Catalogue
Western Australia mining. Comet Deeps, Marble Bar, 1937 (5, all consecutive); Croesus Proprietary Gold Mining Company, Kalgoorlie, 1901 (10, all consecutive); The Hannan’s Pride of the Valley Gold Mining Company, Kalgoorlie, 1896, together with company receipts for 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th call; Island Lake Austin North Gold Mining Company, Murchison, 1896, 1897 (3); The Kalgoorlie Proprietary Gold Mining Company, 1898; The Lady Shenton Gold Mines (1934) No Liability, 1934 (5, consecutive), 1938 (3, consecutive), tegether with a company specimen signature slip; Lancefield (W.A.) Gold Mine, 1939; The Mount Malcolm Gold Mining Company, 1896. Some with tattered edges and paper splits, the third item with top left corner missing, overall fine - very fine. (36)
Estimate $300
SOLD $700
Western Australia mining. Cuddingwarra Gold Mines Limited, 1900, black on pink; East Murchison United, 1900; Northern Blocks Syndicate Limited, 1903, mauve print; New Bayley’s Mines Limited, 1908, green print; Hampton Consolidated Limited, 1921, mauve print; North White Feather Gold Mines Limited, 1921, blue print, stamped ’These shares are now Fully Paid’ in blue, repaired with tape along foldline on back; North Kalgurli United Gold Development Limited, 1934, green print; Edjudina Consolidated Gold Mines Limited, 1936, black print, brown border; Mountain View Gold, 1948; Day Dawn Minerals N.L., 1970. Some with edge tears, good - very fine. (10)
Estimate $120
SOLD $90
Western Australia mining. The Ernest Giles West Australian Gold Prospecting Company, 1894, certificate no.134 for one share of only 600 on issue. Very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $400
Western Australia mining. The General Gordon Gold Mining Company, Kanowna, 1896, with affixed Western Australia one penny red swan postage stamp, date stamped 7 Nov.96, another stamp missing. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Western Australia mining. Hannan’s Proprietary Development Company Limited, 1896, black on pink, ornate border; Phoenix Gold Mines Limited, 1899, green on cream; Pilbara Copper Fields Limited, 1917, second mortgage debenture of Å“20, light brown print; Oroya Leonesa Limited, 1920, green on cream, with two punch holes left side; Bullfinch Proprietary (1919) Limited, 1920, brown print; Geraldine Copper & Lead Mines Limited, 1928, brown print and border; West Australian Portland Cement Company Limited, 1921, overprinted ’Preference Shares’ in black and stamped ’Fully Paid’ twice in blue; Ora Banda United Mines Limited, 1935, for twelve thousand and eleven shares of 5s each, green on cream, handwritten notations in ink top border; Lancefield, 1954. With pinholes, folds, last with tape repair on back top edge, very good - very fine. (8)
Estimate $180
SOLD $150
Western Australia mining. Lady Forrest (Murchison) Gold Mine Limited, 1896, red print; Hampton Plains Estate Limited, Coolgardie, 1899, magenta on cream and green. First scrip with foxing and tears to edges, good - fine. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $90
Western Australia mining. The Londonderry Gold Mine Limited, 1899, to Lieut Col Arthur Kennedy McCausland, featuring a vignette of a goldfield mining camp, printed by Waterlow & Sons. Edge split at fold, toning at edges and folds, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
Western Australia mining. Hannan’s Napier Gold Company, 1895, Anglo-French share warrant with all dividend coupons still attached; Hannan’s No.1 Consolidated Gold Mining Company, Kalgoorlie, 1895; Hannan’s Proprietary Company, 1899, by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co; Hannan’s Proprietary Limited, 1905; Hannan’s Trust Limited, London Office, 1904; The Hannan’s Pride of the Valley Gold Mining Company, Directors’ Report for half year ended 31 August 1900. The second scrip is missing top right corner, good very very fine. (6)
Estimate $200
SOLD $550
Western Australia mining. Hawkin’s Hill Centre Blocks Gold Mining Company, Hill End, N.S.W., overstamped Marble Bar West Australia, 1936; The Floyd Tin Mining Company, Greenbushes, Blackwood, 1890 (2, consecutive numbers) both with Western Australia one penny revenue stamp on back; The Princess Royal Gold Mining Company, Norseman, 1919, seven call paid stamps on back. Very fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Western Australia mining. Menzies Consolidated Gold Mines Limited, 1898, pink print within ornate border; Menzies Gold Estates Limited, 1898, red print and ornate border; Menzies Lady Sherry Gold Mining Company, Menzies, 1902, for two hundred shares of 10s each, pink print, with Western Australia Internal Revenue stamp for one penny; Cosmopolitan Proprietary Limited, 1902, for one hundred shares of Å“1 each, stamped in top border ’By an Order of the Court dated 1st July 1913 the reduction of the Capital of the Company to Å“40,000 divided into 400,000 shares of 2/- each was sanctioned’ in blue. With pinholes, folds and two with annotations in ink in borders, fine. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
Western Australia mining. Morning Star Quartz Company, Mount Magnet, Murchison Gold Fields, certificate no.430 for one hundred shares, 1897, red stamped, Paid Up to 5s. per Share, stamped with company seal. Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Western Australia mining. Phillips River Options Syndicate, 1901, for one Å“5 share of one thousand two hundred on offer, stamped ’Fully Paid Up’ in blue; Westralian Mount Morgan Gold Mines Company Limited, 1902; blue on white, with ornate border; Golden Arrow Mine Limited, 1902, for one hundred and thirteen shares of 5s each, blue on blue, stamped ’Fully Paid’ in blue; Gwalia Consolidated Limited, 1910, green print with ornate border; Roebourne Copper Mines Limited, 1916, brown print; North White Feather Gold Mines Limited, 1920, for two hundred shares of 10s each, red print, with hand written notes in top margin in red and ’derelict’ handwritten diagonally across front; McCorry Mount Jackson Options, Limited, 1933, for one Å“1 share of two thousand five hundred on offer; Murchison Gold Development Limited, 1934, brown print, also option certificate, 1934, both notated ’derelict’; Edjudina Gold Mining Company, 1935. Good - very fine. (10)
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
Western Australia mining. Phillips River Options Syndicate, certificate no.951 for one share of only 2,400 issued. Top edge tear and small piece missing otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Western Australia mining. The United Coolgardie Gold Mining and Prospecting Syndicate, 1894, certificate no.933 for one share of only 1,200 on issue. Some foxing otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
New South Wales mining. The Alpha Silver Lead Mining Devcelopment Company, Broken Hill, 1938; Amalgamated Alluvial Holdings, 1935; Associated Extended Tin Mines, 1921; Border Tin Company, Amosfield (2); Elsmore Tin Sluicing Company, Macintyre River, 1911; Gibraltar Gold Mine (Adelong), 1938; Golden Feather Gold Mines, 1934; Golden Junction (Cracow), 1932; Gundagai Gold, 1934 and 1935, the first stamped ’Fully Paid Up’; Shaw River Alluvials, 1954; The Goobra Gold Mining Company, 1921; The Ruby Creek Silver & Lead Mining, Mount Werong, 1921; Towamba Gold Mines, 1933; Hansard’s Rockley Gold Developments, 1937. Very fine. (16)
Estimate $180
SOLD $120
New South Wales mining. Amalgamated Hawkins Hill and Hill End Gold Mines, Hill End, 1930; Hawkins Hill Coloma Gold Mining Company, Hill End, 1928; The Aberdare Collieries, 1903; Alluvial Gold (Nicholson’s Creek) Limited, 1936 (2, one gold on cream, one green on gold); Ardlethan Options Limited, 1913; Big Bogong Mines Limited, 1936; Border Tin Company, Amosfield, 1952 (2) consecutive pair; Umeari Gold Limited, 1912. Very fine. (10)
Estimate $120
SOLD $200
New South Wales mining. Amalgamated Hill End Ltd, 1911, with liquidator’s stamp, 1921; Cadia Gold Mine Pty Limited, 1940; Great Cobar Limited, 1911, share warrant (Anglo-French) with 19 out of 20 dividend coupons attached; The Block 14 Torrington No Liability, Torrington, 1915; The Carpathia Tin Mining Company, Ardlethan (Temora to Barellan), 1919; Tingha Tin No Liability, Tingha, 1923. Very fine. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
New South Wales mining. The Amy Gold Mining Company, Fontana Reef, Kirconnell Gold Reserve, near Bathurst, 1872, for one thousand shares of only 20,000 on issue, watermarked paper. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $130
SOLD $0
New South Wales mining. Baker’s Creek North Gold Mining Coy, 1889 (2, consecutive pair); The Barrier Chief Silver Mining Co, Silverton, 1888 (5, all consecutive) together with letter accompanying the scrip; Bismark Range (Lucknow) Gold Exploration, 1935; The White Lead Proprietary Company, Broken Hill, 1891 (7, including five consecutive) one with a L.P. Bain’s Compliments slip; same company but a receipt for payment of eleventh call on 100 shares, 1892. Some with edge tears and spike and pin holes, overall fine - very fine. (16)
Estimate $170
SOLD $460
New South Wales mining. Bismark Deeps (Lucknow) Gold Mines, 1937; Bismark Range (Lucknow) Gold Exploration, 1937; Lucknow Amalgamated Gold Mines, 1924, fully paid (blue), 1929, fully paid (white), 1925, contributing; Lucknow Gold Recoveries, 1935 (2, fully paid [blue], contributing [gold]); Lucknow Pups Gold Mining Company, 1935; Marshall-Longton Lucknow Gold Mining Company, 1925. A few with foxing and tears, overall very fine. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
New South Wales mining. Broken Hill Proprietary Block 14 Company, 1888; North Broken Hill Silver Mining Company, 1895; North Broken Hill Limited, 1928, perforated CANCELLED. The second with small tear at right edge, otherwise very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
New South Wales mining. The Big Hill Gold Mining Company, 1896 (4, two consecutive pairs) certificates nos. 76/7 and 198/9, plus receipt for call paid on 24 Feby 1897; New Cosgrove’s Broken Hill Silver Mining Coy, fully paid up shares, 1890 and contributing shares (2) one certificate is low no.3, 16th January 1890 and one is no.399, 27th February 1890. The last item with a few small edge tears, overall fine - very fine. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $240
New South Wales mining. The Bonanza Consols Silver Mining Company, Broken Hill, 1891 (4, two consecutive pairs, both different plates and colours); The Broken Hill Bonanza Extended Silver Mining Co, 1891 (3, two different plates and colours, includes a consecutive pair); The Broken Hill South Extended S.M. Co, 1888 (5, including three consecutive); The Broken Hill Sulphide Mining Company, 1896 (three, including a consecutive pair). Some with a few small holes, some tattered at edge, overall very good - very fine. (15)
Estimate $200
SOLD $540
New South Wales mining. The Broken Hill South Block 5 Company, 1891, contributing shares (10, includes three and six consecutive) in background print, ’New Issue’; same company but ordinary shares, capital altered in red from Å“50,000 in 100,000 shares to Å“100,000 in 200,000 shares (17, includes 2, 3 and 10 consecutive). Fine - very fine. (27)
Estimate $300
SOLD $250
New South Wales mining. The Broken Hill South Block 5 Company, 1891 (11, all consecutive); same company but contributing shares, higher capital, Melbourne Register, 1891 (3, includes a consecutive pair). The first group on an old style securing pin, overall fine - very fine. (14)
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
New South Wales mining. Broken Hill South Block 5 Company Limited, new issue, 1891, for five contributing shares; Broken Hill South Silver Mining Company, 1895, overprinted ’Paid Up’ in red and stamped ’cancelled’ twice in blue, with four completed forms of transfer; Broken Hill Bonanza Silver Mines Company, 1896, for one hundred shares of 10s each, black on light orange; Broken Hill South Silver Mining Company, 1907, for one hundred shares of Å“1 each, light green, overprinted ’Paid Up’ in red and stamped ’cancelled’ three times in blue, with completed transfer on back; Barrier South Limited, 1920, London register, black print and brown ornate border, notations in red pen top right border. With pinholes, folds and creases, and staining to second scrip, otherwise fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
New South Wales mining. The Butcher’s Reef North Gold Mining Company, Bear Hill, 1891 (3, includes one consecutive pair); The United Butchers’ Reef Gold Mining Co, Bear Hill, New England, 1892 (7, the first five being consecutive nos. 6-10). The last two certificates poor, the rest fine - good very fine. (10)
Estimate $120
SOLD $420
New South Wales mining. The Castle King Silver Mining Company, Deepwater, 1890 (36, includes consecutive runs of 2 [2], 3, 5, 17) also includes low certificate nos. 2 and 4 both these stamped ’Contributing’ (only 18,000 shares on issue); The Castle Queen Silver Mining Company, Deepwater, 1889 (7, includes five consecutive) (only 25,000 shares on issue). One of both types with holes, the rest overall very fine. (43)
Estimate $500
SOLD $850
New South Wales mining. The Castle Rag Proprietary Silver Mining Company, 1890 (42, all consecutive 49-56, 56A, 57, 57A, 58-88) issued to Lewis P. Bain. Very fine and scarce consecutive run. (42)
Estimate $400
SOLD $670
New South Wales mining. The Castle Rag Extended Silver Mining Company, 1889 (2), 1890 (5, consecutive numbers) (only 24,000 shares on issue). The first two with a small piece missing from corner, fine, the rest very fine and scarce. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $190