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San Francisco,CA - 1939 - Memorandum of Deposit Report at US San Francisco Mint from Talapoosa Taili

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San Francisco,CA - 1939 - Memorandum of Deposit Report at US San Francisco Mint from Talapoosa Taili
Lot of six memorandums of deposit for gold and silver bullions at. Talapoosa was small mining community that was worked at early as 1864 according to some sources. Consensus is that most of the mining took place in Talapoosa between 1911 and 1943. Talapoosa is located around 3 miles north of Silver Springs, NV. Originally it was prospected by Virginia City, NV miners. The mines mainly extracted gold, silver and copper. According to Bertrand Franklin Couch and Jay A. Carpenter, Talapoosa had some of the lowest years of production in 1914 and 1940 when extracted an estimated $12,400. Shortly following the Great Depression, around the time these memorandums were submitted, Talapoosa was able to extract around $304,151. These particular submissions of bullions were from the reworking of tailings. All date between July and November of 1939. Each is stamped by Superintendent PJ Haggerty. The bullions were assayed at being worth between $100 and $375. All were originally folded either in half. All are in good or very good condition.