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Billhead for Assay Office of Blake & Co., Silver City, Idaho Territory (60123)

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Mining Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 600.00 USD
Billhead for Assay Office of Blake & Co., Silver City, Idaho Territory  (60123)
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Extremely rare billhead. Dateline Silver City, I.T., May 31st, 1872. For assay of bullion deposited by the Owyhee Mining Company. 5.75 x 7.5" Horizontal fold. Clean. This Blake and Co. was owned by Frank W. Blake, the cousin of Gorham Blake of S.S. Central America fame. After arrived in California from Boston in 1852, Frank settled in Weaverville for seven years, where he eventually opened his own express company. Documents from Blake's Weaverville Express business are rare. After two years in Sacramento, Frank moved to Carson City for a year, only to leave for Unionville, NV, the “Land of Silver.” By 1863, F.W. Blake was issuing assay certificates and serving as mining secretary for several local corporations. He remained in Unionville until 1866, when he left for Silver City, in southern Idaho, where new gold camps were springing up. He set up a successful assay office and was soon the owner of a jewelry store and additional real estate [Holabird, 2008, 467]. State: Idaho City: Silver City Date: 1872