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Austin, Nevada, six thousand feet above the sea

Austin, Nevada, six thousand feet above the sea.jpg Miners Descending a ShaftThumbnailsWire Railway at the Harwood Coal mines, British ColombiaMiners Descending a ShaftThumbnailsWire Railway at the Harwood Coal mines, British ColombiaMiners Descending a ShaftThumbnailsWire Railway at the Harwood Coal mines, British ColombiaMiners Descending a ShaftThumbnailsWire Railway at the Harwood Coal mines, British ColombiaMiners Descending a ShaftThumbnailsWire Railway at the Harwood Coal mines, British ColombiaMiners Descending a ShaftThumbnailsWire Railway at the Harwood Coal mines, British Colombia

Austin, Nevada, six thousand feet above the sea. The metropolis of the Reese river district. Silver first discovered at this point in July, 1862.