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Virginia City, Nevada Gould & Curry Mine Check Pair Issued to Assayer DW Balch [199163]

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Virginia City, Nevada Gould & Curry Mine Check Pair Issued to Assayer DW Balch [199163]
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Lot of 2 early checks issued to Comstock assayer DW Balch. Includes: 1863 territorial check signed by Charles Strong as supt. and 1866 check signed by Louis Janin Jr. Neither is signed by Balch. Both have US IR stamps; one also has a NV orange adhesive stamp. D.W. Balch previously worked for the Gould & Curry Mill, as well as the Savage Assay Office in the 1860s. He also very briefly served as the assayer for the Carson City Mint in 1869. He took over this assay office in 1872. Balch was present at the infamous Nevada & Oregon Railway meeting in Reno in 1881 where opposing parties of stockholders got into a disagreement that ended with gunfire. Balch was among those shot and injured (the bullet went through his wrist and into his lungs). He survived.
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Date: 1863-66
Country (if not USA):
State: Nevada
City: Virginia City
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