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Wahmonie Ghost Town Photograph NV - Wahmonie,Nye County - c1928 - 2012aug - Mining Hard goods/Import

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Photographic Images Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 500.00 USD
Wahmonie Ghost Town Photograph NV - Wahmonie,Nye County - c1928 - 2012aug - Mining Hard goods/Import
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A photograph of cars and white tents in a valley. The front is marked, in white, “NE. JOHNSON/ PHOTO WAHMONIE/ NEV.” “Mining began on the east edge of the Jackass Flat before 1905, but the area remained quiet until the discovery of high-grade silver ore in February 1928. Over 200 miners and builders hastened to the district within three weeks’ time” [Ref: Nevada Ghost Towns and Mining Camps, Paher, p. 322]. Wahmonie is now a ghost town. - Jacobitz Collection -60126