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Rochester Nevada Ghost Town Photos, NV - Rochester,Pershing County

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Photographic Images Start Price:1,500.00 USD Estimated At:3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD
Rochester Nevada Ghost Town Photos, NV - Rochester,Pershing County
IMPORTANT NOTE ON BUYERS PREMIUMS:

Lot 100 to 343 have a premium of 15%.

The rest of the sale is 19.5% as noted in the listing.

Lot Pick Up: Holabird-Kagin Americana,
3555 Airway Drive Ste #309,
Reno NV 89511,
Sunday - December 9, 10am-4pm
c1920 - Rochester is the collective name for three different sites: Rochester Heights, Upper Rochester, and Lower Rochester, spread out along a 3 mi (4.8 km) stretch of Rochester Canyon. When gold was discovered here in the 1860s by immigrants from Rochester, New York, there was only one camp, at the upper end of the canyon. Later this would become known as Rochester Heights (often, along with Upper Rochester, called “Old Town”). Exploration and mining was on a fairly small scale from the 1860s, with the ore processed on a small scale, or shipped by wagon to larger towns for milling.

Although there was always a presence of sorts in Rochester from 1861 on, it wasn’t until a discovery by Joseph Nenzel of rich silver ore in 1912 that Rochester became a true boomtown. By November 1912, as word of the find spread, people streamed into the area. The town expanded, and Upper Rochester came into being, as well as the beginnings of what became known as Lower Rochester. Rochester Heights was soon lumped in with Upper Rochester, and those towns became collectively known as Old Town, with Lower Rochester being the new town. Rochester Canyon is a fairly narrow canyon, with steep slopes on either side of the narrow canyon floor, and so the camps tended to spread down the canyon, rather than outwards. As more and more people came to the area, the two camps soon boasted saloons, hotels, and other businesses. Upper and Lower Rochester became thriving mining sites, with a population exceeding 1,500. Most of the commercial district was in Upper Rochester, with Lower Rochester having the mill and other mining support facilities. The town boasted of having The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. The area is now a ghost town.

This lot of 12 black and white photographs shows some of the miners and now deserted silver towns in Pershing County. Most measure 5" x 7", some are cropped smaller. Pictures are in fair to very good condition with some age fade. - N. E. Johnson Photograph Collection -61311