Rare Locality GOLD Ore Specimen - - Cannon Mine, Washington - - Ex. Bart Cannon Piece
Item History & Price
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I'm pleased to offer this rare locality specimen of Gold ore from the Cannon mine, Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington. The specimen measures 2.47 x 1.88 x 1.42 inches or 6.28 x 4.76 x 3.60cm and is from the stock of my late friend Bart Cannon (1950-2019) of Seattle, Washington. Bart was an expert on seemingly all things Washington and was a field collector extraordinaire. He authored the classic Minerals of Washington and was apparently sitting on an updated version of this cl...assic at the time of his untimely and unexpected passing. He is missed.
The Cannon mine closed in 1994 due to declining reserves and the refusal to grant additional exploratory drilling programs that would extend beneath the city of Wenatchee. It produced 1.25 million ounces of gold and 2 million ounces of silver during its short life. It was the second largest underground gold mine in the US. The gold mineralization was largely confined to very fine-grained free gold and electrum. The mineralization occurred mostly in rhyodacite just as is presented with this piece. Gold grades averaged about .15 ounces of gold per ton in early efforts but later grades to over .20 ounces of gold were discovered and delineated. As mining ceased rather recently, there is some excellent information about the mine and its history and geology. A simple Google search for "Cannon mine Wenatchee" will produce excellent results.
Please check my feedback and my other eBay items. All specimens are carefully wrapped, come with complete and accurate labels and are quickly shipped. As always, your complete satisfaction is unconditionally guaranteed and I even offer FREE return shipping on any item that fails to satisfy for any reason---you can't go wrong. I'm reminded of the firm pledge printed on the old Foote Mineral Company mineral catalogs from more than a century ago,
"Quality of specimens is assured as we permit return of specimens at our expense."
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The Cannon mine closed in 1994 due to declining reserves and the refusal to grant additional exploratory drilling programs that would extend beneath the city of Wenatchee. It produced 1.25 million ounces of gold and 2 million ounces of silver during its short life. It was the second largest underground gold mine in the US. The gold mineralization was largely confined to very fine-grained free gold and electrum. The mineralization occurred mostly in rhyodacite just as is presented with this piece. Gold grades averaged about .15 ounces of gold per ton in early efforts but later grades to over .20 ounces of gold were discovered and delineated. As mining ceased rather recently, there is some excellent information about the mine and its history and geology. A simple Google search for "Cannon mine Wenatchee" will produce excellent results.
Please check my feedback and my other eBay items. All specimens are carefully wrapped, come with complete and accurate labels and are quickly shipped. As always, your complete satisfaction is unconditionally guaranteed and I even offer FREE return shipping on any item that fails to satisfy for any reason---you can't go wrong. I'm reminded of the firm pledge printed on the old Foote Mineral Company mineral catalogs from more than a century ago,
"Quality of specimens is assured as we permit return of specimens at our expense."
Thanks for looking!
I buy collections! Please contact me if you have a collection for sale or know of one that is available. I will pay a finder's fee to anyone that can point me to an eventual purchase!
