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Crown Point Bonanza Gold Silver Ore Specimen, Gold Hill, Nevada [164456]

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Rocks, Fossils & Minerals Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 1,000.00 USD
Crown Point Bonanza Gold Silver Ore Specimen, Gold Hill, Nevada [164456]
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1,100.00USD+ (275.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2023 Apr 02 @ 10:13UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Large cut specimen from the famous Gottschalk Collection. Cardboard label reads: "Bonanza Gold-Silver Ore. Gold + Argentite + auriferous chalcopyrite. Crown Point Mine. Comstock Lode Virginia City-Nev." Measures 3 x 2.25 x 1" Weighs 244.9g with label. Great looking. The initial silver and gold strikes on the Comstock started declining in the second half of the 1860's. However, in January of 1871 a new rich ore body discovered in the Crown Point Mine revitalized the Comstock. The claim was between the Belcher and Kentuck mines in Gold Hill adjacent and south of Virginia City. The ravine going west up the mountain was named the Crown Point Ravine which was traversed by a trestle of the same name that allowed the Virginia & Truckee Rail Road to traverse high over the mining property.

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State: Nevada
City: Gold Hill
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