Beckleys stand with unidentified miners in the desert of Las Vegas near a gold mine. Identified from left to right: "1) Miner, 2) Miner's Wife, 3) Will Beckley, 4) Leva Beckley, 5) Watelet (Engineer), 6) Jake Beckley."
First picture taken in Goldfield, December, 1903. Harrie Taylor (discoverer). Lew Finnegan and John Y. McKane on the Jumbo, from which was taken $100,000 in 47 feet surface, the strike that caused the first rush.
Conflicting descriptions of this image. One reads: "Men outside tents they lived in while waiting for jobs on the Dam." Another by W. A. Davis reads "Three miners out near Tonopah on road to Pioche... Man on the left named 'Jim'."
From the Elizabeth Harrington Photograph Collection (PH-00291). Inscription with image reads: "Entrance to Potosi Mine 1917. Sam Rowe foreman and son Cecil. Cecil attended the Las Vegas High School."
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]
Dorothy Dorothy and her friend Matt Kusic at his house in Johnnie. His home was located just above the Dorothy Pahrump Ranch. ""D.D. and Matt Kusick by one of the old ruins at Congress Mine nearby Johnnie. Matt begged for the hospital at Tonopah to let him come home and die (year: 195-) of cancer." [Identified by Dorothy Dorothy 11-1-84]
Movie crew filming off Tonopah Road near the base of Sheep Mountain in October of 1931. Note with photo says: "Taking a break during filming. Man seated at table is actor John Boles." W. A .Davis. See pho023271, Image 0123 0171 for another photo.