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Photograph of the Black Mammoth Consolidated Mining Company's commissary, Mary Mine (Nev.), circa 1937

Information

Date
1935 to 1937
Description
There was an inscription on image. "#32. Black Mammoth Consolidated Mining Company commissary, Mary Mine, Nevada, ca. 1937. The Mary Mine is located five miles north of Silver Peak, Nev. and was developed by the Pittsburgh Silver Peak Gold Mining company between 1906 and 1916. The commissary was built in 1907. The mine was taken over by the Black Mammoth company in 1936 and operated until 1941. During this time the commissary, which housed a store, bar, entertainment center and boarding house, served over 150 men who worked at the mine. The Mary, a gold mine, produced over $7,800,000 between 1907 and 1941."
Digital ID
pho020547
Physical Identifier
0082_0032
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d13r0pz44
Details
Subject
Stores, Retail
Men
Chairs
Stores, Retail
Place
Nevada
Resource Type
Still Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Interior of the Black Mammoth Consolidated Mining Company's commissary at the Mary Mine, near Silver Peak, Nevada and Blair, Nevada, 1937
Citation

pho020547. Central Nevada Historical Society Photograph Collection. PH-00082. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d13r0pz44.

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Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Extent
2815 x 2015 pixels
4.69 x 3.36 inches
17,022,976 bytes
Language

English

Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries
Format
image/tiff