Title |
Silver Reef, Utah p.11 |
Collection |
Classified Photograph Collection |
File Name |
39222001442321 |
Photo Number |
15858 |
Creator |
Crockwell and Ottinger |
Publisher |
Utah State History |
Date |
1880 |
Subject |
Mining towns; Residences |
Spatial Coverage |
Silver Reef; Washington County; Utah |
Description |
View east of Silver Reef, Utah. North end of Buckeye Reef in foreground. Burying ground at the base of the mountain. Christy Mill at right. 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/s6kp8c7d |
Setname |
dha_cp |
ID |
453751 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kp8c7d |