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J. G. Lee and John Lee
Read more: J. G. Lee and John LeeNevada. Treasure City, White Pine County. 1870-dated presentation ingot. Silver, unmarked. Approximately 16 ¼ ounces. 68.7 mm x 36.1 mm x 21.1 mm. Oval photograph, housed in gold-rimmed brass frame, measures 21.8 x 28.1 mm and is inset into an oval divot in the top face of the bar roughly 4 mm deep. The top face…
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Joseph T. Kennedy
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Read more: Joseph T. KennedyBackground and History The White Pine silver rush at Hamilton and Treasure Hill was in full swing by 1870, barely 2 years old. It attracted miners and prospectors from all over America, particularly the African American community from the California bay area as evidenced in the Elevator newspaper which promoted black business. There is no…
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Knight and Company, Assayers
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Read more: Knight and Company, AssayersKnight formed a partnership with experienced California and Nevada assayer H. Harris in Marysville. Knight’s early work in Unionville, Nevada Territory, gave him the experience necessary to run his own assay business, and he bought Harris’ Marysville Pioneer Assay Office in 1863 after spending part of a year in Unionville. Harris went on to establish…
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Yuba Mine, California
Read more: Yuba Mine, California4.1 oz California. Yuba Mine, Nevada County. Silver. 1897 Measuring 20.9 mm x 50.6 mm x 12.5 mm. Unmarked for weight and fineness. 127.6 grams, 4.10 troy ounces. A very simple ingot, with the top face (bottom of the pour) finely smoothed and polished, then carefully engraved “Yuba” in cursive with a smaller 1897 in…
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Tip-Top Mine, George Webber, A.T.
Read more: Tip-Top Mine, George Webber, A.T.During the winter of 1876-77, the Tip Top mine and silver were first discovered in wh~t is now the Tip Top mining district by Messrs. Corning and Moore. In the fall of 1876 Mr. John Corning came into Prescott,Arizona from the silver mines of Nevada. Eventually the Gillette and Hoffman Tip Top Company, took over…