Lot 4158

Ten Virginia City, Nevada Territory Mining Checks

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20 Virginia City, Nevada Territory Mining Checks: Lot of 20 Stateler & Arrington checks for the Gould & Curry Mine. Ten are signed by Charles Bonner as superintendent in 1864. Ten are signed by Charles Strong as supt., 1863-64. Likely paychecks to mi

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Rarest Nevada Revenue Check: Chollar Potosi Mining Co. w/ Violet Nevada Stamp [144768]: This is the Holy Grail for Nevada check and revenue collectors! Chollar Potosi Mining Company Check, Virginia City, Nevada with RN-B17d, the rarest of the Nevada imprinted revenues. This check was iss

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Checks with RN-G Imprinted Revenue [134749]: Huge group of 52. Nearly all different. Issued 1876-1884. All with RN-G. Includes: 19 Montana checks (Butte, Helena, and Virginia City); one Nevada check (Austin, Manhattan Silver Mining Co.); Connect

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Early Western Wells Fargo RN Check Group [151809]: Lot of six. 1) EXTRA RARE 1861 blue Wells Fargo check. Signed by W. H. Graves in important territorial mining man. 2) 1880 imprinted revenue Virginia, Nevada check. Savage Mining Company. Issued to Fo

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Antique Best & Belcher Miner Candlestick Holders: Featured in this lot are three antique miner candlestick holders, with two being from Virginia City, Nevada and made by Best & Belcher Mining Company and one being unmarked. The holders were used for

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Goodman Gold & Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate [166873]: Devils Gate Mining District, Nevada. Dateline Virginia City, Nev. March 13th, 1874. No. 44, issued for 500 shares to William Dormer. Signed by John Mills as president and Miles Goodman as secretary. N

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Montana Territory Checks, 500 [166689]: About 500 or more Montana Territory checks c. 1860's-80's. Holladay Overland Mail and Express, Henry Elling, S R Buford, Missoula National Bank, Auditors Office Virginia City etc. 5 lbs.Date: Country

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Nevada Gold & Silver Mining Company Stock [144392]: # 537 for 5 shares issued to Samuel Knight on April 15, 1864 in Virginia [City]. Endorsed on reverse by Hopkins. Signed by J. M. Hopkins secretary and (?) president. Incorporated August of 1863. Nice

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Three Nevada Covers and a Check [151559]: 1) c1869 Virginia City blue. RARE two bar cancel. 2) Gold Hill double Circle. 3) Hawthorne Double ring. 1884. Addressed to Aurora, Nevada. 4) Austin check for Gage, Curtis & Company. For the Manhattan

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Imprinted Revenue Stamp Check Group incl. Rare Montana [134440]: Lot of 20 (19 different). Includes RN-D, RN-G, RN-X. 1) Montana. 9 checks, all different, 1874-1901: 4 Helena, 5 Virginia City. 2) Other states: Nevada (Austin, 1879), New York (1880, 1899), Connectic

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Revenue Check Collection: RN-G [144737]: Lot of 38. Nearly all different. Includes 11 Montana checks (Helena, Virginia City, Glendale). Other pieces from Nevada (Austin), New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. Issu

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[Star City, Humboldt County, Nevada, Mining] 1864: [Star City, Humboldt County, Territory of Nevada] 1864 Sheba Gold and Silver Mining Company stock certificate. Dated 1864, measures 4-in. x 8.375-in. G-VG/VG condition. We ship most items in this auct

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Fillmore Mining Company Stock, American Flat, Comstock, Nevada Territory [144395]: This cert is extra rare. "Storey County, Gold Hill District, Nevada Territory" (printed on the left around a vignette of a baker). Incorporated February 8, 1864. Low number 10, issued for ten shares t

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Lowman Silver Mining Company Stock, Virginia, N.T. 1863 [164765]: # 66 for 12 shares issued to M. Jewett in Virginia City on August 17, 1863. Signed by A. B. McNeil (listed in the 1864 Nevada Directory as a Hostler - one who looks after horses) president and Wm. H.

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[Carson City, Nevada] Check, Currency and Receipt: [Carson City, Nevada] check, currency and receipt. Excellent condition. We ship most items in this auction in house and gladly combine shipping if possible of multiple items. Provenance: David Cressey

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Hale & Norcross Mine Photograph; c. 1900 [154618]: Photograph of the Hale & Norcross Mine in Virginia City, Nevada. This photograph was taken around 1900 by William Cann. The Hale & Norcross was one of the Comstock Lode mines. St. Mary's and the Fourt

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Ten Virginia City, Nevada Territory Mining Checks

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Lot of 10 Stateler & Arrington checks signed by Charles Strong as superintendent for the Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company. All are Virginia, N.T. 1864 datelines (one is 1863). All cut cancelled but in clean condition. Strong was in charge of the Gould & Curry Mine and oversaw the development of a grand 40 stamp mill at the intersection of Six Mile and Seven Mile Canyons for close to a $1 million dollars in 1863! State: Nevada City: Virginia City Date: 1864