Bullfrog Mine, Rhyolite, Nye County, NV
Summary
Significance: Associated with the strikes that set off one of the last major gold mining booms in the Southwest. These strikes had a major impact upon the regional settlement patterns and economic activities of southern Nevada and southeast California in the early 20th century.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1
Survey number: HAER NV-2
Building/structure dates: 1904-1907 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1950-1959 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Harris, Shorty
Cross, Ed
Ransome, Frederick L
Ress, William
Newell, Samuel
Pomeroy, Roy
New Original Bullfrog Mines Company
McGarry, Len P
Fagan, J J
Andrews, E L
Johnson, G S
English, Fred S, photographer
Ginney, James, photographer
Greene, Linda W, historian
Latschar, John A, historian
Location
nevada, 36.90321, -116.82812
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html