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Mining - Gold Hill, NV

Folder: Mining
Next to Virginia City on the Comstock Lode. Including the very recent (2013- ) mining activity just to the south of the old town. Including views over the area from the Jumbo Grade road over to Washoe Valley.
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Headframe, Gold Hill, Nevada, USA

Headframe, Gold Hill, Nevada, USA

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On the Comstock Lode. From the Gold Hill Hotel.
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Gold Hill Hotel

Gold Hill Hotel

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The front part (the brick/stone part off to the right; this is the side) was built in the 1860s, and is still in use. It's one of the oldest buildings in Nevada, and the oldest hotel.
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Headframe, Gold Hill, Nevada, USA

Headframe, Gold Hill, Nevada, USA

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Crown Point Mine, from the parking lot of the Gold Hill Hotel. Gold Hill is next to Virginia City on the Comstock Lode, the massive silver deposit that helped fund the Union side of the American Civil War and led to Nevada's statehood in 1864. There was new activity here in the 1970s with the run-up in precious-metals prices then--the excavation above the headframe is an open pit dating from that time--but it's all protected as a historical site now.
Headframe silhouette, Gold Hill, Nevada, USA

Headframe silhouette, Gold Hill, Nevada, USA

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Complete with a crescent moon and Venus! Crown Point Mine, taken from the parking lot of the Gold Hill Hotel, which is still in use.
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