Category: States & Countries
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Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company
Read more: Gould & Curry Silver Mining CompanyThe Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company’s heydays were the years 1863-64, just before statehood. Incorporated a few years earlier, the founder of the original claim in the Comstock was Albert Gould, who unwisely sold his share of half the mine for a pittance and died years later and nearly broke in Reno. The mine…
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Richard Euler, Assayer
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Read more: Richard Euler, Assayer3.90 oz Richard Euler, Assayer. Silver City, Idaho. Silver and gold assay ingot number 1950, May 20, 1883. Appearance of Very Fine. A very well executed ingot with polished faces and sides, sharp edges, squared off corners. There is one large and disfiguring flaw on the face and a few smaller ones elsewhere. One wonders…
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F. H. Bousfield, Assayer
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Read more: F. H. Bousfield, AssayerEBERHARDT & AURORA MINING CO.Eberhardt or Virginia City, Nevada The Eberhardt & Aurora Mining Company was an English firm established from London with the intent of mining silver from the White Pine district in HamiltonCounty, Nevada. The firm bought the interests of the Eberhardt mining group, formed by Captain Frank Drake and others, that had…
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Belmont S. M. Co
Read more: Belmont S. M. Co28.5 oz Belmont Silver Mining Company. Belmont, Nevada. Silver assay ingot, July 12, 1873. Face Value: $28.90 Overall appearance of Very Fine. A rough and rather crude looking ingot, medium silver gray in color, with unfinished surfaces. The company’s name and location is accomplished in logotype as is Ozs. but everything else inscribed on the…
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G. I. Beale, Assayer
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Read more: G. I. Beale, Assayer3.50 oz G.I. Beale, Assayer. Silver City, Nevada. Silver & gold assay ingot no. 1832, dated 1776-1876. Appearance of Extremely Fine. A very attractive, highly polished, well made and nicely hand engraved presentation ingot. All sides still bright and somewhat reflective. Engraving worn in places, one side apparently deliberately defaced. The dual dates suggest this…
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W. L. Berry, Assayer
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Read more: W. L. Berry, AssayerResearch of this unique W. L. Berry ingot is difficult. He was not found in any of the standard references, which includes the 1867 Bean Directory of Nevada County and 1871 Mckenney Directories of Nevada County, California, the 1876 McKenney’s California Business Directory that covered Nevada County; or any of the Pacific Coast Business Directories…
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J & E James
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Read more: J & E James1887 Leadville, Colorado Personal Commemorative Silver Ingot. 63 x 23 x 14.5 mm. 2794.2 grains. Extremely Fine. A lovely ingot with attractive ornamentation, the upper face is inscribed FROM / J and E. James / Leadville Colo which is framed within an engraved border of floral designs. The “front” face – again within a finely…
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Maud E. Lord
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Read more: Maud E. LordMAUD E. LORD-DRAKE Leadville, Colorado Maud Drake, nee Lord, was not an assayer, refiner, or engraver. She was a noted American medium and spiritualist of the late 19th century, active in New York City, Boston, and Leadville. The bar to follow has been listed under her name since it does not bear the name of…
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Huepeden & Co, Assayers
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Read more: Huepeden & Co, AssayersLouis Huepeden was born in New York about 1832, and moved to Georgetown in Colorado in the mid-1860s. The surname is quite unusual. and according to Frossett’s Colorado, Its Gold And Silver Mines… (1880, p. 333) the Huepeden Mill was one of the earliest operating silver mills in the area, established perhaps as early as the mid…