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5 MAGIC LANTERN SLIDES RAILROAD RHYOLITE NEVADA 1906
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Up for bid is a group of seven black and white magic lantern slides taken in the gold mining boom town of Rhyolite, Nevada around the time of arrival of the first railroad lines ( Las Vegas & Tonopah + Bullfrog and Goldfield) in late 1906 and early 1907. The town eventually went bust but not before steel magnate, Charles M. Schwab, had purchased the largest mine for over $2,000,000.
The slides are labeled as follows: C.C. PIERCE & CO., Los Angeles, Cal. 1) "View of the special Pullman Train into Beatty, Nev, Railroad Day, October 22, 1906. (Taken next morning after arrival)." 2) "__ Sparks and party leaving Rhyolite." 3) "Chas. M Schwab and party." 4) 7 men, 1 women, and 1 child in front of the Bullfrog Bank and Trust Co. 5) Two stagecoaches in front of hotel. 6) Two dozen men and one woman posed on old touring car. A.T. THOMSON & CO., BOSTON, MASS 7) "Mr. Kenngott and train." All seven slides are in fine shape. No cracks. A few have frayed binding tape. Below are a few pertinent lines about Rhyolite from an internet history: By may of 1905, Rhyolite was a bustling tent city and mining town. It had 1,500 people. Unlike othermining towns made of wood and canvas that died up or burned up, Rhyolite was built to last. It was built ofconcrete and stone. It was built to be the metropolis of southern Nevada. On May 5, 1905, the first issue of Rhyolite Herald was published by Earle R. Clemens. The town was served by Concord stage from Goldfield, 75 miles north, and Las Vegas, 125 miles south. Cars came from Tonopah and Goldfield. Rhyolite and Bullfrog competed constantly for the latest and greatest. Each had a newspaper, bank, and post office, but Bullfrog was ahead with a $65,000 water system, the biggest building (the $18,000 3-story Bullfrog Hotel), a new county jail.By 1907, Rhyolite had three railroads providing service to the town. The first Bullfrog & Goldfield passenger train came to town on June 18, 1907. The Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad reached town on December 14, 1906. Borax Smith's Tonopah & Tidewater was the third railroad into town. This led to an even bigger boom. A 3-story $50,000 office building of stone was built. A 3 story $60,000 bank building of reinforced concrete was built a block away. The LV&T depot was built of cut stone hauled from Las Vegas. In January 1907, 400 electric poles were erected. In May, the population had grown to 3,000.At its height in 1908, Rholite had a post office, opera house, hospital, restaurants, hotels, a two story school that was never used to even half capacity, three story bank, eight doctors, two dentists, three newspapers, two churches, and 31 saloons. It had running water, phone lines, and electricty. They had social clubs, fraternal organizations, and political parties, and business groups. Whist parties, dances at the opera, basket and home socials, church going, and Sunday school picnics were the norm. The Sells Floto Circus even came to town on May 15, 1907, the highlight of that year.Bob Montgomery owned the biggest claim in Rhyolite. This mine, the Montgomery-Shoshone Mine, was later bought out by Charles M. Schwab, Pittsburgh steel magnate, and his associates in the spring of 1906. The mine was named for Montgomery and young Indian Johnny. The mine was incorporated and Montgomery owned three-fourths of it. Schwab later bought all his stock at more than $2 million. Montgomery then reinvested $900,000 in the mine. Schwab also bought all Montgmery's interests including town, hotel, and water rights. He reorganized the company, loaned it half a million to build a mill, and began selling stock at $15 a share for a total value of $7.5 million. Later the stock went to $22 a share. The mine closed in 1911. It had grossed almost $2 million and netted about $1.5 million. It was in det about $200,000, mostly because of the mill. Two week s after the mine shut down, the final issue of the herald was published and Clemens left for the coast. Email me, if you ...
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