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Steptoe Valley Smelter Bronze Pin, Ely, Nevada [202717]

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Steptoe Valley Smelter Bronze Pin, Ely, Nevada [202717]
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This item SOLD at 2025 Sep 19 @ 08:26UTC-07:00 : PDT/MST
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Steptoe Valley Smelter / (view of smelter buildings) / Ely, Nevada. Reverse only has a maker's mark: "Jos. Mayer & Bros. / Makers / Seattle, WA." Bronze, 38mm, concave with slight bend, pin remnants on reverse. In 1906 this company started building a huge smelter at McGill, in Steptoe Valley, eleven miles north of Ely. It was completed in 1908 and operated until 1983. This pin must have been made during 1908 to 1920, when Jos. Mayer split away from his brothers.
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Date: c.1908-20
Country (if not USA):
State: Nevada
City: Ely
Provenance: Douglas McDonald Collection