Silver Reef, Utah-Mining p.4

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Title Silver Reef, Utah-Mining p.4
Collection Classified Photograph Collection
File Name 39222001442149
Photo Number 16168
Publisher Utah State History
Date 1880; 1881; 1882; 1883; 1884; 1885; 1886; 1887; 1888; 1889; 1890
Subject Mining towns; Mining equipment; Mills
Spatial Coverage Silver Reef; Washington County; Utah
Description Barbee and Walker Silver Mining Company showing, from left to right, the blacksmith shop, mine hoisting works, five stamp mill, and assay office. Silver Reef was settled in 1866. Silver was soon discovered in a sandstone ledge. By the 1880s the reef was mined out and the town abandoned.
Rights Management Digital Image © 2012 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Holding Institution Utah State History
Relation Classified Photograph Collection, 979.2 Utah Cities
Source Format Print Photograph
Source Size 8 x 10
Source Donors Charbonneau, Eugene G.
Type Image
Format image/jpeg
Scanned By Karl Nicholson and Earl Hindley, USHS
ARK ark:/87278/s6fx7mj4
Setname dha_cp
ID 453752
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fx7mj4