Treasures from Pacific Shores: Numismatics, Mining, & Americana

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