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The Carissa Mine, South Pass City, South Pass City, Fremont County, WY
LocationSouth Pass City vicinity,
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS WY-30
Building/structure dates:
1873 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1900 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1946 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1950 subsequent work
Significance: The discovery of gold at the site of the Carissa Mine led to the founding of South Pass City. The Carissa Mine was the most productive of the South Pass City area mines and was closely connected with the economic rise and fall of South Pass City.
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
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