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Photograph of Yellow Jacket Mine, Gold Hill, Nevada, circa early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1910
Archival Collection
Description
Yellow Jacket Mine.
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Photograph of mining site, Eureka, Nevada, circa early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1910
Archival Collection
Description
Eureka, Nevada mining site.
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Photograph of Quartette Mine, Searchlight, Nevada, circa early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1910
Archival Collection
Description
Description provided with image: "Head works, Quartette Mine, Searchlight, Nevada."
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Photograph of open pit mine, Ruth, Nevada, 1934
Date
1934
Archival Collection
Description
Open pit mine.
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Photograph of West End Chemical Mine, 1925
Date
1925
Archival Collection
Description
West End Chemical Mine, 1925.
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Photograph of mining in Arizona, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Mining in Arizona.
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Photograph of Ed Von Tobel, Sr. exploring a mining claim, Las Vegas Region, circa 1900s
Date
1900 to 1909
Archival Collection
Description
Ed Von Tobel, Sr. and (possibly) Tony Felix on an exploring trip for mining claims in mountains surrounding Las Vegas. Physical object has an insert containing additional biographical information.
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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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