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Tonopah, Nevada Mining Town Photograph Album
Identifier
PH-00411
Abstract
The Tonopah, Nevada Mining Town Photograph Album (approximately 1908) consists of twenty-two photographs in a leather-bound album. The photographs depict businesses, townspeople, street scenes, and mining operations in Tonopah, Nevada and the surrounding areas of Goldfield, Nevada and Mina, Nevada. Also included are photographs of a fire on May 12, 1908 that destroyed a block of commercial buildings in Tonopah, which were taken by local photographer E. W. Smith., and views of the downtown area both before and after the fire.
Archival Collection
Letter from J. Ross Clark to W. H. Bancroft, June 20, 1904
Date
1904-06-20
Archival Collection
Description
Letter discusses the conditions of the Las Vegas Ranch in regard to cattle, horses, and crops as well as the profit that these things could produce.
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Letter from J. Ross Clark to J. K. W. Bracken, March 19, 1903
Date
1903-03-19
Archival Collection
Description
Letter describes plans for Bracken to travel to the Las Vegas Ranch.
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Letter from William Seeman to J. Ross Clark, October 17, 1904
Date
1904-10-17
Archival Collection
Description
Letter discuesses profitability of cattle and crops at the Las Vegas Ranch.
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Expense form 30, San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company, Las Vegas (Nev.), July 1, 1909
Date
1909-07-01
Archival Collection
Description
Form 30 of San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company. Expense request submitted on July 1, 1909 by W. H. Bancroft, signed by J. Ross Clark; approved by E. G. Tilton on July 12, 1909. All signatures are stamped. Request is approval of funds to construct 20 four-room and 20 five-room employee cottages. The cottages were built by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company for employees of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad. This initial request for construction of 40 dwellings would be followed by 24 more for a total of 64. E. G. Tilton was the chief engineer for the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company. W. H. Bancroft was the first vice president of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company. J. Ross Clark was the second vice president of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
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Letter from an unknown author to W. H. Comstock, May 12, 1923
Date
1923-05-12
Archival Collection
Description
Letter comments on Las Vegas city election results. Letter is unsigned.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken to H. I. Bettis, January 17, 1908
Date
1908-01-28
Archival Collection
Description
Bracken wishes to renegotiate his lease on the Las Vegas Ranch if the railroad continues to dump oil into Las Vegas Creek.
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