Category: Mines & Mills
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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,…
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Contention Mine
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Read more: Contention Mine3.06 oz Engraved Contention Silver Ingot, Dated 12/25/1880 8mm x 17mm x 40mm. Medium lilac-gray patina over smooth surfaces. Ornate engraving on the face reads: Baby White. Similar engraving on the long edges reads: Contention and Dec. 25, 1880. The corners of the ingot show fine scroll work. The ends are unadorned, and the back has several scattered punch…
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Leadville Consolidated Mining Co
Read more: Leadville Consolidated Mining Co1.62 oz Engraved Leadville, Colorado Silver Ingot 10mm x 17mm x 30mm. On face: From F.F.G. / Nov. 8th 1884. On back: Alveana, with ornate bird and flower vignette. On one long edge: L.C.M.Co. On other long edge: Leadville, Colo, with ornate decoration. Ornate engraving on ends as well and around the other inscriptions. The “L.C.M.Co.” inscription may reference the Leadville Consolidated…
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Tri-Bullion Mining Company
Read more: Tri-Bullion Mining CompanyThe Kelly Mine and the Tri-Bullion Mining Company -A History as Rich as Gold The Kelly Discovery When J. S. Hutchason (“Old Hutch”) staked the first mining claims on a rich lead outcrop near Magdalena in the early spring of 1866, he knew he wasn’t the first one there. Scattered about the locality were adobe…