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Artifacts from the old western Forts and Ghost Towns are getting hard to find and ever more popular. I have been fortunate to obtain this small group of items found in the early 1960's at the following sites . Fort Logan was an Indian Wars fort in Meagher County, Montana established to protect the prospectors and freighters in this area from Indian unrest. Diamond City was a gold rush town in Broadwater County, Montana which sprung up at one of the richest placer strikes ever discovered in Montana. It was located on Confederate Gulch, so named because most of it's inhabitants had been Confederate soldiers during the Civil War which was just drawing to a close. All that is left today are just a few foundations and a substantial cemetery. Some of these items will be from Grizzly Gulch which was the location of the original town dump for Helena (the capitol of Montana) this dump was abandoned in 1873. Where ever gold rush towns sprung up in Montana there was usually an influx of Chinese as laborers, small businessmen, and miners. So, a number of the artifacts found are easily recognized as those left behind by this oriental community.
AHA.3 WARNER'S SAFE KIDNEY & LIVER CURE SOLD. A clean amber bottle with the large embossed design of a safe on the face. An attractive and desirable type. Diamond City.[ Click here to order ]
AHA.5 EMPIRE WATER BOTTLE AHA.6 POTTERY ALE BOTTLE $18. White and yellow glazed bottle is made by H.KENNEDY GLASGOW though the stamp is not clear. These imported ales were quite popular for those who could afford them. Diamond City.. [Click here to order ]
AHA.11 DR. J. HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS $25. 8 3/4" tall square amber bottle with the embossing on one side. A beautiful example from Grizzly Gulch..[ Click here to order ]
AHA.15 CHINESE SAKI CUP SOLD. Bowl shaped cup 2" in diameter is white on the inside and robin egg blue on the outside. A pressure crack but intact. Grizzly Gulch..[ Click here to order ] AHA.16 CHINESE OPIUM BOTTLES $15.
I have been lucky enough to get a few of these. Small square aqua bottles from 2 to 2 1/2" tall made out of very thick bubbly glass with a small internal size about like a match stick. These
came from China with the drug inside and very few are actually found intact..[ Click here to order ] AHA.17 CHINESE SOY JUG SOLD. Dark brown glazed, 5" tall with a small flared lip at top opening and a small pour spout. These unique jugs are most commonly referred to as "Chinese whiskey jugs" Excellent example from Grizzly Gulch..[ Click here to order ]
AHA.22 LEATHER UTILITY BOX, c. 1860-1875 $75.
What a wonderful example made of thick smoke tanned leather with a wooden bottom and a wide heavy carrying strap. 12 " long, 6 1/2" wide and 5 1/2" high. This was found in Montana
and no doubt was taken across the prairie in some covered wagon. Shows its age but is very nice and sound..[ Click here to order ] AHA.24 ONION BOTTLE, CIRCA 1730 SOLD. A great example that is 6 1/4" tall in a nice dark green glass. The deep base has a nice pontil rind and a sharp applied lip ring. Superb specimen..[ Click here to order ] AHA.25 CONFEDERATE BIBLE $700. A large leather bound William W. Harding fine edition table bible, printed in 1860. The front leaf dedication indicates this was presented by Hattie E. Stradley to her Esteemed Friend, Mrs. C.A. McKay, Greenville, South Carolina, August 4th 1861. Fancy center leaf pages with several giving the usual family history with births deaths etc. which indicate the family came from Glasgow, Scotland to South Carolina in the early 1800's. What really makes this bible noteworthy is the death notice of Lt. James Yancey, killed at Jonesboro Georgia (the battle for Atlanta) on the 31st of August in Confederate Service, while leading a charge on the enemy. Still has such little things as flowers, locks of hair, and a fancy cloth bible book mark pressed in the pages. For it's age this is an extremely sound example with a slight crack on one edge of the binding. Considering this is 140 years old and a definite confederate example, it is an extreme rarity. [Click here to order ]
A. Eight Reales (piece of eight), cleaned so the detail shows up very nicely. A nice heavy treasure coin SOLD B. Eight Reales (piece of eight), never cleaned so it still has a black age patina with sea bed sediments just as it looked when found SOLD. C. Four Reales, never cleaned with the dark black patina and sea bottom encrustations SOLD |
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$75.
Very similar to #4 above but much larger. Emerald Green and 9 1/2" tall. In the center is a large "E" and around this "EMPIRE SPRING CO SARATOGA N.Y. On the
opposite side "EMPIRE WATER". Beautiful and scarce bottle from Grizzly Gulch..
AHA.10 DOYLES HOP BITTERS 1872 
AHA.14 CHINESE WINE FLAGON $45. One of the most pleasing styles found
among the Chinese pottery. 6 3/4 " tall with a nice bulbous body and flared lip. Beautiful brown and black salt glaze. Grizzly Gulch.
AHA.26 SPANISH TREASURE The wreck of the
Spanish Plate Fleet on July 31st, 1715 remains one of the greatest maritime losses in history. Eleven ships loaded with at least $15,000,000 in registered treasure, looted from the Indian tribes
of Latin America, weighed anchor and set sail for Spain on July 27th. The fleet was struck by a terrible hurricane on the night of the 31st. Ten of the ships and more than
1000 men were pounded to death on the jagged reefs off the coast of Florida. These coins, called cobs, are part of that treasure which has been found over the last forty years. 