Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics

On September 25, 1878 City National Bank deposited 773.223 ounces of gold for $699.96. H. Silver was assayer in charge and assay was done by A. S. Web

Very early assay receipt from a very rare assay company. Possibly only 2 known in private hands and possibly the best of them. Assay for $748.22 a ton

Assay Office of D. Lundbom. Dateline Austin, Nev., June 11, 1871. One specimen of pulp deposited by Thomas Jones. Value in silver per ton $218.35. Sig

Veatch & Co. is scratched out and J. S. Currie is handwritten. The Veatch & Co. assay billhead is very rare! Ore is from the Manhattan Mile ...

Early assay receipt (#2501) from Boalt & Stetefeldt for John Heimbradt. Silver valued at $86.00 per ton. (No gold!) Green Nevada revenue stamp a...

Early 1867 assay receipt from the assay office of D. Lundbom dated July 22, 1867. The offices of D. Lundbon were based in Austin, Nevada This is the a

Three items for this Austin mining company. 1) An assay sheet c.1860s from the New York office. Sheet lists ingot numbers, weights, and fineness for t

Assay Office of the First National Bank of Austin. J.R. Murphy, Assayer. Dateline Austin, Nevada, February 28th, 1867. For assay of "mill pulp....

Memorandum of Silver Bullion Deposited at the Mint of the United States by the Chollar Mill and H&N (Hale and Norcoss) on May 16th, 1888 by H.R....

Blank unused Dayton, Nevada Territory check form A. Sutro & Company. Very early and quite rare! City: Dayton State: Nevada, Date:

Dayton, Nevada Territory! Two unused drafts for A. Sutro & Co. Printed by Agnew & Deffebach print, S.F. Stain and soiling on one of the rece...

Memorandum of Bullion Deposited for Assay at the Gold Hill Assay Office by the Washoe Mill (Justice Co.). Dateline Gold Hill, Nevada, May 25, 1889. Tw

Bullion Receipt No. 406, Gold Hill Assay Office. Received from the Savage Mining Co., per Chas. Forman, two packages from the Piute Mill. Signed Conra

Nice pair of Comstock documents that both deal with gold bars. 1) Memorandum of Bullion Deposited at the Gold Hill Assay Office by "Washoe Mill...

Pair of assay sheets: Memorandum of Bullion Deposited for Assay at the Gold Hill Assay Office, W.S. James as Assayer. 1) Dec. 14, 1889. W.S. James is

A fabulous historical reference. Large ledger book from W.S. James, assayer from Gold Hill with entries for the Comstock mines: Yellow Jacket, Chollar

Two important Comstock assay offices. 1) Assay Office of Van Wyck & Co., Assayers, Virginia City, N.T. Nov. 17th, 1864 (two weeks after statehoo...

Assayer report for F. Harding. Altinger was an established assayer and investor in Goldfield, but also had mining holdings throughout Nevada (Rawhide,

The Pacific Mill and Mining Company was founded by John Mackay and James G. Fair to process Comstock ores. It is for the Morgan Mill. Bars 391, 392 a

Memorandum of Gold and Silver Bullion number 8853 deposited by Summit Mill. A Nevada 5c revenue stamp is at the top left and the bottom is signed by E