Author: [Nevada Stereoview]. Houseworth, Thomas [1828 - 1915]
Title: NEVADA. 1736. Near View of the Eureka Dam
Description: San Francisco: Thomas Houseworth & Co. No. 9 Montgomery St. opposite Lick House, (n. d.). Ca 1868 - 1869. Cf Palmquist, p. 95. Orange colored mount [rounded corners], with publisher imprint to right end; series name to left; scene caption under right view. Violet verso, blank. Series title a cancel. Separate images, domed. 3-7/16" x 6-7/8". Images clear & sharp, albeit with a couple faint rub spots. Minor extremity wear & soiling to mount. Stain to upper left of verso. Very Good. "The Eureka Mill, among the largest on the Carson River, was erected in 1861 and equipped with 20 stamps and four arrastras, giving it a capacity of 30 tons per day. By 1865 it was processing ore from the Yellow Jacket Mine. In 1871, the Union Mill & Mining Company took over and began rebuilding the mill. The short Eureka Mill Railroad was also constructed to connect to the Virginia & Truckee Railroad by March 1872. Completed at a cost of $200,000, the New Eureka Mill had sixty stamps and a capacity of nearly 200 tons per day, and in 1875 was called the largest and finest mill in the state by the Territorial Enterprise. Unfortunately, the mill was ultimately lost to fire in 1892." [Nevada Expeditions website].

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