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Bullfrog Check Collection, 4 [173362]

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Mining Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 250.00 USD
Bullfrog Check Collection, 4    [173362]
SOLD
90.00USDto c*****r+ buyer's premium (22.50)
This item SOLD at 2023 Dec 08 @ 12:56UTC-8 : PST/AKDT

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2 pictorial Bullfrog checks 1909 and 1910. 2x non pictorial Bullfrog Bank & Trust 1907. "The Bullfrog mining district was a boom for Nevada and helped turn around a three-decade-long depression in the state. In 1900, Nevada was entering its third decade of depression. In 1900, however, the cycle was reversed. Silver was discovered at Tonopah that year, and massive high-grade gold deposits were located at Goldfield two years later. The great boom days returned to Nevada, and prospectors, spurred by dreams of untold riches, once again blanketed the mountains and deserts. No more discoveries were made which rivaled the riches of Tonopah and Goldfield. Numerous smaller camps were established, which bloomed briefly on the desert, dreaming of becoming another Virginia City. Rhyolite, the metropolis of the Bullfrog District, was one of these camps. Gold was first discovered in the Bullfrog District on August 9, 1904. The initial finds were high-grade surface ore assayed at $700 per ton — just the kind of stuff to start a boom." from legendsofamerica.com Rhyolite Nevada Franklin Collection