A few examples of appraisal values for
GREAT MINES OF THE WEST

• GROUP OF MINING TOKENS AND COINS. A
  GROUP OF MINING TOKENS AND COINS. A total of forty various mining tokens most from mines in West Virginia. Included is a Lincoln Head Cent booklet from 1941 onward that is incomplete.
• TWO 19TH CENTURY COLORED
  TWO 19TH CENTURY COLORED LITHOGRAPHS, SMALLfolios. One is "The Great West", Currier and Ives, depicts a train going through the Rocky Mountains. Sight size 9 1/2" x 13 1/2", overall in a period mahogany frame, probably original, 12 3/4" x 16 3/4". Along with "California Gold Diggers", Kellogg and Comstock. Sight size 9 3/4" x 13 1/4", overall in a period grain painted frame, probably original, 12 3/4" x 16 1/4".
• (LOT OF 11) AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN
  (LOT OF 11) AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN BONDS AND CERTIFICATES (lot of 11) American and European bonds and certificates, 19th and 20th century, predominantly mining including Industry Gold & Silver Mining Co., San Francisco, Utah-Apex Mining Company, Adventure Consolidated Copper Co., Newmont Mining Corp., The International Nickel Company of Canada, Ltd., Arizona Commercial Mining Co., North Butte Mining Co., etc.
• 4 vols. The American West -
  4 vols. The American West - History, Description & Travel: Richardson, Albert D. Beyond The Mississippi. Hartford, etc.: Am. Pub. Co., (1869). Lg. 8vo, orig. sheep; worn & rubbed, spine starting to detach. Double-page map, wood-engraved plates & text illus. Some internal creasing & spotting. Map creased. See Sabin 70980. * Hayden, F.V. The Great West. Its Attractions and Resources. Bloomington, Ill.: Charles R. Brodix, 1880. 1st ed. 4to, orig. sheep, black morocco spine labels; rubbed & worn, hinges stressed, repaired. Steel-engraved frontis. portrait, wood-engraved plates. * Clampitt, John W. Echoes from The Rocky Mountains. Chicago, etc.: Belford, Clarke, 1889. 4to, orig. sheep, red & green morocco spine labels; scuffed, spine starting to detach. Portrait, full-page & text wood-engraved illus. Internally clean. * Thayer, William M. Marvels of The New West. Norwich: Henry Bill, 1890. 4to, orig. sheep, red & black morocco spine labels; scuffed, spine detaching. Wood-engraved illus.
• A Currier & Ives Hand Colored
  A Currier & Ives Hand Colored Lithograph Circa 1871 Gold Mining in California lithograph on paper with hand-coloring 8 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (image), 10 x 13 1/4 inches (sight). Property from the Estate of a Midwestern Collector, Saint Paul, Minnesota
• SET OF CASED 24K GOLD INGOTS. Fifty
  SET OF CASED 24K GOLD INGOTS. Fifty ingots each representing the leading gold mine companies in North America. Examples include Kerr Addison Ruttan and Idarado. 2 grams each. The set comes with a Certificate of Authenticity from the Franklin Mint. The set is called ''The Official Gold Mine Ingots'' and is dated Jun 1 1977. It also includes information cards for each of the mines represented on the ingots.
• "Map of Goldfield Nevada 1907",
  "Map of Goldfield Nevada 1907", published by the Clason Map Co., Denver, Colorado, claims shown for numerous mining companies including "Hardtack Group, Nevada Boy, Doctor Gold, Ready Money Group", imprinted with "Compliments of the H. A. Riedel Investment Company" lower margin, 21-5/8 x 27 in. Small surface losses (mostly at edges), corner creases and tack holes, folds, laid down on heavy paperboard. Private Collection
• [Books on the West] Seventeen
  [Books on the West] Seventeen volumes including: ''History of NorthEast Missouri'' 3 vols 1913; James ''Oregon'' 1917; Chase ''Yosemite Trails''; James ''New Mexico''; Murphy ''Three Wonderlands of the American West'' 1913; along with 12 others.
• North Dakota School of Mines.
  North Dakota School of Mines. Collection of three vessels. c. 1930, glazed and carved earthenware. 6¼ h × 6¾ dia in. result: $882. estimate: $500–700. Lot is comprised of two vessels by Margaret Cable and one by Flora Huckfield. Stamped manufacturer's mark to underside of each example ‘University of North Dakota Made at School of Mines N.D. Clay Grand Forks N.D.’. Incised signature, number, and inscription to larger ‘Millard-Huck 2557 Prairie Rose’. Incised artist's initials and number to two smaller examples ‘177 M.C.’.
• A Large Collection of Prints,
  A Large Collection of Prints, Book Plates, Photographic Prints and Magazine Illustrations, late 19th/early 20th century, depicting American landscapes, including scenes of Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Alaska and featuring a series of six hand-colored landscapes of The Great Salt Lake, ca. 1860, and others illustrating gold-mining, fishing and bear hunting; together with a hand-colored print of the conical hill at Laguna, Colorado, ca. 1856; also including over 200 pages of the Works Projects Administration's Official Project 165-1-54-151 (3) under the Direction of the Chicago Plan Commission Concerning Land Use and Block Data; lithograph editions of maps of the United States and Texas by A. K. Johnson, ca. 1842; and a group of early to mid-20th-century prints depicting automobiles, featuring a series of prints of late 19th-century watercolors depicting the Benz and several 18th-century prints of engravings of cross sections of sailing ships and one of a gun ship's topsail, of varying sizes from 5" x 6" to 22" x 26".
• 1 vol. Burton, Richard Francis.
  1 vol. Burton, Richard Francis. The Gold-Mines of Midian and The Ruined Midianite Cities. London: G. Kegan Paul, 1878. First edition. 8vo, orig. gilt-lettered & black-stamped red cloth, gilt-lettered spine; light edge wear, spine ends frayed, spine splitting vertically at center, bdg. starting to break, hinges cracking. Fold. color litho map (some wear & chipping along top & fore-edges - not affecting body of map), text illus. Text slightly toned. Penzer p.
• LOT OF 5 BOOKS DEALING WITH WESTERN
  LOT OF 5 BOOKS DEALING WITH WESTERN EXPANSION. TOINCLUDE: LIFE IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS BY W. A. FERRIS, OLD WEST PUBLISHING CO., DENVER, CO, 1940, RED CLOTH BOARDS, 363 HAND CUT PAGES, 9 1/2" X 6 1/2", WILLIAM CLAFLIN JR. BOOK PLATE, VERY GOOD CONDITION. THE ASHLEY-SMITH EXPLORATIONS AND THE DISCOVERY OF A CENTRAL ROUTE TO THE PACIFIC: 1822-1829, WITH THE ORIGINAL JOURNALS EDITED BY HARRISON CLIFFORD DALE, PUBLISHED BY ARTHUR H. CLARK CO., CLEVELAND, 1918, RED CLOTH BOARDS, GILT LETTERING, 351 HAND CUT PAGES, 9 3/4" X 6 1/2", OVERALL VERY GOOD CONDITION, HAS A PHYSIOGRAPHIC MAP SHOWING THE ROUTES OF ASHLEY AND SMITH, WILLIAM CLAFLIN JR. BOOK PLATE. REPORT OF THE EXPLORING EXPEDITION FROM SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, TO THE JUNCTION OF THE GRANDE AND GREEN RIVERS OF THE GREAT COLORADO OF THE WEST IN 1859 BY PROF. J. S. NEWBURY, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, 1876, 148 PAGES OF TEXT, BROWN CLOTH BOARDS WHICH ARE LOOSE AND SOMEWHAT DISTRESSED, SPINE SHOWS EXTENSIVE WEAR WITH SOME LOSS TO THE CLOTH, THE INTERIOR IS MOSTLY IN GOOD CONDITION WITH SOME FOXING AND MINOR STAINING, WILLIAM CLAFLIN JR. BOOKPLATE. 8 PLATES WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF FOSSILS AND RARE FOLD OUT MAP OF NEW MEXICO AND UTAH, EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS. THE MAP SHOWS TWO TEARS ON THE SIDE, AND SEVERAL SMALL HOLES AT THE FOLDS IN THE CENTER. UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY: TERTIARY HISTORY OF THE GRAND CAÑON DISTRICT WITH ATLAS BY CLARENCE DUTTON, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON D. C., 1882, NUMEROUS COLORED AND BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS, 264 PAGES, INTERIOR IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH SOME LIGHT FOXING, BLACK CLOTH BOARDS, GILT LETTERING, LEATHER ENDS AND SPINE, SHOWS SOME WEAR TO SPINE AS WELL AS SMALL CHIP AT TOP, 11 3/4" X 9 1/2", WILLIAM CLAFLIN JR. BOOKPLATE. PRELIMINARY REPORT CONCERNING EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS PRINCIPALLY IN NEVADA AND ARIZONA, FROM BRIGADIER GENERAL A. A. HUMPHREYS, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON, 1872, 96 PAGES, WITH A PULL OUT MAP OF THE SOUTH OF CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD (MAP SHOWS 2" TEAR TO LEFT EDGE) GREEN CLOTH BOARDS, GILT LETTERING, 11 3/4" X 9 1/4", BOARDS SHOW SOME WEAR, INSIDE SHOWS MINOR FOXING, OVERALL GOOD CONDITION, WILLIAM CLAFLIN JR. BOOKPLATE.
• Rudolf Cronau Gold Mining in
  Rudolf Cronau Gold Mining in Idaho 1885 Graphite on paper signed l.l. and dated 1885. Matted unframed and identified on mat. An outstanding and highly detailed sketch of miners possibly intended for illustration; 15.75 x 12.5 in. Condition: A dash of toning lower perimeter.
• THREE SILVER HALF-DOLLARS.
  THREE SILVER HALF-DOLLARS. Columbian Expo 1893. Stone Mountain 1925. And American Independence 1926.
• WESTERN RAILROAD TRAVEL EPHEMERA
  WESTERN RAILROAD TRAVEL EPHEMERA
• WESTERN RAILROAD TRAVEL EPHEMERA
  WESTERN RAILROAD TRAVEL EPHEMERA
• PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM OF THE
  PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM OF THE KLONDIKE/YUKON GOLD RUSH. Approximately one hundred and ten photographs late 19th-early 20th century. Includes landscape views (Salmon River Glacier Porcupine City Dawson City) gold mining and logging scenes (Nugget Creek Cahoon Creek) and portraits and architectural views of the Chilkat and Sitka Indians. Many photographs are signed 'Blankenburg' and others are signed 'Case & Draper'.
• TEN GLASS NEGATIVES OF NORTHWEST
  TEN GLASS NEGATIVES OF NORTHWEST LANDSCAPES, LATETEN GLASS NEGATIVES OF NORTHWEST LANDSCAPES, late 19th/early 20th century. The negatives are 8"x10" and several are from the Gifford Studio for the Northern Pacific Railroad. The negatives are from the Eugene Terway collection. Subjects include Old Faithful, Lower Falls Yellowstone River, a waterfall, Morning Glory Pool, Firehole River hot spring mineral mound, three views of the Vista House in the Columbia River Gorge, and Multnomah Falls.
• Colton's 1849 Map of the U.S.
  Colton's 1849 Map of the U.S. Showing California Gold Fields Approx. 34 x 42 in. (sight) map dissected and mounted on linen. Hand-colored with inset map of the Atlantic Ocean with a number of ships traversing from European and American ports. Large decorative scene above title block. Numerous ships of many sail configurations in the Atlantic Caribbean Gulf of Mexico and Pacific Oceans. Ornamental border has 12 vignettes larger scenes in corners smaller along sides all surrounded by grapevines. Scenes include Willammette Falls Oregon; Astoria Oregon; Saratoga Lake NY; Valley of the Connecticut; Bunker Hill Monument; Washington Monument; Capital [sic - this is the misspelled version] Washington; Entrance of a Port; Mexicans Catching Wild Cattle; Cathedral City of Mexico; Pulaski Monument Savannah GA; Battle Monument Baltimore MD. The several Mexican vignettes are interesting as the Mexican War had just concluded.Colton's maps of 1849 were some of the earliest to indicate the California gold fields. This one has Gold Region just east of New Helvetia between the R de Plumes and Los Americanos [R.]. A slightly later edition put an insert map of the gold region - appropriately highlighted in yellow/gold - as in insert off the Pacific Coast with a vignette of Pyramid Lake. This is the edition most frequently encountered. In the edition offered here it appears that the information about gold had just been received and they put the text on the map quickly as it was going to press then reworked the map shortly thereafter. Not only is this a much scarcer edition the dissected maps were the most expensive when they were produced - a desirable and historically significant map. Condition: Minor toning particularly visible on the linen. Color somewhat faded. Overall very good; not removed from frame for examination.
• [Western Frontier] Group of about
  [Western Frontier] Group of about fifteen titles with emphasis on Minnesota history notably: 1) J. Burnquist Minnesota and its People (Chicago: 1924) 4 vols. 4to cloth; 2) W. A. Crafts; Pioneers in the Settlement of America (Cincinnati: 1876) 2 vols. 4to; 3) Frank G. O'Brien Minnesota Pioneer Sketches (Minneapolis: 1904) 8vo cloth Estimate $ 100-200
• Deadwood South Dakota Photograph
  Deadwood South Dakota Photograph Album Ca late 19th-early 20th century album containing 12 photographs of Rapid City and Deadwood South Dakota and the mining facilities in the area.? One nice view shows a Fremont Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad train and crew posed on a trestle with another train and crew on another trestle high above them.? Photographs measure 4 x 5 in. Condition: Very good.
• BIRGER SANDZEN 'ABANDONED MINE,
  BIRGER SANDZEN 'ABANDONED MINE, COLORADO' OIL ON PANELBirger Sandzen (Swedish-American, 1871-1954) Abandoned Mine, Colorado, 1949 Oil on panel 20" x 24" An appealing Colorado vista from Sandzen's later period. Throughout his career, Sandzen maintained a fascination with the abandoned buildings and ghost towns of Colorado, documenting old mining sites from Leadville to Central City. According to the Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, the artist's focus in Colorado during this period was on the Rocky Mountains' Front Range, and that is presumably where this scene is taken from as well. Signed to the bottom right, titled and dated in pencil to the reverse of the board, alongside a "VI i" Greenough Collection catalog code. Presented in a frame that measures 28 1/2" x 32 1/2". Provenance: From the corporate art collection of a Kansas City based Fortune 500 company, thence from the American Legacy Gallery in Kansas City, MO, thence from Margaret Sandzen-Greenough, daughter of Birger Sandzen. Our gratitude to the Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery for their assistance in the authentication process. Condition Very good and stable condition, noting only very mild cracking in the white impasto pigments. No in-painting or over-painting, repairs, losses, or other issues noted under blacklight inspection.
• 19TH CENTURY VOLUMES ON THE
  19TH CENTURY VOLUMES ON THE AMERICAN WEST, CALIFORNIA AND ALASKA, WITH OTHERS19TH CENTURY VOLUMES ON THE AMERICAN WEST, CALIFORNIA AND ALASKA, WITH OTHERS, [The West] 7 titles: Edward E. Dunbar. Romance of the Age; Or Discovery of Gold in California. New York: Appleton. 1867. 8vo. Brick red cloth with floral gilt decoration to front; R.B. Stratton. Captivity of the Oatman Girls: Being An Interesting Narrative of Life Among the Apache and Mohave Indians. New York: Published for the Author by Carlton & Porter. 1859. 8vo. Embossed dark brown cloth with gilt spine, engraved frontispiece; Elizabeth B. Custer. Boots and Saddles: Or Life in Dakota With General Custer. New York: Harper. 1885. 8vo. Light brown cloth with rising sun and trumpet to front cover in black and gilt; The Official Guide to the Klondyke Country and Gold Fields of Alaska. Published by W.B. Conkey. People's Series Vol. 6 No. 3. 1897. 8vo. With folding map; R. Guy McClellan. The Golden State: A History of the Region West of the Rocky Mountains... Philadelphia: William Flint. 1876. Small quarto. Decorative cloth; Henry Howe. Historical Collections of the Great West... Cincinnati: Henry Howe. 1853. Quarto. Embossed red leather, marbling to page edges; W.H. Bogart. Daniel Boone, And The Hunters of Kentucky. Auburn and Buffalo: Miller, Orton & Mulligan. 1854. 8vo. Dark brown embossed cloth (7)
• (8) STERLING HISTORY OF THE
  (8) STERLING HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN WEST COINSEight 24K gold electroplate over sterling silver proof medals by The Franklin Mint. All SGS graded PR68 CAM to PR70 CAM. Each measures approx. 38mm diameter, 21 dwt. shipping info This lot can be shipped in-house.
• FOUR WULFENITE MINERAL SPECIMENS
  FOUR WULFENITE MINERAL SPECIMENS A group of small and attractive crystal groups, all under 1 1/2 in. L, including two from the Magdelena Region, Sonora, Mexico; one from the Erupcion Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico; and one from Red Cloud Mine, La Paix Co., AZ.
• 4 vols. The American West -
  4 vols. The American West - Description & Travel: Ruxton, George F. Adventures in Mexico and The Rocky Mountains. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1848. 1st Am. ed. 12mo, orig. red cloth, worn, edges blistered & heavily worn, rebacked. Some internal spotting & staining, old pencil annotations. Howes R-553. * The Garden of The World, or The Great West;... A Complete Guide to Emigrants. Boston: Wentworth, 1856. 1st ed. 12mo, orig. brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine, spine ends frayed & chipped, front joint just starting to split. Minor internal spotting. Sabin 26603. * Schaeffer, L.M. Sketches of Travel in South America, Mexico and California. New York: James Egbert, 1866. 1st ed. 12mo, orig. brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine; light wear. Internally generally clean. Sabin 77485. * (Remington, Frederick, illustrator.) Inman, Henry. The Old Santa Fe Trail. New York: Macmillan, 1898. 1st ed., 4th ptg. Lg. 8vo, orig. gilt-lettered color pictorial cloth; scuffed, other moderate wear. Hinges stressed & reinforced. Fold. map, portrait, 8 plates. See Howes I-.
• MAP OF ALASKAN GOLD RUSH[Map of
  MAP OF ALASKAN GOLD RUSH[Map of Alaskan Gold Rush], Map of Alaska Showing Known Gold-Bearing Rocks with Descriptive Text Containing the Sketches of the Geography, Geology, and the Gold Deposits and Routes to the Fields, Washington, D.C., United States Geological Society, 1898, 44 pgs. of text, paper boards, with color-lithograph folding map (23 1/2 in. x 28 3/4 in)
• Six Historic and Agricultural
  Six Historic and Agricultural Lithographs 19th Century including a J.I. Case Threshing Machine advertising print by Orcutt Co., Chicago, four Kurz & Allison lithographs including Battle of Little Bighorn, Battle of Lookout Mountain, Battle of Cedar Creek, and Battle of Champion Hills, and an International Stock Food Co., Minneapolis advertising poster. Largest 21 1/4 x 28 inches. Property from the Estate of a Midwestern Collector, Saint Paul, Minnesota
• Deland Clyde Osmer
  Deland Clyde Osmer [American/Pennsylvania 1872-1947] oil on board illustrator art painting of a miner in winter at the mouth of a cave titled "He Had Found a Great Mine of Gold" and signed "Clyde O. Deland Del.". Deland was a student of Howard Pyle. 21.25"x13.5"
• A Collection of Ephemera Articles
  A Collection of Ephemera Articles comprising 24 stock certificates including The North American Exploitation Company The Big Jack Mining Company Dual Truck and Tractor Company The Moran Gas and Crude Oil Company and others 3 Illinois Central Railroad construction deeds from 1869-1870 1870 warranty deed document 1904 bill of sale 3 Illinois Governor signed notary public documents including John M. Hamilton dated 1884 Richard J. Oglesby dated 1888 and Joseph W. Fifer dated 1892 and 3 cancelled checks including two from Cornelius & Baker together with a New Hampshire $10 note a Maryland $1 note and a U.S. 1923 series $1 note.
• THE WORKS AND THE MINE, NEW
  THE WORKS AND THE MINE, NEW ALMADEN, COLOR LITHOGRAPH, FRAME: 26-1/2 X 36 INThe Works and the Mine, New Almaden, Color Lithograph, Frame: 26-1/2 x 36 in
• Carved prospector, mule, walking
  Carved prospector, mule, walking through rocky area, mule staring at gold nugget tooth with crown prospector missed, prospector with pick, knife, pipe and revolver, origin unknown, probably 20th century, 9-1/2 x 14-1/2 x 5-1/2 in. Old painted surface with chips and losses, tail of mule repaired and possibly reattached, scattered glue residue, loss to top strap of mule's halter. Private Collection, Michigan
• 5 vols. The American West,
  5 vols. The American West, including Utah - 19th-Century Travel & C: Stansbury, Howard. Exploration and Survey of The Valley of The Great Salt Lake. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo, 1852. Senate issue. 8vo, orig. purple cloth; worn & faded. With fold. map + 57 tinted & other litho plates. Light to occasionally moderate foxing. Text vol. only. Howes S-884; Wagner-Camp 219:2. * Greeley, Horace. An Overland Journey, from New York to San Francisco, in The Summer of 1859. New York: C.M. Saxton, Barker, 1860. 1st ed. 12mo, orig. brown cloth; corners bumped, edges rubbed. Internal dampstaining. Sabin 28490. * Dixon, William Hepworth. New America. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1867. "Fourth Edition, Revised." 2 vols. 8vo, orig. blue cloth, gilt-lettered spines, edges untrimmed; occasionally scuffed, spine ends frayed, slightly dusty, slightly cocked. With 7 plates - incl. view of Salt lake City. Internally generally clean. Adverts. * Grofutt, Geo A. Grofutt's New Overland Tourist and Pacific Coast Guide. Omaha & Denver, 1883. 8vo, orig. terra-cotta cloth; occasionally scuffed, corners bumped. Double & full-page wood-engraved illus., text illus., maps. Some internal dampstaining.
• Sydney Laurence (1865-1940
  Sydney Laurence (1865-1940 American) ''Alaskan Gold Miner'' Oil on Board 10''x7'' Image. Exceptional early prospector with gold pan. Signed l.l. Original framing 11.5''x9''. Excellent condition.
• Half-plate daguerreotype of a
  Half-plate daguerreotype of a coal miner mid 19th c. 4 1/2" x 3 1/4" - image. Provenance: Kelly Kinzle ?
• WILLIAM JACKSON MINERVA TERRACE
  WILLIAM JACKSON MINERVA TERRACE PHOTOGRAPH United States,20th CenturyBlack and white photograph depicting Minerva Terrace in Yellowstone Park.