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Victoria mining. The Southern Cross Quartz Mining Company, Registered, Grant, North Gippsland, certificate no.92, 1865 (only 1,600 shares on issue). Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $120
SOLD $180
Victoria mining. Southern Glenfine Mining Company, Pitfield, 1899, for one hundred shares of 5s each, blue on cream, bearer also manager; Great West Glenfine, Gold Mining Company, Pitfield Plains, 1901 over 189-, for one hundred shares of 10s each, dark blue on cream; Federal Mint Gold Mining Company, Pitfield Plains, 1905, for one hundred shares of 10s each, black and red on cream, with four call paid stamps on back; Glenfine Estate Gold Mining Company, Pitfield, 1907. With pinholes, light folds and third scrip with small tears to edges, fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $160
SOLD $0
South Australia mining. Bonnie Charlie Gold Mining Company, 1897; The Globe Silver Lead MIning Company, 1889 (2); Golden Victory Gold Mining Company, stamped above with ’Angas Silver-Lead Mining Company’, 1921, 1923; The Great Boulder Norseman Gold Mining Company, Dundas, Western Australia, No Liability, 1895 (2, consecutive); The Maritana Central Gold Mining Company, 1896 (2, consecutive), together with company receipt for payment of 1st call, 1896; Mount Charlotte Central Gold Mining Company, 1896 (2, consecutive); The Norseman Gold Mining Company, 1895, 1896 (2, consecutive), the 1895 issue together with company receipts for payment of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th call; Queen Margaret No 1 South Gold Mining Company, 1897. Several with edge tears or splits, good - good very fine. (20)
Estimate $150
SOLD $170
South Australia mining. Eukaby Hill Proprietary Company Limited, South Australia, 1888, for fifty shares of Å“1 each, black on light blue and white, stamped ’Paid Up’ in red; Flora Bell Proprietary Silver Mining Company, Northern Territory, S.A., 1888, for one hundred shares of Å“1 each, pink and blue on light green and cream, with one call paid stamp. With pinholes and light folds, very fine. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $90
South Australia mining. Prince of Wales Copper Mining Company, Limited, 4th December 1873, for twenty shares of Å“2 each of seven thousand two hundred on offer. With folds, very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
South Australia mining, Radium Hill Company, 1913, mauve print, overprinted ’Contributing’ in red; South Australian Oil Wells Co., 1921, mauve print with vignette of oil wells, one call paid on back; Coorong Oil Company, 1923, stamped ’Fully Paid Up’ in red; Associated Oil Corporation Limited, Mount Gambier, 1923, with 8 spike holes; South Australian Oil Corporation Limited, 1933, brown on light brown, with ornate border; Victoria May Queen Mines, 1933, for one hundred shares of 10s each, blue on blue; Coronet Hill Development Company, Mount Davis, Northern Territory, 1914, one Å“10 share of two thousand on offer, blue on beige, stamped ’Fully Paid Up’ in red; Tennant Creek Metals, 1971, black on yellow. Pinholes, folds, very good - very fine. (8)
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Tasmania mining. Briseis Tin Mines Limited, 1909, overstamped with details of company change of name, green on cream; Dalmayne Collieries Limited (3), 1917, for one hundred shares of Å“1 each, black print; 1920, black on pink; plus a debenture for Å“100, 1919, black on pink, without coupons; Briseis Tin and General Mining Company Limited, 1924, green print; Rapson Tyre & Rubber Company (Australia) Limited, 1927 for one thousand shares of Å“1 each, with Tasmania sixpenny duty stamp affixed, small repaired tear in bottom right border; Federation Tin Mines Limited (2), 1927, black on cream, for one thousand shares of Å“1 each, and 1935, black on pink, with pen and pencil notations in top border. With pinholes, folds, fine - very fine. (8)
Estimate $140
SOLD $0
Tasmania mining. Colonel North Mines & Railway Company, Zeehan, five hundred shares of 10/- each, 7th January 1901, overprinted ’Capital increased by raising the amount payable on present issue from 10/- to 11/- per share’ in red down left side. With pin holes, light centre fold, good very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Tasmania mining. Consolidated Chum Gold Mining Co., Lefroy, 1st March 1882, black on mauve and cream; Silver Crown Extended Prospecting Association, Mount Zeehan, Tasmania, 28th April 1888, green print and border, with brokers stamp. Second scrip has been repaired with tape down and between two folds on back, otherwise fine. (2)
Estimate $140
SOLD $180
Tasmania mining. The Great Mount Black Mining Compy, Mount Black, County of Montague, 1897 (only 40,000 shares on issue) printed with the name ’E.C.Mace, of Hobart’ included, together with a With Compliments slip from Joseph Palmer & Son’s with details of the share purchase. Certificate with four small holes, otherwise very fine and scarce. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $350
Tasmania mining. Heazlewood Silver-Lead Mining Co., Limited, 26 May 1888, black on green. With pinholes and light folds, good very fine.
Estimate $130
SOLD $350
Tasmania mining. Ophir Amalgamated Gold Mining Company, Beaconsfield, 1891, together with broker, L.P. Bain’s Compliments slip for this scrip; The Round Hill Silver Mining Co, 1891 (2). Fine - good fine. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $400
Tasmania mining. Rio Tinto Mining Company, Savage River, Tasmania, 10 October 1896, dark blue print, with four call receipts on back. With spike hole and two folds, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $400
Tasmania mining. South Mount Lyell Consols Mining Co., Mount Lyell, 1896, mauve print, overprinted ’Fully Paid Up’ in red; North Mount Lyell Consolidated Mining Coy., Mount Lyell, 1898, blue print on pink, overprinted ’Fully Paid Up’ in red, with brokers stamp; Tasmania Gold Mine Limited, 1910 (2), brown print, London register, blue print, Launceston register, torn top right margin. Very fine - good very fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $260
Tasmania mining. Success and Owen Meredith Amalgamated Silver Mining Company, North Dundas, 8th April 1893, brown print, ’Fully Paid Up’ overprinted in red. With pinholes and light folds, good very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $150
Tasmania mining. Telephone Gold Mining Company, Reg., Lefroy, Tasmania, 7 March 1883, orange print. With pin holes and light folds, good very fine.
Estimate $130
SOLD $350
Tasmania mining. T.P.C. Mines, Tin Pot Creek, near Cascade River, 1906; Tasman Oil Company, Barn Bluff, 1921, overprinted ’Fully Paid Up’ in red, tears in top and bottom margins; Tasmanian Petroleum Co., overstamped ’Mining’ in blue above ’Co.’, 1923, for one hundred shares of 2/- each, black on yellow; Tasmanite Shale Oil Company Limited, 1928, for one hundred shares of Å“1 each, blue on aqua, tear in top margin and stains in right margin; Tasmanian Balfour Prospecting Association, 1910, overprinted ’Paid Up’in red. Fine - good fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Tasmania mining. Wyniford River Tin Mining Company Limited, Blue Tier, North East Coast, 1881, for fifty shares of Å“1 each; South West Curtin-Davis Mining Company, Dundas, 1896, for one hundred shares of Å“1 each, blue print, with two brokers stamps on front and two call paids on back; North Lyell Pioneers Gold and Copper Company, Mount Lyell, 1896, brown print. With pinholes and folds, very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
Canada mining. Big Pete Canadian Mines, 1910, share warrant, Anglo-French, with all dividend coupons attached; The Blaine Mining & Exploration Company, Ontario, 1899; The Buffalo Mines Limited, Ontario, 1914; Creuger Gold Run Consolidated, Nova Scotia, 1905, share warrant, Anglo-French with all dividend coupons attached; The International Nickel Company of Canada Limited, 1960; Porcupine Panamint Gold Mines Limited, Ontario, 1911; The Silver Bird Cobalt Mines Limited, Ontario, 1907. All except second last with nice vignettes, very fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Great Britain mining. The Arnoya Mining Company, 1909 (Anglo-French); Aragon Copper Mines, 1907 (Anglo-French); The Bettws Llantwit Colliery, 1873 (only 6,000 shares on issue); The Briseis Tin and General Mining Company, 1923; The British Consolidated Oil Corporation, 1910; The Dickins Custer Mines, 1898; The Dharwar Reefs Company, 1908; The Delta Metal Company, 1964; England’s Premier Cobalt Mining Company, 1907 (Canada stock); The English and French Gold Mines Syndicate, 1895; The St Ives Consolidated Mines, 1911 (Anglo-French; The Spassky Copper Mine, 1919 (Anglo-French); Tanganyika Goldfields, 1928 (Anglo-French). The third with cigarette burn hole, overall fine - very fine. (12)
Estimate $150
SOLD $110
U.K. mining. The Mellingloch Lead Mining Company Limited, 1871 (Wales) certificate no.511 named to Miss Henrietta S.Hanbury Tracy; Mendip Hills Mining Company, 1856, certificate no.960 (Somerset, England). Good very fine - extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Wales mining. The East Clogau Gold Mining Company, 1862, five shares. Foxing around inked areas, nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
New Guinea mining. Akmana New Guinea Gold, 1930; Gold Mines of Papua, 1937; Mount Kaindi Gold Ridges (New Guinea), 1929; Mount Lawson (New Guinea) Gold Lands, 1928; New Guinea Options, 1929; North East New Guinea Gold Fields, 1932 (contributing shares [blue]), 1934 (fully paid shares [green]); Upper Watut Gold Alluvials, 1935; also, Solomon Islands Gold Development, 1936 (contributing shares). Some with tears the first with top right corner missing, overall fine - very fine. (9)
Estimate $90
SOLD $0
New Zealand mining. Aroha Gold Mines Limited, 1896, for one hundred shares of Å“1 each, red on white; Triumph (Hauraki) Gold Mines Limited, for four thousand eight hundred ordinary shares of 5/- each, 1897, brown on white with changes to share issue overprinted in orange, signed by William Brown, liquidator, no directors signatures. Both with pinholes and quarter folds, very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
New Zealand mining. The Kapai-Vermont Gold Mining Company, Kuaotunu, Auckland, 1895 (2) consecutive nos.845/6; The Maritoto Gold & Silver Mining Company, Maritoto, Thames District, Auckland Province, 1888, together with official company receipt from Sydney Office dated Aug 21, 1888. The last certificate with bottom left edge missing and rough edges, fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $400
New Zealand mining. Triumph (Hauraki) Gold Mines Limited, ten shares of 5/- each, 1895, brown on white; New Zealand Mines Trust Limited, thirty five shares of Å“1 each, 1897, blue on white. Both with punch holes and folds, very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
U.S.A. mining. Anaconda Copper Mining, Montana, 1933; Baltimore Copper Mining, Montana, 1911; Copper King Mining and Smelting, Idaho, 1908; Homestake Mining Company, California, 1916; The International Nickel Company, New Jersey, 1925, with attached receipts and duty stamps; The Isabella Gold Mining Company, Colorado, undated; Lisbon Valley Uranium Company, Colorado, 1956; Magma Copper Company, Maine (4, all different, 1921 [black], 1942 for less than 100 shares [orange], 1942 for 100 shares [green], 1960 for 100 shares [green], 1965 [new design]); The Montgomery Lead & Zinc Mining Company, Pennsylvania, 1922; North Butte Mining Company, Minnesota (2, 1906 for less than 100 shares [green], 1925 for 100 shares [orange]); The North Eureka Mining Company, Utah, 1890; Parrot Silver and Copper Company, Montana, 1908; Phelps Dodge Corporation, New York (5, 1947 and 1950 for less than 100 shares [black], 1942 for 100 shares [orange], new design, 1957 for less than 100 shares [green] and 1962 for 100 shares [blue]); St Joe Minerals Corporation, New York, 1971; Yreka Copper Company, Tacoma, Washington, 1903. Most punch cancelled and mostly with nice vignettes, overall very fine. (23)
Estimate $180
SOLD $200
U.S.A. mining. The Columbas Gold Mining Company of the Black Hills, 1880; Moulton Mining Company, Butte City, Montana, 1881; San Juan Consolidated Mining Co, 1875. The second with cancelled stamp and six punch holes, the last with cancelled stamp, good very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
World oil and mining. Caledonian Mining Corporation Limited, 1900, with mauve print and elaborate border; Oil Trust Limited, 1910, blue on cream; Maikop Orient Oil Company Limited, 1911, brown on cream; Anglo-Maikop Corporation Limited, 1912, blue print, border and vignette of mining scene; Oilfields Finance Corporation Limited, 1920, red print and border; Uroz Oilfields Limited, 1921, for one hundred shares of 10/- each, brown print; New Caucasian Oilfields Limited, 1921; Trinidad Oil Lands, Limited (2), 10% preference shares, 1923, brown print and border, ordinary shares, 1923, green print and border, change to capital and shares overstamped in pink; Premier Oil & Finance Company Limited, 1924; Spies Petroleum Company Limited, 1926, red print and border; Blue Bird Petrol Limited, 1929 (2), ordinary shares, blue print and border, deferred shares, black on light orange; Maikop Pipeline and Transport Company Limited, 1949, for three hundred and fifty shares of Å“1 each. All with pinholes, folds, some with handwritten notations in borders, fair - fine. (14)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Oil companies. Amalgamated Petroleum (3, 1964 (2) [red], 1969 [white]); Aitape Oilfields, 1934; Bounty Oil, 1970 (2, share [yellow], option [white]); Consolidated Roma Oil, 1929; Dominion Mining & Oil, 1982; Flinders Petroleum, 1969; Freney Kimberley Oil Company (1932) NL, 1954; Lakes Oil, 1947; Longreach Metals, 1970; Lennard Oil, 1969 (2, consecutive); Midfield Oil, 1930; Murray Basin Oil Syndicate, 1955; Ormildah Oil Development, 1928 (2, one grey, one blue [reprinted]); The Papuan Apinaipi Petroleum Company, 1958 (2 consecutive); Pan Pacific Petroleum (2, 1983 option, 1985 option expiry notice); Tasmanite Shale Oil, 1928; Torquay Oil Wells, 1922 (2). A few with edge tears or holes, overall very fine. (25)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120