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Photograph of a miner sitting on porch of bunkhouse, 1900-1925

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Verdi Divide Mine, Gold Mountain

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

Date

1908-10-11

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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