Lot 581
1870s Manhattan Silver
Mining Company Revenue Stamped Drafts. Issued during one of the "money"
shortages that the west was famous during the 1870s. These drafts are popular
with Nevada and Revenue Stamp collectors. Two each of the following
denominations. $1, $5, $10, & $20. All unissued and uncirculated. Total
number in lot 8.
Estimated Value $100-200.
Lot 582
Important Gold Hill Nevada
Warrant. 1881 Warrant issued by the town of Gold Hill, Nevada. Issued and
never redeemed? An important document from this popular location. Extra
Fine.
Estimated Value $50-100.
Lot 583
Mortgages land grants and
other real estate related items. (5) Items all relating to real estate.
Estimated Value $25-50.
Lot 584
Rare Idaho Railway Stock
Certificates 1910. (1) 1910, 1 Share, St. Anthony Railroad Company, Extra
Fine, Uncancelled (1) 19410, 1 Share, Salmon River Railroad Company, Extra
Fine, Uncancelled. Both stock certificates are signed by the identical people
in the identical offices that they held (1), 1 Share, Minidoka and Southern
Railroad Company, Almost Uncirculated, Uncancelled. Same signature of the
president on the other two previous lots. Total in lot 3.
Estimated Value
$200-400.
Lot 585
Society of Pacific Coast
Pioneers, Virginia City, Nevada. (3) Membership Certificates, all issued.
Membership in this illustrious society was limited to those who had been
residents of the Pacific Coast prior to January 1, 1851, and their descendants.
The group's well appointed hall on "B" Street in Virginia City contained the
most extensive mineral collection in the West, but all was lost in the great
fire of 1875. These notes were issued to raise funds for rebuilding, but the
decline of the Comstock mines in the following years prevented this from
happening.
Estimated Value $100-150.
Lot 586
Wells, Fargo & Co Express
Receipt for "1 Bar Bullion - No. 2147" from Savage Milling Co. 1870. A
wonderful receipt from Wells, Fargo & Co Express dated Dec 30th 1870 from "VA"
(Virginia City, NV) addressed to M. Morgenthau, President Savage Milling Co. -
San Francisco, CA. Wells, Fargo & Co. was transporting "1 Bullion Bar" with a
value of $2595.13.
Estimated Value $75-150.