Category: Mines & Mills
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Jo Mine
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Read more: Jo MineGeorgetown,CO – Clear Creek County – 1882 – Jo Mine, Reynolds & Gilbert Silver Ingot Presentation Ingot. Botton reads: From the JO Mine / Georgetown Colorado / Reynolds & Gilbert Proprietors / 1882; Measures 2.25″ X .75″ X 1.5″. The Jo Mine was located on Red Elephant Mountain, six miles northeast of Georgetown, and about…
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Rosita Mines
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Read more: Rosita MinesRosita Mines Silver Railroad Spike, 1881 This important silver spike is an historic ingot of gargantuan proportion. One of the few surviving last or first spikes for a western railroad, it may be the second of only two silver spikes still known in existence in private hands, the other being the Tonopah and Goldfield RR…
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Vulture Mine
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Read more: Vulture MineVulture Mine, Wickenburg, Arizona Territory Gold Ingot, c1911-1914 By Fred N. Holabird Important discovery gold ingot from the Vulture Gold Mine near Wickenburg, Arizona. This ingot is one of two ingots that were sold from an old Arizona family to an Arizona coin dealer in 2020. The ingot being sold here is the larger of…
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J. A. Hayes, Colorado Reduction Company
Read more: J. A. Hayes, Colorado Reduction CompanyColorado City,CO – Pueblo County – c1890 – Colo-Phila Reduction Company Silver Ingot Presentation Ingot. Top reads: Colo-Phila Reduction / Company / Colorado City, Colo; Bottom reads: J. A. Hayes; Measures 3 5/8″ x 1.25″ x .75.” Colorado-Philadelphia Reduction Company Silver ingot Copyright By Fred Holabird, March 3, 2003 A unique fancy presentation silver ingot…
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Stewart Mill
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Read more: Stewart MillStewart’s Reduction Works Uniface Exhibition Silver Ingot Stewart’s Reduction Works, Georgetown A uniface ingot that reads: 4.7. OZ. SILVER / 834. FINE. COIN. $5.07 / STEWARTS. REDUCTION / WORKS. GEORGETOWN / COLORADO. An exhibition ingot for a mill product from the Stewart Mill near Georgetown. The Stewart Mill was built in the mid 1870s, and…
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International Mill
Read more: International Mill3.60 oz International Mill Silver Ingot. Clear Creek County, Colorado, ca. 1870, Face Value: $3.91 A crisp, trapezoidal ingot with imprints on two long sides. One side reads: INT. MILL. Oz 3.60, and the other long side is imprinted with S841F. $3.91. The surfaces are moderately toned.The International Mill was an operation in Clear Creek County…
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Daniel G. Tipton, Panamint Ingots
Read more: Daniel G. Tipton, Panamint IngotsPair of two silver presentation ingots. One is engraved Little Chief / Panamint / D. G. T. The other is engraved Hudson River / Panamint / D. G. T. Both measure 1.25″ long x .75″ wide x 5/16″ thick. The Daniel G. Tipton Panamint, California Silver Ingots -From the Hudson River and Little Chief Mines,…
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Chico Ledge
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Read more: Chico Ledge5.50 oz Chico Ledge Exhibition Ingot From the Chico Ledge. 5.50 ounces, 991 fine, $7.05. Chico Ledge, Echo District, Humboldt County, NT, circa 1863. There are three different mines carrying the Chico name in the western U.S. through about 1873. One is in Arizona, and another in New Mexico, but both are principally gold mines.…
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Candelaria Mine
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Read more: Candelaria MineThe history of the mine is an interesting one besides being a long and heart wrenching one. The mine was first located in 1783 by Juan Jose Zambrano, who was a storekeeper. The mine was near San Dimas, a small town “on the Guarisamé River” [Paulsen, 1981, 245]. Zambrano “built three tunnels to facilitate removal…