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Home Stake disaster ten men perished in the snow slide at Home Stake Mt. and mine

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Call NumberX-60006DateApril 1886SummaryMen excavate a cabin at Homestake Mine, Lake County, Colorado, where 10 silver miners died under a collapsed, snow-laden roof; one holds a suitcase. Snowbanks and cliffs are in the background.Physical Description1 copy negative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint on cabinet card ; 19 x 12 cm (7 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectHome Stake Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--Disasters--19th centuryLake County (Colo.)--19th centuryAvalanches--Colorado--Lake County--19th centuryMine accidents--Colorado--Lake County--19th centuryMiners--Colorado--Lake County--19th centuryMining--Colorado--Lake County--19th centurySilver mining--Colorado--Lake County--19th centuryGeographic AreaLake County (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage file: ZZR710060006Type of MaterialCabinet photographsFilm negativesNotesCondition: has solarization. Formerly F27429. Title penciled on back of cabinetcard with: "Feb 1886?," and "see Leadville Herald May 3, 1885." Printed: "Luke Leadville, Colo."; R7100600063

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