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Postcard of Combination Mine, Goldfield, Nevada, circa July 21, 1911
Date
1911-07-21
Archival Collection
Description
A view of an ore dump at the Combination Mine in Goldfield, Nevada. The postcard is postmarked in Goldfield, Nevada July 21, 1911, and it is addressed to Mrs. Helen J. Stewart Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Postcard of Goldfield Consolidated Mill, Goldfield, Nevada, circa July 21, 1911
Date
1911-07-21
Archival Collection
Description
A postcard of Goldfield Consolidated Mill in Goldfield, Nevada. The postcard is postmarked July 21, 1911, and is addressed to Mrs. Helen J. Stewart in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Postcard showing Searchlight, Nevada, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
The view of the small town of Searchlight, Nevada. Formed in 1897, Searchlight is an old boomtown that was made popular when George Frederick Colton discovered gold at the location where the town is now built. Unnamed buildings cluster together in the center of the postcard while rocky terrain decorated with small shrubs and mines surround the city's outskirts. Transcribed onto the bottom of the postcard: "Searchlight, Nevada; Duplex Mine In Foreground." The Frasher's Foto logo is also printed onto the bottom right corner.
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Postcard showing Searchlight, Nevada, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
The view of Duplex Mine in Searchlight, Nevada. Founded in 1897, Searchlight is an old boomtown that was made popular when George Frederick Colton discovered gold at the location where the town is now built. At the Duplex mine discovered in 1898, a windowed building lies to to left of some machinery used for mining. Transcribed across the bottom of the image: "Duplex Mine, Searchlight, Nev. Original Discovery 1898." The Frasher's Foto logo is printed on the bottom right corner.
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Film transparency of postcard showing a boat transporting gold ore on Lake Mead, circa late 1930s
Date
1935 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
An image of a mining building and a boat on Lake Mead. Gold ore claims were made near the northern shores of Lake Mead in the late 1930s, after the completion of Hoover Dam. Shipments of ore were towed down Lake Mead by barge for railroad transport. Text on bottom of image reads: "First load of gold ore to be transported on Boulder Lake by barge." Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Film transparency of a postcard showing a boat transporting gold ore on Lake Mead, circa late 1930s
Date
1935 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
An image of a mining building and a boat on Lake Mead. Gold ore claims were made near the northern shores of Lake Mead in the late 1930s, after the completion of Hoover Dam. Shipments of ore were towed down Lake Mead by barge for railroad transport. Text on bottom of image reads: "First load of gold ore to be transported on Boulder Lake by barge." Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Picture of a mining operation at an unidentified location, circa mid 1900s
Date
1930 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
An image of a mining operation at an unidentified location, possibly within the southwestern region of the United States.
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Film transparency showing Duplex mine in Searchlight, Nevada, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
An image showing an exterior view of the Duplex gold mine.
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Film transparency of buildings at mines in Kingman, Arizona, circa late 1940s
Date
1945 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
An image of buildings next to mines in Kingman.
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Photograph of mining building and headframe, Kingman, Arizona circa 1940s-1950s
Date
1940 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
An image of a mining operation in Kingman.
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