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Photograph of Goldfield Mining District and Columbia Mountain, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s

Archival Collection

Tonopah-Goldfield Mining Photograph Collection

Description

Caption: 1 Florence, 2 Jumbo, 3 Columbia, 4 Tunnel of Band Goldfield Mining Co. 5 Goldfield Oro Mining Co.

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Mackenzie & Co. p 2

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Photograph of people outside Gold Reef's first business (Nev.), 1908

Date

1908-10-11

Archival Collection

Central Nevada Historical Society Photograph Collection

Description

Gold Reef, Nevada, camp's first business, October 11, 1908. There is an inscription on the back of the image: "The camp's first business, a combination saloon, restaurant, barber shop and general store, October 11, 1908. Gold Reef was located 8 miles south of Tonopah in the Gold Mountain mining district. The camp was founded after rich gold outcrops were discovered nearby, but the deposits were small and the camp had vanished by 1910. The area came to life again during the Divide boom of 1919, but was abandoned again by 1925. E.W. Smith photo." There is a date stamp: 1984.

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