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Photograph of miners, 1890s
Date
1890 to 1899
Archival Collection
Description
Miners, possibly at Blackbird Mine. Third from left is Edward Joseph Deck, father of donor (James Deck).
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Potosi Mining Camp: photographic print
Date
1917
Archival Collection
Description
From the Elizabeth Harrington Photograph Collection (PH-00291). Inscription with image reads: "Entrance to Potosi Mine 1917. Sam Rowe foreman and son Cecil. Cecil attended the Las Vegas High School."
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Photograph of workers outside mill, Palmarito (Mex.), 1900-1930
Date
1900 to 1930
Archival Collection
Description
Miners and workmen stand together outside of a mill in Palmarito, Sinaloa, Mexico. They are all wearing hats.
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Photograph of a group of men after gold strike, 1927
Date
1927
Archival Collection
Description
Group of well-dressed men gather and pose to take a picture after finding gold, calling it the "Waupa Strike."
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Photograph of two men in the snow, Goldfield (Nev.), Feburary 15, 1933
Date
1933-02-15
Archival Collection
Description
Marko Dobro helps up an unidentified miner who has fallen in the snow.
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Photograph of Matt Kusick in Johnnie Mine Town (Nev.), 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Matt Kusick, a local of Johnnie Mine Town, sits in front of the original Real Estate Office. Handwritten inscription with photo: "Taken at our house(?) orig. real estate office (crumbled, crossed out). [Kusick born] 1893 from Yogoslavio tough (?) (?) Now living (?) at Johnnie." [Identified by Dorothy Dorothy 11-1-84]
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Photograph of a mining rig, Lincoln County (Nev.), circa 1916
Date
1915 to 1917
Archival Collection
Description
Two men man a mining rig while another two men stand next to a railroad cart. The desert landscape surrounds them with mountains in the background.
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Postcard of a house in mining town, Goldfield (Nev.), 1940-1984
Date
1940 to 1984
Archival Collection
Description
Photographic postcard of a house in a mining town, possibly Goldfield, undated. A boy stands in front of the house with a black and white dog.
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Photograph of miner over Colorado River, May 9, 1933
Date
1933-05-09
Archival Collection
Description
Man riding cable hook to Colorado River basin, above No. 3 and 4 tunnels. May 9, 1933. Note on back: ""Man riding on the cable hook was a violation of mining laws. - W. A. Davis.""
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Photograph of dam workers and miners, Tonopah (Nev.), circa 1933
Date
1932 to 1934
Archival Collection
Description
Conflicting descriptions of this image. One reads: "Men outside tents they lived in while waiting for jobs on the Dam." Another by W. A. Davis reads "Three miners out near Tonopah on road to Pioche... Man on the left named 'Jim'."
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