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Five unidentified men with pickaxes at the Princess Mill: photographic print
Date
1891-11-13
Archival Collection
Description
"At Candelaria, Nevada's Princess Mill, Nov. 13, 1891. Men are identified from left to right: (stock report), Spring, Capt. Hultz, Simpson, W.J. Sutherland-Gen. Mgr., D.H. Jackson-Supt., and Frank Corkhill-Foreman.
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Photograph of Tonopah Midway Mine, Tonopah (Nev.), 1900-1920
Date
1900 to 1920
Archival Collection
Description
Midway Mine, an underground minerals site in Tonopah, Nevada, is the potential location for silver to be mined. Black smoke rises from the smokestack with the site sitting atop a dirt surface. Written lightly in the center of the photograph reads "Midway Mine, Tonopah Nev." Site Name: Tonopah Midway Mine
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Mt. Diablo M&M Co. employees in the desert: photographic print
Date
1880 to 1889
Archival Collection
Description
Mt. Diablo workman seated to east of headwork's at top of road to Shaft home in Pickhandle Gulch; Candelaria, Nevada. Stamp on back of photo reads: "Jas. H. Crockwell, travelling photogprapher. Viewing a specialty. Negatives preserved. Duplictes at any time. Alaways address. Salt Lake City, Utah."
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Photograph of miners in Tonopah (Nev.), circa 1938
Date
1937 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
A group of miners in Tonopah, Nevada. From left to right, the men are identified as: 1) unidentified; 2) Ed Slavin; 3) Blair Meldrum; 4) Frank LeFevre; 5) David Dunsdon; 6) Kendall; 7) Mitch Vuich; 8) Nick Banovich; and 9) unidentified. The seated man is also unidentified.
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Photograph of C. N. Cross' mining claim, Las Vegas (Nev.), January 26, 1929
Date
1929-01-26
Archival Collection
Description
C. N. Cross' mining claim of Solitary Mine in Clark County Nevada on January 26, 1929. Notes with photo read, "Claim on butte that now is an island in the lake. Wint has the claim papers. Called Solitary Mine - Clark County, Nev, 24th Jan., 1929. Wint, Emory's son, Ayers daughter, and others would ride burros up to this location and cook hot dogs and then return by moonlight."
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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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Photograph album 1, Ferron-Bracken Collection, circa 1905-1935
Date
1905 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph album of Walter Bracken and early Las Vegas.
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Photograph album 2, Ferron-Bracken Collection, circa 1905-1935
Date
1905 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph album of early Las Vegas.
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Photograph album 4, Ferron-Bracken Collection, circa 1905-1935
Date
1905 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Photographs of early Las Vegas.
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Photograph album 3, Ferron-Bracken Collection, circa 1905-1935
Date
1905 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Photographs of early Las Vegas and the Bracken and Ferron family.
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