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Photograph of Grutt Hill-Truitt mining company's workers standing next to Rawhide's gold mine (Nev.), mid-1908

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Date

1908

Description

Rawhide, Nevada, mid-1908. There is an inscription on the back of the image: "Rawhide was founded in late 1907 after high grade gold ore was found in the area. By mid-1908 the town had a population of over 7000. Due to shallow ore bodies only a few hundred people remained in the area by the end of 1909. Rawhide's mines produced over $ 1,500,000. January 1980."

Digital ID

pho020526

Physical Identifier

0082_0010
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Citation

pho020526. 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/d1td9nd03.

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Digital Provenance

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

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2873 x 2273 pixels
4.79 x 3.79 inches
19,595,264 bytes

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

image/tiff