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Photograph of Silver Peak (Nev.), 1940s

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Date

1940

Description

Silver Peak, Nevada in the 1940s. There is an inscription on the back of the image. "Silver Peak was founded in the early 1860s and the area has produced over $17,500,000 in gold and silver. Today its major product is lithium, mined by the Foote Mineral company from the marsh east of town." There is a stamp October 1978.

Digital ID

pho020521

Physical Identifier

0082_0004
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    Citation

    pho020521. 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/d1g44hv7w.

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    Digital Provenance

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

    Extent

    2901 x 2201 pixels
    4.84 x 3.67 inches
    19,169,280 bytes

    Language

    English

    Publisher

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

    Format

    image/tiff