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Photograph of Manhattan Dredge in Manhattan (Nev.), 1939

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Date
1939
Description
Manhattan Dredge, Manhattan, Nevada, 1939. There is an inscription on the back of the image: "Known locally as the "Big Boat," the 3,000 ton dredge operation. The dredge began mining in 1938 and shut down in 1946. The operation recovered over $4,500,000 in gold. Water for the dredge's pond was piped to the site from Peavine creek across Smoky Valley." There is a date stamp: 1986.
Digital ID
pho020540
Physical Identifier
0082_0025
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d10z7119c
Details
Subject
Mining machinery
Mountains
Mining camps
Place
Manhattan
Resource Type
Still Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Manhattan dredge, Manhattan, Nevada, 1939
Citation

pho020540. 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/d10z7119c.

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Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Extent
2887 x 2216 pixels
4.81 x 3.69 inches
19,202,048 bytes
Language

English

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