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Large Copper Ingot (43640)

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Ingots Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 500.00 USD
Large Copper Ingot  (43640)
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A large broken copper ingot, originally over 12 inches long and six inches wide. The ingot weighs 49 pounds. It was found at a smelter site at Rosalie, San Bernardino County in 2008 by a metal detectorist. The site contained the Copper World Mine Smelter. The Ivanpah Smelting Company of Los Angeles was the initial smelter in the district, built in 1898. The first two years of the operation produced 11,000 tons of ore at 13% copper. In 1902, the mine started up again, but it only lasted a short while. In 1906, the mine and smelter were again put into production until 1908. It went idle until a restart from 1916 to after World War II. Most of what was left was scrapped and cleaned up. This large ingot appears to be remnants left behind and missed by that later clean up. This is a very crude copper ingot, typical of an operation that was small, perhaps made during the first months of operation. It is a choice remnant of San Bernardino mining history.


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City/County: Rosalie
State: California