Tag: presentation
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Miss Clara Alexandra Brumsey
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Read more: Miss Clara Alexandra Brumsey1883 “Pride of the Comstock” Morgan Dollar The following piece is a celebration stamped onto a Morgan dollar in excellent condition. It is remarkable how well preserved the coin is itself after all these years. Commemerative of the arrival of Miss Clara Alexandra Brumsey, the Pride of the Comstock. Based on the tag it is…
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Candelaria Mine
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Read more: Candelaria MineThe history of the mine is an interesting one besides being a long and heart wrenching one. The mine was first located in 1783 by Juan Jose Zambrano, who was a storekeeper. The mine was near San Dimas, a small town “on the Guarisamé River” [Paulsen, 1981, 245]. Zambrano “built three tunnels to facilitate removal…
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J.W. Pringle and C.H. Pringle
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in ColoradoRead more: J.W. Pringle and C.H. PringleJames William Pringle was born in Scotland in 1838. Many members of the Pringle family immigrated to America for various mining rushes. James, along with other family members, first settled in New York. In 1857 he was off to California to seek a fortune in gold. According to his biography, he was “fairly successful” in…
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Amie and Climax Mine
Read more: Amie and Climax Mine5.31 oz Jonathan Head, Amie and Climax Mine, Leadville Silver Ingot, CO – Leadville c1880 – “Presented to Jonathan Head by his friend John Gerians, foreman of the Amie and Climax mines.” “Leadville silver”. Size: 2” x 1” x 0.5”. Weight: 5.31 troy oz. The Amie and Climax mines are located on Fryer Hill at…
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Ontario Silver Mining Co.
Read more: Ontario Silver Mining Co.20.50 oz UT,Salt Lake City-,Ontario Silver Mining Co. of Park City, Utah, and Elias Morris of Salt Lake City – 1876-1882 This silver ingot measures 3.0” x 1.4” x 1.1” and weighs 20.60 troy oz. It has a highly polished front side on which is engraved: Ontario S. M. Co., To Elias Morris in recognition…
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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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Peck Mine
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Read more: Peck Mine4.62 oz Peck Mine Ingot, George E Ralph Assayer, Oct 1, 1883 The George Ralph Assayer, Peck Mine Silver Ingot, 1883Fred n. Holabird, copyright 2023 Silver ingot, 2 1/8 x 15/16 x 7/16 thick. Trapezoidal. Classic Silver Assayer’s Ingot with silver from the Peck Mine in Prescott, Arizona from 1883. Peck Mine HistoryThe Peck mine…
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Trade Dollar Mining & Milling Co
Read more: Trade Dollar Mining & Milling CoTrade Dollar Mining & Milling Co. First Mill Product, 1892Made by R.B. Euler, assayer, Silver City, Idaho (By Fred N. Holabird, c 2011)The Trade Dollar Mining and Milling Company Mining at Silver City took off with the explosive news and subsequent production of the rich ores in the Poorman Mine in 1865-6. Miners continued to…
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Mary Thompson Hunt
Read more: Mary Thompson HuntThe President Rutherford B. Hayes Silver Ingot – The Hayes party The Presidential Procession had started in Wells on the Central Pacific Railroad just after the train crossed into Nevada from Utah, stopped at Humboldt where Nevada Governor Kincaid boarded the train, then on to Reno for another celebration and transfer to the Virginia &…