Treasures from Pacific Shores: Numismatics, Mining, & Americana

An unusual specimen from the South African locality which has become famous for producing "Cactus" quartz clusters. This specimen features...

A very attractive and fascinating amethystine quartz crystal cluster from the Boekenhoutshoek area of South Africa. This occurence of quartz has been

A very well balanced and attractive cluster of amethyst quartz crystals which exhibiting the "cactus quartz" habit made famous by the spec...

A highly-collectible, gemmy, yellow crystal of the heliodor variety of beryl. This lustrous, well-formed crystal has complex, naturally solution etche

An attractive, classic specimen of this unusual silicate of potassium, sodium, lithium, iron, manganese, and titanium. The Benitoite Gem Mine (Dallas

Alpine Co, Cal. Gottschalk collection, label barely visible/readable. "Silver Mtn. enargite." About 2” cube. Early specimens from this reg...

One specimen from the Sacramento River, a small nugget, 1.6 g; another from the central Mother Lode, 3.0g. Both are native gold with quartz. Date:

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The Gottschalk Aurora Collection Sam Clemens (Mark Twain) Worked on Many of These Mines! Fred N. Holabird Overview The Gottschalk Aurora Co

About 2 x 2 x 1" specimen on original Gottschalk label. Lead, antimony, silver and gold. The Arabia District was one of the first non-Comstock ...

Aurora. Five specimens. All thee about 1.5” cubed. All show strong silver-gold mineralization. “Gold $31.98, silver $8.30”., another “gold $279.20, s

Five Gottschalk collection Aurora high grade ore specimens. Mostly 1.5” and less, generally smaller specimens than usual for this collection. Nice gro

Four specimens of varying size up to 2 x 4”. All contain high grade gold-silver mineralization. None mine designated. One marked “mined 1860”. Another

Aurora Gold and Geologic specimens. Two adularia crystalline specimens. One volcanic rock, one large hand specimen “mined 1860, bonanza ore” 3.5 x 3

Four specimens from Aurora from he Gottschalk collection. All with original labels, just like the rest of the material offered here. Excellent cross s

Aurora. Gottschalk specimens. Three, all about 2’ cubed. One specimen “gold 1500, silver 500”, another “mined 1870”. Date: Location: Aurora, Nevad

Three choice ore specimens from the Gottschalk collection. Not mine designated. One marked “mined 1870-1871”. This was, according to most authors, the

Antelope mine. High grade specimen with aguilarite, gold, pyrite. About 2” cube. Gottschalk specimen. Date: Location: Aurora, Nevada HWAC# 64544

Antelope mine. Two Gottschalk specimens. A) 2 x 1.5 x 1”, aguilarite. B)2 x 1.5 x 1.5”, “1861” cut polished surface. Date: Location: Aurora, Nevad

Antelope mine. High grade gold specimen with native gold visible in the black mineralized sections with binocular scope. “1861.”. 1.5” cubed. Gottscha

Antelope Mine. Two specimens “$6000 per ton” both about 1.5” cube. Aguilarite. These are the two specimens from the Gottschalk specimens from the famo

Antelope mine. Gottschalk specimens. Two. A) 1.5” cube, b) 2.5 x 4 x 1.5”. “Gold plus aguilarite” Date: Location: Aurora, Nevada HWAC# 64545

Antelope Mine. Pyrite with minor gold visible in binocular scope. Three specimens on one Gottschalk label, all about 1” plus cubed. “Bonanza Gold plus

Aurora. Native gold on 1.5” cube specimen. “Bonanza Ore”. Mine not designated. Gottschalk specimen. Date: Location: Aurora, Nevada HWAC# 64547

West of Antelope Mine. “Bonanza Gold Ore” on Gottschalk label. “gold plus aguilarite.”visible gild in the black mineralized section with binocular sco

Clarence Mine. “$3000 ore”. Gottschalk specimen. Native gold readily visible under binocular scope. 1.5” cube. Not on the Stretch, 1866 list, or Br

Cortez Mine. Two specimens, Gottschalk collection. “Bonanza Gold Ore” “1860” high grade specimen, 1.5” cube. Second specimen, same size, “1862”, not

Cortez Mine. Two specimens, about 1.5” x 1.5” each. “Gold in aduilarite” “$5000 1860”. Gottschalk specimens. Patented, one of the richest mines, accor

Gladiator Mine. Two specimens, 1.5 x 2 x 1”, 1.25 “ cube. Visible gold on the back of the large specimen, and in the middle front of the small specim

Esmeralda lode. 1.5” x 1” , Gottschalk specimen. Bottom of label reads: "black is silver ore, $8-16/ton, trace of gold. Brown is gold ore, $14-...

Lady Jane Mine. 2 x 1.5”. “1860” Gottschalk specimen. One of the original locations on Silver Hill, according to Stretch (1866). A patented mine,

Lucky Sam Mine. Mineralized vuggy quartz with small pyrite. 1” x 1” 1. Gottschalk specimen. Not on the Brady map of 1862, or on the Stretch, 1866 l

Martiniz Hill. Two specimens with Gottschalk labels, one about 1.5” cube, the other about half that size. Martinez mine. Visible gold in small specim

Summit Middle Hill. Two specimens. “High Grade Bonanza Gold Ore”. Highly mineralized quartz. 2.5.x 2 x 1”, 2.5 x 2.5 x 2”. Possibly the Ontario, St

Del Monte Mine. Aurora. Last Chance Hill between Esmeralda and Willow gulches. One of the richest properties at Aurora, and the one that was the cent

4 x 3 x 1” specimen with cut surface from the Gottschalk Collection. Noted as coming from the northwest side of Silver Hill, which would have been nea

Utah Mine. “gold in aguilarite, $6000/t” “Mined 1860” Gottschalk Collection. 1.5” cubed. One of the original locations according to Stretch, 1866. T

Utah mine. Three specimens. A) gold in aguilarite. 1 x 1 x 1.5”; b) 2 small specimens on Gottschalk board-label, gold in aguilarite; c) gold ore, assa

Utah Mine. Adjacent to the Antelope. Two specimens of high grade. Aguilarite. Both about 1.5 x 1.5 x 1”. Second specimen says “east of Utah Mine, Assa

Summit Middle Hill Van Valen claim. “High grade gold”. 2” cubed. Possibly the Ontario mine, as shown on the Brady 1862 map. Date: Location: Aurora,

2" x 2 x 2" specimen on Gottschalk label from Bullfrog. The light amethyst would indicate the south end of the Original Bullfrog. Small s...

5" x 2" x 1" with cut surface. Quartz breccia with native gold along the top edge and a few places inside, but 99% on top. From the f...

2" x 1.5" x 1" specimen of cerargyrite and argentite and pyrolusite from Fairviw on the original Gottschalk mount. Fairview today is ...

3 x 2 x 1.5" high grade gold specimen from the famous Florence Mine at Goldfield from the famous Gottschalk Collection.With original label. Cut...

3 x 6.5" High - extreme high grade large slab specimen. Brecciated wall rock of rhyolite cemented together with mineralized banded epithermal v...

Drill core with crystalline calcite in vein, RMC-69, down-hole depth 546. 4 ft. 2.5" diameter. 4" long. (This specimen was found at the mi...

Beautiful. Drill core with crystalline barite in vug, RL-264, down-hole depth 833.3 ft. 2.5" diameter. 8.5" long. (This specimen was found...

Clay altered rhyolite with marcasite ± barite-clay-gold mineralization on fractures. 4x6x4.5". Field Guide: staff. (This specimen was foun...

High grade copper from Ruth, NV. Collected by a mine supervisor, c. 1960's. 5 pretty specimens, largest is 4.5". Date: Location: Ruth, N...