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Placer miners using hydraulic methods: photographic print

Date

1909 (year uncertain) to 1988 (year uncertain)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.C. Lofthouse-Berg Families (Round Mountain). 

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Unidentified miner standing near a tent: photographic print

Date

1900 (year uncertain) to 1939 (year uncertain)

Description

An unidentified miner poses near his tent somewhere in Nevada, early 1900s.

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Mining equipment in Esmeralda County: photographic print

Date

1900 (year uncertain) to 1939 (year uncertain)

Description

Mining equipment stored inside a building at Revert Divide Mine in Esmeralda County, Nevada circa early 1900s.

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Photograph of Dorothy Dorothy and Matt Kusic in Johnnie (Nev.), 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

Dorothy Dorothy and her friend Matt Kusic at his house in Johnnie. His home was located just above the Dorothy Pahrump Ranch. ""D.D. and Matt Kusick by one of the old ruins at Congress Mine nearby Johnnie. Matt begged for the hospital at Tonopah to let him come home and die (year: 195-) of cancer." [Identified by Dorothy Dorothy 11-1-84]

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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother, July 2, 1908

Date

1908-07-02

Archival Collection

Description

Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother, July 2, 1908

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Photograph of men in front of the Sierra Blanca Mine tunnel, Pioneer (Nev.), 1911

Date

1911

Description

Caption: Sierra Blanca Tunnel and Crew. Pioneer, Nevada. 1911.

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Photograph of a group of people at the Florence Mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1904

Date

1904

Description

Inscription on back reads; "Florence Mine at Goldfield Nevada-owned by Tom Lockhart the father of his infatuated daughter 1904."

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Photograph of miners working inside the Sierra Blanca Mine tunnel, Pioneer (Nev.), 1911

Date

1911

Description

Annotated: Bert Turner [bottom left] and Matt. Francis [bottom center]
Caption: Flashlight taken in Sierra Blanca Tunnel. Pioneer, Nevada. 1911.

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Miners with and without Dust Arrester: postcard

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1915 (year approximate)

Description

Postcard images showing miners working with and without the "Dust Arrester." Possibly an advertisement for product?

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Unidentified miner with a bucket: photographic print

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1930 (year approximate)

Description

A photograph of a miner who worked for David Howell Jackson holding a bucket.

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