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Title: 1868 Oreana, Nevada
Contributor: Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998 (collector)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1863
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Contributing Institution: San José Public Library, California Room
Collection: Historic Photograph Collection
Rights Information: Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use. For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact the California Room: http://www.sjlibrary.org/research/special/ca/contacts_index.htm
Description: Men with ox-drawn carts wait outside an industrial building. View of Oreana, Nevada, which came into being in 1865 as a smelting center, where ore was treated from the nearby Montezuma Mine. At its peak, Oreana was the largest producer of bullion in the state with $45,000 per month. However, it had outlived its usefulness by 1870 and saw little activity after. Today, mill and smelter ruins, foundations and slag piles are left.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg2000
Scanned with Epson Perfection V350 Photo Scanner as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 16-bit Grayscale. Compressed into 8-bit, JPEG format and Auto Level image adjustment applied using Photoshop CS2.
Extent: 8 x 10 in.
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/arbuckle/id/637
Language: English
Subject: Buildings
Carts & Wagons
Men
Mining
Oxen
Smelters
Place: Oreana
Nevada
Source: Clyde Arbuckle Photograph Collection

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