Information
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