2019

Denver,CO - Denver County - August 18, 1879 - Burlingame, E.E. Assay Office and Chemical Laboratory

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Historical Memorabilia Start Price:125.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 - 500.00 USD
Denver,CO - Denver County - August 18, 1879 - Burlingame, E.E.  Assay Office and Chemical Laboratory
“Certificate of Assay” No. 4/109 For a J.L. Cunningham for a sample valued at having 12oz. of silver valued at $13.20. Burlingame’s office was located at 219 Sixteenth Street opposite the Inter Ocean hotel in Denver, CO. E.E. Burlingame was involved as one of the primary assayers in the Colorado area beginning at the time of the Pike’s Peak Gold Rush in 1859. Burlingame's first assay office appears to have been in Colorado Springs in 1878. Then, in 1879 he opened his assay office in Denver which was arguably one of the most successful of the Denver assayers lasting until at least 1906. Certificate has a simple blue border text. There is an intricate pattern-style vignette as a background for the space to write the assay number. The reverse side has a rendition of claims that were from the assayed specimen’s origin: they were drawn freehand. This receipt is in Very Good condition and has no flaws other than previous creases from the owner’s folds.