NEVADA SILVER CO INGOTS---VERY RARE Start Price USD 1,495.00 Current Price USD 1,495.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, October 01, 2008 End Time Wednesday, December 31, 2008 Location new york See more about 'NEVADA SILVER CO INGOTS---VERY RARE' Description This lot consists of 2 ingots. The front and back of each are pictured. These are very rare ingots. The Heritage auction archives lists only about a half dozen recent examples. The last sold was just over 4 oz and realized over $850 or more than $200 per oz. These ingots are in excellent condition and you will receive the ones pictured and will be shipped overnight via USPS Express mail. Some additional info about the Nevada Silver company from the June 2002 Fred Holabird Auction #13. The Nevada Silver Co was incorporated in Nevada on January 18, 1919 by C. E. Crowley, H. K. Linger and Ed Winn (lawyers and a constable), all directors and officers located and living in Idaho Falls Idaho. Their resident agent in Nevada was W. H. Leonard in Rawhide, Nevada, whose office was listed as in Room 1 of the Post Office building in Rawhide. Rawhide was a screemingly active gold camp in west central Nevada that boomed late about 1908-9. After numerous mining company consolidations, the town quickly dropped in size, though the post office remained open until 1941, probably with only a resident or two hanging on until Uncle Sam figured out that the salary they paid the postmaster exceeded his deposits by a long shot. Leonard was credited with finding the Nevada Scheelite deposit in 1930, five miles west of Rawhide. It is difficult to speculate who was behind the Nevada Silver Co. promotion, but it may have been Leonard backed by the Idaho Falls lawyers, who may have been friends of Leonard’s from earlier Rawhide days. The Nevada Silver Co’s charter was revoked in March, 1932, probably as a result of Leonard’s success at Nevada Scheelite. The Rawhide townsite is gone today, part of a huge open pit gold mine run by Kennecott. Place a Bid!