Tag: presentation
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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 &…
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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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Maxon Mine
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Read more: Maxon Mine4.92 oz 1876 Silver Presentation Ingot. Amador City, California. Maxon Mine. .987 silver. $5.28. 55.4 mm x 17.9 mm x 13.7 mm. Choice Near Mint State.A beautifully accomplished anonymous presentation ingot from the Sierra Nevadas, less than 50 miles from the famed Sutter’s Mill. Top face is neatly engraved “Maxon / June 28th 1876” inside…
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C. R. Turrill
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Read more: C. R. Turrill5.15 oz Bristol, Nevada, 1874, White Pine Rush Silver Ingot, Turrill Silver Ingot Engraved from Julius A. Turrill to Clayton R Turrill, White River/Pioche Nevada c 1874 5.15 Troy oz silver ingot engraved on one side by the presenter, Julius A. Turrill to his nephew, Clayton R. Turrill engraved on a polished surface. 2” x…
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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…