Mining on the Comstock – Historic Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: Mining on the Comstock, preserved in this historic image. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Mining on the Comstock
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The Comstock Lode, in what is now western Nevada, was among the richest silver and gold deposits ever found in the United States, and mining there transformed a sparsely settled region almost overnight after its discovery in 1859. Work at the site meant deep shafts, timbered tunnels, and constant danger from cave-ins, flooding, and heat, while the ore fed mills and a rapidly growing population in nearby towns such as Virginia City. Images like this one help show how a remote hillside became the center of a booming industrial economy, and they remain valuable records of the labor that powered it.
| Original scan | 10,165 × 7,406 px · prints to 34 × 25 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 01999u |
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