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NV - Virginia City,Storey County - Miscellaneous Mineral Species - Virignia 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 - Miscellaneous Mineral Species - Virignia 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 14 mineral specimens from the Comstock Lode. Samples range from less than 1 to 3 inches in diameter with examples include argentite, galena, minium, molybdenite, polybasite, sphalerite, and several nice examples of amethystine quartz labeled originating from the Belcher Mine. Of particualr interest within this lot is a 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 cut and polished piece of comstock compressed timber. Owing to the deep nature of the comstock ores, new technologies had to be developed to safely and effectively extract the deposits wealth. Here the technique of square set timbers was devised by Phillip Deidesheimer, a graduate of the Freiberg School of Mines, the world's foremost institute of mining technology at the time. This technique was rapidly impleted in mining operations across the American West.