Category: Nevada
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F. L. Corwin
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Read more: F. L. Corwin4.7 oz F. L. Corwin Presentation Silver Ingot NV – Pioche, Lincoln County – c1871 This ingot is comes from a collection in the East. It is a presentation ingot, engraved “from F.L. Corwin” to E. Booth of New York, marked “Pioche, Nev.” on the two ends of the ingot. It measures 1.75” long, 0.6”…
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Gertie O. Rugg
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Read more: Gertie O. RuggUnique Gertie O. Rugg Silver Presentation Ingot–Possibly the Only Ingot Known Today From the Belcher Mine Gertie O. Rugg 1876 Presentation Silver Ingot from the Belcher Mine, Virginia City, Nevada. Gertie Rugg was the daughter of Belcher Mine Chief Engineer J. Rugg, who had this ingot engraved with her name and date for a special…
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J. G. Lee and John Lee
Read more: J. G. Lee and John LeeNevada. Treasure City, White Pine County. 1870-dated presentation ingot. Silver, unmarked. Approximately 16 ¼ ounces. 68.7 mm x 36.1 mm x 21.1 mm. Oval photograph, housed in gold-rimmed brass frame, measures 21.8 x 28.1 mm and is inset into an oval divot in the top face of the bar roughly 4 mm deep. The top face…
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Joseph T. Kennedy
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Read more: Joseph T. KennedyBackground and History The White Pine silver rush at Hamilton and Treasure Hill was in full swing by 1870, barely 2 years old. It attracted miners and prospectors from all over America, particularly the African American community from the California bay area as evidenced in the Elevator newspaper which promoted black business. There is no…
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Theall & Co, Assayers
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Read more: Theall & Co, AssayersThe Theall Co. were classic Comstock era assayers, who branched out to many of the Nevada silver mining camps as news of their discoveries were announced to the public. H. W. Theall, born in New York in 1827, bought E. Justh’s assaying business in Marysville in 1859. At the time, his competition was the well…
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Knight and Company, Assayers
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Read more: Knight and Company, AssayersKnight formed a partnership with experienced California and Nevada assayer H. Harris in Marysville. Knight’s early work in Unionville, Nevada Territory, gave him the experience necessary to run his own assay business, and he bought Harris’ Marysville Pioneer Assay Office in 1863 after spending part of a year in Unionville. Harris went on to establish…