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In 1901, a miner named John Coleman of Searchlight, Nevada, traded his claim for a bottle of Cyrus Noble Bourbon. Turned out that the stake he gave up was worth over $250,000.00 in gold and silver, and became known as the Cyrus Noble Mine.
The Cyrus Noble brand of bourbon whiskey was well known to miners in California, Nevada, and Alaska. Fourteen miniature 1/8 pint porcelain decanters were created during the seventies to represent the characters found in a typical, early mining town.
The mustached gentleman stands 6 1/4 inches tall and is 1 1/2 inches wide. He is busy at his assayer’s desk with the all important balancing scales to figure out what a mining claim could be worth.
Cyrus Noble Mine is embossed on the bottom front and there is a silver foil label present stating that the contents once held 1/8 pint of Grenadine. The contents have been emptied and the head glued on to prevent leakage and accidental breakage. Excellent condition and display ready.
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