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Empire Foundry Billhead w/ Hoskin's Giant Nozzle Vignette

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Mining Start Price:40.00 USD Estimated At:80.00 - 120.00 USD
Empire Foundry Billhead w/ Hoskin's Giant Nozzle Vignette
SOLD
80.00USD+ (18.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2015 Apr 10 @ 09:59UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Empire Foundry, Manufacturers of Hoskin's Giant and Deflectors. Also Center Bolt Giants, Etc. Corner Fifth and F Streets, Marysville. Vignette upper left of Hoskin's Giant nozzle, "Used All Over the World." Order is for 2 No. 1 Giants @ $37.50 a piece. Folds and smudge near vignette. Hoskins and other nozzles reshaped the gold fields of the Sierra Nevada during the later periods of hydraulic mining. (Prag Collection)

City: Marysville
State: California,
Date: 1897

FHWAC#: 24400