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Savage Assay Office Memorandum of Bullion for Atlantic, Excelsior, & Woodworth Mills 1872 [164629]

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Mining Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 800.00 USD
Savage Assay Office Memorandum of Bullion for Atlantic, Excelsior, & Woodworth Mills  1872  [164629]

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Memorandum of Bullion received at the Savage Co.'s Assay Office from the Savage Mining Company. Five deposits from three different mills: Atlantic (Sevenmile Canyon), Excelsior (Johntown), and Woodworth (Carson River). Over 3,300 ounces, .965-0.970 fineness silver. Total value over $8,000. Signed by assayer D.W. Balch. 7.25 x 11.75" Balch would take over the Comstock Lode Assay Office in Virginia City later that year. This assay receipt highlights two things the Savage, like other mines, was facing: running the ore through multiple mills to check them against each other and because the mills were getting overloaded. Virginia City Nevada Franklin Collection