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Photograph of New Ruth, 1960-1961

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Date

1960 to 1961

Description

White Pine County's newest town, New Ruth, where most of the houses shown in this picture were moved by Kennecott Copper Corporation, a distance of over two miles to a new location to escape caving action which would have resulted from the Deep Ruth Mine operations. The homes are employee-owned.

Digital ID

pho020117

Physical Identifier

0045_0039
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    Citation

    pho020117. Florence Lee Jones Cahlan Photographs. PH-00045. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d18k7517r.

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

    Extent

    4102 x 3073 pixels
    6.84 x 5.12 inches
    37,816,578 bytes

    Language

    English

    Publisher

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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    image/tiff