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Charles S. Sprague and Benjamin Gill Papers on Nevada Mining

Identifier

MS-00570

Abstract

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

Photographs of buildings and people, early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Archival Collection

Description

Five unidentified photos of various buildings, homes, and people.

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Executive Committee, San Pedro, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake Railroad (SPLASLRR) and Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR)

Date

1909 to 1921

Archival Collection

Description

Series 1. San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad -- J. Ross Clark/Los Angeles Office Files

Text

Cast of "Rawhide" with Clint Eastwood and Rex Bell: photographic print

Date

1880 to 1979

Description

Dorothy Bell Scans UNLV-Public Lands Institute. Rex Bell (George Francis Beldam) with the cast of Rawhide. 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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Photograph of a building, early 1900s

Date

1905 to 1925

Description

An automobile is parked outside of a building in a small town.

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Photograph of a train, early 1900s

Date

1910 to 1925

Description

A train sits still next to several automobiles.

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Photographs of Lottie Ward Wengert and friends, early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Archival Collection

Description

Miscellaneous photos of classmates, friends, and family of Lottie. Lottie married in 1921 and changed her last name from Ward to Wengert. Lottie Wengert is the only individual identified in these photographs.

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Letter from William McDermott to C.O. Whittemore, November 29, 1902

Date

1902-11-29

Archival Collection

Description

Letter discusses the survey of the Las Vegas Ranch and the concern that the spring may run off of the ranch onto adjacent properties.

Text

Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to Bill Myers, January 15, 1957

Date

1957-01-15

Archival Collection

Description

Rinker recalls his time working in Goldfield.

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