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Candelaria, Nevada. Railroad Station of Carson and Colorado Railroad

 
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Title
Candelaria, Nevada. Railroad Station of Carson and Colorado Railroad
Date
1898
Description
Train of Carson and Colorado Railroad at railroad station in Candelaria, Nevada. Railroad station in background. Crew on locomotive. Inscription on front of photograph: "CANDELARIA DEPOT 1898. FRED BARNES CONDUCTOR. FRANK REGAN BRAKEMAN. ABE CHURCH ENGINEER. JOHNNIE MCGILLIS FIREMAN. CHAS MEADOWS MAIL CLERK." Title supplied by cataloger.
Names
Carson and Colorado Railway
Format Extent
1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
Subject
Narrow gauge railroads; Railroad stations--Nevada--Candelaria; Silver mines and mining--Nevada--Candelaria
Note
The Carson and Colorado Railroad came in 1882 to Candelaria, Nevada, to ship the silver ore from this mining boom town. Candelaria was to be the original terminus of the Carson and Colorado, but it was eventually extended to Keeler, California, near the Owens Lake in the Owens Valley. The railroad station in Candelaria was carved out of the side of a mountain, and the grade was quiet steep there--an outbound grade of 2.33% and an inbound grade of 2.26%. Established in 1876, Candelaria had a population of 1500 and twenty-seven saloons during the peak mining years of 1881-1883. Its most famous mine, the Northern Belle, produced some seven million dollars in silver. By the early 1890s, Candelaria began the decline into its present state of a ghost town. Such decline in the mining business hurt the profits of the Carson and Colorado, which the Southern Pacific bought in 1900. The Southern Pacific continued to maintain the line's operations in the Owens Valley, despite the too frequent unprofitability of this activity.
Collection
J. D. Black Papers, CSLA-15, Series 3: Photographs,Subseries A: Photographic Postcards, Box 16, Sleeve 34
Type
Language
eng
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