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Austin,NV - Lander County - May 17, 1867 - First National Bank of Nevada Assay Office Receipt :

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Historical Memorabilia Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD
Austin,NV - Lander County - May 17, 1867 - First National Bank of Nevada Assay Office Receipt :
This document illustrates how intertwined all of the various businesses of the period were with mining. Fairchild, the publisher of this form and the owner/editor of the Austin newspaper Reese River Reville, was a California Gold Rush miner. A partner with Daggett and a lifelong friend of historian and employee Myron Angel of Austin who later wrote the History of Nevada. Fairchild ended up in Placerville where the family ran a drugstore.
No.1024 Assay certificate for mill pulp deposited by the Manhattan Silver Mining Co. through their agent Alan Curtis, also an officer of this bank. This form was printed by J.D. Fairchild & Co., of the Daily Reveille Office, and signed by John R. Murphy, Assayer. There is a detailed ornate vignette of a side view of lady liberty on the left side. Think black border and old English title script. Overall value of the silver in the assayed pulp was an estimated $120.05. The reverse is signed by John R. Murphy and dated May 17, 1867. Fine condition.