[Silver mining: Nevada Mill, run by electricity] – Historic Print
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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[Silver mining: Nevada Mill, run by electricity] comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Silver mining: Nevada Mill, run by electricity]
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Electricity is the unusual detail in this view of a silver mill in Virginia City, Nevada, where machinery was more often driven by steam. The town sat atop the Comstock Lode, discovered in 1859, whose silver and gold drew a flood of miners, investors, and mill builders to the district. This albertype comes from a souvenir series photographed by Jas. H. Crockwell, and the albertype process, a photomechanical method that reproduced continuous tones, let such views reach print in bulk. The record's details are unverified, so treat the specific mill and date as approximate.
| Created / published | c1890. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : albertype. |
| Subjects | Albertype photo-reproductions in Souvenir of the Comstock, photographed and copyrighted by Jas. H. Crockwell, Virgnia City, Nevada. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photographers--Hist.; PI--Comstock Lode; Nev.--History--1880's; Electricity; Mines...--Lead..., silver; Nev.--Virginia City; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,203 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-126700 |
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