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Title: Sketches of the Washoe Mining Region
Creator: Vischer, Edward
Date Created and/or Issued: 1861-1865
Publication Information: Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold/Mudd Library Special Collections at https://library.claremont.edu/scl//default.html
Description: Book contains drawings photographed by Edward Vischer documenting the Washoe mining region. Images include depictions of landscapes, buildings and rural life. The book also includes exterior and interior views of the Could & Curry Silver Mining Company (tunnels, engine room, battery room, amalgamation, distribution, etc.). The book ends with photos of the region, presumably from atop Mount Davidson.
Type: Image
Identifier: vdp00140
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/vdp/id/704
Language: English
Subject: California--Pictorial works
Davidson, Mount (Nev.)
Mines and mineral resources
Silver mines and mining
Place: California
Relation: Edward Vischer drawings, photographs and other material - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/vdp

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