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Photograph of the Black Mammoth Consolidated Mining Company's commissary, Mary Mine (Nev.), circa 1937

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Date

1935 to 1937

Description

There was an inscription on image. "#32. Black Mammoth Consolidated Mining Company commissary, Mary Mine, Nevada, ca. 1937. The Mary Mine is located five miles north of Silver Peak, Nev. and was developed by the Pittsburgh Silver Peak Gold Mining company between 1906 and 1916. The commissary was built in 1907. The mine was taken over by the Black Mammoth company in 1936 and operated until 1941. During this time the commissary, which housed a store, bar, entertainment center and boarding house, served over 150 men who worked at the mine. The Mary, a gold mine, produced over $7,800,000 between 1907 and 1941."

Digital ID

pho020547

Physical Identifier

0082_0032
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    pho020547. Central Nevada Historical Society Photograph Collection. PH-00082. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d13r0pz44.

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    Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

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    2815 x 2015 pixels
    4.69 x 3.36 inches
    17,022,976 bytes

    Language

    English

    Publisher

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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    image/tiff