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1948 · Marvel

Gold Mine

Known for Special when lit. Pale cream field.

Year
1948
Maker
Marvel
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Backglass lights
Players
1

Known for

  • Award

    Special when lit

On the playfield

  • teal
  • cream
  • red
  • orange
  • 2 pop bumpers

Full vision analysis

Seen in the photo

  • Pop bumpers Two cream plastic cup bodies at the top-middle, and one red-capped round bumper at the bottom left.
  • Apron and bottom of playfield Crop does not reach the flippers; shows the centre lane area above them.
  • Central hole ringed by six red scoring discs
  • Cream diamond plastic post at right

On the backglass

  • white
  • yellow
  • green
  • maroon

Full vision analysis

Setting

  • Pale cream field

Text on it

  • GOLD
  • 900,000
  • 500,000

How it plays

  1. Awards 1

    • Special when lit

The cast

  • Prospector On the backglass
  • Cowboy On the playfield
  • Gold mine Western theme

Reference

Playfield vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Playfield

  • teal
  • cream
  • red
  • orange

Fingerprint: cream round target, red scoring discs in ring, labelled ADVANCES BONUS, teal arrow banners reading 10,000, cartoon mules with riders running across cream clouds at lower corners, two cream plastic cup bodies top middle, cream diamond-shaped post at right, red-capped round bumper bottom left, Western flavour teal cream red palette, flat cartoonish painting

Distinctive

A cream circular target with a ring of red scoring discs 10,000 to 50,000, labelled ADVANCES BONUS. Cartoon mules with riders run across painted clouds at both lower corners. Teal arrow banners read 10,000 and cream plastic bodies stand above the inserts.

Setting

  • Western landscape
  • Painted clouds

Symbols

  • Arrow banners
  • Circular scoring ring

Notable shapes

  • Circular centre insert
  • Diamond-shaped cream plastic post

Art motifs

  • Running mules
  • Clouds

Themes

  • Western
  • Mules

Text on it

  • WHEN LIT
  • SCORE AS INDICATED
  • ADVANCES BONUS
  • 10,000
  • 20,000
  • 30,000
  • 40,000
  • 50,000
  • SPECIAL WHEN LIT
  • BONUS
Pop bumpers
Two cream plastic cup bodies at the top-middle, and one red-capped round bumper at the bottom left.
Apron and bottom of playfield
Crop does not reach the flippers; shows the centre lane area above them.
Who and what
Kind Description
Animal Cartoon mule or donkey running at lower left, ridden by a figure, on cream cloud background
Animal Cartoon donkey bucking at lower right, with a rider, on cloud background
Full description

Close, low-resolution crop of the bottom half of a vintage playfield in a teal, cream and red palette with a Western flavour. At the centre is a cream circular insert reading WHEN LIT SCORE AS INDICATED and ADVANCES BONUS, with a ring of red scoring discs around a hole, labelled 10,000, 20,000, 30,000, 40,000 and 50,000 on dark red arrow banners. Above it two cream plastic kick-out cups or bumper bodies sit side by side, flanked by cream lane guides and a large cream-and-white diamond-shaped plastic post at the right. Teal arrow banners read 10,000 at the left and right, and orange ovals at each side read SPECIAL WHEN LIT. At the lower left and right corners are painted cartoon mules or donkeys running with riders in cream clouds. A red bonus-lettered round cap sits at the bottom left. Printing is flat and cartoonish; the photo is small and soft.

Backglass vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Backglass

  • white
  • yellow
  • green
  • maroon

Fingerprint: GOLD in thick yellow type, maroon drop-shadow, on separate tiles at right. Arc of olive, maroon, green and grey oval and rectangular score plaques reading 900,000, 500,000, 800,000, 400,000. Pale cream artwork with chipped green-flecked edges, column of small score plaques down right edge, no figures visible.

Distinctive

Worn pale backglass in a plain wooden frame, with a curve of coloured numbered plaques and the word GOLD in chunky yellow letters at right. A big dark reflection hides the centre. Paint is flaking, especially in the corners.

Setting

  • Pale cream field

Symbols

  • Numbered score plaques

Lettering

  • Chunky blocky capitals in yellow with maroon shadow

Themes

  • Gold
  • Scoring

Title on it

  • GOLD

Text on it

  • GOLD
  • 900,000
  • 500,000
Full description

A very small, low-resolution photo of a wooden-framed backglass, taken through reflective glass with glare and the dark silhouette of the photographer or cabinet reflected in the centre. The artwork is pale cream with chipped, worn paint and green flaking at the edges. An arc of rounded oval and rectangular value plaques curves around the top and left, in olive yellow, maroon, green and grey, with partly readable numbers such as 900,000, 500,000, 800,000 and 400,000. At right is a block title with the word GOLD in chunky yellow letters with maroon shadow on separate tiles, and a second smaller word beneath in grey script I cannot read. A column of small coloured score plaques runs down the right edge. No figures are discernible.