Tara L. Shepperson interviews local antique store owner Edith Giles Barcus in the living room of her home about Goldfield, mining, purple glass, thirst in the desert, her family history, and her birth in Colorado.
Dorothy Bell Scans UNLV-Public Lands Institute. Name tag from the American Mining Congress in 1960 that states "Hon. Rex Bell, Lieutenant Govenor of Nevada, Las Vegas, NEV."
Materials contain photographs from the Coombs Family from 1935 to 1985, including photographs of the tungsten mine operated by Norman "Curly" Coombs in Smoky Valley, his mill in Royston, his mining claim in Divide, and other mining operations around Round Mountain. Materials also include photographs of schools, Main Street, and other buildings in Tonopah.
Archival Collection
Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00221 Collection Name: Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection Box/Folder: N/A