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Lake Valley,NM - Sierra County - c1880s - Bridal Chamber Photographs and Check :

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Photographic Images Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:50.00 - 100.00 USD
Lake Valley,NM - Sierra County - c1880s - Bridal Chamber Photographs and Check :
Lot of 2 photographs, a Sierra Grande, Sierra Bella, Sierra Apache Mining Companies check, and 2 copies of informative articles on the Lake Valley mining district. The two photographs are both approximately 5 x 7.” The first is a picture of the Bridal Chamber tunnel. “The Bridal Chamber produced 2,500,000 ounces of silver, much of which was horn silver; so pure that it was sawed and cut into blocks instead of being blasted” (quoted from one of the enclosed articles and taken from the New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, 1974, pg. 79). The second photo shows the mine site and buildings. The check is drawn on the First National Bank of Las Vegas, N.M., datelined Lake Valley 1884, in the amount of $6.