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Photograph of a mining rig, Lincoln County (Nev.), circa 1916
Date
1915 to 1917
Archival Collection
Description
Two men man a mining rig while another two men stand next to a railroad cart. The desert landscape surrounds them with mountains in the background.
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Photograph of workers outside mill, Palmarito (Mex.), 1900-1930
Date
1900 to 1930
Archival Collection
Description
Miners and workmen stand together outside of a mill in Palmarito, Sinaloa, Mexico. They are all wearing hats.
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Photograph of workers moving mining machines, (Mex.), May 1911
Date
1911-05
Archival Collection
Description
Workers use cattle, horses, and covered wagons to haul mining machinery to the mines. Taken by Henry M. Corliss.
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Photograph of Edwin Giles at a mine, (Nev.), 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Edwin Giles stops work at a mining camp for a photo. He is carrying a small pick axe and stands next to a mining cart.
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Photograph of Edwin Giles at Montezuma Mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1920-1930s
Date
1920 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Edwin (right) and Ivan (left) stand together at Montezuma Mine in Goldfield, Nevada.
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Postcard of mining boom on Main Street, Goldfield (Nev.), 1904
Date
1904
Archival Collection
Description
Stagecoaches and miners hustle down MainStreet in booming Goldfield, Nevada in front of the Hotel Esmeralda. Type at the bottom says: "When Goldfield was envy of mining world." Inscription on the back reads: "Goldfield, Nev., about 1904, looking north on Main St., with Columbia Mt. looming in the background. Peak boom population was 30,000, with fabulous gold strikes yielding $120,000,000." Print from Edwin Scofield Giles' collection
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Postcard of Goldfield Consolidated Mill, Goldfield (Nev.), 1911
Date
1911
Archival Collection
Description
New Consolidated Mill atop the hill in Goldfield, Nevada. Goldfield mining boomed after 1897 and the town's mining and overall size increased for some time afterwards.
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Photograph of gold bullion bars, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1920
Date
1900 to 1920
Archival Collection
Description
Nineteen gold bullion bars are stacked atop one another for a photo. Inscription below reads: "Nineteen gold bullion bars having a value of more than $450,000 and taken from one of the Goldfield mines in its boom days are enough to excite anyone. These were the genuine article. Even to Goldfielders they created a sensation. It is every prospector's dream."
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Film transparency of Potosi Mine, Nevada, 1917
Date
1917
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of workers at Potosi Mine, located 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. Nevada--Goodsprings Mining District
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Photograph of Matt Kusick in Johnnie Mine Town (Nev.), 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Matt Kusick, a local of Johnnie Mine Town, sits in front of the original Real Estate Office. Handwritten inscription with photo: "Taken at our house(?) orig. real estate office (crumbled, crossed out). [Kusick born] 1893 from Yogoslavio tough (?) (?) Now living (?) at Johnnie." [Identified by Dorothy Dorothy 11-1-84]
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