From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.F. Palsgrove Family. The old high school, now the site of Barsanti Park, is visible in the distance in the distance on the left. The Mizpah shaft, Tonopah's largest producing mine, is in the foreground.
The Goldfield Consolidated Mining Company under construction in Goldfield, Nevada. A Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad engine was converted into a crane to aid construction. The mining company was formed in 1907 and the mill was constructed late in the year and began processing ore in early 1908. The company was formed by George Nixon and George Wingfield. The mill continued running until 1918 when the company ceased operation.
The Board of Directors of the First National Bank of Nevada (now First Interstate Bank of Nevada) gathered for a meeting at an unknown location. Seated left to right are: E. H. Fitz, Ernest Martinelli, Gordon B. Harris, James Cashman, Jr., William Laub, Jr., Arthur M. Smith Jr. Standing left to right are: Roy Young, C. E. Helgren, Norman Brown, Neil Plath, Herbert E. Grier, Paul Garwood, F. Lorin Ronnow, Robert Griffith, Gaylord K. Prather, Ernest Maupin, Sr.
From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, a typed transcription of the same letter, and a copy of original letter attached.
Description provided with image: "Symposium held at UNLV to honor Dr. David Bruce Dill of Boulder City, research professor for Desert Research Institute. (Dr. Dill is in front row, between lady wearing striped blouse and lady in white. He is 80 years old)."