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Photograph of steam tractor, Searchlight, Nevada, circa 1880s
Date
1880 to 1889
Archival Collection
Description
Steam tractor used to move gold ore to the mile which was located near the Colorado River. There was once a large gold mining settlement on the Colorado River near the mouth of Eldorado Canyon.
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Photograph of steam tractor, Searchlight, Nevada, circa 1880s
Date
1880 to 1889
Archival Collection
Description
Old steam tractor in Eldorado Canyon, Nevada.
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Photograph of ruined wagon, Searchlight, Nevada, circa 1880s
Date
1880 to 1889
Archival Collection
Description
Ruins of an old wagon in Eldorado Canyon, Nevada.
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Photograph of Basic Magnesium Inc., Henderson, Nevada, circa 1900-1910
Date
1900 to 1910
Archival Collection
Description
Basic Magnesium Inc. Shows workers and silver bus bars, connections to chlorine cells.
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Photograph of Pat McCarran, Henderson, Nevada, circa 1900-1910
Date
1900 to 1910
Archival Collection
Description
Senator Pat McCarran checks over 141 tons of silver bullion borrowed from the U.S. Treasury for use as bus bars at Basic Magnesium Inc. plant.
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Photograph of Black Canyon, circa 1900s
Date
1900 to 1910
Archival Collection
Description
Black Canyon.
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Photograph of Pat McCarran, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Senator Pat McCarran at Hoover Dam.
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Photograph of Hoover Dam, outside Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s
Date
1931 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Inside one of the tunnels at Hoover Dam.
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Photograph of Hoover Dam, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s
Date
1931 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
View of Hoover Dam and Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
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Photograph of St. Thomas Post Office, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
St. Thomas Post Office and its employees.
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