Berlin Mine Blacksmith Shop
by Mike Robles
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$100
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12.000 x 9.000 x 0.150 inches
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Title
Berlin Mine Blacksmith Shop
Artist
Mike Robles
Medium
Painting - Watercolor And Ink
Description
Berlin Mine Assay Office is an original watercolor and ink painting by Mike Robles. This painting was done by inking a pencil drawing and then adding watercolor washes. Permanent artist quality paints and India ink were used.
BERLIN: A True Nevada Ghost Town - The first mining activity in the region was in May, 1863, when a small group of prospectors discovered silver in Union Canyon and the small mining camp of Union was settled. The first assay report in Berlin Canyon was in 1869, but it was not until 1896 that the Berlin Mine was established.
With the purchase of the mine and numerous surrounding mining claims by the Nevada Company in 1898, the town of Berlin was soon in its height of popularity until 1908, declining to its death by 1911. The Berlin Mines total production of its three miles of tunnels is estimated to have been $849,000 at a time when silver was $6 per ounce.
During its heyday, Berlin and its Union suburbs supported 200-250 people including miners, woodcutters, charcoal makers, a doctor and nurse, a forest ranger and a prostitute. Many of the original buildings still remain, and some of the original residents are interred in the towns cemetery. Berlin stands today as a true Nevada ghost town, preserved for present and future generations.
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August 4th, 2012
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