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Mine entrance with rock face, image 001 of 002: photographic film

Date

1878 to 1954

Description

Entrance to a mine, location unknown. A rock sits at the entrance that looks like the profile of a face on the left.

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View of Salt mine: photographic print

Date

1870 (year approximate) to 1979 (year approximate)

Description

From the KLVX Steamboats on the Colorado Photograph Collection (PH-00156). Written on photo sleeve: "Salt mine. (Colorado River area)." Handwritten on verso: "Courtesy Special Collections UNLV."

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Map of Tonopah Mining District, Nevada, revised edition, 1903

Date

1903

Description

'Compiled and published by Booker & Bradford, engineers, Tonopah, Nevada.' 'Copyrighted by Booker & Bradford 1903.' 'Photo-Lith. Britton & Rey, S.F.' Insets of Ray Mining District, vicinity map of Tonopah Mining District, Utopia Mining District, Tokop Mining District, Weepah Mining District, East Klondike Mining District, Gold Mountain, Tonopah Mining District and Red Mountain. Relief shown by hachures. Includes advertisements. Scale [ca. 1:10,800]. 1 inch to 900 feet.

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Map of the 450 foot level of the Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Nevada, circa 1902-1908

Date

1902 to 1908

Description

'(3rd) 450 Ft. level Mohawk.' Hand-drawn, hand-colored and annotated map showing the 450 foot, or third, level of the Mohawk Mine.

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Map of the 280 foot level of the Combination Mine, Goldfield, Nevada, circa 1902-1908

Date

1902 to 1908

Description

Hand-drawn, hand-colored and annotated map showing the 280 foot level of the Combination Mine. Printed on map: 'Mohawk, col. el. 5958.48; Hayes & Monnette No. 2, col. el. 5935.7; Hayes & Monnette No. 1, col. el. 5925.8; Truett, col. el. 5938.8; Combination, col. el. 5986.31.'

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Map of the 600 foot, or third, level of the Clermont Mine, Goldfield, Nevada, circa 1902-1908

Date

1902 to 1908

Description

Hand-drawn, hand-colored and annotated map showing the 600 foot, or third, level of the Clermont Mine. Handwritten at top of map: 'Clermont, 3rd level.'

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Standard Slag Mine and Mile above Tecopa, California: photographic print

Date

1890 (year approximate) to 1980 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series I. Amargosa Valley, Nevada -- Subseries I.B. Records Family. 

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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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Building or mine remains in Europe: photographic print

Date

1880 to 1979

Description

Bell Family Scrapbook scanning, Set 4, proofed 11.04.2010 Building or mine remains in Europe

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View of Gold Reed: photographic print

Date

1905 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). Gold Reed, Kawich Mountains, Nye County, Nevada, probably about 1905. It was with a mine in Gold Reed that O.K. Reed made the money to purchase the ranch at Hawes Canyon. The ore at the mine was so rich that a person could stand off 50 or 60 feet and see the gold in the original outcropping; some of the ore sold for $1,000 a ton. Reed was partners in the mine with Jack May and a Mr.Wardle, Tonopah resident Austin Wardle’s father. Jack May and Reed were married to sisters, Mabel and Maude Hanley. 

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