Archives International Auctions Auction 106 September 24, 2025

Archives International Auctions - Sale 106 135 September 24, 2025 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 619 619 AZ. Tombstone Mill and Mining Co., 1881, I/U Stock Certificate. Tombstone, Arizona Territory (Incorporated in Connecticut), 1881. 100 Shares Capital Stock I/U Certificate, Black print with black border and green underprint, Native men at top right corner and Native hunter at bottom left corner, S/N 1954, Mine was located in Tombstone District Pima County Arizona Territory, Certificate is signed by Geo. R. Burnham as president, John B. Gilbert Jr. as President, and S. Corbin as secretary, XF to AU condition, ABNC. The Tombstone Mill and Mining Company was central to the silver boom that transformed Tombstone, Arizona Territory, from a frontier camp into one of the West’s most storied mining towns. Formed after Ed Schieffelin’s legendary silver discovery, the company built the stamp mills that processed ore from rich claims like the Tough Nut, fueling a rush of investment and the rapid growth of Tombstone and nearby mill towns such as Charleston and Contention. Its success attracted powerful Eastern financiers, whose capital brought both prosperity and speculation. Though water problems and falling silver prices eventually doomed large-scale operations, the company’s role in Tombstone’s meteoric rise left an enduring mark on the history of Western mining and the lore of the American frontier. �� Est. $130-260 California 620 620 CA. Bodie Bluff Consolidated Gold Mining Co., 1879, I/U Stock Certificate. Bodie Mining District, Mono City, California, 1879. 100 Shares I/U Capital Stock Certificate, Black on thin white paper, Ornate title at bottom with logo on top left. S/N 158, Signed by M.P. Minot. VF condition. �� Est. $80-120 Colorado 621 621 CO. Apothecaries Gold Mining Co., 1898, I/U Stock Certificate. Cripple Creek, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1898. 1000 Shares Capital Stock I/U Certificate, Blue print with blue border and title, Scale at left of title at top center, Bronze seal at bottom left corner, S/N 1064, Signed by President S. Ben Smith and secretary Frank Heron, VF to XF condition, Denver Lith Co. �� Est. $120-180 622 622 CO. Buckeye Mining and Tunneling Co. of Colorado, 1878, I/U Stock Certificate. Denver, Colorado, 1878. 100 Shares I/U Stock Certificate, Black and red printing with black border, Arms of Colorado at center under title, S/N 604, Signed by Alex M. Cassidy as President and H. D. Cassidy as Secretary, VF to XF condition. Jones Printing Co. �� Est. $75-120 623 623 CO. Cripple Creek Mining Company Collection, 1895–1897 I/U Stock Certificates. Colorado, Cripple Creek District, 1895–1897. Issued group comprising: Dec. 10, 1895 The Capital Gold Mining & Milling Co., 5000 shares, gilt and black with ornate border and panoramic mountain camp vignette at center flanked by mining implements, large embossed gold seal; 1897 The Liberty Bell Gold Mining Company, 2500 shares, grey-black with elaborate border and standing Liberty vignette at top, embossed gold seal, signed by James F. Burns, President; Dec. 19, 1895 The Gotham Gold Mining and Tunnel Company, 1000 shares, brown and black with busy underground mining vignette at center, gilt corporate seal, “Cripple Creek, Colo” noted at right; Oct. 29, 1896 The Chicago and North Cripple Creek Gold Mining Company, 5000 shares, brown border with allegorical labor vignette at top and embossed seal, countersigned by W. J. Taylor, Secretary. All are Choice VF condition or better. The Cripple Creek–Victor gold field, discovered in 1890, rapidly became Colorado’s premier gold camp, its mines tied together by the F.&C.C. and Midland Terminal railroads and ultimately yielding one of the nation’s great lode-gold outputs—spawning the richly engraved certificates seen here. (4) �� Est. $150-250