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Nevada & Colorado Mining District Prospectuses (6x) [173183]

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Nevada & Colorado Mining District Prospectuses (6x)    [173183]

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Nevada and Colorado Mining District Prospectuses:

1. Advanced proof for Bullfrog Mining and Milling Co., incorporated in Nevada, pamphlet with 4 pages, promoting the bullfrog Mining Company and its achievements. Printed after 1930.

2. Titled "The first year's record of Bullfrog Nevada and its marvelous mines", printed by The App Company in Denver for The Forward Mining Development Company in Colorado.
Creative vignette of a bullfrog printed in green 15x small, 1x large frogs throughout the pamphlet with a total of 4 pages.

3. The Bullfrog White Wasp Mining Company, 8 pages, printed by Clason Map Company.
It has very artistic and finely drawn front page with the title "Are You On The Road?". It depicts a frog sitting on a barrel of coins in the bottom right hand corner. The barrel is busting open from the weight of the coins and to the left you see the mountains and people travelling along a road, that has a marker with the words "Road To Wealth". People are carrying bags of money along the road, you can see miners with pickaxes, a cowboy and a horse drawn wagon. At the end of the road it shows a sign saying " $10 million a Year" and further along the road, 3 cars are driving off into the distance. It includes 5 photographs

4. Prospectus of the Forward Mining Development Company, printed in 1904/1905(?), 24 pages, Denver. Original printed wrappers and was to promote Goldfield Nevada Camp, includes a drawn map of mineral locations from San Francisco to Salt Lake City. Nicely illustrated with half-tone plates. Fine condition.

5. Prospectus of the Forward Mining Development Company, for the Goldfield and Bullfrog mining sites in Nevada, printed in 1905(?), 12 pages. Includes original subscription blank and installment application blank, complete with prospectus seal.

6. Prospectus of The Patrick Investment Company, printed in 1907 in Denver, 8 pages. 5x8". The company promoted the Forward MC, Red Fox Bullfrog MC, Goldfield Mascot MC, Bullfrog Water, Light and Power Co., Beach Hill Flagging Quarry Co., Yankee Girl Gold MC and Bullfrog National Bank Gold MC. James Patrick was president and his brother L.L. Patrick, a famous mine promoter, was on the board. Very fine Condition.

Herzog Collection.
Bullfrog Mining District Nevada