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Clyde Rufus Terrell seated at the linotype machine at the Tonopah Times Bonanza: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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This photo was taken about two years prior to his death in 1950. From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.D. Terrell Family. Clyde Rufus Terrell seated at the linotype machine at the Tonopah Times Bonanza, which he owned, Tonopah, Nevada. Terrell would compose stories for the newspaper at the linotype keyboard.
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Children of Clyde Rufus Terrell and Kitty Wheeler Terrell: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.D. Terrell Family. L-R: Clydene Terrell, Don Wheeler Terrell, Starle William Terrell, Solan Chester Terrell, children of Clyde Rufus Terrell and Kitty Wheeler Terrell.
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Postcard of burro: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.D. Terrell Family. A picture postcard with the caption, "A native son of Tonopah, Nevada." Described by Solan Terrell as the most "cantankerous animal that was ever born," also one of the most intelligent. During the 1920s and 1930s burros ran loose in the streets of Tonopah, raiding garbage cans and providing an endless source of entertainment to the children. While in the Navy during World War II, Solan Terrell won $5 when he bet a fellow that Nevada had mountain canaries weighing 400 or 500 pounds. When Terrell produced a picture of the burro with the caption, "A native Nevada mountain canary," the sucker had no choice but to pay up.
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Pontoon from the dredge constructed at Manhattan: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.D. Terrell Family. A pontoon from the dredge constructed at Manhattan, Nevada, prior to World War II. A large hole was dug to impound water. Water was then piped to Manhattan from across the valley at Peavine and fed into the hole. The superstructure was constructed atop the pontoon, and the dredge, with buskets in front, scooped the gravel out as it moved from the lower end of the gulch to the upper end, about 1-1/2 miles. The gravel that was scooped out was processed for gold on the dredge and fed out back of the dredge when processing was completed.
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Frame of the building housing the mill being constructed at the Terrell mine near Eden Creek: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.D. Terrell Family.
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Tonopah Depot: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.D. Terrell Family. Man on the far right may be Don Terrell. With the mines and mills in Tonopah shut down, the railroad was losing money. The contraption above was constructed to carry passengers on the railroad wheels. The gas tank is visible on the roof of the car.
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Hazel Terrell, sister of Clyde Rufus Terrell: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.D. Terrell Family. Location unknown.
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Clyde Rufus Terrell at his mine above Eden Creek: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.D. Terrell Family. Probably taken at the South Gold Mine. Note the homemade wheelbarrow, little buckets for holding ore, and the mortar at the side of the wheelbarrow.
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South Gold Hill above Eden Creek in the Kawich Mountains: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.D. Terrell Family. High-grade gold ore was found just below the top of the hill and a shaft was sunk. Note the windlass hoist, cranked by hand, and the pipe going down to the shaft to draw air into the hole for ventilation.
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Postcard of dead pack animal taken near Schurz: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.D. Terrell Family. An old picture postcard (circa 1940) that asks the question, “What became of the driver?” A desert tragedy near Schurz, Nevada".
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