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Photograph of Pioche (Nev.), 1890-1910

Date

1890 to 1910

Description

View of town and mines. Original description: "No. 5 hoist house and mine upper right, approx. location Meadow Valley street. Lloyd house mid left, still there. Yuba mine on left. House behind Burke Tunnel is still standing, owned by Amalgamated, painted green."

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Blue Diamond History Committee Collection

Identifier

MS-00727

Abstract

The Blue Diamond History Committee Collection (1920s-2012) contains materials related to the history of the Blue Diamond Mine and nearby village located about twenty-five miles outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection contains materials including environmental reports, photographs of the mine and its employees and their families, maps, a photocopy of a diary, mine operation records and accident reports, community calendars, and correspondence and property documents of the local post office.

Archival Collection

Letter from W. E. Smith to C. McLeod, May 30, 1913

Date

1913-05-30

Description

Letter concerns ore billing and stamping.

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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother, March 12, 1908

Date

1908-03-12

Archival Collection

Description

Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother, March 12, 1908

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Postcard of Sutro Tunnel, Nevada, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1920

Description

Sutro Tunnel. Description provided with the postcard: "Main tunnel 4 1/2 miles long. Drains mines of Comstock Lode to 1750 foot level."

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Interview with John Frederick Campbell, January 14, 2005

Date

2005-01-14

Description

Narrator affiliation: Operations Mining Superintendent, Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company (REECo)

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Hazel Shadowen oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01674

Abstract

Oral history interview with Hazel Shadowen conducted by Patricia van Betten on March 30, 2004 for the History of Blue Diamond Village in Nevada Oral History Project. In this interview, Shadowen discusses her personal history and moving to Blue Diamond, Nevada in the late 1930s. She describes her husband's employment at the Blue Diamond and Searchlight, Nevada mines and living at a mining village. Shadowen talks about the cost of living at the time, medical services in the mining village, and resources that were provided for the residents.

Archival Collection

Letter from W. E. Smith to C. McLeod, June 10, 1913

Date

1913-06-10

Description

Letter concerns instructions for ore billing.

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Newspaper, The Tonopah Miner, January 2, 1904

Date

1904-01-02

Description

History of findings at Tonopah and early growth of town and mines, Jim Butler, T.L. Oddie, Wilse Brougher.

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Letter from Leavitt L. Keene to R. T. Walker, April 15, 1918

Date

1918-04-15

Description

Letter inquires about employment opening for a cyanide plant operator at the Techatticup Mine.

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