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Virginia City Photos Showing Guards and Gold Bars NV - Virginia City,Storey County - c1900-1910 - 20

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 1,000.00 USD
Virginia City Photos Showing Guards and Gold Bars NV - Virginia City,Storey County - c1900-1910 - 20
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Lot of 2 photos. The first image, 4" x 4.75," shows 3 men, one of whom is holding a shotgun, leaning against a stone wall in front of a barrel. To the right of the farthest man leans a second shotgun. On the barrel lid rest two gold bricks. The caption reads: "Gold Bricks worth $45,000." The second image, 4" x 5," shows the same men minus the firearms, in the same location, and in front of the same barrel on which rest 6 gold "buttons." The caption reads; "Gold buttons worth $45,000." Both images are affixed to boards and the second has minor scratching at top left. Photos of bullion mined from western mines are rare, and those from Virginia City are particularly important because of the overall production of about 9 million ounces of gold and 220 million ounces of silver. -59895