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 HB855113 Boom Detail
|  HB855114 Course Crusher (top)
|  HB855115 Mill Building, View To West
|  HB855116 Crane Gear House
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 HB855117 Crane Gears
|  HB855118 Office, Interior
|  HB855119 Boom Detail
|  HB855120 Boom Detail
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 HB855121 General View Of Bldgs
|  HB855122 Tanks, Exterior
|  HB855123 Tank Sweeper Arm, Interior
|  HB855124 Tanks (inside)
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 HB855125 Linen Vacuum Rack Assembly
|  HB855126 Press Room, General View
|  HB855127 Twenty Stamp Mill, General View
|  HB855128 Press
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 HB855129 Assay Office, West Workbench
|  HB855130 Assay Office, East Work Bench
|  HB855131 Derrick
|  HB855132 Refinery Exterior
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 HB855133 Outside Tanks, View To South
|  HB855134 Tanks Detail
|  HB855135 Refinery Smelter, Interior
|  HB855136 Refinery Tools On Wall
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 HB855137 Course Crusher Exterior, View To South
|  HB855138 Main Mill Bldg, North Facade
|  HB855139 Conveyor Belt Housing
|  HB855140 Conveyor Belt
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 HB855141 Conveyor Mechanism
|  HB855142 Office With Vault (left)
|  HB855143 Shop Bldg
|  HB855144 Wooden Storage Shed
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 HB855145 Entry To Course Crusher
|  HB855146 Upper Section Of 20-stamp Mill
|  HB855147 Joint Of Old And New Mill Bldgs
|  HB855148 5-stamp Mill Showing Foundry Name Stamp
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 HB855149 Course Crushing Mechanism
|  HB855150 Course Crushing Mechanism From Conveyor Housing
|  HB855151 Detail Upper Part Of 20-stamp Mill
|  HB855152 Detail Of Original 10-stamp Mill
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 HB855153 Overhead Crane Mill Bldg
|  HB855154 Detail Showing Stamps At Low End Of Shaft
|  HB855155 Belt Drive For Fly Wheel, 20-stamp Mill
|  HB855156 Zinc Tank Remains At Old Mill Site With Foundations Of Building
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 HB855157 Boom Derrick Detail
|  HB855158
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Item Title
Location
Silver City, NV
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER NV-3
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-2).
Building/structure dates:
1890 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1959
Significance: The Donovan Mill was the first cyanide process mill established on the Comstock, and opened the way for the great technological revolution in metallurgy.
Subjects
Office BuildingsMillsMetallurgical Industry
Related Names
Donovan, William
Stewart, Harry E.
McGill, Charles
Phillips, Dr. J. Warne
Trimble, R. A.
Donovan, Willilam
Herbst, Rebecca, Historian
Stupich, Marty, Photographer
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. BOOM DETAIL
2. COURSE CRUSHER (TOP)
3. MILL BUILDING, VIEW TO WEST
4. CRANE GEAR HOUSE
5. CRANE GEARS
6. OFFICE, INTERIOR
7. BOOM DETAIL
8. BOOM DETAIL
9. GENERAL VIEW OF BLDGS
10. TANKS, EXTERIOR
11. TANK SWEEPER ARM, INTERIOR
12. TANKS (INSIDE)
13. LINEN VACUUM RACK ASSEMBLY
14. PRESS ROOM, GENERAL VIEW
15. TWENTY STAMP MILL, GENERAL VIEW
16. PRESS
17. ASSAY OFFICE, WEST WORKBENCH
18. ASSAY OFFICE, EAST WORK BENCH
19. DERRICK
20. REFINERY EXTERIOR
21. OUTSIDE TANKS, VIEW TO SOUTH
22. TANKS DETAIL
23. REFINERY SMELTER, INTERIOR
24. REFINERY TOOLS ON WALL
25. COURSE CRUSHER EXTERIOR, VIEW TO SOUTH
26. MAIN MILL BLDG, NORTH FACADE
27. CONVEYOR BELT HOUSING
28. CONVEYOR BELT
29. CONVEYOR MECHANISM
30. OFFICE WITH VAULT (LEFT)
31. SHOP BLDG
32. WOODEN STORAGE SHED
33. ENTRY TO COURSE CRUSHER
34. UPPER SECTION OF 20-STAMP MILL
35. JOINT OF OLD AND NEW MILL BLDGS
36. 5-STAMP MILL SHOWING FOUNDRY NAME STAMP
37. COURSE CRUSHING MECHANISM
38. COURSE CRUSHING MECHANISM FROM CONVEYOR HOUSING
39. DETAIL UPPER PART OF 20-STAMP MILL
40. DETAIL OF ORIGINAL 10-STAMP MILL
41. OVERHEAD CRANE MILL BLDG
42. DETAIL SHOWING STAMPS AT LOW END OF SHAFT
43. BELT DRIVE FOR FLY WHEEL, 20-STAMP MILL
44. ZINC TANK REMAINS AT OLD MILL SITE WITH FOUNDATIONS OF BUILDING
45. BOOM DERRICK DETAIL
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