Hoist house, Eureka NV, #4

Hoist house, Eureka NV, #4

Archive Lee Saloutos: Nevada Mines
ARCHIVE # CAE2004
FILE UNIT # 02
ITEM # 016
ITEM TITLE Hoist house, Eureka NV, #4
CREATOR Saloutos, Lee
CREATOR ROLE Photographer
DATES 2008
CATEGORY PHOTOGRAPH
OBJECT TYPE photographs
DIMENSIONS image: 16 x 20¼ in., paper: 17 x 22 in.
SUMMARY NOTE Digital pigment print of a hoist house at the Ruby Hill mine in Eureka, Nevada. Ruby Hill was first discovered in 1869 and by the early 1870s, a small mining camp developed. In February 1945. construction and equipping of permanent buildings was started. The mine was placed on an inactive status near the end of February 1966.