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Tonopah,NV - Nye County - c1908 - Western Tonopah Photograph :
Currency:USD
Category:Collectibles / Photographic Images
Start Price:125.00 USD
Estimated At:250.00 - 500.00 USD
SOLD
125.00USD+ (21.88) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2010 Oct 30 @ 19:16UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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A nice view of Tonopah looking west, with parts of the city and several mines and mills visible. The image measures 13 x 5 1/2" with a small white border, mounted on heavy dark cardstock measuring 14 1/2 x 7". The contrast is medium to high while the focus is good to sharp.The image has a 2" and a 1/2" scrape where the image has been removed on the left side of the image. Areas of foxing and spots are noted on the upper left area while some discoloration is present in the center and on the right side. Three of the matte edges show wearmarks, while the upper left corner has been removed. Two 1/2" areas of the white border along the left edge are also missing. The photographer is listed as "E.W. Smith, Tonopah Studio, Tonopah, Nev." The image, with Mt. Brougher (named after Wilson Brougher, an early manager of the Tonopah Mining Co.) dominating the center of the image, is a classic mining town image. Tonopah was an Indian campground prior to Jim Butler's discovery of silver in May, 1900. Tasker Oddie, later Governor of Nevada, was offered a quarter interest of an assay. Butler and his wife filed eight claims near Tonopah Springs in August, 1900. Of these, six became some of the biggest producers in the state (Desert Queen, Valley View, Silver Top, Buckboard, and Mizpah). By the summer of 1901, the mines produced almost $750,000 in gold and silver. By this time the town had six saloons restaurants, assay offices, lodging houses, doctors, lawyers, and a growing population of approximately 650. In 1902 Jim Butler sold out the claims, they were consolidated, and the Tonopah Mining Company was created. It controlled 160 acres of ground around the district. The Tonopah-Belmont Mining Company was also formed in 1902, with 11 claims covering over 160 acres, located on the east side of the property owned by the Tonopah Mining Company. It was these two companies that became the mainstays who pushed Tonopah to prominence. On one of the city's worst days, a small fire started in the Belmont mine in February, 1911. As a result of the toxic fumes rather than the fire, 17 men perished in the mine. One of the only major accidents in Tonopah mines, the Belmont was soon reopened, producing $38 million in silver and gold before another fire closed the mine for good in 1939. (Ref: tonopahnevada.com) Also included is an early color map of the State of Nevada, likely a page removed from an atlas. Probably produced prior to 1908, as Clark (1908), Mineral (1911), and Pershing (1919) Counties have yet to be created.
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