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NV - Virginia City,Storey County - Gold & Silver Specimens - Virginia City, Nevada

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 1,000.00 USD
NV - Virginia City,Storey County - Gold & Silver Specimens - Virginia City, Nevada
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!!!
Lot of 8 mineral specimens from the California Mine, Comstock Lode. Samples range from less than 1 to 2 1/2 inches in diameter and consist of bonanza grade ores of acanthite, chalcopyrite, galena, native Au, proustite, sphalerite, stibnite and tetrahedrite within a quartz and diorite wall rock matrix. The California Mine - sharing ore boundaries with the Consolidated Virgina Mine - officially began producing in 1876, with so much bullion flowing from the mine and mills that facilities of the US Mint in San Francisco were overwhelmed asking the smaller facilities of Carson City for relief.