Category: Mines & Mills
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Alaska Gold Mines Co
Read more: Alaska Gold Mines CoAlaska Gold Mines Co. Gold Presentation PieceHand Engraved, Dated March 1, 1915 0.851 oz 1915-Dated Hand-Engraved Gold Presentation Piece for Alaska Gold Mines Co., Thane, Alaska 30 mm, 0.851 troy ounces of gold (fineness unknown). An engraved presentation piece commemorating the first mill run of gold ore at the prominent Alaska-Gastineau Mining Co. mill at…
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Peerless Silver Mining Co
Read more: Peerless Silver Mining Co107.2 oz (1886) Peerless Silver Mining Co. Ingot (1886) Peerless Silver Mining Co. Silver Ingot. 107.2 Ounces. A page and a half Certificate of Authenticity accompanies this ingot, signed by Donald H. Kagin, and dated 5/27/97. This COA is the source of what we base this description on, quoting in part: “The silver in this ingot…
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Leopard Mining Co
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Read more: Leopard Mining CoOnly one of its kind know to exist, mining presentation ingot dated September 30, 1879 From Leopard Mining Company out of Cornucopia Nevada. According to Thompson and West (1881, p. 393), silver ores were discovered and the district was organized in 1872. “The excitement incident to the discovery of the district caused the building of…
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Rochester
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Read more: Rochester2.43oz Rochester, NV ingot (96+% silver, 1.21% gold, 1.32% lead) Rochester is a well-known ghost town in Nevada. Rochester (which was originally 3 towns that melded together) and the surrounding Rochester Mining District was one of the most successful in North Central Nevada, producing more than $6 million in silver, gold, copper, and lead. In…
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Georgetown Colorado
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Read more: Georgetown ColoradoAfter gold had been discovered in the area in 1859, within a few years, the focus had shifted to the incredible silver ore deposits. Georgetown was a legitimate boom town by 1867, and it became the town that influential Easterners wanted to build into a permanent city. In 1877, Georgetown, Colorado reached its peak of…
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Mollie Gibson Mine
Read more: Mollie Gibson Mine1892 Mollie Gibson Mine, Aspen Colorado Silver Ingot Above: A souvenir made of Silver mined from the Mollie Gibson Mine, Aspen, Colorado. This pure silver polished plaque (bar) weighs 4.05 ounces. The fancy text etched into it is actually a deep blue color (looks black in the photo). It was found still inside the original…
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Sargent Ledge
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Read more: Sargent LedgeNevada Territory. Unionville / Buena Vista, Sargent Ledge, Ferguson Company. Silver Ingot to Abraham Bateman This unusual silver ingot (ex J. J. Ford Collection when it was sold in 2007) is in the form of a presentation plaque, with a hole for (presumably) carrying on a watch chain or perhaps a larger place. It was…
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Florence Commercial
Read more: Florence Commercial6.81 oz 1886 Florence Commercial – Arizona Presentation Ingot Little is known about this ingot, and it surfaced in 2011 on Ebay with an a mistaken foreign attribution. It was originally tested using an XRF analyzer and the breakdown came out to: This is not an uncommon refined mine mix of silver seen during the…
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Portland Gold Mining Co
Read more: Portland Gold Mining Co1.11 oz Engraved Portland Gold Mining Co. Gold Presentation Ingot — Presented to Thomas B. Crowe. 1.5mm x 29mm x 51mm. The obverse is engraved in script: Portland Gold Mining Co. / First Gold / Extracted by new Mill / Victor Colo. / 1910. The reverse is similarly engraved with the name: Thos. B. Crowe,…