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Bodie High Grade Gold Ore, Goodshaw Vein

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Mining Start Price:400.00 USD Estimated At:800.00 - 1,500.00 USD
Bodie High Grade Gold Ore, Goodshaw Vein
SOLD
425.00USD+ (97.75) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2015 Sep 27 @ 11:40UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Two matched pair gold ore specimens from the Goodshaw vein. The raw ore specimens were cut in half, showing the native gold in banded quartz. The ore assays 20 oz/t gold and 90 oz/t silver. About 2 x 2 x 1.5" and 2 x 1.5 x 1.5"

Long time Bodie resident Bobby Bell (son of noted Bodie miner Lester Bell) located some ground that was an offshoot of the Goodshaw vein and sunk a shaft in the early to mid 1900’s. It wasn’t successful, but he did mine a few boxes full of high grade. When Bobby left Bodie, he moved his big machine shop and his Bodie collection to Luning, NV. These rocks were purchased from Bobby Bell’s estate along with other mining equipment. For a nice story about Bell and his mining ventures in Bodie, please also read this article: http://www.bodiehistory.com/bodie_mine_lode_shaft-3.pdf

City: Bodie
State: California
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HWAC#: : 33610