2012 Hot August Auction

A possible copper specimen. 74.5 troy ounces. Measures 10"x 5." Copper ore was discovered in the forgotten town of Ludwig in the 1860s, but

Lot of 6 from Manhattan, NV. Including a piece from the White Caps Mine, a small nugget and ore sample with no mine of origin listed and 3 pieces from

Lot of 3 Electrum with Naumannite and Aguilarite from the Ken Snyder Mine. Midas is located west of Tuscarora and witnessed several small gold rushes.

From the Johnnie Mining District. -60306

The piece weights 2.82 troy ounces, or 87 grams. Measures 2" x 1" and is a great example of fine crystal and gold. Named for the town in New

Lot of 2. 1) Silver ore-gold. California Mine. Silver City, NV. 4.8 troy oz. 2.75” x 1.90” 2) Silver ore Virginia City. 2.10”x 2” 3.8 troy oz. This

Lot of 5 from the Emma Nevada mine. Altogether weigh 5.4 troy oz and range in measurements from 1.65” x .55” to 2.50” x 1.50” Note that one piece has

Lot of 5 from the Emma Nevada Mine, Comstock Lode. Altogether weigh 5.4 troy oz. Measure from 1” x .75” to 2.50” x 1.75." The Emma Nevada is name

Specimen weighs 447 Troy Ounces. Dug in Virginia City in 1941. -60158

A dozen ore specimens from Comstock Lode mines within Virginia City, Nevada. Originally from the Crystal Bar collection in Virginia City. Lot includes

Polished quartz rock slab with visible crystalline Gold tracings throughout. Slab is approx. 2.5" x 1.5" and 0.78 Troy Oz. Believed to be fr

Two choice small gold slabs from Oregon: 6.6 grams from the Malheur County area; and 3 grams from Grant County. In the early 1850s, prospectors first

Two specimens from the Homestake Mine, America`s most famous gold mine that produced more than 50 million ounces of gold. 1) large hand specimen appro

Weighs 3.82 troy oz. Measures about 2.10" x 1." Found in the Altai Mountains near Russia. -60049

Lot of 3. 1) Azurite, Spring Creek Copper Mine of Wilmington, South Australia. 10.84 troy oz and measures 5” x 2.80”. 2) Cuprite Chalcotrichite. Sandy

Lot of 2 from the Rubtsovsky mine in the Altai Mountains near Russia. Together they weigh 2.7 troy oz and measure between 0.75” x 1”. -60072

Lot of 4 cut slabs from Gowganda, Cobalt Lake and the Mann Mine. 2.90” x 2.25” and 5.75” x 5.80” Altogether weigh 31.5 troy oz. -60250

From the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. Leaf and crystalline copper. Measures 2.80" x 2." and 3.37 troy oz. Rhenlite is rhenium sulfite. -601

Lot of 4 exceptional high grade native silver pieces from the Castle and Mann Mine of Gowganda. Measure between 3.25” x 1.75” and 7” x 4.25”. Altogeth

Lot of 2 from the Huang Tong Xian Mine near the La Jiang Anhni Province. 0.82 troy oz. Measure between 1.75” x 0.75” and 0.75” x 0.50” Part of the wir