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Charles S. Sprague and Benjamin Gill Papers on Nevada Mining
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The Charles S. Sprague and Benjamin Gill Papers on Nevada Mining (1904-1925) are comprised of various records from the mining companies owned and operated by businessmen Charles S. Sprague and Benjamin Gill who were active in the central Nevada boomtowns of Goldfield and Tonopah in the early twentieth century. Documents include correspondence, receipts and invoices, detailed records and copies of government legislative bills relating to the mining industry, and other business correspondence. Sprague's collection consists of his mining business correspondence dating from 1906 to 1925. Gill's papers are comprised of his business correspondence from 1916 to 1922.
Archival Collection
Unidentified mill area: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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T-Shirt Color: White; Front: Millville Fire Dept. Firefighters 30 MFD Firefighters 30 MFD, Two Fire Patches; Back: Millville Fire Dept. 1795 Mason 1925 Phobe Engine 30 Station 30 Serving The Community Since 1880, Fire Station Three Fire Engines; Handwritten Text: Always Ready Always Willing Always Able Ever Faithful To Our Calling Station 30 Millville NJ RT, approximately 2001-2012
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
Box/Folder: Box 440
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Lincoln Davis, Chicago; R. J. Shoemaker, Rochester, New York; and J. R. Hubbard a mining engineer, Nevada (identified from left to right). Mohawk Ledge Mining Company, Goldfield, Nevada. Inscription reads "I worked for Davis & Shoemaker in office and later at mine after panic hit. This was last work in Goldfield. Shoemaker formerly owned and operated a correspondence school at Rochester, New York": photographic print, approximately 1900-1915
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: C. A. Earle Rinker Photograph Collection of Goldfield, Nevada
Box/Folder: Oversized Box SH-066 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
George Mortimer Photograph Album of Searchlight, Nevada
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Archival Collection
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The George Mortimer Photograph Album of Searchlight, Nevada dates between approximately 1900 and 1910, and contains black-and-white photographic prints illustrating various scenes and individuals in Searchlight, Nevada. Some images are captioned with initials or brief names.
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Rex Bell with unidentified man: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Dorothy Bell Scans UNLV-Public Lands Institute. Rex Bell (George Francis Beldam) with an unidentified man in an unknown location. Stamped on back: "Las Vegas News Bureau, Las Vegas, Nev. - P.O. Box 28, Photographers Don English, Joe Buck, Jerry Abbott, Milt Palmer."
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Ray, Clarence, 1900-1993
Clarence Ray was born February 28, 1900 in Fresno, California. Ray first visited Las Vegas in 1922, came to stay in 1925, and has lived there for most of the time since then.
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