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Photograph of Edwin Giles and others, Weepah (Nev.), 1920s
Date
1920 to 1929
Archival Collection
Description
Edwin Giles, Ida Giles, Dorothy Giles, and an unidentified man stand together next to their automobiles at a mining site in Weepah, Nevada during the "boom."
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Photograph of Mohawk Mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1906
Date
1906
Archival Collection
Description
Mohawk Mine during production in Goldfield, Nevada. Inscription below image reads: "General View of the Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Nevada. The Greatest Gold Mine Known. First Sixy Days Operation, $6,000,000 Production. Copyright No. 4200 P. E. Larson Photos. Goldfield, Esmeralda County, Nevada. 1906." Listed underneath are the 19 different mine and lease sites that make up the Mohawk Mine area.
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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 Olive Lake, Herbert Squires, and Charles P. Squires, Mount Charleston, Nevada, 1912
Date
1912
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of Olive Lake and two others, presumed to be Herbert Squires and his father, Charles P. Squires, at the Squires' mine at Mount Charleston near Las Vegas. Transcribed notes from Special Collections photo inventory: “Charleston 1912. Olive, Herbert, & Dad at his mine, 2 miles on up the Canyon.”
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Film transparency of Roy Mosback and Henry Lotts at Lucky Strike mine, Clark County, Nevada, circa early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of Roy Mosback and Henry Lotts at the "Lucky Strike" mine near Mount Charleston, per the handwritten description at the bottom of the image. Note: Image is from a family photo album that was loaned to UNLV Libraries Special Collections and returned to the family on July 17, 1984.
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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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Film transparency of people at Potosi Mine, Nevada, 1917
Date
1917
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of three people in front of Potosi Mine, located 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. Nevada--Goodsprings Mining District.
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Photograph of Johnnie Mine, Pahrump (Nev.), 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view of Johnnie Mine and "head frame" equipment.
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