Category: Colorado
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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…
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Parsons & Co. Assayers
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Read more: Parsons & Co. Assayers1.26 oz Dated 1860 Parsons Gold Ingot, One of the “Original Four” Ingot is labeled: “Parsons & Co. / Assayers/ Col. – 1860/ Twenty Dolls// CARAT DWT/ 18 1/2 25 6/10” rectangular, 1.2 x 0.75 About twenty years ago, we published an article in Colin World “Ingots: The Good Bad and the Ugly”. In this…
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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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George W. Cook
Read more: George W. Cook23 oz Leadville Presentation Silver Ingot, Cook to Slocum, 1881 Fred N. Holabird “From Geo. W. Cook to Col. J. J. Slocum Leadville Col June 1881 965 fine”. About 23 troy ounces, 3.5” long, 1 1/8” high and 1 3/8” wide, trapezoidal in the classic manner. No maker or assayer shown, as typical of a…
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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. There are two potential matches for International Mill as…
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Denver Mint
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Read more: Denver MintAlthough not 19th century, certain items from the Denver Mint deserve honorable mention! The Mint at Denver opened for business in late 1863 as a United States Assay Office. It was established the year earlier by an Act of Congress on April 21, 1862. Located at 16th and Market Streets and acquired by the government for $25,000 from…