  A wonderful lot of 4 different styles of prospectuses.  As is often the case, a company that spends this much time on developing appealing prospectuses turn out to be stock jobbing schemes.  This is the case here as found in the 1908 Copper Handbook, p.1345, "Dead.  A swindle that paid dividends while selling stock."  The first prospectus has the original green cover with dark green print, and is in a legal document format, pages measuring 9 x 14.5", 8 pages.  The 6th & 7th pages has an attractive map of the Rainy River district and a detailed map of the claims. The last page has a cross sectional view of the ore veins and the single shaft and crosscuts.  Below this diagram are three different photographs.  Extremely fine.  The second prospectus is titled "Report of Affairs..." dated 1902.  10 pages, original lime green cover with black print also in a legal document format, when folded measures 3 x 9" and unfolds to 9 x 13".  The 2nd page shows a map of the southern Ontario Gold Fields.  On the 4th page is a detailed map of the claims.  6th page has a diagrammatic across section showing the shaft and shaft house.  8th page has a diagram of the veins and a cross sectional view of the veins in situ.  Page 9 has several photographs of the property.  Very fine.  The third item is a 'Letter to the Stockholders" announcing the completion of the 20 stamp mill, 3 pages, dated 1903.  The last item is titled "Supplement.  Twentieth Century Mine" and is a photo tour of the property.  6 photographs and 2 inserts.  One insert is a detailed claim map.  The other is has a photograph of the shaft house and conveyer to the mill with a map of the company's property below.  Very fine.  $300 

1087.	Canada.  Ontario.  Rainy River.  Twentieth Century Trading Co, Ltd, c.1903.  This lot has 2 different prospectuses for the slight variation on the Twentieth Century Co from the one listed above but has the same management and officers.  Not only did this company also own property in the Rainy River district, but it also owned copper property in Cochise County, Arizona.  The first item 23 pages, original red cover, 3 x 5".  Extremely fine.  The second item does not offer many specifics regarding the property owned or to be mined.  Rather, the discussion revolves around comparisons of the Rainy River district, Ontario Gold Fields to other famous districts and mines in the world.  The last page has a wonderful diagrammatic cross sectional view of the property owned by the Twentieth Century Trading Co.  The item folds down to 4 x 9", unfolding to 8 x 9".  A map of the region is on the first page when unfolded.  12 pages.  Extremely fine.  $100

1088.	Canada.  Quebec.  Grenville.  Grenville Graphite Co, 1904.  Prospectus.  The graphite was found within a northeast-southwest trending vein that carried 12.5% to 60% graphite.  The vein was about 12 wide and over 8000 feet long.  This property was acquired from the Keystone Graphite Co.  The former company won a Bronze Medal at the International Exposition in 1900.  The front cover has an embossed replica of the obverse of the medal with the reverse on the back cover.  Cover is a graphite colored with silver gilt lettering. On page 16 is a copy of the paper award for the same medal as the cover.  There are 2 photographs and a total of 31 pages.  6 x 8".  Fold crease at middle.  Extremely fine.  $100

1089.	Columbia.  Antioquia.  Rio Porce.  La Clara Placer & Mines Co, 1903.  The cover is titled "The Goldfields of the Incas" and has 3 images of Incan artifacts.  A placer operation located only the Porce River located 40 miles form Medellin.  Over the previous 8 months, the prospectus claims that $20,000 was retrieved.  The name of the company comes from one of the claims, the La Clara, and the other La Casuca.  8 photographs and one map.  Attached on the inside back cover is a 12 x 17" detailed map of the claims.18 pages, 7 x 9".  The covers are stiff.  Binding is beginning to detach and inner pages are also affected.  Fine to very fine.  $50

1090.	Ecuador.  Esmeraldos.  Playa De Oro Mining Co, 1903.  Incorporated in Kentucky, 1891.  This circular starts out announcing that the company's property has been sold in foreclosure, dated Jan 6, 1903.  Following this, are a series of letters to stockholders from a major stockholder who, over a period of 6 years, fought with the management for information and explanations of expenditures.  In 1896, the company had plenty of cash on hand, which as gone and property sold by 1903.  A description here would do no justice to what is actually in the letters.  Discoloration affects the first page.  7 pages, 8.5 x 11".  Very fine.  $50

1091.	Mexico.  Chihuahua.  Arteaga.  Santa Barbara.  Rio Plata Mining Co, 1907.  Prospectus.  Incorporated in Arizona.  11 x 8 1/2 23 pages.  Printer: Richardson Press Printers, New York.  Cover pale tan with brown lettering, and 3 x 6 photograph of Santa Barbara mine tunnels in cliff face.  The prospectus is profusely illustrated with numerous 9 x 6 detailed photographs of the mines, canyon views, power flume, and mill under construction.  Other photographs show the mule teams hauling logs, and heavy mine equipment, and company's saw mill.  The company held the Santa Barbara and Cleopatra silver mines located in very remote canyon country on the Setentrion (now Septentrion) River in Chihuahua near the state lines of Sonora and Sinaloa.  The railroad connecting Chihuahua to Topolobampo (the scenic Copper Canyon route) had not been completed at this time, and would later pass within 20 miles of the mine.  There were no maps, either geological or topographic at that time.  The veins were a new discovery from 2 years before the prospectus (1905), and had very high-grade silver ores.  The veins averaged more than 4 feet wide, and reached widths of 10 feet.  The company had built a camp and plant, which were lighted with electric lights and a telephone system.  Electricity was generated by a 5,090-foot (about 1 mile) flume and a six foot Pelton wheel.  All of this was built with access by trail a distance of 77 miles and more.  The prospectus contains reports of D.W. Shanks, E.M., 1906; T.A. Burbidge, E.M., 1906; and W.W. Merriam, E.M., 1905.  VF condition with some foxing of edges and folded corners, penciled note on back regarding plant, values, and capacity.  $100 

1092.	Mexico.  Chihuahua.  Guaynopa.  Guaynopa Smelting & Reduction Co, c.1901.  Prospectus.  Incorporated in South Dakota.  Lot of 3 different items:  Item 1:  4 x 9 pocket-sized, 7 pages and small fold-out map in back.  Cover entitled: The Facts About Guaynopa, King of Dividend Paying Industrials.  Prospectus no. 10.  Company began paying dividends in November, 1901 from the one time sale of 25,154 pounds (12.5 tons) of hand-cobbed test ore shipped to the El Paso Smelter, a distance of 250 miles.  That sale netted $4,199, hardly enough to justify paying dividends and building a smelter.  The prospectus states that when the first smelter is operating, it will earn stockholders "not less than 100% per annum upon par value of the stock, and the ores with which to do it are in sight:.  Reference is made to a report dated November, 1901 by Godfrey Hughes, consulting engineer, El Paso.  Assays are listed, and a sketch map of the mine area is included.  The property consists of the Seven Star and Monclova groups with 54 claims totaling 133 acres.  Development at the time consisted of several hundred feet of shaft and tunnel workings.  Copper-silver-gold ore occurs in fissure veins that each average 3 to 4 feet in width.  VF condition.  Item 2:  Prospectus, 8 x 10, 6 pages folded paper.  Contains information as above, with one photograph of a Mexican miner beginning an adit with hand steel.  VF condition with straight pin upper center first two pages.  Item 3:  Prospectus, 8 1/2 x 11, 4 pages, folded.  Contains information as above.  VF condition with folds, and 1/2 to 1- inch tears at bottom of page.  Authors note:  No mention is made in any of the Prospectus as to the very remote and difficult access to the Guaynopa.  It is set in the bottom of a 2,000-foot deep canyon on the north side of the swiftly-flowing Sirupa River in the Sierra Madres in northern Chihuahua.  In 1994 the author, who is a consulting mining geologist was just finishing a regional field trip with a client in northern Mexico, when asked to stay on and join a mule trip already arranged to examine the Guaynopa.  The property owners, a father and son team, who lived in the small town named Madera were quite sure of the location of the mines, and had samples behind their house, but no hard data.  Hmm - first problem.  We departed Madera before daylight for a rough 4 to 6 hour drive on dirt roads to the jump off point.  It was pitch black, foggy and raining when we abruptly came upon an overturned logging truck, with a cable stretched over the road uphill to a tree to keep the truck from rolling down the mountain.  We stopped to help, but the driver was unhurt, and was, in fact sleeping under the overturned truck to keep dry.  We managed to skim by and later crossed over a bridge going about 35 or 40 miles per hour in the dark and fog.  By early morning, we reached the ranch house with the mules, but the muleskinner guides were not there.  They arrived in late afternoon, too late to start down the canyon.  Next morning up early, and off to the canyon "trail" which is way south of the mine.  We began hiking down the trail on foot, leaving the muleskinners back at camp rounding up the mules again.  After a few miles into the canyon, here come the mules and we mount up.  A few hours more of riding and our guides decide on a new direction which was "most certainly" the way to the mine.  Our topographic maps showed, however that we were headed to a 200-foot cliff in heavy timber, brush, and steep country.  It was time to head back and abandon the reconnaissance, which up to now had consumed a day.  Had we reached the river, it was too swift to cross with the storm.  On the drive back to Madera in daylight, the bridge that we flew over in the dark was a cable suspension bridge of wooden boards, several hundred feet above the Sirupa.  A somewhat spectacular and unexpected sight to our driver.  Four cables supported the bridge, one of which had broken and someone tied it off to the support.  As long as you kept on the board runners it was fine.  However many of the cross boards were missing, and you could look straight down to the river.  There were no guard rails, just a cable.  There has been much exploration activity and two new multi-million gold deposits were discovered southwest of here in the Sierra Madres in the boom beginning in 1992.  However, no new discoveries are reported for Guaynopa.  Perhaps in another century.  $150  

1093.	Mexico.  Chihuahua.  Parral.  Constancia.  Terrenates Consolidated Mining Co, c.1903.  Prospectus, entitled American Interests in Mexico, 9 1/2 x 12, 6 pages, white cord binding, including center map of the principal mines of the Veta Colorada.  Company held the Terranates, San Antonio, and La Constancia properties on the Veta Colorada.  The prospectus states the minimal monthly output to be 3,000 tons to a maximum of 9,000 tons.  The Consolidated Kansas City Smelting and Refining Company [See: this catalog] has contracted to buy a minimum of 5,000 tons ore per month from Terrenates.  Extremely fine condition.  $50 

1094.	Mexico.  Chihuahua.  Parral.  La Candelaria mine.  Candelaria Mining & Exploration Co, 1900.  Prospectus.  Incorporated in Colorado, 9 x 11, 14 pages.  Numerous photographs of the mines, and landscape, including Plaza Parral.  Cover pale blue with black print.  The company holds the La Candelaria mine consisting of claims 1,000 meters by 300 meters.  Workings are on the Candelaria vein for gold and silver.  The company also has the La Union, La Gran Fundicion, and Central Mexicano.  VF condition with blue pencil underlines throughtout, and stamped on back cover; L.W. Smith, Pueblo, Colo.  $100 

1095.	Mexico.  Chihuahua.  Parral.  La Candelaria mine.  Mexican Standard Mining Co, c.1896.  Prospectus.  Incorporated in Colorado.  6 x 9, 12 pages.  Cover cream cardstock with red background around lettering.  Six photographs of mines, landscapes, and miners with families.  There is also a mine map and long section, Mexico map, and regional map.  The Company owns the Candelaria group outright, which contains the Candelaria vein, about 7 feet wide, with values of silver-gold, together with lead, copper, and iron.  The ores run about 19 to 20 ounces silver per ton and $1.50 to $2 gold (.075 to .10 ounces per ton).  The property is developed by a 165-foot shaft and some tunnel development.  Extremely fine condition with minor penciled numbers on back cover.  $100

1096.	Mexico.  Chihuahua.  Parral.  Little Giant Mining Co, 1902.  Prospectus, 8 x 9, 27 pages, brown cover and back, with silvered print.  Numerous excellent early photographs of the city of Parral, mine sites, patio processing, mills, and head frames in the district.  The company held the San Antonio Mine, 8 claims totaling 41,890 acres, and containing the Veta Colorado, mined since 1645.  The properties have been developed by 2 shafts, 400-feet deep, and numerous tunnels and drifts.  Silver ore, with copper and gold values, occurs in ore shoots in strong fissure veins.  Ore shoots range from 15 to 60 feet thick and 500 feet long.  Extremely fine condition.  $100 

1097.	Mexico.  Chihuahua.  Parral.  Parral Chihuahua Mines Co.  Cert #49.  Incorporated in Arizona.  Issued to W.J. Campbell for 100 shares in 1906.  Signed by J. F. Johnston president and H. B. Cobb secretary.  Vignette at upper left of a woman with American flag and holding shield.  Black border with green safety print and seal.  Uncancelled.  8 x 11.  The Parral mining district is an old silver-lead district that received new development by major companies in 1900 upon completion of the first railroad. [Ref: AIME, 1903, p.398].  Fine condition with folds, minor holes at folds and three 1/8 inch punch holes.  $25 

1098.	Mexico.  Chihuahua.  Parral.  Veta Colorada.  Veta Colorada Mining & Smelter Co, 1907.  Incorporated in Arizona.  Lot of 2 items.  Item 1: Prospectus, 8 x 11, 19 pages, plus 21 x 10 fold-out with mine level map, showing Santiago shaft, cross-section, and longitudinal section of mine.  Profusely illustrated with large photographs, including 14 x 9 1/2 centerfold panorama scene of Veta Colorada Mine and Smelter.  Other photographs showing entire noon-day shift crew assembled with hundreds of men.  Also cyanide mill construction crew.  Other photographs of compound engine and hoist, and miners in underground stope drilling out rounds by hand drill. Company operates the Veta Colorada mine, 6 miles northwest of Parral.  Cover is gray cardstock, with red title lower center. Colored bands of green, white, and red in upper right corner of cover (Mexican flag colors).  The company reports tonnage of ore in sight to be 900,000 to 1,000,000 tons, with widths up to 100 or 126 feet wide.  The ore averages $20 per ton in gold, silver, and perhaps lead.  That is equivalent in grade to 1 ounce gold per ton, which is high-grade, even in those days.  Extremely fine condition with 3-hole punch in margin.  Tucked inside prospectus is blank letterhead stationery of company, 8 1/2 x 11, folded in half.  Item 2:  Prospectus, same as item 1, but lacking fold-out map inside back cover, and without hole punches.  Extremely fine condition.  $200  

1099.	Mexico.  Coahuila.  Panuco Copper Mine, Ltd Advertisement, 1903.  Offered for sale by Private Tender., Form of Tender, and Particulars of the property, In the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division.  Rowcliffes, Rawle & Co., 1, Bedford Row, London, W.C.  Printed by the Solicitors' Law Stationery Society, Limited, 49, Bedford Row, W.C., 8 1/2 x 11, 12 pages.  Panuco mine is in Coahuila, about 36 miles from Monclova.  Only legal descriptions are given, no geologic information is presented.  The material is for a liquidation of the property at a sale which took place in 1905 purchased by Continental Copper Co (Copper Handbook, 1908, p.1101).  VF condition.  $75

1100.	Mexico.  Durango.  Descubridora.  Weepah Mining Co, c.1902-03.  Prospectus.  Incorporated in Nevada.  3 1/2 x 6, 7 pages, cover blue cardstock, with black lettering.  Printer: Sign of the Ivy Leaf, Philadelphia.  The company held four patented copper mines in Durango as follows: La Buena Suerte, Don Francisco, Don Ricardo, and El Malachito, all located about 4 miles south of the town of Descubridora.  Some development work has been done consisting of shafts and ore shipments.  The Buena Suerte shipped 24 tons of 9.1% copper (valued at $30 per ton) and received a check for $331.77, or about $13 per ton.  VF condition with penciled notes on back outside cover.  $75  

1101.	Mexico.  Durango.  Guanacevi.  Mexican Mines Co, Report and letters, 1902.  4 items pinned in upper left corner.  Item 1:  Report of General Manager to Mexican Mines Co., April 4, 1902, 8 1/2 x 11, 2 pages, front and back of sheet.  Photo on front sheet of mill with ongoing construction Guanacevi, 7 x 4 1/2.  The report refers to the San Pedro Group the Coloradas mine, and the Purisima mine.  The headings at the Coloradas were left ore, with "exceedingly rich rock".  However no mention whatsoever of the metal gold, which is probably assumed.  Extremely fine condition.  Item 2:  One-page flyer on the company, 8 x 10, listing officers and directors.  In both red and black print.  VF condition, pin holes upper left.  Item 3:  One-page letter from Geo. G. Hatheway, Boston, on his letterhead as cover letter for a Prospectus, 8 1/2 x 11.  This letter speaks of Mexico being rich in gold and silver, with Guanacevi as the best.  Extremely fine condition, aged.  Item 4:  Table of shipments made from beginning on January 18 through July 27 (1902?) by G.F. Hatheway.  Lots fun up to 18,416 lbs (9.2) tons, with grades of mostly greater than 1 oz/ton gold and 80 oz/ton silver.  The highest was 15.9 ounces gold per 

ton, and another ran to 1,350 ounces silver per ton. VF condition with some foxing on edges and missing chip lower right corner.  All have pin holes upper left.  Author's note:  Guanacevi is presently inactive but over the years has produced over 6 million tons of ore averaging 0.17 ounces per ton gold, 70 ounces per ton silver, and lead-zinc-copper averaging 6-12%  These totals are 1 million ounces gold and 440 million ounces silver, in the top 20 of Mexico gold-silver districts.  $50

1102.	Mexico.  Durango.  Guanacevi.  Predilecta.  Predilecta Mining Co, c.1902-1905.  Incorporated in New York.  2 Items.  Item 1:  Prospectus, circa 1902-05, 8 1/2 x 11, 4 pages, folded.  The company owns 8 mining properties, the Predilecta, No. 91, Amplician, Transvl, A, B, C, and D, all comprising 60 acres in the Guanacevi district, about 70 miles east of Rosario.  The properties contain 4 veins carrying silver and gold values.  Extremely fine condition.  Item 2:  Promotional report.  Extracts from report on the Predilecta Mine by J.J. Weisel, E.M.  8 1/2 x 13, 3 pages, bound at top with staples and backing paper.  Describes the history of discovery, geology, and potential, ending with "Outside of its prospective value, it is seldom that a Mexican mine is found with its lowest workings measuring 400 feet in length along a continuous ore-chute 4 feet in thickness and the entire length in ore."  Extremely fine condition.  Author's note:  Guanacevi is presently inactive but over the years has produced over 6 million tons of ore averaging 0.17 ounces per ton gold, 70 ounces per ton silver, and lead-zinc-copper averaging 6-12%  These totals are 1 million ounces gold and 440 million ounces silver, in the top 20 of Mexico gold-silver districts.  $100

1103.     Mexico.  Durango.  La Abra Silver Mining Co Senate Committee Reports, 1888.  973 pp, indexed.  The case involving the La Abra SMC began in the mid 1870's which resulted with a settlement between the U.S. Government and the Mexican Government.  The settlement amounted to the Mexican government paying to the United States over $6 million in annual installments.  A rapid read through did not offer the initial reason for the legal battle.  The legal wrangling continued on for another decade resulting in at least on bill being passed by Congress regarding the individual case.  This report from the Senate Committee is part of the ongoing debate of how to handle the disbursement of the monies collected from the Mexico.  To further add to the case, Mexico had just begun a counter suit claiming that the case originated from fraud.  Professionally rebound.  Front leaves detached.  Very fine.  $200

1104.     Mexico.  Durango.  Magistral.  National Mines & Smelters Co.  Cert #C21.  Trustee's Certificate. Incorporated in 1910 in Arizona.  Issued to J. S Brooks for $100.  Signed by president S. H. McKee and secretary John S. Eberman.  Printed by Republic Bank Note. Pittsburgh, PA.  No vignette.  Folds, beginning to tear at margins.  "National Mines and Smelters Company at Globe, Arizona or Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania," printed on certificate, indicating the offices were there.  The 1912-1913 Copper Handbook, p623, reports that the mine office was located at Magistral, Durango, Mexico and was organized in 1911 (although the seal indicates 1910 as the year of incorporation.) This company owned all the stock in the Santa Maria del Oro Mines & Smelters Co.  The property consisted of 32 claims, 441 hectacres, 1089 acres of mineral lands, 397 hectacres of mill and  smelter sites, besides miscellaneous lands and leasehold of timber lands.  The Magistral mine was developed by 3 tunnels and 9 shafts.  It had a large body of slightly cupriferous pyrite with quartz and limestone gangue.  It carried an average of .5 to 5 % copper with probably less than 1 oz. Silver and 15 to 20 grams gold per metric ton.   Black print with brown border and safety print on white paper.  The company also operated the Cocinera mine and they had opened an ore shoot 1000 feet long and 15 feet wide.  Reportedly it averaged $10 in gold and copper with a bit of silver.  Due to the Mexican revolution, the Company developed known and accessible orebodies to avoid interference. 10 x 14.5.  $40 

1105.	Mexico.  Durango.  San Juan de Guadalupe.  Mexican Mining & Milling Co, c.1902.  Prospectus.  Incorporated in Arizona Territory in 1902, 4 x 6, 14 pages, cover gray cardstock with red lettering front and back.  The properties are in the southeastern part of Durango and consist of 4 mines, the El Encino, La Tinaja, El Povenir, and Guadalupe.  Long sections of the El Encino, Guadalupe, and Media Luna mines are shown on page 3.  Extremely fine condition.  $75 

1106.	Mexico.  General.  American & Mexican Prospecting Developing & Mining Co, c.1905.  Promotional paper.  3 x 6 tri-folded, 9 x 12 unfolded, 1 p., printed on both sides.  Small map of all of western Mexico but no property locations shown.  On back cover is a wood block print of a prospector and an Indian.  Highly promotional with statement that "There is here and there an individual who advances the argument that mining is a speculation, in contradistinction to what he terms legitimate business.  Those who do this are either prejudiced or misinformed."  The author goes on to say that 95% of mercantile businesses fail and intelligent mining has a much less percentage of failures.  Written by J.F. Delgado, Manager, San Diego, California.  VF condition, with penciled strike out of Oakland, Cal., and handwritten "San Diego, Cal."  $50

1107.	Mexico.  General.  Mexican Metals Saving Co, c.1904.  Prospectus.  Incorporated in Arizona.  8 x 13, 8 pages, bound at top by staples and gray backing sheet.  Promoted by Baldwin, Fairchilds & Co., New York.  An obvious scam.  This company had the following officers:  General S.S. Yoder, president (ex-congressman, Ohio, Washington, D.C.), Geo. H. Shoulters, vice-president (Physician, Washington, D.C.), and Ellis F. Frost, secretary and treasurer (ex-secretary, Telephone Co. of America, Washington, D.C.).  The company seeks to raise $1 million on a new process and apply it in Mexico - "an invention and process discovered by Robert McKnight (a prominent metallurgist), for the extraction and saving of all ore values in any and every kind of ore and practically without the loss of any of the values."  "The discovery of this process is equal in value to the discovery of steam, the telegraph or the telephone.  It will revolutionize mining of the world and make its owners the Metal Kings of the age."  The company claims that all the metals in any kind of ore is quickly volatilized, and then condensed and precipitated as separate metals of refined high purity, all within ninety minutes.  From crusher to 1000 proof refined bars of pure gold, silver, copper, and lead in less than 3 hours.  Wow, what a deal.  Even competent refineries don't carry refining to 1000 fineness.  Other statements: "nothing more valuable has ever been invented by man."  "This process-will control absolutely the world's output of these metals-."  The write-up to sell this scam makes for interesting reading.  The writers were quite creative and basically appealed to greed instincts.  A "new secret process", is often at the heart of mining scams, even in modern times.  In fact, when a new or secret ore extraction process is mentioned, there is almost a certainty there is a scam coming.  Extremely fine condition, with folds.  $75 

1108.	Mexico.  General.  Mexican Securities Co, c.1902-1905.  Incorporated in New York.  Promotional pamphlet, 6 x 3, 10 pages, cover very pale blue textured paper, staple binding.  The company purports to have acquired the "Millionaires Mines called now: Los Pobres" of gold and silver.  No location is given, and there are no such mines in a current database of over 4,000 Mexican mines.  The company also plans to form no less than 56 different companies ranging from export-import to steamship to mining.  Extremely fine condition, with penciled note "defunct" handwritten on front cover.  $50  

1109.	Mexico.  General.  Palmarito Mining Co.  Cert #90.  Incorporated in Arizona in 1921.  Issued to George F. Tyler for 5,000 shares in 1923.  Signed by president and Jas. A. Dunn, secretary.  Green border, uncancelled, 8 x 11, VF condition with folds.  We could find no references for this company.  $20 

1110.	Mexico.  General.  Santa Ramona Gold Mines Co.  Cert #84.  Incorporated in Iowa.  Issued to N.F. Baker for 30 shares in 1905 at Lucas, Iowa.  Signed by F.H. Knott, president and Norm. F. Baker, secretary.  Gold border with gold safety print and seal, vignette of underground mining scene with 8 miners working, top center, vignette in brown of lady, lower center, uncancelled, 8 x 11, VF to excellent condition with folds.  No information was found for this property in our files.  $25

1111.	Mexico.  General.  Toreador Mining and Leasing Co.  Cert #294.  Incorporated in Arizona.  Issued to John C. Henry for 100 shares in 1908.  Signed by J. Haber, vice president and secretary, name illegible.  Datelined Cleveland, Ohio.  Black border, red punch print of "not over one hund. shares", 8 x 10.  Very fine.  No information for this company in our files.  $25 

1112.	Mexico.  Guanajuato.  Guanajuato.  Guanajuato Reduction & Mines Co, c.1904.  Prospectus for the sale of bonds.  6 x 9, 60 pages.  Printer: Cheltenham Press, N.Y.  Cover cream-colored cardstock with brown and green lettering.  The bonds were for the purpose of buying several properties in the Guanajuato mining district to process old mining dumps.  Included is a brief report by mining engineer Louis S. Noble, and also a report by C.W. Van Law.  Included are 18 black & white photos, 6 x 4, of the city of Guanajuato, mining buildings and plants and underground mining scenes from the period.  Authors note:  Throughout its history, the Guanajuato district has produced an estimated 80 million tons of ore with over 1 billion ounces silver and 4.6 million ounces gold, a world-class silver-gold district.  There are a number of mines now operating, including the Las Torres by Penoles, at 2,800 tons per day, and the El Cubo by other operators.  VF condition with slight water stains upper left, and some wrinkles front cover and few pages.  Small folded corner lower right cover.  $100 

1113.	Mexico.  Guanajuato.  Guanajuato.  Guanajuato River Mining Co, 1903.  Prospectus.  Incorporated in New York.  8 x 7, 8 pages.  Printer: The J.C. Hall Company, Providence, R.I., pages affixed at top by three brass fasteners, with dark gray art paper back.  The company proposes a novel project to recover old process tailings from a sever-mile stretch of the Guanajuato River.  These tailings resulted from 346 years of mining from 1557 to 1903.  They further postulate that over this period, the mines have produced 30 million tons of ore, with the tailings assumed to contain 6 million ounces of unrecovered gold at a grade of 1/3 ounce gold per ton.  Adding up the supposed losses of gold, silver, mercury, and copper they calculate a "conservative" gross value of $198 million in the river tailings.  The prospectus nowhere mentions sampling of the prospective tailings, nor any measures of the volume remaining.  VF condition, with penciled notations on cover page.  $50 

1114.	Mexico.  Guerrero.  Bravos.  La Dicha mine.  Mitchell Mining Co, c.1902, (La Dicha Mining & Smelting Co. of Mexico).  2 Items.  Item 1:  Prospectus, circa 1902, 6 x 9, 4 pages, folded.  The property, named the La Dicha is 40 miles north of Acapulco, Guerrero.  La Dicha is a copper property with chalcopyrite replacement in beds over an area 5 miles long by 1,000 feet wide.  The company reported ore in sight of 270,000 tons assaying 40- 74% copper, which had a value of abut $30 million.  They reported also 4 million tons of 4 - 10% copper ore.  VF condition with folds.  Item 2:  Report.  Copy of report of Prof. Robert T. Hill, dated December 24, 1902.  8 1/2 x 11, 4 pages.  Hill describes the geology of the mine and region.  He terms the copper deposit a "true fissure vein", and compares its geology to be identical to Ducktown, TN, Virginia, and Inguaran mine in Michoacan, Mexico.  This type of deposit is now recognized as a volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit, formed on the ocean bottom by black smokers.  Hill noted very little previous work, in spite of quite high grade copper assays, such as large faces assaying 8% copper.  Mitchell had estimated there to be 30 million tons of ore at about 6% copper.  The La Dicha massive sulfide prospect is still there nowadays, yet to be mined, if and when economics permit.  The company was in dire financial condition by 1908, and the criticisms offer by the Copper Handbook (Vols 5, 6, & 7) were founded (Copper Handbook, 1908, p. 954-956).  VF condition, foxing and tears at major fold.  $75 

1115.	Mexico.  Jalisco.  Ameca.  Ajax property.  Philadelphia Copper & Gold Mining, Milling & Smelter Co, 1901.  Prospectus.  Incorporated in New Jersey.  1901, 8 1/2 x 14, folded to 3 x 8 1/2 , 4 pages.  Prospectus lists 3 mining properties held, Ajax, La Concha-La Perla, and Pijinto Ranch Gold property.  The Ajax is a copper property 18 miles south of Ameca.  The La Concha-La Perla is a copper-gold-silver property 25 miles west of Ameca on the Ameca river, and the Pijinto Ranch Gold property is about 80 miles west of Ameca on the Ameca river.  VF.  $75  

1116.	Mexico.  Jalisco.  Ayutla.  El Progreso.  El Progreso Copper Mines, c.1901.  Lot of 3 pcs.  Inc. in South Dakota.  Item 1:  Promotional paper entitled "Statement Relating to El Progreso Copper Mines", 1899, 8 1/2 x 11, 4 pages folded from 11 x 17.  Signed by D.B. Russell.  The El Progreso group includes the La Magoto, Camichines, Restauradoro, Buena Esperanza, Santa Cruz and Vivora mines.  The paper states that the ores average 12% copper, 12 oz. silver per ton, and a trace of gold.  The company was merged into the Imperial Corona Gold Mining Co, 1904 (Copper Handbook, 1908, p.655).  VF.  Item 2:  Mimeograph letter on company letterhead, dated 9/17/01, signed by J.H. Thornsby, Secy.  8 1/2 x 11.  Transmittal letter that refers to report of David B. Russell, Manager of mines in Mexico.  VF  Item 3:  Synopsis of company, 6 x 9, 4 pages folded from 1 page.  Point list of company and mine items.  VF Condition.  $50 

1117.	Mexico.  Jalisco.  Bolanos.  Anita Mining Co, 1902.  Marketing Letters.  Lot of 3 pcs.  Item 1:  Promotional brochure entitled: Photographs of the Anita Mining Company's Plant.  8 1/2 x11, folded, 4 pages, with two photos on the inside pages.  Black & white photos 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 show two views of the Company's plant, including mine buildings, and listing of mine and mill equipment.  Item 2: Cash subscription blank for first mortgage 6 per cent gold bonds of the Anita Mining Company.  7 1/2 x 9.  Item 3:  Letterhead blank, carbon copy white paper, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 Listing of Peter J. Quinn, president, Fred J. Dixon, vice-president, Henry Henken, treasurer, and John W. Cavanagh, secretary.  Producers of copper bullion and matte.  Operating copper mines at Bolanos, state of Jalisco, Mexico.  This letterhead note is only mention of possible location of the company's mines as being at Bolanos.  Bolanos is a famous silver-mining district dating to early times, and being mined presently.  The smelter was idle and company experimented with a "new-fangled" reduction process, which the investor firmly expected would turn raw ore into blister copper, without fluxes, in one heat (Copper Handbook, 1906, p.204).  Company was dead by 1908.  Condition of item 1, VF with fold and tears of 1/2 and 1 inch on front page.  Also straight pin with very slight rust holding items together.  Items 2 and 3 Excellent.  $75 

1118.	Mexico.  Jalisco.  Etzatlan.  Amparo Mining Co, 1903.  Incorporated in New Jersey.  Promotional brochures, 2 items.  Jalisco, Mexico promotion,.  Item 1: Promotional brochure 3 1/2 x 6 folded, 13 1/2 x 6 unfolded, 1 p., printed on both sides.  Names three mines held, the Amparo, Santo Domingo, and Canada Mines, all near the city of Etzatlan, Jalisco.  The company proposes to immediately install a 100-ton per day mill at the Santo Domingo mine based on a favorable report by A.L. Waters (Item 1).  They forecast annual net profits of $1.8 million and annual stockholders dividends of 60.2 per cent.  Item 2: Promotional brochure 3 1/2 x 6 folded, 13 1/2 x 6 unfolded, 1 p., printed on both sides.  Entitled Amparo Mining Company, Drexel Building, Philadelphia, Extracts from report on the Santo Domingo Mine by Albert L. Waters, E.M.  The Santo Domingo is a fissure vein deposit, 6 to 20 or 30 feet wide, with native gold and silver, together with silver, lead, and copper sulfides and arsenides.  The mine has two shafts, one 410-foot deep, and the other 426 feet deep.  There were 5904 feet of "useful" drifts and crosscuts.  Waters reported a total of 333,000 tons of probable ore, in pillars, vein, backfill, and old dumps.  VF condition.  $75

1119.	Mexico.  Jalisco.  Mascota.  Rancho de Pijinto.  El Diaz Gold & Copper Co, c.1901.  Prospectus.  Incorporated in New Jersey.  4 x 9, 32 pages.  Cover pale reddish brown, with black text and photo, 3 x 3 1/2 of General Porfirio Diaz, President of Mexico.  Photos on back cover showing ancient vs. "modern" methods (of processing).  Officers listed are:  Daniel Lammot, Jr., president, Edward E. Cattell, VP, Robt. P. Molten, treasurer, and Aubrey F. Lee, secretary.  The company held the following claims: El Porfirio Diaz, La Republica, La Garrapala, El Muerte, La Esperanza, La Valenciana, La Clemencia, and La Zacateria, a total of 46 claims totaling 116 acres.  Descriptions of the various mines, grades of ore, and numerous illustrations of scenes of mining buildings, miners, mine buildings, and plants.  Upper part of company letterhead stationery attached to first page.  Dated October 30, 1901.  VF condition.  $100 

1120.	Mexico.  Jalisco.  Tapalpa.  Mineral de la Palma.  Keystone Copper Smelter Co, c.1901.  Prospectus.  Incorporated in New Jersey.  4 x 9, 32 pages.  Cover yellow, with black text and photo, 3 x 4 of Street in Guadalajara, Mexico.  Photos on back cover showing ancient vs. "modern" methods (of processing).  Same photos as item above: El Diaz Gold and Copper Company.  Officers are also the same men, but shifted roles:  Robt. P. Molten, president, Edward E. Cattell, VP, Daniel Lammot, Jr., treasurer, and Aubrey F. Lee, secretary.  The company's property is described to be 75 miles southwest of Guadalajara and consisted of five separate mines; La Mexicana, San Juan, Las Tres Gracies. Ha Suis Maria, and La Palma  Descriptions of the various mines, grades of ore, and numerous photographs of landscape scenes.  Five of the photos are identical to those of the El Diaz prospectus.  They are: arrival at camp, prospector's mill, mining camp, concentrating gold and silver mill, and mine patio & tool house.  Dated October 30, 1901.  VF condition, penciled name top of first page.  $100 

1121.	Mexico.  Michoacan.  Tlalpujahua.  El Oro-Tlalpujahua.  La Alexandria Gold Mining & Smelting Co, 1904.  Promotional paper, entitled Map and Monthly Reports, 8 1/2 x 14, bound by rivet, upper left, 5 pages.  Includes claim map from which the company holdings appear to be the following claims: Alemania, La Poloma, El Vivian, and La Alexandria.  It is not known whether these particular claims became good producers, however the El Oro-Tlalpujahua district, now inactive, is one of the best former gold producers in Mexico.  Total size of the district (previous production plus remaining resources) totals about 7.5 million ounces gold.  The district has been consolidated, and is now held by Luismin, a large Mexican mining company.  Extremely fine.  $75 

1122.	Mexico.  Nayarit.  Tepic.  El Cambio Gold Mining Co, 1902.  Prospectus.  Incorporated in South Dakota.  8 x 5, 34 pages.  Printer Ebbert Richardson Co., Cincinnati.  Cover is pale-green cardstock with brown lettering of title.  The El Cambio is a gold and silver-bearing quartz vein that ranges to 74 feet wide, and extends 8,200 feet along strike.  The company holds mining claims covering this strike length.  The vein was opened by a 1000-foot tunnel, reportedly all in ore.  Old records reported previous production of $2.4 million in gold from 1740 to 1750, and the property justified a government mint at the town site.  The property is located 40 miles north of Tepic and on the west slope of the Sierra Madre.  There are a number of photos, small regional map, and sketches of the mine.  There is a tear-out stock subscription blank inside the front cover.  VF condition.  $100 

1123.	Mexico.  Oaxaca.  Ocatlan.  Baldomero Mines, c.1904.  Promotional pamphlet.  Incorporated in Maine.  4 x 9, 7 pages.  Printer, Lehmaier Press, N.Y.  Cover brown cardstock with title "Baldomero Mines", with penciled notation E.R. Harrington Co., 42 Broadway.  Officers are listed as: Wm. C. Van Antwerp, president, Henry G. Weil, vice-president, C.A. Bramley, Treasurer, and S.W. Cushman, secretary.  The Company's mine is 23 miles south of Oaxaca and is a gold-silver bearing vein worked by a 200-foot deep shaft.  The main vein is the San Juan, and operations date to the 16th century.  The company obtained a report on the property dated 1904 by C.A. Hamilton, engineer.  Excellent condition, with penciled note on cover, and on p. 3.  $75

1124.	Mexico.  Sinaloa.  Capala.  Mexican Premier Mines Co.  Cert #1427.  Incorporated in Idaho in 1926.  Issued to S. H. Draper for 3,000 shares in 1928 at Spokane, Washington.  Signed by vice president and secretary, names illegible.  Black border, cancelled with numerous punch holes though signatures and seal, 9 x 12, VF condition with folds and cancellation punch holes.  Company held three groups of claims at Capala, east of Mazatlan.  Quartz veins 1 to 12 ft wide carried silver ore with some gold values.  The veins contained galena.  Samples were reported to carry 21 to 30 oz per ton silver, 4 to 10% lead and $1 to $2 gold per ton.  The mine had 6,000 ft. of workings including 1,000 ft along an ore shoot on the 300 ft level.  [Mines Hndbk, 1926, p.1998].  $20 

1125.	Mexico.  Sinaloa.  Choix.  Choix Consolidated Mining Co Ltd, 1902.  Prospectus and letter.  Incorporated in Arizona.  Prospectus 8 1/2 x 13, print on front, map on back.  Printed from: Western Mining Herald, October, 1902.  Prospectus describes 18 mines held by company, that are for copper, lead, gold, silver, and placer gold.  The mines were named Republica, Recompensa, Espenozena, Colon, Monte Cristo, Creston Verde, La Union, Santa(o) Tomas, Las Palmas, Piramide, Victoria, Rosarita, Estrella, Placeres de Tatahojo, Placeres de Quelele, San Pedro, Trigarante, and the California.  Santo Tomas is a porphyry copper deposit that has received recent exploration by several Canadian junior mining companies.  In 2000, Morgain Minerals reported completion of prefeasibility for a total of 92 million tonnes grading 0.409% copper [Ref: Morgain website, 3/7/00].  The letter is 6 x 9, one page, and is handwritten to the N.Y.Commercial, enclosing 50 cents postage for a one-month subscription.  The letter is also a transmittal letter for the above Prospectus.  The letter is from Arthur Gleason, agent for the Choix Consolidated Mining Co. Ltd, and written on Hotel Henry, Pittsburgh stationery.  Both items VF condition with folds, and brown aging.  $50 

1126.	Mexico.  Sinaloa.  Choix.  Choix Consolidated Mining Co Ltd.  Incorporated in Arizona in 1902.  Letter collection of 43 pages from files of D.D. Demarest Company, a mine supplier in San Francisco, California, 8 1/2 x 11, 2 original typed letters, and 11 carbon copies, of correspondence dated 1908-1910, between Demarest and Choix Consolidated Mining Co., Ltd.  Included is a 9 page report on detailed specifications of iron and steel work for a copper blast furnace.  Good condition, with minor tears and creases.  Company held copper property consisting of 479 hectares near El Fuerte.  From 1900 to 1902, the property shipped 1,062 tons of ore to the Aquascalientes smelter that averaged 19.5 to 28% copper, with gross values of $127,915 and net values of $47,940.  In November, 1910, the company placed an order with the Mill & Smelter Engineering Co., New York, for a steel frame smelter, apparently of the specifications provided by the description in this collection.  [Ref: 1910CH, p.608]  $50  

1127.	Mexico.  Sinaloa.  Coabortita.  San Marcos mine.  Mexican Mining & Exploration Co, 1903.  Incorporated in Maine.  Lot of 3 pcs.  Item 1:  Report on San Marcos Mine, March 18, 1903, 8 1/2 x 11, 4 pages folded.  The San Marcos mine is reached by 1 1/2 days ride by trail from Rosario.  The property contains 3 mining claims totaling 93 acres.  The property contains the San Marcos vein and the Coabortita vein.  The Coabortita averages 15 feet wide of white quartz with gold values reported to average from $10 to $15 per ton (0.5 to 0.75 oz. per ton).  Extremely fine condition with folds.  Item 2:  Report on San Marcos mine, March 11, 1903.  8 1/2 x 11, 4 pages folded.  A description of the San Marcos indicates 1,500 feet of drifts and tunnels on the vein and a sample taken at the San Enrique shaft across the vein where it was 12 feet wide, resulted in 22 ounces silver per ton, and $5.00 gold (0.25 ounces per ton). The report also describes the Florentina Mine with a 12-foot wide vein with ore averaging $7.00 per ton gold  (1/3 oz per ton) and silver averaging 14 oz. per ton.  Extremely fine condition, with folds, some brown aging.  Item 3:  Small promotional foldout, 6 x 3, 4 pages.  Describes purpose of company and the it holds the San Marcos and San Florentina.  Extremely fine condition.  $100 

1128.	Mexico.  Sinaloa.  Copala.  El Arco Mines Co, c.1905-1910.  Prospectus.  Incorporated in Maine.  3 1/2 x 9, 4 pages.  Cover medium gray, heavy paper, with title in black on front cover.  The company holds 5 mining claims totaling 36 acres in the town of Copala.  The property contains of veins carrying gold and silver, with a reported 1,500 feet of tunnels, shafts, and other workings.  The Assays are reported to run $25 to $150 per ton (1.25 to 7.2 ounces gold per ton).  They report "Practically adjoining the property of the El Arco Mines Company are two big income producers, which gave an income last year of $1,344,620.30".  Indeed, the larger mine at Copala, now inactive, is held by Minera Bacis, a Mexican mining company.  They have reported potential ore of 2.2 million tonnes averaging 1.5 gram gold per tonne, and 208 grams silver per tonne.  VF condition with penciled notes on outside and inside of front cover.  $50

1129.	Mexico.  Sonora.  Arizpe.  Fay Cananea Copper Co.  Cert #517.  Incorporated in Arizona 1907.  Issued to Ross Allison for 50 shares in 1907.  Signed by Marcus L. Fay, president and George M. Fay, secretary.  Black border with green safety print, eagle vignette at top center, uncancelled, 8 x 11.  Fine condition with folds, creases and tears with chips upper right and edges.  Company held extensive lands in the region of Cananea, ranging from 6 miles northeast of Cananea to 21 miles east of Cananea. One of the properties carried assays of 6% copper, 10% lead and 30 oz. silver per ton.  No production reported and company was probably dead in 1918.  [Ref: 1908CH, p. 681, 1918CH, p. 1680].  $30

1130.	Mexico.  Sonora.  Arizpe.  Minas Pedrazzini Gold & Silver Mining Co, S.A Correspondence.  Two letters to R.E. Allison from Minas Pedrazzini advising the exchange of each 15 American shares of the company for one share of the stock of Societe Francaise of Paris.  Notice of special meeting of Minas Pedrazzini Societe Francaise in Paris in 1926.  See lot above for story.  $25  

1131.	Mexico.  Sonora.  Aztec.  United States Exploration Co, 1902.  Incorporated in Colorado.  Lot of 2 pcs.  Item 1:  Market letter, dated August 20, 1902, 6 x 9, 4 pages.  Company formed as an exploration company to obtain options with low initial payments on promising properties, then explore and develop them only if the measure up.  If not, the company would go on to other opportunities.  Extremely fine condition, with folds.  Item 2:  Promotional pamphlet on the Aztec copper mine, circa 1902, 6 x 9, 4 pages, folded.  Center is large, 9 x 7 photoprint of outcropping ore in a vein, 16 feet wide, that forms a knob 60 feet high.  This was the first property acquired by the Exploration Company, and sampling produced assays ranging to 43.5% copper and 13.4 ounces silver per ton.  This property is now known as the Piedras Verdes copper project, about 10 miles northeast of Alamos, Sonora.  Recent years have seen drilling by both junior and major companies.  VF.  $50 

1132.	Mexico.  Sonora.  Campo Santo Nino.  Yaqui Copper Company, 1902.  Incorporated in West Virginia.  Promotional pamphlet, entitled: Letters - Reports - Extracts, Etc. Relating to the Yaqui Copper Company, 8 1/2 x 11, 26 pages, mimeographed, one sided.  Cover of dark gray art paper folded, and report stapled to back.  No printed title on cover.  Contains a report of S.F. Pierce, E.M., of St. Paul Minn., 1902, that states "- deposits of nearly every known kind of valuable mineral-" and "-the tonnage will reach so far into the millions that I object to placing the figures in this report;-".  A report by A.E. Magoris, M.D., Nov. 29, 1902. includes a statement that "to attempt to place in figures the volume of this ore body would be a task for a mathematician."  One of the reports was by Gen. Henry Ide Willey, now Engineer of Mines for the company.  His resume is given, and is an impressive accounting of his career from 1870 with the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, to Surveyor General of the State of California from 1882 to 1887, Consulting engineer for Stanislaus Mining, and reported on the Sutro Tunnell, V.C. Nevada in 1891, and reports for George Hearst on the Anaconda Mine in 1892, and many more consulting projects in numerous states, Santo Domingo, West Indies, Puerto Rico, and other localities.  His statements on Yaqui Copper Companyy's properties were very favorable, indicating copper ore 13,120 meters long, from 25 to 250 meters wide, and to unknown depths.  Assays average 14.9% copper, 6.6 ounces silver per ton, and $2.09 gold per ton (0.105 ounces per ton).  Nowhere in the pamphlet is the location of the property given.  It is probably on the Yaqui River, and from its description is probably the property now called San Antonio de la Huerta, north of Tonichi on the west side of the Yaqui River.  This property is a copper-gold-silver deposit that has received much exploration activity since 1996.  In 1999 it was held by Alamos Minerals Ltd., and Laminco  Resources Inc.  In 1996, a previous operator announced a resource of 5 million tonnes averaging 2.84 grams gold per tonne for a contained total of 530,000 oz gold [Ref: News release 10-17-96].  Extremely fine condition, handwritten title upper right corner of cover.  $75 

1133.	Mexico.  Sonora.  General.  Monte Visto Mining Co.  Cert #130.  Incorporated in Arizona.  Issued to J. P. Boyle for 250 shares in 1905.  Signed by Geo W. Cass president and Gid Graham secretary.  Black border with vignettes of underground miner swinging pick at each corner, miner standing with pick side centers.  Vignette of underground mining scene with 4 miners upper left, gold safety print and seal, uncancelled, 8 x 11, VF condition with folds, 1/4 inch tears on three folds.  Company had office in Douglas, Arizona and held a gold-silver mine in Sonora that employed 25 men.  Written up as Monte Vista rather than Monte Visto in Dunbar.  [Ref: 1907 Dunbar, p.204].  $25

1134.	Mexico.  Sonora.  La Colorada.  Creston Colorada Mine.  Mines Company of America, c.1902.  Special Letter from Calvin Bullock, Mines, Stocks, Bonds, Denver, Colorado.  Incorporated in Maine.  8 x 11, 4 pages folded.  12 x 3 1/2 center photograph of surface plant and tramway, and 7 x 2 photograph on back page of another portion of surface improvements.  The letter offers a small block of 10,000 shares at $1.15 per share, obtained from a smaller shareholder who needed the money.  The companies stock is reported to be closely held with only 15 shareholders total.  The letter states the mine is one of the largest gold producers in Mexico and has produced about $14 million (approximately equal to 700,000 ounces gold)  Over the previous 3 years it has produced $1.5 million (probably about 75,000 ounces gold).  The letter also states the company owns about a one-fifth interest in the Dolores Limited, an English company who owns the Dolores gold mine in Chihuahua.  Authors note:  The La Colorada is about a 45 minute drive east of Hermosillo, and was opened in 1994 as an open-pit, heap leach gold mine by El Dorado Corp, a Canadian junior company.  They successfully mined the property until about 1999, then sold it to their mining contractor, Grupo Minero, S.A. de C.V., who mined for two more years, and are just now winding down the operation.  Over its life, the La Colorada has produced about 2.5 million ounces gold.  Gold occurs in quartz veins, veinlets and disseminations in quartz porphyry, diorite, and andesite.  As a separate note, the Dolores is being explored by Minefinders Corp. Ltd., and they have been working the project since about 1995, having completed 245 drill holes.  They report an independent resource audit of about 2.7 million ounces gold, and 161 million ounces silver in 115.6 million tonnes.  VF condition, with folds and tears of 1/2 to 1 inch at fold.  $75 

1135.	Mexico.  Sonora.  Magdalena.  Black Mountain Mining Co.  Cert #11231.  Incorporated in Arizona in 1904.  Issued to Mike Petranek for 10 shares in 1907.  Signed by W. Z. Stuart, president, and (illegible) secretary.  Orange border, uncancelled, 8 x 12, VF condition with folds, small nick lower right.  Company held several idle copper claims in the Patagonia and Pajorita dis tricts of Santa Cruz County, Arizona.  The company's main property was the Cerro Prieto gold mine, 26 miles southeast of Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico.  The Cerro Prieto consisted of a gold-bearing vein and a low grade auriferous porphyry.  The porphyry was reported to assay from $4 to $12 per ton, and average $7 per ton (0.35 oz per ton).  The vein was reported to extend 11,000ft and show widths of 20 - 100 ft.  Improvements at the mine in 1906 consisted of a 120 stamp mill, under construction, operated by electricity from a 26-mile line built from the mine to a generating plant in Magdalena.  The site also had an 18 room hotel.  [Ref: 1905CH, p237, 1906CH, p256]  $35 

1136.	Mexico.  Sonora.  Nogales.  Golden Treasure Co, c.1903.  Lot of 2 different pcs.  Incorporated in Arizona with offices in New York.  Promotional pamphlet.  Pocket-sized, 3 x 6, 9 pages (folded accordion-like from one piece).  The company reports it will operate the property known as "The Gold Mine Group", southwest of Nogales, Arizona, and 15 miles south of the U.S. border.  The group consists of 40 "gold mining claims" covering a vein with numerous prospect pits and tunnels.  The promoters invite purchase of either common or preferred stock, and allow it to be purchased in monthly installments.  Promotional letter, circa 190_, to "Our correspondents:  8 1/2 x 11, one page, which ends in middle of a sentence.  Other pages missing.  At top of letterhead is a drawing of snow-capped mountains with the heading "Thunder Mountain".  Letter mentions Sonora, but not particulars.  VF condition, with folds.  $75 

1137.	Mexico.  Sonora.  Sahuaripa.  Cieneguita.  Cieneguita Copper Co, 1903.  Promotional packet, 8 1/2 x 13, 17 pages, includes photographs of mines, mine workings, and landscapes.  Also enclosed is a topographical map of Eastern Sonora, 11 x 16, in two colors.  Also a 20 x 8 waterpaint black & white drawing by G.A. Cofin of Cieneguita and the Chipiona Group of mines nearby.  The company has 13 mines totaling 2,347 acres for gold, silver, and copper.  They are: In the Chipiona Group, La Chipiona, La Colorada, La Plomosa, La Cargonas, and El Phoenix.  In the Ostimuris Group, the San Yldefons- de Ostimuris, and La Prieta.  In the Tayapa Group, the El Tajo, La Tayapa, La Descomulgada, and La Yglesia.  And in the Colorada de la Casita Group, the La Cananea, and Colorada de la Casita.  Fine condition, with cover gone, tears and chips mostly affecting the top page.  $100 

1138.	Mexico.  Sonora.  San Geronimo.  El Tajo Mining Co, S.A. Correspondence, 1910-13.  Lot of 40+ pcs.  Offices in New York City, N.Y., and mines located in Sonora, Mexico.  Letter collection of 43 pages from files of D.D. Demarest Company, a mine supplier in San Francisco, California, 8 1/2 x 11, 2 handwritten letters, 11 original typed letters, and 30 carbon copies, of correspondence dated 1910-1913, between Demarest and El Tajo Mines.  A letter dated 1912 referred to the mine being closed due to rebel activities, and a letter of 1913 from El Tajo Mining Company to D.D. Demarest seeking extensions of payment until "it is safe for Americans to return to Mexico.  Tajo Mining Company held the Tajo and Geronimo silver-lead mines that employed 50 men and operated a 25 ton per day mill at the San Geronimo, Sonora.  Good condition, with minor tears and creases.  [Ref: Dunbar, 1911, p.274].  $65 

1139.	Mexico.  Sonora.  Torris.  Silver Queen.  Silver Queen United Ltd, 1885.  An English company being offered by Abbott, Page, & Co., London.  Prospectus, 1885, 8 1/2 x 13, 4 pages, folded.  Large photoprint on back cover, 11 x 6 1/2 showing landscape and surface works of the Los Bronces claim.  Company held 7 claims that included the Animas, San Juan, Cruzecitas, Los Bronces, Nahuila, and La Guyosa.  The property was probably at Tecoripa, about 70 miles southeast of Hermosillo where there is a known silver occurrence named the Los Bronces [Ref. USGS, Mrds mineral database].  Extremely fine condition, with some foxing, folded, and inked dates top margin.  $75 

1140.	Mexico.  Sonora.  Ure.  Galiva.  Vega Mining & Milling Co, 1902.  Prospectus.  Incorporated in South Dakota. , 3 x 6, folded, 12 pages, with 8 1/2 x 11 fold-out letter affixed to inside back cover.  Cover pale blue cardstock with blue-lettered title "A Business Proposition".  The company held the El Gavilan group of silver mines including the La Luz, El Porvenir, and Grande de San Jose.  The properties are located 38 miles northeast of Hermosillo.  They report a 5-foot wide vein with a pay streak of 1-foot, averaging 1,700 ounces silver per ton, and the remainder of the vein averaging 55 ounces.  Back page is a sketch map of northern Sonora, showing location of mines, and a sketch map of the vein, with shafts.  Letter affixed to inside back cover dated April 8, 1902, highly promoting the sale of company stock.  VF condition.  $75 

1141.	Mexico.  Sonora.  Ures and Magdalena.  Richfield Mining Co, 1902.  Prospectus.  Incorporated in 1901.  4 x 9, 20 pages, cover pale brown gray cardstock with red lettering, thread bound.  Printed: press of Byron S. Adams.  Company held  the following mining properties: Nacimiento, silver and gold; Llave, silver and gold; Los Dos Naciones, copper, silver and gold; and the La Mexicana, copper, silver and gold.  These properties totaled about 700 acres.  The Los Dos Naciones and La Mexicana, are reported to contain copper assays ranging from 3% to 40%, and averaging 13% in porphyry dikes in limestone and quartzite.  The Nacimiento is reported to assay from 75 to 5,000 ounces silver per ton.  The Llave is reported to carry copper and silver values in veins with assays of 40 to 350 ounces silver per ton.  The company was succeeded by the Richfield Copper Co and in 1907, the camp was raided by Yaqui Indians forcing the closure of the mine (Copper Handbook, 1908, p.1174).  VF condition with chips missing from upper corners.  $75

1142.	Mexico.  Sonora.  Ures.  Ramona.  Kansas City &Sonora Mining & Milling Co, c.1901.  Incorporated in Arizona.  Lot of 2 items.  Item 1:  Prospectus, circa 1901, 4 x 9, 17 pages, yellow cover with black print on front, and photo of Mamona (Ramona) mine and mill on back.  Includes small bookmark made from page of prospectus of Mingo Gold Mining Company affixed inside front cover.  Company properties include the Ramona, Isabel, Murcielago, Zelma, and Eva claims.  The Ramona is near Gavilan, on the Sonora River, 38 miles northeast of Hermosillo.  The property contains silver-gold bearing fissure veins that range from 3 to 6 feet wide, containing a thinner pay streak within the vein.  Assays run as high as 1,080 ounces silver per ton.  Development consisted of a 325-foot deep shaft with several hundred feet of drifts.  In 1903, the property of the company was sold to the Ures Consolidated MC (Copper Handbook, 1908, p.834).  Extremely fine condition.  Item 2:  Advertisements for stock, 3 pieces, held by straight pin.  5 x 8 1/2 with letter on back, 8 1/2 x 11, advertisements both sides, and 8 1/2 x 11 mimeograph letter advising stock now selling at 50 cents per share.  VF condition, but fragile with foxing, tears to 1 inch.  $100

1143.	Mexico.  Sonora.  Ures.  Ures Consolidated Mining Co, Prospectus, 1903.  Prospectus.  4 1/2 x 10, 20 pages.  Cover white stock with black print and small vignette of flaming torch.  Back cover has two photos, one of the Ramona mill and hoist, and the other of $8,140 in bullion (silver), a 27 day run of the mill.  Center piece is a claim map and a long section of the workings, 9x 10.  The company initially held the Eureka claim, and then acquired the Ramona claim and mine by a quirk of fate.  An American company mined on the Ramona to a depth of 320 feet where their workings went beyond the vertical claim boundary onto the contiguous Eureka claim, a condition of mineral trespass.  They tried to buy the Eureka claim, but Ures Consolidated had them over a barrel, and they ended up selling the Ramona, a proven, operating mine, a 30-ton per day mill, together with all necessary mining equipment to Ures.  The purchase price is not reported, however mention is made of buying the property of Kansas City & Sonora Mining and Milling Company.  Engineers' reports are quoted in the prospectus.  Assays are reported to range to .06 ounces per ton gold, and silver from .21 to 454 ounces per ton.  A number of the samples ran less than 2 oz. silver per ton.  Also enclosed is a 5 x 7 news clipping advertisement.  Extremely fine condition.  $75 

1144.	Mexico.  Sonora.  Verde Grande.  Verde Grande Copper Co, 1901.  Incorporated in Arizona Territory.  Lot of 4 items.  Item 1:  Prospectus, 1901, 6 x 9 1/2, 4 pages, folded.  Company held the Verde Grande gold-silver-copper property 40 miles northwest of Hermosillo, and containing the La Cobriza, La Verde, and Verde Grande claims, totaling 230 acres.  Reported assays range from 0.21 to 9 ounces gold per ton, 34 to 800 ounces silver per ton, and 5 1/2 to 16% copper.  The mineralized zone, is from 30 to 60 feet wide and can be traced on the surface for 5,000 feet.  VF condition with some stains, inked address, and letterhead address affixed to upper right of cover.  Item 2: enclosed in prospectus.  Newspaper clipping entitled: A $12,000,000 Company Promoted in New York on Properties in Various Camps, by Gardner, Mass., Correspondent, penciled date December, 1903.  VF condition, aged.  Item 3: Prospectus, 1902, 6 x 9 1/2, 4 pages, folded.  Description of property and assays as above.  Fine condition, folds, 1/2 to 1-inch tears at folds.  Item 4: Promotional Letter, dated January 14, 1902, 8 1/2 x 11, one page, from J.D. Fresh, Sup't and General manager.  Letter is monthly report of progress at mine and workings completed.  It was reported that they opened a 25-foot vein which assays 172 ounces silver per ton.  The Copper Handbook, 1908, p.1390-91,  reports on this company with the following quoted paragraph, "A leaching plant was being installed, 1904, but nothing has been heard of it recently and presumably it was a failure, like everything else tried by the company.  At last accounts the company was considerably in debt, to several large shareholders, who had advanced funds to keep the property going.  The advertisement apparently is not the one that promoted the corporation, hence should not be responsible for its bad start, but the methods of development and operation employed have been vacillating and inefficient from the beginning, and the company's metallurgical efforts are ridiculous."  VF condition, brittle, with folds and pin holes upper left.  Small 1/4 inch tears at folds.  $100

1145.	Mexico.  Zacatecas.  Pinos.  American-Mexico Exploration Co, c.1904.  Prospectus, 9 x 12, 6 pages, including claim map.  Entitled: "American Money in Mexican Industries".  The company holds several mines consisting of 160 acres at Pinos, developed by shafts up to 450 deep.  However details of grades and tonnages are lacking.  VF condition, some folds, and 1/2 to 1-inch tears at folds.  $75 

1146.	Mexico.  Zacatecas.  Pinos.  King Solomon Mine.  American-Mexico Exploration Co, 1902.  Lot of 2 items.  Item 1: Promotional sheet, 8 1/2 x 17 printed on one side, seeking investors to form a club and pay for $500 5% gold bonds secured by the mining property, and including the right to 10,000 shares of company stock.  Reading the fine print indicates the money was to be used to purchase the mines, which were operating, and to make capital improvements.  The group of mines are one mile from Pinos, Zacatecas.  The company was reported to have a favorable examination by Auguste Mathez, mining engineer.  Item 2:  Memorandum, and sample form, 8 x 19 printed both sides.  Promotional material to encourage investment in the gold bonds.  The reverse side consists of a sample from to "Form a Club for a $500 5% gold bond".  This was a suggested format for the trustee who might form the "club".  Both items VF condition with one to two folds, some browning of paper.  $75

1147.	Peru.  Acari.  Cerro de Pasco.  Cerro de Pasco Tunnel & Mining Co, c.1902.  Incorporated in Maine.  Prospectus and stock subscription blank, 3 x 5 1/2, 20 pages.  Printer: Evening Post Job Print, N.Y.  Cover is light gray cardstock with red lettering.  Prospectus forecasts future annual net income of $15 million from the project which consisted of a proposed 4,050-meter long (2.5 miles) drainage tunnel to extract ores from an estimated 50 million ton deposit.  The Cerro de Pasco is a porphyry-copper type deposit, consisting of polymetallic replacement of carbonate rocks by zinc-lead, copper, silver and some gold.  The deposit size (production plus resources) is 35 million tons of ore [Ref: Mutschler, 1999].  VF condition.  $75 

MINING, GEOLOGY & HARDGOOD ITEMS

1148.	Engineering.  General.  Ferro Carbon-Titanium in Steel Making, 1916.  Talks about steel making, from magnified images of steel to manufacturing a particular steel according to its makeup.  Black hard cover, with gilt print.  Extremely fine.  $30 (no illustration)

1149.	Gems.  Diamond Mines of South Africa, Volumes I and II, 1906 by Gardner F. Williams.  Published by B. F. Buck & Co, NY.  Original mint copy with clean leather and corners.  The copy is so tight we suspect it was seldom viewed.  Contains hundreds of illustrations and fine plates, both black/white and color.  This appears to be the third edition following editions of 1902 and 1904.  There is a preface by Williams dated "August, 1904".  Rare.  Extremely fine.  $900

1150.	Gems.  Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of the Celebrated Devonshire Gems from the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire, K. G., Arranged and Mounted for His Grace as a Panre of Jewels, 1857 by C. F. Hancock.  Printed by T. Brettell, Rupert Street, Haymarket.  Remarkable 8.5 x 11" catalog format with brown boards and gilt trim and title page.  Red satin fly covers with beautiful silk page with printed images of the jewels facing the title page.  Unpaginated, 16pps plus the silk fly.  Gilt on page edges.  Mint Condition.  Rare.  NUC reports one copy, apparently another edition.  $700 

1151.	Geology.  General.  Pre-Cambrian Geology of North America, Bulletin 360, by Charles Richard Van Hise, 1909.  939 hard bound pages, with two fold-out maps.  Leather accents at binding and tips of cover.  Fine, front cover is broken at binding.  $50  

1152.	Geology.  General.  Story of the Rocks, Fourteen Weeks in Popular Geology, by J. Dorman Steele, Ph.D.  Published by A.S. Barnes & Co., 1870-1877.  Inscription on blank page before title page is "Letticia Estella Case, Devils Gate, 1889".  First leaf is inscribed with "Miss Madge Blackurte, St. Mary's Acad, Salt Lake City".  Illustrated, 300 pages, with notes at the end.  Hard bound, with fancy design on cover and spine.  In fine condition, cover is quite worn, with water damage and tears.  $75 

1153.	Geology.  Stratigraphy.  Index to the Stratigraphy of North America 1912, by Bailey Willis, accompanied by a Geologic Map of North America.  Professional Paper No. 71, 1912.  894 pages, with maps at back.  Hard bound, brown cover, with gilt lettering at spine.  $25  (no illustration)

1154.	Mining.  Arizona/Nevada.  Explorations in Nevada and Arizona, Preliminary Report by the War Department, 1871. Lists Brigadier General A.A. Humphreys as chief of engineers under the immediate direction of 1st Lieutenant George M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers. Detailed fold out map of Nevada, Arizona and parts of California attached at rear. Map has two tears- one has modern tape repair. Includes meteorological, geological, natural history, mineralogical and magnetic observation reports. Also discusses photographs of the area, means of communication, Indians, possible sites for military posts, agricultural and grazing lands, mines and a list of 45 questions posed by the reporters. Hardbound, 9 1/4" x 11 3/4", wear to cover and spine, staining and fading with several small bubbles on cover where material is pulling away from backing. Overall VF.  $450 

1155.	Mining.  Base Metals.  Base Metals Related Mining Publications.  Lot of 5 different volumes.  Copper Deposits in Sedimentary and Volcanogenic Rocks, Prof. Paper 907-C, by Elizabeth Tourtelot, 1976.  34 pages, with several microscopic plates.  Geologic & Grade-Tonnage Information on Tertiary Epithermal Precious - and Base Metal Vein Districts..., Bulletinn, 1966, by Dan L. Mosier et al.  39 pages, in table-like format.  Grade & Tonnage Relationships Among Copper Deposits and Geochemical Exploration Techniques..., Prof. Papers 907-A, B, byD.A. Singer et al, and Maurice Chaffee.  1975.  26 pages, with photos.  Geology & Resources of Base-Metal Vanadate Deposits, Prof. Paper 926-A, by R. P. Fischer, 1975.  14 pages, with large, full page maps.  Geology & Resources of Titanium, Prof. Paper 959-A, B, C, D, E, F, by E. R. Force et al, 1976.  About 65 pages, with illustrations.  All publications are in extremely fine condition.  $60  (no illustration)

1156.	Mining.  Candlesticks.  Candlestick Unmarked.  Broken, unmarked stick.  Provenance: James Byers Family, Goldfield, Nevada (please Byers story in our Auction #13 Catalog).  10" long.  $75 

1157.	Mining.  Candlesticks.  Candlestick, Homemade.  The candlestick was made from a piece of steel that was about 16" long.  About 11" up, the maker heated the steel, flattened it and rolled it to a size that would hold a candle.  The forger of the item has a 3 inch piece after the flattening that forms a lever for releasing the candle.  Rusted.  $50 

1158.	Mining.  Candlesticks.  Candlestick, Unmarked.  Early miner's candlestick found in old workings of the Flowery mine, Virginia City, Nevada.  Similar to Wilson-Bobrink #65.  Probably an early stick dating to the 1860-1880 period.  9" long, hanger also functions as the candle release.  Vf.  $75 

1159.	Mining.  Candlesticks.  Varney Engraved Candlestick.  Very rare Varney style stick with a gang punch using small letters.  Not listed in Wilson-Bobrink.  11" long.  Hanger functions also as a release for the candle.  All metal is square and heavy-duty.  Xf.  $100 

1160.	Mining.  Coal.  Coal Mines of the Western Coast of the United States, by Goodyear, W. A., 1877.  Published by A. L. Bancroft & Co.  153pp, not indexed.  Attractive burgundy hard cover with gilt letters.  Spine is faded.  Minor wear along edges of cover.  This volume was the most comprehensive compilation of western coal mines until the 1940-50's.  Very fine.  $325

1161.	Mining.  Equipment.  Machinery Catalog.  Illustrated and Descriptive Catalog of Machinery, Implements, Tools... For Scientific and Practical Purposes in South America and Other Countries, Manufactured by Messrs Charles D. Young and Company, Iron Founders,  Contractors, Engineers, 1854.  Professionally rebound.  Three locations listed: London, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Glasgow.  Professional, collectors cloth and leather, hard bound cover.   Wonderful two color fold-out plate at front of Valparaiso Iron Suspension Pier.  91 pp with illustrations, plus about 40 pages of illustrations at the end.  All text is in English and Spanish.  This catalog offers Railway, Agricultural, General, Mining Machinery and more.  Excerpt from one description:  "Horizontal Rolling Machine... Fig. 1 is considered by some scientific men superior to the Stamping Machine described below, and no doubt is more economical to work.  The stones are thrown into a hopper above, and pass between the cylinders, by which they are broken to very small pieces, falling into baskets or boxes below, and are carried in them to the crushing rollers..."  Vf.  10 x 11 1/2.  $300 

1162.	Mining.  Field Gear.  Mine Safety Ear Plug Kits, c.1910-1930.  Lot of 2 identical pcs.  Ear Wardens, size small and medium.  Gives instructions for use, and care, printed on container.  Black, with gold and black print.  Both seem unused, or minimally.  $40

1163.	Mining.  Field Gear.  Prospector's Canteen, c.1900-1910.  Round, steel water canteen that measures 11.5" in diameter and 3.5" deep.  When full, nearly 2 gallons, this canteen would have been to much to carry in the field prospecting.  This size of canteen would have been better suited to stay with the burro.  Both sides of the canteen are dented.  There are four mounting rods, but the strap is missing.   The lid is also missing. $40 

1164.     Mining.  General.  Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines Vol. II, Ure, Andrew, MD, 1853.  Published by Little, Brown, & Co.  998pp, alphabetical listings.  Pages 132 through 229 are all related to mining industry with other listings regarding the industry but not beginning with M.  This is only volume II of the series.  Professionally rebound.  A few pages have small tears at edges due to acid paper.  Very fine.  $100 

1165.     Mining.  General.  Elementary Geology, by Edward Hitchcock, 1840.  Hitchcock was a Professor of Chemistry and Natural History at Amherst College, and Massachusetts State Geologist.  Published by JS & C. Adams, 1840.  Hardcover, brown with floral detailing, gold lettering on spine faded.  Cover is very worn.  Pull out Paleontological Chart at front has been colored with what looks like water colors; it has been repaired with Christmas stickers.  Has another pull out chart of Stratified Rocks.  Covers rock classification, chemistry and mineralogy of geology, lithological characters of stratified rocks, and of unstratified rocks, paleontology, aqueous and atmospheric agencies in producing geological changes, the history of geology and more!  Illustrated and indexed.  Pages show foxing and general aging, but all text is legible.  Overall conditon is fair.  $150 

1166.	Mining.  General.  Freeport Minerals Co Specimen Certificate, c.1980.  Vignette of two allegorical females holding globe with right hands.  Blue border.  8" x 12".  Xf, hole punches at bottom and where certificate number would be.  Printed by Security-Columbian.  Freeport was a major mining company in the 1980's.  $50

1167.	Mining.  General.  Report of the Director of the Mint..., 1889.  246pp, the last several pages are missing with the indexing being cut off at the O's.  Gold production chart on the first page indicates that in 1888 more than $33 million was mined in the U.S.  Starting on page 87, there are charts that breakdown production by county of the western states.  Some of the states, including Colorado, Nevada, Idaho and Montana are broken by the individual companies, their production within each county.  Cover missing.  Pages in very fine condition.  $100

1168.	Mining.  General.  Report Upon the Mineral Resources of the States and Territories..., 1867, Rossitor Browne.  321pp, not indexed.  This volume is divided into 13 sections.  The first section is a historical sketch of gold discovery in the west.  There are sections on ore deposit characteristics of California and Nevada, including placer gold, Mother Lode, mercury and borax.  Another section offers the general cultural and geographical features of certain mining regions.  Professionally rebound, but in a very unique style of fold out hard boards.  Pages in very acid and in poor condition.  $130

1169.	Mining.  General.  Report Upon the Mining Resources of the States and Territories..., 1868, by Rossitor Brown.  674pp, indexed.  Discusses precious metal production of the western states.  In the more productive states, the individual counties are described.  One of the main references we use in preparation of our catalogs.  Professionally rebound.  Binding in poor condition.  $125  

1170.	Mining.  General.  United States Steel Corporation: Methods for the Commercial Sampling and Analysis of Iron Ores, 1914, copyright by J.M. Camp.  Second edition.  62 pp, illustrated.  Softcover (brown with black print).  Damage to all pages at top and 1/2 " on both sides of center - water or some other liquid damage, causes some pages to stick together.  This booklet covers sampling at mines, sampling from cars at works, cargo sampling, moisture sample, sieve test and many different methods of analysis.  Overall condition is fair.  The name E.A. Hellberg is written in pen on front cover.  $65  (no illustration)

1171.	Mining.  General.  USGS 21st Annual Report, 1901.  This volume is Part III, and contains 6 chapters with the titles listed below.  Newark System of the Pomperaug Valley, CT, by William Herbert Hobbs, 161pp; Laccoliths of the Black Hills, by Thomas Augustus Jaggar, Jr., 131 pages; Iron Ore Deposits of the Lake Superior Region, by C.R. Van Hise, 126 pages; Arkansas Bauxite Deposits, by Charles Willard Hayes, 31pages; Tennessee White Phosphate, by Charles Willard Hayes, 11 pages; Report on the Geology of the Philippine Islands, by George F. Becker, 122 pages.  Hard, green cover, with gilt lettering on spine.  Vf, some pages loose in center, due to weak spine.  $75 

1172.	Mining.  General.  Working of Unstratified Mineral Deposits, 1927, by George J. Young, M.I.E.E., Assoc. Editor of the Engineering and Mining Journal Press.  With a chapters on The Haematite Ores of Cumberland & Furness, by T.S. Durham, F.G.S.  Published by McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., NY.  Printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd.  466 pp including index.  Illustrated.  Chapter topics include: Types of Ore Deposits, Mechanics of Rock Masses, Classification and General Features of Mining Methods, Mining Large Orebodies, Mining Tools and Underground Structures and more!  Hardbound book with red cloth and gilt lettering.  Cover is stained, edges are worn and corners are bent.  Binding is good.  Overall condition is very fine.  $50 

1173.	Mining.  Gold/Metallurgy.  General Metallury 1913, by H.O. Hofman, E.M.  Published by McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1913.  909 pages, with several illustration, including a foldout.  The boards are red with faded gilt lettering.  Fine, wear to top and bottom of spine.  $30  (no illustration) 

1174.	Mining.  Hardware.  Granite Wear Broadside, c.1880-1900.  Cling Steel Ware broadside advertising the New Era Package of granite wear pots and pans.  There are sixty pieces included in the set at a cost of $79.25.  The broadside is folded, measuring 14 x 20" unfolded.  The left half shows different pots, pans and tea kettles included in the set.  The right half shows a cost breakdown if the items were purchased separately.  Staple holes along center fold crease.  Extremely fine.  $100


1175.	Mining.  Hardware.  Hydraulic Mining Nozzle Foundry Pattern, c.1870-1900.  Wood pattern in two pieces of a hydraulic mining nozzle.  This pattern was made for a foundry in Nevada City probably sometime between 1870 and 1900.  18" tall with a 6" diameter at its widest point.  The pattern may have been a patent model, but was the one retained by the company.  A note attached by the owner states "Acquired in 1956 in Nevada City at the Miner's Foundry."  Very fine.  $140 

1176.	Mining.  Hardware.  Mercury (Quicksilver) Flask, c. 1860-1880.  The flask is 12" long with the screw top still attached.  The flask has a 4" diameter.  Rusted.  $50 

1177.	Mining.  Hardware.  Mercury (Quicksilver) Flasks, c.1860-1880.  Lot of 3 similar pieces.  All cast iron with extensive rust, as most flasks of this type are.  One has a broken lid.  About 12" long.  Fine.  $120  (no illustration)

1178.	Mining.  Henry Troemner Balances Scales Catalog No. 1930, 1930.  Catalog of balances and scales for "Silk and all Textiles; Counting and Estimating, Paper, Solder, Tack, Grain Weighing and for all Special Purposes." Troemner made scales for the U.S. Mint at Philadelphia as well as other branch mints. Includes drawings and prices of each item. Fascinating! Softbound, 6" x 9", 53 pages with index, stapled binding with slight pulling away of pages from binding at inside rear, some miniscule dirt on covers otherwise VF.  $150

1179.     Ingot.  Silver.  L. C. Murray Silver Ingot.  999 Fine. 3 Troy Oz., Certified L. C. Murray.  3/4" x 1 3/4" x 1/2".  While this ingot appears modern, we have no specific information on it. We did find an L. C. Murray writing papers for the USGS in the 1960's and 1970's that involved mining in the southeast, but we don't know if it is the same guy.  L. C. Murray may refer to a foundry which offered the certified stamp to the ingot.  $200

1180.	Mining.  Ingot Mould.  Gold Ingot Mould, c.1880.  About a 100 ounce gold ingot mould.  Handle at each end.  3.5" wide x 10.5" long x 2.5" deep.  Rusted.  $175 

1181.     Mining.  Ingot Mould.  Silver Ingot Mould, c.1900-1920.  2' x 3" x 2" (deep).  Has one tapered end, the other with a handle for pouring.  There are two stepped ledges at each end to form handles on the ingot for easier carrying.  1000-1500 troy ounce mould.  Vf, rust.  $250

1182.	Mining.  Ingot Mould.  Silver or Zinc Bullion Moulds, c.1890-1920.  Broken into two pieces.  One has three chambers that measure 2 x 2 x 4" each and overall measures 8 x 5.5".  The other has six chambers that measure the same, but overall measures 9 x 8".  The pieces are from similar moulds which have been broken.  If the two pieces were put together it would form a mould with 9 chambers.  Fine.  $100 

1183.	Mining.  Instant Mining Stock Certificate Collection.  Lot of about 80 pcs.  A variety of different mining companies are included in this collection.  A wonderful lot for the new collector or for resale.  $450  (no illustration)

1184.	Mining.  Lamp.  Carbide Lamps, c.1905-1920.  Lot of 2 similar pcs. These two carbide lamps are similar designs but are distinct variations.  Both the lamps appear to be made by the same company having handles for carrying with an attached hook to the handle.  There are also clips on the back side.  The carbide canisters are nearly identical, one has some weld repairs the other is not even dinged.  The most striking difference between the two lamps is the size of the reflector shield.  One shield is 3" across, the other is 5.5" across.  Minor rust.  Very fine. $75  

1185.	Mining.  Lamp.  Carbide Lantern, c.1900-1920.  Large carbide lantern, found at a mine between Tybo and Hot Creek, NV.  No markings.  Hook at top for suspension.  Rust.  4" tall x 3" around.  $50  (no illustration)

1186.	Mining.  Lamp.  Justrite Carbide Lamp, c.1920.  This is one of the most unique Justrite lamps we have ever seen.  The lamp is designed for carrying rather than mounting on a hard hat.  The lamp stands 11 inches tall without the handle up and is 4.5 inches in diameter.  The lamp is nickel plated all around, even handle.  The globe has "Justrite" embossed near the top.  There is a cage that wraps around the globe.  The mechanisms are all in excellent condition.  Just below the adjuster screw, at about mid-high, is the patent information with a date of 1917.  There are a few small dings in the base.  Overall Extremely fine and extremely rare.  $400 

1187.	Mining.  Lamp.  National Carbide Miners Lamp Fuel Can, 1910-1920.  The can has the original red paint with white letters and stands nearly 13" tall x 8" diameter.  The can has a few dings and is missing the lid.  Overall in very fine condition.  $75 

1188.	Mining.  Law.  Morrison's Mining Rights, 14th Edition, c, 1910.  698pp.  The first four pages are missing.  This is a legal reference for all aspects of mining and mining related activities.  The material covers state and federal laws and cites references to court cases that decided various issues relating to mining.  There are sections on coal, oil and gas, Mexican law and a glossary of mining terms.  Original hard green cover.  4.5 x 6".  Fine.  $100

1189.	Mining.  Prospector's Handbook.  Handbook for Prospectors & Operators of Small Mines by M. W. Von Bernewitz, 1943.  The book includes such chapters as: Aid to Prospectors; Tents, Clothing, Water, Food & Utensils; Mineralogy and Geology in Prospecting.  547 pages, indexed and includes a glossary of terms.  7.5 x 5.  Rigid green cover with gilt lettering on binding.  Extremely fine.  $30

1190.	Mining.  Prospector's Handbook.  Prospecting for Gold and Silver, by Arthur Lakes, 1895.  Published by Colliery Engineering Co.  287 pp, indexed.  There are many illustrations of fossils, geologic cross sections, mining tools and machines, landscapes, geomorphic interpretations, minerals and mineralogy, underground mining techniques, etc.  Cover in poor condition.  First page is missing a large chip.  Arthur Lakes was a Colorado School of Mines professor.  The library there was named in his honor.  $85 

1191.	Mining.  Safety.  Shot-Firer's Guide: A Practical Manual for the Prevention of Mining Accidents, by W. Maurice, M.I.M.E., M.I.E.E., Colliery Manager and Expert, 1914.  Published by "The Electrician" Printing and Publishing Company, Ltd, London. Also published in New York, Japan, India.  Illustrated, 203 pp with index, additional catalog of "Selected Standard Electro-Technical Books..." available.  The book covers Explosives, Detonators and Fuses, Exploders, Wires and Cables, Testing, Practical Applications, plus several chapters on the accidents that can happen from using explosives and from the conditions when explosives are used (i.e. dusts that become explosive etc.)  The book was published to help reduce the number of accidents caused by carelessness and thoughtlessness.  The introduction reports: "In Great Britain alone 106 mine explosions have been caused by shot-firing during the past 10 years.  In the same period, more than 3,000 persons have been injured and over 500 killed by accidents arising out of the use of explosives.  On the average, one person is injured every day and one dies as the result of his injuries each week throughout the year."  Hardcover, black cloth with gilt lettering.  Cover shows some wear, binding is a bit loose, but all pages intact.  Overall condition is fine.  Great book for anyone who wants to know how they did things back then!  $150

1192.	Mining.  Scale.  Folding Brass Countertop Apothecary Scale with no case, "Made in Germany".  5.5" tall, 3.5" wide, 2.5" deep small brass scale with single pan resting atop pendulum weighted device with veneir showing weights in drachms. Very cute piece, but possibly made specifically for the collector market. Probably dates to 1920-30, perhaps a bit later.  $150

1193.	Mining.  Scale.  Folding pocket scale in long mahogany (?) box.  This rare and unusual scale unfolds as the box is opened, designed for tabletop use. It has a standing beam 3" high, 4.5" long. The small 0.5" diameter pans are attached and open outwards, suspended by a hinged contraption from the beams using solid brass instead of string or chain. No maker's name anywhere. This is probably known to scale collectors by a specific patent name, but I was unable to find reference to it. One 3 dwt weight is present, indicating the possibility that the scale is British in origin, but we cannot be certain. Original, perhaps dating to 1860.  Fully closed, the box is 6" long, 1.25" wide, and 1" thick. Clasp is damaged, otherwise very fine.  $325 

1194.	Mining.  Scale.  Gram weight set in wood box. 7 pinch weights, .5 to 20 grams.  Each is marked with the word "Gram" except one, which is not original to the set.  In a wood flap hinged compartment at lower right are the sheet cut brass weights, all present.  Overall size 2 x 3.25 x 1.5".  Date unknown, perhaps 1920.  $50  

1195.	Mining.  Scale.  Gram weight sets in identical custom wood boxes.  Lot of 2 identical sets.  Contains eight pinch weights. Each marked with digits on top of weight body.  5 x 2.5 x 1.5".  Aluminum fractional weights for fractional grams also present, along with tweezers, each in custom cut space.  $90

1196.	Mining.  Scale.  Gram weight sets in wood slabs.  Lot of 2 sets.  These sets are usually found with glass enclosed balance beam scales in the lower drawer. Both sets are missing three pinch weights each and most of the fractional smaller weights. Tweezers present on both sets. Each small weight compartment is glass covered.  $85

1197.	Mining.  Scale.  Jeweler's Pocket Scale, French.  Suspension scale in wood box. silver plated tweezers with jewel scoop on one end contained in custom fitted portion of lid. Scale has 4" nickel beam with 1.5" diameter pans 1/2" deep with green string suspension. No maker's name. Weight box at right has a few weights present, all in metric carats written in French. One brass weight appears not to go with this set originally. Overall size 4.75" x 2.5" x 1.25" thick. Date uncertain, perhaps 1890.  $325

1198.	Mining.  Scale.  Jewelers Pocket Scale, American.  Very nice and fancy scale in wood box made by H. Kohlbusch in New York, undated, but perhaps 1900. This is another scale that is probably known to collectors by a specific patent name, which we were unable to find. The body of the scale is attached to the box lid. The lid is opened and a support kickstand is inserted at right. The center piece for the balance beam is attached to the lid with ivory measure lines (Vernier) at bottom. Balance beam is nickel, 5" long, with string suspended pans 1 5/8" diameter and almost 1/2 inch deep. The Karat weights are all present, with 5 pinch weights and  10 flat weights. There appears to have been a cover for the small compartment holding the small flat weights but it is not present. Black velvet lined base. Overall size 3" x 6" x 1" thick. Very nice.  $325

1199.	Mining.  Scale.  Miner's scales in steel box, c.1890-1900(?).  6.3" x 3" x 1" thick.  Oval case, forest green exterior brownish red interior. Cover has gilt floral pattern  surrounds an heraldic eagle. Heavily worn. Small weight box still present at lower left, containing 6 small fractional brass and nickel weights. Four of the weights are simply punched with a single numeral. One other has four double circles, one punched in each corner, and the other weight has a "100" punched at center. The scale is a suspension scale with string suspended pans 2.5" diameter with rolled back pressed edges. The beam is 5.75" long. There are no markings anywhere.  $325 

1200.	Mining.  Scales.  Apothecary Scale in original wood box.  Contains suspension scale with glass pans. Steel 6" beam with 2.5" diameter polished glass pans suspended by chord. Colored tassels adorn the beam where chord is attached. Two English language paper labels are adhered to the inside lid showing apothecary weights and some conversions. A small square wood box is in the lower right corner containing the weights. 4Pieces are present, a 1 drachm (ounce) weight and three small brass sheet weights with their appropriate weight stamped, in this case a 4, 5, 6. Each of these are marked by punch marks of small circles in the corners or along edges. Appears to date to approximately 1880, but could be earlier.  $325  (no illustration)

1201.	Mining.  Souvenir.  World's Fair Mines & Mining Exhibit Souvenir Glass, c.1875.  Clear glass with "World's Fair" over an image of the exhibit building and "Mines and Mining" below image all etched (frosted) in glass.  4" tall and 2.5" diameter.  2 imperfections (one bubble and one nipple) from original manufacturing.  Extremely fine.  $175 

1202.     No Lot.

1203.	Mining.  Tools.  Augustine Brass Casting Co Hammer Head, c.1900 .  The name of the company is embossed in one side.  The other side gives the place of manufacturing as Stockton, CAL.  The hammer head has been well used, but in good condition for being brass.  The head must have been a specialty hammer, but we are not sure the application.  4" long, 2" tall and wide.  Handle not with the head.  Fine.  $25

1204.	Mining.  Tools.  Long Headed Hammer with Pick & Specialty Wrench, 1900-1910.  This wrench was designed to fit several different sizes of square nuts.  The wrench has fittings for 5 different sizes with a round hole at the middle and a small hexagonal hole close to the handle.  The handle is 6.5" long.  The functionality of this wrench is very evident when it is held.  The head of the hammer has a hexagonal shape that is 3" long.  The pick side is also very long being more than 5.5" long.  The handle of the hammer is similar to a modern framing hammer.  Minor rust and in very fine condition to both pieces.  $40

1205.	Mining.  Tools.  Pick Axe Head & Pick Collection, 1880-1910.  Lot of 6 different styles.  All are well used.  One is cracked.  The pick axe head is very similar to styles still used today with picks on each end.  Original wooden handle.  Handle has come free from the head.  $75  (no illustration)

1206.	Mining.  Tools.  Wooden Plane, Large, c.1900-1910.  A solid wood plane that measures 22" long, 2" tall and 2.5" deep.  The plane is in excellent condition and with a little sharpening of the blade would still be very functional.  The top has a pistol style grip.  Wonderful antique tool. $75  

BOOKS, PHOTOS, RAILROAD & MISC

1207.	Books.  Historical.  History of the Studebaker Corporation by Albert Russell Erskine, 1918.  Book is written "...for the information of the 3,000 stockholders of the Studebaker Corporation, the 12,000 dealers in its products living throughout the world, its 15,000 employees and numberless friends" according to the author's preface. Contains lots of illustrations, photos, facts and figures. Hardbound, 5 1/4" x 8 3/4", printed by Poole Bros. of Chicago, 97 pages. Very handsome edition. Each page is two toned with a dark vanilla rectangle centered on white paper. Images and print are contained within each vanilla rectangle. Covers show wear to corners and edges, some dirt.  VF.  $150

1208.	Books.  Historical.  Story of the Airship, by Hugh Allen, 1931. Seventh edition. Tons of great pictures of dirigibles. Published by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. Contains classes of airships, military uses, training operations, notable flights and much more. Hardbound, 84 pages, dirt, chips to spine which is somewhat brittle, VF. 6" x 9 1/4".  $150

1209.	Books.  Historical.  Story of the Typewriter 1873-1923, Herkimer County Historical Society, 1923.  Includes drawings, advertisements and photographs. "I feel that I have done something for the women who have always had to work so hard. This will enable them more easily to earn a living."  Statement of Christopher Latham Sholes, inventor of the typewriter. Book contains lots of forward thinking tidbits such as this. An interesting read. Hardbound, chips to spine, dings to corners, Interior is flawless, VF. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4", 142 pages.  $150

1210.	Corporate Seals.  U. S. Navy Embossed Sealers.  Two different Department of the Navy sealers used in a corporate seal-type crimping device. Paul Franklin bought the dies from an eastern die manufacturing company in the early 1960's. These tow dies were among them. A) Department of the Navy/ (wreath) / (eagle with shield)  Round, brass, 45mm, XF. B) Department of the Navy/ U. S. S. Mack / (wreath) / (eagle with shield)  32mm, round, brass, VF.  $75 (no illustration) 

1211.	Economics.  General.  Let's Take A Bearing, Economic Review & Outlook by Henry H. Clifford, 1964.  40 pages.  This soft bound booklet, 6 x 4, was written as a mailer from the offices of Clifford Associates.  The booklet is an informational piece perhaps for the novice investor.  Included with the booklet is a postcard mailer to determine whether the person would like to remain on the mailing list.  It appears that the Clifford family had written several different informational booklets that the company then mailed out to its clients.  An excellent marketing tool, and a great word of mouth advertising scheme.  Clifford had acquired one of the best California collections.  Very fine.  $30 (no illustration)

1212.	Federal.  General.  IRS Manuals.  Lot of 2 pcs.  Internal Revenue Code, 1956 ; Federal Tax Regulation, 1958.  Both Vf, hardbound in burgundy covers, with gilt lettering.  Both approx. 800pp.  $10 (no illustration)

1213.	General.  "LSU Columbia" Insulators, 7 pcs.  All different colors, from cobalt blue to light green.  They were made in 1987-8 in the original "Mickey Mouse ear" glass molds in limited quantities.  The best were held back for sale.  Included in these sets was a stock certificate-style set registration sheet.  This set is #199 of 370 produced.  A quick check on Ebay shows individual insulators selling for $40-60/ea.  Very fine.  $300

1214.	General.  Laws.  Justices' Teatise, by Langdon, 1870.  Excerpt from the Preface: "The author of this treatise has directed his labors, in its compilation, with special reference to the duties and office of Justices of the Peace...  It is not enough that a Justice of the Peace should be impartial and sensible - that he should be honorable and practical; all this is useful in a Justice, but, at best, is as uncertain as may be the causes bearing upon his friendships or exciting his passions."Leather bound, with nicks and scratches.  Back cover missing.  Probably owned by a western judge, Justice of the Peace or lawyer.  $85  (no illustration)

1215.	General.  Photograph.  Washington Family, J.Q. Adams, and James Monroe, Printed portrait collection cards.  Two are bust illustrations, the third of the entire Washington family.  3 3/4" x 2".  VF.  $150

1216.	Law.  Criminal.  American Criminal Law.  Volume 2.  Cites States' Statutes and pertinent cases.  Leather bound, with scratches and tears to leather.  Fine.  $50  (no illustration)

1217.	Law.  General.  Northwestern Reporter Volume Se, 1885.  Published in 1885 and edited by Whelan.  26 Volumes.  Volumes: 1, 2, 23, 24, 25, 32, 35, 36, 37, 56, 57, 58, 60 ,68, 69, 74, 75, 91, 100, 113, 117, 123, 128, 137, 138, 139.  Cover cases which took place in the Midwest, NB, IA, MN, DAK, WIS and MI.  Northwestern University Law Reporter volume set.  Unique.  All leather bound, and in varying conditions, some poor with missing spines, and others fine, with scratches and torn leather.  $200   (no illustration)

1218.	Masonic.  General.  Masonic Tokens.  Lot of 7 different tokens. Masonic penny, rd, br, vf, toned, 26mm; Masonic Medal from the Iowa City lodge, 1967, rd, gilt, br, AU, 33mm; Unissued Masonic membership token, rd, br, 27mm, vf, toned; four Masonic pennies, actual pennies with Masonic stamp, rd, br, 21mm, xf.  $40

1219.	Merchandise.  Catalogs.  Rebekah Goods Catalog, 1912.  The Ward-Stilson Co put out catalogs that catered to the I. O. O. F members and chapters across the county.  This catalog is specific for goods that had to do with the Rebekah degree.  Extensively illustrated in both black and white and color.  135 pages, indexed.  Cover is worn.  Very fine.  $40 

1220.	Military.  Stereocards.  Spanish American War View Stereocards, c.1898.  Lot of 2 different cards.  Both cards are by Keystone View Co and copyrighted 1898 by B. L. Longley.  View #9417 - U. S. Battleship "Indiana in Dry Dock, Brooklyn Navy Yard" with a description on back.  View #10014 - U. S. Firing Line, Soldiers Occupying Native Huts, Philippine Islands", no description on back.  Extremely fine.  $50

1221.	Misc.  Bartlett Aircraft Corp.  Cert #46.  Incorporated in Nevada, 1946.  Unissued, unsigned.  Vignette of an propeller airplane and other aircraft behind.  Green border.  Printer - Goes.  8 x 11".  Mint condition, no folds.  $30 

1222.	Misc.  Coast Perlite Corp.  Cert #21.  Incorporated in Nevada, 1949.  Unissued, unsigned.  Vignette of spread winged eagle.  Orange border.  Printer not noted.  8 x 11".  Mint condition, no folds.  $25

1223.	Misc.  Continental U308 Corp.  Cert #142.  Incorporated in Nevada, 1955.  Unissued, unsigned.  Vignette of a spread winged eagle.  Orange border.  Printer not noted.  8 x 11".  This company was clearly going after uranium with a title like U308.  Also, the incorporation date clinches the early timing of the uranium rush.  Mint condition, no folds.  $35  

1224.	Misc.  General Pictures Corp.  Cert #28.  Incorporated in Nevada, 1936.  Unissued, unsigned.  Vignette of a torch with stripes emanating.  Brown border, seal and safety print.  Printer - Goes.  8 x 11".  Mint condition, no folds.  $25  

1225.	Misc.  Independent Theatres, Inc.  Cert #78.  Incorporated in Nevada, 1929.  Unissued, unsigned.  Vignette of spread winged eagle.  Green border and safety print.  Printer - Goes.  8 x 11".  Mint condition, no folds.  $25

1226.	Misc.  Kaymo Electric Speedboat Corp, Ltd.  Cert #90.  Incorporated in Nevada, 1939.  Unissued, unsigned.  Vignette of a spread winged eagle.  Bold, ornate green border.  No corporate seal.  The main office was located in Reno, as indicated on the certificate.  Mint condition, no folds.  $25 

1227.	Misc.  King's Pictures Corp.  Cert #135.  Incorporated in Nevada.  Unissued.  Signed by M. E. King secretary.  Vignette  of a spread winged eagle between Greek style columns.  Orange border.  No corporate seal.  Mint condition, no folds.  $25 

1228.	Misc.  Martinware Gas can, with original label.  C.1930-40.  7" tall x 7" diameter.  Blue paint with orange and white label.  Both of the screw caps intact and functional.  Red painted wood grip on metal handle.  Blue paint is heavily chipped, but can is not rusted.  $15 (no illustration)

1229.	Misc.  Master Chef Corp.  Cert #1.  Incorporated in Nevada, 1947.  Unissued, unsigned.  Vignette of a torch with stripes emanating.  Brown border, seal and safety print.  Printed - Goes.  8 x 11".  Mint condition, no folds.  $25

1230.	Misc.  Milk Can with Cap and Handle.  About 5 gallon .  At one time the can was painted red, but now much of the paint is peeled off.  Only minor rust.  19" tall x 12" wide.  Found in a Nevada ghost town, but the name is now lost.  $40

1231.	Misc.  Moore Egg Cartons Inc.  Cert #33.  Incorporated in Nevada, 1942.  Unissued, unsigned.  Vignette of the Capitol building.  Black border with bronze seal area and bronze safety print.  Printer -Goes.  8 x 11.  Mint condition.  No folds.  $25 

1232.	Misc.  Mustang Motor Corp.  Cert #59.  Incorporated in Nevada, 1944.  Unissued, unsigned.  Vignette at top left of spread winged eagle atop crag.  Black border with gold seal and safety print.  Printer - Goes.  6 x 11.  Mint condition, no folds.  $25

1233.	Misc.  Philatelic.  U. S. No 1 Stamp, New Orleans Cancel and Manuscript Correspondence, 1851.  Bold red New Orleans cancel at left center.  The stamp is the first stamp issued by the US Government.  Brown 5 cent stamp with portrait of Benj Franklin that is manuscript cancelled.  Dated on reverse as 1851.  Correspondence discusses a banking transaction.  Extremely fine.  Rare.  $550 

1234.	Misc.  Stereocard.  Stereoviewer with Stereocards, c.1960's.  The viewer appears to be a modern reproduction, but still allows for viewing in stereo.  The viewer comes with 8 different stereocard views of various locations and things.  Fine.  $45  (no illustration)

1235.	Misc.  Stereocards.  African American Stereo Card Collection, c.1880.  Lot of 5 different pcs.  African American men and women posing for picture in cotton field.  Image of a young girl and woman picking cotton.  With several others working in the background.  Two Caucasian boys and an African American boy, who seems to be cleaning them up.  Image of a man and woman with three children at a table with the caption "De Breed am Small, be de Flabor am Delishus."  Final image is of am family seated on a porch.  Publishers include:  B. W. Kilburn, T. W. Ingersoll and Strohmeyer & Wyman.  Vf.  $250 

1236.	Photographs.  Stereocards.  American (U. S.) View Stereocards, c.1895.  Lot of 6 different cards.  Photographers: James M Davis, copyrighted 1893 by B. W. Kilburn, 2 different cards, Niagra and San Rafael, Cal (this card is a chromocard); J. F. Jarvis, scene of boat docks; Keystone View Co, 2 different cards, view #164 - Niagra and view #619 - Her Gaurdian Angel, copyrighted 1893 & 1898; Littleton View Co, scene of Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.  All very fine.  $25 

1237.	Presidential.  Medals.  Presidential Medals.  Lot of 6 different tokens.  J.F.K, with bust profile, in original sealed plastic. Rd, br, gilt, 33mm, Unc; Roosevelt, with bust profile, rd, br, gilt, 31mm, Unc; Lucky Tillicum Roosevelt Medal, with bust profile, 1933, rd, WM, 26mm, Vf; two Geo. Washington Indian Peace Medal, rd, br, 33mm, vf and Unc (in original sealed plastic), the other dark toned; Wilke Button, with bust portrait, fine, stains, 31mm.  $40

Railroad.  Please look for Railroad items in Arizona, California and Nevada Sections.

1238.     Railroad.  Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Key.  2" long.  Brass.  Stamped with C & NW on one side and D Lake on other.  Extremely fine.  $65

1239.     Railroad.  General.  Railroad Reports, 1893 & 1910.  Lot of 2 different reports.  The first is Interstate Commerce Commission, 7th Annual Report, 1893.  The report outlines the activities of the commission, cases resolved, cases pending, commerce rates and other information.  285 pages, indexed.  9 x 6.  The second is the Railway Statistics of the United States of America, 1910.  The booklet was prepared by Slason Thompson of the Bureau of Railway News and Statistics.  The opening statement of the report attacks the Federal Government.  "In the United States the government statistics of railway have the appearance of being gathered, compiled and disseminated to discredit and harass the great industry the government is pledged to foster as well as regulate.  In no other civilized country on earth is the function of statistics so abused."  106 pages, red soft bound cover, 9 x 6.  The cover is faded around the edges on the front cover.  The back cover has a pie diagram of the gross earning of American Railways.  Both books very fine.  $50

1240.	Railroad.  Lamp.  Dietz Blizzard No. 2 Lantern, c.1880-1900.  Round based with red globe.  The top of the lamp has Dietz No. 2 Blizzard NY USA on top.  The base has in large letters Dietz No. 2 Blizzard  Two major dings on base.  Red paint on base, rest is slightly rusted.  The lantern stands 14" tall and is 8" wide at the base.  Fine.  $50  


1241.	Railroad.  Locks.  C. P. R. R. of Cal Lock.  C.P.R.R. of Cal (Central Pacific Railroad) is stamped on the reverse side of where the key goes.  The cover for the key hole opens but the spring is not functional.  Latch is locked, no key.  The item has many dings some of which have a corrosion that would indicate the lock was under water.  We were at first suspicious about the authenticity, but after talking to an advanced collector, he felt that the lock was genuine.  The reproductions are poorly made and marked quite differently.  Fine. $300  

1242.	Railroad.  Locks.  Misc Rail Locks.  Lot of 2 pcs.  Both are unmarked, except for one's maker, Yale.  Large bronze, with dimpled pattern throughout body, keyhole safe and loop below for chain suspension, 4" x 3", Xf; Other is a small iron, 3" x 2", quite worn.  $35

1243.	Railroad.  Southern Pacific Railroad Key.  2.25" long.  Brass.  Heavily used.  "SP Co A7" stamped on one side.  Apparent crack down key shaft.  Fine.  $60 

1244.	Railroad.  Star Head Light Co Railroad Lantern, c.1900-20.  Original glass globe.  11" tall, 7" wide base.  Metal, swing handle.  Rust affects all surfaces.  Fine.  $50

1245.	Ranch.  Tools.  Fence Tool & Pliers, c.1900-1910.  The fence tool resembles pliers, but with an adjustable turn key at top and front.  The pliers are a channel lock style design.  There are no markings on the handles or jaws.  13" long.  Very fine.  $25 

1246.	Tobacco.  Tins.  Union Leader Cut Plug Tobacco Tins, c. 1910.  Lot of 3 pcs.  Union Leader Cut Plug printed in blue outlined letters on top of tin with an vignette of a spread winged eagle atop a small tin.  The entire tin is painted in a red faux wicker design.  There are two handles that fold up and down, similar to a picnic basket.  Wear to paint, but tin has few to no dings.  5" tall x 7"long x 4.5" deep.  The second Union Leader tin is missing the top and is painted red.  The third tin is from J. B. Pace Tobacco Co.  The tin is attractively painted in a yellow and orange patchwork design.  The tin was for Pace's scroll cut tobacco.  Lid and tin in very fine condition.  Very fine.  $100 

1247.	Western.  Sterling Silver Spoons.  Lot of 3 different pcs.  The first spoon in the group has "French Lick Springs Hotel, French Lick, Ind." Along with a picture of the hotel engraved in the bowl.  The handle has a local interest theme, about 5".  The second spoon is engraved with "Cheyenne, Wyo" and a bucking bronco in the bowl, the handle is engraved with items of local interest, approx. 4".  The last spoon in the group has "Royal Gorge" and a picture of said in the bowl, mining themed handle, personal initials "LCH" engraved on back, 5 1/4".  $50