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Mason Mining District Blueprint

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:20.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
Mason Mining District Blueprint
Description if image includes "Portion of/MASON MINING DISTRICT/Lyon County/Nevada/Compiled from Personal & Official Survey/By T.M. Hammond/U.S. Deputy Mineral Surveyor/Yerington, Nevada." White print on blue paper, measures 18" x 13 1/2," in modern gold colored frame measuring 20" x 16." Highlights include nearby Yerington, Mason City, Bluestone Mine Company, Mason Valley Bluestone Extension Mines, Nevada Copper Belt R.R., and the Southern Pacific Tonopah & Goldfield R.R. Founded in 1906, by 1910 Mason held the general offices, machine shop, freight yards, round house, and passenger depot for the Nevada Copper Belt R.R. One of the most successful mines was the Bluestone, which had a 3 mile long tramway connecting it to Mason, where ore was then transferred to the N.C.B. cars for shipment. Foldlines and several small tears along the left edge, otherwise very fine.
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