Category: Nevada
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Chico Ledge
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Read more: Chico Ledge5.50 oz Chico Ledge Exhibition Ingot From the Chico Ledge. 5.50 ounces, 991 fine, $7.05. Chico Ledge, Echo District, Humboldt County, NT, circa 1863. There are three different mines carrying the Chico name in the western U.S. through about 1873. One is in Arizona, and another in New Mexico, but both are principally gold mines.…
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S. Dowling, Assayer
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Read more: S. Dowling, Assayer27.00 oz S. Dowling Silver Bar, Gold Hill, NV – Storey County – c1870s A Discovery Ingot! Front of ingot reads; No 5087 / Oz 27.00 / Cold 15 Fine / Silv 587 Fine / S.Dowling / Gold$ 8.36 / Silver $20.49 / Val $28.86. Measures: 4.5″ X .5″ X 2.25″. Sam Dowling was a…
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Sweetwater Mining Co.
Read more: Sweetwater Mining Co.c1883-1887 – The Sweetwater Mining Company silver ingot comes to us from the Western Collections of Richard Gooding, a major collector in Texas, who passed away a number of years ago. He had major collections of guns, Wells Fargo, and mining ephemera, all now long disbursed except the ingots, which were retained by the family…
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J. W. Grier
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Read more: J. W. GrierPresentation Ingots of J. W. Grier (Wells, Fargo & Co. Agent) to Nora H. Grier with IRS stamp on reverse; and Small Presentation Ingot of Nora Grier (1869) Silver City, Nevada. The tax stamp dates the larger ingot to 1863-1867. These two ingots are an important representation of early Comstock mining, made for a long-term…
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Eureka Consolidated
Read more: Eureka Consolidated2.56 oz Eureka Consolidated Silver Ingot Eureka, Nevada, ca. 1873-1885. The top side reads 2.56 OZ / GOLD 004 FINE / (S)ILVER 978 FIN(E) / GOLD $0.21 / SILVER $3.23. The top, long side has a EUREKA stamp and the adjacent short side to the right has the abbreviation CON.This is an exhibition ingot, used…
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Carson City Mint
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in NevadaRead more: Carson City MintWhile no known ingots survive from the Carson City Mint, this might be the next best thing! A punch bearing the mint name used for bullion. NV – Carson City,Carson City Mint Bullion Punch This unique and wonderful piece was spotted by Carson City Mint Press Operator, Ken Hopple and brought to us from a…
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Van Wyck & Co, Assayers
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Read more: Van Wyck & Co, AssayersSidney Van Wyck arrived in San Francisco from Baltimore before 1851. By 1860 he was working as a laborer in a gold refinery in the city. Kelly’s 1863VAN WYCK & COMPANY SIDNEY VAN WYCK Virginia City, Nevada directory lists Van Wyck as in business with a Mr. Winchester in Aurora, Nevada Territory. Above is an…
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F.W. Schultz & Son
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Read more: F.W. Schultz & SonAs with so many other western assayers (or engravers, Schultz may have been either) of the middle and late 19th century, given the fact that this field of research is so new it should not be surprising that at present the cataloguer knows absolutely nothing about this assayer beyond whatcan be read on this commemorative…
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Savage Mining Company
Read more: Savage Mining CompanyThe Savage Mining Company was founded by A.O. and L.C. Savage in 1859 on the Comstock Lode. Neighbors were the Gould & Curry and Hale & Norcross holdings. Silver ore was extracted for the first few years and the mine expanded through acquisition of two other mining companies’ holdings. After 1865 successful extraction declined, principally…