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MT - Helena,1883 - Assay Receipt, Framed *Territorial*

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 400.00 USD
MT - Helena,1883 - Assay Receipt, Framed *Territorial*
Session D is a Mail-Bid Only Auction. Absentee bids will be accepted only. No live bidding will be allowed. All winners will be contacted after the auction. BIDDING ENDS MONDAY JUNE 27 AT 5PM PACIFIC TIME!!!
Memorandum of Gold Bullion deposited at the United States Assay Office, No. 547, at Helena, M.T., the 11th day of October, 1883, by P. V. Jackson. "Dust" valued at $159.19 following $1.60 "Deductions for Melting, Refining, Parting, Alloy." Signed by Russell B. Harrison, C.S.S, Assayer in Charge. "[Ed. 10-5-'82-2,000] Stereo's." printed below bottom left border. Measures 14" x 5 1/2", mounted on white backing in modern frame of light colored wood (16" x 8"). This U.S. Assay Office operated from 1874-1933. P.V. Jackson was associated with the Galena Mine, located at Sterling, which was sold to a group of investors from Cleveland.. Developed by Jackson, he and its lessees received $200,000 from high-grade ore mining [Ref: Engineering and Mining Journal, Vol. 97, No. 11, pp. 590].