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Tables of the Value of Gold and Silver per Ounce Troy, 1881 1881 [163234]

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Tables of the Value of Gold and Silver per Ounce Troy, 1881  1881  [163234]

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Tables of the Value of Gold and Silver per Ounce Troy: at Different Degrees of Fineness. with other Tables, which will be found useful to Bankers, Assayers, Chemists, Merchants, Dealers in Bullion and Ores ñ by Thomas Price San Francisco, A.J. Leary 1881. 60 pp. Printed on different colored papers. 9.75x7 inches, cloth wrappers lettered in gilt. First published the preceding year, with both editions quite scarce - only three copies of the present edition are listed in the RLG Union Catalog. After coming to San Francisco in 1862 Price soon became superintendent of the Assay office and chemical department of the San Francisco Refinery until 1875 when the company closed with the advent of the death of it's major owner, William C. Ralston of Comstock fame. Then Professor Thomas Price set up his Assay and Metallurgical operations which were the most extensive on the West Coast if not the United States and was located a 524 Sacramento Street, San Francisco. It included a Bullion department, Metallurgical dept., Chemical Laboratory and Ore floors. (Reference: California Coiners and Assayers, by Dan Owens 2000). This volume also contains sections on "Rules for the purchase and sale of Unparted Gold Bars", "Charges for Refining", etc. The last page is a detailed advertisement for the firm with charges for assays and analyses. Spine faded, rear cover as well with vertical streaks (sun); otherwise near fine. P-490 Franklin Collection