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San Francisco, CA - May 3, 1862 - Kellogg, Hewston & Co. Assay Receipt.

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San Francisco, CA - May 3, 1862 - Kellogg, Hewston & Co. Assay Receipt.
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After Kellogg & Humbert dissolved their partnership on April 2, 1860, Kellogg organized a new partnership with Dr. John Hewston, Jr. and J.H. Stearns, conducting an assaying business until they sold out in 1866 to the San Francisco Assaying and Refining Works.
Kellogg, Hewston & Co., for Refining, 416 Montgomery St. No. 1541 Memorandum of Gold Bullion deposited by Faulkner & Co. Weight before melting 130.30 oz., and after melting 93.70 oz., Fineness .972, Net value $1,850.60 after costs. Below the recorded assay details is a hand written note concerning a $5 surcharge for processing the ingot; which could indicate Faulkner & Co. may have wanted to be paid immediately. At left is another note “More & McDaniel” who may be the parties who submitted the gold to Faulkner & Co. Faulkner & Co. were bankers in the Oroville area. They were eventually succeeded by the well known firm of Rideout, Smith & Co. in 1866. Kellogg, Hewston & Co were the successors to Kellogg, Humbert & Co. They occupied the same building. They were in turn succeeded in the San Francisco Assaying and Refining Co. At the same location, with the same staff, all three companies used the same form bullion receipt which as a picture of the building at the left. Spots, folds, and light soiling