| Title |
Silver Reef, Utah p.6 |
| Collection |
Classified Photograph Collection |
| File Name |
39222001442438 |
| Photo Number |
15853 |
| Creator |
Crockwell and Ottinger |
| Publisher |
Utah State History |
| Date |
1880 |
| Subject |
Mining towns; Deserts; Abandoned buildings |
| Spatial Coverage |
Silver Reef; Washington County; Utah |
| Description |
Grapevine Springs, sagebrush plain and red sandstone mesa just northeast of Silver Reef, Utah. 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/s6rj4vjw |
| Setname |
dha_cp |
| ID |
453711 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rj4vjw |
