Category: Mines & Mills
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Amie and Climax Mine
Read more: Amie and Climax Mine5.31 oz Jonathan Head, Amie and Climax Mine, Leadville Silver Ingot, CO – Leadville c1880 – “Presented to Jonathan Head by his friend John Gerians, foreman of the Amie and Climax mines.” “Leadville silver”. Size: 2” x 1” x 0.5”. Weight: 5.31 troy oz. The Amie and Climax mines are located on Fryer Hill at…
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Ontario Silver Mining Co.
Read more: Ontario Silver Mining Co.20.50 oz UT,Salt Lake City-,Ontario Silver Mining Co. of Park City, Utah, and Elias Morris of Salt Lake City – 1876-1882 This silver ingot measures 3.0” x 1.4” x 1.1” and weighs 20.60 troy oz. It has a highly polished front side on which is engraved: Ontario S. M. Co., To Elias Morris in recognition…
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Sweetwater Mining Co.
Read more: Sweetwater Mining Co.c1883-1887 – The Sweetwater Mining Company silver ingot comes to us from the Western Collections of Richard Gooding, a major collector in Texas, who passed away a number of years ago. He had major collections of guns, Wells Fargo, and mining ephemera, all now long disbursed except the ingots, which were retained by the family…
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Eureka Consolidated
Read more: Eureka Consolidated2.56 oz Eureka Consolidated Silver Ingot Eureka, Nevada, ca. 1873-1885. The top side reads 2.56 OZ / GOLD 004 FINE / (S)ILVER 978 FIN(E) / GOLD $0.21 / SILVER $3.23. The top, long side has a EUREKA stamp and the adjacent short side to the right has the abbreviation CON.This is an exhibition ingot, used…
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Consolidated Virginia Mine
Read more: Consolidated Virginia MineThe history of the Consolidated Virginia Mining Company is one of sudden success followed equally suddenly by ruination for most of its shareholders. The firm was founded on January 11, 1872 by James G. Fair, John W. Mackey, William S. O’Brien, and James C. Flood, four venture capitalists and speculators who had been eyeing an…
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Peck Mine
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Read more: Peck Mine4.62 oz Peck Mine Ingot, George E Ralph Assayer, Oct 1, 1883 The George Ralph Assayer, Peck Mine Silver Ingot, 1883Fred n. Holabird, copyright 2023 Silver ingot, 2 1/8 x 15/16 x 7/16 thick. Trapezoidal. Classic Silver Assayer’s Ingot with silver from the Peck Mine in Prescott, Arizona from 1883. Peck Mine HistoryThe Peck mine…
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Savage Mining Company
Read more: Savage Mining CompanyThe Savage Mining Company was founded by A.O. and L.C. Savage in 1859 on the Comstock Lode. Neighbors were the Gould & Curry and Hale & Norcross holdings. Silver ore was extracted for the first few years and the mine expanded through acquisition of two other mining companies’ holdings. After 1865 successful extraction declined, principally…
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Trade Dollar Mining & Milling Co
Read more: Trade Dollar Mining & Milling CoTrade Dollar Mining & Milling Co. First Mill Product, 1892Made by R.B. Euler, assayer, Silver City, Idaho (By Fred N. Holabird, c 2011)The Trade Dollar Mining and Milling Company Mining at Silver City took off with the explosive news and subsequent production of the rich ores in the Poorman Mine in 1865-6. Miners continued to…
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Belcher Mine
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Read more: Belcher Mine2.62 oz Belcher Mine, Comstock Lode, Virginia City, 1876. Face Value: $4.34 This ingot is from the Belcher Mine, an exhibition ingot used at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, in which Nevada played an important role. It is the only such marked ingot surviving today, with the possible exception of uncataloged ingots in institutional collections.Nevada began…