Archives International Auctions - Auction 110 January 20, 2026

Archives International Auctions - Sale 110 95 January 20, 2026 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 436 436 CA. California, Mining, 1879 to 1883, Issued Stock Certificate Trio. Grass Valley & Nevada City, California.., 1879-1883. Lot of 3 I/U and I/C Stock Certificates, Includes: Washington Mining Co., I/C; Imperial Consolidated Mining Co. I/U; Nevada and Mountain Lakes Ice Co. I/U. Certificates are all small sized and range from Fine to VF+ condition. (3). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ���������������������� Est. $100-150 437 437 CA. Mechanics’ Mining Co., 1876 I/U Stock Certificate, Located at “Sutter Creek” Sutter Creek, Amador County, California. 4 Shares, I/U, S/N 3, Issued to J. Randolph and signed by T.M.Elroy as president, no vignette, “1320 Feet in Mine” with “Each foot divided into 25 shares”, VF condition. Famous location where the California gold rush began. John Sutter’s discovery of gold at nearby Coloma in January 1848 triggered the California Gold Rush. After all his workers left him to go on their own hunts for gold, Sutter moved to Mormon Island with a couple of hands. After about two weeks miners flooded the island, so Sutter and his hands left and returned to Sutter Creek. Sutter said: “I broke up the camp and started on the march further south, and located my next camp on Sutter Creek”, now in Amador County. Although plenty of placer gold was found there, gold-bearing quartz deposits were discovered in 1851, and mining those deposits for gold became the mainstay of the local economy for many years. With the prosperity brought by quartz mining, Sutter Creek became a boomtown. By 1932, the Central Eureka mine, begun in 1869, had reached the 2,300- foot (700 m) level. By 1939, it was the best-paying mine in Sutter Creek. The mines continued operations until 1942, when most gold mines were closed for manpower reasons during World War II. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $80-160 438 438 CA. Pacific Guano Co., 186x (ca.1860s) Remainder Stock Certificate Group San Francisco, California, ND (1860s). Lot of 7 U/U Stock Certificates, Black with black border and eagle with stars at center under title, S/Ns 88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 95, and 102, Certificates range from XF to Uncirculated condition with minor stain/toning. Buswell & Co. Printers. (7). Pacific Guano Company was a mid-19th-century California enterprise engaged in the importation and distribution of guano, a highly valued natural fertilizer critical to American agriculture before the advent of synthetic fertilizers. Operating from San Francisco during the 1860s, the company supported West Coast farming and commercial agriculture during a period of rapid expansion following the Gold Rush. Firms such as Pacific Guano Co. played an important role in improving crop yields and sustaining agricultural growth in early California. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $130-200 California & Nevada 439 439 CA. NV., California and Nevada, 1884 to 1892, Issued Mining Stock Certificate Pair California & Nevada, 1884-92. Lot of 3 Issued Stock Certificates, Includes: NV. 1884, I/U, Eureka Tunnel Consolidated Mining Co., 50 Shrs Capital Stock Cert.; CA. 1888, I/C, Maryland Gold Quartz Mining Co., 50 Shares Capital Stock Cert; and , CA., 1892, I/U, Albany Gold Mining Co., 1892, 100 Shares Capital Stock Cert. VF to XF condition. (3). ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $90-140 California & Pennsylvania 440 440 CA & PA. California Gold Rush Era Mining Stock Certificates Including Philadelphia & California Mining Co., 1852 to 1860s California & Pennsylvania......, 1852-60s. Lot of 4 Stock Certificates, Includes: Quart Rock Mariposa Gold Mining Co. I/U Stock Cert; Ave Maria Gold Quartz Mine I/U Stock Cert; Sierra Madre Gold and Silver Mining Co. U/U Stock Cert; Philadelphia and California Mining Co., I/U Cert. Certificates range from Fine to XF condition. (4). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $120-240 Canada, Maine, and Delaware 441 441 Canada, Maine, and Other States, Specimen Mining Gold Coupon BondTrio. 1908-1920 Canada, Maine, and Delaware, 1908-20. Lot of 3 Specimen Bonds, Includes: 1908, Kings’ Asbestos Mines, $1000, 6% Coupon Bond; 1911, Eagle Slate Co., $1000, 6% Coupon Bond; and, 1920, Eastern Limestone Corp., $1000, 7% Coupon Bond. Specimen overprints and POCs, VF to XF condition. (3). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $100-160