We just listed a set of the Ore House chips on 2Chippers.com yesterday, and I quickly received an email with a little history lesson on these chips. I updated the listing to include this information. You can read about them here...

http://www.2chippers.com/prod_features.asp?divid=1&catid=1&ProdID=1209

The story I was related was different and more controversial than Rich's story, but seeing as how it came from Gene Trimble, I believe there's truth in the version in our listing.

Either way, my TCR 8th edition lists them as "Chipco Samples" with a value of F+ ($20-$24 each!)

Hope this helps,
Will