[Various locations in British Columbia and Alaska: ca. 1900]. [14] leaves, illustrated with 111 vernacular sepia-toned photographs, between 2.5 x 4.5 inches and 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Mostly mounted four per page. Oblong folio. Contemporary black cloth, gilt, string tied. Minor edge wear and rubbing. Some edge chipping to a...... More

[Juneau]: Anderson, 1936. Five silver gelatin photographs, each 5.25 x 4 inches. Minor wear. Five images depicting mining operations at the A.J. Mine near Juneau, Alaska. Images are captioned in the negative and signed by the photographer, Anderson, dated 1936. Two of them show miners at work. Titles are as..... More

Prescott, A.T. August 14, 1867. [4]pp. Folio. Approximately 1000 words. Minor wear and soiling, a few stray ink stains. With numerous emendations and revisions throughout. A manuscript draft of a report from Old West Arizona encapsulating the perils of boom times in the Arizona Territory. Here, Frederick Hyde, an agent..... More

Mokilomni Hill, Ca. April 3, 1852. [2]pp. plus integral address leaf. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Old fold lines, minor wear. In a highly legible script. An interesting letter from a disillusioned fortune-seeker in Calaveras County advising his father not to come west, as all the easy pickings are..... More

Elk Hill, Ca. December 17, 1853. [3]pp. on a folded folio sheet. Old folds, light wear and soiling. With original mailing envelope. An informative letter sent from a miner in Gold Rush-era California to a friend in Tuolumne County, primarily concerning a mining claim, but also providing many interesting local..... More

London: May 19, 1855. [2]pp., on a bifolium. Previously folded. Light wear along top edge; short closed tear at right margin. Scattered faint foxing. With original mailing envelope. This two-page printed circular, dated May 19th, 1855, from the Anglo-California Gold Mining Company in London, offers to convert "unissued shares" of..... More

Coyoteville: September 12, 1855. [2]pp., plus integral blank. Original mailing folds, moderate toning, staining, and ink spotting, but still easily readable. Bottom fourth of integral blank excised. An informative Gold Rush letter about mining in the long-vanished ghost town of Coyoteville, which was an extraordinarily rich gold area for a...... More

[Various locations in California: 1864-1874]. Ninety-four letters, totaling [153]pp. Mostly octavo. Leaves lightly dampstained and toned, some faded. Old folds, some separation and brittleness, a few small areas of loss or tearing. An extensive archive documenting the activities of the Bridgeport Gold and Silver Mining Company in Sweetland, California. Sweetland..... More

Oroville, Ca. [ca. 1900]. Three letters, [13]pp. total on seven lined sheets. Previously folded. Minor wear and toning. An engaging group of three letters from a mining engineer named Jack in Oroville, California, to his partner and perhaps brother Eric that discuss the development of their investments in an area..... More

[Various locations, including New York and Mexico: ca. 1900-1920]. [42] leaves, illustrated with 302 photographs between 1.25 x 1.25 inches and 5.25 x 3.25 inches. Oblong quarto. Contemporary limp green cloth photograph album. Spine mostly separated along rear joint, scuffed and word around edges. A handful of images slightly faded..... More

Mexico; Montana: 1922-1926. Approximately 200 documents and letters, totaling more than [250]pp. Old folds, light wear and soiling, heavier to a few items. Significant archive of correspondence documenting the activities of the La Lluvia gold mine in Sinaloa, primarily consisting of correspondence from J.H. Pankey, the mine supervisor. The Mexican..... More

[Mexico: ca. 1698]. [2],39pp. Folio. Sewn, but disbound. Top edge trimmed close, occasionally costing page numbers and parts of type ornaments, scattered foxing, fore-edge a bit worn. A very rare Mexican imprint documenting a mining dispute in Coziguiriachi (Cusihuiriachi), Chihuahua, Northern Mexico in the 1690s. Sergeant Major Pardiñas and four..... More

New York: Empire Lithography, [ca. 1890]. Small sheet map, 8 x 15 inches. Printed in black and pink. Folded once vertically. Light tanning. Scarce map of the Golden Rule mining company, established via an amalgamation of mining claims in the Eureka District of Nevada in the mid-1880s. The map shows..... More