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Potosi Mountain: photographic print

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Date
1917
Description
From the Elizabeth Harrington Photograph Collection (PH-00291). Inscription with image reads: "Potosi Mountain. (1917) Potosi mine can be seen near the top of the mountain. The structure below is the calciner where the ore brought down from the mine was roasted to separate the metals from the rock before being hauled by big power trucks to Arden to be then loaded on to railroad cars to go all over the country. Potosi Mountain was the scene of the disastrous air crash that took the lives of screen actress Carol Lombard and her mother in 1942." - E(lizabeth) Harrington.
Digital ID
pho032843
Physical Identifier
0291_0012
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1jh3df79
Details
Subject
Mining camps
Mountains
Time Period
1910s (1910 - 1919)
Place
Potosi Mountain
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
black-and-white photographs
Citation

pho032843. Elizabeth Harrington Photograph Collection, approximately 1910-1959. PH-00291. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1jh3df79

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Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries
Format
image/tiff