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Photograph of Tonopah (Nev.), 1901

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Date

1901-05

Description

Tonopah, Nevada, May 1901. There is an inscription on the back of the image: "Tonopah's rich silver ledges were discovered in May of 1900 by Jim Butler." By 1910 Tonopah had become the largest city in Nevada. Its mines produced over $ 150,000,000 in silver and gold. Tonopah is a Shoshone Indian word meaning "Water Brush." There is a date stamp: Christmas 1979.

Digital ID

pho020523

Physical Identifier

0082_0006
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    Citation

    pho020523. 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/d16q1sn2b.

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

    Extent

    2901 x 2230 pixels
    4.84 x 3.72 inches
    19,415,040 bytes

    Language

    English

    Publisher

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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    image/tiff