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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother, March 12, 1908

Date

1908-03-12

Archival Collection

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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother, March 12, 1908

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Bullfrog mining district: photographic print

Date

1905 (year approximate)

Description

Map of Bullfrog Mining District in Nye County, Nevada. The information was compiled from official surveys by Bradford, Strange, and Collier and drawn by May Bradford circa 1905.

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Correspondence, Thomas Toland to Levi Syphus

Date

1925-03-06

Archival Collection

Description

This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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Option to purchase kaolin deposit

Date

1908-08-12

Archival Collection

Description

This folder is from "Legal Records" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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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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Noonday Mine side angle, Tecopa Railroad: photograph

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1935 (year approximate)

Description

Noonday Mine (Tecopa Consolidated Mining Co.) 9 miles E. of Tecopa, California on T.R.R.. The stamp on the back of the photo reads: "Mallory Hope Ferrell P. O. Box 2837 Peachtree City, GA 30269."

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Captain Fagin, prospector in Esmeralda County, image 002: photographic print

Date

1891

Description

"A prospector: 'Capt.' Fagin. Taken in Esmeralda County, Nevada, 1891. Image shows a "two room Dugout."

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Mine entrance in "Red Gap" (Ariz.): photographic print

Date

1907

Description

A mine entrance at Red Gap, Arizona Territory in 1907.

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Correspondence, William H. King to Levi Syphus

Date

1903-02-27

Archival Collection

Description

This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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Four men outside a mine: photographic print

Date

1905 (year uncertain)

Description

On a Rhyolite trip, the Jackson party inspects a prospect on Bonanza Mountain, early 1905. The Bullfrog Mine can be seen in the distance.

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