Information
Date
1927-03
Description
Weepah, Nevada, March 1927. There is an inscription on the back of the image: "Shortly after the beginning of Nevada's last "Gold Rush." Rich gold ore was found in the area by Frank Horton Jr. and Leonard Traynor. Within a month over 16000 people had arrived at the new boom camp. The boom was soon over but the district eventually produced over $1,600,000." There is a date stamp: 1980.
Digital ID
pho020525
Physical Identifier
0082_0008