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Photograph of mine shaft at Johnnie Mine, Pahrump (Nev.), 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

Unused mine shaft, Johnnie Mine. Two people can be seen looking down to the right. A cable hangs down from above.

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Photograph of Matt Kusick at ruins in Johnnie (Nev.), 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

Old-timer Matt Kusick sits at ruins in Johnnie. [identified by Dorothy Dorothy]

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Postcard of a mine, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1930

Description

A distant view of a mine (may be Goldfield).

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Postcard of a mine, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1930

Description

A general view of an unidentified mine.

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Photograph of a mine in an unknown location, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1910

Description

A mine possibly in Eldorado Canyon.

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Panoramic photograph of Blair (Nev.), circa 1907

Date

1906 to 1908

Description

There was an inscription on the image. "Blair was located three miles north of Silver Peak and was founded in 1906 by the Pittsburgh Silver Peak Gold Mining Company whose 120 stamp mill (under construction in the foreground) overlooked the town. Ore from the Mary Tunnel reached the mill via a 14,000 foot aerial tramway. The town's population was 700 and Blair was served by the mining company's Silver Peak Railroad. Blair prospered until 1917 when the mine and mill were closed. The mill processed over $6,000,000 worth of gold ore.

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Postcard of Tonopah Belmont Development Company's mine and mill, Tonopah (Nev.), September 18, 1912

Date

1912-09-18

Description

The Belmont was Tonopah's second most prosperous mining company with a production of over $38,000,000. The 60 stamp mill, one of Tonopah's largest, was built in 1911 and crushed ore until August 1, 1923. It was dismantled in 1927. The company continued mining until 1929, when operations were turned over to the Budelman Syndicate which began leasing blocks of the mine. Leasing continued until October 31, 1939 when a fire of undetermined origin burned out the shaft timbers. The Belmont was the scene of Tonopah's worst mine disasters when an underground fire on February 23, 1911 took the lives of 17 men. The fire was apparently started by a miner's candle left behind in a pile of timber.

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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 mining operation, Lincoln County (Nev.), circa 1916

Date

1915 to 1917

Description

Building structures in a mining operation area sit in a valley surrounded by mountains and desert. Three buildings are visible on the sandhill.

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Photograph of a mining operation, Lincoln County (Nev.), circa 1916

Date

1915 to 1917

Description

Building structures in a mining operation area surrounded by mountains and desert. There are five buildings pictured here next to a mining pit.

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