13 troy ounce Kellogg & Humbert gold ingot, expected to sell for $80,000-$100,000. The gold bar, stamped “Kellogg &” and “Humbert”, was valued at just $236.82 in 1857 dollars. 1852 US Assay Office $50 ...
A ship carrying more than $1.5 million in gold sank off the North Carolina coast 167 years ago. The SS Central America also had 500 people on board when it went down Sept. 12, 1857. Despite the deadly ...
"The California Gold Rush: Getting there, Mining, Contemporary stories and accounts, Private coiners and assayers, San Francisco Mint -- Treasure of the S.S. Central America: Saga at sea of the ...
CHARLESTON, S.C., April 30 (Reuters) - A deep-ocean exploration company is seeking to recover a lucrative haul of gold aboard the shipwreck of the SS Central America, nearly 160 years after it sank ...
In 1857, a ship loaded with ore from the California Gold Rush sank during a hurricane off South Carolina. In 1988, a scientist from Ohio discovered the wreck of the SS Central America and recovered 21 ...
Introduction -- Chapter 1. A new generation -- Chapter 2. The careening of the ship -- Chapter 3. The sea would rise again -- Chapter 4. Sail ho! -- Chapter 5. The El Dorado -- Chapter 6. The steamer ...
The gold-filled ship started sinking off the North Carolina coast during a hurricane. Screengrab from Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum on Facebook A ship carrying more than $1.5 million in gold sank ...
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