Author: George W. Edelman

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-10-08

Total Pages: 20

ISBN-13: 9781396697739

Excerpt from Guide to the Value of California Gold The different forms in which California gold has been brought to the Mint, are lumps and grains, bars, coins, and amalgam: of the last three, there have been but few deposits. It has been ascertained by the Assayers of the Mint that, as a general rule, the flat spangles of the rivers, are better than the average of other grains, perhaps as much as one per cent., while the large lumps appear to be higher, generally, than either, not invariably so. By reference to Table A, it appears that seven-eighth of all the deposits made in the Mint, from the commencement of the California business to the present period, show a variation in quality of only 50 cents per ounce troy, the fineness ranging between 878% thousandths and 898% thousandths. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.