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Delamar,ID - Owyhee County - c1895 - DeLamar Photograph :

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Photographic Images Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 600.00 USD
Delamar,ID - Owyhee County - c1895 - DeLamar Photograph :
Photograph of a mining community nestled along the banks of a river. The image measures 8 1/2" x 6 1/2", mounted on dark olive cardstock measuring 12" x 10". Contrast is medium, with yellowing throughout image, while the focus is good. A few small spots are visible on the image, otherwise very fine. The matte is also in good condition, with some wear noted on both the left upper and lower corners. "R.G.M. Co." written in pen with arrow pointing toward hill in background. "Hedum, Silver City, Idaho," imprinted on lower right corner. Charles C. Hedum was born in Norway in 1875 and arrived in the U.S. In 1888. Partner in Hedum & Bishop, c1895-98 in Delamar and Silver City [Ref: Mautz, 1997, 205]. Just to the left of the center of the photograph appears to be the mill building for the DeLamar Mine on Jordan Creek. The barren hills demonstrated how much timber from the area was harvested both for fuel in the mill and for support underground [Ref: idahohistory.cdmhost.com]. De Lamar (also DeLamar) is a ghost town in Owyhee County, Idaho, United States. Its elevation is 5,463 feet (1,665 m), and it is approximately six miles west of Silver City. Formed around the De Lamar Mine, established in 1888. Named for mining magnate and former sea captain Joseph Raphael De Lamar, the mine and community quickly boomed and busted, declining after 1890. Despite the community's decline, it continued to exist as a populated community for several decades; it was the location of a summer-only post office from 1917 to 1930 [Ref: ghosttowns.com].