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Long view of the early stages of construction of the cabin and mill in Iron Canyon, Railroad Valley, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1954 to 1956

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.B. Coombs Family. A tunnel was driven under the mountain, which included 1,000 feet of workings.

Image

Map of Argentite Red Mountain Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, circa 1908-1913

Date

1908 to 1913

Description

'Compiled by C. A. Liddell, U.S. Mineral Surveyor, Tonopah, Nevada, from surveys by Sherwin, Giles and Liddell.' Published between 1908-1913? Scale [ca. 1:7,200]. 1 in. equals 600 feet. Map printed on linen.

Image

Nan Doughty Family Collection

Identifier

MS-00021

Abstract

The Nan Doughty Family Collection dates from 1845 to 1993 and documents Doughty's personal and professional life. She collected correspondence and papers related to her extended family members including Sallie Bradford, Seymour Kimball Bradford, William Hillman Shockley, and May Bradford Shockley. The collection also includes papers from her father, Thorwald A. Siegfriedt, and her mother, Lou-vee Bradford Siegfried. Doughty used her family histories to write historical essays about early Nevada. The collection includes her professional papers as well as drafts and correspondence related to her writings.

Archival Collection

Liddell, C. A.

"C. A. Liddell [Colorado School of Mines class of 1904] has offices at 410-411 State Bank Building, Tonopah, Nevada, where he is engaged in U.S. Mineral Land Surveying and general examination work." p. 325, The Colorado School of Mines Magazine, vol. IX, no. 10, October 1919. https://books.google.com/books?id=s8YiAQAAMAAJ

 

Person

Men on horseback riding across the desert returning from races, approximately 1901-1905

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Tonopah-Goldfield Mining Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00023
Collection Name: Tonopah-Goldfield Mining Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01

Archival Component

Workers pile sacks of ore from the Jumbo Mine, Goldfield, approximately 1901-1905

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Tonopah-Goldfield Mining Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00023
Collection Name: Tonopah-Goldfield Mining Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01

Archival Component

Goldfield Deep Mines Company correspondence, stockholders, prospectus, proxy cards for annual meeting, 1918 to 1934

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

George Wingfield Records on the Tonopah Divide Mining Company and Other Holdings
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Collection Number: MS-00787
Collection Name: George Wingfield Records on the Tonopah Divide Mining Company and Other Holdings
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

Automobile road map of the state of Nevada, circa 1930

Date

1930

Description

Insets of major roads in Reno, Carson City, Tonopah, Las Vegas, Winnemucca, and Ely at bottom left of map. 'Prepared by the Route and Map Service Department, Automobile Club of Southern California.' 'Copyrighted by the Automobile Club of Southern California.' Scale [ca. 1:1,013,760]. 1 in. to approx. 16 miles. Indexes on map verso.

Text

James Hogan oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00871

Abstract

Oral history interview with James Hogan conducted by Mary Hogan on October 12, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. The interview covers the life of a Las Vegas old-timer. Mr. Hogan discusses moving to Las Vegas, early Las Vegas, Nevada Boulder (Hoover) Dam, and the Stewart Ranch. Colonel T. W. Miller and Vic Whittlesea are also mentioned.

Archival Collection