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Photograph of ancient salt miners, early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1920
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from photograph, "Southern Paiute - 3. Southern Nevada's ancient salt miners at work in Salt Cave. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, National Anthropological Archives, Bureau of American Ethnology Collection." The items pictured in the photo are labeled.
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Photograph of C. D. Baker at a mining claim, 1920s-1930s
Date
1920 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
C.D. Baker standing at a mining claim. This photograph may have been taken in Nevada.
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Photograph of miner and mine owner, Sheep Mountain Range, 1931
Date
1931
Archival Collection
Description
Miner and the mine owner stand next to machinery and the mine's entrance at the Sheep Mountain Range in Nevada.
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Mine shaft entrance and building in Esmeralda County: photographic print
Date
1919
Archival Collection
Description
A "Hoist house and head frame," and blacksmith shop is located at Verdi Divide in Esmeralda County, Nevada, 1919.
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Photograph of a person in a mine, early 1900s
Date
1920 to 1940
Description
An individual poses in front of a mine in a desert. This photograph wad most likely taken somewhere in Nevada.
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Captain Fagin, prospector in Esmeralda County, image 002: photographic print
Date
1891
Archival Collection
Description
"A prospector: 'Capt.' Fagin. Taken in Esmeralda County, Nevada, 1891. Image shows a "two room Dugout."
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Mining equipment in Esmeralda County: photographic print
Date
1900 (year uncertain) to 1939 (year uncertain)
Archival Collection
Description
Mining equipment stored inside a building at Revert Divide Mine in Esmeralda County, Nevada circa early 1900s.
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Photograph of mine entrance, Sheep Mountain, 1931
Date
1931
Archival Collection
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 mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1905
Date
1905
Archival Collection
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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Three people near a gold vein: photographic print
Date
1900 (year uncertain; year approximate) to 1939 (year uncertain; year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Mr. And Mrs. Sigfriedt (right) at a claim in Manhattan, Nevada, which proved to have a gold vein. The man to the left is unidentified, taken circa early 1900s.
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