Category: Assayers
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G. W. Bell, Assayer
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Read more: G. W. Bell, AssayerThe Assay Office of G.W. Bell, established in 1859, was located in Parrott’s Iron Building on California Street, one door west of Montgomery, in San Francisco. Trade directory advertisements noted that “Gold Dust, Ores & Minerals of Every Description Assayed. Returns Made at the Usual Rate of Commission with Correctness and Dispatch. For the convenience…
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Kellogg, Hewston & Co, Assayers
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Read more: Kellogg, Hewston & Co, AssayersJohn Grover Kellogg was a private assayer that went through several stages of business and historic partnerships: Many of Kellogg & Humbert bars were discovered on the SS Central America shipwreck as a testament to the scope of their operation and trust the community had in their work. In fact, of all the ingots discovered…
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S. Dowling, Assayer
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Read more: S. Dowling, Assayer27.00 oz S. Dowling Silver Bar, Gold Hill, NV – Storey County – c1870s A Discovery Ingot! Front of ingot reads; No 5087 / Oz 27.00 / Cold 15 Fine / Silv 587 Fine / S.Dowling / Gold$ 8.36 / Silver $20.49 / Val $28.86. Measures: 4.5″ X .5″ X 2.25″. Sam Dowling was a…
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J. W. Grier
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Read more: J. W. GrierPresentation Ingots of J. W. Grier (Wells, Fargo & Co. Agent) to Nora H. Grier with IRS stamp on reverse; and Small Presentation Ingot of Nora Grier (1869) Silver City, Nevada. The tax stamp dates the larger ingot to 1863-1867. These two ingots are an important representation of early Comstock mining, made for a long-term…
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Bagley & Sons, Assayers
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Read more: Bagley & Sons, Assayers6.22 oz Undated Bagley & Sons Golden, Colorado Running Lode Silver Ingot. No. 25. 73 mm x 24.5 mm x 12 mm, approximate dimensions (for one, this piece is thicker at right than at left). Unmarked as to fineness. The front marked BAGLEY & SONS / GOLDEN COL. / NO. 25 6.22 OZ., top face…
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Van Wyck & Co, Assayers
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Read more: Van Wyck & Co, AssayersSidney Van Wyck arrived in San Francisco from Baltimore before 1851. By 1860 he was working as a laborer in a gold refinery in the city. Kelly’s 1863VAN WYCK & COMPANY SIDNEY VAN WYCK Virginia City, Nevada directory lists Van Wyck as in business with a Mr. Winchester in Aurora, Nevada Territory. Above is an…
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E. Ruhling & Co
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Read more: E. Ruhling & Co4.16 oz E. Ruhling & Co. Virginia City, Gold Hill, or Hamilton, Nevada. Silver assay ingot Overall appearance of Very Fine. Medium silver gray color. Surfaces rough in places, smoother where the piece has been handled. An interesting ingot. The ethnic seems to be a logotype but the remainder of the inscriptions seems accomplished by…
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George E. Rogers, Assayer
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Read more: George E. Rogers, AssayerGeorge E. Rogers began his career in the assaying business as clerk to G.W. Bell of San Francisco. When Bell died in an accidental nitroglycerine explosion in 1866 Rogers joined with L.A. Sanderson and continued Bell’s assaying business under the name Sanderson & Co. Rogers ran the office, Sanderson was the money man, and Edward…
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J. Reed, Assayer
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Read more: J. Reed, AssayerAbsolutely nothing about this assayer was known to Mr. Ford and the cataloguer has little to add beyond the numismatic observations to follow.Assuming the date on the presumed unique Reed bar, 1876, is contemporary with its manufacture, and that the description of the bar’s contents as“California Placer Gold” is accurate, Reed may have been a…