Treasures from Pacific Shores: Numismatics, Mining, & Americana

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 ...