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Photograph of Pacific Borax Company in Columbus (Nev.), 1880

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Date
1880
Description
Columbus, Esmeralda County, Nevada, about 1880. There is an inscription on the back of the image: "The Pacific Borax Company was one of four companies mining borax from nearby Columbus Salt Marsh at the time. The borax was discovered in 1872 by Francis M. "Borax" Smith. Columbus, which was settled in 1865, also supported four stamp mills which process the silver ore from the Columbus Mining District (Candelaria). The town's boom years were between 1873-1878 when the population was over 600. Nevada Historical Society Coll." There is a date stamp: Christmas 1984.
Digital ID
pho020537
Physical Identifier
0082_0021
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1d795g0r
Details
Subject
Carriages and carts
Horses
People
Stores, Retail
Place
Columbus
Resource Type
Still Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Pacific Borax Company general store, Columbus, Esmeralda County, Nevada, 1880
Citation

pho020537. 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/d1d795g0r.

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Copyright Not Evaluated
Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Extent
2901 x 2244 pixels
4.84 x 3.74 inches
19,546,112 bytes
Language

English

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