DOCUMENTS OF IMPORTANT MINING FINANCIERS & GEOLOGISTS

100. Guggenheim Mining Letterhead. . Guggenheim Exploration Co. Letterhead (letter), 8/30/1911 signed by Pope Yeatman, Consulting Engineer, addressed to Seeley Mudd in Los Angeles. The letterhead notes Daniel Guggenheim as president, Morris Guggenheim as VP (Brother). The letter is a very interesting note to Mudd regarding a proposal made by Mudd of the Bagdad, Arizona copper project. Notes in pencil by the elderly Seeley are at left. File holes at top. Fine-vf. This is the only Guggenheim piece we have ever offered. Est. $100-200

101. Nevada. Nye. Grantsville. Silver Palace Mine, also known as the “Old Grantsville Mine”. Coronado Copper and Zinc Co, Alexander-Brooklyn Mines, Webster Mines, and others, apparently all completely controlled by the Mudd Brothers at one time. Correspondence 1921-1950, assays 1938-9. About 100 letters, all directly from the Harvey Mudd files. His name is stamped in a receiver rubber stamp on many documents. Most of the correspondence is directly addressed to the Mudd Brothers, including Harvey, the namesake of a famous Southern California University and one-time partners with the Guggenheims. David Guggenheim, son of Meyer Guggenheim, ran the company’s business affairs including mines, working on many mines with Harvey’s father, Colonel Seeley Mudd. The nearly complete history of the mine is present within this file. The files contain extensive correspondence from various mining companies over the years about the several mines that made up the Silver Palace group, including the Alexander and Brooklyn mines. The letters trace the thought processes of exploration geologists on a former producing mine and what they did to explore for ore during a several decade long period. A portion of the correspondence deals with the uncomfortable nature of a partnership running an mining exploratory operation. In the early 1930’s, the Mudds and Webster were splitting costs at Grantsville. The letters reflect the Mudd’s thoughts that the property should be dropped, or they get bought out. “Considerable thought was given to closing out Webster affairs in 1927 but after serious consideration it was finally decided to make one more effort to see if we could not save something from the wreck.” [1/28/30 letter to Charles Sutro from H. S. Mudd]. In 1928 J. P. Carpenter (later of Mackay School of Mines) visited the property. He also noted that Dr. Stabler, Dean of Chemistry at USC was at the property trying to operate the mine without success and gave specifics of the milling problems. Much of the early correspondence is from L. Wickes, a noted mining engineer working for the Mudds. The assay reports include many assays of rock and dumps from the property. Some assays from the 1937 period reflect shipments made to Nevada Consolidated Copper Co as flux. These shipments ran about 11 oz/ton silver with negligible gold.

This is an irreplaceable archive of a mining venture, following the mine through various stages of exploration and production from some of the most impor6tant mining men in the US, the Mudd family. We sold a Webster Mines cert in Auction 13 issued to Harvey and signed by Seeley. Est. $250-500

102. Bernard Baruch Correspondence with Seeley Mudd. Four different telegrams between Seeley Mudd and Bernard Baruch, 1911 and 1912. Baruch noted that he had just visited the Chino and Ray mines in Arizona and New Mexico and also discussed Bagdad. The best of the telegrams is a detailed two page affair discussing a proposed stock deal with development work at Bagdad, in which Mudd and Baruch would be partners. October 4, 1911; Jan. 13, 17, 22, 1912. This is a small yet remarkable archive discussing inside information on a proposed mining deal. This is the type of important correspondence between two major financiers in the mining business that rarely escapes the shredder. Est. $200-400

103. Jackling Telegraph to Mudd, 1911. Telegram from D. C. Jackling, the father of open pit mining, to Seeley Mudd regarding some proposition with the Bagdad, Arizona project that Mudd was looking for a partner with. Tear from upper left corner, file hole at center. Western Union Night Letter from Denver to Mudd in Los Angeles. “Bagdad” written in Mudd’s hand at bottom. This telegram involves the famous Bagdad, Arizona copper deposit, which developed into a world-class mine. Est. $50-100

104. Getchell Mine Stock Certificate. Signed by George Wingfield as president and issued to and signed by Bernard Baruch., cert # 795 issued 6/29/1940 for 142,000 shares, sold Jan 6, 1941. 8 x 11”, green border with bald eagle vignette. Tape on obverse at far left and on reverse where Baruch’ signature guarantee is attached. Some bleed-through. Est. $500-1000

105. Nevada. Esmeralda. Goldfield. August 3, 1907 Goldfield Daily Tribune. &#x20Investing Eight Millions; Arrival of Bernard Baruch who has an option on 1,000,000 shares of Consolidated at $7.75” Original newspaper, water stained, chips, wear. The lead article on Baruch who went to Goldfield on the 7th. His visit is reported in detail. He was scheduled to attend a Goldfield Consol. Board meeting on the day the paper was published.

“Baruch went down to water level in the Red Top, having first donned a pair of rubber hipboots. Then he stood in mud and water up to his knees, tramped around in the slush, made a memorandum or two, and was finally jerked to the surface. ‘I want to learn’ he said smilingly. want to get the unpleasant part, as well as the pleasant.’”

Baruch had loaned the company $1 million to help finance the purchase of the many small mining companies that all were acquired to make up Goldfield Consolidated. While this paper reports on his visit and speculated that he would take the options, he did not. In his autobiography, he only noted that he would finance many of these important mines until they became dividend paying, then bow out, as he did here. Est. $50-100

106. Reno Sales Autograph. Anaconda Copper MC letter on Anaconda Copper Mining Co. letterhead (Butte), 1929 from and signed by Reno Sales, chief geologist to T. O’Brien at Inspiration, Arizona, a major copper deposit at the time. Reno Sales was one of America’s foremost geologists. He was an important developer, if not the founding father, of Anaconda’s mineral exploration program, considered by many as the best in the world. Sales was also highly published in technical mining journals. This is only the second Reno Sales signature we have ever offered. Est. $50-150

CANADA

BRITISH COLUMBIA

106.5 British Columbia. British Columbia Mining District Map, 1907. 22 x 22" when folded out. The map shows the mining districts in varying colors. A note at the bottom indicates that the "mining divisions generally follow the height of land separating watersheds." Published by the Department of Mines, Victoria office. Tears at edges at fold creases. Very fine. Est. $50-150

107. British Columbia. Ainsworth. London & Richelieu Mining Co, c.1903-1905. Prospectus and letters. Lot of 2 different pcs. Incorporated in BC, promoted from Boston. The company formed in 1902 as a consolidation of the London MC and Richelieu MC which themselves had only formed in mid 1901. The mines were located on Crawford Creek and had ore that was rich in silver, about 10-40 ounces with traces of copper and lead. The prospectus does not offer much information about the property, rather most of the text validates the incorporation of the company. 24 pages, original gray cover with red print, 4 x 9”. The lot includes 2 letters and 2 different informational mailers, one for the London and Richelieu and the other from the Bornite Bank Co (see lot above). This is a direct quote from the Copper Handbook, 1908, p.887, “Company advertised stock for sale, circa 1905, on the strength of its location near the Granby (see lot above), but apparently has no property in that neighborhood. Idle.” Extremely fine. Est. $100-200

108. British Columbia. Burnt Basin. Tin Cup Mining & Smelting Co, c.1900-04. Prospectus. The company owned the Tin Cup mine, 42 acres, located near Gladstone and Cascade City. No assay values offered nor the type of ore to be mined. 8 pages, original tan cover with purple print, 6 x 3.5”. Extremely fine. Est. $50-100

109. British Columbia. Camp McKinney. Lemon Gold Mining Co, c.1900-1905. Prospectus. Incorporated in Nebraska, promoted from Omaha. Company owned the Lemon, Pennsylvania, Last Chance, Gold Standard, Galena & Omaha claim groups 8 miles from the US border and 150 northwest of Spokane in the McKinney district. The primary property was the Lemon which had a 20 stamp mill2 short tunnels. The other properties had minor development with, of course rich assays. On the front page is a photograph of a mine site, 5 smaller photographs are found in the 8 page prospectus. On the second page is a claim map. 6 x 9”. Extremely fine. Est. $75-150

109.5. British Columbia. Cariboo. Cariboo Amalgamated Gold Mines, Ltd, 1933. Prospectus. Owned nearly 6000 acres in the Cariboo district, adjoining the property of the Cariboo Gold Quartz MC. According to the prospectus, a prospector named Fred Wells, claimed most of the property in the area and also started and ran the Cariboo Gold Quartz MC. Printed by Mtichell Printing & Publishing Co, Vancouver, B.C. No assays offered. 16 pages, original orange cover, 8.5 x 11.5". Extremely fine. Est. $50-100

110. British Columbia. Cariboo. Premier Cariboo Gold Mining Co, 1901. Lot of 2 different prospectuses. Incorporated in South Dakota, promoted from New York. Owned property on Peters Creek, Cariboo district. The operation was that of placer mining but no operations had apparently started as of the printing of this prospectus. 8 pages, 8 x 12.5”. On the last page is a map of the Cariboo district. Included are three different typed letters that mimic the same information as the prospectus, dated 1900. All very fine. Est. $75-150

111. British Columbia. Cranbrook. Mining Investment Co of North America, Ltd., c.1902. Prospectus. Incorporated in British Columbia. This company was a mining investment company operating in British Columbia. The function of the company was to sell shares in their company, taking that money and investing it in other companies. When profits were made from the sale and purchase of other mining company stocks, a dividend would be paid. Sounds like a good idea, but also seems to easily turn in a stock jobbing scheme. A single sheet folded 3 times, unfolding out to 8 pages each 3.5 x 6”. Blue print. Minor wear to fold creases. Very fine. Est. $50-100

112. British Columbia. East Yale. Keremos-Pontiac-Centurion-Standard Copper Mines, Ltd, 1903-04. Lot of 2 different pcs. Incorporated in BC, promoted from New York. One of the prospectuses has 23 pages, original brown cover with black print, 3 x 6”. The inside cover has a location map of the property. The second item is a mailer containing different mine reports that were done around 1900. Printed on blue paper, 4 pages, 5.5 x 8.5”. This synopsis is from the Copper Handbook (1908, p.840): Company owned 800 acres with an average of 2-3% copper, 2-4 ounces silver and $2-$5 gold per ton. &#x20Was promoted by Wheeler & Co., of New York, who have foisted on the public a number of unsuccessful and dubious promotions. Property considered promising, but company not regarded favorably. By 1910, the company is listed as “Bad Egg”. The smaller prospectus is extremely fine, the mailer has minor discoloration along edges. Est. $50-150

113. British Columbia. General. Mining Securities Co, c.1900-1905. Prospectus. The company was formed to invest in gold and copper mining companies, especially in British Columbia. Promoted from New York. The last page is a stock subscription in the form a certificate from the company. 8 pages, black print on crème paper, 8.5 x 11”. Minor tears along fold creases. Very fine. Est. $75-150

114. British Columbia. Greenwood. Montreal & Boston Copper Co, Ltd, c.1903. Prospectus & letters. Lot of 6 diffferent pcs. The company had 4 claims known as the Crown Silver, Sunset, C.O.D. and Florence claims and 400 ton smelter located at Boundary Falls on Boundary Creek. The mines were located 3 miles from Deadwood. Ore ran at an average of 2-4% copper, 1 ounce silver and 0.5 ounce gold. The prospectus has several sketches and photographs and is extremely attractive in the layout. Original dark green cover with copper colored raised lettering. Original copper colored string at binding. 24 pages, a fine claim and workings map on last page, 5 x 8”. This company, and a whole host of others, were consolidated into the Montreal & Boston Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co in 1904 (Copper Handbook, 1905, p.577). The lot includes 6 other items that relates to the earlier company and the consolidation company. These items are informational mailers, newspaper articles and others. All very fine. Est. $100-300

115. British Columbia. Nelson. Bornite Bank Gold Mining Co, 1901. Lot of 2 identical prospectuses. Incorporated in British Columbia, promoted from Boston. The president of the company, T. R. Morrow, is listed as the Rossland’s Pioneer Druggist. Company formed in 1899 and owned property located on Morning Mountain about 4 miles from Nelson. It is difficult to determine the exact location of the mines or where the name Bornite Bank comes, as none of the claims have this name. Also, the company title would suggest a strong gold play, but the assays show only traces of gold, with about 90 ounces of silver and 1300 pounds lead per ton. But on the preceding page, the company reports intercepting ore valued at $92 gold per ton. Very confusing. Not listed in the Copper Handbooks. 2 photographs, one showing a portal with about 5 feet of snow on the ground. The other is of the Silver King mine, which the company did not own. 16 pages, original yellow cover with brown print, 3.5 x 6”. Both prospectuses are identical, except one has “Canada” written on front cover. Mint condition. Est. $75-150

116. British Columbia. Nelson. Maple Leaf Mining & Development Co, 1902. A Report of the Inspection Committee which looked at the Maple Leaf Mine. The mine was located 8 miles from Nelson. Four tunnels had been driven, 450’, 85’ & 220’. There are 5 “selected at random” samples that gave assays of 0.17 to 295 ounces gold, $3 to $5912. 4 pages, black print, 6 x 9.5”. Discoloration band along top edge on back page. Very fine. Est. $50-100

117. British Columbia. Nelson. Referendum Free Gold Mining & Milling Co, Ltd, c.1902. Lot of 2 identical prospectuses. Incorporated in British Columbia, promoted by Wheeler, New York. The company owned 3 claims, Referendum, Katie & Golden Cross, located on the north slope of Referendum Mountain, 8 miles from Nelson. There were 3 shafts, the deepest at 100 feet, with several drifts and crosscuts. Assays ran from $30 to $536 gold per ton. It was reported that there was stamp mill, but the number of stamps is not offered. There are 2 identical prospectuses, 4 pages, 5.5 x 8.5”. One is extremely fine, the other is very fine. Est. $50-100

118. British Columbia. Olalla. Olalla Copper Mining & Smelting Co, c.1903. Lot of 2 prospectuses. Incorporated in Maine 1901, promoted initially by A. E. Hall, New York. The first page has portraits of the officers of the company. Owned 32 claims in the East Yale district, including the town of Olalla and controlled the Similkameen & Keremeos RR. A more concise report on the company was listed in the Copper Handbook, 1910, p.1336. &#x20Veins, about a dozen in number, were claimed by the former management to range 3’ to 500’ in width, estimated to carry ore averaging 5%, 2 to 5 ounces silver and $1 to $40 gold per ton, but this is ridiculously inflated estimate has been reduced to reasonable dimensions by the present management, which claims 1 vein…assaying 1.5% copper, a little silver and $1 to $7 gold. One of the prospectuses contains extracts from government publications and testimonials, 40 pages, original brown cover, 5 x 8”, with 2 advertisement cut outs. The second prospectus has 31 pages, original gray cover with an image of a miner pushing an ore car. Attached on the inside of front and back are maps of the property. The text pages are detached from the cover and measure 8 x 9”. Both very fine. Est. $150-300

119. British Columbia. Omineca. Nicholson Creek Mining Corp, 1938. Prospectus. Incorporated in Washington, promoted from Seattle. The company incorporated in 1934 after acquisition of property near Usk which carried copper, gold, silver and molybdenum ores. A series of mining companies had owned and developed these properties, but all had failed. At the center are 2 pages with 13 photographs of the mine property. Attached on the inside back cover is a fold out map that shows the location of the claims, 11 x 17”. 9 pages, original tan cover with black print, 8.5 x 11”. Very fine. Est. $25-75

120. British Columbia. Phoenix. Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting & Power Co, Ltd., c.1901-02. Prospectus, photos and mailers. Lot of 4 different pcs. Incorporated in BC, promoted from NY. Company formed as a consolidation of the Granby, Old Ironsides, Knob Hill, Grey Eagle and Grand Forks Cos. One of the items is a single page circular with limited information about the company, c.1905-08. The second item is a 3 page letter to stockholders that discusses the decrease in copper prices in 1907 and catastrophic “Acts of God” that had required the closure of the mill during the winter of 1907-08. There are also 2 separate photographs of the mill structures, both measures 5.5 x 11”. The Granby was a very successful copper mining co and smelting operation that paid dividends nearly every year. Around 1909, a representative from the Copper Handbook, Mr. Sussman, found that the reported ore reserves were grossly exaggerated and made in public. The Copper Handbook reported that there was probably only 5 years of ore left at the Phoenix pit, but that the other properties held may prove out. The smelter was in fantastic condition and production 20 million pounds of copper per year. (CH, 1910, p.874-878). The letters are foxed along edges, photographs are in extremely fine condition. Est. $150-300

121. British Columbia. Sheep Creek. Sheep Creek Gold Mines, Ltd, c.1935. Prospectus. Incorporated in British Columbia. Company owned 20 claims at Sheep Camp. Initial discoveries were in 1896, and the property changed hands several times until this company took control. Ore ran from a few dollars to over $100 per ton. 8 pages, 8 x 11”. 2 fold creases. Very fine. Est. $25-50

122. British Columbia. Slocan. Silver Mountain Mining & Milling Co, c.1901. Prospectus. Incorporated in Washington, promoted from New York. The company owned claims on the slope of Silver Mountain and had three developed tunnels. There is a diagrammatic view of these tunnels. The company had several different stock purchase options. One was that of Common stock, Preferred stock at an 8% and 6% First Mortgage Gold bonds. Both the preferred and mortgage bonds were “guaranteed”. The bonds matured in 1931. 23 pages, original dark gray cover with silver gilt lettering, 4 x 7”. A triangular piece has been detached from the back cover at the left edge, piece included. Extremely fine. Est. $75-150

123. British Columbia. Texada Island. Texada Gold Mines Co, 1901. Prospectus. Incorporated in Washington, promoted from Seattle. The company owned the Texada claims on Texada Island about 65 miles north of Vancouver. Development consisted of open cuts on surface veins that assayed at $2 gold, 4 ounces silver and 41% copper. Another assay on an 18 ounce sample gave 1.37 ounces gold or $25, which the prospectus converts to a one ton of ore being worth $40,440 (stunning - vp). The 1905 Copper Handbook, p.759, reports that the property was located in the Nanaimo district, Texada Island, with an average assay of 12% copper, 10 ounce silver and $2.80 gold. The company wanted to build a tram from the mine to the smelter at Van Alda. &#x201nnot be learned that any work is in progress.” The company was listed as dead by 1908. 3 photographs. 14 pages, original dark blue cover with gilt lettering, 6.5 x 8.5”. Extremely fine. Est. $100-300

124. British Columbia. Trout Lake. I. X. L. Mining Co, 1905. Prospectus. Incorporated in Washington. The mines were located at Eight Mile Creek, near Trout Lake, in the Trout Lake division of the West Kootenay district. (The mining district map described above for BC shows that the district was considered Trout Lake.) A test run of 5.5 tons of ore returned an average (after expenses) of over $45 per ton. The company formed in early 1903 which allowed the company to develop the property before releasing stock for sale in 1905. Development included 3 tunnels, one was over 300 feet and the other was 175 feet. There was equipment on the property including drills, rails and an ore car. 14 pages, original light gray cover with black print, 3.5 x 6”. Minor discoloration along edges. Very fine. Est. $75-150

125. British Columbia. Ymir. Active Gold Mining Co, Ltd, 1902. Prospectus. Incorporated in BC, promoted from Cincinnati. This is a concise prospectus that avoids the typical mining double talk. The company owned property near the town of Ymir with gold valued at $15 per ton. The company probably would have had a transportation problem since no local mill or smelters are mentioned. There were 1250 feet of underground workings. The company also owned 5000 acres of timber land with white pine, hemlock and fir claimed to be valued at $750,000. 4 pages, 3 x 6”. Extremely fine. Est. $50-100

126. British Columbia. Ymir. Oriel Mining & Milling Co, Ltd, c.1901. Prospectus. Owned the Good Hope claim group located on Apex Mountain, about 10 miles from Ymir. The claims had not yet been fully “patented” under British Columbia laws. The only assays were those of a report by R. W. McFarlane, 1899, who found gold running from $1 to $60 per ton. There was no development work prior to the organization of the company and the assays are purely from surface outcrops. 4 pages, printed on grayish paper, 8.5 x 11”. Dark discoloration affects most pages. Very fine. Est. $50-100

NEW BRUNSWICK

127. New Brunswick. Dorchester. Intercolonial Copper Co, 1902. Incorporated in Arizona, promoted from Providence, RI. Property was located near Dorchester, New Brunswick consisting of 1100 acres. An electrolytic processing plant was processing 200 tons a day at the time of the prospectus. The predominantly chalcocite ore ran at an average of 2-3% copper with occasional high grade pocket encountered. Both prospectuses over similar information and both have several glossy page photographs of the mine property. The older, 1902, has 25 photographs, 22 pages, gray cover with green, gold and brown print, 7 x 8.5”, red string at binding, extremely fine condition. The newer, 1903, has 12 photographs, 16 pages, original brown cover. This prospectus is in a legal document format that folds down to 4 x 8.5” unfolding to 8.5 x 14”. The photographs are on heavy glossy paper with intervening text pages on onion style paper. The company is listed in the Copper Handbook (1908, p.813) as having 3 shallow shafts and over 1500 feet of tunnels. Unfortunately, the electrolytic reduction plant failed after only 50 tons of fine copper was produced. Idle since 1904 and apparently moribund. Est. $100-300

NOVA SCOTIA

128. Nova Scotia. Blockhouse. Blockhouse Mining Co, 1901. Prospectus. Incorporated in Nova Scotia, promoted from Boston. Property was acquired by the transfer from the Blockhouse Gold MC to the Blockhouse MC in 1900. What is odd is that the property was being leased from the Crown Co for 19 years. There was a 10 stamp mill on site and operating with a production, in 1901, of $12,000 in gold and silver with a net profit of $1,200 per month. Photograph on front page of the Blockhouse MC buildings. 7 pages, 12 x 9.5”. Tear along fold crease. Very fine. Est. $100-200

129. Nova Scotia. Cape Breton. Eastern National Copper Co, Ltd., c.1903. Prospectuses. Incorporated in Nova Scotia, promoted from Halifax. This prospectus is nearly identical to the of the Richfield MC, lot below. The prospectus do not offer as in depth description of the property as does the Copper Handbook, 1904, p.359. Company organized in 1902, having a 77 year lease on property that contained an gold bearing zone that was reported at 270 feet wide, 7500 feet long and proven to a depth of 85 feet assaying at 5% copper, 5 ounce silver and $3-$5 gold per ton. There was supposedly 185,000 tons of ore blocked out ready for stoping. Property was considered as one of the most promising in eastern Canada. Something went wrong, and the company was succeeded by the Cheticamp Copper Co in 1904 (Copper Handbook, 1908, p.647). The items are in extremely fine condition. Est. $75-150

130. Nova Scotia. Cape Breton. Richfield Mining Co, Ltd, c.1901. The lot includes a short prospectus that discusses the gold deposits on Cape Breton as “Great Mineral Possibilities of Cheticamp.” Cheticamp is the local district name for Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. 8 pages, original tan cover, 3.5 x 6”. Attached is a typed letter to Mr. Vigouroux from Alfred Bennett, promoter in Halifax, regarding the Richfield MC. The 2 page letter does not offer any assay values, only that the ore carries gold, silver, copper and arsenic. The claims were known as Iron Cap and Mountain Top. The edges of the letter have several chips and creases. Letter is fine. Est. $50-100

131. Nova Scotia. Cape D’Or. Colonial Copper Co, c.1904. Prospectus. Incorporated in West Virginia, 1899. An attractive prospectus with 21 photographs, several of which show landscape views of Cape D’Or and the Bay of Fundy. The company owned property on the shores of the Bay of Fundy, Cape D’Or, Chandos mine near Chandos, Ontario and New Annan mine at Tatamagouche, Ontario. The 2 Ontario mines were idle by 1908 (Copper Handbook, 1908, p.540). The Cape D’Or property was the principal mine which had about 1900 tons ore processed producing 12,320 pounds of copper, or about 6 lbs per ton, “an unmercifully hopeless figure.” (CH, 1910, p.625). Receivers were appointed in 1910, but the property had a $300,000 mortgage, forcing a sale of all hard goods and the mortgage holder took possession of the property. (CH, 1912, p.245-246). The 21 photographs show differing views of the property. 32 pages, original gray cover with gilt lettering, 7.5 x 10”. Minor discoloration around edges of front cover. Vf. Est. $100-300

132. Nova Scotia. Cape D’Or. Colonial Copper Co, c.1904. Prospectus. See lot above for the story of the company. This prospectus is a variation of the one described above. 23 photographs, many of them are views of the buildings and dwellings owned by the company. There is a 2 page map at the middle showing the shoreline of Cape D’Or and location of the mines. 35 pages, original green cover with copper gilt lettering, 7.5 x 10”. Extremely fine. Est. $100-300

133. Nova Scotia. Halifax. Cow Bay Gold Mines, 1907. Prospectus. The company owned property situated 8 miles from Halifax. Mill runs of ore excavated ore gave an average of $19 gold for 112 tons in a 1906 report offered in the prospectus. The company had misc. mining hardware including two pumps, one to run a drill. The prospectus offers favorable information indicating the company might become a real mine. No listed in the Copper Handbooks. Extremely fine. Est. $75-150

134. Nova Scotia. Halifax. Nova Scotia Gold Mining Syndicate, 1934. Prospectus. The company owned 77 acres located about 80 miles north of Halifax in the Caribou gold district. 4 pages, printed on orange paper, 9 x 11.5”. Wear to fold creases. Very fine. Est. $25-75

135. Nova Scotia. Leipsigate. Micmac Gold Mining Co, c.1900-05. A 2 page typed letter outlining the veins found at the Micmac mine located in Nova Scotia. The letter claims to have had 21,000 tons of ore run at an average of $10 gold per ton. The letter was sent to Mr. Vigouroux, 1903, in an envelope with a return address from Missouri-Wisconsin Dev. Co, Joplin, MO. Very fine. Est. $50-100

136. Nova Scotia. Stormont. Boston Stormont Co, 1902. Mailer prospectus. Incorporated in South Dakota, promoted from Boston. The prospectus does tell where the property is located other than in the Stormont Gold district in Nova Scotia. Ore was claimed to run at about $10 per ton. There are also claims that dividends will soon be paid, but the stamp mill, which is pivotal in the profits as expressed in the prospectus, was not built yet. There is also a section that breaks down the costs to profits that describes the dollars in terms of a single stamp of the yet to be built stamp mill. 8 pages, 7.5 x 9.5”. Discoloration at left and top edges. Very fine. Est. $50-100

ONTARIO

137. Ontario. Copper Cliff. Copper Cliff Courier Newspaper, April 2, 1903. An “Anniversary Number” of the Copper Cliff Courier. 22 x 18 “. Every page has at least one photograph of scenes of Copper Cliff or the people and some of the mine buildings. Ragged along the edges, and paper is slightly acid. Very fine. A unique item. Est. $25-75

138. Ontario. Dorian. Lake Superior Copper & Zinc Co, 1900. Prospectus. The company’s property was located in Dorian Township, Ontario, Canada, near Wolf River just north of Black Bay. Assays are listed as 14% lead and 3.5% zinc. The middle of the prospectus has a two page, onion paper map of the area around the mine property. There are a few testimonials. 12 pages, 3 x 8”. Stain along left edge on original crème cover. Very fine. Est. $50-100

139. Ontario. East Ontario. Ore Chimney Mining Co, Ltd, 1916. Prospectus. Incorporated in Ontario, 1909. The company owned 500 acres in the Eastern Ontario district about 11 miles from Kaladar, the nearest train station. By 1918, the company had over 2000 feet of workings, and a 403 shaft. The company had completed a 20 stamp mill, equipped with tables and magnetic separator and was hoping to bring it on line in late 1917 (Mines Handbook, 1918, p.1552). 18 photographs show everything from an investors’ visit and to fishing in the local lakes and streams. The ore was mostly of lead with minor copper and silver. 66 pages, original brown cover with an image of an outcrop with the title of the company. Original brown string at binding. 6 x 9”. Extremely fine. Est. $150-300

140. Ontario. Hastings. Home Gold & Copper Co, c.1902. Prospectus and letters. Lot of 5 different pcs. Incorporated in Ontario, promoted from Buffalo. The company held several different claim groups in Ontario as described in the prospectus. The listing of this company in the 1905 Copper Handbook, p.467, tells the story of this company far better than my attempt at described the contents of the prospectus. It is as follows “Lands are sundry claims in Eastern and Western Ontario. Company also claims to have mineral lands in Nova Scotia and New Mexico. Has peddled its stock assiduously, and complains that previous editions of the Copper Handbook have done the company great injustice, but cannot be prevailed upon to furnish a detailed report. One Rufus L. Herrick, a pious agent for the company, sold stock by opening his office with prayer in the morning, and washing out free gold from quartz in the afternoon.” The listing in the 1908 Copper Handbook, p.792, listed as “Dead. Formerly infested Ontario.” The prospectus has an attractive cover with gilt lettering and an image of a boarding house also in gilt, wet on a black cover, 32 pages with a 2 page county map of Ontario showing the property of the company, 4 x 8”. Except for the map pages, entirely printed on blue paper. The lot includes 2 smaller prospectuses and 3 stock purchase subscriptions all printed on blue paper. The official prospectus is extremely fine and accompanying paper is very fine. Est. $100-300

141. Ontario. Island Falls. Island Falls Mines Co, Ltd, c.1901. Incorporated in Ontario, promoted from Superior, Chicago and Manistique, Minnesota. The company formed to consolidate 15 claims, 800 acres, in the Island Falls district along the Seine River of western Ontario. The company also was planning on developing a town site and to sell plots as the mining district grew. However, there was very limited development work done by the company, or by earlier prospectors and there are no ore values offered in the prospectus. The company states that if, or when, ore in commercial amounts if found, a subsidiary company would be formed to develop and mine that particular property. Stockholders

in the parent company would receive a percentage of their initial investment in matching stock in the newly formed subsidiary. The company wanted to offer dividends from the sell of plots in the yet to be established town, selling of properties and from the subsidiary companies when formed. 10 pages, original royal blue cover with gilt lettering, 3.5 x 6”. Extremely fine. Est. $50-100

142. Ontario. Kenora. Bonanza United Mines, Ltd, 1927. Prospectus. Incorporated in Ontario, based in Rochester, NY. This company was a merger of the Contact Bay Mines, Redeemer M&MC and Rognon Gold Mines making a combined 1000 acres, about 700 being patented. On the 2nd page is a map showing the property owned; map compiled by United States Survey Co, Rochester. The company was in the process of funding an extensive drilling campaign and exploration. There are 3 pages that are all detached, but may have never been attached in the first place. Two hole punch at top of all 3 pages, 8.5 x 11”. Very fine. Est. $50-100

143. Ontario. Kirkland Lake. Conroyal Mines, Ltd, 1928. This a photo-prospectus with “views taken at different periods in the development of the company’s property (that) will show the progress made to date…” 26 photographs of every aspect of the mine, including the workings, dining halls, mill, etc. The first and last pages are fold out panoramas, each 3 x 14.5”. There is no information regarding the property, ore values, production or anything. Not listed in the Mines Handbook. All the officers and the fiscal office were located in Ontario. Extremely fine. Est. $200-400

144. Ontario. Kirkland Lake. Kirkland Lake Gold Mining Co, Ltd., 1932. This is a packet of maps and cross sections of the Kirkland Lake property. There are no location maps for where the property was actually at, nor is there any text or information about the property- Just Maps and Diagrams. 7 total diagrams all prepared by J. B. Tyrrell and published by Map Specialty Co, Toronto. This was probably mailed to anyone requesting more in depth information that the prospectus may not have offered. In the 1942 Mines Register, there are several companies with the Kirkland Lake name all from Ontario that were listed in the dead company section. 9 x 12”. Very fine. Est. $50-150

145. Ontario. Lake of the Woods. Chippewa Consolidated Gold Mining & Milling Co, 1902. Prospectus. A consolidation of several claims in southern Ontario. The principal claims were the Chippewa claims located on Mikado Peninsula, near Rat Portage. Owned the Bad Vermillion claims in Rainy River district and other claim blocks. There are no ore values offered within the property descriptions and development worked is not discussed. 8 photographs, one cross section and a 2 page map at middle. 32 pages, original green cover with dark blue print, 4.5 x 8”. Printed Union Adv. And Printing, Buffalo. Extremely fine. Est. $100-200

146. Ontario. Manitou. Imperial Gold Mines, Ltd, & Laurential Gold Mines Co, c.1904. Prospectus and Report. Lot of 2 different pcs. These 2 items are lotted together because they both have to do with the Laurentian gold mine located in the Manitou district near Manitou Lake. The pamphlet for the Imperial Gold Mines has a purple cover with gilt lettering titled “Imperial Gold Mines, Limited, Laurentian Gold Mine.” The entire pamphlet is made up exclusively of photographs of the property, a total of 10. 4.5 x 6”. The second item is a 5 page, 8x 13”, typed copy of a report on the Laurentian Gold mine owned by the Laurential Gold Mines, Ltd. There are no dates offered on either piece and the relation between the 2 different companies. Both extremely fine. Est. $100-200

147. Ontario. Manitou. Orion Gold Mining Co, Ltd, c.1900. Prospectus. The company owned 7 claims between West Lake and Carleton Lake in the Manitou district. The ore ran from $12 to $325 gold, but the properties were wholly undeveloped. 10 pages, original green cover that is now detached from text pages, 3.5 x 6”. Discoloration along edges turning paper brown (foxing or staining). Text pages are very fine. Est. $50-100

148. Ontario. Manitou. President Gold Mining Co., c.1902. Lot of 4 different letters. A one page typed informational letter from Delos Dunbar, promoter in New York, states that the company had 40 acres located 3 miles east of Mosher Bay, Rainy River district with assays of gold running from $3 to $45 per ton. Included with this lot is a 4 page mailer discussing the Rainy River district, an advertisement from Kimball Investment Co and a letter from Delos Dunbar about the President Syndicate. In Canada, prior to incorporation, a syndicate is formed awaiting the paperwork to become a company. 8.5 x 11”. Vf. Est. $50-100

149. Ontario. Northbrook. Bey Mines, Ltd, 1934. Prospectus. The company owned property in Addington and Frontenac Counties, with the mine office at Northbrook. A 50 ton mill was planned to be constructed to treat the gold ore that was accessed by a 400 foot shaft. 16 pages, original orange cover, 8 x 11”. Several article extracts. Very fine. Est. $25-50

150. Ontario. Orillia. Maple Leaf Mines, Ltd, c.1905. Prospectus. This a 11 x 16” map of the claims located around Giroux Lake in Ontario. The Maple Leaf Mines Co property was located at the lower right corner of the map. The map folds up to 3 x 6”, attached in original green cover with red print. Very fine. Est. $100-200

151. Ontario. Porcupine. Crown Chartered Gold Mining Co, Ltd, c.1902-5. Prospectus. Incorporated in Ontario, promoted from New York. The company owned three sets of claims situated around Tinsdale Township in the Porcupine district. It was attempting development work, sinking a shaft of 60 feet on one of the claims that was showing assays of $100 gold with much visible free gold. 4 pages, 8.5 x 11”. Foxing along edges with a minor smudge at middle of the first page. Very fine. Est. $50-100

152. Ontario. Porcupine. Dome Lake Mining Co, Ltd, c.1900-05. A very involved prospectus put out by M. A. Teague, Toronto, Ontario. This newspaper format is titled “Teague’s Talks, on Porcupine and Porcupine Investments”. Teague is touting the wonderful property that he just acquired and the fabulous wealth yet to come. 12 pages, 9 x 14”. Minor tears along fold creases. Very fine. Est. $100-200

153. Ontario. Rainy River. American Canadian Gold Mining Co, c.1900. Prospectus. Although the company was incorporated in Wisconsin, the active property was located in the Rainy River district, Ontario. The prospectus is solely based on “examination” testimonials dated from around 1898 and all have nothing bad to say about the “Alice A” mine located near Mine Centre, Ontario. The only reference to the mine and ore is that is was assaying at $10 gold and a mill was planned. 6 photographs, only 2 show the property, 3 show local scenes, and 1 shows the company president, Geo Hillyer, in the Wisconsin office pointing at a geologic map and ore samples on the desk. 16 pages, original cover, 6 x 8.5”. Printed by Evening Telegram Co, West Superior, Wisconsin. Water stain along left edge and a discoloration band along the bottom edge. Very fine. Est. $100-200

154. Ontario. Rainy River. Arctic-American Gold Milling & Trading Co, 1898. A very in depth prospectus that barely discusses its own property and plans. Of the 47 pages, there are only 5 pages discussing the company’s property which was located in the Rainy River district situated near Mud Lake and Upper Manitou Lake just north of Minnesota. The ore was said to average around $10 gold per ton. On the 2nd page is a table of contents which shows how much more information is offered than is really needed to sell stock: The intensity and extent to which gold is wanted and needed…, The amount of gold and its importance as a basis and reserve fund…, The money, free coinage and standard of value…, Annual production of gold in different countries…, etc. There are 9 pages of copies of articles and press releases about the “Ontario Goldfields”, etc. Several claim location maps and diagrams. 4 x 9”, minor wear to binding. Very fine. Est. $100-300

155. Ontario. Rainy River. Bullion Gold Mining Co No.2, c.1900. Lot of 2 different prospecutses. Incorporated in Ontario, promoted from New York. The company formed after the acquisition of the Bullion No. 2 mine located in the Lake of the Woods district near Rat Portage. Gold ore was said to run at $14 being taken from 2 different shafts, one 300 and the other was 450 feet deep. 10 pages, original gray cover with red print, 3.5 x 5”. The second prospectus claims that the mine is located in the Rainy River district near the Lake of the Woods and that there were 3 shafts. These were of different depths than those discussed in the first prospectus, now being 115, 105 and 25 feet and ore was now at $12 to $300 per ton. 4 pages, printed on yellow paper, 5.5 x 8.5”. Both Extremely fine. Est. $75-150

156. Ontario. Rainy River. Emma Abbott Gold Mining Co, c.1900-1902. Incorporated in Wisconsin, promoted from Chicago and Superior. The mine and company were named after Emma Abbott, the matchless Queen of Song, who, for so many years, was a favorite with the musical world. Not only was Miss Abbott’s voice of purest gold, but in both her musical and business associations she ever maintained the strictest integrity. At the

center is a 2 page map of the Emma Abbott and Alice A Mine. The mine was located 3 miles north of Wild Potato Lake and a half mile south of the Little Turtle River. Ore consisted gold in a schistose host rock “impregnated with iron and copper pyrites, galena and zinc-blende.” 10 pages, original mustard colored cover, 3 x 6”. Extremely fine. Est. $100-200

157. Ontario. Rainy River. Gold Bug Mining Co, Ltd, c.1900-05. Prospectus. Incorporated in Wisconsin. Property was adjacent to the Alice A mine with a reported assay of 25% iron, 10% lead, 1.1% copper, 4.3% zinc, 4 ounce silver and traces of gold. But in the next paragraph, the ore was said to carry $9 in free gold per ton. The whole gist of this pitch is a comparison to the Homestake mine in the Black Hills. 15 pages, original blue cover with gilt lettering and a gilt bug, 3.5 x 6”. Minor wear to edges. Very fine. Est. $75-150

158. Ontario. Rainy River. Ideal Gold Mining Co, 1904. Prospectus. Incorporated in Arizona, promoted from Michigan. Company owned 80 acres in the middle of the Dryden Mineral Belt, in the Rainy River district set between the Golden Moose and Redeemer mines. The property was completely undeveloped and the company hired 2 prospectors from the Black Hills to work the property in 1903. They found that there were 7 veins that “pannings of ore...never failed to produce pure gold.” The company built a camp building, black smith shop and a magazine. At this time a shallow 40 feet shaft was sunk. The company had already picked a mill site and had figured the cost of ore transport to the mill. Assays were run by a mining engineer in late 1903 with values between $5 and $35 gold and silver. Included with the prospectus is a copy of the assay certificate and a 2 sided map. 7 photographs of the mine property and of the town of Dryden. 22 pages, original gray cover with black print, 4.5 x 7”. Extremely fine. Est. $75-150

159. Ontario. Rainy River. International Gold Mining & Milling Co, 1901. Prospectus. Company owned the Wild Rose and Grey Eagle mines in the Rainy River district. The ore is reported at $30 gold per ton with the ore in sight being worth $5 million dollars. The company had the intention of building a 40 ton mill. There are several testimonials from mining engineers. 16 pages, with original yellow cover with brown print of Gold, 3 x 6”. Attached to first page is the top part of the company letter, dated 1901, and sent to Mr. Vigouroux. Extremely fine. Est. $75-150

160. Ontario. Rainy River. Little Bobs Gold Mining Co, c.1900-1905. Prospectus. Incorporated in Ontario and promoted from Rat Portage, Ont. Owned 5 claims in the Lake of the Woods division of the Rainy River district about 14 miles from Rat Portage. Average ore sample ran between $5 and $10. Paystreak ore samples ran between $23 to $10,000 gold per ton. A shallow 25 shaft had been sunk. 8 pages, blue print on crème paper, 7 x 8.5”. Printed by Miner Publishing Co of Rat Portage, Printers. Wear along fold creases. Very fine. Est. $50-100

161. Ontario. Rainy River. Lucky Coon Gold Mining Co, c.1902. Prospectus. Incorporated in Wisconsin, promoted from Duluth and Superior. The company owned property in the Rainy River district near Mine Centre, where the name Lucky Coon came from is not clear. There was a 5 stamp mill and several out buildings on the property. The president of this company, Hillyer, was involved with several other companies in the Rainy River district (see lots above). The front cover has an image of a young African-American boy. A claim map is found on the second page and there are 5 photographs. 12 pages, original gray cover with black print, 6 x 8.5”. Cover is beginning to detach. Very fine. Est. $100-200

162. Ontario. Rainy River. New Ontario Gold Fields, c.1900-1904. This a promotional pamphlet entitled “New Ontario Gold Fields, Extracts from Government Reports, Gold Production, Profits in Mining, Etc.” This 20 page booklet promotes the Rainy River district as the new gold boom area, comparing its mines to other famous mines and districts. There is also discussions of the wealth that had been made by mining men and the production of gold around the world. Many of the paragraphs and extracts are found in a typical prospectus from any district and state. Compiled and published by Anthony Blum, Boston, presumably an active promoter. Original tan cover with black print, 3.5 x 7”. Last page has a tear at center right edge. Very minor wear to edges. Rear cover has a fold crease. Very fine. Est. $75-150

163. Ontario. Rainy River. Rainy River Promotional Flyer, c.1903. Market letter put out by Delos Dunbar, of Watertown, New York. 4 pages that offer a brief description of the Rainy River district. Dunbar was a promoter of several of the companies that operated in this part of Ontario. 8.5 x 11”. Very fine. Est. $50-100

164. Ontario. Rainy River. Twentieth Century Mining Co, Ltd, c.1903. Prospectuses and market letters. Lot of 4 different pcs. A wonderful lot of 4 different styles of prospectuses. As is often the case, a company that spends this much time on developing appealing prospectuses turn out to be stock jobbing schemes. This is the case here as found in the 1908 Copper Handbook, p.1345, “Dead. A swindle that paid dividends while selling stock.” The first prospectus has the original green cover with dark green print, and is in a legal document format, pages measuring 9 x 14.5”, 8 pages. The 6th & 7th pages has an attractive map of the Rainy River district and a detailed map of the claims. The last page has a cross sectional view of the ore veins and the single shaft and crosscuts. Below this diagram are three different photographs. Extremely fine. The second prospectus is titled “Report of Affairs…” dated 1902. 10 pages, original lime green cover with black print also in a legal document format, when folded measures 3 x 9” and unfolds to 9 x 13”. The 2nd page shows a map of the southern Ontario Gold Fields. On the 4th page is a detailed map of the claims. 6th page has a diagrammatic cross section showing the shaft and shaft house. 8th page has a diagram of the veins and a cross sectional view of the veins in situ. Page 9 has several photographs of the property. Very fine. The third item is a ‘Letter to the Stockholders” announcing the completion of the 20 stamp mill, 3 pages, dated 1903. The last item is titled “Supplement. Twentieth Century Mine” and is a photo tour of the property. 6 photographs and 2 inserts. One insert is a detailed claim map. The other is has a photograph of the shaft house and conveyer to the mill with a map of the company’s property below. Very fine. Est. $300-600

165. Ontario. Rainy River. Twentieth Century Trading Co, Ltd, c.1903. This lot has 2 different prospectuses for the slight variation on the Twentieth Century Co from the one listed above but has the same management and officers. Not only did this company also own property in the Rainy River district, but it also owned copper property in Cochise County, Arizona. The first item 23 pages, original red cover, 3 x 5”. Extremely fine. The second item does not offer many specifics regarding the property owned or to be mined. Rather, the discussion revolves around comparisons of the Rainy River district, Ontario Gold Fields to other famous districts and mines in the world. The last page has a wonderful diagrammatic cross sectional view of the property owned by the Twentieth Century Trading Co. The item folds down to 4 x 9”, unfolding to 8 x 9”. A map of the region is on the first page when unfolded. 12 pages. Extremely fine. Est. $100-300

166. Ontario. Yale. Sunset Copper Co, Ltd, c.1901. Prospectus. Incorporated in Ontario, promoted from Grand Forks, British Columbia. The company owned the Sunset mine located on Copper Mountain, on the east side of the Similkameen River, Yale district. Ore reported to run at an average of 5% copper per ton worth $12. The company planned on building a smelter at the base of Copper Mountain and lay out a townsite near the smelter that would be named Copper City. Not listed in the Copper Handbooks, probably never got off the ground. 4 pages, original brown cover with red and black print, 6 x 9”. Fold creases affect cover and pages. Very fine. Est. $50-150

QUEBEC

167. Quebec. Grenville. Grenville Graphite Co, 1904. Prospectus. The graphite was found within a northeast-southwest trending vein that carried 12.5% to 60% graphite. The vein was about 12 wide and over 8000 feet long. This property was acquired from the Keystone Graphite Co. The former company won a Bronze Medal at the International Exposition in 1900. The front cover has an embossed replica of the obverse of the medal with the reverse on the back cover. Cover is a graphite colored with silver gilt lettering. On page 16 is a copy of the paper award for the same medal as the cover. There are 2 photographs and a total of 31 pages. 6 x 8”. Fold crease at middle. Extremely fine. Est. $100-300

MEXICO

Introduction

The Mexico section of the Vigouroux collection is outstanding. Once again we have an outstanding Guest Describer, David Fitch, an experienced exploration geologist and manager who has been working with Mexican ore deposits in the past few years. Mr. Fitch ran the Ranchers Exploration and Hecla Mining offices here in Reno fort many years, and is well known to most of the folks in the mining business. His insights and stories of the Mexican properties are a wonderful addition to our catalog.

The Mexican Prospectuses within this archive are anomalous, in that a number of the largest and most successful mines are included here. For example, successful mines from Guanajuato, La Colorada, Sonora, Guanacevi, and especially Cananea which is now one of the ten largest porphyry copper deposits in the world. Many of the other mines were not successful in the early 1900’s, but are just now being re-explored and developed. Some of the early efforts to develop these mines in remote regions of Mexico around 1900 are remarkable. For example, the Rio Plata Mining Company built a major mine in 1907, with a camp, mill, and smelter by mule trail for over 70 miles. Sometime later, the railroad passed within 20 miles of the mine, but in the long run it did not become a great producer.

Regardless, the Mexican Revolution about 1911 forced out all of the American mining interests. Pancho Villa, a major outlaw to Americans, but an essential part of the Mexican Revolution, shot and executed the last train full of mining engineers on their way out of Mexico, even though they had been granted safe passage. They were coming east from Copper Canyon country when Villa stopped the train, and lined up the engineers, about 20 American mining men, and shot them all. Years later, American mining interests returned to Mexico, but activity was not as high as at previous levels. The current boom in mining in Mexico nearly rivals that of 1900.

Whether you are interested in Mexico ore deposits or not, don’t miss reviewing this section. It contains some phenomenal material.

BAJA

168. Baja North. Real del Castillo. Joaquina Mine. Joaquina Gold Mining Co, 1902-1908, incorporated in Arizona. 2 Items. Item 1: Promotional pamphlet undated, perhaps 1902-8. 3 ½ x 6, trifold. Company reports owning Claims Mina Joaquina, Romeo, Extension, Hueco Emilia, and Octavia, all totaling 15 pertinencias. The property is 33 miles east of Ensenada. The company reports the vein to be “three to eight feet wide, showing a hard white quartz, plentifully sprinkled with free gold.” Some of these specimens assay many thousands of dollars (per ton). They “eliminated” these rich samples to be conservative. The general assay for 8 feet of vein ranges from $23 to $29 in free gold (1.1 to 1.5 ounce gold per ton). The prospectus states roads are good from Tia Juana (Aunt Jane). Extremely fine condition.. Item 2: Prospectus, 1903, 7 x 10, 16 pages. Cover dark-blue matte with gold lettering, back is map of California and Baja Norte all in black letters. Well illustrated with 14 photos of landscapes, buildings, and mining scenes including drilling with hand steel by single jack and by double jack. Also photo of “stage line” to Joaquina Mine, consisting of a two-horse surrey with fringe on top. Prospectus encloses a folded letter 8 ½ x 11 dated May 12th 1903 on company letterhead to Dear Sir from L.H. Mitchell seeking investment monies. All in Extremely fine condition. Est. $150-300

CHIHUAHUA

169. Chihuahua. Arteaga. Santa Barbara. Rio Plata Mining Co, 1907, incorporated in Arizona. Prospectus, 11 x 8 ½ 23 pages. Printer: Richardson Press Printers, New York. Cover pale tan with brown lettering, and 3 x 6 photograph of Santa Barbara mine tunnels in cliff face. The prospectus is profusely illustrated with numerous 9 x 6 detailed photographs of the mines, canyon views, power flume, and mill under construction. Other photographs show the mule teams hauling logs, and heavy mine equipment, and company’s saw mill. The company held the Santa Barbara and Cleopatra silver mines located in very remote canyon country on the Setentrion (now Septentrion) River in Chihuahua near the state lines of Sonora and Sinaloa. The railroad connecting Chihuahua to Topolobampo (the scenic Copper Canyon route) had not been completed at this time, and would later pass within 20 miles of the mine. There were no maps, either geological or topographic at that time. The veins were a new discovery from 2 years before the prospectus (1905), and had very high-grade silver ores. The veins averaged more than 4 feet wide, and reached widths of 10 feet. The company had built a camp and plant, which were lighted with electric lights and a telephone system. Electricity was generated by a 5,090-foot (about 1 mile) flume and a six foot Pelton wheel. All of this was built with access by trail a distance of 77 miles and more. The prospectus contains reports of D.W. Shanks, E.M., 1906; T.A. Burbidge, E.M., 1906; and W.W. Merriam, E.M., 1905. VF condition with some foxing of edges and folded corners, penciled note on back regarding plant, values, and capacity. Est. $100-300

170. Chihuahua. Batopilas. Todos Santos. Todos Santos Silver Mining Co, 1881, incorporated in New York. Prospectus, 7 ½ x 10, 14 pages, heavy paper, thread binding. Printer: E.O. Jenkins, New York. Inside front cover is 6 x 9 line drawing of town of Batopilas, looking south, by Leo Rosenberg, New York. Center is fold-out line drawing, 17 x 10 in three colors, of long section of mine and workings showing canyons and mountains, together with a plan map of the mines, by Leo Rosenberg. Facing page 11 is a line drawing, relief map of the Batopilas region by Leo Rosenberg, from a sketch by John C. Randolph, Consulting mining engineer, N.Y. Inside back cover is a 10 x 14 map of Mexico in 3 colors, compiled and drawn by Leo Rosenberg, dated July 25, 1881, New York. Company held the Todos Santos and Arbetrios silver mines. The Todos Santos was discovered in 1875, and was developed to a depth of only 150 feet, with silver ore on all six levels. From 1861 to 1880, the Batopilas mines were worked by an American company under the direction of John R. Robinson, company name unknown. (Note that Jno. R. Robinson is a trustee of Todos Santos). In 1880, Alexander R. Shepard paid $600,000 to purchase the San Miguel mine, and subsequently consolidated over 350 mining claims covering 31 square kilometers under his company the Batopilas Mining Company. Between 1880 and 1906, the production of silver was estimated at 19.5 million ounces. Overall, the Batopilas district has produced about 300 million ounces of silver, making it one of the larger silver districts in the world. [Ref. Wilson, 1986, p. 64, 68, Gonzalez-Reyna, 1946]. Extremely fine condition. Fragile binding. Est. $200-400

171. Chihuahua. Chihuahua. Santa Eulalia District Promotional report, 1920, 6 x 9, 30 pages with map of state of Chih. inside front cover, and folded claim map of Santa Eulalia District inside back cover. Cover brown paper, folded with black lettering on front. Illustrated with photographs of the Cathedral in Chihuahua, and landscape scenes of headframes of some of the mines. Report is entitled: The future of the silver mines of Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico, a study in applied geology, and written by, E. Honigmann, Inspector of Mines, Mexico City, August, 1917. Santa Eulalia is a major silver-lead-zinc district opened about 1705 and located about 14 miles southeast of Chihuahua. The report describes the history, historical production statistics, but very little on geology. The second part discusses developments in the 1900’s and indicates the more important mines of the time. VF condition, folds. Est. $100-300

172. Chihuahua. Guaynopa. Guaynopa Smelting & Reduction Co, c.1901, incorporated in South Dakota. 3 Items: Item 1: Prospectus, 4 x 9 pocket-sized, 7 pages and small fold-out map in back. Cover entitled: The Facts About Guaynopa, King of Dividend Paying Industrials. Prospectus no. 10. Company began paying dividends in November, 1901 from the one time sale of 25,154 pounds (12.5 tons) of hand-cobbed test ore shipped to the El Paso Smelter, a distance of 250 miles. That sale netted $4,199, hardly enough to justify paying dividends and building a smelter. The prospectus states that when the first smelter is operating, it will earn stockholders “not less than 100% per annum upon par value of the stock, and the ores with which to do it are in sight:. Reference is made to a report dated November, 1901 by Godfrey Hughes, consulting engineer, El Paso. Assays are listed, and a sketch map of the mine area is included. The property consists of the Seven Star and Monclova groups with 54 claims totaling 133 acres. Development at the time consisted of several hundred feet of shaft and tunnel workings. Copper-silver-gold ore occurs in fissure veins that each average 3 to 4 feet in width. VF condition. Item 2: Prospectus, 8 x 10, 6 pages folded paper. Contains information as above, with one photograph of a Mexican miner beginning an adit with hand steel. VF condition with straight pin upper center first two pages. Item 3: Prospectus, 8 ½ x 11, 4 pages, folded. Contains information as above. VF condition with folds, and ½ to 1- inch tears at bottom of page. Authors note: No mention is made in any of the Prospectus as to the very remote and difficult access to the Guaynopa. It is set in the bottom of a 2,000-foot deep canyon on the north side of the swiftly-flowing Sirupa River in the Sierra Madres in northern Chihuahua. In 1994 the author, who is a consulting mining geologist was just finishing a regional field trip with a client in northern Mexico, when asked to stay on and join a mule trip already arranged to examine the Guaynopa. The property owners, a father and son team, who lived in the small town named Madera were quite sure of the location of the mines, and had samples behind their house, but no hard data. Hmm - first problem. We departed Madera before daylight for a rough 4 to 6 hour drive on dirt roads to the jump off point. It was pitch black, foggy and raining when we abruptly came upon an overturned logging truck, with a cable stretched over the road uphill to a tree to keep the truck from rolling down the mountain. We stopped to help, but the driver was unhurt, and was, in fact sleeping under the overturned truck to keep dry. We managed to skim by and later crossed over a bridge going about 35 or 40 miles per hour in the dark and fog. By early morning, we reached the ranch house with the mules, but the muleskinner guides were not there. They arrived in late afternoon, too late to start down the canyon. Next morning up early, and off to the canyon “trail” which is way south of the mine. We began hiking down the trail on foot, leaving the muleskinners back at camp rounding up the mules again. After a few miles into the canyon, here come the mules and we mount up. A few hours more of riding and our guides decide on a new direction which was “most certainly” the way to the mine. Our topographic maps showed, however that we were headed to a 200-foot cliff in heavy timber, brush, and steep country. It was time to head back and abandon the reconnaissance, which up to now had consumed a day. Had we reached the river, it was too swift to cross with the storm. On the drive back to Madera in daylight, the bridge that we flew over in the dark was a cable suspension bridge of wooden boards, several hundred feet above the Sirupa. A somewhat spectacular and unexpected sight to our driver. Four cables supported the bridge, one of which had broken and someone tied it off to the support. As long as you kept on the board runners it was fine. However many of the cross boards were missing, and you could look straight down to the river. There were no guard rails, just a cable. There has been much exploration activity and two new multi-million gold deposits were discovered southwest of here in the Sierra Madres in the boom beginning in 1992. However, no new discoveries are reported for Guaynopa. Perhaps in another century. Est. $150-300

173. Chihuahua. Maguarichic. Pan American Mining & Smelting Co, c.1902-1905, incorporated in Arizona. Prospectus, 8 ½ x 11, 4 pages, folded. The company holds several groups of mines at Maguarichic, Chihuahua. They are: Recompenza, San Martin, El Carmen, Don Ricardo, and La Paz. Other mines held are Hernandez at Minaca, Iguana group at Parral, La Liga at La Concepcion, all in Chihuahua. Also the Barranca de Cobre, and Amberdexter mines, Yavapai County, Arizona. Brief descriptions are given for the properties. The company has also acquired the “—Pan American process for smelting and refining ore – a process which saves practically all the values in the ore at a very much less price than an of the ordinary methods; a process which it is believed will thoroughly control the world’s output of bullion.” &#x20—a process which puts on the ground all the gold and silver into bars 1000 fine, and copper and lead in the same refined condition)—“. These are the type of claims that signal a scam. Perhaps this company bought in to the Mexican Metals Saving Company process, (above) an obvious scam. In fact, the company was based on deception. The Copper Handbook, 1908, p.1160, has a scathing

paragraph on the company with the following quotes: “The company was promoted by the notorious Dr. R. C. Flower, who was successful in swindling many unsuspecting American investors, and who, at last accounts, was supposed to be traveling in Mexico, in various disguises, and hitting the high spots only. The company was also assisted by …Grant G. Gillett, the cattle plunger, who left Kansas City - and many creditors - between two suns. That preeminent firm of mining swindlers, L. E. Pike & Co, of Boston, also aided in the promotion.” VF condition, fraying at edges, and folds. Est. $75-150

174. Chihuahua. Ocampo. Navidad. Greene Gold-Silver Co, c.1907, incorporated in West Virginia. 2 Items. Item 1: Stockholders report, 1907, 4 ½ x 8, 24 pages. Cover is green linen cardstock with black lettering, red thread binding. Describes activities at the mines, which are located near Ocampo, Chihuahua. The include the Navidad-Aaragoza group at Concheno, Ocampo, Trinidad, Guyanopita and Santa Brigada. All of these properties are west of the city of Chihuahua. There are included reports dated Jan. 21, 1907 by Clarence C. Chase, General Manager at Temosachic, Chihuahua, Charles E. Egan, Supt. Navidad Mines, and E.H.George, Superintendent for the company. The report covers the Navidad, Zaragoza, San Ciriaco,Virginia, and Concheno Mill. Extremely fine condition with minor stains on cover. Item 2: Stockholder promotional letter, 1907, 8 ½ x 11 folded 4 pages. And a second such letter inserted within. Each seeking investments in shares. Extremely fine condition with some folds, minor aging stains. Col. Wm. C. Greene was quite an interesting man. &#x20It is difficult to understand,” says Stevens, “how Col. Greene, a man of undoubted ability in many fields, should have allowed his mania for buying mines to have mastered him so completely as to have conducted the company’s affairs along such insane lines as were followed.” Near the end of this company’s existence, Greene borrowed $250,000 from his long-time friend, Pres. Diaz of Mexico, to help the company, but this amount could not save a company operated on such faulty plans of operation. Greene did not buy property outright and bought on option instead, which meant that at the first financial tightening, the whole company fell to pieces. Stevens assessment of the situation in 1908, was that the directors, who attempted to save the company when it was about to collapse, should have acted much sooner to put an end to Col. Greene’s buying frenzy. The Greene Gold-Silver Co. held title to its properties through a Mexican corporation, but stock in that company was said to be “hypothecated” which meant that the American company had no value other than the furniture in its office. In order to satisfy the debts of the company the property the company had acquired was to be sold. As Stevens put it: “The company bought entirely too many properties, and wasted its funds on further purchases, instead of securing those already held under partial payments. Col Greene has not profited personally, and is said to have broken down completely, apparently from nervous prostration, but the responsibility for the complete collapse of the company rests solely with him. The only possible chance for salvage lies in the reorganization of the company, in which case the old shareholders will be nearly or quite wiped out, but small as may be the salvage, there will be none without drastic reorganization, if capital can be induced to go into the enterprise on any terms”. The Greene Gold-Silver had several common officers and directors with the Greene Consolidated Copper Company. Mark L. Sperry was VP in Greene Consolidated Copper Company, as well as VP of Greene Gold-Silver Company. Authors note: In defense of Col. Greene, It should be remembered that the Greene Consolidated Copper Company recognized the great significance of Cananea. They began consolidating the district, explored, developed, owned and successfully operated the Cananea copper mine, which even today is ranked in the top ten porphyry copper deposits of the world. This is a distinction held by very few men in history on this planet. Let’s just say he was exploration-minded, and did overrun his budget. And – as a sidelight, today the Ocampo, Chihuahua District is now being explored, and developed by Gammon Lake Resources who have announced a large gold-bearing resource. Est. $100-300

175. Chihuahua. Parral. Constancia. Terrenates Consolidated Mining Co, c.1903. Prospectus, entitled American Interests in Mexico, 9 ½ x 12, 6 pages, white cord binding, including center map of the principal mines of the Veta Colorada. Company held the Terranates, San Antonio, and La Constancia properties on the Veta Colorada. The prospectus states the minimal monthly output to be 3,000 tons to a maximum of 9,000 tons. The Consolidated Kansas City Smelting and Refining Company [See: this catalog] has contracted to buy a minimum of 5,000 tons ore per month from Terrenates. Extremely fine condition. Est. $50-100

176. Chihuahua. Parral. La Candelaria mine. Candelaria Mining & Exploration Co, 1900, incorporated in Colorado, Prospectus, 9 x 11, 14 pages. Numerous photographs of the mines, and landscape, including Plaza Parral. Cover pale blue with black print. The company holds the La Candelaria mine consisting of claims 1,000 meters by 300 meters. Workings are on the Candelaria vein for gold and silver. The company also has the La Union, La Gran Fundicion, and Central Mexicano. VF condition with blue pencil underlines throughtout, and stamped on back cover; L.W. Smith, Pueblo, Colo. Est. $100-300

177. Chihuahua. Parral. La Candelaria mine. Mexican Standard Mining Co, c.1896, incorporated in Colorado. Prospectus, 6 x 9, 12 pages. Cover cream cardstock with red background around lettering. Six photographs of mines, landscapes, and miners with families. There is also a mine map and long section, Mexico map, and regional map. The Company owns the Candelaria group outright, which contains the Candelaria vein, about 7 feet wide, with values of silver-gold, together with lead, copper, and iron. The ores run about 19 to 20 ounces silver per ton and $1.50 to $2 gold (.075 to .10 ounces per ton). The property is developed by a 165-foot shaft and some tunnel development. Extremely fine condition with minor penciled numbers on back cover. Est. $100-300

178. Chihuahua. Parral. Little Giant Mining Co, 1902. Prospectus, 8 x 9, 27 pages, brown cover and back, with silvered print. Numerous excellent early photographs of the city of Parral, mine sites, patio processing, mills, and head frames in the district. The company held the San Antonio Mine, 8 claims totaling 41,890 acres, and containing the Veta Colorado, mined since 1645. The properties have been developed by 2 shafts, 400-feet deep, and numerous tunnels and drifts. Silver ore, with copper and gold values, occurs in ore shoots in strong fissure veins. Ore shoots range from 15 to 60 feet thick and 500 feet long. Extremely fine condition. Est. $100-300

179. Chihuahua. Parral. Veta Colorada. Veta Colorada Mining & Smelter Co, 1907, incorporated in Arizona. 2 Items. Item 1: Prospectus, 8 x 11, 19 pages, plus 21 x 10 fold-out with mine level map, showing Santiago shaft, cross-section, and longitudinal section of mine. Profusely illustrated with large photographs, including 14 x 9 ½ centerfold panorama scene of Veta Colorada Mine and Smelter. Other photographs showing entire noon-day shift crew assembled with hundreds of men. Also cyanide mill construction crew. Other photographs of compound engine and hoist, and miners in underground stope drilling out rounds by hand drill. Company operates the Veta Colorada mine, 6 miles northwest of Parral. Cover is gray cardstock, with red title lower center. Colored bands of green, white, and red in upper right corner of cover (Mexican flag colors). The company reports tonnage of ore in sight to be 900,000 to 1,000,000 tons, with widths up to 100 or 126 feet wide. The ore averages $20 per ton in gold, silver, and perhaps lead. That is equivalent in grade to 1 ounce gold per ton, which is high-grade, even in those days. Extremely fine condition with 3-hole punch in margin. Tucked inside prospectus is blank letterhead stationery of company, 8 ½ x 11, folded in half. Item 2: Prospectus, same as item 1, but lacking fold-out map inside back cover, and without hole punches. Extremely fine condition. Est. $200-400

COAHUILA

180. Coahuila. Panuco Copper Mine, Ltd Advertisement, 1903. Offered for sale by Private Tender., Form of Tender, and Particulars of the property, In the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division. Rowcliffes, Rawle & Co., 1, Bedford Row, London, W.C. Printed by the Solicitors’ Law Stationery Society, Limited, 49, Bedford Row, W.C., 8 ½ x 11, 12 pages. Panuco mine is in Coahuila, about 36 miles from Monclova. Only legal descriptions are given, no geologic information is presented. The material is for a liquidation of the property at a sale which took place in 1905 purchased by Continental Copper Co (Copper Handbook, 1908, p.1101). VF condition. Est. $75-150

DURANGO

181. Durango. Descubridora. Weepah Mining Co, c.1902-03, incorporated in Nevada. Prospectus, 3 ½ x 6, 7 pages, cover blue cardstock, with black lettering. Printer: Sign of the Ivy Leaf, Philadelphia. The company held four patented copper mines in Durango as follows: La Buena Suerte, Don Francisco, Don Ricardo, and El Malachito, all located about 4 miles south of the town of Descubridora. Some development work has been done consisting of shafts and ore shipments. The Buena Suerte shipped 24 tons of 9.1% copper (valued at $30 per ton) and received a check for $331.77, or about $13 per ton. VF condition with penciled notes on back outside cover. Est. $75-150

182. Durango. Guanacevi. Mexican Mines Co, Report and letters, 1902. 4 Items pinned in upper left corner.. Item 1: Report of General Manager to Mexican Mines Co., April 4, 1902, 8 ½ x 11, 2 pages, front and back of sheet. Photo on front sheet of mill with ongoing construction Guanacevi, 7 x 4 ½. The report refers to the San Pedro Group the Coloradas mine, and the Purisima mine. The headings at the Coloradas were left ore, with “exceedingly rich rock”. However no mention whatsoever of the metal gold, which is probably assumed. Extremely fine condition. Item 2: One-page flyer on the company, 8 x 10, listing officers and directors. In both red and black print. VF condition, pin holes upper left. Item 3: One-page letter from Geo. G. Hatheway, Boston, on his letterhead as cover letter for a Prospectus, 8 ½ x 11. This letter speaks of Mexico

being rich in gold and silver, with Guanacevi as the best. Extremely fine condition, aged. Item 4: Table of shipments made from beginning on January 18 through July 27 (1902?) by G.F. Hatheway. Lots fun up to 18,416 lbs (9.2) tons, with grades of mostly greater than 1 oz/ton gold and 80 oz/ton silver. The highest was 15.9 ounces gold per ton, and another ran to 1,350 ounces silver per ton. VF condition with some foxing on edges and missing chip lower right corner. All have pin holes upper left. Author’s note: Guanacevi is presently inactive but over the years has produced over 6 million tons of ore averaging 0.17 ounces per ton gold, 70 ounces per ton silver, and lead-zinc-copper averaging 6-12% These totals are 1 million ounces gold and 440 million ounces silver, in the top 20 of Mexico gold-silver districts. Est. $50-150

183. Durango. Guanacevi. Predilecta. Predilecta Mining Co, c.1902-1905, incorporated in New York. 2 Items. Item 1: Prospectus, circa 1902-05, 8 ½ x 11, 4 pages, folded. The company owns 8 mining properties, the Predilecta, No. 91, Amplician, Transvl, A, B, C, and D, all comprising 60 acres in the Guanacevi district, about 70 miles east of Rosario. The properties contain 4 veins carrying silver and gold values. Extremely fine condition. Item 2: Promotional report. Extracts from report on the Predilecta Mine by J.J. Weisel, E.M. 8 ½ x 13, 3 pages, bound at top with staples and backing paper. Describes the history of discovery, geology, and potential, ending with “Outside of its prospective value, it is seldom that a Mexican mine is found with its lowest workings measuring 400 feet in length along a continuous ore-chute 4 feet in thickness and the entire length in ore.” Extremely fine condition. Author’s note: Guanacevi is presently inactive but over the years has produced over 6 million tons of ore averaging 0.17 ounces per ton gold, 70 ounces per ton silver, and lead-zinc-copper averaging 6-12% These totals are 1 million ounces gold and 440 million ounces silver, in the top 20 of Mexico gold-silver districts. Est. $100-300

184. Durango. San Juan de Guadalupe. Mexican Mining & Milling Co, c.1902, incorporated in Arizona Territory in 1902, Prospectus, 4 x 6, 14 pages, cover gray cardstock with red lettering front and back. The properties are in the southeastern part of Durango and consist of 4 mines, the El Encino, La Tinaja, El Povenir, and Guadalupe. Long sections of the El Encino, Guadalupe, and Media Luna mines are shown on page 3. Extremely fine condition. Est. $75-150

GUANAJUATO

185. Guanajuato. Guanajuato. Guanajuato Reduction & Mines Co, c.1904. Prospectus for the sale of bonds. 6 x 9, 60 pages. Printer: Cheltenham Press, N.Y. Cover cream-colored cardstock with brown and green lettering. The bonds were for the purpose of buying several properties in the Guanajuato mining district to process old mining dumps. Included is a brief report by mining engineer Louis S. Noble, and also a report by C.W. Van Law. Included are 18 black & white photos, 6 x 4, of the city of Guanajuato, mining buildings and plants and underground mining scenes from the period. Authors note: Throughout its history, the Guanajuato district has produced an estimated 80 million tons of ore with over 1 billion ounces silver and 4.6 million ounces gold, a world-class silver-gold district. There are a number of mines now operating, including the Las Torres by Penoles, at 2,800 tons per day, and the El Cubo by other operators. VF condition with slight water stains upper left, and some wrinkles front cover and few pages. Small folded corner lower right cover. Est. $100-300

186. Guanajuato. Guanajuato. Guanajuato River Mining Co, 1903, incorporated in New York. P, 8 x 7, 8 pages. Printer: The J.C. Hall Company, Providence, R.I., pages affixed at top by three brass fasteners, with dark gray art paper back. The company proposes a novel project to recover old process tailings from a sever-mile stretch of the Guanajuato River. These tailings resulted from 346 years of mining from 1557 to 1903. They further postulate that over this period, the mines have produced 30 million tons of ore, with the tailings assumed to contain 6 million ounces of unrecovered gold at a grade of 1/3 ounce gold per ton. Adding up the supposed losses of gold, silver, mercury, and copper they calculate a “conservative” gross value of $198 million in the river tailings. The prospectus nowhere mentions sampling of the prospective tailings, nor any measures of the volume remaining. VF condition, with penciled notations on cover page. Est. $50-150

187. Guanajuato. Guanajuato. Sirena Mine, c.1904. Photograph, 9 x 6 mounted on black backing 9 ½ x 12. Photograph is entitled “Mining, Sirena Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico”. Lower right is labeled The Philadelphia Museums. Shows about two dozen Mexican miners in and underground stope on scaffolds, drilling with hand steel. Reverse of photo has printed description of mining in Sirena mine. VF condition with a few brown water marks on photo, and some foxing. Est. $100-300

188. Guanajuato. Guanajuato. Sirena Mine. Guanajuato Consolidated Mining & Milling Co, c.1904. Book and Report, 9 x 12, ½ inch thick, 95 pages, profusely illustrated with 28 magnificent photographs, and 4 large maps and sections. Cover bound in gray matte, with red lettering on cover. Price in lower right of cover states: Two dollars per copy. Arranged and printed by the Richardson Press, New York, for E.C. Lockwood, Inc. This is a complete and thorough technical report on the properties and details of the operations of the mines and plants of the company, with a major section on detailed information on Guanajuato and its mining industry. Much detail is given on grades, tonnages, costs of production and methods of mining with photographs of each. There are 32 illustrations, maps and sections. Figure The company owns the Sirena Mine and plant, and controlling interest in the Carmen-Guanajuato gold mining company, also the Carcones mine on the Veta Madre, the San Vicente mine, the Barragana mine, The Alamitos Tunnel, and in the Santa Rosa District; the Jupiter, Purisima de Caballeros, Socavon de la Constantina, and the San Bartolo mine. Authors note: Throughout its history, the Guanajuato district has produced an estimated 80 million tons of ore with over 1 billion ounces silver and 4.6 million ounces gold, a world-class silver-gold district. There are a number of mines now operating, including the Las Torres by Penoles, at 2,800 tons per day, and the El Cubo by other operators. This is a rare book and in Extremely Fine condition. Est. $500-1000

GUERRERO

189. Guerrero. Bravos. La Dicha mine. Mitchell Mining Co, c.1902, (La Dicha Mining & Smelting Co. of Mexico). 2 Items. Item 1: Prospectus, circa 1902, 6 x 9, 4 pages, folded. The property, named the La Dicha is 40 miles north of Acapulco, Guerrero. La Dicha is a copper property with chalcopyrite replacement in beds over an area 5 miles long by 1,000 feet wide. The company reported ore in sight of 270,000 tons assaying 40- 74% copper, which had a value of abut $30 million. They reported also 4 million tons of 4 – 10% copper ore. VF condition with folds. Item 2: Report. Copy of report of Prof. Robert T. Hill, dated December 24, 1902. 8 ½ x 11, 4 pages. Hill describes the geology of the mine and region. He terms the copper deposit a “true fissure vein”, and compares its geology to be identical to Ducktown, TN, Virginia, and Inguaran mine in Michoacan, Mexico. This type of deposit is now recognized as a volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit, formed on the ocean bottom by black smokers. Hill noted very little previous work, in spite of quite high grade copper assays, such as large faces assaying 8% copper. Mitchell had estimated there to be 30 million tons of ore at about 6% copper. The La Dicha massive sulfide prospect is still there nowadays, yet to be mined, if and when economics permit. The company was in dire financial condition by 1908, and the criticisms offer by the Copper Handbook (Vols 5, 6, & 7) were founded (Copper Handbook, 1908, p. 954-956). VF condition, foxing and tears at major fold. Est. $75-150

JALISCO

190. Jalisco. Ahualulco. San Miguel Mining Co, c.1902, 2 Items: Item 1: Prospectus, 8 ½ x 11, 4 pages, cover shows photoprint of claim map with vein and a cross section of a proposed 1,500-foot tunnel. The company held the San Pedro, Patrocino, Mil Pesos, Dorothea, and Number III mines, all for veins of gold and silver ores. The veins vary from 4 to 20-feet wide. Extracts are given of favorable comments from engineer’s reports on the property, including J.M. Tiernan, M.E., and James W.R. Young, M.E. Item 2: handwritten letter, 8 x 10, 1 one page, attached to top of page 3 by aging. Letter is dated July 12, 1902 on San Miguel Mining Co. letterhead to Mr. Geo. E. Vigouroux, Mining Editor, New York Commercial, from William Brandreth, president, and stating there are advances on the vein of good silver ore, 12 feet wide, and running to 1 ounce gold per ton, and 588 ounces silver per ton. VF. Est. $75-150

191. Jalisco. Ameca. Ajax property. Philadelphia Copper & Gold Mining, Milling and Smelter Co, 1901 incorporated in New Jersey. Prospectus, 1901, 8 ½ x 14, folded to 3 x 8 1/2 , 4 pages. Prospectus lists 3 mining properties held, Ajax, La Concha-La Perla, and Pijinto Ranch Gold property. The Ajax is a copper property 18 miles south of Ameca. The La Concha-La Perla is a copper-gold-silver property 25 miles west of Ameca on the Ameca river, and the Pijinto Ranch Gold property is about 80 miles west of Ameca on the Ameca river. VF. Est. $75-150

192. Jalisco. Ayutla. El Progreso. El Progreso Copper Mines, c.1901, Inc. in South Dakota. 3 Items; Item 1: Promotional paper entitled “Statement Relating to El Progreso Copper Mines”, 1899, 8 ½ x 11, 4 pages folded from 11 x 17. Signed by D.B. Russell. The El Progreso group includes the La Magoto, Camichines, Restauradoro, Buena Esperanza, Santa Cruz and Vivora mines. The paper states that the ores average 12% copper, 12 oz. silver per ton, and a trace of gold. The company was merged into the Imperial Corona Gold Mining Co, 1904 (Copper Handbook, 1908, p.655). VF. Item 2: Mimeograph letter on company letterhead, dated 9/17/01, signed by J.H. Thornsby, Secy. 8 ½ x 11. Transmittal letter that refers to report of David B. Russell, Manager of mines in Mexico. VF Item 3: Synopsis of company, 6 x 9, 4 pages folded from 1 page. Point list of company and mine items. VF Condition. Est. $50-150

193. Jalisco. Bolanos. Anita Mining Co, 1902, 11 Wall Street, New York City, N.Y. 3 Items. Item 1: Promotional brochure entitled: Photographs of the Anita Mining Company’s Plant. 8 ½ x11, folded, 4 pages, with two photos on the inside pages. Black & white photos 6 ½ x 4 ½ show two views of the Company’s plant, including mine buildings, and listing of mine and mill equipment. Item 2: Cash subscription blank for first mortgage 6 per cent gold bonds of the Anita Mining Company. 7 ½ x 9. Item 3: Letterhead blank, carbon copy white paper, 5 ½ x 8 ½ Listing of Peter J. Quinn, president, Fred J. Dixon, vice-president, Henry Henken, treasurer, and John W. Cavanagh, secretary. Producers of copper bullion and matte. Operating copper mines at Bolanos, state of Jalisco, Mexico. This letterhead note is only mention of possible location of the company’s mines as being at Bolanos. Bolanos is a famous silver-mining district dating to early times, and being mined presently. The smelter was idle and company experimented with a “new-fangled” reduction process, which the investor firmly expected would turn raw ore into blister copper, without fluxes, in one heat (Copper Handbook, 1906, p.204). Company was dead by 1908. Condition of item 1, VF with fold and tears of ½ and 1 inch on front page. Also straight pin with very slight rust holding items together. Items 2 and 3 Excellent. Est. $75-150

194. Jalisco. Etzatlan. Amparo Mining Co, 1903. Incorporated in New Jersey. Promotional brochures, 2 items. Jalisco, Mexico promotion,. Item 1: Promotional brochure 3 ½ x 6 folded, 13 ½ x 6 unfolded, 1 p., printed on both sides. Names three mines held, the Amparo, Santo Domingo, and Canada Mines, all near the city of Etzatlan, Jalisco. The company proposes to immediately install a 100-ton per day mill at the Santo Domingo mine based on a favorable report by A.L. Waters (Item 1). They forecast annual net profits of $1.8 million and annual stockholders dividends of 60.2 per cent. Item 2: Promotional brochure 3 ½ x 6 folded, 13 ½ x 6 unfolded, 1 p., printed on both sides. Entitled Amparo Mining Company, Drexel Building, Philadelphia, Extracts from report on the Santo Domingo Mine by Albert L. Waters, E.M. The Santo Domingo is a fissure vein deposit, 6 to 20 or 30 feet wide, with native gold and silver, together with silver, lead, and copper sulfides and arsenides. The mine has two shafts, one 410-foot deep, and the other 426 feet deep. There were 5904 feet of “useful” drifts and crosscuts. Waters reported a total of 333,000 tons of probable ore, in pillars, vein, backfill, and old dumps. VF condition. Est. $75-150

195. Jalisco. Mascota. Rancho de Pijinto. El Diaz Gold and Copper Co, c.1901, incorporated in New Jersey. Prospectus, 4 x 9, 32 pages. Cover pale reddish brown, with black text and photo, 3 x 3 ½ of General Porfirio Diaz, President of Mexico. Photos on back cover showing ancient vs. “modern” methods (of processing). Officers listed are: Daniel Lammot, Jr., president, Edward E. Cattell, VP, Robt. P. Molten, treasurer, and Aubrey F. Lee, secretary. The company held the following claims: El Porfirio Diaz, La Republica, La Garrapala, El Muerte, La Esperanza, La Valenciana, La Clemencia, and La Zacateria, a total of 46 claims totaling 116 acres. Descriptions of the various mines, grades of ore, and numerous illustrations of scenes of mining buildings, miners, mine buildings, and plants. Upper part of company letterhead stationery attached to first page. Dated October 30, 1901. VF condition. Est. $100-300

196. Jalisco. Tapalpa. Mineral de la Palma. Keystone Copper Smelter Co, c.1901, incorporated in New Jersey. Prospectus, 4 x 9, 32 pages. Cover yellow, with black text and photo, 3 x 4 of Street in Guadalajara, Mexico. Photos on back cover showing ancient vs. “modern” methods (of processing). Same photos as item above: El Diaz Gold and Copper Company. Officers are also the same men, but shifted roles: Robt. P. Molten, president, Edward E. Cattell, VP, Daniel Lammot, Jr., treasurer, and Aubrey F. Lee, secretary. The company’s property is described to be 75 miles southwest of Guadalajara and consisted of five separate mines; La Mexicana, San Juan, Las Tres Gracies. Ha Suis Maria, and La Palma Descriptions of the various mines, grades of ore, and numerous photographs of landscape scenes. Five of the photos are identical to those of the El Diaz prospectus. They are: arrival at camp, prospector’s mill, mining camp, concentrating gold and silver mill, and mine patio & tool house. Dated October 30, 1901. VF condition, penciled name top of first page. Est. $100-200

GENERAL

197. Mexico. General. American and Mexican Prospecting Developing and Mining Co, c.1905. Promotional paper. 3 x 6 tri-folded, 9 x 12 unfolded, 1 p., printed on both sides. Small map of all of western Mexico but no property locations shown. On back cover is a wood block print of a prospector and an Indian. Highly promotional with statement that “There is here and there an individual who advances the argument that mining is a speculation, in contradistinction to what he terms legitimate business. Those who do this are either prejudiced or misinformed.” The author goes on to say that 95% of mercantile businesses fail and intelligent mining has a much less percentage of failures. Written by J.F. Delgado, Manager, San Diego, California. VF condition, with penciled strike out of Oakland, Cal., and handwritten “San Diego, Cal.” Est. $50-100

198. Mexico. General. Mexican Securities Co, c.1902-1905, incorporated in New York. Promotional pamphlet, 6 x 3, 10 pages, cover very pale blue textured paper, staple binding. The company purports to have acquired the “Millionaires Mines called now: Los Pobres” of gold and silver. No location is given, and there are no such mines in a current database of over 4,000 Mexican mines. The company also plans to form no less than 56 different companies ranging from export-import to steamship to mining. Extremely fine condition, with penciled note “defunct” handwritten on front cover. Est. $50-100

199. Mexico. General. Mexican Metals Saving Co, c.1904, incorporated in Arizona. Prospectus, 8 x 13, 8 pages, bound at top by staples and gray backing sheet. Promoted by Baldwin, Fairchilds & Co., New York. An obvious scam. This company had the following officers: General S.S. Yoder, president (ex-congressman, Ohio, Washington, D.C.), Geo. H. Shoulters, vice-president (Physician, Washington, D.C.), and Ellis F. Frost, secretary and treasurer (ex-secretary, Telephone Co. of America, Washington, D.C.). The company seeks to raise $1 million on a new process and apply it in Mexico – “an invention and process discovered by Robert McKnight (a prominent metallurgist), for the extraction and saving of all ore values in any and every kind of ore and practically without the loss of any of the values.” &#x20The discovery of this process is equal in value to the discovery of steam, the telegraph or the telephone. It will revolutionize mining of the world and make its owners the Metal Kings of the age.” The company claims that all the metals in any kind of ore is quickly volatilized, and then condensed and precipitated as separate metals of refined high purity, all within ninety minutes. From crusher to 1000 proof refined bars of pure gold, silver, copper, and lead in less than 3 hours. Wow, what a deal. Even competent refineries don’t carry refining to 1000 fineness. Other statements: “nothing more valuable has ever been invented by man.” &#x20This process—will control absolutely the world’s output of these metals—.“ The write-up to sell this scam makes for interesting reading. The writers were quite creative and basically appealed to greed instincts. A “new secret process”, is often at the heart of mining scams, even in modern times. In fact, when a new or secret ore extraction process is mentioned, there is almost a certainty there is a scam coming. Extremely fine condition, with folds. Est. $75-150

MICHOACAN

200. Michoacan. Tlalpujahua. El Oro–Tlalpujahua. La Alexandria Gold Mining & Smelting Co, 1904. Promotional paper, entitled Map and Monthly Reports, 8 ½ x 14, bound by rivet, upper left, 5 pages. Includes claim map from which the company holdings appear to be the following claims: Alemania, La Poloma, El Vivian, and La Alexandria. It is not known whether these particular claims became good producers, however the El Oro-Tlalpujahua district, now inactive, is one of the best former gold producers in Mexico. Total size of the district (previous production plus remaining resources) totals about 7.5 million ounces gold. The district has been consolidated, and is now held by Luismin, a large Mexican mining company. Extremely fine condition, folded and some brown ageing. Est. $75-150

NAYARIT

201. Nayarit. Tepic. El Cambio Gold Mining Co, 1902., incorporated in South Dakota. Prospectus, 8 x 5, 34 pages. Printer Ebbert Richardson Co., Cincinnati. Cover is pale-green cardstock with brown lettering of title. The El Cambio is a gold and silver-bearing quartz vein that ranges to 74 feet wide, and extends 8,200 feet along strike. The company holds mining claims covering this strike length. The vein was opened by a 1000-foot tunnel, reportedly all in ore. Old records reported previous production of $2.4 million in gold from 1740 to 1750, and the property justified a government mint at the town site. The property is located 40 miles north of Tepic and on the west slope of the Sierra Madre. There are a number of photos, small regional map, and sketches of the mine. There is a tear-out stock subscription blank inside the front cover. VF condition. Est. $100-300

OAXACA

202. Oaxaca. Ocatlan. Baldomero Mines, c.1904, Incorporated in Maine. Promotional pamphlet, 4 x 9, 7 pages. Printer, Lehmaier Press, N.Y. Cover brown cardstock with title “Baldomero Mines”, with penciled notation E.R. Harrington Co., 42 Broadway. Officers are listed as: Wm. C. Van Antwerp, president, Henry G. Weil, vice-president, C.A. Bramley, Treasurer, and S.W. Cushman, secretary. The Company’s mine is 23 miles south of Oaxaca and is a gold-silver bearing vein worked by a 200-foot deep shaft. The main vein is the San Juan, and operations date to the 16th century. The company obtained a report on the property dated 1904 by C.A. Hamilton, engineer. Excellent condition, with penciled note on cover, and on p. 3. Est. $75-150

SINALOA

203. Sinaloa. Choix. Choix Consolidated Mining Co Ltd, 1902, incorporated in Arizona. Prospectus and letter. Prospectus 8 ½ x 13, print on front, map on back. Printed from: Western Mining Herald, October, 1902. Prospectus describes 18 mines held by company, that are for copper, lead, gold, silver, and placer gold. The mines were named Republica, Recompensa, Espenozena, Colon, Monte Cristo, Creston Verde, La Union, Santa(o) Tomas, Las Palmas, Piramide, Victoria, Rosarita, Estrella, Placeres de Tatahojo, Placeres de Quelele, San Pedro, Trigarante, and the California. Santo Tomas is a porphyry copper deposit that has received recent exploration by several Canadian junior mining companies. In 2000, Morgain Minerals reported completion of prefeasibility for a total of 92 million tonnes grading 0.409% copper [Ref: Morgain website, 3/7/00]. The letter is 6 x 9, one page, and is handwritten to the N.Y.Commercial, enclosing 50 cents postage for a one-month subscription. The letter is also a transmittal letter for the above Prospectus. The letter is from Arthur Gleason, agent for the Choix Consolidated Mining Co. Ltd, and written on Hotel Henry, Pittsburgh stationery. Both items VF condition with folds, and brown aging. Est. $50-100

204. Sinaloa. Coabortita. San Marcos mine. Mexican Mining & Exploration Co, 1903, incorporated in Maine. 3 Items. Item 1: Report on San Marcos Mine, March 18, 1903, 8 ½ x 11, 4 pages folded. The San Marcos mine is reached by 1 ½ days ride by trail from Rosario. The property contains 3 mining claims totaling 93 acres. The property contains the San Marcos vein and the Coabortita vein. The Coabortita averages 15 feet wide of white quartz with gold values reported to average from $10 to $15 per ton (0.5 to 0.75 oz. per ton). Extremely fine condition with folds. Item 2: Also Report on San Marcos mine, March 11, 1903. 8 ½ x 11, 4 pages folded. A description of the San Marcos indicates 1,500 feet of drifts and tunnels on the vein and a sample taken at the San Enrique shaft across the vein where it was 12 feet wide, resulted in 22 ounces silver per ton, and $5.00 gold (0.25 ounces per ton). The report also describes the Florentina Mine with a 12-foot wide vein with ore averaging $7.00 per ton gold (1/3 oz per ton) and silver averaging 14 oz. per ton. Extremely fine condition, with folds, some brown aging. Item 3: Small promotional foldout, 6 x 3, 4 pages. Describes purpose of company and the it holds the San Marcos and San Florentina. Extremely fine condition. Est. $100-300

205. Sinaloa. Copala. El Arco Mines Co, c.1905-1910, incorporated in Maine. Prospectus, 3 ½ x 9, 4 pages. Cover medium gray, heavy paper, with title in black on front cover. The company holds 5 mining claims totaling 36 acres in the town of Copala. The property contains of veins carrying gold and silver, with a reported 1,500 feet of tunnels, shafts, and other workings. The Assays are reported to run $25 to $150 per ton (1.25 to 7.2 ounces gold per ton). They report “Practically adjoining the property of the El Arco Mines Company are two big income producers, which gave an income last year of $1,344,620.30”. Indeed, the larger mine at Copala, now inactive, is held by Minera Bacis, a Mexican mining company. They have reported potential ore of 2.2 million tonnes averaging 1.5 gram gold per tonne, and 208 grams silver per tonne. VF condition with penciled notes on outside and inside of front cover. Est. $50-100

SONORA

206. Sonora. Arizpe. Guadalupe Mine. Pittsburgh & Sonora Gold Mining Co, 1903, incorporated in Arizona. Prospectus, 4 x 8, 31 pages, heavy paper, fold-out. Cover in black matte, with art work. Black letters with gold outlines, and painting of prospector with bandana, lace-high boots, and pick - holding a gold-gilded nugget, with river, and gold gilded clouds in background. Prospector has cigarillo with thin wisp of smoke trailing straight up. Company holds the Guadalupe mine, containing the Picacho vein, about 55 miles southwest of Cananea. Within the prospectus is a report of John P. Casey, E.M. (Engineer of Mines) on the Guadalupe mine. His samples ran from .25 to 7.75 ounces gold per ton, 3.12 to 15.70 ounces silver per ton. The prospectus contains numerous photographs of the veins in outcrop, and mine portals. Extremely fine condition. Est. $100-300

207. Sonora. Aztec. United States Exploration Co, 1902, incorporated in Colorado. 2 Items. Item 1: Market letter, dated August 20, 1902, 6 x 9, 4 pages. Company formed as an exploration company to obtain options with low initial payments on promising properties, then explore and develop them only if the measure up. If not, the company would go on to other opportunities. Extremely fine condition, with folds. Item 2: Promotional pamphlet on the Aztec copper mine, circa 1902, 6 x 9, 4 pages, folded. Center is large, 9 x 7 photoprint of outcropping ore in a vein, 16 feet wide, that forms a knob 60 feet high. This was the first property acquired by the Exploration Company, and sampling produced assays ranging to 43.5% copper and 13.4 ounces silver per ton. This property is now known as the Piedras Verdes copper project, about 10 miles northeast of Alamos, Sonora. Recent years have seen drilling by both junior and major companies. VF condition. Est. $50-100

208. Sonora. Campo Santo Nino. Yaqui Copper Company, 1902, incorporated in West Virginia. Promotional pamphlet, entitled: Letters – Reports – Extracts, Etc. Relating to the Yaqui Copper Company, 8 ½ x 11, 26 pages, mimeographed, one sided. Cover of dark gray art paper folded, and report stapled to back. No printed title on cover. Contains a report of S.F. Pierce, E.M., of St. Paul Minn., 1902, that states “- deposits of nearly every known kind of valuable mineral-“ and “—the tonnage will reach so far into the millions that I object to placing the figures in this report;—“. A report by A.E. Magoris, M.D., Nov. 29, 1902. includes a statement that “to attempt to place in figures the volume of this ore body would be a task for a mathematician.” One of the reports was by Gen. Henry Ide Willey, now Engineer of Mines for the company. His resume is given, and is an impressive accounting of his career from 1870 with the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, to Surveyor General of the State of California from 1882 to 1887, Consulting engineer for Stanislaus Mining, and reported on the Sutro Tunnell, V.C. Nevada in 1891, and reports for George Hearst on the Anaconda Mine in 1892, and many more consulting projects in numerous states, Santo Domingo, West Indies, Puerto Rico, and other localities. His statements on Yaqui Copper Companyy’s properties were very favorable, indicating copper ore 13,120 meters long, from 25 to 250 meters wide, and to unknown depths. Assays average 14.9% copper, 6.6 ounces silver per ton, and $2.09 gold per ton (0.105 ounces per ton). Nowhere in the pamphlet is the location of the property given. It is probably on the Yaqui River, and from its description is probably the property now called San Antonio de la Huerta, north of Tonichi on the west side of the Yaqui River. This property is a copper-gold-silver deposit that has received much exploration activity since 1996. In 1999 it was held by Alamos Minerals Ltd., and Laminco Resources Inc. In 1996, a previous operator announced a resource of 5 million tonnes averaging 2.84 grams gold per tonne for a contained total of 530,000 oz gold [Ref: News release 10-17-96]. Extremely fine condition, handwritten title upper right corner of cover. Est. $75-150

209. Sonora. Cananea. Greene Consolidated Copper Co, c.1900, 6 Items. Item 1: Promotional pamphlet, 3 x 6, 8 pages. Pamphlet offers 20,000 shares at Par of $10 a share for company which owns the vast and rich Cananea Copper Mines with high grade copper ores from which copper can be produced at a lower cost than anywhere else in the world. Although the statements are highly promotional, they later turned out to be true. Cover of paper, with black letters. VF condition, some penciled numbers and inked notes on back. Item 2: Prospectus, circa 1899, 3 ½ x 8 1/2 , folded 8 ½ x 14 paper, stapled at top, 4 pages. Prospectus offers shares in company at a price of $6.25 per share. Earnings were stated at 10% for the current year, (1899?) and that with new equipment installed by the end of the year earnings would jump to 25% per year. In 18 months, earnings are expected to increase to 40% per year, and then 50% per year. The company owns 2,680 mining claims covering more than 7,000 acres know as the Cananea Copper Mines. Also, letter dated June26, 1900 on company letterhead to Geo. E. Vigouroux, Esq., Stamford, Conn., from Wm Beaudeyxe (sp?), one page seeking investment. VF condition with folds and 2-inch tear at fold. Item 3: Letter to Stockholders dated November 5, 1900. 8 ½ x 11, 2 pages with fold, giving notice that treasury stock will be advanced to $12.50 per share. Also mentioned are the numerous lawsuits by others determined to gain some part of the company. All of these were won by the company. Enclosed are two letters, the first is a four page letter dated August 31, 1900 to Walter Logan, treasurer from Geo. S. Robbins, secretary on company letterhead, giving a detailed description of his trip and field visit to Cananea. That must have been an exciting visit to see the Cananea before its huge size was fully appreciated. Robbins stated that even if one lives to 100, they will not see the Veta Grande exhausted. The second is a two-page letter on company letterhead dated August 2, 1900 to the Stockholders, from Walter S. Logan, treasurer. The letter congratulates the stockholders that its stock is now at $10 per share. He refers to the company’s success in fighting the lawsuits of those who are among “wrecker of enterprises” and “pirates on land” trying to enter the company through the “back door”. VF condition, letters pinned with straight pin common to the times. Item 4: Letter. Carbon copy of letter dated April 12, 1902 from Walter Harvey Reed, E.M., Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C. to George S. Robbins, secretary of Greene Consol. Copper Co., New York. 8 ½ x 11, 5 pages. The letter was written to convey his professional opinion on the Cananea mine after examining the project in the field. He states that his first impression of the property, mines, smelter, etc. was “one of amazement”. He describes the copper mineralization as contact metamorphic deposits in limestone and other rocks. This was before the term porphyry copper deposit was made as is commonly used nowadays. Walter Reed goes on to say “So far as known, the whole mineralized district constitutes the largest contact deposit so far discovered in the world”. This is an exceptional statement for the U.S. Geological Survey, a conservative organization. VF condition, some folds, old-style paper clip at top. Item 5: Promotional pamphlet. Pamphlet entitled: Remarks by Gen. T. H. Anderson and W. C. Greene, president at the Stockholders Meeting, July 22, 1901. 6 x 9, 15 pages, heavy paper, off white, folded, staple-bound. The pamphlet begins by a statement from Gen. Anderson describing his recent (first) trip to Cananea in glowing terms. He remarked that he was not previously aware he was to be part of the meeting program. His remarks were appended by Greene, who gave details of the operation and monies spent on Cananea. The company was producing copper for 3 cents a pound and copper was selling for 16 cents a pound. Anaconda’s production costs were 9 ½ cents per pound, about the world average. Greene received applause at several points in his presentation. For example after he stated that he lent the company $600,000 from his pocket, ($300,000 at 5% interest, and $300,000 at 6%), and for repayment he would be issued stock at $40 per share, the same price offered to shareholders. VF condition with, folds slight rust spots. Item 6: Letter to Stockholders. Stockholder letter dated January 22, 1904. 8 ½ x 11, 2 pages folded. Purpose of meeting was to increase capitalization 20%, to $8.6 million. Cananea mill then producing at 3,500 tons per day of ore, yielding 6 million pounds copper per month. Cananea was then ranked as fourth copper producer of the world, with the largest copper orebodies known. Inside folded letter is a listing of company Directors, 1903, and also a one-page notice to stockholders dated January 22, 1904 of a meeting to be held Feb. 10, 1904. A list of stockholders holding more than 10% of outstanding stock is given: W.C. Greene, Geo. S. Robbins, M.L. Sperry, Charles Adsit, Henry Ollesheimer, C. S. Braisted, E. Dinkel, Emil Berolzheimer, Philip Berolzheimer, A. Monteith A. Richardson, Alfred Romer, C. M.

Shannon, George Notman, E. B. Tustin, Norton Chase, E. C. Rice, T. H. Anderson, J. B. Showalter, M. B. Tulloch, and Jacob Weidmann. VF Condition. Author’s note: Cananea now ranks among the 10 largest porphyry copper deposits in the world. It has produced 8.5 billion pounds of copper, and now has reserves remaining to be mined of 2.2 billion tonnes of milling ore grading 0.62% copper (27 billion pounds contained copper). The mine is now producing at the rate of 50,000 tonnes per day and is operated by Grupo Mexico, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican corporation held by ASARCO years ago. Within the last two years, Grupo Mexico bought all of ASARCO. The deepest drill hole in the center of the deposit is 1,000 m (3,000 feet) with ore-grade copper and still in phyllic alteration zone, not yet in potassic alteration. This means the base of the deposit is much deeper yet. Est. $300-600

210. Sonora. Cucurpe. Calera. Calera Gold Mining Co. 1901. Prospectus by Ransay C. Bogy Investment Company, Denver, Colorado. 7 x 9 ½ 24 pages with photographs and a center map and cross-section. Printed by Borsodi Press, New York. Cover pale red map of northern Mexico, with black & white title and photo of men on horseback at rest on front cover. Also line drawing of US eagle and Mexican eagle. Back cover is continuation of same map and shows location of mine and Cucurpe. Inset on back 2 ½ x 2 inches contains photo of stock certificate of Calera Gold Mining Company. Prospectus describes the La Calera gold property located 37 miles southeast of Magdalena and about 7 miles north of Cucurpe. Includes report of Mr. A.E. Euensch, M.E. on the property with descriptions of the pay zones in the veins being 1/3 to 2 feet wide, and carrying values of $22 to $112 per ton (1 oz to 5.4 oz gold per ton). The veins strike east-west. This region is the scene of new exploration activity since the Mexican mining laws have been changed in 1992. Northeast of Cucurpe is the Santa Gertrudis open-pit, heap leach gold mine opened in late 1991 and now held by Campbell Resources. Santa Gertrudis was the first “Carlin-type” disseminated gold mine brought into operation in the new rush to Mexico. Disseminated gold is hosted by sedimentary rocks younger than, but of similar lithology to the Alligator Ridge gold mine in eastern Nevada. The initial reserves at Santa Gertrudis were reported to total 7.9 million tons averaging 0.038 oz gold per ton. Other gold exploration targets are being tested by mining companies north, and also east of Cucurpe. Inside the front cover of the prospectus is a stock order blank, 5 ½ x 8 to the Ramsay C. Bogy Investment Co., Denver, Colo. VF condition. Est. $100-200

211. Sonora. El Zapote. Creston Consolidated Mines Co, c.1907, incorporated in Maine. Two issues of same Prospectus, 6 x 9, 16 pages. One prospectus with a fold-out map of northwestern Mexico, and red lettering for title headings. Map prepared by C.P. Gray, mapmaker, NY. Other prospectus lacks map in front and is black and white. Both with gray cardstock cover, with red and black title lettering. The properties, totaling 110 acres of claims comprised the Zapote Group, a gold property about 30 miles east of Alamos, Sonora. The prospectus contains much promotional generalities for the stock offering by Irving K. Farrington & Co., New York, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh. At the end of the prospectus are two short reports dated 1907 on the Zapote Group of mines by H.H. Keays, E.M., and John W. Norton, E.M. These reports describe the La Cenizas vein as ranging from 2 to 8 feet thick, with assays ranging from 0.20 to 8 ounces gold per ton. Both are VF condition, one without map has penciled name (Vigouroux?) on cover. Est. $100-200

212. Sonora. La Colorada. Creston Colorada Mine. Mines Company of America, c.1902, incorporated in Maine. Promotional letter. Special Letter from Calvin Bullock, Mines, Stocks, Bonds, Denver, Colorado. 8 x 11, 4 pages folded. 12 x 3 ½ center photograph of surface plant and tramway, and 7 x 2 photograph on back page of another portion of surface improvements. The letter offers a small block of 10,000 shares at $1.15 per share, obtained from a smaller shareholder who needed the money. The companies stock is reported to be closely held with only 15 shareholders total. The letter states the mine is one of the largest gold producers in Mexico and has produced about $14 million (approximately equal to 700,000 ounces gold) Over the previous 3 years it has produced $1.5 million (probably about 75,000 ounces gold). The letter also states the company owns about a one-fifth interest in the Dolores Limited, an English company who owns the Dolores gold mine in Chihuahua. Authors note: The La Colorada is about a 45 minute drive east of Hermosillo, and was opened in 1994 as an open-pit, heap leach gold mine by El Dorado Corp, a Canadian junior company. They successfully mined the property until about 1999, then sold it to their mining contractor, Grupo Minero, S.A. de C.V., who mined for two more years, and are just now winding down the operation. Over its life, the La Colorada has produced about 2.5 million ounces gold. Gold occurs in quartz veins, veinlets and disseminations in quartz porphyry, diorite, and andesite. As a separate note, the Dolores is being explored by Minefinders Corp. Ltd., and they have been working the project since about 1995, having completed 245 drill holes. They report an independent resource audit of about 2.7 million ounces gold, and 161 million ounces silver in 115.6 million tonnes. VF condition, with folds and tears of ½ to 1 inch at fold. Est. $75-150

213. Sonora. Nogales. Golden Treasure Co, c.1903. Lot of 2 different pcs. Incorporated in Arizona with offices in New York. Promotional pamphlet. Pocket-sized, 3 x 6, 9 pages (folded accordion-like from one piece). The company reports it will operate the property known as “The Gold Mine Group”, southwest of Nogales, Arizona, and 15 miles south of the U.S. border. The group consists of 40 “gold mining claims” covering a vein with numerous prospect pits and tunnels. The promoters invite

purchase of either common or preferred stock, and allow it to be purchased in monthly installments. Promotional letter, circa 190_, to “Our correspondents: 8 ½ x 11, one page, which ends in middle of a sentence. Other pages missing. At top of letterhead is a drawing of snow-capped mountains with the heading “Thunder Mountain”. Letter mentions Sonora, but not particulars. VF condition, with folds. Est. $75-150

214. Sonora. Sahuaripa. La Cieneguita. Cieneguita Copper Co, 1902. Incorporated in Arizona in 1901. Three separate items. Item 1: Reports Mining Engineers, 4 x 8 ½, 32 pages. Printer: H.H. Mc Neil Company, Phoenix, Arizona. Cover in light brown with title and Mexican seal, 1-inch diameter at lower left. Pamphlet includes 4 reports on the La Cieneguita area which is about 100 miles airline from Hermosillo, Sonora. The reports are of Robert L. D’Aumale, of T.I. Farish, of Arthur Hendey, and T.E. Farish’s supplemental report. The report of Robert L. D’ Aumalie, official assayer of Sonora was made in 1859, and published by Lieutenant Mowry. Harper & Brothers, N.Y. publishers, 1864. The report describes the landscape, access, climate and mines of the district. The mines named are the La Chipiona, Plomosa, La Colorada, La Descomulgado, La Yerba Buena, Los Ostimuris, La Prieta, El Potrero, La Viruela, and the La Amargosa. Eight assays are reported that range from 30 to 318 ounces silver per ton, and one sample from the La Prieta that assayed 21.54% copper. The report of T.E. Farish, Mining Engineer was addressed to Dr. J.M. Ford, Phoenix, A.T. and was on the Chipiona and Colorada mines and describes the copper, silver, and gold-bearing veins, together with recommendations for driving tunnels and other further work. The report of Arthur Hendey, manager of the Copper Chief Mining Company, Jerome, Arizona, undated, is to Hon. Wm H. Barnes, Tucson, Arizona. This report describes the veins of the Chipiona, San Francisco, and Plomosa mines, together with assays for gold, silver, copper. Also the samples were assayed for iron and silica. T.E. Farish’s supplemental report was based on his return trip of 25 days in the field to the Chipiona and Colorada mines. His report contains assays for 11 samples run for gold, silver, copper, and lead. The gold values ran to 0.4 oz per ton, silver to 277 oz per ton, and copper to 8.1%. VF condition. Item 2: Prospectus. 1901, 6 x 9, 38 pages, plus 9 x 16 folded map in back. Printer: H.H. Mc Neil Company, Phoenix, Arizona. Cover is tan cardstock, with title and Mexican seal, 1-inch diameter on column at left margin. Contains 11, 6 x 4 photographs of mining landscapes, and underground workings. The company planned to construct a railroad from Guyamas to the mines at Cieneguita, a remote location in the western Sierra Madres, a distance of over 120 miles as the crow flies. To this day, no such railroad has been completed. The Prospectus lists the groups of gold, silver, and copper claims held which totaled 937 mining claims, totaling 2,347 acres. They were in 4 principal groups, the Chipiona, Tayapa, Ostimuris, and Colorada de la Casita Groups. Each of the groups is described with the potential for more tonnage, assays, and extracts from engineering reports. VF Condition with slight folds. Item 3: Prospectus, 1905, 8 x 11, 24 pages. Cover is tan linen, with red letters. Eleven photographs of the smelter, mine buildings, landscape, and timber cut. Four of the photographs are 8 x 6. The prospectus describes the development work done on the Chipiona group, which totaled 5,553 feet of headings in the first 5 months of 1905. The progress report is authored by George Beebe, President. In the following pages, extracts are given from 6 separate engineers reports. Facing the back cover is a map of the claim groups. Copper Handbook, 1908, p.529, felt that the company’s property was located too far from transportation and “despite much talk regarding the richness of these mines, the large production imminent, and the tremendous profits to be earned, the actual output for 1907 was only 42 tons of 40-50% copper matte, of which only 12 tons were shipped. Company regarded unfavorably.” VF condition, with small 1/8th inch tear at lower right corner of cover. Est. $150-300

215. Sonora. Sahuaripa. Cieneguita. Cieneguita Copper Co, 1903. Promotional packet, 8 ½ x 13, 17 pages, includes photographs of mines, mine workings, and landscapes. Also enclosed is a topographical map of Eastern Sonora, 11 x 16, in two colors. Also a 20 x 8 waterpaint black & white drawing by G.A. Cofin of Cieneguita and the Chipiona Group of mines nearby. The company has 13 mines totaling 2,347 acres for gold, silver, and copper. They are: In the Chipiona Group, La Chipiona, La Colorada, La Plomosa, La Cargonas, and El Phoenix. In the Ostimuris Group, the San Yldefons- de Ostimuris, and La Prieta. In the Tayapa Group, the El Tajo, La Tayapa, La Descomulgada, and La Yglesia. And in the Colorada de la Casita Group, the La Cananea, and Colorada de la Casita. Fine condition, with cover gone, tears and chips mostly affecting the top page. Est. $100-300

216. Sonora. Tonichi. Toledo. Sonora Mining & Development Co, c.1908, incorporated in Arizona, and its wholly-owned Mexican subsidiary, Yaqui Smelting and Refining Company, S.A. Prospectus, 11 x 8, 24 pages with a fold-out regional map inside back cover. Printer: Press of the B.F. Wade & Sons Co., Toledo, Ohio. Cover is pastel painting of men pouring ingots in the smelter, all framed by cactus, and with a Mexican eagle at the top. Inside front cover is 8 x 4 photograph of entire smelter and refinery in operation and showing the Yaqui River and Pilares Mountain. Prospectus is profusely illustrated with photographs of construction, buildings, plant, haulage, and activities at the early plant. Also included is a Brokers broadside for the Sonora Mining and Development Co. , 8 ½ x 14, 1 page. The town of Toledo is not on current highway maps. However, from the prospectus map, Toledo was about 85 miles east of Hermosillo on Hwy 16 and the Yaqui River, and south of Tonichi, shown by the prospectus map. The company operated a large smelter and refinery, to process ores, mostly

silver-lead-copper from the region and from their properties. The company held the Alameda, La Plomosa, La Isabella, Moctezuma, San Francisco, Ceballos, Ferruginosa, Veta Grande, Independencia, and Gerberina. &#x20ompany has experienced considerable trouble from Yaqui Indian depredations, and also has met with some difficulties in working out metallurgical problems (Copper Handbook, 1908, p.1251).” VF condition with cover separated at binding. Est. $150-300

217. Sonora. Torris. Silver Queen. Silver Queen United Ltd, 1885, an English company being offered by Abbott, Page, & Co., London. Prospectus, 1885, 8 ½ x 13, 4 pages, folded. Large photoprint on back cover, 11 x 6 ½ showing landscape and surface works of the Los Bronces claim. Company held 7 claims that included the Animas, San Juan, Cruzecitas, Los Bronces, Nahuila, and La Guyosa. The property was probably at Tecoripa, about 70 miles southeast of Hermosillo where there is a known silver occurrence named the Los Bronces [Ref. USGS, Mrds mineral database]. Extremely fine condition, with some foxing, folded, and inked dates top margin. Est. $75-150

218. Sonora. Ure. Galiva. Vega Mining & Milling Co, 1902, incorporated in South Dakota. , 3 x 6, folded, 12 pages, with 8 ½ x 11 fold-out letter affixed to inside back cover. Cover pale blue cardstock with blue-lettered title “A Business Proposition”. The company held the El Gavilan group of silver mines including the La Luz, El Porvenir, and Grande de San Jose. The properties are located 38 miles northeast of Hermosillo. They report a 5-foot wide vein with a pay streak of 1-foot, averaging 1,700 ounces silver per ton, and the remainder of the vein averaging 55 ounces. Back page is a sketch map of northern Sonora, showing location of mines, and a sketch map of the vein, with shafts. Letter affixed to inside back cover dated April 8, 1902, highly promoting the sale of company stock. VF condition. Est. $75-150

219. Sonora. Ures and Magdalena. Richfield Mining Co, 1902, incorporated in 1901. Prospectus, 4 x 9, 20 pages, cover pale brown gray cardstock with red lettering, thread bound. Printed: press of Byron S. Adams. Company held the following mining properties: Nacimiento, silver and gold; Llave, silver and gold; Los Dos Naciones, copper, silver and gold; and the La Mexicana, copper, silver and gold. These properties totaled about 700 acres. The Los Dos Naciones and La Mexicana, are reported to contain copper assays ranging from 3% to 40%, and averaging 13% in porphyry dikes in limestone and quartzite. The Nacimiento is reported to assay from 75 to 5,000 ounces silver per ton. The Llave is reported to carry copper and silver values in veins with assays of 40 to 350 ounces silver per ton. The company was succeeded by the Richfield Copper Co and in 1907, the camp was raided by Yaqui Indians forcing the closure of the mine (Copper Handbook, 1908, p.1174). VF condition with chips missing from upper corners. Est. $75-150

220. Sonora. Ures. Ramona. Kansas City &Sonora Mining & Milling Co, c.1901, incorporated in Arizona. 2 Items. Item 1: Prospectus, circa 1901, 4 x 9, 17 pages, yellow cover with black print on front, and photo of Mamona (Ramona) mine and mill on back. Includes small bookmark made from page of prospectus of Mingo Gold Mining Company affixed inside front cover. Company properties include the Ramona, Isabel, Murcielago, Zelma, and Eva claims. The Ramona is near Gavilan, on the Sonora River, 38 miles northeast of Hermosillo. The property contains silver-gold bearing fissure veins that range from 3 to 6 feet wide, containing a thinner pay streak within the vein. Assays run as high as 1,080 ounces silver per ton. Development consisted of a 325-foot deep shaft with several hundred feet of drifts. In 1903, the property of the company was sold to the Ures Consolidated MC (Copper Handbook, 1908, p.834). Extremely fine condition. Item 2: Advertisements for stock, 3 pieces, held by straight pin. 5 x 8 ½ with letter on back, 8 ½ x 11, advertisements both sides, and 8 ½ x 11 mimeograph letter advising stock now selling at 50 cents per share. VF condition, but fragile with foxing, tears to 1 inch. Est. $100-300

221. Sonora. Ures. Ures Consolidated Mining Co, Prospectus, 1903, 4 ½ x 10, 20 pages. Cover white stock with black print and small vignette of flaming torch. Back cover has two photos, one of the Ramona mill and hoist, and the other of $8,140 in bullion (silver), a 27 day run of the mill. Center piece is a claim map and a long section of the workings, 9x 10. The company initially held the Eureka claim, and then acquired the Ramona claim and mine by a quirk of fate. An American company mined on the Ramona to a depth of 320 feet where their workings went beyond the vertical claim boundary onto the contiguous Eureka claim, a condition of mineral trespass. They tried to buy the Eureka claim, but Ures Consolidated had them over a barrel, and they ended up selling the Ramona, a proven, operating mine, a 30-ton per day mill, together with all necessary mining equipment to Ures. The purchase price is not reported, however mention is made of buying the property of Kansas City & Sonora Mining and Milling Company. Engineers’ reports are quoted in the prospectus. Assays are reported to range to .06 ounces per ton gold, and silver from .21 to 454 ounces per ton. A number of the samples ran less than 2 oz. silver per ton. Also enclosed is a 5 x 7 news clipping advertisement. Extremely fine condition. Est. $75-150

222. Sonora. Verde Grande. Verde Grande Copper Co, 1901, incorporated in Arizona Territory. 4 Items. Item 1: Prospectus, 1901, 6 x 9 ½, 4 pages, folded. Company held the Verde Grande gold-silver-copper property 40 miles northwest of Hermosillo, and containing the La Cobriza, La Verde, and Verde Grande claims, totaling 230 acres. Reported assays range from 0.21 to 9 ounces gold per ton, 34 to 800 ounces silver per ton, and 5 ½ to 16% copper. The mineralized zone, is from 30 to 60 feet wide and can be traced on the surface for 5,000 feet. VF condition with some stains, inked address, and letterhead address affixed to upper right of cover. Item 2: enclosed in prospectus. Newspaper clipping entitled: A $12,000,000 Company Promoted in New York on Properties in Various Camps, by Gardner, Mass., Correspondent, penciled date December, 1903. VF condition, aged. Item 3: Prospectus, 1902, 6 x 9 ½, 4 pages, folded. Description of property and assays as above. Fine condition, folds, ½ to 1-inch tears at folds. Item 4: Promotional Letter, dated January 14, 1902, 8 ½ x 11, one page, from J.D. Fresh, Sup’t and General manager. Letter is monthly report of progress at mine and workings completed. It was reported that they opened a 25-foot vein which assays 172 ounces silver per ton. The Copper Handbook, 1908, p.1390-91, reports on this company with the following quoted paragraph, “A leaching plant was being installed, 1904, but nothing has been heard of it recently and presumably it was a failure, like everything else tried by the company. At last accounts the company was considerably in debt, to several large shareholders, who had advanced funds to keep the property going. The advertisement apparently is not the one that promoted the corporation, hence should not be responsible for its bad start, but the methods of development and operation employed have been vacillating and inefficient from the beginning, and the company’s metallurgical efforts are ridiculous.” VF condition, brittle, with folds and pin holes upper left. Small ¼ inch tears at folds. Est. $100-300

ZACATECAS

223. Zacatecas. Pinos. American-Mexico Exploration Co, c.1904. Prospectus, 9 x 12, 6 pages, including claim map. Entitled: “American Money in Mexican Industries”. The company holds several mines consisting of 160 acres at Pinos, developed by shafts up to 450 deep. However details of grades and tonnages are lacking. VF condition, some folds, and ½ to 1-inch tears at folds. Est. $75-150

224. Zacatecas. Pinos. King Solomon Mine. American-Mexico Exploration Co, 1902, New York, NY, Two items. Item 1: Promotional sheet, 8 ½ x 17 printed on one side, seeking investors to form a club and pay for $500 5% gold bonds secured by the mining property, and including the right to 10,000 shares of company stock. Reading the fine print indicates the money was to be used to purchase the mines, which were operating, and to make capital improvements. The group of mines are one mile from Pinos, Zacatecas. The company was reported to have a favorable examination by Auguste Mathez, mining engineer. Item 2: Memorandum, and sample form, 8 x 19 printed both sides. Promotional material to encourage investment in the gold bonds. The reverse side consists of a sample from to “Form a Club for a $500 5% gold bond”. This was a suggested format for the trustee who might form the “club”. Both items VF condition with one to two folds, some browning of paper. Est. $75-150