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SSCA: H. Harris & Co. Memorandum of Gold, 1859 [173239]

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SSCA: H. Harris & Co. Memorandum of Gold, 1859     [173239]

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No. 19609 Memorandum of Gold deposited by Bankers Cadwallader Co. at the Pioneer Assay Office of H. Harris & Co. Late Harris & Marchand. Dated: Marysville, Octbr 27, 1859. The receipt measures 10 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches and was printed on creme colored paper in a reddish-brown ink by Agnew & Deffenback, Printers, 125 Sansome Street, S. F. Amalgam weighing 53.25 oz. was deposited, after melting it weighed just 52.59 oz., which indicates a combination of nearly three quarters ounce of mercury and slag were removed during the melt. The gold had a fineness of .951 with a value per ounce calculated to be $19.65.89. The full value of the assayed deposit is $1.031.89. Signed by H. Harris for D. Marchand. The rarity of H. Harris & Co. assay receipts also showing the names of Harris & Marchand rates as Extremely Rare with perhaps only three or four known. It has the usual "pocket folds" common to virtually all assay receipts, the overall condition is deemed to be Very Fine. Thirty two Harris & Marchand gold ingots were recovered from the S.S. Central America. They had offices in Sacramento and Marysville.
The Cadwallader Co. had operation of a flume and hydraulic gold mine at Birchville, along the Yuba River in 1859. Marysville California Franklin Collection