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Plat showing cultivated land in the Stewart Ranch, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 8, 1902

Date

1902-12-08

Description

'John T. McWilliams, U.S.M. Surveyor, Goodsprings, Nevada.' 'Dec. 8th 1902.' '60-A-Pt.II' handwritten in upper right corner. This is map of the Stewart Ranch, which was originally the Las Vegas Ranch, site of the Old Mormon Fort. Drawn with ink and colored pencil. Two holes punched on right side..

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Blueprint showing proposed pipeline for gravity water supply at Las Vegas, Nevada, February 16, 1905

Date

1905-02-16

Description

'Office of Chief Engineer, Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 16, 1905.' '2-18-17' hand-printed in lower right corner. Proposed pipeline is printed in red. Scale [1:6,000]. 1 inch to 500 feet. San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company. Office of Chief Engineer

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Map of the Goldfield Mining District, Goldfield, Nevada, 1907

Date

1907

Description

'Elmer J. Chute, E.M. and Olmstead and Rich, Goldfield, Nevada. Copyright 1907, by Elmer J. Chute, Goldfield, Nev.' Includes information on and prices for wall and pocket map with this title. Includes inset map. Includes township and range grid. Library's copy has Rochester GF. claim circled in blue ink , has a piece missing to the right of that claim, and has "Mohawk ledge, a lease by Davis & Shoemaker" written in blue ink at the center bottom of the map with a line in blue ink drawn to the Frances Mohawk claim.

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Correspondence, F.R. McNamee to H.E. George

Date

1901-06-05

Archival Collection

Description

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

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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to H.E. George

Date

1902-11-13

Archival Collection

Description

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

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Correspondence, W.H. Bowers to H.E. George

Date

1903-01-26

Archival Collection

Description

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

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Correspondence, F.R. McNamee to Hampton George

Date

1959

Archival Collection

Description

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

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Some of the Fairbanks and Lisle family at Green Water, California: photographic print

Date

1907 to 1910

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.F. Lowe Family. Second from left is Celesta Lisle, daughter of R.J. "Dad" Fairbanks. Next to her are her brother Vern, two small unidentfied children, and her mother, Celestia Fairbanks, wife of R.J. "Dad" Fairbanks and grandmother of Celesta Lisle Lowe. The man on the far left is unidentified.

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Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company lavatory and locker room at Caliente, Nevada: architectural drawing

Date

1904 (year approximate) to 1926 (year approximate)

Archival Collection

Description

From Union Pacific Railroad Collection (MS-00397). The scales are noted in the drawing. The bottom of the drawing says "Floor Plan". The corner of the drawing says, "Union Pacific System L.A. & S.L.R.R. Lavatory & Locker Room. Plans Elevations & Details. Caliente Nevada". 

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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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