February 01, 2015
Boynton Collection 1
Presented are specimens from the A.G. Boynton collection, representing both classic localities and localities rarely or never seen. Mr. Boynton assembled a nice collection of rare specimens from the localities of the 1910s to the 1940s.

A.G. Boynton was born Asa Gray Boynton in North Carolina in about 1888. He attended the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, where he received a B.E. in Civil Engineering in 1908. He was a mining engineer sometime in the 1910s to 1920s. Sometime in the 1930s, he began working for the Bureau of Reclamation on the Boulder Dam project, where he became City Manager of Boulder City, Nevada through at least the mid-1940s. He also apparently had a son who lived in Tucson, Arizona. His work as a mining engineer, as well as his son's proximity to Arizona mines, may explain his access to specimens and the breadth of his collection.

After his death (unknown year), his collection was donated by his family to the Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas, where it was stored until I acquired it in 1993. Many of these pieces were in my personal collection for over 20 years. This is a great opportunity to acquire some really nice and really rare specimens.