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Bertha Gresh Photograph Collection
Identifier
PH-00055
Abstract
The Bertha Gresh Photograph Collection dates between approximately 1902 and 1974. Materials include photographic prints and a corresponding photographic negative. Images depict Gresh as a young woman in Cedarburg, Wisconsin; with her husband Cyrus Gresh in Los Angeles, California; and at her home in Nelson, Nevada. Also included are images of the Rand Mine and the Wall Street Mine near Gresh's home in Nelson.
Archival Collection
Letter from R. T. Walker to A. E. Flint, March 15, 1918
Date
1918-03-15
Archival Collection
Description
Letter regards employment opportunity.
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History of the Las Vegas Mission, October, 1926
Date
1926-10
Description
History of the Las Vegas Mission, October, 1926
Text
Newspaper, The San Francisco Call, May 23, 1905
Date
1905-05-23
Description
Newspaper, The San Francisco Call, May 23, 1905
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Statement of receipts and disbursements: Levi Syphus
Date
1920-06-07
Archival Collection
Description
This folder is from "Financial Records" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)
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Union Mining District
No description.
Latitude/Longitude
38.89298, -117.53677
Feature
administrative division
Geographic Location
Postcard of Candelaria (Nev.), ca 1887
Date
1887
Archival Collection
Description
Candelaria was born as a result of silver mining in the area. Silver was discovered nearby in 1863 and large scale mining began in 1873. The town-site was laid out in 1876 and soon supported saloons, stores, a newspaper, schools, and a railroad, the Carson and Colorado, which reached town in 1882. Peak population was over 1,500, recorded in 1883. The mines most prosperous years were during the 1880s, although mining continued through the 1950s with a total production of over $21,000,000. Candelaria was virtually deserted by 1940 and had become a ghost town by 1950. Large scale open pit mining began in 1977 and continued through 1996.
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