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Panoramic photograph of Blair (Nev.), circa 1907

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Date

1906 to 1908

Description

There was an inscription on the image. "Blair was located three miles north of Silver Peak and was founded in 1906 by the Pittsburgh Silver Peak Gold Mining Company whose 120 stamp mill (under construction in the foreground) overlooked the town. Ore from the Mary Tunnel reached the mill via a 14,000 foot aerial tramway. The town's population was 700 and Blair was served by the mining company's Silver Peak Railroad. Blair prospered until 1917 when the mine and mill were closed. The mill processed over $6,000,000 worth of gold ore.

Digital ID

pho020556

Physical Identifier

0082_0041
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    Citation

    pho020556. 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/d1z02zd65.

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

    Extent

    2973 x 2230 pixels
    4.96 x 3.72 inches
    19,890,176 bytes

    Language

    English

    Publisher

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

    Format

    image/tiff