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Photograph of mine entrance, Sheep Mountain, 1931

Date

1931

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 mining buildings, 1910s

Date

1910 to 1919

Archival Collection

Description

This is most likely a mining area in Nevada. There are a few shacks in the background, and what appears to be a car in the front right hand side of the photograph.

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Photograph of mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1905

Date

1905

Description

Combination Mine sits in the deserts of Goldfield, Nevada. Three unidentified people walk along a dirt road in front of the mining area.

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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 a square set stope in Mohawk Mine at Goldfield (Nev.), 1907

Date

1907

Description

Square set stope, Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Nevada, 1907. There is an inscription on the back of the image "Rich Ore is being hand sorted and shipped. The deputy is watching for highgrading." There is date stamp July 1978.

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Photograph of a mine shaft, Delamar (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Carts filled with ore are being pulled out of a mine shaft in Delamar, Nevada. Written on the bittom of the frame is, "Al. Smith. De Lamar, Nev." Al. Smith was most likely the photographer.

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Photograph of Tonopah Midway Mine, Tonopah (Nev.), 1900-1920

Date

1900 to 1920

Description

Midway Mine, an underground minerals site in Tonopah, Nevada, is the potential location for silver to be mined. Black smoke rises from the smokestack with the site sitting atop a dirt surface. Written lightly in the center of the photograph reads "Midway Mine, Tonopah Nev." Site Name: Tonopah Midway Mine

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Photograph of Mohawk Mine and surroundings, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

Unknown year in the decade of the 1990s

Description

Inscription on back reads: "The wagon in the middle foregroundshows a dray hauling one of our 50 HP motors to the "Frances Mohawk" lease which is shown on the extreme left. This lease and the one in the center (the "Hayes-Monnetta") are each taking out over $40,000 per day. The houses in the distance are lying between Goldfield and Columbia. The large white building to the right and back is the Nevada Goldfield Reduction Works. The R.R. station is to the rear and left."
Caption: Mohawk Mine Goldfield, Nev. early 1900s. Railroad station to the rear and left.

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Photograph of Goldfield town and mines (Nev.), early 1900s

Description

Caption: Bird's-eye view of mines and Goldfield, Nev.

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Postcard of the Mohawk Mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1907

Date

1907

Description

Caption: The Great Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Nev.

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