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Letter and envelope from John M. Bunker, Eldorado Canyon, Nevada to Mary Etta Syphus, Panaca, Nevada

Date

1892-04-23

Archival Collection

Description

From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, a typed transcription of the same letter, and the original envelope with the stamp removed, and a copy of the original letter.

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Clay crew and equipment used to mine clay from the Bell Pit, Ash Meadows, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1933

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series II. Ash Meadows, Nevada -- Subseries II.B. Toles Family. Glen Jepperson, dragline operator; Jess Toles, mechanic and driver of the narrow gauge train; Jack Pardee, dump man; Mac McKinna, miner (identified from left to right). (Resume of mining operations and duties of crew members included behind photo).

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Earnest Brown "Browny" Parks, a miner who lived behind Carver's Station: photographic print

Date

1963

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). 

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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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Miners pictured at a mine site perhaps in the vicinity of Round Mountain, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1939 (year approximate)

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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Drilling crews at the New Gold Mine, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1936

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). Written on the back of the image: “With some of my drilling crews, I’m second from the right at the collar of the New Gold Mine, the Porphyry Gold Mine shaft in 1936-37.” Individuals are unidentified except for the man second from the right, who may be Steve Dittman.

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Placer operation in Round Mountain, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1937 to 1939

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). The miners are unidentified.

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