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Gould & Curry Mining Check Issued to Assayer Gideon E. Moore [199031]

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Gould & Curry Mining Check Issued to Assayer Gideon E. Moore [199031]
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This item SOLD at 2025 Jul 13 @ 10:29UTC-07:00 : PDT/MST
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Check no. 9954 issued to assayer Gideon E. Moore on Sept. 4, 1866 for $400. Signed by Louis Janin Jr. as superintendent. Orange 2 cent Nevada adhesive revenue and US IR stamp with tied cancel attached in the upper left. Not endorsed on back. Moore studied Chemistry at Yale and then went to San Francisco setting up his own assay office at 612 Sacramento Street by 1863. Realizing the experience and opportunity on the Comstock, he joined as the assayer for the Gould & Curry Assay Office in 1866. Wanting more education in assaying, he went to Europe and received his Ph.D. in chemistry in 1869 from the University of Heidelberg after which he set up a Chemical Laboratory in New York City.
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Date: 1866
Country (if not USA):
State: Nevada
City: Virginia City
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