Group poses outdoors on dirt path at the "Silica mine" in Overton. Identified from left to right: "Harold, Geraldine, mother, with two unidentified persons."

Group of well-dressed men gather and pose to take a picture after finding gold, calling it the "Waupa Strike."

Aerial view of Johnnie Mine and "head frame" equipment.

Head frame of Johnnie Mine. The structure stands tall with cables attached to the top, trailing out of the image. Desert shrubbery scatters the landscape.

Abandoned buildings, mining head frame, and decayed structures at Johnnie Mine. Desert shrubbery scatters the ground while the dark buildings loom in the background of the image.

Close up image of rope-pulley machinery inside Johnnie Mine.

The view of a hauling manganese for the first world war in early Las Vegas, Nevada. The Overland Hotel is visible in the background. Handwritten on the back of the image: "1st world war - hauling mang. - 3 kids to Las Vegas - 300 tons a day." Hand written on a slip of paper included with the image: "3 kids, mine owns included Roq Martin, Bill Ferron, "Chick" Chiapello (lived in LA, wealthy family) & probably others. Deal to purchase during March, 1918, when my mother, Ruth Ferron, was giving birth to me in Los Angeles. She didn't hear from Bill until 3 days after I was born, which did nothing to raise the stock of their new fathers! -Barbara Ferron Doyle."