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Bound album of El Dorado Cañon in Nevada: photographic print

Date

1920 (year approximate)

Description

Bound collection of twelve photographs of Eldorado Canyon ("El Dorado Cañon") in Nevada.

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Mines at Milltown, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1905

Description

From the Frank Benham Photograph Collection on Goldfield, Nevada (PH-00288).

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Postcard of machinery, Goldfield, Nevada, 1882

Date

1882

Description

Description provided with image: "Pump machinery at New Yellow Jacket Shaft - Gold Hill, Storey County, Nevada - Photo 1882."

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Film transparency of Potosi Mine, Nevada, 1917

Date

1917

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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Slide of Carlin Mine, Nevada, circa 1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Description

Carlin open pit gold mine in Nevada.

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Southern Nevada Historical Society Photograph Collection on Basic Magnesium, Inc.

Identifier

PH-00230

Abstract

The Southern Nevada Historical Society Photograph Collection on Basic Magnesium, Inc. contains photographs of the construction of Basic Magnesium Inc.'s plants and buildings from 1941 to 1942. The photographs primarily depict aerial views of the plant site and various buildings, including the administration building, tent camp, chlorination buildings, electrolysis facilities, electrical distribution systems, and warehouses. The photographs also depict Lake Mead and the early buildings in Henderson, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Jumbo Fraction Mining Company prospectus, early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Jumbo Fraction Mining Company prospectus, early 1900s

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View of Yellow Pine Mine in Goodsprings, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1999 (year approximate)

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Yellow pine Mine.

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Postcard showing Searchlight, Nevada, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

The view of the small town of Searchlight, Nevada. Formed in 1897, Searchlight is an old boomtown that was made popular when George Frederick Colton discovered gold at the location where the town is now built. Unnamed buildings cluster together in the center of the postcard while rocky terrain decorated with small shrubs and mines surround the city's outskirts. Transcribed onto the bottom of the postcard: "Searchlight, Nevada; Duplex Mine In Foreground." The Frasher's Foto logo is also printed onto the bottom right corner.

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Film transparency of people at Potosi Mine, Nevada, 1917

Date

1917

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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