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WESTERN HISTORY AND MINING

1077. General. "Am. Tel & Tel Co" Pony Insulators, 7 pcs. (American Telephone & Telegraph). All are dark purple and 4" tall. Some have small chips, but are very clean. Very colorful. c.1910. Est. $100-200.

1078. General. "LSU Columbia" Insulators, 7 pcs. All different colors, from cobalt blue to light green. They were made in 1987-8 in the original "Mickey Mouse ear" glass molds in limited quantities. The best were held back for sale. Included in these sets was a stock certificate-style set registration sheet. This set is #199 of 370 produced. A quick check on Ebay shows individual insulators selling for $40-60/ea. Very fine. Est. $200-400.

1079. General. Antique Porcelain Marbles. All 17 are hand painted, with 4 plain monochrome, the rest ornate polychrome patterns. Circa 1840-1850. Est. $50-100.

1080. Idaho. Boise. Civilian Conservation Corps Diary, 1937. 3 1/2 x 6" diary of L. M. Miller, 795 CCC. Inside front cover reads: "Have made a few resolutions… Write home every Sunday if I get a letter or not. Quit on bad habit I've got… Don't get sore. Stay away from Wild Women… Wear my cap in bed" among a few others. Handwritten entries beginning Jan. 1, 1937 through May 11, 1937. At the back of the book approximately 15 pages with names and addresses. Jan. 23, 1937: "Had to work today. Make up for lost time sure did to. Had to work 14 (?) hours overtime. Twin (?) Springs were blasting out the road they did a job of it too. Shot a cliff all to hell…" Softbound. "Diary 1937" debossed on front cover. A small piece of white paper with "CCC" written on it taped to front. Est. $100-200

1081. Mining. Four Volumes on Gold Rushes, Mining Camps and Ghost Towns. Gold Rushes and Mining Camps of the Early American West, by Vardis Fisher and Opal Laurel Holmes. Hardcover with dust jacket (protected by plastic sleeve). The dust jacket is extremely fine. This heavily illustrated book covers everything from the mining camps and their people to race prejudice and the Vigilantes. 466 pp including index, 9 x 11 1/2. Fourth printing, 1979. Copy 1968 by Fisher and Holmes. Published by The Caxton Printers, Ltd., Caldwell, Idaho. Extremely fine condition. Ghost Towns of the West, A Pictorial Guide to Towns and Mining Camps that Opened the West. Field photography and Research by William Carter. A Sunset Pictorial. Hardcover with dust jacket (protected by plastic sleeve). Dust jacket shows minimal surface wear, has a few chips at top and bottom edges. Copyright 1971 by Lane Magazine & Book Company. 256 pp including index and bibliography, 9 x 11 1/2. More photos than text. This book is broken down into sections: Rocky Mountain Spreading Fever, The Northwest Was Something Else, The Southwest - Too Tough To Die. Extremely fine condition. The Bonanza West: The Story of the Western Mining Rushes, 1848-1900, by William S. Greever. Hardcover with dust jacket (protected by plastic sleeve). Dust jacket is in good condition: minor surface wear, a couple of chips and a tear. First Edition. Copyright 1963, University of Oklahoma Press. Illustrated. Discussions of California, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado, South Dakota and Montana. 430 pp including index, 6 1/4 x 9 1/2. Extremely fine. Precious Dust: The American Gold Rush Era: 1848-1900, by Paula Mitchell Marks. Hardcover with dust jacket (protected by plastic sleeve). Dust jacket is mint. Copyright 1994 by Marks. First Edition. Published by William Morrow & Co. Illustrated. 448 pp including index, 6 1/4 x 9 1/2. Mint. Est. $50-150.
1082. Mining. Mining & Scientific Press, Vol. 99, July - Dec. 1909 and Vol. 95, July - Dec. 1907. Both volumes are hardbound, no dust jackets. Vol. 99 is 874 pp, Vol. 95 is 820 pp. (both have indexes at front). Illustrated. Each covers active mining in America with articles such as: General Mining News (which gives brief news state by state), Care of the Gas Engine, Mining Schools and their Graduates, Concentrates and more. Both are in very good condition. Est. $100-150.

1083. Mining. Rotary Drill Bit. Nickel plated, tri-cone bit used as a paper weight. 4 x 6". These are the drill bits we use in our industry. Est. $25-75.

1084. Mining. Small 4" sterling spoon with underground mining scene engraved in bowl and surface mining scene at top of handle (a ladder descends from the top scene to the bottom scene to tie them together). Attractive. XF. Est. $50-$100

1085. Mining. Souvenir Spoon with underground mining scene in bowl. Gold pan with pick and shovel at top with large artificial gold nugget in pan. At top is an ore buck with metal chain mimicking a rope strung down over the pan and around the handle of the spoon. Bowl is gold plate. 5 1/2". Delicate. VF. Est. $100-$200.

1086. Mining. The West: An Illustrated History, by Geoffrey C. Ward. Hardcover with dust jacket (protected by plastic sleeve). Dust jacket is mint. Copyright 1996 by the West Book Project, Inc. First Edition. Published by Little, Brown & Co. 445 pp including index, since it is an illustrated history, it is indeed heavily illustrated with black and white photos as well as many color plates. A beautiful book! 10 x 11". Extremely fine. Est. $25-50.

1087. Mining. The Wild West by the Editors of Time-Life Books. Companion volume to the ten-part television series. Copyright 1993, published by Warner Books. Hardcover with dust jacket (protected by plastic sleeve). Dust jacket is near mint. Well-illustrated with color and black and white photographs and illustrations. 367 pp including index, 10 x 11. It covers everything you think a Warner Publication would regarding the Wild West. Very fine condition. Est. $25-50.

1088. Mining. Twelve volumes on Western Mining History. Wyoming Frontier Series: The Great Diamond Hoax and Other True Tale, by Robert Conrow. Softcover. Copyright 1983 by Conrow, published by Johnson Publishing Co. Illustrated, 62 pp with bibliography, 5 1/2 x 9. Includes stories of The Cheyenne Cloud Cracker, The White Shoshone, and more. Very fine condition. The Denver Westerners Roundup: Four issues, Nov-Dec. 1980, May 1970, Sept. - Oct., 1970, and April 1967. 6 x 9". Ex-Libris, Denver Public Library. All four are illustrated histories of the area. Very fine condition. Colorful Colorado: Its Dramatic History, by Caroline Bancroft. Published by Johnson Publishing Co., 1966. Softcover, 112 pp, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, illustrated with period photos and modern photos, some color plates. Cover shows some wear, overall very fine condition. A Quick History of Creed, Colorado Boom Town, by Leland Feitz. Softcover, 48 pp with illustrations, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, published by Little London Press, Colo, copyright 1969 by Feitz. Very fine conditon. Colorado's Lost Gold Mines and Buried Treasure, by Caroline Bancroft assisted by Agnes Nafziger. Softcover, illustrated, 55 pp, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, published by the Johnson Publishing Co., 1963. Very fine condition. Then… The Best of Pike's Peak Region Yesterdays, by Dora Foster. Softcover, illustrated with pen and ink drawings by Marilyn Getto. Copyright 1964 by Foster, published by Getto & Berkeland. 98 pp, 6 x 9, very fine. Superstition Treasure, by Travis Marlowe. Copyright 1965 by Marlowe. Illustrated with black and white and color plates, 64 pp, soft cover in color, 6 x 9. Good condition - shows wear on cover and interior. The Story of Jacob Walzer, Superstition Mountain and its famed Dutchman's Lost Mine: A Lifetime of Research Proves that Truth is Stranger than Fiction, by Barney Barnard. Softcover, 9 x 6, Fifteenth Edition. Copyright 1954 by Barnard. 68 pp, illustrated. Good condition - some stains in interior. Prospector, Cowhand and Sodbuster, Historic Places Associated with Mining, Ranching and Farming Frontiers in The Trans-Mississippi West, Vo. XI, Robert G. Ferris, series editor. Published by US Dept. of Interior, Nat'l Park Service, 1967. Hardcover, no dust jacket. 320 pp including index, illustrated, one color plate at front of book, 6 1/2 x 9 3/4. Very fine condition. Est. $100-200.

1089. Mining. Underground Mining Lamp. Circa 1850-90 Rooster style mine lamp. "Cannonier". German. Est. $200-400.

1090. Montana. Rare Montana silver medallion. MONTANA SILVER ASSOCIATION/ (PIC of miner and millsite)/ SILVER THE KEY/ TO/ PROSPERITY/ 1933/ HELENA, MONTANA// one troy ounce of silver 999 fine/ (PIC Montana State Seal)/ MONTANA. Silver, 1.5" diameter, XF. Counterstamp "M" in the hills behind the mill, same as illustrated in the Hilber-Kappan book, #820. This was a promotional piece by the Montana Silver Association, made to help finance the group's aim to promote the use of silver in America. Each member received this coin in lieu of $1 dues. HK reported that less than 100 survive, which is probably well less than half that after the 1981 high silver prices when medals like this went to the smelter. HK value $250. Est $200-400

1091. Western Three Sterling Silver Spoons. The first spoon in the group has "French Lick Springs Hotel, French Lick, Ind." Along with a picture of the hotel engraved in the bowl. The handle has a local interest theme, about 5". The second spoon is engraved with "Cheyenne, Wyo" and a bucking bronco in the bowl, the handle is engraved with items of local interest, approx. 4". The last spoon in the group has "Royal Gorge" and a picture of said in the bowl, mining themed handle, personal initials "LCH" engraved on back, 5 1/4". Est. $75-100.

1092. Western. The Collected Writings of Frederic Remington, edited by Peggy & Harold Samuels. "The first complete collection of the published writings of America's famous artist of the American West. Illustrated with 140 Remington drawings and paintings." Hardcover with dust jacket (protected by plastic sleeve). Dust jacket is very fine with two chips at back along bottom. Copyright 1979 by the Samuels, published by Doubleday & Co. Signed First Edition. 649 pp including index, notes, bibliography and catalogue of his writings. Extremely fine. Est. $25-50.

1093. Western. The Old West. The Miners, 3 identical volumes, edited by Time Life Books, written Robert Wallace, 1975. There is nearly a photo on every page. Hardcover with padded faux leather. Copyright 1976, published by Time Life Books. 240 pp including index and bibliography. Several maps within text. Extremely fine. Est. $25-50

1094. Western. Union Carbide Sales Co. Letterhead, 1929. Full color illustration of a barrel bearing the company name in blue, with company name in red seal on lid. Very fine. 11 x 8 1/2". Est. $20-40.