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[Skidoo, California, Ghost Town, Mining] Letter

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[Skidoo, California, Ghost Town] RPPC DPO Postmark: [Skidoo, California, Inyo County, Ghost Town] real photo postcard. Skidoo postmark 1908, Sidoo post office 1907-1917, DPO rarity of 5. The only known Skidoo street scene real photo postcard to

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Vintage Travel Related Books (14): 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.

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Ghost Towns & Mining Camps of California. Nadeau, Remi: Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of California. Nadeau, Remi. First edition. Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press, (1965). Illustrated with photographs and maps. “In 1849, the California Gold Rush...swept th

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Old Western & Informational Books (7): 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

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Mining Camps and Ghost Towns. a History of Mining: Mining Camps and Ghost Towns. A History of Mining in Arizona and California Along the Lower Colorado. Love, Frank. First edition. Los Angeles: Westernlore Press, 1974. Illustrated with photographs. ��

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California Gold Rush Ephemera incl. Mining Stereoview [153714]: Gold Run, CA hydraulic mining stereoview, Souvenir Program Sutter's Gold Rush and Round up 1938, 3 different Ghost Town News 1942-1945-1 with missing cover. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Californ

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Ghost Towns & Mining Camps of New Mexico by J.E.Sherman: The Shermans have explored the past and present of New Mexico's famous and infamous ghost towns...They have arranged for the reader a historical and pictorial journey through more than 130 of the stat

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Preserving the Glory Days, Ghost Towns and Mining Camps: Preserving the Glory Days, Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Nye County, Nevada, Shawn Hall, Paperback Books

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Arizona & New Mexico Ghost Town Books [153667]: Lot of four books about New Mexico and Arizona ghost towns and mining camps. A) Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of New Mexico by James E. and Barbara H. Sherman. Maps by Jim Cooper. Never used, still in

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The Bonanza Trail by Muriel Sibell Wolle: The Bonanza Trail: Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of the West by Muriel Sibell Wolle, hardback book, comes in original book jacket, c. 1953 by Bonanza Books

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1855 California Gold Mining Company Letter: An interesting circular from the Anglo-Californian Gold Mining Company dated May 19th, 1855. With original postal envelope. Letter in Fine condition, wear to transmittal envelope. Reserve: $50.00 Shi

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2 Wilfred Readio lithos Colorado Mining Ghost Towns: Readio, Wilfred A. (American 1895 - 1961) , Gustan & Mill At Gustan ( 2 lithographs) , each numbered signed in the stone , measuring 12 x 14.5 inches

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19th Century Iron Door Used in Hollywood (115653): A real find for the movie fanatic. This is an iron door that, after it outlived its use in some old California mining town, escaped to Hollywood, where it was seen in such film classics as "A Tale of

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Tennessee's Partner (RKO, 1955) US Insert 14" x 36": Description Tennessee's Partner (1955) In a California mining town, a gold miner, a saloon gambler and a cat-house madam strike an odd alliance revolving around a gold mine claim. Director: Allan Dwan

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Summit County, Colorado Postal Cover Group [155292]: Lot of 8. 1) Kokomo. Mining ghost town. Three corner covers: NB Noland, Deputy US Mineral Surveyor, Civil & Mining Engineer, 1881; Corinthian Lodge, F&AM, 1885; and The Ten Mile Mercantile Co., 1902.

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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

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[Skidoo, California, Ghost Town, Mining] Letter

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[Skidoo, California, Ghost Town, Mining] handwritten letter by A.V. Carpenter of Skidoo, California. Includes a two page letter, business card and mailing envelope. We ship most items in this auction in house and gladly combine shipping if possible of multiple items. Provenance: David Cressey Collection.