Category: Arizona
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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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Harquahala
Read more: Harquahala12.35 oz $210 1888 HARQUAHALA Arizona Territory Gold Ingot Obverse Text: HARQUAHALA / ARIZONA TERR. / S.F. MINT VAL. $210. Reverse Text: OZ. 12 / DWT. 7 / HUBBARD Measurements: 3.2 cm x 8.2 cm x .9 cm; 1 1/4 in x 3 7/32 in x 11/32 in Donated to the Smithsonian Institution from the…
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Crown King
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Read more: Crown King6.35 oz Crown King $115.30 Gold Ingot, Arizona (Yavapai?) Obverse Text: G 876 / S 122 / CROWN KING / OZ. 6 / DWT. 7 / GRS. 10 Reverse Text: VAL. DOLS. CTS. / $115.30 / TRUE GOLD VALUE Edge Text: Y.A.P. ASSYRS / P / 1887 / TERRITORY OF / ARIZONA This is presently…
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Goldfield Mining Co
Read more: Goldfield Mining CoSeveral ingot denominations surfaced in the 1960’s none of which are real. There are 4 known gold ingots currently, all of which are located at the Smithsonian Institution. One 8 dollar ingot is also listed as Goldfield at the Smithsonian with no markings indicating as such. $4 Goldfield Mining Co, Arizona Gold Ingot Obverse Text:…
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Thorne Mining & Refining Co
Read more: Thorne Mining & Refining Co2.995 oz Thorne Mining and Reduction Co. Gold Ingot, Arizona Much has been written on the Thorne ingots. These ingots, like those of the Eagle Mining Co., also surfaced in the late 1960s. More than 80 silver ingots are known, and just a few (3) gold ingots are known. It was opined that these were sold…
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Santa Rita Mining Co
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Read more: Santa Rita Mining Co13.74 oz Santa Rita Mining Co, Arizona Territory, Dated 1878, $233.55 From the Josiah K. Lilly Jr. Collection, permanently located at the Smithsonian Institution. Ex F. C. C. Boyd Collection. See: https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/nmah_1102657
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Virtue Gold and Silver Co
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Read more: Virtue Gold and Silver Co3.64 oz Virtue Gold & Silver Company Silver Ingot, dated 1966, $4.70, 999 F Thin rectangular bar bearing inscriptions on each of the four sides as follows: Extremely Fine. Attractive toning. Attributed by Henry H. Clifford to the Utah Territory. Obtained by Henry H. Clifford from Kenyon V. Painter, in March, 1958; ex New Netherlands…
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Eagle Mining Company
Read more: Eagle Mining CompanyThe name “Eagle Mining Company” is sufficiently popular and general that it is difficult to precisely pinpoint the exact location of the firm. John J. Ford, Jr. advises that in the 1860s and 1870s at least two companies operated under this name in Gilpin County, Colorado. The Mines of Colorado, 1867, notes of the Eagle…
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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…