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John S Cook checks with the 'Red Top' and 'Elephant' Logos (60213)

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John S Cook checks with the 'Red Top' and 'Elephant' Logos  (60213)
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These are two of the most sought after Nevada Checks. They are certainly the two most recognizable with the 'Red Top' vignette for the Red Top Mine and the 'Elephant' vignette for the Jumbo Mine. Both mines were very successful and profitable. Taylor located them originally, but by now were under George Wingfield ownership. Both are signed by CD Taylor. Charles D Taylor was an important mining man in Goldfield. AD Myers located the first claim on the Grandpa Ledge or Goldfield. Taylor was second. He located the Jumbo, Florence, Red King and Firelight claims on October 19, 1903. (He would locate other claims later.) But it was the Jumbo and Florence that would make Taylor a millionaire. It started in the Fall of 1903 when a rich pocket of gold was discovered while doing location work on the Jumbo. According to Church & Carpenter the Jumbo yielded $1,371, 165 between 1904 and 1909 and the Florence over $6,000,000. The Florence was located in MIlltown and the Jumbo in Jumbotown. These were two early suburbs of Goldfield. He was later associated with the Red Top Mine which was another $1,000,000 producer.

Date: 1906
City/County: Goldfield
State: Nevada