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Will Berg's home in Round Mountain, Nevada: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.C. Lofthouse-Berg Families (Round Mountain)
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Thomas, Georgetta, and Will Berg, taking a ride in a Travelair biplane piloted by Garland Lincoln and stunt pilot Walter "Suicide Slim" Cahill: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.C. Lofthouse-Berg Families (Round Mountain). Lincoln and Cahill had flown the plane to Round Mountain from Los Angeles, California, to perform stunts.
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Robert "Bob" Wilson pictured in a canyon in the San Bernardino area, California: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.I. Wilson Family (Toiyabe Mountains, Nevada)
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Robert "Bob" Wilson running his placer mill at Ophir Canyon, Toiyabe Mountains, Nevada: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.I. Wilson Family (Toiyabe Mountains, Nevada). Three thousand tons of tungsten ore from Ophir Canyon were run through the mill.
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Three identified men at Ophir Canyon, Toiyabe Mountains, Nevada: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.I. Wilson Family (Toiyabe Mountains, Nevada). Sue Popplman, Robert G. McCracken, and Robert “Bob” Wilson (identified from left to right). Part of Bob Wilson’s placer mill is visible in the background.
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Robert "Bob" Wilson operating his triple-drum, slusher-feeding system: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.I. Wilson Family (Toiyabe Mountains, Nevada)
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Bobbie Number 4 incline shaft located in Ophir Canyon, Toiyabe Mountains, Nevada: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.I. Wilson Family (Toiyabe Mountains, Nevada). Lee Early worked the property around 1953.
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Placer mill belonging to Robert Wilson in Round Mountain, Nevada: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.I. Wilson Family (Toiyabe Mountains, Nevada). At that time Wilson had a lease on placer ground owned by the Nevada Porphyry Company, currently the site of the giant operation belonging to the Round Mountain Gold Company.
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Wilson's placer plant in Ophir Canyon, Nevada: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.I. Wilson Family (Toiyabe Mountains, Nevada). The canvas covered structure was a darkened area for sorting scheelite with a black light during daylight hours.
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Trommel screen, part of the placer mill: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.I. Wilson Family (Toiyabe Mountains, Nevada)
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