[WESTERN AMERICANA - MINING]. Sixth plate daguerreotype of a possible gold miner wearing a bib

[WESTERN AMERICANA - MINING]. A group of 3 photographs of gold miners at work. View of at least 11 gold miners, including one possible female, posed near a long wooden sluice for an unknown photograph

[WESTERN AMERICANA] -- [GOLD MINING]. The Miner's Ten Commandments bifolium lettersheet featuring letter from California gold miner.  BETTER, Mitchell. Autograph letter signed ("Mitchell Better")

Title: Love my Gold Jewelry Sixth Plate Daguerreotype Additional Info: 1/6 plate daguerreotype of a woman wearing golden drop earrings, a golden brooch, three bracelets with golden ornamentation, and

Rare. Reverse has label: "Hills and Dales of New England. No. 466. Gold Digging at Smith's Claim, Gold Miner's Glen, Plymouth, Vt. F.B. Gage, Photo. Published by E. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York." V

Mining in the Leadville area began in 1859 when prospectors discovered gold at the mouth of California Gulch. In 1876, black sand, once considered bothersome to placer gold miners, was discovered to c

Issued by the Carolina Gold Mining and Milling Company, 682 shares at $1 per to C. Sopas (sp?) and signed by Chase (sp?) secretary and Pamsole (sp?) president. There's a hard rock miner vignette and i

Issued for 50 shares in 1881 at New York. Inc. in New York. Location of mine: Gold Mountain District, Esmeralda Co. Nevada printed at the top. Miners working underground with their candles to light up

Issued 1882, #979. 3 miner vignette. According to Burchard (1883), this company operated at Free Gold in the Cottonwood District of Chaffee County. Free Gold was located 1.5 miles south of Buena Vista

[WESTERN AMERICANA-MINING]. 2 manuscripts, incl. miner's letter from Norwegian Gulch (Montana), 1869 HOUSEL, J. Autograph letter signed ("J. Housel"), to an uncle. Norwegian Gulch [Montana], 4 July 18

Sixth plate daguerreotype of an African American woman wearing a dress and bonnet, with tinted green, pink, blue, and black accents. Housed in a paper case with the imprinted pad of "F. Moissenet / Da

Beautiful early sixth plate daguerreotype of a dark-skinned woman thought to be Native American. This image recently surfaced at an estate sale in western Illinois with another image whose subject was

NATIVE AMERICAN / WESTERN SIXTH-PLATE TINTYPE, depicting two seated Native Americans, likely Plains, one wearing a hair-pipe breastplate, flanking another gentleman standing slightly behind, dressed i

1891 mining report from Alvord Gold Mines in San Bernardino County, CA. 6 claims of gold bearing rock, discussion of ore, yields and drills.Date: Country (if not USA): State: CaliforniaCity: San Berna

Western America American Bank Note Company (ABN) Engraved Steel Die Plate Titled "Gold Mining"1880" Rare Historical Vignette 1880-Dated, Unique Original Hand-Engraved Steel Die Plate for Printing a De

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. The Rosborough family archive, including letters relating to the California Gold Rush, the Modoc War, the Klondike Gold Rush, and early settlement and mining operations in Idaho T

Conserved by Casey Allen Waters, Exeter NH in July 2008 with notes on seal verso.

LOT OF 50 IMAGES, 10 SIXTH-PLATE DAGUERREOTYPES, 16 NINTH-PLATE DAGUERREOTYPES, 8 QUARTER-PLATE AMBROTYPES, 15 SIXTH-PLATE AMBROTYPES, 1 LARGE NATIVE AMERICAN IMAGE ON GLASS, AS PICTURED, FROM THE EST

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 2 hand-tinted daguerreotypes of firefighters, including quarter plate and sixth plate images.  Quarter plate hand-tinted daguerreotype studio group portrait of thr

Ornate 14kt gold necklace with diamond bands and emerald eyes in a spotted leopard sitting on the bottom rung of a 17 piece articulated necklace, with matching ring and ear rings made by an unknown "S

Two mint state $25 gold eagles, each one half ounce of fine gold.Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Small gold silver ingot from the Bill Bliss Collection engraved "Blasadel". . The Bliss Collection consists of several ingots presented to members of the Bliss family over time. The family was the bac

Two mint state $25 gold eagles, each one half ounce of fine gold.

Small gold nuggets mined in the Mt. McKinley area of Alaska. Full of gold and quartz, these nuggets are very attractive. Most are six to eight millimeters long. About two ounces troy.Date: Country (if

Two mint state $25 gold eagles, each one half ounce of fine gold.