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Letter from W. E. Smith to C. McLeod, October 14, 1913

Date

1913-10-14

Description

Letter concerns billing for cars of ore.

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Letter from W. E. Smith to C. McLeod, May 30, 1913

Date

1913-05-30

Description

Letter concerns ore billing and stamping.

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Letter from Clayton V. Smith to C. McLeod, June 5, 1913

Date

1915-06-15

Description

Letter concerns ore stamping.

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View of Gold Reed: photographic print

Date

1905 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). Gold Reed, Kawich Mountains, Nye County, Nevada, probably about 1905. It was with a mine in Gold Reed that O.K. Reed made the money to purchase the ranch at Hawes Canyon. The ore at the mine was so rich that a person could stand off 50 or 60 feet and see the gold in the original outcropping; some of the ore sold for $1,000 a ton. Reed was partners in the mine with Jack May and a Mr.Wardle, Tonopah resident Austin Wardle’s father. Jack May and Reed were married to sisters, Mabel and Maude Hanley. 

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Bill Beam Papers

Identifier

MS-00531

Abstract

The Bill Beam Papers document the career of miner and poetry enthusiast Bill (William) Beam from 1955 to 2004. The papers contain mining materials, photographs, and poetry from mines Beam worked in around the Southwestern United States. Also included are two albums of photographs from the Nevada Test Site.

Archival Collection

Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George

Date

1929-06

Archival Collection

Description

This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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Letter to C. McLeod, May 15, 1913

Date

1913-05-15

Description

Letter to C. McLeod on Potosi Mine stationery; bottom half of page is missing. Author unknown; Probably written by W.E. Smith or Clayton V. Smith.

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Letter from W. E. Smith to C. McLeod, June 10, 1913

Date

1913-06-10

Description

Letter concerns instructions for ore billing.

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Letter from W. E. Smith to C. McLeod, June 11 [1913]

Date

1913-06-11

Description

Letter concerns arranging a meeting with Mahoney, and shipment of feed or barley. Letter sent from Potosi Mine.

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Evan and Kathy Thompson Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00042

Abstract

The Evan and Kathy Thompson Photograph Collection depicts Beatty, Nevada, Rhyolite, Nevada, and Keane Wonder Mine, California around 1925. The photographs include the Rhyolite Bottle House, mining operations in Rhyolite and Keane Wonder Mine, and citizens of Rhyolite.

Archival Collection