Category: Colorado
-
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,…
-
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…
-
Georgetown, Col.
—
Read more: Georgetown, Col.Still a mystery ingot that bears the name of a town in Colorado. Georgetown Col, Sept 3, 1877 No known auction appearances to speak of. Reference from Brett Lawless shared on social media. See: https://www.instagram.com/p/BXGFEbWh7KWh0qf4-Kx5PntGP57NJ9yTf9gU4I0/
-
B. Baxter & Co
—
Read more: B. Baxter & Co1.65 oz $29.70 B. Baxter & Co Colorado Gold Ingot Obverse Text: B / ASSAY / 995 FINE / 1 OZ. / 13 DWT / $29.70 Reverse Text: COLORADO / PURE GOLD / B. BAXTER & CO. Measurements: 3.6 cm x 1.7 cm x .4 cm; 1 13/32 in x 21/32 in x 5/32 in…
-
G. H. Gray
—
Read more: G. H. Gray1.25 oz 1876 G. H. Gray Colorado Gold Ingot Obverse Text: G. H. GRAY // TERRITORIAL ASSAYER // 999 3/4 FINE 1876 Reverse Text: No 53 B&G VALUE // OZS. DWT. GRS. DOL.CTS // 1 4 4 1/2 25.00 Measurements: 1.3 cm x 4.3 cm x .4 cm; 1/2 in x 1 11/16 in x…
-
Gold Prince Mill
—
Read more: Gold Prince MillThe Gold Prince Mine was reported by Eberhart in Guide to Colorado Ghost Towns to be the largest mine in Animas Forks. It prospered in the late 1870s and throughout the 1880s. The Gold Prince Mill was moved to Eureka in 1917, and Animas Forks was all but deserted by the early 1920s. $94.76 Gold…
-
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…
-
Carlton Mining Co.
—
Read more: Carlton Mining Co.10.5 oz 1869-Dated Carlton Mining Company, Colorado Territory, gold ingot. The inscriptions on the bar are each individually stamped with number and letter punches. On the obverse of the bar is the inscription in five lines: CARLTON / MINING / CO. / C.T. / 10.5 OZS. The reverse bears the wording: UNPARTED / GOLD /…
-
J. Bates
Read more: J. BatesJ. Bates, Assayer, Colorado, 1902. $65.57 gold ingot A handsome rectangular ingot marked on the front by two prepared stamps, filled in by hand-punching. Serial number 1082 appears at the right end and on the back. On the left side of the front, the fineness of 999 is indicated together with the weight of 3…