German Club/Assay Office

As its name suggests, the German Club/Assay Office has witnessed a remarkable series of events during its history. In 1868, Thomas Prosch, noted newspaper publisher, civic leader and secretary of the Chamber of Commerce in Seattle, built the two-story, Italianate ...

Assay Office and Justice Court

The assay office located here was one of the busiest places in the Gold Hill Mining District during the 1860s discovery era:

With statehood in 1864, came the justice court compleat with a jail. These structures were housed behind the assay ...

Assay Office

Kern County experienced a mining boom just like other parts of California. Prospectors arriving from near and far found gold, silver and other valuable ore in Kern County’s mountains beginning in the 1850s.

An assayer tests the purity of gold and ...

Site of the Original Ott Assay Office

J.J. Ott’s Assay in 1859 helped develop the great Comstock Lode and the State of Nevada.

Marker can be reached from Main Street near Commercial Street.

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