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_____Six mining company promotionals from the early 1900s. _____ NUMBER 1._____ .anon; Forward Mining Development Co. / Red Fox Bullfrog Mining Co. / Goldfield Mascot Mining Co._____/ Bullfrog Water, Light & Power Co / Beach Hill Flagging Quarry Co. / Yankee Girl Gold Mining Co. / Bullfrog National Bank Gold Mining Co. / The Patrick Investment Co. / Fiscal Agent for the Above Companies / and Other Patrick Stocks; Denver Engraving Co; Denver; (8) pp.; Wraps; F-; nc/nd (ca.1907); Brief boosterism for the company's holdings in Nevada. _____ NUMBER 2._____ .anon; Prospectus / Jessie Fold Mining Company; no publisher; (San Francisco?); 13 pp.; Wraps; VG; nc/nd (ca.1907) The company holdings are located in Tuolumne County, California. _____ The rear cover is lightly soiled. _____ NUMBER 3._____ .anon; Good News / The Patrick Investment Co. / Fiscal Agents / Empire Bldg., Denver, Colo.; Denver Engraving Co; Denver; (4) pp.; Wraps; Fine; nc/nd (1907); Single sheet of red cardstock, 9.25 x 8", folded to form two leaves._____ There is no indication of the actual location of the Silver Pick Mine, but provenance suggests Nevada._____ The bulk of the document is a report from the mine superintendent, Charles M. Taylor._____ In that report Taylor goes into great detail of the progress, techniques and prospects for the company holdings._____ He also mentions that no work has been done recently "Because of local labor troubles." Referring to ongoing wars between mine owners and the combined Western Federation of Miners and the IWW._____ Laid in is a "Lease Map of the Silver Pick and Lou Dillon Properties", 12.5 x 9.5", folded to sixths. _____ NUMBER 4._____ Harris, Ray D.; Goldfield Deep Mines Company Of Nevada / Goldfield, Nevada; no publisher; no place; pp.; Wraps; VG+; nc/nd; Single sheet, 14 x 25", folded to form three leaves, then folded to fourths, probably for mailing._____ Suspiciously , textual evidence dates this to around 1920, long after the Goldfield boom had gone bust. _____ NUMBER 5._____ .anon; Prospectus / Of / The Red Fox Bullfrog / Mining Company; The App Co; Denver; pp.; Wraps; VG; nc/nd (ca.1905) Single sheet, 15.5 x 18", folded to eighths._____ The most recent textual date is 1905._____ The president of the company is Lucien Patrick of Goldfield, Nevada, who uses his past successes in the area to tempt investors into his new company._____ Included is a map, 11.25 x 8.5", of the various mines in the Bull Frog district._____ Several of the folds have started, and have been._____archival reinforcements to prevent further damage. _____ NUMBER 6._____ .anon; Prospectus Of / The Forward / Mining / Development / Co. /./ Goldfield / And / Bullfrog / Nevada; The App Co; Denver; 12 pp.; Wraps; F-; nc/nd (ca.1905) The most recent textual date is 1905._____ The president of the company is Lucien Patrick of Goldfield, Nevada, who uses his past successes in the area to tempt investors in his new company._____ The rear cover is a small, 3x8, panoramic photo of the Combination Mine at Goldfield, apparently Mr. Patrick's most famous prior endeavor._____ The rear cover is darkened._____.
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