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Chollar Potosi Silver Gold Ore Specimen, Virginia City, Nevada [164452]

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Rocks, Fossils & Minerals Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 500.00 USD
Chollar Potosi Silver Gold Ore Specimen, Virginia City, Nevada [164452]
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500.00USDto m********y+ buyer's premium (125.00)
This item SOLD at 2023 Apr 02 @ 10:25UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Comstock mineral specimen from the famous Gottschalk Collection. Cardboard label identifies this as: "Silver-Gold Ore, Chollar-Potosi Claims, North of Gold Hill-Comstock Lode, Virginia City-Nevada" This piece shows amethyst, which FH noted was very rare for these specimens. Measures 2.75 x 1.25 x 1.75" Weighs 121.0g with label. The Chollar & Potosi were located in southeast Virginia City adjacent to the Hale & Norcross. The two fought in court when the Chollar claimed the Potosi had staked land on their claim. The lawsuit ended in a merging of the two companies in 1865. They later split apart again in the late 1870s.

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State: Nevada
City: Virginia City
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