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Colorado Assay Receipts Assortment CO - Idaho Springs,Clear Creek County - c1880 - 2012aug - General

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 1,500.00 USD
Colorado Assay Receipts Assortment CO - Idaho Springs,Clear Creek County - c1880 - 2012aug - General
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Lot of 12. Idaho Springs Assay receipts from several distinct Assay Sampling Works. All are dated from the late 1880s, and include such firms as Mathews & Co's Sampling Works, The Vivian & Lachmund Sampling Works, The Idaho Sampling Works And Custom Mill, W.J. Chamberlain & Co's Sampling Works, Dewey Bros'. Sampling Works, and Mathews & Webb Sampling Works. Gold was discovered in Idaho Springs in 1859. All these receipts have been signed by the Assayers, and give quotes on the gold and silver prices of the era. A choice collection of documents, all in individual sleeves, in good to very good condition. -60383