Miscellaneous Mining Items/Gold-Silver Mold

Miscellaneous Mining Items

Gold-Silver Mold - Braun.JPG - F. W. BRAUN 260 OZ GOLD MOLD - Iron gold and silver bar mold, marked F. W. BRAUN. along top edge with 140 OZ S. 260 OZ G., outside measurements 10 5/8 in. long by 4 1/2 in. across top and 3 in. deep, inside 5 3/4 in. by 3 3/8 in. by 2 1/4 in. deep, weighs 13 lbs., traces of silver on inside, carbide cap lamp shown for scale (Frederick W. Braun was running a successful business serving the mining, assay and laboratory communities around the turn of the 20th century. Braun merged his company with the San Francisco based John Taylor Company in 1902. After surviving the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, when nearly the entire company's inventory was destroyed, Braun moved into new business ventures. In 1908 Braun severed his ties with the F. W. Braun Corporation and joined with Gustav Knecht and Richard Heimann, two long-time Braun employees, to form Braun-Knecht-Heimann (B-K-H). Heimann outlived both Braun and Knecht and ran the company through World War II. In 1950 Heimann retired and sold B-K-H to George Van Waters and Nat Rogers. Van Waters and Rogers (VWR) had been in business since 1924 in downtown Seattle and had been a major distributor of B-K-H since 1930. In 1953, VWR purchased the F. W. Braun Company, then known as the Braun Chemical Company. Today, VWR International still continues in business with headquarters in West Chester, PA.)

Gold-Silver Mold - Braun | F. W. BRAUN 260 OZ GOLD MOLD - Iron gold and silver bar mold, marked F. W. BRAUN. along top edge with 140 OZ S. 260 OZ G., outside measurements 10 5/8 in. long by 4 1/2 in. across top and 3 in. deep, inside 5 3/4 in. by 3 3/8 in. by 2 1/4 in. deep, weighs 13 lbs., traces of silver on inside, carbide cap lamp shown for scale (Frederick W. Braun was running a successful business serving the mining, assay and laboratory communities around the turn of the 20th century. Braun merged his company with the San Francisco based John Taylor Company in 1902. After surviving the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, when nearly the entire company's inventory was destroyed, Braun moved into new business ventures. In 1908 Braun severed his ties with the F. W. Braun Corporation and joined with Gustav Knecht and Richard Heimann, two long-time Braun employees, to form Braun-Knecht-Heimann (B-K-H). Heimann outlived both Braun and Knecht and ran the company through World War II. In 1950 Heimann retired and sold B-K-H to George Van Waters and Nat Rogers. Van Waters and Rogers (VWR) had been in business since 1924 in downtown Seattle and had been a major distributor of B-K-H since 1930. In 1953, VWR purchased the F. W. Braun Company, then known as the Braun Chemical Company. Today, VWR International still continues in business with headquarters in West Chester, PA.)

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