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Mining and milling operations at Gabbs, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1943-10-01

Description

From the Dow Metals Photograph Collection (PH-00260)

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Exterior view of cookhouse at Potosi Mining Camp: photographic print

Date

1917

Description

From the Elizabeth Harrington Photograph Collection (PH-00291). Inscription with image reads: "Cookhouse Potosi [Mine] 1917. 'Blue Room', first to left. Many single miners were fed here."

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Miners: photographic print

Date

1930 (year approximate) to 1980 (year approximate)

Description

Miners working in Searchlight, Nevada.

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Photograph of Pacific Coast Borax Company Mill, Death Valley Junction (Calif.), 1915

Date

1915

Description

Pacific Coast Borax Company mill at Death Valley Junction. This is the south end of the mill, with railroad tracks leading out of the image at the bottom left corner.

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Photograph of Pacific Coast Borax Mill, Death Valley Junction (Calif.), 1928

Date

1928

Description

Pacific Coast Borax Company's mill near the end of its operations in 1928.

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Postcard of the Mizpah Hotel, Tonopah (Nev.), 1900-1920

Date

1900 to 1920

Archival Collection

Description

A different view of downtown Tonopah, Nevada giving the view of the Mizpah Hotel, a Western Union, a market, and a shop for mining supplies, 1900-1920

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Photograph of aerial views of Johnnie, (Nev.), 1930-1950

Date

1930 to 1950

Description

Aerial view of Johnnie, Nevada, taken from airplane. Stamp on back of first photo reads: "Desert Sea News Bureau Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Don English - Dave Lees - Joe Buck"

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Photograph of Johnnie Mine head frame, Pahrump (Nev.), 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

Head frame of Johnnie Mine. The structure stands tall with cables attached to the top, trailing out of the image. Desert shrubbery scatters the landscape.

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Photograph of Johnnie Mine head frame, Pahrump (Nev.), 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

Front view of "head frame" at Johnnie Mine. Structure appears to be made of wood and connects to the rest of the mining building to the right.

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Photograph of abandoned buildings at Johnnie Mine, Pahrump (Nev.), 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

Abandoned buildings, mining head frame, and decayed structures at Johnnie Mine. Desert shrubbery scatters the ground while the dark buildings loom in the background of the image.

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