Category: Nevada
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Leopard Mining Co
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Read more: Leopard Mining CoOnly one of its kind know to exist, mining presentation ingot dated September 30, 1879 From Leopard Mining Company out of Cornucopia Nevada. According to Thompson and West (1881, p. 393), silver ores were discovered and the district was organized in 1872. “The excitement incident to the discovery of the district caused the building of…
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Rochester
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Read more: Rochester2.43oz Rochester, NV ingot (96+% silver, 1.21% gold, 1.32% lead) Rochester is a well-known ghost town in Nevada. Rochester (which was originally 3 towns that melded together) and the surrounding Rochester Mining District was one of the most successful in North Central Nevada, producing more than $6 million in silver, gold, copper, and lead. In…
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Sargent Ledge
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Read more: Sargent LedgeNevada Territory. Unionville / Buena Vista, Sargent Ledge, Ferguson Company. Silver Ingot to Abraham Bateman This unusual silver ingot (ex J. J. Ford Collection when it was sold in 2007) is in the form of a presentation plaque, with a hole for (presumably) carrying on a watch chain or perhaps a larger place. It was…
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Nevada Silver Co.
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Read more: Nevada Silver Co.The Nevada Silver Co. was incorporated in Nevada on January 18, 1919 by C.E. Crowley, H.K. Linger and Ed Wynn (lawyers and a constable), all directors and officers located and living in Idaho Falls Idaho. Their resident agent in Nevada was W.H. Leonard in Rawhide, Nevada, whose office was listed as in Room 1 of…
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Union Mine
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Read more: Union Mine3 oz Union Mine, Value: $24.35, Mixed Metal Ingot From the Lily Collection, now housed at the Smithsonian Institution. Likely a fabrication that was routed through Ford. This is the only known ingot of its kind at this time. Obverse Text: GOLD 354 / SILVER 619 F / UNION MINE / REWARD CAL / B…
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J. D. Minor
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Read more: J. D. Minor2.88 oz 1869 Presentation Silver Bar to J. D. Minor 2″x 7/8″x 3/8″. 2.88 troy ounces, $3.77 Face Value J. D. Minor (c1830-1911) is a bit of an enigma despite the important roll he played in Humboldt County and the State of Nevada. He held Humboldt county political positions from 1863 to 1870. The last…
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William Sharon
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Read more: William SharonAssayer Edward Ruhling’s Presentation Ingot to William Sharon, circa 1869 This important silver ingot was first illustrated in the book, The Anatomy of an Ingot (Franklin, 2012, p. 12). It is ornately engraved “Presented to William Sharon, Esq. by E. Ruhling & Co., Virginia City, Nevada.” It measures 2 1/4″ x 1 3/16″ and weighs…
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A. Soderling, Assayer
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Read more: A. Soderling, AssayerAugust Soderling, a Swedish immigrant, was the assayer and manager of Theall and Co. in Austin, Nevada during the 1860s [Ref: Gariaeff, Nick, “August Soderling,” 2010]. A. Soderling was a well known assayer in Nevada mining camps, who later worked in such places as Bodie and Treasure Hill. Mark Twain wrote an article titled, “Silver…
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R. H. Small to W. U. Saunders
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Read more: R. H. Small to W. U. SaundersIncredible African-American Historical Ingot Presented to Mark the 1869 Colored National Labor Convention Nevada. Treasure Hill. Silver. 19.0 mm x 37.8 mm x 15.2 mm. Unmarked for weight and fineness. 98.0 grams, 3.15 troy ounces. A somewhat austere looking trapezoidal form ingot, engraved on the top face “R.H. Small To W.U. Saunders.” The right and…