Bodies Gold Tall Tales & True History California Mining

Bodies' Gold. Tall Tales & True History from a California Mining Town. First edition. Full number line. Sprague, Margerite. University of Nevada Press. 4to. Illustrated. Important reference work. Plea

Mining.- California Gold Rush.- Jenkins (William W.) History and Development of Placer-Mining in California, original typescript signed by the author in pencil at end, 12pp., folds, screw bound at hea

Oregon Trail, Tales of Nevada, Discover Historic California, Ghost Towns & Mining Camps of California, Bodie, Railroad Valley, The Golden Highway 49, and more. Books are in good pre-owned condition.

1852 Gold California 1/2 Token w/Bear - A True Collector's Gem Immerse yourself in the rich history of the California Gold Rush with this 1852 Gold California 1/2 Token featuring a Bear. This rare and

17 pieces of California ephemera, mostly mining stocks. c. 1853-1923. Calaveras Water and Mining, 1892 Bodie and Hawthorne Telephone, 1854 Tuolumne County Water, Ave Maria Gold Quartz Mine, 1853 Anglo

HISTORY OF PRECIOUS METALS - TESTING FOR PURITY - ANGLO MEXICAN MINING AND RECENT DISCOVERIES IN CALIFORNIA. by J.L.Comstock, 1849, Belknap & Hammersly Publisher, 222pp with last chapter being the cos

1886 1ed New Empire CALIFORNIA American West Gold Mining Yosemite Los Angeles Wilson Hamilton’s “New Empire and her Representative Men” is a fascinating, late-19th-century history of the America

Titles include The Missions of California, Ghost Towns of the West, Gold Rushes and Mining Camps of the Early American West, Picture history of the Civil War, Treasures of Tutankhamun, The Migration o

Mokelunme River watercolor 10 x 14 inches. signed and dated. framed. 16 x 20 inches (overall) * Note: During the California Gold Rush, the Mokelumne was a major gold-producing stream. The first person

The compressed body with tall neck raised on a spreading foot, covered overall with a finely mottled opaque glaze of even rich teadust tone, the base inscribed with four character reign mark. Hardwood

[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

Sturdily potted with a compressed globular body surmounted by a tall tubular neck, all supported on a splayed foot, covered overall evenly save for the unglazed footring with an attractive bluish-gree

Chinese. The bombe body rising from a tall splayed foot to a flared rim, flanked by a pair of animal mask loop handles, the exterior cast in low relief with stylised taotie masks reserved on a leiwen

No. 3223-Concert Grand Harp in Original Case- 6 ft. Tall X 36" Deep X 20" Wide- Gold Gilt & Tiger Maple Body- Comes w/Stool & Music Stand-Needs Restringing

Buddha is carved in sitting position on the lotus petal and has gold powdered all over the body. 33" tall and 15" wide. 18-19th. C.. Good condition with age wears.

The body rising to an everted rim from tall splayed foot, finely cast around exterior with four large taotie masks reserved on leiwen ground, beneath a band of scrolled motif divided by two bovine mas

The archaistic vessel is supported on three tall cylindrical legs, each leg cast in high relief with a taotie mask above double ring bands, the body with a broad taotie band, each of the six masks div

Chinese. Of octagonal form, rising from a tall foot to a sloping shoulder and tall neck, all surmounted by a wide mouth-rim, the neck and body accentuated with raised fillets, all covered with greyish

Chinese. The compressed globular body rising from a short foot to a tall waisted neck, decorated with the ‘Hundred butterflies’ design divided by a band of lotus scrolls and stylised shou

Property from an Important California Collection A GUAN-TYPE ARROW-HANDLED VASE, Chinese, of archaistic hu form, with a flattened pear-shaped body rising from a splayed recessed foot to a tall neck se

[KING, B.B. (1925-2015)]. Gibson Lucille Electric Guitar Signed by B.B. King, Eric Clapton, and Others. Gibson Lucille electric guitar with ebony body, gold hardware, and pearloid fret markers in orig

18th C EXTRAORDINARY QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795), Very fine Chinese porcelain celestial vase, delicately potted in a bulbous shaped body, tall neck further to flared

Pair of Qing Dynasty Chinese gilt bronze cloisonne enamel garden stools, stoutly repoussed in barrel shaped body, tall cylindrical with slightly swelled on the center, slightly domed round top. The ga

ENGLISH PAIR-CASED ENAMELED POCKET WATCH, QUARTER REPEATER, SIGNED GRAHAM, 1740 Two body gold case, pierced and engraved with acanthus leaves and mascaron, n. 921 engraved on top border, circular pen