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Photograph of mine site, Sheep Mountain Range, October 25, 1931
Date
1931-10-25
Archival Collection
Description
Miners sit along the side of a mountain near a mine site in Nevada. Conflicting descriptions believe this to be Meyers Mine near Hoover Dam or the foothills of the Sheep Mountains next to a salt mine.
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Photograph of Norma Ullom, Black Canyon (Nev.), circa 1932.
Date
1931 to 1933
Archival Collection
Description
Hikers in Black Canyon, below Hoover (Boulder) Dam. Lady in photo is Norma Ullom; Lawrence Ullom was also present this day. Location also believed to be the Valley of Fire.
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Photograph of hunter in Black Canyon, circa 1931
Date
1930 to 1933
Archival Collection
Description
Captain Ayers hunts for bighorn sheep in Black Canyon with Murl Emory's son (not pictured). Conflicting statements with image suggest this photo was taken at Black Canyon or another canyon east of Boulder City, Nevada.
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Photograph of miner with quartz deposits, (Nev.), October 27, 1931
Date
1931-10-27
Archival Collection
Description
Individual crouches down in mined area and points to mineral deposits. Inscriptions with image read: "Boles mine showing vein of quartz. Oct. 27, 1931. Investor inside salted mine. Sold his restaurant in Ohio to buy this [mine]." - W. A. Davis, 04/1992
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Photograph of miner using equipment, Sheep Mountain Range, 1931
Date
1931
Archival Collection
Description
Miner uses equipment to collect mineral deposits inside a mine shaft in the Sheep Mountains.
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Photograph of mine shaft, Sheep Mountain Range, 1931
Date
1931
Archival Collection
Description
Looking up inside the mine shaft previously pictured in the Sheep Mountains of Nevada.
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Photograph of miner and mine owner, Sheep Mountain Range, 1931
Date
1931
Archival Collection
Description
Miner and the mine owner stand next to machinery and the mine's entrance at the Sheep Mountain Range in Nevada.
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Photograph of mine entrance, Sheep Mountain, 1931
Date
1931
Archival Collection
Description
Entrance to mine on the Sheep Mountain Range in Nevada. For more mine images at the Sheep Range, see 0123 0178-0180.
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Photograph of miner's monument, Kingman Wash (Ariz.), circa 1932
Date
1931 to 1933
Archival Collection
Description
Miner's monument for Joseph Herber Richards at Kingman Wash. He died June 18, 1917 and had previously owned the mine at Sheep Mountain. Note reads: "He died in Kingman Wash, 300 yards from Colorado River. His miners pick is imbedded in the cement." - W. A. Davis, April 1992.
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Photograph of C. N. Cross' mining claim, Las Vegas (Nev.), January 26, 1929
Date
1929-01-26
Archival Collection
Description
C. N. Cross' mining claim of Solitary Mine in Clark County Nevada on January 26, 1929. Notes with photo read, "Claim on butte that now is an island in the lake. Wint has the claim papers. Called Solitary Mine - Clark County, Nev, 24th Jan., 1929. Wint, Emory's son, Ayers daughter, and others would ride burros up to this location and cook hot dogs and then return by moonlight."
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