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1912 Model-T Ford that once belonged to Julius Gainer, who owned and operated the South Twin Mine in Nevada: photographic print

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Date

1920 to 1929

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.I. Wilson Family (Toiyabe Mountains, Nevada).Gainer constructed a mill and ran 3,000 feet of mine tunnel on the property. He employed four men. Gainer modified the Model-T pickup shown here to haul ore down the South Twin Canyon. Al Bradshaw, a Tonopah resident, remembered riding up and down the canyon as a 10-year old child with Julius Gainer on the Model-T.

Digital ID

pho005902

Physical Identifier

0221_1116
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Citation

pho005902. Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection, 1880-1990. PH-00221. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1r20w19x

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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